Gomen gomen .. I took so long to finish chapter 9!! I have too many boring stuffs to do!

Thank you for reading my fic again, and I apologize for any grammatical error.

Ashura san, Thank you so much for being my editor! If you didn't proof read my fic, there will be tons of errors. Sank you!

Re-chan, Thank you so much for putting my fic in your home page! I've checked your home page! It is so cool!!!

Futago 01 san, Thank you for the lovely review.. I do envy you!!! You and your twin have gravitation mangas!! Wah! (cries)

Shuichi san, You're going to cosplay as Shuichi? Tell me when!!! And make sure you sent some pictures to me!! Onegai shimasu!!! I tried to mail you, but you didn't put your e-mail address in your bio. L Most importantly, let me see Shuichi pics!!!

Gomen hopemia san, I always ended my fic with cliffhangers. No!!! Don't kill me!!

Asma chan, did you enjoyed your trip to Australia?

A big thank you to Gina Reed, Ki-chan, graviaddict and Yukimura san for reviewing. (Gomen, yukimura san, I knew I wrote the wrong stuff. Thank you for telling me! And Please… Don't sent Yuki after me!!)

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'Click'…

Aizawa closed his eyes and fired the gun. To his astonishment, no gunshots were heard. He opened his eyes again and looked at the gun in bewilderment as though as he had never seen it before.

Yuki Eiri stood there calmly and smirked. Shuichi practically shut his eyes tightly, not wanting to see what will happen. When no shots were heard, he opened them again and released a relief breath.

"Yuki.." Shuichi smiled. He felt like fainting anytime soon. "You're ok. Honto ni.. you make me worry." Shuichi said, tears welling up.

"Baka.." Yuki replied without looking at him. "You were the one who always caused troubles and made me worry about you."

Shuichi gave a sad smile. "I guess so.." he replied before closing his eyes and fainted.

Aizawa looked puzzled for a moment. 'What is happening? Why the gun did not work?' he thought. He almost lost his courage to fire. But seeing the bastard in front of him made him angry and humiliated all over again. Yuki smirked at him only a few seconds before. Determined, he raised his hands again and fired one more time.

'Click.. click .. click.. click…'

"Why didn't it work?" He murmured as he kept squeezing the gun trigger. But still no gunshots.

"A'ho.. no matter how many times you fire that damn thing, it wouldn't kill me," Yuki said as he took out the cigarette pack form his breast pocket, took out a stick and lit it. He inhaled it deeply and puffed it out, "Any normal person would know that it ran out of bullets." Yuki sneered.

Aizawa's eyes widened as he stared at the man in front of him. 'Damn' he cursed. His leg hurts. He clutched his hand on his thigh and squeezed it hard. "It couldn't be.. you only fired 5 shots. There should be one more left." Aizawa gritted his teeth as he spoke.

Yuki grinned. "Yes, But I did fire one before I came here." Yuki said casually. "Aizawa-kun, never take things for granted."

"Urusai!! You were the one who made me carried out with this plan.. You killed J!" Aizawa shouted accusingly.

"Correction, Aizawa-kun, I did not killed him. You pulled the trigger, remember? You did." Yuki took one last puff and threw the cigarette on the floor.

"Iie… I didn't .. I didn't!!!" Aizawa screamed. He clasped both of his hands on his ears and shook his head again and again. One of his ears was painted with his own blood.

"You did.." Yuki mentioned softly, as though as he was trying to hypnotize Aizawa.

"Uso!!! (lie) I didn't !! I didn't !!! Aizawa screamed. The pain on his leg had been forgotten, and for the moment, he had forgotten where he was. All he could think was a dead J lay on the floor, just a few centimeters away from him. He staggered backwards until his leg touched the corner of a small table. He saw a fruit knife rested on the basket from the corner of his eye. Without hesitating, he grabbed the knife and lunged forward at Yuki.

Yuki, did not predicted his move and looked stunned for the moment. Yuki tried to move as fast as he could, but Aizawa was faster. He managed to penetrate the knife on his chest.

"Arg…" Yuki moaned softly and clamped a hand on his chest. He did not see it coming. Aizawa was too fast. Yuki scrutinized Aizawa's facial expression. Aizawa looked like a person who had been possessed, uncontrollable and he does not look sane. "K'so…" Yuki cursed. He had played his cards wrong. He thought by penetrating Aizawa's feelings could make him break down and expose his vulnerability. For once, Yuki Eiri had made the wrong decision. He felt his eyes blurry, his movements slower than usual, and his head spinning.

Shuichi's eyelids chose to flutter open at that very moment. He blinked his eyes for a while before his eyes widened again when he saw blood gushing out from his blonde lover's chest. "Yuki!!!" Shuichi screamed. He forced himself to get up despite his whole body aches. But he didn't care. He placed his 2 bare feet on the floor and made his way slowly to Yuki.

"Baka!!! Go away!!!" Yuki shouted and tried to push Shuichi away from him. Yuki knew that Aizawa was aiming at both of them. He couldn't afford to take the wrong move again. Another wrong step would be fatal.

Aizawa averted his eyes to Shuichi. He stared at his all time rival with hatred. "I'll Kill you!!" Aizawa announced suddenly lunged forward at the weak Shuichi who couldn't even stand up properly.

Yuki was preparing to evade the attack from Aizawa. He did not expected Aizawa to change his target. Panicked, he took two huge steps and wrapped Shuichi in his arms, his back facing Aizawa.  The sharp knife penetrated Yuki's shoulder.

Yuki felt his back stings as soon as Aizawa stabbed the knife onto it. He hugged Shuichi harder and gritted his teeth to stifle his cries of pain. He slumped his body onto the floor along with Shuichi beneath him.

Shuichi saw the attack. Aizawa meant to stab him. Yuki… Yuki had risked his life to save him. "Yuki.." his voice wavered. "YUKIII!!!…" Shuichi shook Yuki's body gently. He tried to get off Yuki, but Yuki was simply too heavy ad he was too weak.

"Yuki… Uso da…. Onegai Yuki.. Please don't die.. Onegai…Onegai.." Shuichi chanted over and over again as he sobbed. He hugged his lover tighter.

"Urusai… Shuichi no baka.. You're really troublesome.. you know that?" Yuki whispered. Shuichi swore that he saw Yuki smiled at him.

The apartment door burst open suddenly and there stood Hiro, K and Touma panting.

"What the hell…..? Kami Sama!!! Eiri!!!!" Touma shouted

Aizawa took no notice of the three men in front of him. He gripped the knife harder and moved towards to Yuki.

"Eiri san!!!" Touma ran forward, grabbed Aizawa's hand and pushed him away. Both of them landed on the floor. The knife was just a few inches away from Touma's back.

Hiro and K stood rooted, feeling dazed.

"Baka!! What the hell are you doing there? Help me !" Touma shouted when Aizawa started to struggle to free himself.

"Hanashite!!" (let me go) Aizawa roared.

It took almost three of them to hold him still. It is unbelievable that a medium sized man like Aizawa Tachi could display such enormous power.

"Eiri…!" Touma released his grip from Aizawa and went to Yuki. "Are you alright?, Eiri!!" Touma asked again, looking extremely panicked.

"Seguchi san.. Onegai.. please save Yuki.. He was stabbed right on his chest just now…" Shuichi cried. He didn't cared about the tears flowing freely on his checks, he just wanted to save Yuki.

Touma quickly overturned Yuki and got a shock of his life when he saw a pool of blood beneath him. Shuichi was practically bathed with blood. Shuichi sat up immediately and indicated Touma to place Yuki's head on his laps. He pulled the blanket from the bed and pressed it hard onto Yuki's chest to stop the bleeding.

Touma took out the cell phone and called for ambulance.

"Touma.. Help us!! This bastard is getting away from our grip!" K yelled.

Touma turned around and saw Hiro and K trying their best to pin down Aizawa. Clenching his fists by his sides, he strode to Aizawa. He pushed K away and punched Aizawa hard on his face.

"That is for Eiri…" Touma said angrily. "And this is also for Eiri.." Touma said and gave another blow at Aizawa. That stilled him somehow.

Hiro loosened his grip on Aizawa and kick him right on the stomach. Aizawa groaned.

"What was that for???" K asked.

"That… is for Shuichi.." Hiro replied casually.

"All right.. two blows for Yuki-san and another kick for Shuichi.. What I should do now?" K thought mischievously.

"Shut the F*** up and get me a rope now." Touma snarled.

"Ok ok!! Whatever you say!" K answered. They somehow manage to get a rope out of nowhere and tied Aizawa up.

"Eiri…." Touma spoke, turning his attention to the blonde man lying on Shuichi's lap. " I'll bring you to the hospital now." Touma said as he placed his arm onto Yuki's.

"Shut up, Touma." Yuki managed to murmur.

"Yuki!!! Please.. let Seguchi san take you to the hospital! You'll die if you don't go there." Shuichi persuaded Yuki.

"Urusai……." Yuki coughed. "You're really a noisy kid, you know that?" Yuki said before passing out.

"Yuki!!!" Shuichi shook Yuki's motionless body. "Yuki!!!!"

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Shuichi, K, Hiro, Touma, Mika and the whole lot waited outside the operation room anxiously. Hiro was comforting the sobbing Shuichi, placing an arm around him. Aizawa Tachi was in another operation theater. His wounded leg needed to be treated.  The police took their statements and informed them that Aizawa was going to be charged under the second-degree murder. The police insisted that Yuki somehow has something to do with the murder. Touma somehow twisted the story and told the police that Yuki fired J's leg in order to defend himself. He even made calls to a close friend of his, whom was also the chief police inspector.

"Hiro… Yuki.. will he be alright right?" Shuichi looked up at Hiro's comforting face with his swollen eyes, seeking for some answers. Shuichi came out from the outpatient treatment only 5 minutes ago. Shuichi was practically dragged into the examination room when he reluctant to do so, insisting that he wanted to wait for Yuki.

"Of course he will," Hiro patted Shuichi's shoulder reassuringly. He actually didn't know the answer. Judging how much blood that Yuki lost, he could not deny the fact that Yuki might be in danger of losing his life. What's more, the wound was deep, and it hit right into the heart. He didn't know how deep it went, he could only pray that he would survive.

The doctor came out after about 3 hours in the operation.

Shuichi bounced up from his seat and rushed to the doctor immediately, followed by Touma, Mika and Tatsuha.

"Sensei.. How's Yuki?" Shuichi tugged at the elderly doctor's lab coat as he asked.

"Sensei… aniki wa…" Tatsuha broke off his sentence when he saw the doctor's expression.

"He is lucky that the knife did not hit his important organs, but… he had lost a huge amount of blood. If he could pass through tonight, it will be ok." The doctor explained, pushing his spectacles to the bridge of his nose as he answered. "Anyhow, we will try our best." The doctor assured.

"Arigatou… sensei…. Can we go and see him?" Shuichi sniffed.

"Certainly, but only 2 at a time please. And please wait till the nurse transferred him to the ICU room."

Just after the doctor left, the door opened and three nurses pushed the bed out. Yuki, filled with tubes, was breathing with the help of the oxygen tank. A bag of dark red blood hung on top of the bed and Yuki was naked from waist top, with bandaged wrapped around his body.

"Summimasen.." the nurse interrupted. "Who would like to register for this gentleman? We need to have records." The chief nurse explained.

"I will." Touma spoke. "I don't care how much is the fees, just put him in the best room in the hospital."

The nurse nodded. "Would you please put him in the special ICU room?" she turned towards her colleagues and requested.

"Onegai shimasu…" Touma bowed slightly at the nurses. The nurses nodded their heads and wheeled Yuki away, with Shuichi and Tatsuha following behind.

Once Yuki was placed in the room, Tatsuha and Shuichi went in to see him. They have to wear protective gloves and coats to enter the ICU room. They stood next to Yuki for a minute or two and stared at the unconscious Yuki before Shuichi spoke.

"Tatsuha-san, can you please leave me alone with Yuki for a while?" Shuichi meekly requested.

Tatsuha nodded and exited the private ICU room quietly. He knew that Shuichi longed to be with his brother. He could he how depressed Shuichi was. The pink haired boy is really head over heels for his brother.

Once Tatsuha exited the room, Shuichi went to the bed and took Yuki's hand into his and squeezed it lightly. His hand was cold. Yuki looked like he was sleeping, except for the tubes and needles on his body. The tears fell again. Shuichi couldn't help but cry when he saw Yuki. His heart hurts.  He knew it was his fault.

"If only I did not made Aizawa angry, then I will not bring so much trouble. If only I did not get up from the bed, If only I didn't go near to Yuki. Non of these would have happened." Shuichi blamed himself. "I did nothing but bring trouble to you. Like the last time you vomited blood. I was entirely to be blamed. If I did not come into your life, this would not happen. You would still be writing novels and enjoying your life." Shuichi sobbed softly, trying to control the sound level of his sobs.

He brought Yuki's palm and kissed him lightly before placing it on his check. " Yuki.. Please wake up..I promise you.. If you wake up, I will leave you alone. I will not be a nuisance to you anymore. Dakara, Kami-sama, onegai.. help me… Help Yuki…" Shuichi whispered.

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Arg!!! I couldn't end this story after all! I thought of making this chapter as the last one, but….

Ma.. I promised that next chapter is going to be the last!!! (I hope).. Minna.. please stay with me..^_^

Next chapter: Will Shuichi leave Yuki? Most importantly, is Yuki waking up?