Hello everyone this is the next chapter or this story. Um I don't think that there's anything else for me to say, wait. Oh yea if you are reading my other Rayearth story I hope to have the next chapter up by next month at sometime. Its taking me a long time because I am having serious issues with what I am going to do with Hikaru and Lantis' relationship. I have an idea but I kind of made it too complicated. So if you guys have any ideas I'd really appreciate them. Oh yea I am planning a Card Captor Sakura story too but that might take a while the stories I have out now are my first priority. Ok then enjoy!

I don't own Rayearth

I Guess I Need You

"Fuu if you keep distracting me we're gonna crash into a tree." Fuu placed on last kiss on his neck and just held on as he continued driving.

Ferio laughed to himself but a frown graced his features as he looked in the mirror and saw at least five bikes trailing them.

"Fuu I don't want to alarm you but hold on. Do you have your gun with you?"

"Yea." She answered nervously.

"Ok then on my count I want you to turn around and shoot behind you. One, two, three." Fuu turned finally seeing the bikes behind them and started aiming. She was able to get one rider before Ferio turned into an alley. They went into a flow of traffic and Ferio weaved their way through hoping to lose the ones following them.

"Ferio we have to get out of here someone could get hurt." He looked around and saw a sign that said that the docks were only a little ways away.

"Ok Fuu get ready."

They pulled up behind a crate of boxes and waited till they pulled up. The leader got off his bike and signaled them to disperse. One of the riders came against where they were hiding and Ferio covered his mouth and twisted his neck. He signaled to Fuu to come and follow him.

"Damn it, its like they just keep multiplying." Ferio cursed to himself as they rolled behind some trash cans to avoid a barrage of bullets. He counted before getting up and was shocked to find Fuu standing behind the man with the gun he gave her at his neck.

"Put down the gun." She whispered sounding deadly.

"Now now princess that's a pretty dangerous toy that you've go there you wouldn't want it to go off on accident."

"If it goes off then it won't be an accident." She pressed it against his neck more and he dropped the gun. Ferio walked up and picked up the gun from the floor.

"Now I'm not going to kill you but you go back to Lantis and warn him that we know what he is trying to do. Don't come into our territory again. Fuu let him go." Fuu cautiously removed her gun from his neck and he scrambled off.

"Fuu are you- shit get down." He threw her body to the floor covering it with his as bullets flew above them. He pulled out his gun and fired. Fuu turned away after seeing his body rattled with bullets.

Ferio got up and looked around cautiously then helped her up.

"Come on that was too easy there has to be more around here."

They rounded a corner running into a group standing there waiting. He pulled Fuu back behind the wall and then fired toward them. Luckily for him he was known for his accuracy in shooting and he proved it. He took Fuu's hand and pulled her after him. While they were running Fuu screamed and was wrenched from his grasp. He turned and saw she was struggling against a white haired man. Who held a gun at his side.

"Well well look what he have here, you've just made my job easier. You just waltzed right into my arms.. A good leader would have been more careful. But here we are and it pains me to know that I have to kill an innocent girl like this." He looked down at Fuu and traced her cheek with his finger.

"I'll spare your life if you come with me. You look like you would be fun."

Fuu sneered at him. "Go to hell."

"Let her go Innouva. Your fight is with me." Ferio ordered moving cautiously toward them. Innouva lifted his gun up.

"Who do you think you are? I don't take orders from you Prince."

"No but we do." Ferio saw Ascot standing behind him with his gun placed firmly against his head.

"How sad is it that, the leader needs people protecting him. Your death isn't worth my bullets."

Fuu took this opportunity and stepped down on his foot hard and twisted his arm back. Ascot took hold of him. Fuu ran over towards Ferio wrapping her arms around him.

"Ferio what should we do with him." Ascot asked tightening his grasp on him. Ferio didn't know how to answer as self-doubt clouded his mind. Was Innouva right?

"Ferio damn it are you listening?"

"Why are you asking him for orders he'll probably just tell you to let me go and make me promise not to hurt anyone again. He doesn't have the balls to take care of things like a man."

Fuu watched as Ferio stepped up to him his gold eyes flashing. They watched as he lifted his gun. Fuu closed her eyes not sure if she could really take Ferio killing someone in cold blood. Instead of hearing the gun go off they heard it come in contact with another object. Fuu opened her eyes and saw Innouva was on the ground Ferio had simply knocked him unconscious.

"Let's go." Ferio ground out and they walked back to where they left their bikes.

Fuu sat behind Ferio wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. She rested her chin against his shoulder. And not knowing whether he could hear her or not she whispered "I think that you're a great leader."

Ferio heard her but rode on acting as if he didn't. He laughed to himself for some reason her admission of belief in him made him feel better and even made him think that maybe it was true. They all pulled up to the house and went straight to bed too tired to really discuss the night.

Hikaru suddenly woke up from her sleep and looked around her smiling at the familiarity of her surroundings and what they represented. She loved the feel of the soft sheets that grazed her skin. The dying light from a once bright fireplace. The way that the moonlight filtered in through the curtains. She loved it all because this room harbored her love, protected him when she couldn't. She turned around in the strong arms that encased her and came face to face with her own dark angel. She knew him like no one else did. Most people were quick to believe him to be a heartless killer, who would show no emotion even if he killed off twenty men. But when she looked at him and stared into his eyes all she could see was love, kindness and all she felt from him when he held her was warmth. She raised his wrist and traced with her finger around the marking that made him her sworn enemy. For every second that she loved him she was betraying her own family. Whenever she held him she was pushing them away. But every time she kissed him her whole world became flooded with magic, love. She was in too deep now, she loved him too much she couldn't just give him up now and there was no way that her family would ever accept him and the people he led would never allow their leader to be with someone that they told daily to hate. The only solution to this was keeping their love a secret, to hide its beauty away from the world. She hated lying to them, being away for days without a word, being with him in the first place, but how could she deny what her heart wanted. Her eyes returned back to his face and she breathed him in taking in the way that a lock of hair fell across his forehead and laughed at the fact that asleep he seemed like an innocent child shielded away from the problems that faced him when he woke up. Her fingers grazed his lips wondering how it was possible that fate could be so cruel as to give her someone so perfect but at the same time so wrong. It wasn't fair but some people weren't as lucky as she was with either.

"Hikaru?" She smiled at the melodic sound in his voice.

"Yes?" She breathed her voice caught at the deep swirling colors of his eyes.

"Have you been up long?" He asked playfully twisting a lock of her hair around his finger.

"Nope not really. I woke up a few minutes ago."

"You should go back to sleep." He advised her but regretted it when her eyes seem to cloud over.

"Sleep is the last thing that I need. I can sleep back at home, alone. I hardly ever get to see you and the time that I get to you want me to sleep." She spat bitterly.

Lantis was shocked by her outburst but recognized a familiar hurt in her eyes. He pulled her closer to him. "Hika you know that's not what I meant."

She rubbed her head against his shoulder. "I know, I'm sorry but I'm just frustrated. I hate having to hide us. Leaving my friends in the dark, never telling them where I am going. Its so hard."

"I know Hikaru, I know. I wish that we didn't have to hide either. If I could change things then I would in a heartbeat. I'm sorry." It killed him that he was part of the reason why she was distressed. To know that it was his love that kept her in the shadows.

"It's not your fault, we're all to blame. Forget all of this I haven't seen you in a week so you get to hear about everything that I've done."

"Shoot me now." He answered back teasingly. Hikaru lightly slapped him.

"Well that teaches you not to be gone for long periods of time." Lantis laughed and Hikaru convinced herself that was the most beautiful sound that she ever heard. He smiled then moved so that he was raised above her.

"How about instead of hearing about all the things that you've done you show me how much you missed me."

She laughed and brought her arms around his neck. "I did show you, twice."

"Three times wouldn't hurt and this time I think that I'll show you." He leaned down and captured her lips in a searing kiss.

Ferio sighed laying in his bed. He tried to convince himself that what Innouva said meant nothing but how could he not allow it to affect him.

"Damn it I knew I couldn't handle this."

He closed the light and shut his eyes hoping that sleep would give him some comfort. His eyes shot open hearing the door to his room open. Instinctively he reached for his gun but as his eyes adjusted he recognized the familiar silhouette.

He reached over and turned the light back on. "Fuu what are you doing here?"

Fuu looked at him surprised she hoped that she would have come in when he was sleeping.

"Um I got lost I'm sorry."

"Fuu that's not it and you know it. Now come here and tell me what's wrong."

She turned back towards him and his heart stopped seeing tears well up in her eyes. She brushed them away.

"I just, I just didn't want to be alone. I'm sorry Ferio. I don't know if I can handle this I thought that I could but I, I don't know. I mean I've almost been killed twice. And then earlier I almost thought that I was really going to kill someone and I told myself that I would be ok with that but I realized that I'm not. But I don't want to leave either because I really want to stay with everyone but then I don't want to be a bother either and I, I don't know..." Ferio reached over to her and pulled her in his arms and rocked her back and forth.

"Hey, hey its ok. I understand ok. I know how hard it is. But listen you are such an amazing person some people wouldn't be able to take about half of what you went through. You are such a strong person even more so because you know your limits. You can still get out you know." He whispered the last part. He didn't want her to leave but he couldn't just keep her there.

Fuu shook her head. "No that's not what I want either. I want to stay with you." Fuu's hand went up to cover her mouth.

"I mean um, I.." Ferio reached up and used his finger to stop her.

He stared into her eyes. "I want you to stay with me too." This caused Fuu's cheeks to burn even more, even despite her admission of her feelings toward him she still found herself embarrassed sometimes.

"So you know what I am going to do since I'm not willing to give you up or get you killed. Just stay here with me. I mean you can advise me on some business stuff or just hang around here and help with some different things. If you don't like that idea then we can come up with something else. I just really wanna keep you around here. It was hell before you came. But now that you're here everything is so much better."

"Really?" She asked hopefully. She didn't want to leave him. She didn't know what was happening to her but every minute that she was away from him it hurt and she knew that she would be happy if she could just feel him with her always.

"Yes Fuu, I'm not about to lose you." He reached up and placed his hand against her cheek and drew her closer to him to pull her into a kiss. Fuu knew that he was trying to tell her that everything was going to be alright through that kiss and it was working. Being in his arms being able to touch and feel him made her feel happier, secure, safe.

"You always know how to make me feel better." She whispered.

"Of course, it makes me feel better too."

She laughed to herself a little then laid her head against his shoulder.

"I feel like such a cry baby this is the second time that I've come to you in tears."

"Hey I don't mind, I understand. I told you that this is the kind of life that you don't get used to but it gets better. Don't feel bad either when Umi first joined she cried almost everyday and poor Ascot was forced to listen to that all night. You haven't seen the extent of her dramatics but he loves her so he puts up with it despite my warnings."

"Haha Ferio that's so mean. Besides it's partially because of Miss Umi that I was able to get enough courage to make my move."

"Well then she deserves a parade with floats and everything."

"Haha I think that she would like that."

"So are you feeling a little better?" He asked happy knowing that he was able to make her smile

and this to him was the most important ability that he had.

She nodded. "Yea, I feel better when I'm around you." She stated sincerely.

'Wow good job Fuu I knew that you weren't that shy.' Her mind cheered.

"Me too." He admitted, this content feeling that he got from just being with her was amazing. He was different after knowing her for a few weeks and he was happy for that change.

"So you wanna just sleep here tonight, I've really gotten used to the floor." He chuckled for some reason or another he wanted to keep her close to him, even if she was only a room away he still feared that she would be taken away from him in an instant.

She blushed brightly suddenly feeling like an intruder. "Oh I'm sorry I've inconvenienced you a lot haven't I. I think that I'll be alright in my room." She got off the bed but Ferio took her wrist and pulled her back.

"What if I said that I wanted you to stay here." Ferio caught her gaze with his own.

Fuu blushed brightly suddenly the walk to her room seemed very long.

"I would say that I would like that. But you can sleep on the bed and I'll take the floor this time alright?"

"Nope you've had a long night. Plus I'm a gentlemen so you get the bed." He answered chivalrously.

She giggled slightly which turned into a long yawn.

"Alright time for you to go to sleep you've had a long day." Ferio preceded to pull her up and waited till she got into the bed and tucked the covers around her.

"Yea but it's been a really nice long day."

"Yea it has." He was about to walk off when she grabbed his wrist.

"Ferio just share the bed with me. Its not right that I keep taking it." She paused then looked up at him "Besides I like to have you close to me."

Ferio smiled and wordlessly crawled in next to her. Finding courage from somewhere she laid her head against his chest.

"See isn't this much better than a hard floor?"

"Yea it is. Now we really need to sleep. Good night Princess."

"Night Ferio."

"They did what?" Lantis roared.

"Well they were at a club yesterday and they were there too they thought that they could surprise them." The man answered nervously. It didn't matter how long he knew Lantis he always struck fear in whoever he spoke to.

'Thank god Hikaru was with me last night.' He thought to himself.

"No listen to me we follow through with the plan. This stunt has hindered the effectiveness of our plot. No plan of action is to be executed without my consent. Make sure that it does not happen again."

"Yes sir." He said backing away going toward the door.

Lantis sighed heavily sitting in a chair. This wasn't an isolated incident it seemed like there was someone set on running everything behind his back.

"Lantis." He looked up and saw his most trusted adviser and friend walk into the room.

"Yes Eagle."

"Don't you think that you were too harsh on the guy. I mean it was a good plan they had a good shot at taking care of him once and for all."

"They don't see to realize that one attack is going to bring him down. Its gonna take more than guns."

Eagle shrugged his shoulders. "I guess but that can't be your only reason for being so upset."

Lantis looked at him questioningly knowing that he was beating around the bush, which was unlike him. "What are you talking about?"

Eagle took a deep breath not really wanting to bring it up but knowing that he had to address it. "I mean you wouldn't be so upset over this if you didn't know how close your Hikaru came to being hurt."

Lantis stared at him hard not showing the least bit of shock.

"What?"

Eagle sighed in frustration at the lack of an admission. "Lantis I know about you two. I've had my suspicions which were confirmed earlier. I came by your house this morning and I saw you leaving with her."

Lantis glared at him but Eagle was unaffected by it after knowing him for so long. "I know that I don't have to ask you this but keep this to yourself, no one can know about it, no one needs to know about it."

"Lantis, damn it what the hell are you thinking. Do you even remember who she is. She is one of their best fighters, and she's practically Ferio's sister. What do you think they'll do when they find out you're screwing her."

"Damn it Eagle. You don't think that I know that. You don't think that it tears me apart whenever I see her. God it's like I'm betraying Zagato. But you don't understand she is so amazing, when I'm with her, God its indescribable. She isn't some girl that I just found to mess around with. I'm not just with her to piss off Ferio, I'm with her because I love her and I will be damned if he or even you try to take her away from me."

Eagle shook his head. "Lantis I can't stop you from seeing her and I'm not going to you're going to have to deal with the repercussions yourself. Just so you know I trust you and if you think that she is worth it then I'm behind you. But be careful, they'll never accept this and neither will your own people."

Eagle exited the room quietly and left Lantis to mull over this longer.

'I'm sorry Zagato but you of all people should understand."

Alright there you go I hope that you like it. Oh yea if you guys don't know Innouva was one of Zagatos minions in the first Rayearth series. I think I am kind of fuzzy about it because its been a while since I watched those episodes. Hehe oh well....thanks!!!!