I DO NOT OWN AIR GEAR!

Chapter 9:

Ringo sat there, screaming the lungs out of her life. Her surroundings became blurry again, and she sat next to her own body. She felt herself cooling down and she was becoming calmer and after a while she stopped screaming. After a while she sat there, saying nothing on her knees, in front of her own body. She looked at the wound, it looked deep and dangerous. She slowly moved her hand to feel at her own head if she had the wound too, she felt something on her head. Something like a dent but no pain, when she pulled away her hand it was covered in blood. A tear rolled down on her cheek, she was crying. She looked at her own body again and crawled closer she looked at her own face. Her eyes were gently closed and she had a relaxing glance on her face. She knew this was bad, "ahah… Hahahaha…" she slowly started to laugh hoping this was all a bad joke. Tears fell down on her own dead, lifeless body. Ringo closed her eyes and when she opened it was white everywhere around her, she stood up. "What is this?" she asked scared. The white surroundings formed an big and dark tunnel, she looked at it. On the other side formed a framed movie again, it was Ikki holding her, the dead body. She looked at it with lifeless eyes but smiled, "So he does care for me." She whispered softly while she saw him crying. Suddenly she heard an unknown dark and low voice behind her, she turned around as fast as possible and looked at it again. She felt something surrounding her, "Touch it, go inside it, leave the place and never come back." Said a dark, deep voice. It sounded scary but on the other hand really gentle. Ringo's eyes became big, "enter it?" she asked scared. "Reach the end of the tunnel and peace will surround you forever." Said the voice darkly. Ringo reached out and wanted to walk inside but doubted it. Should I do this? She asked herself in her thought, she walked closer and closer as she stood in front of it she looked and tried to see the end and saw a little spot of light in the end. She wanted to know what it was and took a step inside, the ground of the black tunnel and became invisible and thus she saw that she was drifting in the air. She stepped further and saw movies also appeared under her own feet she kneeled down, she saw Ume being comforted by Mikan. Then she saw Rika, crying everything out of her lungs with Ikki standing next to her. She saw his face and shocked. He had cold eyes, staring in front of him, staring into nothing. Having no sign of happiness and joy, only sadness and guilt. Al least thought Ringo. Then the movie showed a coffin in her size and a picture one it. Of Ringo smiling making a peace sign with her hand, then she saw it. Ikki wasn't staring into nothing, he was staring at her picture. Is this my own funeral? She thought.

Ikki looked at Ringo who was collapsed, she was breathing slowly. Ikki had tear in his eyes and looked at her wound on her head. He reached out and softly touched it, he saw Ringo's body reacting to it. He knew that it hurt for sure. He pulled his hand back and it was covered in blood, as he looked at his hand he remembered Ringo falling down on her knees and saying "Ikki, help…" Those word meant everything to him. He loved her so he couldn't ignore those words, he was trying everything to help her. A hospital! He thought happy that he was finally thinking about something good. He grabbed his cell phone and called the alarm number. "Hello." Said the phone Ikki immediately started to talk, "Hello This is Minami Ikki, I'm having a emergency here. My friend collapsed and has a very deep wound and won't wake up and…" He shouted hopeless when he finally heard this: "You are unable to call any number because there is no signal.". Ikki lowered his hand and stared into nothing out of the window, he saw a typhoon in the distance and didn't know what to do. He stared at it with a wounded Ringo in his arms. This is all my fault… He started to think. If I just send you home… he thought even more down. Blaming himself of the wounded Ringo he looked at her, "I'm so sorry Ringo…" he said Crying. His tears fell down on her cheek "I'm so sorry!" he shouted sadly, "But I'll definitely save you." He whispered hopeless in her ears, his face was so close that he felt her breathing. She was breathing slowly and it was getting slower and slower, Ikki noticed it. He looked at her, but then suddenly her chest stopped moving "Ringo?" he asked his head was in real panic now. "Ringo?" he asked again as he started to shake her a little bit, "Hahahah, stop joking it aint funny." He said smiling helplessly. But Ringo's body didn't react anymore and laid in his arms, very weak her arms were bungling aside her body and touched the ground. "Ringo? Wake up you idiot." he said as he started to give her little taps in her face. "Ringo?" he asked again with tears in his eyes, his voice was shaking and his eyes became big and looked worried. He started shake her up again, "Ringo?" he repeated the whole time. When Ringo didn't react he putted his hand against her wound again, softly hoping for a reaction that didn't come. Tears filled his eyes and rolled down on his cheek and then fell down on Ringo, he pulled his hand back and putted in her neck trying to discover a pulse but he couldn't . He bended forward over her body and started to cry, "Ringo…" he said while hiccupping from his tears. His shoulders were shaking up and down his breathing had become irregular, "Ringo…" he said again. He bended even more forward and grabbed her wrist hoping to feel pulse. He couldn't control his own body, his own mind, nothing. All he did was crying. I hate this… He thought. "Why..?" he asked through his tears, "Why..?" he asked again. Tears flowed down on his cheek and then in Ringo. "Where's your pulse Ringo?" he asked hopeless while he sat up and looked at her trying to smile at her but knowing for sure it looked really fake. Why does it have to be you? Why? He asked himself in his thoughts. He bended over her, cried and wanted to scream all the air out of his lungs but didn't. He only wanted to cry in this desperate situation. Because had no pulse, wasn't breathing and her chest wasn't moving. Her body didn't move it was weak and hanging around it had no power; she was dead. She was really really dead, Ikki looked at her face that looked like a relaxed sleeping face. But this wasn't a relaxed sleeping face, this was Ringo. The dead Ringo. The one that just died and is lying in his arms. This is all my fault… thought Ikki sadly as he grinded his teeth.

Ringo looked down on the movie, it was horrible. Everyone was crying or hurt, just because of her. Ume couldn't stop crying, Mikan tried to cheer her up but couldn't and started to cry herself. But the worst of all was Ikki, you could see his feelings in his eyes. Because they were so cold, he was feeling guilty and sad. He hated himself and was obviously blaming himself, also he couldn't believe she was dead. Ringo knew that for sure, just by looking at his eyes. Ringo wanted to hug him, she wanted him to be happy and to have those warm and gentle eyes, not those cold eyes. "What happened?" she asked hoping the voice would answer. "I cannot say that." Answered the voice, "All I can say is, you died. And your friends mourning about it, it's only normal. They just lost someone they loved." The voice said. That made Ringo thinking, "What if I don't die?" she asked serious, her glance was piercing but she didn't know where to look because she didn't saw the person with the voice. She turned and turned but saw no one, "I see, I can't let someone in whose not ready yet." He said determined. "Huh?" said Ringo who did not understand, "Those who are not ready to die yet, are allowed to go back to the real world." Said the voice, "I am?" shouted Ringo. "The choice is yours." Said the voice and then slowly the presence that Ringo felt the whole time disappeared into the distance, towards the light. She looked at the light, it was nice and warm. That was the feeling she got by just looking at it, she smiled and then looked down at the movie. It was raining and they were letting her coffin sinking slowly into the ground, with her picture on the coffin surrounded by many flowers. Everyone was there, except Ikki he was still sulking alone in the hall. Tears were rolling down on his cheeks, he held something in his hand and he looked at it. Ringo couldn't see it and tried to see it, but then she saw slowly his ears moving and a small smile had appeared on his face. She smiled she didn't know what it was but she knew whatever it was cheering him up, then Ikki suddenly stood up stared into the distance. "What is he doing?" asked Ringo herself, Then he started to run and run until he was at the group people by the coffin. He took a deep breath and shouted, "RINGO AINT DEAD! THERE IS JUST NO WAY!" tears had appeared in his eyes again, the thing in his hand fell on the ground. It was a picture of him and her, the one Ume took secretly. Kazu grabbed him to prevent him to make things worse, "JUST REALIZE REALLITY MAN!" he shouted angry at him. Rika started to cry and so did Ume and Mikan, "I WON'T! I WON'T!" shouted Ikki in shock, he was trying to lose his feeling of guilt but couldn't.

Tears had appeared in Ringo's eyes, "That's right Ikki…" she said. I'm not gonna die yet! She thought determined. She walked back towards the movie where she just died, and putted her hand in. "This is my choice!" she shouted at the voice and then got sucked in, "Remember you've got 1 hour to return to your body." Said the voice and then faded away again. Ringo fell down on the ground again on the same place. Ikki bended over her and was crying, she walked towards him. And then she stood in front of him. "Ok… how do I return to my body?" she asked herself bothered.

to be continued...