My Everything

Chapter 8: Prickling sense of unease

A footfall echoed through the silent night and Akina whirled around to find the source but saw nothing but darkness. Frowning she continued on her way, listening for the tell-tale sounds that would indicate she was being followed. She inhaled and exhaled deeply concentrating on expanding her sense of sound. Her eyes picked up the distinct rasping of several humans breathing and she shuddered. So her suspicious were correct. She was being followed.

But why the hell would anybody be following her in the middle of the night?

A prickling sense of unease crept over her and she forced herself to keep control on her growing panic. Freaking out in a situation like this was not the wisest course of action.

Or maybe she was just being paranoid and was hallucinating? Akina bit down on her lip as she heard a branch snap behind her. That could've just been a small harmless animal right? A possum?

"Look at what we have here boys" a voice leered as a tall figure stepped out from the bushes.

"What do you want?" Akina spoke confidently, squaring her shoulders. She wasn't going to show them how freaked out she was inside.

"Kai" a cold voice stated and the speaker stepped into the light of the street lamp.

Akina's almond shaped eyes widened at the person before her.

Melissa.

"Melissa, what are you doing here?" Akina queried her mouth turning into a frown.

"I'm here to witness your downfall" Melissa sneered before turning to the shadows behind her. "You know what to do"

Without a word several figures strode forward, all of them were burly men each one two and a half times her size.

Akina's frown deepened as she observed them cautiously. Just what were they going to do?

Her unasked question was answered when one lunged forwards towards her without any warning.

Akina swiftly dodged his clumsy attack and whirled around to punch him squarely on his nose, a satisfying crack was emitted indicating she had most likely broken his nose.

The man fell to the ground with a groan, cradling his nose in his hand.

"Bitch" he spat glaring at her, a murderous glint in his eye and he turned to his companions. "What are you dickheads waiting for? Go get her!"

At that command, half a dozen men simultaneously rushed towards the dark haired girl.

Oh no, this was not good Akina thought as she frantically dodged kicks and punches flying at her from all directions. Sure, she could probably take one, maybe two men of these sizes on but not six!

A beef arm grabbed her around her throat and lifted her above the ground, cutting off Akina's air. Gasping for air, she desperately swung her body weight away from the large man and on the return swing kneed him in the groin.

The man released his hold on her and Akina fell to the ground, desperately gasping for breath. A man dived towards her, effectively pinning her to the concrete with his heavy weight.

The air was once again squashed out of Akina's lungs as she fought desperately to maintain her calm exterior. She would not give in to them; they would not see her fear. That was the basic rule of her martial arts training.

But as the burly man roughly straddled her hips she nearly flinched at his nauseating stench.

"Hey, how come you get to go first?" another man complained as he sorely rubbed his stomach where Akina had landed a double kick.

"Shut up, everybody will get their shot" the man atop Akina retorted and ran his finger over the waistline of her jeans.

It was only then that Akina grasped the full comprehension of the situation and she struggled fiercely against her opponent.

"You're only making this harder for yourself" the thug sneered and deftly backhanded Akina, her head snapping sharply to one side from the force.

"Here, this should settle her down" a man snickered and tossed over a rag.

Catching a whiff of the chemical soaked rag, Akina suddenly felt woozy and the world began to spin hazily before her as she struggled to remain conscious.

Kai's sleek black convertible cruised through the dark streets silently and its owner absently drummed his fingers against the dashboard.

After getting off the phone with Akina, Kai had impulsively decided to stop by the Johnsons and then drop her off at home. He knew that she was walking home and even though she lived only around the corner from the Johnsons he didn't want her walking home in the middle of the night.

As he was just about to turn into the Johnsons' street, Kai's eyes caught a flicker of movement up the street and after a moment's consideration he drove past the Johnsons street staring suspiciously ahead.

As he caught sight of the group of people clustered together in a circle, a feeling of dread settled in the pit of his stomach and he sprinted towards them.

A malicious smile fixed itself to Melissa's lips. It was about time Hiragazaki got what was coming to her. Violet eyes settled upon the dark haired girl as she struggled vainly against the beefy man's lock.

Suddenly the sound of running footsteps reached Melissa's ears and her head whipped up to see Kai sprinting towards them.

"Shit" she swore and turned to flee out of sight into the night.

"Akina" the blue haired teen yelled out as he broke through the circle to find Akina being straddled by a burly man whose hand was clumsily undoing the buttons to her jeans whilst the other was squeezing her chest.

Red immediately clouded his vision as he launched himself through the air and tackled the larger man to the ground. Adrenaline pumped through his veins as he pummeled the man's face. Jumping up, he turned to the face the other men with ice filled auburn eyes. Glaring at them, he jumped into action; a precisely aimed kick sent one man flying through the air while a powerful punch winded another.

Another man charged at Kai who sidestepped him only to slam his elbow into the spine of the charging man. The attack was effective as the man crumpled motionless to the ground.

The remaining two men fled into the night after watching their companions be beaten by a boy half their age.

Kai dropped to one knee at Akina's side and gently lifted her head up from the ground.

"Akina?" he asked her brushing loose strands of hair out of her dull blue eyes. "Akina, stay with me"

"Kai?" she whispered and the last thing she saw was his intense auburn eyes gazing down at her before she slipped over the brink of unconsciousness.

"Those fucked up bastards" Kai exclaimed angrily as he paced the length of his room.

After Akina had lost consciousness Kai had bought her to his house since he knew that her father was currently residing overseas. Turning up at Akina's house in the middle of the night with her unconscious in his arms would lead to many uncomfortable questions from the servants.

So here he was now, pacing his room the rage inside him accumulating as he realized how close those thugs had come to raping his girlfriend. He was suddenly overwhelmed with the need to punch somebody, preferably Melissa's face.

Kai glanced towards the raven haired girl sleeping soundly amongst his black silk sheets. Sighing, he crossed the room to sit beside her, clasping her small hand with his.

She didn't deserve this, she never did anything to intentionally harm anybody. Looking at her angelic face made his chest tightened. How could they? How could they harm anything as innocent and pure as her? She could hardly even grasp the concept of sex, the conversation with Tala the other day had proved that. If he hadn't come along..............................Kai didn't even want to think what those creeps would have done to her.

The sleeping girl stirred slightly, sighing softly in her sleep as her hand tightened in his. She continued to turn restlessly in the bed and Kai frowned. Was she having nightmares again? His suspicious were confirmed when he leaned over her to catch her murmurs.

"No...............................please don't" she whimpered quietly as she gripped Kai's hand even tighter.

"Kai!" at that she jolted up suddenly to a sitting position as she struggled to control her ragged breathing and racing heart.

"Akina, it's okay" Kai assured her soothingly as she turned her large shimmering blue orbs to him.

She sat very still for a moment before crumpling against her boyfriend's well-toned chest. "What happened?" she questioned, her voice muffled by Kai's white shirt.

"Don't you remember?" Kai replied his brow furrowing in concern.

"That man.....................he knocked me out with some kind of chemical" Akina said vaguely.

"That's all you remember?" Kai continued.

"Well I can only remember what happened before the man knocked me out with the chemical." Akina said briefly closing her eyes as she strained to remember the sequence of events. "I was walking home after baby-sitting for the Johnsons when I had an uneasy feeling that somebody was following me. So I remained calm then all these men step out of nowhere.......................and then.............Melissa was there"

There was a sharp intake of breath from Kai and his other hand clenched itself into a fist.

"Anyway" Akina continued hastily aware of Kai's mounting anger. "She told them to attack me and they did. I tried to defend myself but......................" Akina's voice trailed off.

Kai's face darkened immensely as the image of that thug straddling Akina flashed through his mind. "There wasn't much you could've done. There were too many of them and they were twice your size"

Kai shifted so that he was sitting on the bed and he leaned over to scoop Akina up and dump her in his lap with her legs sprawled out on either side of him so that they were face to face. His arm wound around her slim waist possessively as he drew her in closer to him.

"You said Melissa was there?" Kai enquired quietly after several minutes of silence.

"Yes" Akina replied softly and remembered the triumphant smirk Melissa wore and the malicious glint in her violet eyes.

"And she commanded the men to attack and rape you?" Kai asked flatly and waited for an answer.

Akina flinched at his tone, realizing that had been Melissa's intention in the first place. "Yes" she responded squeezing her eyes shut and burying her head further into Kai's soft white shirt.

"Kai-" Akina began curiously. "What are you going to do to Melissa?"

"Never mind," Kai told her firmly while evading her question. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine" Akina responded but changed her reply when she saw him frown at her response. "Well better than before. I don't feel nauseous anymore, but I haven one hell of a headache" with that she gingerly reached her hand up to touch her throbbing forehead. It was like somebody was going crazy with a sledgehammer inside her skull.

"Does your cheek hurt?" he asked her indicating her left cheek which was already turning a shade of blue black.

"Not too much" Akina winced slightly when Kai tenderly ran his forefinger along her cheekbone.

"We'll need to ice it or it'll swell" the auburn eyed boy continued and he reached over to the bedside table to pick up an ice pack.

The blue eyed girl flinched slightly from the cold when her boyfriend held the ice pack up to her bruised cheek.

"You better get some rest now" Kai told her quietly after a while.

"Mmm" Akina murmured and her emerald flecked eyes drifted shut. Kai gently moved her from his lap to the bed and was just about to get out of the bed himself when Akina's slim hand closed itself around his wrist.

"Kai?" she spoke softly lifting her baby blue orbs to meet my auburn ones. "Uhh......do you mind staying with me for a while?"

He felt his eyes soften at her request and nodded in agreement as he laid down beside her. Kai felt Akina's small figure curl up against him and he looped his arm around her waist as he gazed down at his petite girlfriend.

"I'm fine so you can stop looking at me like that" Akina insisted smothering her giggles at his incredulous expression. "You shouldn't worry so much"

"Who said I was worried about you?" Kai retorted turning to gaze at the ceiling.

"You don't have to be so..............." there was a pause while the raven haired girl searched for the appropriate word. "Temperamental all the time"

"I am not temperamental" the blue haired teen grumbled but relaxed slightly when Akina traced his jaw line with a finger.

"Thanks" she whispered softly as her head fell to rest on his hard chest.

"What for?" Kai answered, vaguely confused.

"For before" she merely responded.

Kai's finger lifted up her chin so that baby blue met auburn. "You don't need to thank me for anything" he told her gently. "Now get some sleep"

Sorry this chapter is late. Anyway, I hope you like it and please remember to review! No flames okay?