Chapter Five

Makoto let out a long sigh as she sat in the hospital room. So far, she had noticed that her shoulder was broken and she had been in and out of surgery for the past couple days. The recovery process was what was taking so long; physically and emotionally. Once everyone let, she would cry herself to sleep knowing the problems ahead and that her daughter had been taken. The secrets were starting to leak out of her mind as she thought about what really happened that night when her life was turned upside down...

Her eyes started to slowly drift off due to the large amount of alcohol in her system. They were celebrating the completion of their mission and she knew it was time for her stop before she was going to do anything stupid. Hiiro sat next to her at the bar, touching her wrist gingerly here and there when he thought she was getting up and leaving him to sit by himself...like all the others had always done. Both of them were too drunk to drive and it was Makoto that had whispered so close to his ear that she wanted to get out of here.

Hiiro lead the way towards the hotel as they staggered to the desk where he quickly paid and they brought their things upstairs with them. Makoto was the first one in the bathroom where he heard the water starting to run and lounged on the bed wondering what the next day would bring. His eyes looked up towards the door frame to see Makoto bare and slipping into the tub. He couldn't deny his feelings anymore. The way he loved looking at her, her brilliant smile, and the way her eyes glanced at his only for a moment as if they were meant to be his.

Slowly, he sauntered towards the bathroom and peered in at her nakedness. He felt his heart beating quicker as he looked down at her lounging in the water. Drunkenly, she gazed back up at him and smiled.

"Would you like to join?" she asked. That seemed to have been the wrong response since before she knew it, they were both in the bath together holding each other desperately. She belonged to Duo, she was his girl and yet she was in the arms of another man. With a cry, she kissed him passionately and felt the heat starting to leave her. When she had first came here, this was the man she wanted to be with. His quite, and strange actions impressed her but she had found herself with Duo instead. For some reason, she wanted to give Duo a chance instead of immediately rejecting him. Of course, they had never gone this far. The only thing they had done was fallen asleep on the couch together watching a movie and made kissing a little.

His lips trailed down her neck in a heated passion that they could no longer take anymore and continued to fill their lust with each other not knowing what was waiting ahead of them in the morning nor what would come after that. This was the time they were enjoying and nothing could ruin their moment, not even the gods...

Hiiro watched Makoto as she held the sheet close to her chest in a somber sleep. He let out a sigh, knowing he had betrayed his friend and worse of all that he felt no guilt in doing so. Gently, he touched Makoto's cheek and watched her emeralds slowly open for him and him only. A smile slowly moved across her face and then slowly the pain as he watched her sitting up. She wiped away his worried look with another smile.

"Just a little sore, if you know what I mean," she replied. Gently, he cupped her chin and brought her close to him once more, giving her the last kiss he knew they would ever experience together.

"Duo will be worried," he responded, watching the pain fill her face as she quickly moved to her feet and hurried to get ready.

Once at the mansion, her things had been packed and ready to leave since it was her last day on vacation when the yelling suddenly erupted from downstairs.

"You did what?" Duo was angry and she could feel his anger as she stood in front of him ready to take his blow without a care. What she had did was wrong...and most of all, what she was doing now was even wronger.

"I don't remember who it was...Hiiro had managed to find me since I used my name for the hotel room. I'm sorry Duo...please forgive me," said Makoto, hoping that her pleas would work. She watched him give an angry sigh as she quickly started pacing and then the gun was against her head.

"I don't ever want to see you again," said Duo, holding the gun unsteady. On her way out, Quatre tried to console her and she quickly pushed his efforts aside. At the door, Makoto saw Hiiro standing there with her bags in hand. He followed her out and put her things in the trunk. The look in his eyes were undescribable and she knew what was coming; the pain already starting to fill her heart.

"Come back, and I will kill you," he said. She knew he was acting for his friend that was standing outside, watching them from the door. She nodded, pulled out her gun and handed it to him with a small smile.

"Arigato" she replied, giving him a small smile and he knew she meant it...

Makoto felt the tears against her cheeks as she looked up at the ceiling, without noticing the person that had entered the room. Gently, she felt a hand touch hers and knew exactly who it was. Quatre was holding her hand and smiled warmly at her.

"Where's Indigo," she asked, fearing for the answer. Quatre tried to silence her but her voice rose harshly. "Where's my baby?"

"I'm sorry Makoto...she's gone," he said. Quatre watched as the tears violently continued and held her as close as possible. Gently, after a long period of time he looked down to see Makoto sleeping and gently laid her down, exiting the room. Duo quickly moved up to his feet in wonderment.

"How is she?" he asked. Quatre shook his head.

"There's nothing we can do for her except get Indigo back," said Quatre. Trowa questioned this.

"How are we going to find her?" he asked. Hiiro looked at the communicator in hand and saw the symbols on it. Curiously, he pressed one of the buttons to see the face of a beautiful young woman move onto the screen. Her raven hair was pulled back and her amethyst eyes looked up curiously and then glared.

"Who are you? Why do you have Makoto's communicator?" she asked impatiently. Quickly, Duo grabbed the communicator.

"Hey baby, how are you doing? Want to go out on a date?" he asked. Quatre quickly grabbed it from him as he watched the anger quickly rising in the young woman.

"I am sorry Miss, but are you by chance one of Makoto's friends?" he asked. She calmed at the kindness in his voice and nodded. "It seems that there has been an accident and Makoto is in need of you. Someone has stolen her child."

He watched her face fill with shock and quickly move away from the screen as if she was talking to someone next to her. Quickly, she looked back at the screen and nodded to him.

"We're going to be right there. Keep this device with you and we will track your location with this," she said and quickly closed her screen. Quatre watched as Duo slowly entered the room and Hiiro sat down, waiting for his friend to come out. Trowa and Quatre let out a sigh and looked at the signs of the communicator.

"I believe we will leave you and start getting these rooms ready," said Quatre. Hiiro nodded and watched the two leave as he pondered. In the room Duo, was standing there alone with Makoto. What happened if he was going to try and kill her. Sure, he thought that Duo had forgiven her but yet, he wasn't exactly sure...

Makoto seemed to awaken at the door opening and felt the tight squeeze on her hand along with the soothing voice telling her everything was going to be fine. It struck a chord and she felt the tears coming once again. Tearfully, she looked over at Duo knowing that she needed to tell him the truth. As if fate sensed it, Hiiro entered the room and looked at Duo holding her hand.

"Hiiro," she said, "It's your baby."