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Even though the man had tried to escape before the ambulance and cops came, it didn't turn out that way. Zakuro's neighbors were the ones who had called the police, they had heard all the noise and were worried about her. When the man had walked outside he had been met by a group of angry faces. One of the girls franticly pushed past him and ran inside the messy house. She knelt by her friend crying, "Zakuro wake up!"
When Shirogane had seen over the man's shoulder Zakuro lying on the floor unconcious, his anger reached it's climax. He proceded to beat the crap out of the man. Akasaka made him stop though, not right away of course since the man deserved it. When the police had finally arived the man was eager to go with them and get away from 'the scary blonde dude.'
The paremedics rushed in the house. They had to pry Ayame away from Zakuro so they could put her on the stretcher. Then they quickly drove to the hospital. Once they got there they put a breathing mask on and stopped the bleeding. She had lost so much blood she needed a blood transfusion. Once the blood transfusion was done she wasn't as pale, but she still looked pretty bad.
After a long hour of waiting a grim faced nurse came into the waiting room. "She's been hurt pretty bad. She has a 50% chance of living. If she doesn't wake up soon, she'll die"
Everyone glanced at eachother worried. The only one who didn't seem to worried was Ichigo. "Oh come on you guys, you know Zakuro she wouldn't give up so easy! She won't die," Ichigo stated firmly leaving no room for argument.
Ayame looked at Ichigo and realized that she had great friends here, she probably wouldn't be coming back to live in America anytime soon. Ayame wiped her eyes on the back of her hand and said cheefully, "Ichigo's right we just need to trust Zakuro."
Zakuro was alone. Everything was dark and cold. She shivered. Where am I? She couldn't remember anything. She looked down at her hands and saw that she still clutched her necklace and the Mew charm. Then she remembered everything. She thought about how eagerly she had welcomed the darkness, even if it was cold where she was, she didn't feel pain. Standing up she looked around, it was no use she couldn't see anything still.
Zakuro watched as a light appeared. No, it's not just a light, it was Kenji. Joyfully she ran over to him only to find out no matter how hard she tried, he was still the same distance from her. Puzzled she stopped and stood still. Am I just dreaming all this? The thought brought tears to her eyes, if only she could really see Kenji.
"Don't cry." The words were spoken softly but Zakuro still heard them. No words she had ever heard before sounded better to hear. After longing to hear his voice for so many years, she was glad he wish came true, even if they were in this weird place.
Zakuro came to a new conclusion, everything was a dream. She would wake up and go see Kenji like she did all time. This dream was just more real than the others she always had, how could there possibly be aliens who attacked the Earth? It was even more unbeleivable that she was part of the 5 supergirls meant to stop them.
Zakuro smiled, when she woke up she would tell Kenji about the dream and they would laugh about it together. As if he could read her thoughts Kenji shook his head, "thats not right Zakuro. You have to go if you stay here any longer you'll die."
Zakuro didn't believe him, wow this sure is becoming a weird dream, she thought, I wonder when I'll wake up. By now Kenji didn't have much time to convince her that she had somewhere else she needed to be.
After finally convincing the nurse everyone went to Zakuro's room and watched as she lay there hooked up to the hospital machines. He chest rose slowly and fell as she breathed. "There's not much time, if she doesn't wake up within ten minutes there's nothing else we can do."
Shirogane bit his lip, frustrated with hearing that Zakuro might not ever wake up. He also hated to wait, especially about something so important. He made a deal with himself, if she woke up he would finally tell her his feelings. If she didn't wake up.... well for him that wasn't even an option.
"Don't you remember when you were little you used to dream about being a singer and actress?" As much as it hurt Kenji to let her go, and to not keep her with him, he knew he was doing the right thing.
Confused Zakuro nodded, while remembering how she used to pray for that to happen each night, the memories brought a smile to her face. Noticing the smile Kenji continued on, pushing his feelings aside, he couldn't let her die because of his own selfishness.
"You fighting against the aliens was real too. Remember the feeling you had everytime you transformed? How you would get full of adreniline, even though you were in danger you would feel good about saving the humans from harm? You never gave up all those times you got knocked down, you can't give up now."
Suddenly the blackness seemed different, it wasn't as pleasant. It gave her a foreboding chill and it was full of misery and sorrow.
"What about my sister? Ayame isn't close to our parents, you're her family, are you going to desert her?"
Ayame's name sent a shock through Zakuro. She didn't want to leave Ayame, but she didn't want to leave Kenji either. Time was slowly slipping by, he needed to be quicker at convincing her.
"What about your new friends?" Kenji took a deep breath, this was going to hurt him to say it, but if Zakuro lived it would be worth it. "What about Shirogane? You're in love with him! He loves you too."
Kenji whispered the last part. Zakuro didn't move or say anything for a long time. Kenji couldn't tell what she was thinking, he'd never been able to tell what she was thinking much to his frustration. He was great at reading people's emotions and thoughts, but Zakuro had always been different.
Shirogane was painfully aware of the time slipping by. The minutes seemed like mere seconds and he grew more tense.
The nurse still with them announced, "She has two minutes to wake up."
What will Zakuro do? Poor Kenji he still loves her and wants to be with her, but he doesn't want her to die. This story was originally suposed to be only 1 chapter long. I have no idea what happened, I guess there was too much for 1 chapter only. Hope you like it! Review and favorite for a quicker update!
