Heaven Can Wait

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own the series Hana Kimi, or any of the characters. All ownership goes to those who do own it. The plot comes from inspiration from FT Island's music video "Heaven: Part 2". I also don't own that band, or the song…or that video. This is just a humble interpretation on my part of throwing the characters from Hana Kimi into the situation in the music video.

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As soon as he heard the voice, Sano Izumi's eyes raised from the wounded Mizuki, to the man who had kidnapped her. Sano could see a hint of desperation inside the man's cold, dark, eyes. Obviously he wasn't about to allow them to leave, not now that they could ID him and his hide out. From the looks of the place and it's layout, Sano could tell this wasn't the man's first kidnapping. However, Sano couldn't remember any disappearing in the local area to prove his point, then again he'd been so busy training that the president could have died and he wouldn't have known.

Looking from the man's eyes and down to his hands, Sano saw the man holding onto a rod used to poke items from between grinders. It kept the worker a safe distance away from the grinders but because of it's job, the point was always sharp. Protectively, Sano grabbed Mizuki's wrist and shifted so he was between the man and Mizuki. At first he could feel Mizuki fighting against his will, but Sano wasn't about to allow her to act tough. Not when their lives were on the line. "Please Sir. Let us go…" Sano wasn't one for pleading, but right now seemed like a pretty good idea to try and ask to be let go. But, of course, it didn't work. The man merely grinned and his eyes darted to the bed. Sano followed the man's gaze and saw the knife laying on the bed. How stupid of him to discard the knife earlier like it was nothing. The man then reached down and grabbed the knife, his eyes never leaving Mizuki who was half behind him.

"I don't think you understand the situation you're in…kids…" the man said before sliding his tongue between his lips, keeping it stuck out for a couple extra seconds. Sano's eyes narrowed slightly and shifted again. They had only one chance to get away, and it had to be soon or else the man might get the upper hand more than he already had. They were in his 'territory', but his mind set wasn't right. He was drunk with rage and Sano could see it in his eyes. Stepping forward, closer to the bed, Sano could feel Mizuki stumble now that his body was no longer there supporting her.

The man then started to move. Up until this point the bed had been dividing the two from the man, and Sano believed if they could distract the man, Mizuki could escape and then Sano would just have to wait for backup. Nakatsu was probably somewhere nearby. He wasn't a coward and was probably thinking of a brilliant way to get them out of this…right…? The only problem was…now that the man was on the same side of the bed that they were on, they no longer had that upper hand. Before the bed was an obstacle. Something the man would have to either go around, or climb over. Either way it would slow him down and they could at least get outside.

Now they had one chance, and that chance had to be that very minute. The knife didn't scare Sano, neither did the thought of getting hurt. He'd stopped men with knives before. In fact. He'd saved Mizuki from a man with a knife before. It had cost him his career in fact. That didn't matter anymore though. Nothing but Mizuki's safety mattered right now. So, with one deep breath, Sano readied himself and finally turned and looked at Mizuki telling her to 'run' without speaking. Hopefully they were at an angle where the man couldn't see his lips. It didn't matter either way though because as soon as he was sure Mizuki had understood him, Sano turned back to the man and rushed towards him.

Wary of the knife, Sano first reached his long arms out and punched the man in the face. Luckily the man hadn't expected the rush and Sano managed to catch him off guard. With a faint smile on his face, Sano reached his other hand around and landed another punch, this time on the man's ribs. This only angered the man more though and did very little damage. Sano wasn't trying to kill the man though. As much as he would LOVE to kill this man for hurting Mizuki like he had, Sano was smarter than that and was just trying to buy Mizuki some time to get outside and then hopefully Nakatsu would know everything was safe and come in and help. Turning his head slightly, Sano saw Mizuki backing away towards the door slowly. This time Sano felt he needed to yell to her. She was in a daze and this wasn't helping their cause.

"Mizuki…RUN!"

Just as Sano yelled, two things happened. One, Mizuki snapped out of her daze and turned around and rushed out of the building the rest of the way. Luckily there was a door nearby which door was still open thanks to Sano entering the building. He'd left it open for a quick get away, and luckily Mizuki saw it and made her get away. Two…Sano wasn't aware of the man's movements and the man lunged once Mizuki was out of sight, his blade making contact with Sano's flesh. The two then fell to the ground and despite the cut on his hip now, Sano's eyes were still on Mizuki until she made it out of sight. Once she was completely gone, Sano turned back to the man who was ontop of him by this point and reached his right fist up, making contact with the man's jaw which made the man almost yelp. Another punch lashed out before the man recovered and pulled the knife out from under Sano and pulled his arm back just to quickly bring it down.

The first cut wasn't a death cut. In fact, it was barely even bleeding yet. Just a small cut that drew a little blood. Luckily his shirt was covering the wound and he could take care of the wound once they got back to Umeda. Neither he nor Mizuki would want to go to the hospital due to Mizuki's secret so Umeda was their only hope. Luckily that man was a wonderful, if not crazy, healer. This second attack with the knife was luckily stopped thanks to Sano's quick reflexes and the man's un-precise actions. Now locked in a back and forth pushing fight, Sano was now trying to find a way to get the upper hand. The man was ontop of him and had his whole body to push where as Sano only had his arms to stop the man from lunging the knife into his flesh. With one wild push, Sano managed to throw the man off of him and roll out of harm's way.

The two then stood up at the same time, the kidnapper still holding onto the knife while Sano had nothing to defend himself with. The way the two ended up, the man was closer to the exit and Sano was now blocked into the building with no other way out that he could see. Now that the man was between him and his exit, Sano had to once again come up with a plan of escape. "The cops…The cops are coming mister! My friend with the dog called the cops and they're on their way here right now!" this was a lie…or at least from what Sano knew it was a lie. The man, however, couldn't have known it was a lie so his eyes instantly became crazed as he looked towards the windows, then the other exits. Sano's eyes never left the man's face.

"Let me go. Let me go or else!" Sano didn't know what else to say. The man's eyes then darted back to him and then with one last, desperate hope, lunged towards Sano, his blade by his side. The two collided and Sano felt as the blade plunged into his body. A gasp escaped his lips and his eyes widened. The man was still pushing him and before too long, the two were against the wall. A pain coursed through Sano's entire body as he felt the blade pressed deeper into him.

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Ya'll seemed to be worried about whether I was going to update or not! Lol don't worry guys! I am slow on updating, but I still work on the chapters! I also roleplay though, as well as go to school full time as well as work full time. Haha one more chapter!

Will Sano survive? What happened to Nakatsu? And is Mizuki going to be okay?

Find out next chapter! All of your answers will be answered then!