Sacrifice For the One You Love
Chapter Two

In a restaurant sat Haruka and Michiru looking in each others eyes being glad that they have each other.

"Happy Anniversary Ruka." Michiru handed her a white rectangular shaped box, Haruka took it from her hands and looked at it.

"Thanks Michi." She carefully opened it, inside was a sliver necklace with a small circle daggling at the bottom, she smiled as she flipped the circle around, 'Haruka and Michiru forever' was in craved at the back, she flipped it to the front and in the middle of it was HM. Haruka leaned forward and gave Michiru a kiss.

"Thanks, I'll never take it off." Haruka handed Michiru a box,

"You already gave me my present." Michiru looked down at the package,

"Aren't you going to open it?" Haruka stared at her as she slowly opened her gift.

"It's wonderful." She held up a necklace that matched her earring she got last week. Michiru leaned forward and kissed Haruka like she had done just a few minutes ago.

"Are you ready to go, Makoto wants us to stop by her house." Michiru nodded and got up with Haruka taking hold of her hand.

"Thanks for dinner Ruka, it was very good." They walked out of the restaurant,

"Only the best for my love." Haruka brought Michiru's hand up and kissed the top of it. They walked down the side walk toward Makoto's house which was just a few blocks away from the restaurant.

Down the road a ways parked a black van with a man inside wearing a mask; he had the biggest grin on his face. Another man stood in the shadows of the trees as he watched Haruka and Michiru walk by. A third man stood at the corner in which they were going to turn, Haruka and Michiru started to turn the corner, the man hiding tightened his fist and punched Haruka right in the face before she knew that he was there. Aloud crunch sound could be heard followed by a scream of pain. Haruka fell to her knees holding her nose as blood ran down her chin and onto her shirt. Michiru went on her knees as she felt someone jabbing something in her back.

"What do you want?" She screamed as she looked at her fallen love. Haruka looked behind her and saw a man pointing a gun at her head.

"Don't move or you will have another hole in your head!" A van pulled up beside them and a man got out that was driving.

"Well if it isn't Haruka Tenoh and his pretty girlfriend." The man held a gun in his hands,

"What do you want?" Haruka tried to stand up but the man kicked her in the stomach, she let out a groan and held her stomach as she bent over even further than before. The man laughed as Haruka tried to get up again, the man pointed his gun at her forehead between her eyes. The other man that had his gun on Michiru order her to stand up, the man that got out of the van walked over to Michiru and smiled at his new prey.

"You're coming with me, Kaioh." The man pushed her towards the van.

"Wait!" Haruka stood up, blood was running down her face and her shirt was no longer white. The man stopped and looked back at the blonde hair man.

"Take me instead," Haruka demand. The man smiled as his plan was coming together as he planned it would.

"Why should I listen to you Haruka?" The man pointed his gun at her,

"Because I'm the one you want gone right? I know who you are." She threatened him, 'I hope you believes me,' she thought as she looked into Michiru's scared eyes. The two man that were with him grabbed hold of Haruka's arms to hold her still, the leader that held Michiru at gun point now pointed his gun at her neck guiding her over to her love.

"Does she know how I am?" Haruka took a breath trying to clam her hurting stomach.

"No she does not." Haruka looked into Michiru's tear filled eyes, 'please take me and leave Michiru alone.'

"Fine!" The man pushed Michiru to the ground causing her to hit her head on the curb making her go unconscious.

"Michiru!" Haruka tried to break free of the men's grip but couldn't,

"Shut it!" the leader smacked her across the face with his gun making her blood spatter on Michiru's clothes. The last thing Haruka saw was Michiru's lifeless body on the ground before blackness consumed her. 'Sorry I couldn't protect you Michiru.'

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The lifeless form of Michiru started to move, she brought her hand up to her pounding head.

"Ouch!" She felt sticky stuff on her face as she slowly lifted her head and looked around.

"Haruka," she whispered the blonde's name but didn't get an answer.

"Haruka!" She now stood up and screamed her name, she looked down at the cement, there were red spots all over the place.

"Oh no!" Tears streamed down her face as she remembered what just happened. She began running down the street looking for a familiar house of her friends, she found it and ran to the front door knocking as hard as she could.

"Makoto!" She continued knocking and leaned her head on the door. The door opened and she fell into someone arms,

"Michiru?" She looked up at concerned eyes, "Makoto," she collapsed in her arms.

"Hey someone help!" Makoto yelled into the other room. Ami ran into the hallway,

"Michiru?" She looked at the collapsed women in Makoto's arms, "...what happened Mako?" She looked at the blood on Michiru's face, "Quick, bring her in here." Makoto picked Michiru up in her arms and carried her into the living room. Ami got her medical case from her room; she cleaned the wound on her head and put a big bandage on it. Michiru slowly opened her eyes,

"Haruka?" Michiru sat up and looked around the room, not finding her, tears ran down her face, she hugged herself as she felt alone.

"Michiru where is Haruka?" Ami sat down beside her friend. Michiru looked down at the couch.

"They took her away from me." She cried even more. Ami looked up at Makoto with a sad expression.

"Who took her away?" Makoto sat down next to Ami.

"Three masked man forced us with guns, they were going to take me but Haruka stepped in and..." Michiru couldn't say anything else, she cover her face with her hands and cried for her lost love. Ami stood up and walked over to the phone to call her dad who happened to be chief of police. Makoto moved closer to Michiru and rubbed her back,

"It will be okay Michiru, you'll see." Before Makoto could react Michiru threw her arms around Makoto and buried her face in her shoulder. Makoto didn't want to push her away so she wrapped her arms around the trembling woman and said comforting words. Ami hung the phone up and walked back over to the couch.

"My dad will be here shortly." Ami looked down at Michiru and tears started to burn in her eyes, 'she has never before seen her like this before.

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Haruka sat in a chair with her hands tied behind her back; she still was unconscious from the blow she received earlier. Two men stood in the shadows by the door.

"What are you going to do to him boss?" One of the men took off his mask revealing blonde hair that's in a pony tail and he had a moustache.

"I said I was going to get my revenge on him and that's what I'm going to do!" The boss opened the door and slammed it behind him. The blonde haired man turned to look at the man sitting in the chair, he stared at his face, the blood on his face was dried and one of his eyes was starting to swell shut with black all around his eyes and nose. 'I feel sorry for you Haruka Tenoh.' He opened the door and left Haruka sitting there on the chair.

Haruka tried to open her eyes but only one of them seemed to open, she looked around the room, it was about eight feet by eight feet, and there were no windows and just one door. She tried to get free of the rope around her waist but she couldn't, her stomach was killing her. 'Why does every one always kick you in the stomach?' The door opened and in stepped one of the masked man who did this to her. She glared at him; somehow he seemed familiar to her.

"So are you enjoying your stay?" The man stood right in front of her with a smile on his face.

"I've had better." Haruka looked him in the eyes. The man snapped his fingers; two other men walked into the room and grabbed hold of her arms making her stand up. The man rolled up his sleeves,

"I'm going to enjoy this." The man tightened his fist and punched her in the face making her loss her balance, the man that held her made sure she didn't fall to the ground. Haruka felt warm liquid running down her cheek and into her mouth. The man continued punching her in the face, ribs and stomach, Haruka could feel the blackness over taking her but before she blacked out she felt her ribs crack, then she slumped over.

"He didn't last too long, now did he?" The boss took a rag from his pocket and wiped the blood off his knuckles, then threw it on the ground.

"Just throw him over in the corner." The boss left the room, the two men gently laid the latest victim of their boss in the corner and left.