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ch012 - [ I Wish... ]

     Kyo picked up the old lady and jumped out of the mob that surrounded him. Once he had escaped their circle he ran as fast as he could into any direction that was away from the gang that was chasing after them. He jumped over railings, cars, and finally stopped at another alleyway. He was breathing heavily and placed the old lady down against the brick wall. Her breathing rate had gone back to a normal pace and she opened her eyes to meet his crimson orbs of fire.

"Th-Thank you young boy..."

she said to him with a voice just above a whisper. Kyo just gave her a little smirk and shrugged it off,

"It was nothing, I just hate guys like those, they piss me off."

Kyo waited a while before asking,

"So why were those guys after you?"

The old lady's eyes went blank for a while and then she looked down at her lap,

"I'm not ordinary that's why."

Kyo's eyebrows knit together in confusion as he waited for her to continue her explanation. She looked up at him with her sea green eyes, and then said to him,

"What I mean is, I'm not normal...I... I'm able to make people's wishes come true."

Kyo stared at her with a raised eyebrow and then burst out into a fit of laughter,

"You have got to be kiddin'! That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard."

The old lady looked down at her hands and shook her head with a serious look on her face as she said to him with full sincerity,

"It's true. I can give someone one wish and that's it,"

Kyo's smile was wiped off of his face as he heard the sincerity in her voice and he asked in shock,

"You're not kiddin' are you..."

The old lady shook her head slowly and then rasied her head slightly to give him a toothless smile. She slowly got to her feet and wiped off the seat of her pants.

*Damn... I have a bad feeling that those assholes are gonna come back for her now, this lady isn't safe.*

"Oy, those guys are gonna be after you again right?"

The old lady froze and her eyes flitted to the direction of the dirty pavement as she said in a soft voice,

"I suppose..."

"Aren't you scared?"

"To death."

Kyo bit his bottom lip and then sighed,

"Look, how about this, I'll stick by you... and... be your bodyguard."

The old lady's eyes brightened up and he saw her lips turn up into a smile.

"Really?!"

Kyo nodded and gave her a smile,

"Yea, just as long as you would give me a place to stay."

The old lady chuckled in return and then said,

"It's a deal. C'mon, my apartment is this way."

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The old lady opened the door to a dark apartment room and flicked open the lights. The apartment was very clean and it had many books and paintings, a typical elderly looking house. She hung her purse on a coat rack and then gestured him to the couch.

"I'm sorry but I only have one room so you'll have to sleep on the couch, if you don't mind."

Kyo shook his head, yawned and muttered,

"I don't mind... and thanks...umm... well goodnight Mrs..."

"Call me Sakura."

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A month or two passed and Kyo and Sakura grew to have more of a motherly and son bond as days went by. Kyo spent each day protecting her like he had said he would and she let him stay at her place like she had said she would. However, one morning while they were taking a walk to the grocery store, something unexpected happened...something that wasn't able to be protected from.

While in the middle of walking to the store Sakura gasped and clutched her heart, her eyes went wide in pain and Kyo grabbed hold of her before she keeled over.

"Shit!! Are you alright?!!"

Her eyes were wide with fright and her hand was clutched against the middle of her chest. She gasped for air desperately while clutching Kyo's wrist as if holding on for her life. Kyo saw her face go white and he felt fear balloon up inside of him and he screamed out,

"Hold on, I'll get you to a hospital!"

Kyo lifted her into his arms and pushed through the crowd of people that had began to gather around them. Luckily, he spotted a hospital a block away and once he reached the hospital, he kicked open the doors and screamed out,

"I need help in here, NOW!"

Nurses and doctors all looked up and once they caught sight of the panicked boy and the dying woman, they all rushed to his aid and put Sakura onto a white stretcher. Then they quickly wheeled her into the emergency room, with Kyo trailing closely behind. A doctor stood in front of the door for the emergency room, blocking Kyo's way, and said,

"I'm sorry son, but you can't go in here, please wait in the waiting room. She will be fine, I assure you."

Kyo felt rage and sadness fill his body as he punched the wall with all his might. He felt burning tears spill out of the corner of his eyes as he angrily stormed into the waiting room like a child. He slumped down into the nearest chair. He then looked down at his shaking hands and felt himself gulp with fear.

*I've lost so much already...I can't bear to lose one more person. Don't die Sakura. Don't die...*

He squeezed his eyes shut and put his hands together, praying that she would live, he didn't want to lose anyone else that he cared about, he had experienced enough of that in his past. After what seemed to be hours later, a doctor came out with a blank expression on his face. Kyo instantly popped out of his seat and went over to the doctor, asking in a hopeful voice,

"How is she?"

The doctor's eyes betrayed a shed of sadness and Kyo could tell that he was about to get hit with bad news.

"I'm sorry...b-"

Kyo felt his knees tremor furiously and he coudn't hear another word, all he could hear was the words I'm sorry, repeat in his head over and over again like a broken record. He screamed with anguish and pushed the poor doctor out of his way and ran down the corridor of the hospital until he reached the door with Sakura in it. He pushed open the door and felt the tears slip down the side of his face as he slowly inched towards her unmoving body. When he reached her bedside he sat down next to her on the wooden stool adjacent to the bed. He took her hand in his and held onto it tightly in his, letting his hot tears soak her wrinkled hands. He begged in between sobs,

"Please... say something...don't die. Please....Please just tell me everything's gonna be alright."

He felt her fingers twitch for a second and he gasped at her sudden movement and watched with hopeful eyes. That's when he saw her eyes open weakly, and he could feel his happiness bouncing in every direction of his body. She held onto his hand weakly and said in a scratchy voice,

"K..Ky..o......"

Kyo felt more tears spring forth from his eyes as he watched the dying woman strain to speak.

"Save you breath..."

He saw a lone tear slip down the side of her eye and onto the light blue pillowcase that her head lay lightly on top of. Kyo squeezed her hand in his and then his eyes brightened up when he thought of a great idea to save her,

"Sakura... I want to make my one wish, and I wanna wish for you to be healthy again."

He saw her lips form into a shaky smile, but she shook her head and said with tearful eyes,

"It's...m..y... time...and you can't mess...wi..th...the..natural...way of..th...ings. Look..you've been....l..ike... a son to...me... and I ...want to t..thank you."

Kyo grasped her hand tightly and whispered softly,

"and you've been like a mother to me..."

Fresh tears slid down the sides of her eyes and she requested weakly,

"Before I go...I want you...to ... make ...a...wish....."

TO BE CONTINUED

* I couldnt think of a good way to end this chapter so just live with this one lols *

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