Mai HiME
Lost & Found
Chapter VIII
Notes: Yes, it's rushed… again, I forgot to mentioned that I am very fast with my works which means things tend to be fast-pace. I'm not a very detailed person and no, I never plot or plan anything when I write.
Mikoto grabbed the gun and twisted it around getting it to point at the man's face instead, technically speaking she got the gun out of his hand and she's pointing it directly at him. She withdrawn the gun and put it away by stuffing the weapon on between the belt and her pants behind her. Turning around and did a roundhouse kick, sending him stumbling back a few feet causing Tate to took a few steps back as well.
"I've been dying to meet you in person Tate-san," Mikoto said popping her knuckles with a gleeful smile spread across her face. Without warning, Mikoto swung her right fist upward and connecting with Tate's chin knocking him back on his behind. "That, is for raising your hands against Mai." Mikoto said as she waited for the man with a blonde do and long brown sideburns to get up on his feet and get into fighting stance. Fast as lightning, she suddenly closed the gap between them and sent her left fist upward letting it connected right into his abdomen knocking the wind out of him. "This is for causing her to lost the baby," Mikoto whispered to him so that Mai wouldn't hear her. Twisting her fist slightly to create a much stronger effect before she moved her hand back letting him fall into her arm, Mikoto used Tate's weight against him effectively by suddenly pushing him away from her like a ripple affect sending him sliding a yard or more back.
"Don't move," the other man somewhere behind Mikoto. She knew right away what's going on, she had forgot that Mai was left defenseless and he's probably having something else up his sleeves. Just as she predicted, the man got a knife pressing against Mai's throat when she turned around. "I forgot that people from yakuza would be so low as to use this method in a losing fight," Mikoto said as she took the gun out and throw it on the ground between them. "I could beat you, but what's the point in wasting my energy when there's a better way of getting things done?" he laughed. "Look at you, it's pathetic for you to give up so easily for this slut." He said as she picked up the gun and pushed Mai stumbling toward Mikoto, pointing his gun at her moving figure. "No hard feeling Mai," he laughed cynically as he pulled the trigger.
"No!" Mikoto shouted and her instinct to protect the other woman kicked in. She reached out and grapped Mai's hand pulling the woman down and away from the bullet's path, but it hit her right shoulder. The impact of the bullet caused the feral girl to collapsed. "Look at who's on the ground now," Tate groaned as he got up and give Mikoto a kick to the side flipping the girl off of Mai. But that was a mistake he would regret because she still got enough senses to grabbed onto his leg and caused him to fall down onto the hard ground once more, Mikoto was bleeding and in great pain but she managed to grappled Tate in her arms using him as a shield against the gun his friend trying to aim for her.
"I find this method to be useful against cowards like yourselves, though I'm not sure if you actually shoot one of your friend just to kill me." Mikoto said standing in front of Mai, who was still on the floor in shock still. "Stay down," Mikoto said calmly to Mai, and Mai lay still without any protest or a word. "Gun," Mikoto said motioning her finger to the one with the gun to hand it over. He have no choice but to hand it over, and Mikoto in turn tossed it near Mai's hands. "Pick it up and aim it, pull the trigger if you feel like you're in danger." Mikoto said and Mai picked the heavy gun up and hold it shakily pointing at the one with spiky hair. "Takeda, I'm sure the Wolf would be happy to know that you support beating woman." Mikoto continued swiftly changed her position and render Tate unconscious.
"How do you know about her?" he asked with a shocked expression stamped on his face. "It's nothing you should be concern about," Mikoto replied. "Though you should come up with an excuse to why you're looking so beat up and lost your gun," she laughed at him as his face turned pale and then red again. For an injured person, Mikoto still provoked the guy just for a few laughs. "If I kill you now, then there's no reason for me to explain to her about anything." Takeda shrugged as an evil smirk crept up to his handsome face. "Two words for you," Mikoto paused. "Bring it!" Mikoto finished as she stood there waiting for him to charge at her and he did.
Of course, Takeda isn't the average Joe either and they exchanged blows for blows. Mikoto was at a disadvantage due to her wound, but that didn't stop her from pounding at him. It really suck when the amount of blood lost starting to take a toll on you, Takeda being a man still standing and hitting strong as ever. After a while, Mikoto's consciousness starting to drift in and out and Takeda extracted his revenge on her but it was short-lived, Mikoto butt headed the guy sending him staggering. She started to control her breathing to keep her conscious there and readied for the final blow to end this. Swiftly, she was already in front of him and using all the force she got, Mikoto grabbed onto his face and forced it smash into a car parked next to them. Upon impact, the window shattered and Takeda's body gone limp. Mikoto really done it by knocking him out in just one blow, not that she cared much when she let go of him and watched his body slumped onto the pavement. Mai just sat there and watched the whole time, jaw slacked and she was still holding onto the gun but pointing at Mikoto at this point instead of the Takeda laying on the ground.
Mikoto suddenly stumbled forward, and this action got Mai out of her stage of fright and got up quickly as she could to steadied the young girl. "Thanks…" Mikoto murmured as her breathing become a bit forceful as she took the gun from Mai's hand. She unloaded the gun and managed to hold herself together as they headed to their car once more, Mai draped Mikoto's arm over her shoulder to better help the girl. "I'll drive," Mai said quietly as she helped Mikoto into the passenger seat. The other just nodded her head and handed Mai the keys, "Just take me to the clinic." "Okay, just hang in there." Mai nodded as she started the engine and pedal to the metal to rush Mikoto to the clinic and hope that there's a surgeon around.
Somewhere else, Nao run around trying to find the pink haired girl and after half an hour asking around she found the person she was looking for sitting by the steps of the shrine. The girl's shoulders were shaking lightly, an obvious sign that she's crying even though she hid her face in her hands which rested on her lap. Suddenly the player looked nervously at the girl, Nao looked like she's about to go into a panic as her eyes darted back and forth to take in the surrounding and how empty and quiet this place seemed to be.
"Look, I'm sorry about not calling you okay. I just got a lot of things to do that day," Nao said in defeat though she was lying still. "You're lying still, I saw you walking into that bar. And if you can't call, you could call the next day. This was a month ago," the pink hair said in between sobs. "Look, there's just a lot of shit going on with my friends and work too." Nao said and this was the truth since Mikoto made her running around looking into things so much that she was happy when the job was done. That fucking girl is a slave driver, Nao let out a grunt of disgruntle just thinking about her best friend.
"Then why did you denied of knowing me at the bar earlier?" the girl looked up with red eyes and nose. "There's no way in hell I would let them know I'm seeing someone, I would never live it down. So I'm sorry, will you forgive me?" Nao said putting on her best cute face. It seemed to work as the pink hair nodded after wiping the remaining tears away, Nao strolled over and sit down next to the girl. "So remind me your name again? I meet so many people in a day that my brain frisk out," she lied because she totally forgot the girl's name. "Munakata Shiho," the pink hair smiled shyly as Nao took her hand. "Shiho-chan, that's a lovely name." Nao said charmingly placing a light kiss on the girl's hand. "What you say we go to my place for a little catch up?" Nao grinned impishly at the girl giving her a hue tint spreading steadily across her face.
Just a bit away from the young couple, another couple still in the bar drinking fresh lemonade to clear up their alcohol fogged mind. Yukino reverted back to her normal shy self, while Haruka just sip on her lemonade through a straw. Once they're done with their drinks, Yukino paid the tab and headed out with Haruka by her side scaring away any men thinking about approaching the young doctor. Just as the pass the door, Yukino's vibrated in her jacket's pocket and she fumbled trying to get it out and answer it.
"Kikukawa speaking," Yukino said calmly though she knew that there must be some kind of emergency for one of the staff at the clinic to call her this late at night. "Kikukawa-sensei, Minagi-san just arrived with the help of Tohkiha-san…" the person on the other end of the line trailed off and her voice sounded very shaky. "What is wrong with Minagi-san?" Yukino asked taking in a deep breath praying it's nothing major though something tell her that it is. Haruka stood next to her silently just listen to the conversation she exchanged over the phone. "Um… she doesn't look very good, the surgeon is currently operating on her right now. She was bleeding really bad when she got in," the other woman just broke down and cried over the phone. "Alright, I'll be right there Aoi-san." Yukino said before flipping the phone off and dragged Haruka away with her in a hurry.
The operation took about a near eight hours, the bullet lodged itself between Mikoto's shoulder blade and one of the ribs. The massive blood lost before arriving to the clinic sent her into shock and now she is currently in intensive care unit with tubs and wires on her. Mai stayed through it all and she looked like a mess, blaming herself for what happened to Mikoto as Yukino tried her best to comfort her friend that it would happened sooner or later since there are a lot of people out there wanted Mikoto dead. Haruka said nothing as she just listened, this isn't something she's used to and comforting people isn't her thing either.
"Chie, how is she?" Yukino asked seeing a doctor coming out from the ICU. "I'm amazed that she still conscious when she got here," the young surgeon said with a thoughtful look on her face. "Tohkiha-san, how long was she like that before she got here?" Chie turned her attention to the strawberry orange top woman sitting there. "I think it's about a near one hour, Takeda-san shot her but she was trying to protect me. She fought him off and knocked him unconscious before we rushed here," Mai said as her as she broken down completely and started sobbing uncontrollably. "Aoi-chan, call Natsuki here now." Yukino said calmly though she's pretty upset to know an underling of Natsuki nearly killed her best friend. "But…" the young nurse protested knowing the tantrum the blue hair would throw if waking up this early in the morning. "Just tell her that it's important matter regarding of the business between her Shizuru and Mikoto," Yukino looked at the nurse sternly sending the girl to retreat quickly and do as she asked.
"You're getting scary," Chie said softly. "What's the stats on her?" Yukino said rubbing her forehead lightly. "It seemed that the major amount of blood lost caused her to slip into a coma, we're estimating from a few days to a few weeks. Worst case would be a few months, should we notify her parents?" Chie asked the young doctor. "No, don't bother. She would be upset if we do," Yukino murmured. "Mai-chan, go home and get some sleep. If not, at least take a shower and freshen up. For Mikoto's sake," Yukino said mentioning Mikoto because she knew that Mai will not argue and just do whatever Yukino asked and it worked. "I'm going out for some coffee," Haruka excused herself right after Mai left.
Of course, Haruka only smoked but never touched coffee. She used the satellite to track down the location that Takeda is at, sleeping in his lavish apartment. There's only one thing in her mind right now, and it's the instinct to kill whoever is a threat to her new family. I really am starting to like this psychotic group of people that I'm starting to see them as my family. God, I'm losing my mind… Haruka shook her head lightly at the thought just before she put the helmet on and rode away on her new Honda 1100RR, Mikoto got it for her just a few days ago saying something about wrecking her other bike in an accident.
Author's Notes: Yeah! Somehow I'm starting to feel bored about working on this now, but if I stop it will never be complete and I hate reading incomplete work. So I shall try my best to complete this piece before I totally bored myself to death trying to come up with something for this. lol… Hope y'all enjoy!!