A/N- Once again i did this during school, heheh! Reviews!
CHAPTER 5-
Metal clanged on metal as they battled. Haruko and Naota were as one as they fought back and forth, putting dent upon dent into the giant robot.
Suddenly Naota was struck and flung back forcefully, landing hard on the ground and skidding nearly ten feet. He didn't move. Haruko froze, staring at his limp form lying on the ground, a trickle of blood was running down his face.
Just as suddenly as she froze, her face hardened, almost into a snarl, as she spun to face the black snake, who was slowly approaching her. "You will regret that," she snarled, walking over to Naota and picking up the Flying V. With one guitar in each hand she stood, her pink hair covered her eyes as she began trembling with fury. A solitary tear ran down her cheek.
Almost simultaneously, the enemies leapt at each other, Haruko swinging both guitars, and the snake flashing his built in machine guns. With a mighty blow, Haruko smacked the great robot's head into the ground, momentarily stunning it. A few moments later Haruko started up her bass guitar using the small, but still strange, engine on the back. Leaping on it and riding it like a skateboard she flew high into the sky as the robot righted itself reared its head. Opening its mouth, the beast reveled a set of twin laser cannons set as the fangs. With a loud crackling sound, the cannons charged and let loose a bolt of bright blue electricity. Haruko dodged it nimbly, soaring over the beast.
"What's that?" she asked herself as she looked down upon the head of the enormous robot. There was a small pane of super reinforced glass. Under which most likely resided... "The core! That's how I'll take this bastard down!" she snarled spinning the Flying V in front of her as she zoomed towards the head of the robot. The snake figured out what she was doing too late. His attempts to dodge her attacks were futile. Haruko was extremely agile and the bulk of the enormous snake was no match. With lightening speed she swooped in like a falcon catching its prey and slammed the Flying V through the glass, completely destroying the core of the monster. With a few loud crackles the black snake fell to the ground, its circuits completely destroyed. It twitched a few times before going completely still, it's glowing red eyes flickering for a moment before going out forever.
Haruko flew the bass guitar low to the ground and jumped off letting it fall out of the air behind her. She walked slowly over to the spot where Naota lay unconscious. Kneeling down, she picked up his head and held him close as tears began streaming from her eyes. "Naota, please wake up. Don't leave me," she whimpered.
"H-Haruko, I'll be fine. Stop crying," Naota spluttered, as he slowly opened his eyes. With great effort, he pulled himself up into a sitting position and looked over at Haruko. When she saw him grin slightly, she completely lost it, falling forward and grabbing him in a warm embrace.
"Don't scare me like that again!" she sobbed, holding him tight. Naota winced as she held him, but endured the pain of his injuries.
"I won't," he answered as she let him go, "I think we should go inside, now."
Haruko sniffed and wiped tears from her face as she stood. She held out her hand and helped Naota up. Carefully, Haruko lifted his arm over her head and assisted him into the house. After a struggle up the stairs and into his room, Haruko helped Naota lay down on his bed. He was sweating from the pain in his sides and was even running a high fever.
"Naota, you're burning up," Haruko said worriedly, "Hold on, I'll get you something." As she left the room, Naota put his hand on his face, slightly cooling it and blocking out the light which was making his head pound. Soon, however, the pain that was torturing him became so intense that he passed out.
Haruko returned with a small wet hand-towel, a small bag of ice wrapped in cloth, and a bottle of water. She gently dabbed his face, wiping off the blood, and put the bag of ice on the forehead. "I hope you feel better soon, Naota," Haruko whispered, quietly leaving the room to get her blanket and pillow off of her bed which was located in Kamon's old room.
A few minutes later she returned carrying her sleeping things and an old sleeping bag she found in one of the cabinets. Haruko took a few moments to lay her stuff out the looked at the clock on his desk. It read 10:48 pm. Stretching, she checked the ice bag on Naota's forehead then covered him with his blanket. After she made sure everything was in order, she made herself comfortable on the sleeping bag, pulled her blanket up over herself, the fell quickly to sleep.
The next morning, Naota woke up at around 4:45. Haruko was still sleeping. He could hear her quiet breathing under the mass of blankets on the floor. He sat up, letting the bag of melted ice fall next to him. Besides a small throbbing from the cut on his head, and slight soreness on his back and sides, he felt quite back to normal. Yawning, he focused through his dark room on the small red numbers of his clock.
"Geez, it's still early. Maybe I should go back to sleep," he thought as he turned to get back under his covers. Before he did, however, he stopped. Getting up off of the bed he made his quietly to where Haruko was sleeping on the floor and knelt down. Carefully getting under the covers, he snuggled up against Haruko, putting his arm over her. She smiled in her sleep as Naota closed his eyes and once again drifted into slumber.
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Whew, popping these chapters out one a day is hard, especially with high school and all. I'd better get some reviews please!!!
