Title: Earthquake

By: Kibethan, who's eye's still hurt from crying...um...6 hours ago.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation. I have never owned Gravitation. And in the future, I probably won't own Gravitation. (How's that for the three tenses of speech?)

Summary: When an earthquake occurs in Japan and Yuki is in America, how will Yuki and Shuichi cope with being away from each other during this time, and will Shuichi even survive long enough to be able to be with Yuki again?

Half-warning: Slight...slight...swearing in chapter.

Chapter 11

Yuki stood there, absolutely speechless. It was Shuichi! There was no other person who it could possibly be! Okay, so there were probably plenty of people in Tokyo who had pink hair...but he could just feel that it was Shuichi.

He was in so much shock, that he couldn't move. His legs were frozen to the ground where he stood. His mind was screaming at them to move, but he couldn't, because his Shuichi was right over there. So close, that if the wind had been blowing in the right direction, he would've been able to smell him.

Now that he had actually made it to his target, he couldn't figure out what to do next. Sure, Shuichi hadn't actually seen him yet. But that didn't really matter, right? As long as he knew that Shuichi was safe...but why was he laying on the ground like that?

Yuki's heart started beating rapidly as he contemplated all the reasons why his lover was currently laying down on his back. Almost all the reasons in his head had something to do with the fact that Shuichi might still be hurt.

His legs forgot to be frozen, and Yuki found himself sprinting towards Shuichi with speed that he didn't know that he possessed. When he got close enough he saw that Shuichi's eyes were closed. That meant one of three things. Shuichi could be asleep, he could be pretending to be asleep, or he could be...dead. The first two were things that Yuki would be able to deal with. The third...well, he pleaded the fifth (1) in his mind. Unfortunately, his mind wasn't following the constitution very well, and the third reason was the reason that kept replaying over in his mind.

He almost started shouting out Shuichi's name as he got closer, but thought better of it. After all, if Shuichi wasn't dead and he was actually asleep, he didn't know if he'd be able to handle the cheeriness that would come from Shuichi. Also, there were a lot of kids around, and he certainly didn't want to wake them up. After all, they'd probably had a hell of night.

The closer that he got, the more relaxed he got. His brain had started to work, and he started to think that, logically speaking, the adults wouldn't have kept the dead body of Shuichi next to all of those kids. They probably would've been traumatized for life! Yuki chuckled a little as he thought about what those poor kid's dream's would've been for the rest of their lives if they'd been forced to sleep right next to the corpse of Shuichi. He was almost full out laughing as he thought about how twisted that they would probably become...

His thoughts shifted once again to Shuichi as he got closer and closer. As soon as he was by his side, he dropped to his knees. He was there.

He was by Shuichi's side.

And Shuichi was alive!

He was obviously alive. If he weren't alive, then his chest wouldn't have been moving up and down rhythmically in tune to his breathing. Yuki's heart began to constrict in his chest as he watched Shuichi sleep.

He looked so peaceful in his sleep, no doubt different from how he had looked during most of the last couple of days. Yuki frowned a bit when he saw the dried blood on the side of Shuichi's face. He started searching Shuichi for more wounds, wondering where else his lover had been hurt.

His eyes fell on Shuichi's arm, which was still bleeding. Yuki went right to work trying to clean it up. It looked like it had already been cleaned up a little, but it still needed to be cleaned up more, now that it had started bleeding again.

Yuki looked around for clothing that he could rip, but when he couldn't find any extra, he decided to use his own. He hastily took off his shirt and ripped it up into strips. He then took some of the strips and wrapped them around Shuichi's arm.

The entire time he did this, Shuichi didn't wake up at all. He lay there, deep asleep the whole time. Every once in a while, he would moan and try to get further into Yuki's touch. Yuki kind of figured that subconsciously, Shuichi knew that he was there.

He looked around and saw that there was another person lying next to Shuichi who's injuries were far more extensive than Shuichi's had been. He halfway recognized him as Shuichi's band mate. It wasn't Hiro; it was the other one...what was his name again? Well, his name wasn't important, he was still very hurt no matter what his name was.

He figured that since he still had some strips of shirt left (quite a bit, as a matter of fact) he might as well start wrapping the kid up. It was help the kid to lose less blood (he already looked half dead) and it would earn some major points with Shuichi.

When he started patching the kid up, so to speak, he realized that he was hurt a lot more than he had at first realized. The blood that was flowing freely from the wounds hid a great deal more injuries underneath. Still, he tried his best to make the kid look a little bit less like death warmed over.

After he had finished wrapping the kid (he still couldn't remember his name, Sugimoto...Sugito...what the hell was it?) up, the kid looked like a mummy. But at least the bleeding was beginning to slow, right? That had to count for something.

Yuki smiled at his handiwork. It had taken a little bit over an hour to complete the work, and he was thankful that he had gotten there when it was light out, or else it would've taken forever. He shifted so that he was seated next to Shuichi and decided to just watch him. Since it was light out, he figured that soon somebody would wake up and notice his presence. He just kind of hoped that it wasn't one of those damned kids.

Of course, somebody up there decided that he'd had enough good look for one day (after all, he had found Shuichi...). Yuki suddenly found himself staring eye to eye with an a little boy. He'd already decided that after having a little bit of fun confusing the little girl that he'd had enough of kids to last him a lifetime.

"Who're you?" the little kid asked him. Yuki didn't answer and averted his eyes to stare at Shuichi again. He figured that if he ignored the kid, that the kid would go away. Of course, things never go as planned. The kid actually had the nerve to grab Yuki's head and make him look him in the eye. "I said, 'Who are you?' And why are you looking at Shindou-san like that?" Yuki was surprised that the kid could actually have some respect for somebody that was older than him.

However, he was still pissed off that the kid wasn't treating him with any kind of respect whatsoever.

"No body, bugger off..."

"I said..."

"I heard what you said!" Yuki said cutting the off. He was still trying to let Shuichi sleep for as long as possible.

"Then why won't you answer me?" The kid started turning on the fake waterworks. Of course, Yuki wasn't at all fazed by them, getting them from Shuichi all the time. When that didn't work, the kid switched tactics. He obviously realized that Yuki wanted to make sure that Shuichi stayed asleep so... "I'll wake up Shindou-san if you don't tell me who you are."

Yuki narrowed his eyes. There was no way that he was going to tell the kid who he was. But, he couldn't let the kid wake up Shuichi either. He decided that Shuichi staying asleep was more important than the kid not knowing who he was.

"My name is Yuki Eiri. Are you happy now?" The kid looked at him in wonderment. Obviously he hadn't expected that he was going to win. Also, something else clicked in the kid's brain.

"You're...Yuki...? Shindou-san talked about you so much, that I really wanted to meet you! We should wake him up and tell him that you're here!" The kid went to start shaking Shuichi, but Yuki grabbed him.

"No. I think it'd be best if he let him sleep."

"He doesn't need to sleep anymore, though. He was unconscious for almost all of yesterday!" the kid told him. Yuki's eyes went wide.

"What?"

"He was unconscious for almost yesterday. In fact! He almost died." It took everything in Yuki's power not to start shaking information out of the kid. He didn't need to though, because the kid just started to spill it. "He collapsed after he led us out of the hospital rubble. It was so scary, because he didn't wake up. The doctor's told us that he might not ever wake up again. He did though. I'm so glad that he did."

"What's your name, kid?"

"Kousuke..."

"What do you say that we wake him up, Kousuke?" Yuki had finally decided that Shuichi had slept for long enough. He was especially worried, now that Kousuke had told him that Shuichi had been unconscious, that he wouldn't wake up. Kousuke had a huge grin on his face and he nodded enthusiastically.

"Okay!" Yuki and Kousuke immediately started shaking Shuichi every which direction that they could. Pulling and pushing; pushing and pulling. Yuki got worried when Shuichi didn't open his eyes right away, but felt immense relief when he did. "Shindou-san!" Kousuke cried.

"Oh, good morning, Kousuke. Good morning, Yuki..." Yuki watched as the shock registered on Shuichi's face as he realized what he just said. "Yuki?!?!?!" He stood up quickly, not even caring about the dizzy rush that befell him when he did. "Yuki! You're really here? Yuki!" Yuki stood up and Shuichi jumped into his arms, incredibly, incredibly happy. Yuki swung Shuichi around in a circle, happy to finally have him in his arms. Even Kousuke was standing out of the way, because he knew that Shuichi was really happy.

Unfortunately, Shuichi's happiness was to be short lived as the ground roared to life one more time...

End Chapter 11

Okay, I'm sorry that I didn't get a chapter out yesterday...I was just really busy. Okay, that's kind of a lie, but I can try, right? I was actually reading one of the best Yugi/Yami stories that I've ever read in my entire life, and I had to make dinner, and I had to go to step class, and I had to watch the red sox finally win. And, of coruse, I just had to see who got kicked off of America's Next Top Model. (It was Kelle...)

Anyway, a review of reviews:

Dookin: Well...that was another chapter...and tomorrow there'll probably be another chapter..., ImpishyNymph: I just love writing cliffies!, Youki no ko: Yes, we'll have to find out Tohma's reaction...next chapter..., Seven7: I'm glad that you like it as much to write out "please" as an acronym...I wonder what it stands for?, CassiToTheStars: I'm glad that you like it..., Sadako Sumeragi: And my ego just swelled about ten points...keep it up..., emerald-jade: Nope, no quiz. Did you like that quote?, Elements: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't get the chapter out yesterday, I was quite busy (see A/N for details...) anyway, I hope you still like and review my story!, Shirubaa Kitsune: I'd say that it counts pretty closely..., Dark Mimiru-Chan: Well...I try..., lemur130: I wish I could see it! But...alas...I have class. Actually, ironically, I have my earthquake class at that time...I really wish I could see it though. I hope you do well! (Oh, and there's definitely some more angst coming...just you wait and see...), MC-88: I wish that I had a Kuma-plushie! I need to find one...or make one...na no da, Weeble Wobble Chic: Are you saying that I have an evil mind? I hope that this update is soon enough..., Kitty in the Box: I like intensity...smiles evilly..., emerald-rei: I'm glad that you like it, I try to update as fast as I can..., Sugar-Goddess: Well...it made him forget about everything else..., goku-the-saru: Isn't it obvious that I'm trying to kill you? Jeez, Katie, I thought that you could catch onto that!...j/k..., Dagger Maxwell: I'm sorry that it wouldn't let you let log on. Oh! And my name (Heather) is Hezaa in Japanese. Wow...I never realized how weird it looked spelled on in the romaji..., SoraLover1: We'll find out about Shuichi...later...

And that's the end of that!

Again, I'm sorry about the not updating thing. You know what's funny though, I got more reviews for that chapter than any other chapter that I've written, because it was out there for longer. Do you think I shouldn't update everyday? Or that I should? Also! I've been starting to wonder the gender of my readers (I think most of you are girls...) and I was wondering if you could add what gender you were to your review...just as a sort of poll, as it were.

And a quiz! What manga/anime is the name Kousuke/Kosuke (I can't really remember how it's spelled) from? I'll give you a major hint. He's the father.

Thanks, and until next time...probably tomorrow...ja ne!