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Chapter 4:

Runaway Bride!

Lisa stood completely frozen with shock. She stared at the man in the archway, tears beginning to build behind her eyes.

"Who is this man!"

Greg screamed at the top of his lungs. Enragedwas an understatement.

"...Kaze?"

Lisa managed to whisper, she could barely even be heard.

"Mister?"

Ai turned in her seat to look back at Kaze.

"Ai! What-"

Mary began, somewhat angrily.

"I didn't do it!"

Ai squeaked, holding her hands in front of her defensively.

Lisa had no idea how he got there, or how he was even alive, but she didn't care. Kaze was standing there. She ripped her hand out of Greg's grip, running straight back down the isle.

"What are you doing!" Greg yelled down at her as she ran "Your supposed to be marrying me!"

She ran as fast as she could, even as she got closer to him, she didn't slow down. She fell into Kaze, wrapping her arms tightly around his thin, solid waist, and burying her head in his chest, crying. Kaze pulled his left arm around her back protectively, glaring down at Greg.

"Who are you to just show up here? You can't just come bursting in here and steal my bride! THIS IS MY WEDDING!"

he shrieked at the top of his voice. Every single guest in the room was too shocked to move. They stared at Greg, yelling his lungs out.

"THIS IS MY WEDDING!"

he repeated, balling his hands into fists at his sides, then Kaze finally spoke.

"Your wedding,.. not hers."

he said calmly, looking down to see Lisa crying uncontrollably against him.

He turned to leave, but decided not to at the sound of loud, rapid footsteps. Turning, he saw Greg walking swiftly forwards. Lisa's grip tightened around him.

"You won't get away with her! Not without a fight, she's marrying ME!"

Everyone cringed, except for Kaze.

"Step back."

he told Lisa, who obediently did so.

Greg lifted his right arm, throwing his fist towards Kaze's face, Kaze easily dodged it. His hand sat on his shotgun, but he knew it was an unfair advantage...

Greg suddenly felt a blinding pain burst through his whole face, he fell to the ground, blood gushing from his nose and mouth. Kaze lowered his left arm, unclenching his fist. There were gasps and screams from some in the audience of wedding guests, but the rest just sat completely still and pale with fear. He took Lisa's hand, leading her out of the hall.

"Kaze!"

Yu yelled, he jumped off his seat, to be pulled back by Ai.

"We know where they're going!"

she smirked.

Kaze quickly lead Lisa into a alleyway where no one would see them, or where they were heading. Lisa was in shock, she just held tightly onto his hand, afraid that if she let go he would disappear, and her whole life would go with him. Within the last few moments, her life had gone from nothing to this. Something off a romance movie, or a dream

She hoped with all her heart it wasn't a dream because even though she had lost her uncle, and it was arranged that she would marry Greg, who was probable chasing them this very second, Kaze was here. Having known what it felt like to live without him, she felt now he was all she needed.

They ran down thin, dark alleyways in between tall, grim buildings, running through puddles, mud and rubbish. Strangely, Kaze seemed to know exactly where he was taking her, but there was also the very likely option that he had no idea where they were going, but was too stubborn to admit it.

Lisa's wedding dress was soaked, and muddy a quarter way up her legs, her mascara and eyeliner had run all the way down her cheeks, and coated all around her eyes. Her raven coloured hair had began to slip out if the bun holding it at the back of her head, and the ringlets left out had come straight. She felt freezing wet tears trails down her cheeks, wiping them she got black make up covering her hand and wrist. She could barely breath, but none of that mattered right now.

There was a sudden loud roaring from the sky, grey clouds covering it lit up electric blue. A storm. Within moments of the thunder, rain began to bucket from the heavy clouds.

Suddenly Kaze halted to a stop, causing Lisa to almost hit his back, she came up beside him, gasping for air. The two had been running non-stop for about twenty minutes now, but she had been too much in shock to realize just how worn out she was getting.

Ahead of them was an old rundown subway station, the same one she had come through within a week ago. Kaze wordlessly lead her down the chipped and litter filled steps, to the station, where Makenshi waited.

"W-where are we going?"

Lisa whispered, only just building up the courage to ask one of the many questions rushing through her head.

"Back."

Kaze told her monotonously, he noticed her shivering, whether it was because of the storm, or because she was shocked and petrified, he didn't know, but he pulled her closer, feeling her cling to him again. She hadn't released his hand since they began running. A lot must have happened to her to make her withdraw like this, she had never acted like this.

"That's if you want to."

Makenshi said, turning his attention from the train tracks to her.

A loud rumbling came from above, thunder. It felt as if it almost shook the subway. Then came the lightening, the blinding flash flooded through the hole in the wood covering the entrance, and down the steps.

There was a shrill scream from outside, and Ai came scrambling down the steps, kicking up rubbish.

"I hate thunder."

she cried, shaking her head and covering her ears. Just as Ai came down the stairs, Mary, Joe and Yu appeared at the top of them, soaked.

"You where right sis."

Yu grinned. Ai recovered from her instantaneous terror, looked up at her brother and parents pouting.

"If Lisa goes back to Wonderland, I wanna go too!"

she folded her arms stubbornly.

"Well... I guess the research would be good," Joe pondered "if it's okay with you Mary."

he looked beside him at his wife.

"I guess, but the kids have school."

"Hey, we've missed like half this year already."

Ai stated, butting in between them.

After much consideration, the Hayakawa's decided to back go Wonderland for three days, until the train returned. Lisa hadn't asked any questions about why she was going, she barely said a single thing while she recovered from the shock of the fact Kaze and Makenshi were alive, and once again Kaze had saved her in the nick of time, but this time it was personal, it was her wedding and a life of sorrow and misery.

They waited out the rest of the day, the twins asking Makenshi all sorts of questions about the Earl and Chaos, and their parents discussing things they would study while in Wonderland.

Lisa sat on one of the concrete seats in front of the tracks in her drenched, dirty and ripped dress, she shivered, even the sound of the rain bulleting down on the rooftops and ground outside made her feel chilly, she desperately tried to warm herself, rubbing the goose bumps on her arms.

Kaze, who stood against a concrete pillar behind her, noticed how cold she was. Everyone was soaked, apart from Makenshi and Crux, but she seemed so cold, frozen almost. Without a thought, he began to walk towards the seat. She looked up at him, a mixture of surprise and nervousness on her face. Now that she was getting over the complete shock that the two men where alive, and that Kaze had perhaps just saved her from marrying an obviously horrible man, she felt embarrassed. She had clung to him like a child hiding behind it's father.

"I'm so sorry." she whispered out. Kaze took a few moments, before strangely sitting down beside her. "I'm... also.. really glad you are back."

What she wanted to do was wrap her arms around him and just tell him how she felt, how hard it was to fire the Magun knowing he was gone and it was all that was left of him she was shooting out of it, that she had continuous nightmares of that day, and that she loved him.

Kaze looked from the damp mouldy ground, up to her face. Her jaw was shaking, and she was shivering uncontrollably, still. No matter how much he tried to avoid it, he couldn't stand to see her like that, all the while he was sitting in dry clothing under his cloak. He slipped his arm around her waist, pulling her against him.

At first it felt extremely uncomfortable, a hot blush washed over her face, it just didn't seem like something Kaze would ever do. Although after only a few moments she realised that maybe he did care about her like she had hoped so much, she relaxed as much she could at the time, basking in his heat. She rested her head against his broad upper torso, and almost cautiously relaxed her left, freezing hand beside her head.

Kaze watched as she slowly adapted to being so close, and even against him. It was unbelievable for him too though, he didn't expect this from himself, he had decided long ago to block out other human contact and emotion, but now he found himself wanting and even yearning for in it. He held Lisa tighter as her shivering began to subside.

All the while, Ai sat with Yu, while he still asked all sorts of unanswerable questions about Chaos, she looked over Makenshi's shoulder, and watched the two. They looked so much like lovers, she grinned, she had a suspicion for ages Lisa felt something for Kaze.

Greg whacked his fist hard down onto the lock on his car door, then slamming it closed. His other hand covered his mouth and nose. He walked briskly around the back of his car onto the footpath outside the police office. He entered the glass doors, walking straight up to the reception desk.

The policeman sitting there looked up at him in anticipation.

"I want to make a complaint!"

Greg roared through his hand. The policeman raised on eyebrow, nodding.

"Yes?"

"I was supposed to get married today, but in the middle of my wedding, some guy came bursting in and abducted my bride, but not before punching me in the face, knocking me over!"

he raged, uncovering his face to show a split lip, slightly bent up nose and dried blood in numerous spots. He policeman cringed.

"Wow. You sure took a beating there."

"I know, now are you going to help me, or just sit all day staring at what that brute did!"

The man at the desk frowned.

"Because of that comment, I'll let you know that the only reason I'm helping is because it's my job."

Greg sneered as the policeman reached into his draw, grabbing a pen and paper.

"So do you know this guy, can you give a description?"

It was getting later into the night now. The Hayakawa's had almost gone home for dry clothing, but hadn't taken the risk in case the train came and left without them. Ai had told Poshiepocket she had wanted clothing numerous times, but he spat out nothing. Lisa now left her uncomfortable thin-heeled shoes off, leaning against the wall of the grim subway in freezing bare feet and a damp wedding dress. Kaze had withdrawn again, not taking his eyes off the train tracks for a moment, and Makenshi sat against a pillar with Crux asleep by his side.

Finally in early hours of the morning, they realized that the train wasn't coming. Cid had set it on a strict schedule and it was many hours overdue.

"Perhaps we should go home."

Mary suggested, sighing. Ai and Yu were dozing off to sleep now, after battling to stay awake for hours.

"That's a good idea, but what about those three," Lisa asked, indicated towards Makenshi, Kaze and Crux, the paused "and what if-"

"Don't worry Lisa, we can go back to your apartment with you."

Joe reassured her, bending down to wake the twins, who were only just drifting off to sleep.

Lisa turned then, walking over to Kaze, with a sudden shyness, most likely caused by the earlier events. He looked at her in anticipation, an emotion in his cerulean eyes she had never seen from him, let alone anyone before.

"I was thinking, perhaps you guys should stay with us...well me," a blush seemed to sweep her face "until we figure out a way to get to Wonderland, it's a lot better than her at least."

Makenshi stood up, cradling Crux in his arms, Lisa smiled at him. He smiled back with gratitude. Kaze looked away to the side. On the submarine, Jane, he had no choice but to stay, although now he was given the chance again to stay with these people simply because he had no where else to go. In the depths of his mind he was screaming to go though, he had come this all this way for the opportunity to be with Lisa, the one person her seemed to care.

He looked back down at her face, into her pleading deep brown eyes, she really wanted him to come. He gave a short, hesitant nod, but inside he was filled with the feeling that for once someone wanted him, a feeling he had not felt for some time, if he had ever felt it at all.

Lisa decided to lead the two men back to the apartment building, while the Hayakawa's drove there. Mary and Joe arrived first, waking the twins from their light slumber. They waited then, for Lisa to arrive.

When she did, she lead them up the stairwell to her apartment. Unlocking the door, and entering.

"I'll just change."

she informed them straight away, lifting the bottom of the dirty dress, and rushing to the bedroom.

Ai and Yu slumped lifelessly down onto the couch, they were still half asleep. They both closed their eyes, very irritated that they were woken in the first place. Mary and Joe began having a quiet conversation with each other, while both Kaze and Makenshi stared at the foreign apartment; Lisa's home.

Greg drove angrily off to a hotel, after informing all the wedding guests over the phone, that the wedding had been postponed until Lisa was found. He hoped no one else had heard her whisper out the name of the man that took her. The policeman had searched a man with the strange name of Kaze through the stations database, there was not a single human in Japan with that name, no records of this man even existed as far as anyone knew.

Much to Greg's dislike the police officers decided that they would wait until the next day to send a search party and officers out to find Lisa and her 'kidnapper'. He didn't want to find out she was slaughtered, or worse, had run off with that man. That of corse, was his suspicion, but he couldn't let this man run away with her, she was just about to be his. If he found Lisa alive, with this man, nether her, nor him would ever be able to live it down, Greg would make sure of that.

I'm really sorry my updates are getting slower. We started back at school on Monday. This story isn't going to end with Greg ya know, there's a bigger threat than that psycho, believe it or not...okay so it is pretty believable, but, I'll try to make the chapters more exciting, it's sort of difficult at the moment, but I'm almost up to the actual plot (I didn't expect the wedding to go on so long lol). So please R&R, because honestly the more reviews, the more I keep thinking "Man! There's people waiting for it to be updated, I have to write it!" Oh yeah! And sorry this chapter is shorter than the last.