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DAYBREAK

Episode 15

"At this rate, I'll never get there," Usagi whined. She had been walking for quite some time now and she felt as if she hadn't accomplished much. Then, an idea hit her. "I can take that shortcut through the alleys! I'll get there faster and maybe it won't hurt my feet so much." Usagi started walking in an easterly direction until she came to an alley. "I guess this is it." Usagi walked on, happy that she would reach the hospital soon. Usagi started singing quietly. She walked through the dark alley in a daze, humming her favorite tune, when she suddenly bumped into a big, muscular man and fell down.

"You're gonna pay for that." She tried to get up and run, but a big gang crowded around her and she started screaming.

"Sorry, but no one can hear you here but us, girly," one of them said.

'I can hear her," a voice responded. A shape darted through the group and was at Usagi's side in a flash.

"Er..!" But Kurai covered Usagi's mouth before she could finish her exclamation. Usagi got up and whispered in Kurai's ear. "You can't be here; you're too weak."

"Not weak enough to show these immature brats a lesson," Kurai responded loudly.

"Oooooh, my knees are shaking! I'm so scared!" one of them mocked. The others started laughing but Kurai got into a fighting stance.

"You should be."

"Oh, no!" One of them walked up to her and put out his jaw. "Come on, I'll give you a free shot."

"Yeah! Show us what you got little girl!" The gang was getting excited as to what Kurai would do.

"You don't want me to hurt you," Kurai calmly said.

"As if you could," the cocky one said.

"Fine, you asked for it…" Kurai closed her eyes and concentrated. All of a sudden, her arm flew out and connected with the jaw in front of her. The man flew back and fell on the ground, wailing. "So, who's next?" Everyone ran at Kurai at the same time, but she fought them off. "Run, sister, run!" Usagi wanted to run, but she couldn't leave Kurai behind like this. "OW!"

"No!" Kurai had been hit over the eye with a knife and the blood was running into her eye. She was already becoming weak and slow because of her feeble condition, and now the hurt eye…

"I said run!" Kurai wiped the blood from her face and fought on. She was keeping most of her attackers away, but barely. She was fighting a smaller member of the gang when she saw a big shape in back of her. Kurai saw the silhouette of a knife in the shadow and she braced herself for pain…