Mai HiME
Lost & Found
Chapter XVIII
The pain was bad enough that Tate let out a cry and left go of the knife, by the time she let go of his hand there was a nice fracture on the bones of his forearm. Mikoto took the knife by the tip of it with her left hand and with a flick of the wrist, the knife pierced the cushion chair behind Tate but it's far away and high above him. She used her tie to wrap up the cuts on her hand, but the stain on her white shirt just keep on spreading like a wild fire. She's starting to loose feelings of her right arm already, but she didn't show it as she got into her usual stance with both hands by her side.
"Don't you think your mother should learn that you're your own man and not her puppet?" Mikoto asked calmly but the aura around was anything but calm. "Think about it, the woman done nothing but making you do things you don't even want to do. Do you want to live the rest of your life a miserable coward or would you rather live your life accordance to your term?" Mikoto continued as her aura changed from dark red to a calming aqua shade. Of course, she doesn't care what he chose, but she wanted to at least try and helped him as Mai asked of her.
"Hah, you make it sound so fucking easy. That woman is like a leech, and it's too late to turn around now. I've took the path that I can't turn around," Tate said through his pain as he hugged his right hand. "If you don't endure any hardship, the reward will not be worth anything. I'm willing to help you start a new life, but there's a catch to it. After all, nothing is for free." Mikoto answered with a crooked smile on her pale face. "Or I could just either kill you right here or sell you off as sex slaves, those men in Europe are dying for a hunk like you." Mikoto said with a very impish smile.
Gritting his teeth and endured the pain, Tate lunged at his target once more. "Ha!" Mikoto shouted using nothing but her 'ki' to bounced Tate off before he could even touch her. "If you wish for death, then I shall give you death." Mikoto roared and within a blink of an eye, she was right beside Tate with her left fist pulled back and punched right into his solar plexus. This sudden move knocked the wind out of him and a few seconds of blackout, Tate could tasted the iron and copper in his mouth and the feeling become overwhelmed as he opened his mouth to breathe spitting out a bit of blood also.
Mikoto's movement was too fast for any of the others to catch, all they saw was the feral girl gliding across the wooden platform and Tate looked like he's in a lot of pain. Even Reito, who once studied under Jiji along with his cousin for quite a few years, failed to notice how fast her movement was. Incredible, she'd achieved so much in the last five years. Jiji must be very proud of her, Reito smiled to himself as his wife already dozed off comfortably on his shoulder.
"She's a demon," Haruka murmured at the sight. "She's more like the devil than a demon," Nao said as Shiho hugged her tightly. "Though she seemed to be holding back against him a lot, then again that wound probably wasn't helping her much either." Nao sighed wondering why her best friend would hold back on that jerk. But then she glanced over at the busty woman, she suddenly understand the reason to her question. So you didn't want to show her the other side of you, but if she loves you then I'm sure she would accept that side of you also. So go for it Mikoto, show him what happened when he messed with the woman you love. Nao silently hoped that Mikoto would hear her thoughts, but she knew that there's no way in hell her wounded friend could.
"Get up Tate Yuuichi," Mikoto ordered her opponent after she pushed her punch further out of expel him away from her. "Ngh…" he groaned as he tried to get up on his feet, but failed twice until he was finally able to breathe normally again. "Today, mercy was shown but you still seek death." Mikoto paused. "So, no more mercy will be showed! I will show you what it's like to mess with Minagi Mikoto!" Mikoto let out a deafening roar as her aura turned from a shade of dark green to crimson red.
"She's going to kill him," Yukino sounded slightly distraught. Mai just stood there silently, her jaw wired shut as she witness the darker side of Mikoto. "I wonder if you'll still love her or will you think of her as a monster when this is all over." Nao said flatly as she stood right next to Mai. "Everyone have a darker side of themselves that they never wanted anyone to see it, especially their loved ones." Haruka said calmly understanding the concept all too well as she herself never told Yukino about her past or her previous occupation.
Her roar effected Tate's senses, gliding up to him she leaped into the air for air-spin roundhouse kicks. Her foot connected onto his face, one after another fracturing his nose, cheekbones, and broke a few teeth in the process. Without losing her momentum, Mikoto went for a Jack-knife kick and crushed the bone on the upper arm of Tate's right hand causing him to let out a piercing scream of excruciating pain from the impact. Gripping onto his left arm, Mikoto proceed on with dislocating his wrist, elbow, and shoulder causing even more pain to her opponent and leaving him with only his feet as both of his arms are now useless. With a backhand chop, she used enough force to knock him unconscious letting him fall lifelessly onto the floor facedown.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eyes, Haruka noticed strange red dot training directly at the back of Mikoto's head. Without a second thought, she pulled out her forty-five millimeter Glock with a silencer attached to it and took aim and pulled the trigger. A figure dressed in black fell down from somewhere up in the ceiling, Mikoto looked up at the armed Haruka and smiled a grateful smile. Yukino already climbed over the rail and onto the wooden platform rushing over to Mikoto to check on her wound, Mai was right behind her with a relief smile on her face.
"Bring in the medics and the head of security in here," Nao said over the talkie she carried when she entered the place. "These people will be laid off if they don't have a good explanation to why he got a knife, and a hit man managed to get in here." Nao murmured looking very annoyed about the security of the place. "It's good that Suzushiro-san caught on," Reito praised the blonde woman. "Hmph! It comes with the job," Haruka said putting on a touch face as she herself leaped over the rail and onto the platform walking over to the body of the hit man that's trying to kill Mikoto. "You know she's all giddy inside," Nao flashed a grin at Reito as she and Shiho joined the others.
"There, you're all fixed up." Yukino said as she wrapped the wound on Mikoto's shoulder up. They're back at the clinic, and Tate was taken into a very private and remote hospital for immediate surgery on his face and arms. The hit man survived the shot from Haruka were being taken away by Nao for questioning; Nao also pulled the head of the security with her for a very long lecture she's going to give the man. Reito took Fumi home, before heading out again to meet up with Nao to extract information on who wanted his cousin dead so bad.
"I think I should have a talk with his mother, obviously that man has some kind complex…" Mikoto trailed off as Mai entered the small room Yukino used to stitch her wound up. "Your new shirt," Haruka said coming in and tossing a bag with a shirt inside at Mikoto. There's a vending machine in the hall that sell bagged pants and shirts in case the patient didn't brought any with them. It was Mikoto's idea to put it there, though she never thought that she would be needing it someday.
"Thanks again," Mikoto smiled as she opened the bag and took the crisp white shirt out. She started to remove her bra when Yukino let out a yelp and pushed Haruka out of the room with her, but she left Mai behind. Mikoto doesn't know the word embarrassment, used to taking off her clothes in front of other women she find it odd that her friend would run out of the room so fast. She noticed that Mai's cheeks were slowly turning a light shade of red, and she decided to tease the woman by pulling on her new shirt slowly and seductively.
"Did I scare Mai?" Mikoto asked calmly once she finished buttoning her shirt. Mai said nothing as she just shook her head as tears of joy come rushing down her cheeks, the busty woman feared that Mikoto would lost so much blood that she would ended up slipping into another coma again. "I should call home and ask our chef to whip up something, I'm starving…" Mikoto laughed as her stomach making grumbling noises and this caused Mai to laugh also. "They're off today," Mai said wiping away her tears. "I'll make something for you then," she continued as she helped Mikoto off the bed. "Oh? I get to taste Mai's cooking for the first time, I can't wait." Mikoto said enthusiastically. "Can I have Mai for dessert?" the feral girl whispered playfully into Mai's ears causing her to blush beautifully.
Author's Notes: Huzzah! Soon I will be able to focus on BM vs. BM and CC, hurray!!! Anywho, this one was just weird… I just felt sorry for Tate to kill him, why kill him when you can keep him alive and suffering for the rest of his life? Well, hope y'all enjoy!