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A/N: Hello Readers! Sorry about the late releases. I'm just having a little writers block. Anyway, I guess we should start off with this chapter. Hope you like it.
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Endless Darkness
Chapter 05 - The savior
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Aoi and Chie sat in the dorm room that Aoi and Nao shared. They had split up from Mai at the hospital and went home. Aoi laid on her bed, hiding her face in the pillow while Chie sat on her bedside, stroking her back.
"Chie… I don't feel very good… Could you get me something to drink?" Aoi said, shifting her head to gaze at her girlfriend.
Chie gave a silent nod and walked over to the kitchen. Opening the cabinet door, Chie took a small glass and filled it with water from the sink. She walked back over to Aoi and handed her the glass and watched as her friend down the water. "Thanks…" Aoi handed the glass back to Chie, who just set it on the nightstand.
-knock knock knock- A knocking sound was heard from the door. Chie got up and approached it, reaching down for the knob when the knocking turned into banging.
"Alright already! Hang on a min-" Chie stopped when she saw Natsuki carrying Nao on her back. "Nao!" Aoi practically screamed when she saw who was at the door.
"I believe this is yours." Natsuki said as she hauled the unconscious redhead over to one of the beds and laid her down. "Where did you find her?"
"Same spot. Only this time, I was able to prevent her from making contact with the ocean." The biker said as she scratched the back of her neck. Aoi noticed a gash that ran up Natsuki's left arm.
"Natsuki, you're bleeding!" Natsuki looked over at her arm. "Oh, this? Yeah, that must have happened when I grabbed the ledge. Those rocks are pretty sharp."
Aoi just gave Natsuki a puzzled look. "Oh yeah, I guess I should explain."
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Natsuki watched as Nao dove head first for the water. Watching as the redhead attempted to put an end to here own life. "Wait, Nao!" Natsuki acted on impulse and leaped for the girl. She grabbed her led and quickly reached up to grasp the ledge.
"Gah! Damn it." Natsuki cursed as she felt a sharp pain caused by a pointed tip of the ledge that cut into her arm. She looked down to noticed she had a clear view of the redheads underwear. They were white with pink horizontal stripes. Natsuki didn't know if it was daggling about over sixty feet in in the air over jagged rocks or the site of the girls panties, but Natsuki felt a nose bleed coming on.
The cobalt headed girl tried pulling herself up but her efforts were in vain. "Nao! I could use some cooperation here…" There was no reply. "Hey! You better not be sleeping!" Natsuki basically screamed at the redhead, but there was still no reply. "Great. Not only am I hanging for my life,but princess over here is taking a beauty nap."
Natsuki tried to gather here thoughts but her time was running out. She felt as her grip was weakening. "So… Is this how it ends?" Natsuki asks no one in particular.
Natsuki's grip went causing her and Nao to fall towards the ocean.
-thud- Natsuki felt as she hit a hard surface. "What the?" Do to being wrapped up in the drama of the situation, Natsuki didn't notice there was a ledge under them just big enough to stop them from falling into the ocean.
Her eye twitch as she glared at the ground and then over at the unconscious redhead. A loud outburst of laughter was emitted from the biker as she lied onto her back and gazed up at the stars.
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"And that's the story." Aoi and Chie stood with dumbstruck looks on their faces. "Well, that was… interesting." Chie said, looking over at Aoi. "Well… I guess you could say that." The brunette replied, rubbing her arm and chuckling.
Natsuki looked over at Nao, watching her as she slept. "I still don't get it, Nao. Why?" She thought, shifting her direction towards the door.
"Well, I guess I'll be going now. Shizuru has dinner waiting." Natsuki said as she headed for the door. "Oh, a hot date eh?" Chie giggled. Natsuki just shot a glare back at Chie and continued out the door.
"I guess I should be going as well." Chie leaned over and planted a warm, wet kiss on her girlfriend's lips. They separated and Chie walked out the door.
Aoi looked over at Nao and gave a heavy sigh. "What am I gonna do with you?"
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Natsuki reached down to her door knob, turned it and swung the door open. "Tadaima!" As the door closed behind her, Natsuki walked into the living room and saw Shizuru sitting on the sofa.
"Ah, Natsuki-han. Welcome back." Shizuru got up off the sofa and gave Natsuki a warming hug.
Shizuru felt something warm and sticky rub off on her. She look down to find that Natsuki was bleeding. "Oh no. Natsuki, are you alright?" Shizuru asked, taking a closer look on the laceration on Natsuki's left arm. "Who did this to you?" The brunette demanded.
Natsuki felt a shiver run up here spine as she saw the psychotic look in Shizuru's eyes. "Oh… Erm… Not whom, but what, heheheh…" The cobalt headed biker inched herself away from Shizuru.
The brunettes face just lit up with a smile. "Okay. As long as Natsuki-han is fine, I have no problem."
"Come. We need to clean this wound of yours, my little puppy-han." Shizuru giggled. "Then you can have your dinner."
Natsuki tried her best to shake off the irritation she felt from Shizuru's words.
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"What is this… feeling?" Nao felt a warm, soft presence wrapped around her. The smell was nostalgic and comforting. "Mama…?"
Nao slowly opened her eyes to find that she was lying in her bed, wrapped in her comforter. "Nao-chan… Are you alright?" She turned er head to see who was talking. "Ma… ma?" All she saw was Aoi looming over her with a look of concern.
Nao let out an irritated sigh and buried her face back into her pillow. "Nao, I now you're awake." Aoi said, nudging the girl. "So what?" The redhead replied. Aoi sighed and sat down next to the girl. "Listen, Nao. I might not know what you're going through but, please, talk to me. Let me be of some help…" Aoi pleaded.
"If you want to help, then leave me be." Aoi just looked at the girls back with concern. "We're worried about you, you know." The brunette leaned over and started stroking the girls back. Nao just shook the girls hand off.
Aoi let out another sigh and stood up. "Well, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." The brunette walked off into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
"They're all worried, huh?" Nao though, taking in a deep breathe. Then, the girl slid over to the bedside, got up and approach her dresser. Aoi heard a rustling sound a looked back over to the living room. "Nao, what are you doing." Nao took off her hospital night gown and put on a pair of blue jeans and a red shirt.
"I have some questions." Nao said and walking over to the door. "Wait, Nao!" Before Aoi could stop her, she went out the door. Quickly rushing towards the door and going out it, Aoi tried to stop Nao, thinking she was going to try to commit suicide once more.
"Nao, you can't do this." Aoi said and grabbed the redheads arm. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything reckless." Nao said and gave Aoi a look of reassurance.
The brunette loosened her grip, trying to believe Nao. "Alright, just hurry back, okay." Nao just nodded and took off.
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Natsuki laid on the sofa, watching some stupid game show on the TV. Shizuru had left a few minutes ago after they finished eating dinner.
Natsuki fiddled around with the remote when she heard knocking at the door. "Who is it now?" The girl lazily got up off the sofa and approached the door. She rotated the knob and swung the door opened to find Nao standing at her doorway.
"Wha-… Nao? What are you…?" Natsuki was at a loss for words. She would have never thought that Nao would actually pay her a visit. "I need to talk…" The redhead muttered under her breathe and gave Natsuki a cold stare.
Natsuki just stepped aside, allowing the redhead access into her home. Nao slowly made her way over to the sofa and plopped down. "So… What do you need Nao?"
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A/N: And we shall end this with a cliffy. Hope you enjoyed. In the next chapter we should be seeing the pairings take flight so I hope you're ready. Please remember to review. Every single one counts! And I will also remember to make it longer.