Hey, I now that I haven't updated in a while but I have been having a serious case of the famous 'writers block'. But I am writing even though. I would also like to dedicate this chapter to one of my bestest friends in the whole wide world, Mimiru-chan!!! Cuz she is finally gonna come back from the mainland and come home!(sorta) She knows what i mean. Well consider this your welcome back chappie. Along with what ever else that i update today. Which is hopefully a lot.

Chapter 5:Ambush

Kiyoko and Ayumu had just gotten through the countless obstacles that had been planted along the entrance of the abandoned train yard. They had just barely made it through the bombs, and other explosives, and were now walking through a rather long and dark hallway. At this point they both thought that it would never end. They had been walking for an hour and still hadn't come across anything of interest to them, or something that would probably kill them. Which was very odd considering that the hunters wanted them dead.

"Hey... um... Ayumu? I ... have to ask you something." Kiyoko sadly asked while focusing her attention to the ground in order to avoid eye contact with the boy next to her.

"What is it?" Ayumu curiously asked. He had a feeling that something was bothering her since she was usually always happy, but this time she looked so distracted. He wondered what it was that could be that was bothering her so much that she couldn't even look at him.

" Well... do... do you hate me?" as she asked him, her voice softened making the question almost inaudible. But it was loud enough so that only he could hear. " I mean for everything that happened?" she continued to keep her eyes attached to the ground too scared to find out his reaction. In all honesty she didn't want him to hate her.

Ayumu was taken back by the odd question. She was so innocent. So much so that she blamed herself for everything. "No ... I don't hate you? How could I? I mean it wasn't your fault that all of this happened." As he saw her head lift slightly he sighed in relief. You could tell that he wasn't used to doing this kind of thing (cheering up others). It had been just him for so long that he had almost forgotten how to open up to someone. He watched her like a hawk awaiting her reaction. It had all paid off though, she flashed him a short but sweet smile. It would have lasted longer if she hadn't stopped in her tracks. About as fast as she had stopped she started again. This time running, as she ran past him she managed to grab hold of his hand that had been dangling along his side almost the whole way. As his arm was being violently pulled he glanced at the once smiling face. He saw nothing but paleness, it was as if she had just seen a ghost. He began to open his mouth as if to say something but was cut off by gunshots echoing down the hall.

BAM!!BAM!!!!

In an instant the hand that was latched onto his disappeared. He looked back only to see a collapsed Kiyoko about 7 inches behind him.

"Keep going!!!" she yelled in desperation hoping that he would go on and save Hiyono so they both could go on with their lives. But as noble as Ayumu was he just came running towards her. " What are you doing?! You'll get yourself killed!" she yelled once again now demanding him to leave her.

"No!" His voice was so firm that it sent shivers up her spine. He continued on trying to get her up and on her feet again. But to his surprise there was a little whole in her thigh that indicated to him that she had actually gotten hit by one of the bullets fired earlier. He was shocked it had looked so deep yet she hadn't even showed the pain on her face. He then grabbed her by the waist and put her arm around his neck and ran to the door that had like magic opened up to them. It was a trap and they both knew it. But where else were they to go?

As he ran inside the lights turned on to reveal a completely white room. He set her down in the back corner gently so that he wouldn't even further open up any wounds, ran back to the door and shut it. He continued on and began to pile some old control panels and other old and rusted things at the door so hat who ever it was couldn't get in and more importantly to them.

"It's no use." Kiyoko frailly stated. She was now having a hard time breathing. Not because of the gunshot wound to the thigh, but the one that ended up going through stomach. Though the bullet got stuck in the tissue in front just as it was about to exit her body.

"Ugh... that stu...pid ... hunter." She tied to cover it up so that Ayumu wouldn't see that she had actually been in more pain than he could imagine.

But her pathetic attempt did nothing but arouse his suspicions even more. "Let me see." he demanded, knowing that she would just put up a fight about it. She slowly removed her hands

from the wound and let him see it. It was bigger than the last one. "We have to take the bullet out ok?" he informed just to tell her what was going on before the pain started. He tried to squeeze it out but to no avail. It was in to deep. There was no way that they could get it with out hurting her even more than he already was. She had been holding back screams and tears the whole time. And it would just be too risky to take it out with his hands because it could get infected and that would be worse.

Right when they started to think that things couldn't get any worse a sudden pounding occurred on the door.

"Damn!" Ayumu shouted in frustration as the door was rammed open by a man in a black suit. He ran up to the man only to be swatted away like a fly.

The man continued to make his way toward the girl against the wall, and had actually reached out and grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up off of the ground.

Ayumu shook off the hard blow to the head that he got from the wall that he was swated into, and looked over to were he had last left Kiyoko. In a complete panic he rushed the man and pushed him into another door and pushed some other heavy boxes. They were safe again, for now.

Kiyoko lay on the ground breathing heaver than she had been before. Her vision started to blur and the last thing that she saw in front of her was Ayumu's face.

"Kiyoko." He shook her gently to try and keep her awake but her eyes began to close anyway. "Kiyoko... kiyoko!"

That was all that was heard until the pitch black took over her veiw.