Disaster

Click.

Shiro looked down at the gun questioningly before pointing it back at Naru and pulling the trigger again.

Click.

"Damn , forgot to load bullets. Would you please hold on for a moment?" Shiro said as he reached into his pockets and pulled out some bullets. He began to load them into the gun, smiling as he laughed to himself about it. "You know, I really though that I had loaded bullets in here, but then again, last time I used this thing was a few months ago, so who knows." Shiro said in a causal tone. "Ah there we go." He said as he finished loading it. "Now, where were we?" He asked looking up at Naru and Mai who had somehow gotten father away from him. "Huh, I swore you were closer, oh well." He held up the gun and pointed it at Naru again. "It doesn't really matter."

"Wait." Mai said suddenly. Naru squeezed her arm, telling her secretly to keep her mouth shut. "If I go with you, will you leave Naru alone?"

"Mai!" Naru whispered, begging her to stop. "Just shut up."

"Well technically." Shiro started, ignoring Naru's comment. "Yes, why do you ask?"

"Mai stay behind me." Naru whispered to her as he stepped move in front of her.

"No Naru let me go."

"I will not."

"Why not?" Mai asked, almost screaming. "Why can't you see that I am trying to save you here!"

"Because I don't need you to save me." Naru shouted back. "What I need is for you to stay behind me and shut up!" Mai looked at him, hurt a little, but not enough that it showed outright. Naru sighed loudly, obliviously annoyed with the way things turned out. Mai took a step out from behind him, and began to walk towards Shiro.

"Mai!" Naru called as he reached out and grabbed her arm, stopping her. She spun around and held up her wrist, trying to get him to let go. "You idiot, what did I say?"

"I heard you Naru, but I don't care." Mai said. "I am going with him!" Mai looked at Naru, begging him to let go. She didn't want him to get hurt, but he would if she didn't do what he said. Plus, Naru said the police were coming, so they would get here in time, or that was what she hoped. "Now let go of me!" Mai tried to yank her arm away, but Naru was too strong.

"You are not going anywhere!" Naru yelled at her.

"Well this is good-bye then." Shiro interrupted as he pointed the gun at Mai. He placed his finger on the trigger. Naru pulled Mai behind him at the last second, protecting her from the gun.

It all went to fast for her. Naru pulled her behind him as Shiro's finger resting on the trigger; a loud bang echoed around them; Naru was falling to the ground next to her. Mai stood there, staring at Shiro, who had a smile on his face that made her sick. It was then that it registered that Naru was no longer in front of her. Mai looked down to find him on the ground, grabbing his chest as blood began to pour out.

"Naru!" Mai had no idea who had screamed it, but she felt herself drop to her knees next to him as her vision grew blurred. A hand reaches out and covered his wound, helping him to stop the bleeding. "Hold on Naru, they are coming." said the voice. "They should be here soon, so hold on." The voice kept repeating those words over and over again. Water fell on her hands as she pushed a little harder on the wound. It must be raining, she thought, but she could not feel any rain on herself. A pounding noise echoed in her ear, becoming louder and faster as the time passed.

"Mai!" the voice was distant, so she barely noticed its call. She did not look up from the blue eyes that were staring up at her.

"It's going to be alright." said the voice again, as more raindrops fell on her hand. In the corner of her vision, a hand reached up and touched her face, whipping away something that was there.

"You should stop crying." He said, his voice was hoarse and tired. The hand that had reached up to wipe a tear was cold. It seemed to scare her. Though what surprised Mai the most was that over the loud pounding in her ear; she heard his voice over everything. Mai suddenly realized that those raindrops were her tears, the voice speaking was hers, and that pounding that filled her ears was her own heart.

"Naru, why did you-"

"Because you never listen to me." He said before his eyes unwillingly slid closed.

"Naru?" Mai asked. There was no response. "Naru!" Mai screamed. She moved closer to him and looked down at him. "Naru this isn't funny, wake up!" she yelled. He did not move. "Naru wake up please!" More tears slid down her face as she looked down at his pale face. He was not waking up. He was not moving. He was not doing anything.

"Mai!" called a voice. This time she heard it. She turned to find Lin and some other people she did not look at. Lin stopped dead when he saw the scene in front of him become clear. "What happened?" the people rushed past Lin and went straight to Naru, who was now soaked in his own blood. One of the men grabbed Mai around the waist and began to pull her away.

"No, let go of me!" Mai screamed as she struggled against the strong arms. "Let me go! Naru help me!" she screamed but there was no response. Lin walked over to her and took her from the officer. Mai grabbed onto Lin's shirt and began to cry the tears that had just formed. She could not control herself anymore, and she did not want to. Naru was over there, on the ground, ignoring her screams.

"Mai." Lin said, pulling her away a little. "I know this may be hard, but I need you to calm down and tell the police what happened here." He said, looking down at her. She stared up at him, tears spilling down her face. She nodded her head once, not really hearing the words that he had said.

Naru felt a sharp pain shoot across his chest and spreading all over his body causing his legs to go numb and him to fall towards the earth. His head hit the ground and everything went white for a moment, the blinding pain spreading all over his body. He opened his eyes to see Mai standing there, frozen with confusion.

She slowly turned her head to look him, confusion and pain written all over her face. She got down on her knees, and placed her hand on his chest, causing more pain to grow. He winced in pain, as she put a little more pressure on it.

Tears were falling down her now pale cheek, her mouth would open and move, but words did not seem to come out.

"It's going to be alright." said a voice that seemed to have come from her, but he wasn't so sure. He wasn't sure of anything right now. The pain was the only thing on his mind, and it was driving him insane. He felt something cold on his hand, and he looked up to see more tears.

"Naru, why did you-"

"Because you never listen to me." He said, unable to say anything else. He reached up and wiped a tears from her cheek, trying to calm her down. He could feel himself losing grip on his awareness. His hand fell from her face as the energy he had left faded. Everything was growing was growing dark, dark, and the nothing.

Mai sat on the chair in the waiting room, staring at the white floor. She had just gotten to the hospital after having talked with the officers about the event that had occurred.

"How's Naru?" asked Yasuhara as he ran up to Mai. Mai looked up to find that everyone had come. John, Masako, Ayako and Bou-san had all come to the hospital.

"I don't know." Mai said as she tried to hold back the tears. "They won't tell me anything." It was too late. Tears started to fall and Bou-san walked over to her, letting her cry her heart out without drawing attention to anyone.

"I hope he is okay." John said.

"Same." Ayako said. "It would be a shame if he doesn't make it."

"Hey!" Bou-san yelled. "If you are gonna talk about something like that don't do it in front of Mai!" Ayako mumbled an apology.

"I think we should go look for that son of a bitch!" Yasuhara said. "No one hurts my Naru-chan without my permission!"

"Shouldn't it be no one hurts your Naru-chan at all?" Masako asked as she covered her mouth with her sleeve.

"Oh what did I say?" Yasuhara asked confused.

"'No one can hurt Naru-chan without my permission'" John repeated.

"Oh, no, I meant, no one can hurt my Naru-chan!" Yasuhara corrected himself.

"When did he become your 'Naru-chan'?" Masako asked, looking up at him.

"When I decided that no one can hurt him." Yasuhara said, looking down at her calmly.

"Why are we even talking about this?" Ayako asked. "I mean, Yasuhara is right, we should go find the guy."

"Wouldn't that be a dangerous?" John asked.

"Who cares?" Ayako said, turning to John. "I mean, he hurt Naru. And, of course, that wouldn't have happened if they had been doing there job in the first place! I say we go find him our selves." Ayako looked around to try to find someone who would agree with her. After a moment, they all nodded in agreement.

"Yea, let's go get the son of a bitch!"

"Yea" They all said before walking out, leaving Mai. Bou-san pulled back from Mai, and crouched down, looking her in the face.

"Mai, will you be okay?" Bou-san asked. "I mean, he is after you and all, and I don't think you should be alone."

"I will be fine, Bou-san." Mai said quietly, whipping the tears away. "I don't think Shiro is coming back any time soon."

"But still-" Bou-san started, but Mai brushed him off.

"Go with them. I will be fine." Mai said with a small smile. Bou-san nodded before giving her a hug and chasing after the others.

Mai leaned back in the chair, thinking. How did it come to this? How did it come to her sitting in a waiting room, waiting to hear news about Naru?

Because you never listen to me. The words echoed through her mind, taunting her. He was right. If she had listened to him and stayed behind him, maybe none of this would have happened. Or maybe it could have been worse. Either way, it was all her fault. If she had just listened to him in the first place and done what he had said, then he wouldn't have almost died.

"Mai!" Lin called as he ran down the hall. "Naru is out of surgery!"

"What?" Mai asked standing up. She waited until Lin had stopped in from of her before she said started to ask questions. "How is he? Will he be alright? Is he going to make it?"

"Calm down." Lin said, catching his breath first. "They said he just got out of surgery and is now resting in room 403. Unfortunately, they will only allow close family in."

"But Lin-!" Mai started but was cut off.

"That is why you are now his sister." Lin said calmly interrupting her.

"Lin!" Mai yelled happily as she hugged him, more happy then she ever could be.

"Alright, now you only have a few minutes." Lin said as she pulled back. "Visiting hours are almost up."

"Thank you so much!" she said before running down the hall towards the stairs that were at the end. She pushed open the doors to the stairs and ran up them, taking two at a time.

"Excuse me!" screamed a nurse as Mai open the door to the fourth floor and hit her. "Please, no running in the hospital."

"I am really sorry!" Mai said as she bowed and looked at the nurse. A thought then occurred to her. "Where is room 403!"

"I'm sorry, but the patient is only allowed to be seen by family, close family."

"I know, I am his sister." Mai said, quickly. The nurse looked her over, doubting her.

"It's done that hall, the third door on the left."

"Thank you!" Mai said before taking off in that direction.

"I said no running!" the nurse called after her as Mai sprinted down the hall. Mai turned at the corner and went to the third door, stopping in front of it. She looked up at the name plate to see that it was blank. She then looked at the door, suddenly afraid to go in.

Mai took a deep breath to calm herself as she reached for the door handle. She twisted it slightly, and pushed it open. The door swung open to reveal a plane, white room. Mai took a step inside and her breath caught. Lying on the bed was a pale, motionless Naru, with tubes sticking out of him.

"Naru?" Mai called quietly. There was no answer. Mai took a step closer to the bed, unsure of what to think or do. When nothing happen, she walked over to the bed, her eyes never glancing away from Naru. She looked him over as tears came to her eyes. His body was extremely pale, almost to the point where it mixed with the white sheets beneath him. In his mouth was a tube that helped him breath. Underneath his light blue robe, Mai knew that there would be a scare where they had removed the bullet.

Mai reached up and touched his face. She immediately pulled back, shocked by how cold it was.

"Naru?" Mai asked as a tear slid down her cheek. She had done this to him. She had made his look this way. "I'm sorry."

Hey everyone! I have been really busy lately and I haven't had time to do anything. I have all of the one-shots written, i just need to edit them, which I can do now cause its really late and I have to get up early tomorrow cause Im going to Cossalcon! So excited!

Back to reality. I have a serious question for you guys. Now please answer honestly, because it will help. My sister (some of you know as whitephoenix18?) said that I should write one last chapter to this story and just end it. Just like that. Do all the catching and arresting and feelings in one long chapter then just end it right there. Do you guys think I should do that? Or continue a little longer? I mean, if i end it, I will start another fanfic with my sister (the one she is doing which is the sequel to hers) and take a break from my writing and account for a while. Of course I will finish the one-shots things but after that, I would stop. How many of you would like that and how many would not? TELL ME! I DON"T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT UNLESS YOU TELL ME!