Author's Note: Hiya again to my loyal readers! - I'm bak again with another chapter! - I'm not really talking on the phone anymore and decided to keep u all in suspence! XD lol. jus kidding! I'm planning to finish by this week because...well, I have nothing to do! XD I'm also sorri for those hoping for me to update "Welcome to my World" I'll update as soon as I figure out a way to tell all the rudies apart. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you! Anywho, here's chapter 10.

The Attack pt. 2

Peering into his rear view mirror, Beat cursed. Behind him were about six black cars with the markings indicating that they belonged, indeed to the Aka Tatsu. Beat continued to swear while driving and somehow eluding the cars. Swearving through traffic, rather recklessly, Beat began to shoot at the cars that were treatening to vear him off the road. Gum was as well helping Beat shoot the fast moving cars. Bullets flew and glass shattered as stray bullets hit the windows of both attacking parties cars. Shards of glass glittered in the fading sunlight, while bullets made contact into two Aka Tatsu's heads, killing them. Skidding off the road, the car lost complete control and crashed into the side of a building. Soon enough another car crashed head on into an eighteen wheeler, causing a huge explosion.

"Only four cars left..." Beat glanced over at Gum who was attempting to shoot out the tires of another car. Another shot rang out and Beat heard a slight cry of pain from Gum.

"ugh...my shoulder..." Gum clutched her shoulder in pain as blood began to seep into her hands and began to stain her white shirt.

"Fuck...Gum...you alright?..."

"Mmm...It' burns...I can't move my arm..."

"Shit..."

Hitting the gas, the car raced faster into on comming traffic. People screamed and ducked when the five cars sped by. Beat made a quick sharp turn into an alleyway, only to have the four cars follow suit. Opening the hood of the car, he pulled out a grenade, pulled the lock off with his teeth and threw it over his shoulder, out infont of the cars. A large explosion soon followed and car debris flew into the air and the surronding areas along with several chunks of concrete from buildings that were on both sides of the cars. Breathing heavily, Beat glanced to his right and saw Gum on the verge of passing out, breathing heavily.

"Gum?..." Beat asked, slightly shaking her.

"..."

"Gum?"

Opening her eyes slowly, Gum looked up at Beat with a pleading look. Tears formed in the young girl's eyes as she looked down at her self and fell back into her seat.

"Beat...help me...I'm scared..."

Beat carefully uncliped the seat belt that hugged her to the seat and carried her out of the car and then began wandering the alley ways for an abandoned building or at least somewhere desererted. Rain began to pour from the now, darkened skies. Kicking open a nearby old appartment building, Beat ran in while holding the heavily bleeding Gum. After several flights of stairs, Beat stopped and took off his jacket and shirt then ripped off a part of his shirt sleeve and wrapped it around Gum's shoulder. She winced but soon grew used to the pain, and she fell into an uncomfortable slumber.

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pitter...

patter...

Rain drops stained the windows of the abandoned building while distant thunder and lightning lit up the skies with a faint rumble

of thunder. Lightning lit up the sky once more, casting shadows into the building. In one corner it was dark, barely casting an outline of two people. Beat was laying against a wall, shirtless, smoking a cigarette. While Gum lay in his lap, asleep, using Beat's shirt to stop the bleeding and his jacket for a blanket. Taking a puff from his cig, Beat reloaded his guns as well as some other ones he kept in his car.

click.

Cocking his gun forward, Beat closed one eye and fired a shot, hitting a rat that now lay dead ontop of a pile of boxes. He ran a hand into his auburn hair and smirked.

"Those bastards will regret the day they pissed me off..." he twirled the gun around in his hand.

Twitching slightly in her sleep, the blonde girl turned slightly in her sleep, hugging Beat in the process.

Beat could not help but smile at her childish like antics that only occured in her sleep. He pet her on the head affectionately and held her close. It felt like being in a horrible nightmare that they couldn't escape, that they'd live in constant fear and hide, but whenever he held the young woman before him, it felt as though time froze and stood still. But he knew a life, just like the one that he used to have'll never happen peacefully. It was nothing but a fantasy...a fading memory of the past.

bang...

A bullet sliced through the air and hit the floor several feet infront of Beat and Gum.

"Trying to sneak behind my back again? son?" chuckled a deep voice.

Glancing up, the pair saw Yakuza boss, Matsumoto. Standing with around 20 sabordinates, holding out and aiming their guns.

"How...How the fuck did you know where we were?" Beat snapped.

Matsumoto snickered and replyed, "Let's just say, I've been watching you for quite some time now..."

"But how did yo-..."

Matsumoto held up Beat's phone, so everyone could plainly see it.

"You know son, it never should be this way...why are you still attached to that wretched bitch, hm? Is it because you hated me so? Is it the business? or is it the fact that you still hate me for killing your mother right infront of you...when you were just a helpless child?" Matsumoto laughed.

Gum stared at Beat in shock as he clenched his teeth in anger.

"You...bastard...you fucking bastard..."

Matsumoto stopped laughing and pulled out his gun, pointing it in between Beat's eyes.

"I'm a bastard, am I? well then, Hiro...time to die..."

Author's Note: Hiya! - I'm nearing the sad end of my fic, which is unfortunate (cries) I might as well make a sequel eh?

- Well, what'll happen next? Will Matsumoto have a change of heart? (yea rite...XD) or...NOT TELLING! XD okie sry, the whole time while typing, I was watching my newly bought "Kill Bill vo. 1" (favorite one...never seen second one) yup that's rite (kayo-chan), man that movie's kickass! I love it! - my insparation..."Kill Bill vo. 1" and Grand Theft Auto...anywho, chapter 11, comin' soon! (wipes tear) thanx everyone who's loved this fic! I would've never finished without ya! I love ya'll!