Never Thought it was You
Chapter 6: Saving you…
As he was running up the stairs, he heard it clearly…her crying had definitely grown louder, but just for a second…and then…complete silence…
He rushed to her door and pushed it open…
What he saw made his heart stop…
He was thunderstruck…
There she was…Tamao…beautiful as she always was…lying on the floor…in a puddle of her own blood…
His eyes widened with shock…
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" his scream pierced the air as he shouted from where he stood.
Everybody down in the living room stood up, chills running down their backs. That was the scariest thing any of them has ever heard.
They stared at each other, terrified. And in unison they ran in the speed of light to see what on earth has happened.
Anna, who was in the room just next to Tamao's, rushed into her room only to collide with Horohoro, who was still standing at the doorway, stiff as a statue… his mouth open in horror…
When she looked down at Tamao, she gasped in disbelief.
"WHAT HAPPENED? HOROHORO, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HER?" Anna screamed at the top of her voice, also feeling as though her feet were failing her, they would just not move, which was weird; she was usually very calm. Before he could retaliate, everybody had arrived at the scene.
"Tamao!" Pilika chocked, "what happened?" she looked from one to the other, starting to sob.
Finally Horohoro came to his senses. He rushed to her, sat beside her and raised her limp form a little off the floor. He scanned her body and gasped when he saw both her wrists slashed horribly, blood still seeping from them. He saw something shining on the floor just next to her leg; it was the knife she had used…
His hand wandered over the floor, looking for something to wrap around her wrists, and his hand splashed against her blood…he panicked…how on earth did she lose so much blood in such short time? She only left us for barely 3 minutes…but he knew what he had to do…
He stood up and carried Tamao between his arms, her head lolling hopelessly against his shoulder…
"Where are you going?" asked Anna, who still looked shocked.
"Where? To the hospital of course," and with that he ran out of the room and was on his way to the hospital. He didn't even call an ambulance, he just ran and ran, looking for the nearest hospital…he didn't care that people were staring, he didn't even apologize to the dozen people he bumped into…heck, he didn't even notice…all that was in his mind was Tamao…and him praying for her to be all right…
Meanwhile in the house, everybody was still wondering what to do…
"They have to know," Anna said after a while. When everybody looked at her with questioning eyes, she just replied "Yoh, and Ren. We have to tell them…"
They all nodded in agreement. They were just starting to wonder who would go look for Yoh, when suddenly he appeared right behind them, looking a bit disgruntled. But all the same, he couldn't let go of his trademark greeting…
"Yo!" he said with a small smile, in an attempt to clear his mind of his troubles. But it vanished completely at the look his friends gave him. Anna stepped up.
"Yoh, there's no time. Tamao's been hurt, badly."
His features changed when he heard this.
"What? Tamao? Why? What happened to her?" he asked, looking at them all.
Nobody knew what to say. How were they supposed to say she had tried to commit suicide?
Anna was starting to speak, when she changed her mind,
"She…it's not important. We have to get to her right now," she grabbed his arm and starting running downstairs, the rest of the team in their lead.
"Horohoro must be taking her to that hospital that's only two blocks away from here," she said breathlessly, looking around at their friends who were also running behind her…
Ten minutes later they were there, asking the receptionist quickly about the whereabouts of Tamao. When they got the information they needed, they headed as fast as they could to the third floor, the hallway on the right. In a bench there at one side of the corridor, sat Horohoro, his face in his hands.
"Horohoro! Where is she? Where's Tamao-chan?" they all asked at once. He looked up, and they were all shocked at his swollen eyes. He didn't reply, he just pointed to the end of the corridor. They all looked to see a huge double door there, with a sign which had "OPERATING ROOM" printed on it. The red light above it was on.
"Somebody go call Ren" said Yoh in a low voice.