Chapter 36~ A Villian and a Miracle

Ryuu was really disappointed that I was planning on skipping school until Natsumi woke up, but it was something that I felt I needed to do for her. I know she would do the same for me no matter what anyone said about it. "You need to go to school and keep your grades up," Ryuu stated.

"My grades are fine. I need to be here for Natsu," I retorted. He gave me a stern look. He was going to use every tactic he could come up with to convince me to go tomorrow. I looked over to Kyoya who had taken a seat next to me since this argument began. He was unfortunately keeping his mouth shut. "I don't see you telling him he needs to be in school."

"I'm sure his grades are better than yours too." I crossed my arms and sat back in defeat. He was right, but I didn't want to admit it. "And you questioned how I could be a lawyer," he scoffed. I rolled my eyes at him and an ice cube came flying toward me. It hit my forehead and fell onto my lap. I watched it as it sat there on my thigh.

I laughed when I looked back up at him. "What was that for?" I asked trying to sound as if I was emotionally scarred for life. He rolled his eyes at me and fished another one out of his cup of water. I slid out of the chair and got down on my knees. I slowly made my way to the side of the hospital bed. "Natsu will save me!" I said as if she was a brave prince that was going to leap to my rescue any second.

He let out a semi-maniacal laugh and proceeded to twirl a fake mustache as he tossed the ice cube in his hand. "She will not be able to save you forever!" He said in his "villain" voice.

"That's what you think!" I shouted in a defiant voice. He threw the ice cube and missed me. I turned around at the sound of a grunt and laughed when I saw that Kyoya had a wet spot on his shirt with the ice cube on his leg. I stood up and placed my hands over the spot, pretending that it was a bleeding wound and I had to keep pressure on it.

He looked at me like I was insane, but he didn't look at all surprised by any of this. I turned my head just in time to see another leave his hand. It hit me in the back and I fell into Kyoya. "I-I've been hit." I let out a soft cough. "I'm not going to make it, save yourself," I whispered.

"What are you doing?" I turned around as fast as I could when I heard that voice. Her wonderfully beautiful voice.

"NATSUMI!" I shouted as I practically threw myself on top of her. "I'm so glad you're okay! I thought I was going to lose you and have to be an only child again!" She laughed and wrapped her arms around me in a hug.

"Seriously though, what were you doing? It didn't look like something someone should do outside of their house…" I jumped up off of her. She gave me a sly smile. "But I know you better than that, and I've been awake since Dad threw the first one." Ryuu calmly stood up from where he had sat when she first spoke. I could tell that he was on the brink of tears. No matter how many times the doctor and the nurses told him that she was going to be fine, he didn't believe them and to be honest I didn't either though I knew it wasn't something people died from often. He leaned over her and she sat up to give him a hug, tears fell from her eyes as did they from Ryuu's.

I took a step back and went to sit in my chair, but Kyoya's arms went around my waist before I could do that. He pulled me onto his lap and I placed my hands over his that went around my stomach. I smiled at Natsumi and Ryuu just as I realized that I should probably tell someone that she's awake. I went to stand up and pulled Kyoya along with me.

Just outside of her room I stopped him. "Thank you. I mean it." He pulled me closer to him and kissed me briefly on the lips. He didn't say anything though. I smiled and went to find the nurses' station to tell Natsumi's nurse that she was awake.

Natsumi had to stay overnight for observation, but she had everyone there with her until she fell asleep for the night. Cho and Ryuu both stayed with her all night. I went home and crawled into my bed. I knew that everyone was just downstairs and that they were waiting for me to go back down and talk to them or whatever, but I wasn't up to it. Seeing Natsumi today brought up so many memories of my mom that it hurt.

If it hadn't been for the beeping of the machines, I would have thought she was dead. She was so still and there was no way it would have been easy for me to be able to handle losing both her and my mom in such a short period of time. I hugged Chi tight to my chest and rolled onto my back to stare at the ceiling. "I miss you so much Mom," I whispered to the room around me.

I forced myself to get out of my bed and put on pajamas. I slipped out of my jeans and into a pair of black bottoms along with a light pink tank top and put my hair up into a pony tail. On my way out of the room, I grabbed Chi and the picture of Mom and me that thanks to Natsumi, I was reunited with. I plodded down the stairs in my slippers and entered the living room. I sat in a comfortable overstuffed armchair and pulled my feet up under me as I slipped off the slippers.

No one questioned why I didn't sit by any of them, no one said anything really. I could hear them as I came down the stairs, but as soon as I had entered the room, silence. "Talk, say something, anything. Please?" I asked, but didn't look at any of them. I didn't like the silence much; I imagined I could hear the heart monitor flat lining as I sat in the hospital room alone with Mom as she laid there no longer full of life. It could have just as easily happened to Natsumi. Mom, I wish you didn't have to leave me. Please come back. "Please," I pleaded to my mother.

Arms went around me and I didn't even care whose they were. All I knew was that they were warm and loving. I started crying and pulled the person holding me closer. I opened my eyes and saw black hair blurred by my tears. Knowing it was Kyoya only made me hold on to him tighter.

I am so sorry all of you wonderful people on this planet of ours! I have taken forever to finish this chapter because I was having some writers block with it... I hope this chapter makes up for the long wait. I really like it and I hope you all will too ^^

Again I'm really sorry! I'll try not to make this month long wait a habit and I'll try to get at least one if not two in every month from now on. I think I'm done now, so please review and yell at me if you want to, I deserve it... But I do love all of you guys! You're absolutey wonderful :D