Chapter 8: "Never leave me nyo..."

The world, which for a time seemed to be so far away, came rushing back as Ky and Dejiko broke away from their kiss to face that which threatened to tear them apart and take away all their joy and happiness, the yellow floating object called Gema. Gema was a yellow round creature with an upside-down face and stickly arms which ended in red circular hands. Gema's face was contorted in a look of sheer disgust and anger.

"Dejiko gema! What has gotten into you gema!" Gema began as Dejiko stared with a look of annoyance and nervousness on her face, "Thats Ky of the Black Gema Gema Gang gema! He's going to capture you gema!"

Dejiko, having just poured out her heart to Ky, didn't have the patience to deal with Gema and quickly became infuriated. She looked down at the floor as tears once again fell from her emerald green eyes.

"GEMA! What do you know nyo! I love Ky nyo and he loves me too nyo!" A furious Dejiko exclaimed.

"Love gema? What do you know about love gema? You're only ten years old gema, for all you know he could just be playing you Gema!" Gema retorted.

"J-JUST SHUT UP NYO!" Dejiko screamed as her eyes began to glow, "ME KARA-!"

"Dejiko, no-!" Ky said as he reached out a hand towards Dejiko, but he was too late.

"–BIMMU!" Dejiko shouted as a bright beam of light shot at Gema, tossing him across the room and leaving him in a corner and badly charred.

Ky grabbed Dejiko's arm and quickly brought her to the window, "Come on! We've got to go!" Ky said as he opened the window and hopped onto the fire escape.

"W-Where are we going nyo?" A confused Dejiko asked.

"That laser eye beam caused a huge ruckus and will more than likely be attracting much more attention than we'd like. We have to get out of Akihabara now that both Gema and the Black Gema Gema Gang know we're together." Ky replied as he helped Dejiko onto the fire escape.

"B-But, nyo!" Dejiko began with a worried look on her face.

"No buts!" Ky angrily replied.

Dejiko looked down, despair crossing her face, "I-I'm sorry nyo..."

Ky put a hand under Dejiko's chin and raised it so that she was looking up into his eyes. "Dejiko, its alright. We're both in this together, right?" He said as he wrapped his arms around her, "I'll always be with you from now on."

After hearing this Dejiko buried her face in Ky's coat and wrapped her arms around him also and said, "Never leave me nyo..."

"I promise," Ky replied as he kissed Dejiko on the forehead.

Ky's dog ears twitched as the sounds of footsteps became louder and the faint sound of Usada's voice could be heard.

"Dejiko! Dejiko! What's going on up there?" Usada asked as she began to knock on the door to Dejiko's room.

Ky quickly turned to Dejiko and lifted her into his arms. "I'm sorry, but we've got to go now!"

Usada managed to get the door open and was shocked by the scene before her. Gema lying in a pile of debris in a corner, charred, and Dejiko held in the arms of Ky standing on the fire escape.

"Dejiko!" Usada cried out as Dejiko was whisked away by the blue haired dentist, a look of regret in her eye. As Ky quickly ran off into the night with the young princess in his arms, Usada ran to the window only to find that Ky and Dejiko were no where to be found. In a panicked frenzy, Usada went over to the injured sphere.

"What happened here!" Usada asked Gema while violently shaking him.

"Th-they... gema... Ky and Dejiko... they were kissing and then attacked me gema," Gema wearily replied.

"K-Kissing!" a very surprised Usada responded with a mild blush, "Gema, d-do you think that... thats why Dejiko's been acting so weird lately?"

"Could be gema, but I still wouldn't trust him gema. He could just be setting up Dejiko to be captured gema." Gema responded.

"That's so horrible... playing with Dejiko's feelings like that?" remarked Usada with a gasp.

"We need to find Dejiko and get her back from the Black Gema Gema Gang as soon as possible gema, before Dejiko gets hurt or worse gema." Gema said as he started brushing some of the debris off himself.

"But do we really have to worry that much about it? I mean it is the Black Gema Gema Gang we're talking about, do you think they're capable of holding onto Dejiko for long?" A reluctant Usada asked.

"I don't know gema, but we still should probably get her back or else you'll be stuck doing all the work around the store gema." Gema added with a slight smirk.

"W-What!" responded Usada with a grimace, "Then we have to get her back right away!"

Elsewhere, an exhausted Ky carried Dejiko as far away from Gamers as he could before stopping on a grassy knoll to recuperate. Ky gently set Dejiko down by the base of a nearby tree and bent over clasping his knees as he tried to catch his breath. Meanwhile a hatless Dejiko took a look at her surroundings.

"Oh Ky nyo!" Dejiko exclaimed.

"W-What is it?" Ky responded still short of breath.

"This is... This is where you took me on our first date together nyo!" Dejiko said with a smile as the lights of the city being overlooked by the hill came on. Ky looked up and smiled.

"So it is..." he replied as he looked down upon Dejiko who still sat at the base of the tree.

"W-Why don't you lie down for a while nyo?" Dejiko asked as she offered a place on her lap for Ky to lie down upon. Ky stared at Dejiko with a puzzled look on his face.

"Dejiko, are you feeling okay?" he asked as he put a hand to her forehead with a smile. "What has gotten into you recently, you're not usually like this."

"I-I already explained it to you before nyo," Dejiko replied, puffing up her cheeks with a look of annoyance, while a blush began to cross her face, "I-Its embarrassing to say again nyo..."

"I know, I know. But you know, you look so cute when you're all embarrassed like this." Ky teased as he laid himself down onto the grassy knoll, his head resting on the place Dejiko prepared for him in her lap.

"I- Wha-? N-No I don't nyo. I-I'm not embarrassed at all." Dejiko lied as she looked away crossing her arms as the blush across her face grew into a deeper shade of red.

"Ha, ha, ha. I'm sorry you're right, but this is really nice isn't it?" Ky responded as a small breeze swept over the hill.

"Yeah nyo..." Dejiko said as she closed her eyes and felt the breeze sweep over her. After a pause Dejiko spoke again, "...Ky nyo?"

"Yes, what is it Dejiko?" Ky asked, looking up at Dejiko who had begun running a hand through his hair causing Ky to feel pleasant and relaxed.

"Promise you won't make fun of me nyo?" Dejiko asked as a precaution.

Ky chuckled, "I promise."

"W-Well, I wish we could just live everyday like this nyo. Just the two of us together with all the rest of the world and our problems far far away." Dejiko said as she looked out at the city that covered the landscape around her just past the hill. Ky just looked up at Dejiko and nodded in agreement.

"Maybe someday we'll be able to live together just... like... this..." Ky said as sleep began to take him. Dejiko looked down at Ky and smiled and continued to run her hand through his hair. Before long she too found herself asleep as a light breeze continued to blow over the hill.

The morning sun shone brightly into Ky's eyes awakening him from his night's rest. Recalling the events of yesterday, Ky felt eager to see Dejiko's bright green eyes looking into his as he awoke, yet this didn't happen. Ky looked around to see if perhaps she had wandered off a bit on her own, but soon the horrifying truth became evident to him. He was alone.

Ky began calling out for Dejiko and looked all around the hill but Dejiko was nowhere to be found. He returned to the tree under which he and Dejiko fell asleep under only to find a clue which caused Ky to feel as though his heart had stopped. The letter 'B' had been carved into the tree along which was one of Dejiko's bells which hung by a low branch which could only mean one thing. The Black Gema Gema Gang had captured Dejiko.

End Chapter 8