Ok. chapter 2. Sorry it's short!

I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE!


I took a quick glance at Natsume, who was shifting in and out of consciousness. "Don't worry…" I said, wondering if he could hear me.

I quickly hid in the alley a few feet away. Perfect. The shots died down, guessing he used up all the ammo. He went up to Natsume and stepped on his chest.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Did the little baby get hurt?" He said in a childish voice, clearly taunting Natsume. He must be awake now…

"You…Bastard!" Natsume managed to grunt, considering the air was being pushed out of his chest already.

"Oh, shut up. Where's that meddlesome girl?"

"…I don't know." Natsume lied. He knew I was over here, he so knew. I could tell of the way he discreetly looked over at me.

'Oh? Protecting her, eh? Well, you're girlfriends out of luck. You're not going to be around unless you tell me where she is." He said the last few words with emphasis.

"I already told you. I don't know. And she's not my girlfriend." He had strained breathing now. I took a glance at his leg, which was loosing a lot of blood now. He needed to get some care, fast.

The man started loading the gun, with exaggerated slowness to allow Natsume time to give me up. He just starred back at the man with a calm expression.

It's now or never, I needed to pounce. I was waiting for him to turn around so I could get the best hit at him, but there was clearly no time to wait for that opportunity.

I leaped out of the darkness silently to jab him in the side. He stumbled, but didn't fall over. He turned to keep at me and I thrusted my palm up to his nose, causing a massive nosebleed and the bone breaking. He cradled his nose with his hands, so I used it to my advantage to take his gun. I quickly aimed the gun at him.

"Leave. Now." I said in a menacing voice. He looked up at me in horror, probably thinking I would shoot him. Well…I should give him what he wants…

BANG! The bullet went right past his head, causing him to let out a slight shriek. "I said 'Leave.' Now get!" He got up and started sprinting away.

"Hey, you ok?" I said in a soft voice. I bent down to check his wound. Damn, it's even worse now. "Umm…Can you get up? Oh my God, how are we going to get back to your house? You can't scale the gate…maybe I could pick the lock…"

"Oi. Shut it. Just help me up, I'll be fine." He snapped me out of my whirlwind of thoughts. I bent down to pull him up. He still had use of one leg…maybe that was enough.

We started walking, well, me walking, him hobbling with half him weight on me. When we got back to the mansion, I started spazzing again. How am I going to get him inside?

"You still got that gun?" Natsume asked.

"What? Yeah, but what do I do with it? Shoot the guards?"

"Hn. No. Shoot the lock. They aren't that strong."

"But the guards will come! Can you make it to the house it time?"

"Baka. Do you have any other ideas?" He definitely had a point…

"Fine. On my count. Get ready. One…two…" BANG! I shot the lock and it immediately broke open. I heard distant shouts of the guards. "THREE!" We went as fast as we could across the lawn. I could hear Natsume panting, but at least he was going fast enough. The shadows were longer now since the sun would come up in a few hours, so there was less distance to run.

When we made it in the house, he collapsed on the sofa, sweating and wheezing. "Where's the first aid kit?"

"Kitchen…under the…si-sink…" I ran silently through the house to find the kitchen, which he so kindly left out where it was in the house. After three hallways, I found a mega kitchen. Figures… Anyway, I grabbed the kit and retraced my footsteps back to where Natsume was. When I got back, he was either asleep or unconscious. I first cleaned out the wound. Luckily, the bullet was not stuck in his leg. He flinched at the cold, fizzing peroxide.

Thank you…" He muttered under his breath as I was wrapping his leg up.

"No problem. So, what are you going to tell your 'rents? You can't really hide yourself hobbling around the house."

"I'll just say I fell down the stairs if they ask. They usually aren't home much, so I'm not that worried…" He sounded a little better, but he still seemed out of it.

"Well…ok then." I said, still not completely convinced. I kept wrapping his leg in silence.

"AHHHH!!!!" I heard a shriek from the bottom of the staircase. I looked over and saw a ten year old girl clutching a teddy bear. Did I mention she looked terrified?

"Aio! Quiet!" Natsume hissed, but it was too late. I could hear the guards scurrying over.

"Aio? Honey? Are you ok?" A distance voice from upstairs asked. I figured it was their mom.

Ok, it's official. This day bites.

OMG! This is even shorter than I thought! *SOB!*
I'm not even going to ask for any reviews! Gahh, this is pathetic!
BUT I am working on chapter 3 as we speak and it already has over like...2000 words SO FAR! So I'm going to try to finish that up today because I'm going to be busy tomorrow! Sleepover tonight, and mall tomorrow.
And FYI I'm all better from being sick so I have school again! Curses! So it's going to take longer for updates.

Ok, again, sorry for the oober short chapter! Luv ya! :)