Disclaimer: I'm singing a song, this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people starting singing it and they didn't know what it was, now they can't stop singing it because, this is the song that never ends… well where was I? I don't own Hot Gimmick… I don't own Hot Gimmick… uh oh repeating phase!
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Chapter Nineteen: Tangled To The Last Breath

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"Let's go over to that reef ok?" Ryoki asked Hatsumi.

"Ok!" Hatsumi replied, putting back on her goggles and snorkel and diving under. Ryoki did the same.

They arrived at the reef and to their delight they saw colourful fishes. So many bright and vibrant colours, Ryoki took out his waterproof camera and focused on a school of purple and blue angelfish.

CLICK. The camera snapped.

Hatsumi pointed over to something ahead of them. Manta rays.

Ryoki nodded and they swam slowly over to the little manta ray with the mother manta ray.

CLICK. The camera snapped once more again.

Hatsumi found a starfish on the ocean floor and touched it hesitantly. To her amusement, it swiveled in the water and held onto Hatsumi's hand. She giggled at the touch because it was tickly.

Ryoki picked up the camera and focused on Hatsumi and the starfish.

CLICK. The camera snapped again.

Hatsumi put it back down on the ocean floor and pointed towards another reef ahead of them. Ryoki nodded and they began swimming to it. Unbeknownst to them, the ocean floor was beginning to slope downward with every stroke they took to get to that reef. Both of them rose up to the surface to talk.

"You ok?" Ryoki asked Hatsumi.

"Yeah and you?" Hatsumi asked Ryoki.

"Fine… I saw some fish down there, it's a little bit deeper, but enough for me to hold my breath and go down there, take a picture then come back up." Ryoki replied.

"It's just fish, come on, let's go back." Hatsumi asked.

"It'll only take a second, I'll be back!" Ryoki replied. He took off the snorkel but kept the goggles on and handed them to Hatsumi.

"Hurry!" Hatsumi sighed in desperation. Ryoki swallowed a big breath of air and dove under. Hatsumi watched him sink to the bottom.

She looked at the sky and marveled at the sight of a cloud that was oddly shaped like a male's… Hatsumi shook the thought out of her head and began to panic – Ryoki didn't come back up yet. She put the goggles back on and plopped her head below the surface of the water. She saw Ryoki, but he was facing her and struggling. He had a hand to his neck and the other was telling her to come down.

She dove under towards Ryoki. Ryoki pointed to his mouth and then to his ankle, which had gotten caught in a big net. Hatsumi stood there shocked and eyes wide open. She didn't have much time before she ran out of air and had to rise to the surface to get some more so she tried to go down and free Ryoki.

'Damnit, it's too tangled!' Hatsumi groaned in frustration. Ryoki was slowly blinking, his breathing becoming raspy and shallow. Ryoki rose his hand to her cheek, grazed it slowly, smiling and then he dropped his hand. He closed his eyes as he saw the light fade away to be replaced by the darkness…

'No! Hold on Ryoki!' Hatsumi begged. She didn't know what to do…

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A/N: Sad, I know… I hope you did shed a tear or a shocked heartbeat with me today in reading this fic… smiles evilly

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HollyWriter: I forgot to mention one more thing - about Shinogu - after the kiss and when Hatsumi left, the doctor came back and then kept him overnight for "regulatory check" and then the next day Shinogu was able to leave on his own - he did recover most from his injuries. So I hope that answered your wandering questions! Oh, um... how did you figure it out? Yeah duh there will be a lemon coming in the next or two chapters or so... and it's really complicated and I'm still trying to sketch the plot line for the lemon out so... the question is WHO IS GOING TO FUCK THE OTHER? OH my gosh! Sorry for the rude language! (Scratches FUCK and writes "SCREW") so... yeah.