Okay, well I finally got this chapter finished and it is sooooo late 'cause I was just working on a summative so…I better make this quick if I want to be able to get up tomorrow!

Reader's response:

Crimson Firefox: (takes it literally) Oh no! The Suspense is killing you! Gotta…gotta…save…reviewer! NOOOOO! O.o; I know what'll save you! This chapter will keep the suspense away! Enjoy!

Lord Pengu: Well, now you'll know…and yes, cliffhangers ARE evil; which is exactly why I make them!

Yuki y: You'll find out now, won't you…

Pil-Z: (grins) glad you think so. But it keeps things interesting, don't you think?

Saturnsaturn: glad you like it! Hope you keep reading!

Ladysakaya: it wasn't d.r. it was something else…and…hm… (Hands you a printed off copy of chapter 8 that says: For... My Sanity…) sorry…I'm just a little hyper and being a bit dumb right now.

Aderine no miko: Nope. She's not. I don't like putting stuff like that so early in the story. It just gets a little freaky 'cause it reminds me of Yui and Miaka and how dumb their fight was…well, me and my friends think it's dumb…

Chichiri's Wanderer: NOOOOOOO! My fire!(glares) How COULD YOU? …um…no…'cause Tasuki was passed out from being drunk, remember?...oh yeah; did you get my email?

Mint drop: It is not! Why does everyone think that? Mmm….alcohol…and yeah, Nuriko's cool. And Tasuki has FIIIRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!...Mmm….fire….good….but I'll agree with you that he's not ALL that good looking. But if he had some other color of hair…maybe…just maybe….

Enjoy the chapter!


Amiboshi and Suboshi exchanged completely identical looks of horror. Then, after their momentary shock was over, both ran to the raven-haired girl, who was lying on the ground while a figure stood to her right. A cloud shifted and a ray of moonlight illuminated the figure. It was a man – probably in his twenties – with a rough looking face and a sneer forming. He saw them and took off running. Suboshi made a move to run after him but was stopped by his brother.

"Aniki…"

"Don't; it doesn't matter if we catch him. Sai…" Amiboshi pointed out, "Shun, go get the others"

"I can help with this…" Suboshi started to say.

"Hurry!" Amiboshi yelled. Suboshi was taken back; he had never seen his brother sounding so…desperate. Then he noticed it. The one thing that fueled the intensity in his calm brother's voice: seeping from a wound made by a knife that was protruding from just below the heart was a thick, dark red liquid with a slight stench: blood. Across her throat also, was a long but not so deep wound that was also trickling blood. Quickly, he ran off, hoping the others had stayed where the twins had left them.

Amiboshi, however, was trying to figure out how to help Sai. The only way he could think of was to somehow stop the bleeding, but that was sort of impossible with a knife still there, and it would of course, hurt if he tried to remove it. Golden eyes revealed themselves now, peering up at him.

"Sai…hang on, okay? Suboshi's gone to get the others"

Sai groaned as she struggled to talk, "That bastard…what a…cheap…trick…using…a…knife…"

"I'm trying to stop the bleeding, so don't talk, alright?"

"You…won't…get much…done…that way" Sai said. She grabbed the handle of the knife with her right hand and slowly – and painfully, Amiboshi guessed, from the way her face contorted– she pulled it out. Then she held the blood drenched blade in front of her. A look of disgust flitted across her face and she threw the knife across the room. It clattered and Sai watched, a look of pure and utter fury etched across her face.

"You shouldn't move so much" Amiboshi said. He tore yet another piece of his sleeve and tried to stop the bleeding, 'Hurry up, Shun…'

Suboshi ran through the main part of the club as fast as his legs could carry him. Thankfully, he spotted the others at the bar with the drunken ones still passed out. Subaru waved at him, oblivious to the urgency in his face. Hikitsu stood up, however and with a stern face asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sai…stabbed…hurry…" he managed to say. That put the seishi on full alert and each one of them managed to grab a drunken seishi and followed Suboshi.

Amiboshi looked up when he heard the seishi call Sai's name, "Finally" he said.

Subaru knelt down next to Sai, "…she's lost a lot of blood…"

"Will your powers work?" Hikitsu asked.

"In this case, I'm not so sure…first of all, I can't restore her blood so if I heal her, I don't know what would happen…"

"Chichiri?" Suboshi asked, looking at the blue-haired seishi.

"I think we should take Sai to what she called a hospital…I can try to stop the bleeding but I can't restore her blood"

The seishi looked in worry at Sai, who was trying to keep awake, which would evidently cause her more pain if they moved her. So, Amiboshi took out his flute and began to play a peaceful tone, which immediately caused her eyes to close and escape into the darkness…


The ringing of a phone to the tune of a familiar song jolted Karin Shido's attention away from the television. Sighing and eyes still glued to the television, she reached for the cell phone and clicked the answer button, "Karin Shido here"

"Is this the guardian of Saiyami Shimizu?" a voice asked crisply.

"Yes. This is her mother"

"Saiyami Shimizu was stabbed tonight and is being held under surveillance at the hospital. While her condition is somewhat stable, you may want to come down here"

Karin pressed the 'end talk' button on the phone and grabbed her keys. She drove to the hospital, but despite the fact that her only daughter was in a hospital, unlike most mothers, Karin was not breaking the speed limit like most mothers would do. She arrived at the hospital exactly twenty minutes later and requested to see her daughter.

When she reached the room that the receptionist told her, she was surprised to see a group of people already inside. Marching in, she put her hands on her hips, "Who are you people?" she demanded.

The majority of them were guys. However, three of them were not exactly awake at the moment. The others turned and stared at her and the only woman in the group was sitting next to Saiyami. One of them, a male with long silvery-gray hair and an eye patch over his eye responded first, "Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Saiyami's mother!"

"Strange…I would've thought her mother would be much more worried than you seem right now" one of the men she had thought was asleep said. This one had violet colored hair and rose colored eyes. Karin bit her lip to keep from saying anything. She knew this one; he was the male model: Nuriko.

"I am worried" Karin insisted, "Now; would you explain who you are?"

"Her friends" the silver-haired man answered simply. Karin was about to snap at him for giving her such a simple answer that did not explain anything to her when Saiyami woke up.

"Hey guys…" she said, trying to sit up. She looked around, very surprised to find herself in a hospital bed, "Hey; you guys found a hospital" she grinned. Karin stared. Her daughter…smiled? Karin had not witnessed a smile gracing her daughter's face in a long time and these people…

"Saiyami" Karin said. Sai seemed to notice Karin for the first time and her smile froze.

"Mother…"

"What happened?"

"Nothing. I'm fine; whatever…" Sai said, avoiding the question, "I need to talk to you though…"

"Fine" Karin said. She sat down on one of the chairs next to Sai's bed.

"Guys…" Sai said. She stared hard at them and Karin was surprised when they all seemed to understand and left. Two of them were being dragged by the arms, however, which was a strange sight but Karin did not smile. Who were these people to know her daughter so well…probably even better than she did…?


Nuriko was sitting on one of the chairs in the waiting room, playing with a loose stand of his violet hair when the two still drunk guys began to wake up. He grinned down at them as they each opened their eyes. His grin grew wider when he noticed that both of their eyes were almost the same color – Tokaki's was a golden color that very much resembled a tiger's eyes, Tasuki, an intense gold color – Subaru glared irritably at her husband and crossed her arms.

"Uh…what's that look for?" Tokaki asked, "And where are we?"

"This look is for your complete incompetence to get that drunk, you idiot" Subaru glared, "And we're in a hospital"

"Hospital? Why?"

"Well, it could be that you guys got too drunk, but unfortunately, we don't care about you that much. Sai got stabbed"

"You don't care ab – WHAT!" Tasuki yelled, "What happened?"

All the eyes in the room turned to the room. The receptionist glared at them, "Please be a bit quieter"

"What happened?" Tokaki asked, lowering his voice a bit.

"Amiboshi and Suboshi found her in an off-limits room with a knife sticking through her and she was all bloody. You were too drunk to teleport us so we had to call an ambulance"

"Oh…is she alright now?"

"She's probably going to be released from the hospital in a week since she lost so much blood. The doctors think she'll be find by then"

"That's good. Can we see her yet?"

"No; she wanted some time alone with her mother" Nuriko said, his lips turning into a frown. It was obvious he either did not like the idea of a secret kept from him or that he did not like the impression that Sai's mother gave him.

"…strange…I thought she didn't like her mom…"

"I know…"

"Hey; so where's everyone else?"

"Hikitsu, Suboshi, Amiboshi and Chichiri went down to the hospital's cafeteria to get some food to eat while we wait for Sai's mom to leave"

As if on cue, Karin arrived in the waiting room. She gave the group a calculating glance before marching arrogantly out of the hospital. Now that she was gone, the group got up to head for Sai's room.

"And where do you think you're going?" the receptionist asked loudly. Her lips were pursed disapprovingly at them.

"Er…to visit Sai Shimizu?" Nuriko asked as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"I don't think so, Mr. Chou. I don't care how famous you are, but hospital policies are that there are no visitors after visiting hours are over unless you are family"

"And who says we aren't?"

"Leave, Mr. Chou. Visiting hours start tomorrow morning at 10:00; come back then"

Both Tokaki and Tasuki opened their mouths to protest but were dragged away from Hikitsu and Subaru. Amiboshi, Suboshi and Chichiri had just gotten back with Hikitsu, each holding a drink or food in each hand.

"We'll come back tomorrow" Subaru said, "Besides; we should let Sai get her rest"

"Fine"