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I am a bit behind on this story and I'm very sorry but I'm catching up with all my others stories. Since this is a climax I am going to separate the updates more for suspense purposes but I'm sorry that I'm torturing you.

+Chapter 16: Love Isn't All Easy Choices+

(Hours Later) I walk into the building and I see Emily's body on the floor. Something's wrong. "No Emily!" I said as I ran up to Emily. He knelt down aside Emily's seemingly lifeless body. Her pulse was very weak and her heart was slowing down. She was very weak and was barely breathing. I happen to believe she's in a coma, to save herself, her strength and everything. "What's wrong with her?" I asked.

"I won't tell you Kai. I like to see both of you suffering. It's the little joy I still have left. You killed my best friend Kai. My Best Friend!"

"I didn't kill anyone Harry, Tala is still alive. You should be at his side helping him, instead of killing another living being, someone has already been through enough for a lifetime." I said yelling at him angrily.

"He's still alive?" He said asking in a non-trusting way. "You sure?"

"Yes, he's still in that hospital back in Japan. You should be doing this. Emily is my best friend and my fiancée; she's all I have left. I can't lose her. You have other friends and family don't you. I don't, she's all I have, and all I need." I said once again looking at Emily who if I lost her he might as well kill me too. It would be the end of the Dennison family tree and the Hiwatari family tree as well.

"Maybe his is there and maybe everything you say might be true but he's going to die. He's as weak as she is over there. The small chance that she'll live is the same as his. I made it that way. I may have not known that he is still alive but I used the chance of life when I heard from his doctor a few months ago. So she has a pretty bad chance of life. I have to leave now. I'll be back." He went outside and into a plane that I just watched take off. Take off because I had much more important matters, Emily.

I didn't really know what to do with her body. I had a PHD but it's a pediatric degree more than an adult degree. I got it in case of an accident in a beyblading match. I had a lot against me. One, Emily was not a child who had a simple beyblading scratch or a piece of plastic deep in their skin. Two, I didn't know what is wrong with Emily. Three, whatever he did to her is equal to the pain that Tala went through the first few days of his embedment at the hospital. Tala is on lifeline and under every minute surveillance. Four, if I picked her up and something was broken it could further hurt Emily.

Think things through Kai, get a normal check up part done first. Do your best with what you have here. I took her pulse it was very weak, so weak I couldn't even count it. I could hear her heart beating very slightly but her chest wasn't taking in any oxygen that I could see. If it was it was only enough to supply her for a few small seconds. I looked on Emily's arms and legs for any signs of other damage. It was nothing I could physically see.

I called the nearest hospital number by calling Andy. Andy is the only real friend I ever had. He helped me escape from my grandpa like many people did. He was happy to see me and promised to be there as soon as possible with an ambulance.

I heard sirens and everything. Andy and the paramedics came in and picked up Emily onto the stretcher and Andy and I jumped into the back of the truck to be with Emily. I hadn't talked to Andy so he didn't know who he had called the ambulance for or who she was now that he had seen her.

We arrived at the emergency room at the hospital and it all started very easily but not easy enough. What's wrong with her? What happened to her? What's your relation to her? How long have you known each other? Insurance Card? Residence?

I just simply broke down. "I don't know what's wrong with her. Harry McDaniel kidnapped her and did something to her. He has a twin brother, Tala who's in the hospital in Japan. He did however his brother's chance of living on her. So his chance is her chance to live. Harry didn't tell me what he did or how or anything. I found her body and she left. I'm her fiancé and I've known her for about 7 years. No insurance and no point of residence at moment just graduated from school. Here's my cell phone if you have any news if I am ever not here."

"I'll cover it Kai. Here, take my insurance card. It's okay, she'll be okay." I looked at him as if he was the doctor, not me. I was the one who knew the most about this and how these doctoring procedures worked, so how could he be calmer than me. I should be calm but I can't. Not while she's in danger.

"Thanks Andy, I owe you a lot. It's a good thing I never forgot your number, right." He nodded and tried to calm me down as they took Emily to an examination room.

"Yes, it's a good thing you did, for her sake. So what is her name? You never mentioned it, not even to the doctors." I smacked my forehead and sighed. "Her name, you do know it, don't you."

"Of course I do. It's Emily Dennison, she lives in Kansas, United States. I'm not sure where in Kansas. I know everything about her but the problem is she hasn't lived at her home since she was 10, 10 years ago. She doesn't even remember things about it. Other than what's she's read from her diary." I sighed and hoped with all my heart that she'd be okay.

"I feel so bad for you Kai. You finally find love and get engaged to someone and then some idiot kidnaps her, beats her up or something. Then returns her to you. Can't the world just leave you alone." He said jumping up and holding himself from punching a wall.

"I wish they would. They don't ever bother me directly; it's her who they bother. There's something I have to do for her best interest." I walked off. Andy grabbed my arm and looked at me.

"Promise me that you'll wait until she wakes up to go and do something stupid, promise me Kai. She needs you like you need her. Don't be stupid Kai." I nodded and agreed. "Emily needs more pain like you need her to die. She doesn't need this now. She needs you to be here for her. I might know that much about her and your relationship but I do know enough about her for what I've learned at beyblade tournaments over the years about you two."

"What would that be?" I asked upset that I couldn't go do something that would save us both.

"You both are just like each other. Hard, tough, real beybladers, you two are so much the same and so different in ways. If she loves you and by the ring on her finger I believe she does; you can't leave her because pain is something she's had enough of form everyone and you." Me? Why me? What did I do? He smiled at me.

"What have I done to Emily, Andy? I didn't do anything to hurt her. I've always been trying to save her. I've never tried to hurt her." He laughed.

"One televised event, here in Russia 7 years ago. You first meat her and then what did you do? She solves life questions for you in seconds without knowing anything about her. Know that I know who she is I remember things you've told me or written to me about here. There still at our clubhouse Kai. What did you do to her then?" I lowered my head a sad fatal attempt to hide my shame.

"I used 'Black Dranzer' against here. She put up a good fight but I beat her and took her bit-beast all alone and scared I left her. She wasn't the same a while. I am so ashamed of that. Why bring that up? Why Andy?" I said almost at tears. "Why?"

"Emotional pain is much worst than physical pain with girls, Kai. The loss and losing her bit-beast especially to some that she was friends with. It was too much for her. She was left upset, lonely and just gone. You did that to her, Kai." I looked awe stricken by this. I did do that to her.

"Why did I do that to her? Why, why, why?" I said over and over again out loud.

"A few reasons, Black Dranzer controlled you. You just wanted to please it, keep it and use it to become the best blader ever. You didn't care who you stepped on. But it's all okay now Kai. You changed, look at you. You're engaged, happy, an expert beyblader, a doctor with a PHD and you are teaching others to beyblade. It is fine that you messed up then but you corrected it and made a difference." I nodded and was happy with why had happened to me in the past and that things, 'were' moving for the better.

"So what should I do know?" I wondered now that Emily was in the hospital there wasn't much I could do. I was a doctor but there was still very little I could do to help her at this point. They still hadn't figured out what's wrong with her.

"Call her parents, maybe a few your friends and tell them what's going on? Support is always good when someone is in the hospital. I'm sure her parents would like to know, right?" I nodded and took out my cell phone.

"Hello, this is Kai. I have some bad news." I said afraid of how they would react to more bad news.

"She's in the hospital, isn't she?" Her mom said worryingly about her only child and daughter. "What's wrong with her?"

"I'm sorry but I couldn't get to her in time. Harry did something to her but we don't know what. I'm going to try to find out anyway we can but it's going to be hard since I was on the plane and no one lives in the deserted part of the city. Emily left no clues and is in a coma. We just know she's as bad as Tala was when he was brought to the hospital. Harry made sure of that. I have to go find out." I said as if I was scared that they'd come here.

"Kai, thanks for helping her any everything. You have my blessing and thank you very much. Take care, tell me when the wedding is and take her back to Japan. She's better off there." I nodded. Her dad gave us his blessing and I was happy but I missed Emily's cheerfulness. Harry didn't know where we were in Japan if we went there but anyone could look in a phone book for her parents.

"I promise I will. I'll take care of her; now and forever. I'll make sure I save her. I don't care what I have to do. Bye." It was a rather short conversation but I still needed it to be so it wouldn't invoke any feelings I was hiding.

"Take care Kai, bye." I said bye again and we hanged up and I needed to go back to that warehouse and get help for Emily. I needed a hint of some sort that gave me a clue as to what happened to Emily.

I tried to remember anything she had told me. Anything in the letter; the letter. I hate that letter so much. I pulled it out of my pocket. I also brought out Harry's for us. They upset me, especially Emily's. She wanted me to leave her and let me be happy. I couldn't be happy without her. Is she Crazy? I could answer that with a easy yes.

"He's not going to kill me; I know it. You don't want to know his plans for me but it has happened before. He wants to kill you. Don't come here, promise me this Kai." ----You're a real artwork Emily. He might have directly killed you but he wants you dead, is all. I wish I did know his exact plan for you. I couldn't promise her I wouldn't save her. I don't know if he would have still done that if I didn't come. Or did he do it because or came. Did he do it just for revenge for Tala? How did you Harry was Tala's twin? How, why didn't you say anything? Why? I angrily said and Andy put his hand on my back.

"Any news," I said looking hopefully at Andy. Andy shook his head and laid a slip of paper in front of me. "I have to go talk with them." Andy nodded, I got up and went into the office.

"Hello Mr. Hiwatari, so you are engaged to Miss. Dennison, correct?" I nodded. "Is there anyway you could get her medical papers or anything."

"I could always try but we just came from the school and if Emily had them with her they'd be back at her house in Kansas where she was kidnapped from. The school might have a copy, her parents and her employers also might have them. I could very much try. Any news about improvement in her condition?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Hiwatari, but we can't do anything but put her on a resperator, and lifelife without information on her past medical history. I'm sorry but until we know about her actual condition and medical papers we can't do anything." I nodded, I knew how this worked. They were trying to save her but they couldn't do it without knowing things about what she was allergic to, and everything. I needed to find out.

"I understand, I'll try my hardest to get that for you. You just promise me that you'll keep her alive until we come back." He laughed. I was confused.

"Her life signals are weak but they are very stable. They're not going anywhere. I'm sorry to be a bit heartless but she's putting up a fight in her own mind and they're evenly matched while she's in the coma." I nodded and left the room.

I went outside and called the one person who would do anything to help any beyblader in trouble, Mr. Dickinson. He had helped her with the move, the scholarship, and everything else, this would be no different. "Mr. Dickinson, hello, this is Kai. Emily's in a coma and I need to know if you have her medical files."

"Of course I do Kai. Give me the number and I'll tell the doctor here to fax them ASAP. I feel so bad for you two, what happened?" I sighed.

"It's a long story but the number for fax is 1-689-297-8482 for fax. Hurry please, it's an emergency."

"I will Kai, tell us if her condition improves any." I breathed and freaked the I was lucky that he kept track of it all.

"I will, bye." I hanged up and told the doctors to await for her files and the fax machine. They waited and within a minute they arrived and I finally took time to breath.

"Mr. Hiwatari, we need you to sign a release form for an examination on Miss. Dennison." I nodded, signed the form and walked away.

"Andy, I'm leaving, any news or anything, give me a call. I'm going to investigate that warehouse for anything that will tell me what happened to her. That will tell us how we need to go about helping her." Andy looked at me. "Don't do this to me Andy. I don't need to think things through. If she wakes up give her this." I handed him a piece of paper.

"But Kai, don't you think she'll want you when she first wakes up." I nodded. "I mean, she doesn't know me. She'll freak out." I pointed to the note.

"It's all explained there. Leave it on the side table or something. Just make sure she gets it if I'm not there. Got it?" He nodded and I left.

"Be careful, for her sake." I nodded, waved Andy good-bye and took one last glance at Emily in the hospital bed. I hope she's not in any pain. I didn't learn anything on feelings while in a coma but I hope they can't feel any pain in a coma.

I arrived at the warehouse and there were no signs of what had happened earlier here. I went into the room were Emily was before I broke down the door. It had nothing but metal bars and such. I looked around the inside of the room for anything. Any signs of blood from abuse or a gun shot anything that could have happened to her. Nothing, it's like it never happened.

I turned around upon hearing a slight sound of footsteps on wood boards. "Hello, anyone here?" I didn't see anyone or anything that could have made the sound. I took out Dranzer from my pocket and positioned it on my lancher.

"Hey there Kai, miss me?" It was Anna Lisa. She is Tala's little step-sister. She was always friends with Mathilda. "I'm sure you didn't but, I'm sure you're glad I'm here."

"Not really Anna Lisa, you are just a huge bother and never helpful. You get in my way and I really wonder why Tala used to keep you around him before he was taken away."

"Huh, I'm so not helping you now." Anna Lisa said, sitting on the ground and pouting.

"Anna Lisa, do you know anything about Emily? Anything that might save her?" Anna stood up and thought. "I'm very serious Anna Lisa. I need that information if you have it."

"No, I don't know but anything he would do to her would be in the control panel. I know that he was planning on using that room to do something to Emily. I couldn't hear the vacuum was too loud for me to over hear him. Check to see what special things he did." I sighed as she led me to the control panel.

I looked at the control panel. He…he…he…electrocuted her. 300 volts of unaided electricity in a metal room. It shouldn't have done that much hard. Unless the room was reinforced with not a metal but a glass exterior so it would stay within the confinds of the room and do much more damage to her. I had to leave. I ran out. "Stop!"

"What Anna Lisa?" I said no annoyed because I had to save Emily. She put on her sad face and frowned like a little girl would if she wanted something, and Anna Lisa was no different. "What do you want?"

"I want to come with you Kai. Stupid Harry left me here all on my own just in case you came back to get evidence. He wanted me to kill you but that's not my thing. If he finds out I helped you he'll kill me. Can I come with you, please?" I sighed and took her hand. She was what, 10 and she was a big kiss up. She got in the back of the car and we drove to the hospital.

I arrived at the hospital with Anna Lisa happily skipping behind me. She must be so happy to be at a hospital. I told her to wait in the waiting room but she declined and followed me anyway.

"Kai, there you are? You find anything about her case?" Anna Lisa jumped out and surprised Andy. "What's she doing here? She could be helping Tala and Harry."

"Nun uh, Harry is going to kill me because I helped Kai save… um… girl's name. Well, whatever her name, I helped so Kai's protecting me from Harry." I gave Andy an agreeing look.

"She helped me save Emily…

"That's her name Emily. It like that name; it's short and very pretty. Don't you think?" I sighed and I looked annoyed so Andy picked up Anna Lisa. "Hey Kai, he's taking me some where. Kai," Anna Lisa said loudly as she left with Andy.

"Call me with any news Kai." I nodded and the duo of Anna Lisa and Andy left. I looked at Emily's body centered in the middle of the room with all sorts of cords attacked to her.

The doctor came in and looked at me. "Did you find out what happened to her Mr. Hiwatari?" I nodded. "What," he asked.

"Three hundred volts of pure high density electricity in a metal enforced room, that's what happened. All those volts are in her body because the walls kept it in. It hit her hard and fast." He looked surprised and gave a sigh.

"That's very bad Kai, but not the worst. We're losing her." I looked at her screens and they were right. She is dying and dying very slowly but hopefully not painfully. I just hope she doesn't die.

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