I do not own Beyblade, nor its characters. This is purely fiction, so please don't sue me.
On the Run
Chapter 8
"...." Talking
'...' Thinking
[Head Quarters]
Everyone was silent when eating breakfast, Kai and Katherine have now reduced to just ignoring each other. They wouldn't talk unless a question was directed at them, or they have to say something urgent, then they'll say it. The others sat there uncomfortably, hoping to place themselves out of this awkward situation. Finally, they both finished breakfast and left the table.
Chiriko's eyes followed Katherine's retreating form until she disappeared then she turned back to the others. "What is wrong with those two?"
Nancy put down her fork and bit her bottom lip lightly. "Probably what happened after Kai dragged Kath upstairs led to this. After all, the slam of the door was quite loud yesterday."
"What do you think they talked about to get Kai that pissed off?" Maria asked thoughtfully.
"Probably Kath's 'I'll do anything for my job' speech, you know how it affects guys." Lisa said easily, it's not the first time that someone blew up after her 'inspiring' speech.
"Ray, did you say you wanted to go shopping?" Chiriko asked and Ray put down his cup of juice.
"Yeah, I wanted to buy some books."
Chiriko raised her eyebrows funnily and nodded, who'd have thought he likes to read. "We'll leave when you're finished, take your time." She leaned forwards and looked at everyone else. "I wonder how Kath's going to finish her job."
[Office]
Katherine moved her fingers over the keyboard effortlessly, soon words grouped together and what seemed like a report in her eyes is in the making. She paused in her action as the door opened and Lisa walked in.
Their eyes made contact, Katherine smiled as a greeting, then returned to her work. Lisa glanced down and closed the door behind her, slowly, she stolled over to her.
"Don't you think you were a bit harsh to Kai?" Lisa asked first, in her usual calm voice, still showing no emotion what-so-ever.
Katherine mentally tensed up a bit, then she flashed her million dollar smile and shrugged. "I didn't even do anything... it was just an one-night-stand, it was him that couldn't take it."
"Don't lie to me." Lisa said quietly.
Katherine's smile widened, her fingers never stopped working. "Why would I lie to you?"
Lisa sighed and shoved her hand into her pocket, and pulled out something, weighing it in her hand before slamming down the object in front of Katherine, messing up her entire report.
She stopped and slowly looked down at the object, her eyes widened. "You...."
"You were so worried that you forgot to take off your detector, I was listening to Maria and that guy, but was still recording your conversation."
Katherine said nothing, she just looked at the recording in front of her, Lisa looked at her, then looked up at the ceiling. "You were too harsh... even from Kai's voice, I could tell he was hurt."
"It's his fault." Katherine murmured and looked up. "It's his fault for making me feel this way."
"Kath, there's nothing worng with feeling that way, you can always..."
"No!" Katherine cut her off firmly. "I'm a player, I was born to be a player, I'll never change that fact by only settling down with one guy!"
They then just looked at each other, until Katherine sighed and stood up. "Don't tell the others anything." She stated softly, Lisa looked at her and nodded.
Katherine smiled and walked past her, then closed the door behind her, leaving Lisa there all by herself. Lisa glanced down then took Katherine's spot in front of the computer, just as she was about to save the file, the document's detail caught her eyes.
The whole screen is filled with 'Kai, I'm sorry'. Lisa starred at it for a moment longer before raising a smile and turned off the monitor. Maybe, Katherine isn't as heartless as she acts.
[Downstairs]
Katherine walked down the long stair case slowly, her mind drifting back to what Lisa said. She sighed and shoved her hands in her jacket pockets, her feet began moving.
She made her way towards the back of the house, her lonely footsteps echoed through the hallway as her high heel shoe made contact with the marble floor. Soon, she came to a clearing, then a huge glass wall, she stopped and looked on.
On the other side of the glass wall stood Kai, practicing Dranzer, his very move to perfection. Katherine looked at his back view, taking in his movements, her face softened. "Kai..." She murmured. "I'm sorry."
[Outside- Street Market]
"Good boy, you can go back and rest now." Chiriko patted her panther as Ray climbed off of him.
The panther nuzzled her hand for a moment longer before turning around and leapt off. Ray and Chiriko looked after it until it's gone from their sight before Chiriko smiled and turned towards Ray. "Well, what are you waiting for? Behind you is possibly the world's largest book saling market you'll ever see in your entire life!"
Ray smiled as well and turned around to face the long street covered with people going around and looking for books, this street is filled with all kinds of books, from languages to genres, everything's here. Unconsciously, he took a step forwards and took in a deep breath, he could almost smell the scent of new books.
Chiriko looked at him then looked at the street markets in front of her, she walked up to Ray and patted his shoulders. "What are you starring at? Let's go!" Without waiting for his reply, she took his larger hand and pulled him down the street with her.
Just like that, they slowly walked down the street hand in hand, after a moment, Ray tightened his hand around hers, making it feel as if they're on a date. Chiriko felt warmth rediating from his hand, something she hasn't felt around guys in many years now. This is pure warmth, it felt comforting and relaxing. She slowly raised a bitter smile, the other guys' hands are warm... but from desire... they all wanted her body, nothing else...
She just kept on starring ahead of her, ignoring everything that went on around her, her mind plugged back into her past. Her father betrayed her mother and she died because of it... he's a murderer...
"Chiriko!"
A loud yell brought her back to reality, she turned towards Ray immediately and saw him looking at her intently, peering at her face closely. "Ray... something wrong?"
"I should be asking you that question, you were looking ahead unblinking, what's wrong?" He asked worriedly, dropping her hand, wanting to touch her cheek but she turned her head away and took in a deep breath.
"Nothing, I was just day-dreaming. Let's go." She said, walking forwards, not bothering with Ray to see if he's following or not. Ray looked after her for a few seconds before shaking his head and followed her as well.
Soon, they came to a stop in front of a novel stand, with different genres of novels, Ray seemed to be digging into these books just fine. Picking out the ones that he liked the best. Chiriko looked at his concentrated face, then her eyes swept across the whole stand, suddenly the 'romance' section caught her eyes.
She smirked and picked up a book, on the cover, the girl and the boy is hugging each other, their faces painted with happy masks. She flipped the book to the back and read the short summary. The girl and the boy. They meet, they fall in love, they go through some sort of hard time together and get married in the end. She snorted lightly and put the book back onto the shelf.
She then picked up several other ones and read the summary, all the same thing, their adventures may be different, but they all get a happily ever after ending... how unrealistic and pathetic. People nowadays can only reply on books to fulfill their hearts with the warmth of love, appears that there's no true love in this world anymore. She snorted loudly, and put the book back while rolling her eyes.
"Miss... is something wrong? Are you looking for a certain book, I can always help you." A gentle voice rang out.
She looked up and looked into a young man's face, in his early twenties. Chiriko turned so that her whole body was facing him, the first thing she noticed about him is his smile. Involuntarily, she smiled back as well. Strange, his smile somehow makes her feel very warm inside, then she narrowed her eyes and dropped her smile, what is she thinking?
The guy didn't take notice of her strange behaviour, he moved past her and looked at the shelf in front of them, continuing on with his questions. "You probably can't decide on a good book, right?"
Chiriko just smiled by didn't say anything, the guy smiled back and then turned back to the shelf again, pulling out a book, he handed it to her. She took it and read the title 'Rain'.
"Rain?" She inquired softly.
"Yes, it's the number one seller across the world right now." He looked at the title then looked at her again, with his bright smile. "It kinda sounds like you."
"How so?" She asked, suddenly very interested in what he has to say about her.
"This story talks about how the main character's boyfriend betrayed her and left with another woman, she was hurt, so she became a player, playing with all sorts of men. Then one day, this guy came along, he loves her very much, but because of what happened to her before, she didn't allow herself to fall in love with him. Then many years past by when finally the guy gave up on her and accepted his family's marriage plans for him, the day when she received the news that he got married, she went crazy. She regretted not staying with him, because in truth, she had already fell in love with him." He said shortly, summarizing the whole story. "I might be wrong, but from first glance, you look like the kind of girl who plays around a lot as well... maybe, you can relate to many things in the book."
Chiriko looked at him, then looked down at the book in her hand, after a minute she smiled and looked back up at him. "What's your name?"
"Jack." He said, holding out a hand.
Chiriko looked at his hand, then put hers into his and shook his hand softly. "I'm Chiriko, it's very nice to meet you."
"Like wise." He said, his smile warming her up from head to toe.
"Then Jack, tell me, do you believe in true love?"
Jack blushed, making him look like an innocent teenager, he scratched his head and laughed sheepishly. "I guess so... I'd like to find a girl someday and fall in love, and then get married and live happily."
Chiriko looked at him, he doesn't look like someone whom is just answering her with whatever that popped into his head. She saw that look in his eyes, he's telling the truth, he really would like to fall in love someday. With a smile, she took out a few bills and put them on the table beside them, and looked up at him. "Thanks, that was a nice summary, I'll take the book."
She nodded at him, then turned and walked towards Ray, whom had already finished his shopping and is waiting for her patiently. Upon seeing her walking towards him, he gave her a smile, she returned his smile and both of them began a slow walk back to the head quarters.
"What book did you buy?" Ray asked curiously, looking at the single book in her hand.
Chiriko shrugged and slipped the book into his bag of books and smiled. "It's a love story, some guy recommended it to me. He was cute, so I bought the book. But... you know I'm not the type of person who'll read a romance novel, take it back and give it to Mariah." She said, walking forwards.
"Mariah? How did you know about Mariah?" Ray asked surprised.
Chiriko laughed at the surprised look on his face and flipped her hair back behind her shoulders. "Please Ray... being a bodyguard like I am now... you've got to know everyone that comes in contact with your customer... so I know all about your past and your present."
"Then... how about my future?" Ray asked funnily, Chiriko pretended to be thinking about it, then she looked at Ray with mock serious.
"Your future... I see.... a beautiful wife and tons of kids, you'll live happily ever after."
They both looked at each other before cracking up, laughing together. Suddenly, a blood chilling scream rang out from behind them and interrupted their laughter. Both of them turned and looked behind them, a group of men carrying weapons ran towards them, slicing anyone that stands in their way.
"Ray, stay behind me." Chiriko warned, growing serious.
Suddenly, her eyes widened, she watched as one guy ran towards Jack and without any word, Jack was pierced through the heart and fell on the ground dead. She watched in horror as blood spilt out from him and his lifeless eyes starred straight up, his voice from moments ago rang in her ears.
"I guess so... I'd like to find a girl someday and fall in love, and then get married and live happily."
She narrowed her eyes, cold vibes coming off of her, she lifted up her head and looked at the men coming towards her. She raised a smirk, her hand went around her waist, she took out a sword handle, pressing a button, the handle enveloped into a katana.
"Woh.. where did you get that?" Ray blinked surprisingly.
"Just stay behind me." Chiriko warned him, her voice deadly.
She took a step forwards, raising up her katana she slashed down, the front man froze on the spot and then fell onto the ground dead. The men behind him paused for a second before charging towards her, she looked at them un-nervingly and raised up her katana again.
People screamed around them, they ran in all directions, blood covered the entire street, making it a blood market rather than a book market. At the last two men, she jumped up at the same time as the men did, with one slash, they were both dead. However, one guy managed to leave a leg length cut on her right leg before dropping down onto the ground.
Chiriko just landed on the ground and looked around, making sure there're no more coming at them, she then turned towards Ray and grabbed his arm. "Come, this way!"
She said urgently and dragged him running down the street, soon, they came to an alley, without a word she dragged him in and with a few twists and turns, they're far away from the screaming crowd where no one can see them.
She then let go of Ray and breathed hard, walking a few steps, she sat down onto the ground, her katana beside her. She looked down at her right leg as she winced a bit in pain.
"Don't touch that." Ray ordered and kneeled down in front of her ripping off a part of his clothing, long enough for a bandage for her leg. He touched her wound with the fabric, she winced and drew her leg back a bit. "Sorry."
Chiriko looked at him for a moment before shaking her head softly. "It's okay."
"Then... be strong, it's going to a hurt a little." Ray warned, and she nodded slowly.
Ray then nodded and proceeded on to wrap the fabric around her leg, she winced and cluntched onto her katana as a release of hurt and pain. Finally, with one more wrap, Ray tied the fabric up into a knot and looked up at her.
"We have to get back quickly, I can only stop your bleeding for so long, we need Nancy's help." He said, and she losened her hold on her katana, pressing a button, it returned to a handle again.
"I know, let's go then." She said, Ray stood up and offered her a hand, she took it and he pulled her up to her feet. Then he turned and began walking slowly, realizing that his bag of books is already gone.
Suddenly, she pulled at his hand as she fell down again, he kneeled down and looked at her pained expression. "Does it hurt a lot?"
She nodded her head painfully, her eyes closed, sweat coming down her face.
"Can you walk?"
She shook her head, as if that little action hurted her.
With a sigh, Ray turned around while kneeling down, his back facing her. "Climb on."
"What?" Chiriko opened an eye and looked at his back confused.
"You can't walk, I'll carry you back, climb on."
Chiriko looked at his back doubtfully, he glanced at her and used a firm voice when speaking again. "Just get on, we can't waist any more time here when you may start bleeding at any time."
Chiriko nodded and slowly, she got on Ray's back. He waited for her to get comfortable and then stood up, balancing her weight on his back, he glanced back at her. "Tell me the way back, and you can just rest."
Slowly, she gave him the route, and immediately he began walking. She laid on his back, half unconsciouse, the only thing she felt was the warmth coming out from him. She tightened her hold on his shoulders, he suddenly makes her feel very safe, he's the first guy ever to make her feel that way. What's so special about him?
To tell you the truth, he's not the best looking guy, nor the richest guy she's met. There're tons of those running around in her little address book, but those people are only for letting out her desires and frustrations. Ray's different.... but how so?
She closed her eyes as another wave of darkness took over her, she doesn't know what's so different about him... but all she knows is that he's definitely different from all those other guys that she used to date and sleep around with... definitely different....
TBC....
Thanks for reading, please R&R.
On the Run
Chapter 8
"...." Talking
'...' Thinking
[Head Quarters]
Everyone was silent when eating breakfast, Kai and Katherine have now reduced to just ignoring each other. They wouldn't talk unless a question was directed at them, or they have to say something urgent, then they'll say it. The others sat there uncomfortably, hoping to place themselves out of this awkward situation. Finally, they both finished breakfast and left the table.
Chiriko's eyes followed Katherine's retreating form until she disappeared then she turned back to the others. "What is wrong with those two?"
Nancy put down her fork and bit her bottom lip lightly. "Probably what happened after Kai dragged Kath upstairs led to this. After all, the slam of the door was quite loud yesterday."
"What do you think they talked about to get Kai that pissed off?" Maria asked thoughtfully.
"Probably Kath's 'I'll do anything for my job' speech, you know how it affects guys." Lisa said easily, it's not the first time that someone blew up after her 'inspiring' speech.
"Ray, did you say you wanted to go shopping?" Chiriko asked and Ray put down his cup of juice.
"Yeah, I wanted to buy some books."
Chiriko raised her eyebrows funnily and nodded, who'd have thought he likes to read. "We'll leave when you're finished, take your time." She leaned forwards and looked at everyone else. "I wonder how Kath's going to finish her job."
[Office]
Katherine moved her fingers over the keyboard effortlessly, soon words grouped together and what seemed like a report in her eyes is in the making. She paused in her action as the door opened and Lisa walked in.
Their eyes made contact, Katherine smiled as a greeting, then returned to her work. Lisa glanced down and closed the door behind her, slowly, she stolled over to her.
"Don't you think you were a bit harsh to Kai?" Lisa asked first, in her usual calm voice, still showing no emotion what-so-ever.
Katherine mentally tensed up a bit, then she flashed her million dollar smile and shrugged. "I didn't even do anything... it was just an one-night-stand, it was him that couldn't take it."
"Don't lie to me." Lisa said quietly.
Katherine's smile widened, her fingers never stopped working. "Why would I lie to you?"
Lisa sighed and shoved her hand into her pocket, and pulled out something, weighing it in her hand before slamming down the object in front of Katherine, messing up her entire report.
She stopped and slowly looked down at the object, her eyes widened. "You...."
"You were so worried that you forgot to take off your detector, I was listening to Maria and that guy, but was still recording your conversation."
Katherine said nothing, she just looked at the recording in front of her, Lisa looked at her, then looked up at the ceiling. "You were too harsh... even from Kai's voice, I could tell he was hurt."
"It's his fault." Katherine murmured and looked up. "It's his fault for making me feel this way."
"Kath, there's nothing worng with feeling that way, you can always..."
"No!" Katherine cut her off firmly. "I'm a player, I was born to be a player, I'll never change that fact by only settling down with one guy!"
They then just looked at each other, until Katherine sighed and stood up. "Don't tell the others anything." She stated softly, Lisa looked at her and nodded.
Katherine smiled and walked past her, then closed the door behind her, leaving Lisa there all by herself. Lisa glanced down then took Katherine's spot in front of the computer, just as she was about to save the file, the document's detail caught her eyes.
The whole screen is filled with 'Kai, I'm sorry'. Lisa starred at it for a moment longer before raising a smile and turned off the monitor. Maybe, Katherine isn't as heartless as she acts.
[Downstairs]
Katherine walked down the long stair case slowly, her mind drifting back to what Lisa said. She sighed and shoved her hands in her jacket pockets, her feet began moving.
She made her way towards the back of the house, her lonely footsteps echoed through the hallway as her high heel shoe made contact with the marble floor. Soon, she came to a clearing, then a huge glass wall, she stopped and looked on.
On the other side of the glass wall stood Kai, practicing Dranzer, his very move to perfection. Katherine looked at his back view, taking in his movements, her face softened. "Kai..." She murmured. "I'm sorry."
[Outside- Street Market]
"Good boy, you can go back and rest now." Chiriko patted her panther as Ray climbed off of him.
The panther nuzzled her hand for a moment longer before turning around and leapt off. Ray and Chiriko looked after it until it's gone from their sight before Chiriko smiled and turned towards Ray. "Well, what are you waiting for? Behind you is possibly the world's largest book saling market you'll ever see in your entire life!"
Ray smiled as well and turned around to face the long street covered with people going around and looking for books, this street is filled with all kinds of books, from languages to genres, everything's here. Unconsciously, he took a step forwards and took in a deep breath, he could almost smell the scent of new books.
Chiriko looked at him then looked at the street markets in front of her, she walked up to Ray and patted his shoulders. "What are you starring at? Let's go!" Without waiting for his reply, she took his larger hand and pulled him down the street with her.
Just like that, they slowly walked down the street hand in hand, after a moment, Ray tightened his hand around hers, making it feel as if they're on a date. Chiriko felt warmth rediating from his hand, something she hasn't felt around guys in many years now. This is pure warmth, it felt comforting and relaxing. She slowly raised a bitter smile, the other guys' hands are warm... but from desire... they all wanted her body, nothing else...
She just kept on starring ahead of her, ignoring everything that went on around her, her mind plugged back into her past. Her father betrayed her mother and she died because of it... he's a murderer...
"Chiriko!"
A loud yell brought her back to reality, she turned towards Ray immediately and saw him looking at her intently, peering at her face closely. "Ray... something wrong?"
"I should be asking you that question, you were looking ahead unblinking, what's wrong?" He asked worriedly, dropping her hand, wanting to touch her cheek but she turned her head away and took in a deep breath.
"Nothing, I was just day-dreaming. Let's go." She said, walking forwards, not bothering with Ray to see if he's following or not. Ray looked after her for a few seconds before shaking his head and followed her as well.
Soon, they came to a stop in front of a novel stand, with different genres of novels, Ray seemed to be digging into these books just fine. Picking out the ones that he liked the best. Chiriko looked at his concentrated face, then her eyes swept across the whole stand, suddenly the 'romance' section caught her eyes.
She smirked and picked up a book, on the cover, the girl and the boy is hugging each other, their faces painted with happy masks. She flipped the book to the back and read the short summary. The girl and the boy. They meet, they fall in love, they go through some sort of hard time together and get married in the end. She snorted lightly and put the book back onto the shelf.
She then picked up several other ones and read the summary, all the same thing, their adventures may be different, but they all get a happily ever after ending... how unrealistic and pathetic. People nowadays can only reply on books to fulfill their hearts with the warmth of love, appears that there's no true love in this world anymore. She snorted loudly, and put the book back while rolling her eyes.
"Miss... is something wrong? Are you looking for a certain book, I can always help you." A gentle voice rang out.
She looked up and looked into a young man's face, in his early twenties. Chiriko turned so that her whole body was facing him, the first thing she noticed about him is his smile. Involuntarily, she smiled back as well. Strange, his smile somehow makes her feel very warm inside, then she narrowed her eyes and dropped her smile, what is she thinking?
The guy didn't take notice of her strange behaviour, he moved past her and looked at the shelf in front of them, continuing on with his questions. "You probably can't decide on a good book, right?"
Chiriko just smiled by didn't say anything, the guy smiled back and then turned back to the shelf again, pulling out a book, he handed it to her. She took it and read the title 'Rain'.
"Rain?" She inquired softly.
"Yes, it's the number one seller across the world right now." He looked at the title then looked at her again, with his bright smile. "It kinda sounds like you."
"How so?" She asked, suddenly very interested in what he has to say about her.
"This story talks about how the main character's boyfriend betrayed her and left with another woman, she was hurt, so she became a player, playing with all sorts of men. Then one day, this guy came along, he loves her very much, but because of what happened to her before, she didn't allow herself to fall in love with him. Then many years past by when finally the guy gave up on her and accepted his family's marriage plans for him, the day when she received the news that he got married, she went crazy. She regretted not staying with him, because in truth, she had already fell in love with him." He said shortly, summarizing the whole story. "I might be wrong, but from first glance, you look like the kind of girl who plays around a lot as well... maybe, you can relate to many things in the book."
Chiriko looked at him, then looked down at the book in her hand, after a minute she smiled and looked back up at him. "What's your name?"
"Jack." He said, holding out a hand.
Chiriko looked at his hand, then put hers into his and shook his hand softly. "I'm Chiriko, it's very nice to meet you."
"Like wise." He said, his smile warming her up from head to toe.
"Then Jack, tell me, do you believe in true love?"
Jack blushed, making him look like an innocent teenager, he scratched his head and laughed sheepishly. "I guess so... I'd like to find a girl someday and fall in love, and then get married and live happily."
Chiriko looked at him, he doesn't look like someone whom is just answering her with whatever that popped into his head. She saw that look in his eyes, he's telling the truth, he really would like to fall in love someday. With a smile, she took out a few bills and put them on the table beside them, and looked up at him. "Thanks, that was a nice summary, I'll take the book."
She nodded at him, then turned and walked towards Ray, whom had already finished his shopping and is waiting for her patiently. Upon seeing her walking towards him, he gave her a smile, she returned his smile and both of them began a slow walk back to the head quarters.
"What book did you buy?" Ray asked curiously, looking at the single book in her hand.
Chiriko shrugged and slipped the book into his bag of books and smiled. "It's a love story, some guy recommended it to me. He was cute, so I bought the book. But... you know I'm not the type of person who'll read a romance novel, take it back and give it to Mariah." She said, walking forwards.
"Mariah? How did you know about Mariah?" Ray asked surprised.
Chiriko laughed at the surprised look on his face and flipped her hair back behind her shoulders. "Please Ray... being a bodyguard like I am now... you've got to know everyone that comes in contact with your customer... so I know all about your past and your present."
"Then... how about my future?" Ray asked funnily, Chiriko pretended to be thinking about it, then she looked at Ray with mock serious.
"Your future... I see.... a beautiful wife and tons of kids, you'll live happily ever after."
They both looked at each other before cracking up, laughing together. Suddenly, a blood chilling scream rang out from behind them and interrupted their laughter. Both of them turned and looked behind them, a group of men carrying weapons ran towards them, slicing anyone that stands in their way.
"Ray, stay behind me." Chiriko warned, growing serious.
Suddenly, her eyes widened, she watched as one guy ran towards Jack and without any word, Jack was pierced through the heart and fell on the ground dead. She watched in horror as blood spilt out from him and his lifeless eyes starred straight up, his voice from moments ago rang in her ears.
"I guess so... I'd like to find a girl someday and fall in love, and then get married and live happily."
She narrowed her eyes, cold vibes coming off of her, she lifted up her head and looked at the men coming towards her. She raised a smirk, her hand went around her waist, she took out a sword handle, pressing a button, the handle enveloped into a katana.
"Woh.. where did you get that?" Ray blinked surprisingly.
"Just stay behind me." Chiriko warned him, her voice deadly.
She took a step forwards, raising up her katana she slashed down, the front man froze on the spot and then fell onto the ground dead. The men behind him paused for a second before charging towards her, she looked at them un-nervingly and raised up her katana again.
People screamed around them, they ran in all directions, blood covered the entire street, making it a blood market rather than a book market. At the last two men, she jumped up at the same time as the men did, with one slash, they were both dead. However, one guy managed to leave a leg length cut on her right leg before dropping down onto the ground.
Chiriko just landed on the ground and looked around, making sure there're no more coming at them, she then turned towards Ray and grabbed his arm. "Come, this way!"
She said urgently and dragged him running down the street, soon, they came to an alley, without a word she dragged him in and with a few twists and turns, they're far away from the screaming crowd where no one can see them.
She then let go of Ray and breathed hard, walking a few steps, she sat down onto the ground, her katana beside her. She looked down at her right leg as she winced a bit in pain.
"Don't touch that." Ray ordered and kneeled down in front of her ripping off a part of his clothing, long enough for a bandage for her leg. He touched her wound with the fabric, she winced and drew her leg back a bit. "Sorry."
Chiriko looked at him for a moment before shaking her head softly. "It's okay."
"Then... be strong, it's going to a hurt a little." Ray warned, and she nodded slowly.
Ray then nodded and proceeded on to wrap the fabric around her leg, she winced and cluntched onto her katana as a release of hurt and pain. Finally, with one more wrap, Ray tied the fabric up into a knot and looked up at her.
"We have to get back quickly, I can only stop your bleeding for so long, we need Nancy's help." He said, and she losened her hold on her katana, pressing a button, it returned to a handle again.
"I know, let's go then." She said, Ray stood up and offered her a hand, she took it and he pulled her up to her feet. Then he turned and began walking slowly, realizing that his bag of books is already gone.
Suddenly, she pulled at his hand as she fell down again, he kneeled down and looked at her pained expression. "Does it hurt a lot?"
She nodded her head painfully, her eyes closed, sweat coming down her face.
"Can you walk?"
She shook her head, as if that little action hurted her.
With a sigh, Ray turned around while kneeling down, his back facing her. "Climb on."
"What?" Chiriko opened an eye and looked at his back confused.
"You can't walk, I'll carry you back, climb on."
Chiriko looked at his back doubtfully, he glanced at her and used a firm voice when speaking again. "Just get on, we can't waist any more time here when you may start bleeding at any time."
Chiriko nodded and slowly, she got on Ray's back. He waited for her to get comfortable and then stood up, balancing her weight on his back, he glanced back at her. "Tell me the way back, and you can just rest."
Slowly, she gave him the route, and immediately he began walking. She laid on his back, half unconsciouse, the only thing she felt was the warmth coming out from him. She tightened her hold on his shoulders, he suddenly makes her feel very safe, he's the first guy ever to make her feel that way. What's so special about him?
To tell you the truth, he's not the best looking guy, nor the richest guy she's met. There're tons of those running around in her little address book, but those people are only for letting out her desires and frustrations. Ray's different.... but how so?
She closed her eyes as another wave of darkness took over her, she doesn't know what's so different about him... but all she knows is that he's definitely different from all those other guys that she used to date and sleep around with... definitely different....
TBC....
Thanks for reading, please R&R.
