Chapter 5:

Akira could hear there footsteps closing in. She was getting tired and her eyes where hurting. She was reaching her limit. She knew it and so did Takumi. Then she fell. She was completely out of strength. She couldn't move, her head was throbbing so much she couldn't even see straight. Takumi bend down.

"Akira- kun," he spoke quietly and concerned. She was breathing heavily in pain. He helped her up and tried to support her so she could at least walk. But it was too late. Before he could walk any further, there enemy was in front of them. Takumi bit his lips.

"You little pieces of crap have caused us enough trouble, hand her over!"

"What do you guys want from us?" Takumi screamed at them. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't possible take on so many people, especially when there all well trained. She was shaking but he had to be strong. He had to buy some time for her to at least rest a little.

"I wasn't asking you."

"Boss we don't have time," one of them interrupted. Takumi got even more nervous. Then they nod altogether. Suddenly they all disappeared. This is bad. Then Takumi felt a jolt and he felt his body hit something. He had hit a tree and bounced back landing on the floor. His head was bleeding, but he stood back up. He held his head up. What he saw was Akira, standing there. She was there holding one of the guys hand which was twisted to his back. She took his sword and pulled him back and pointed the sword to his neck.

"Move back, NOW," she said painfully. She felt the man that was her hostage moved his fingers and wanted to pull away from her, but she realizes soon. She pulls his arm from the back so his hand was diagonal from his shoulder and took her fist that was holding the sword and punched his elbow up. She let his hand go and pushed him to the ground. He was moaning painfully at his broken arm. She could stand very straight or see very well but she knew that the other men where in shock. Before they could do anything she reassured that she wasn't done. She took the sword and sliced the other unharmed arm. This made her dizzy and she almost fell. But she stabbed the sword on the ground next to the man yelling in pain, and balanced herself with the sword. The other men seem confused, but they started to move again. Just as they did Akira took the sword from out of the ground and stabbed it in the knee man lying on the floor. She took out the sword and almost fell. Takumi ran and supported her. She pointed her sword at the man on the floor.

"I don't know what you came here for," she said in a low voice, because she was out of air. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing and gasping. Then she looked up and gave a glare that seems to freeze them. "But if you value your friends life, then do as I say." Takumi felt her shaking. He knew she was bluffing. If they wanted to come and capture her it was very easy. But she's risking it. He held her up, and he could feel her leaning on him completely. She was barley standing on her own. She glared at them. They seem to be considering it. Suddenly she felt a hand on the sword. The man that was on the flood used the hand that was apparently not broken, but bleeding a lot, pulled it, and it stabbed through his chest.

"Men…now…you have …nothing to…" his voice trailed off and his head tipped. Akira and Takumi quickly looked at the men. They where shaking out of anger. Akira took the body and threw it at them. Takumi picked her up and started to run to the other direction. As soon as Takumi started running, Akira looked at his face. He was running as fast as he could. His eyebrows was wrinkling together, his eyes were narrow out of worry. Soon her eyes closed. I'm sorry Takumi, for getting you into this.

CHIRP, CHIRP.

Her eyes opened slowly. She saw a roof. She turned her head side to side, looking around. She seemed to be in a room. An old fashion house it seemed. She didn't quiet remembered what happened.

"Where am I," she said quietly to herself. Then she quickly remembered what had happen she quickly got up. But her stomach, head, and leg hurt at the same time. She fell back down. Then the door opened.

"You're not as strong as you where Akira, you getting a little rusty." I know this voice it's…

"Aki- ni," Akira yelled getting up, this time with no problem at all. Her smile told him she was so happy she could almost cry. He took her and hugged her.

"Welcome home," he said soothingly. He pats her head. She hugged him back smiling like she had never before. Then she realizes some one was at the door. It was Takumi. There was a surprised look on his face. Akira pushed her brother. Doing so it hurt her stomach so much she collapsed on her futon and coughed. Aki got up and had a stern and concern face. Takumi hurried over next to her. He was worried. Aki smirked. When she was done coughing Takumi help her to lie down. She looked at Aki.

"Why, are we here, weren't we being followed," Akira asked.

"I was told by father to go get you. When I got to your room, it was completely destroyed, so I went out to find you," he said, yawning, and then he looked at Takumi. "Then I saw this boy carrying you, and he was being chased so I went to help. I went to help you then I was going to attack them, but they ran away."

"Did you try to catch them?" Akira asked anxiously. Aki frowned.

"Of course not, you looked like you where about to die, when we brought you back and we help treat your wounds, you have no idea how bad the ones that you had were," he said seriously. Akira frowned. She really wanted to know who did it. "But I'm pretty sure who did it," he said.

"Who!?" Aki gave a small laugh.

"Do you know why you where called home," Aki said with a voice that sounded like your hopeless.

"I asked Rengi, he said something about grandma, but he refuses to tell me more," Akira said looking at her brother with a questioned look. Aki smiled and got up and walked to the door.

"Don't worry, you'll find out real soon," with that he left. Akira frowned. Then she realized that Takumi was there. She looked at him. He was looking at the door, she sighed.

"Who is he," he said surprising her. He wasn't looking at her. She looked at him worried. The first thing he saw me when I woke up was hugging another guy…it's a little awkward. She sighed.

"He's my brother, Akito."