Caught
Mai ran as fast as she could through the park, the rain blinding her. The blank thoughts in her mind began to race, causing everything she knew to become scrambled. Her sides started to ach, screaming at her to stop running, but she ignored them the best she could as she continued on. The lungs in her chest burned from the fast unsteady breaths she was grasping for. Her legs grew weaker and weaker the faster she ran, but she still pushed on knowing that she could not stop, even for a second. Tears started to form in her eyes. She didn't care where she went or how she got there, all she wanted was to get away from him.
The darkness surrounding her blocked her vision, making her heart beat faster as horrible thoughts came to her. What if Shiro was ahead of her already and waiting for her to run to him? What if Naru goes to the gazebo and finds that she was not there? What if Shiro is still there waiting there? What if Naru gets hurt again? She couldn't take it anymore; she needed to find to Naru. She needed to get out of here.
All of a sudden Mai ran into something that was in the darkness. Two arms wrapped around her, pulling her closer to something. Mai, scared out of her mind, let out an ear piercing scream that was muffled when her face was pressed against the person's chest. The arms around her tightened their grip before someone whispered something in her ear, that made her heart stop.
"Mai, calm down. It's alright now."
Mai frozen at the sound of the voice. She knew that voice. That voice would protect her. That voice would keep her safe. Mai listened as the sound of her heart beat slowed down and started to match the sound of the rain falling around her.
"Naru" she whispered before breaking down. She grabbed onto his shirt and pulled him closer, not caring that he was soaking wet. She cried her heart out as Naru stood there holding her.
Naru stared down at her. He was so glad that she was alright. He had been a little worried that he was too late, but, now that she was in his arms, he knew she would be alright. He held onto her tighter, never wanting to let go.
"Well isn't that sweet." said a voice, making Naru's head snap up. There standing a few feet away was a man with brown hair and cold, dark eyes.
Naru immediately pushed Mai behind him, putting him between Mai and the man. He could feel Mai start to tremble, either from the cold or from the fear, he didn't know.
Mai grabbed the back of Naru's shirt, scared out of her mind. How did he find her so quickly? Shiro stared at her with cold blank eyes, ignoring the fact that Naru was standing right there.
"Now why don't you just run along little boy and leave the two of us alone." said the man taking a step forward. "I don't think you want to get hurt again, though if you refuse like you did last time, I will have no choice but to hurt you again. And I will make sure you stay dead."
"Mai" Naru whispered. Mai looked up at Naru to find him looking forward. Mai than looked back at Shiro, thinking that he hadn't said anything. "I want you to run." Mai looked up at him again, surprised and speechless. "Do you understand?"
Mai started to shudder as she tried to find the words.
"N-no, I-I'm not leaving you!" Mai said as she stared up at him. She was over come by so many emotions that she could not really feel anything. She was afraid of leaving Naru because she knew what Shiro was capable of, she was angry with herself for not listening to Naru and staying at the office like she was supposed to and she was upset because Naru wanted her to leave him alone.
"Mai" Naru growled in warning.
"No, Naru listen to me!" Mai screamed as she stepped out from behind him so she could look at him in the face. "I'm not leaving-" Mai was cut off when Naru turn around and placed his lips to hers. Mai was so shocked she wasn't even aware it had happened, and before she knew it, Naru had pulled away.
"Mai please listen to me." He said in a soft voice. "I need you to go." All Mai could do was nod. "Now go" he said. Mai's feet moved on there own accord, taking a step back form him. She looked at Naru, staring into his deep blue eyes. She didn't want to leave him, she wanted to stay, but for some reason her body wouldn't listen to her.
As soon as she was a few feet away from him, her body reacted in a way she had never thought possible. Mai had turned and run away, leaving Naru behind to deal with the danger she was suppose to be in. She had run away from her problems and the person she had loved the most. She had run away like a scared little child.
Tears streamed down her face as she ran. The rain pounded on her, trying to slow her down. Something caught her eye, causing her to stop. There a few feet away was a set of head lights. Mai jumped back as the car came to screeching halt, inches from her.
Mai stood there, trying to catch her breath. She had not realized that she had run out of the park and was now in the middle of the street, nor did it seem to affect her. She just stared at the car as water ran down her face. She wasn't sure if the water on her face was from the rain or from the tears.
The car door opened and a tall dark haired man stepped out. "Mai?" he asked.
Mai immediately recognized the voice as Lins. She tried to go over to him but her body wouldn't move. She was too afraid too. Mai felt herself begin to tremble as she stood there and it made her feel sick. "Mai!" Lin yelled before running over to her. He grabbed onto her shoulders, looking worried. Mai slowly looked up at him. More tears fell from her brown eyes, mixing with the rain that was all around.
"You have to help him" she whispered. Lin gave her a strange look.
"Who?" Lin asked. "Who needs help?" Mai didn't answer him. She seemed to be in a daze. "Mai!" he called.
"Naru." It was nothing more then a whisper, but Lin had heard it.
"Where is he?" he asked trying to stay calm. It wasn't working.
"In the park." She said before Lin went running off.
What am I doing? Why did I run? I left Naru all alone in the park with a serial killer, just because I was too afraid to stay. Now I got Lin involved. Why am I so weak? Why can't I ever do anything to help instead of doing something to cause trouble? Why am I such a nuisance?
A thought came over Mai.
If I'm such a nuisance, then why am I still here?
Mai let her head fall.
I'm so pathetic.
Mai thought as she began to cry again. She did not want to think those thoughts, but they floated into her head uncontrollable, and it made her feel even worse about leaving him. Mai opened her eyes and stared down at her reflection in a puddle. Every time a raindrop touched the surface, it sent out a ripple, blurring the image. Maybe she was completely useless.
No I'm not completely useless.
Mai turned and ran, heading for the park. She was not useless and she knew it. She was not going to sit around again and let Naru and Lin handle everything. She had had enough. She wasn't weak and she wasn't useless, and she was going to prove it.
Mai let her legs take her the way she had gone earlier, not caring if she was going the right way or not. After what felt like forever, she finally saw two figures up ahead of her. One she knew was Naru, and the other she knew was Lin.
"Na-" she trued to call out, but a hand wrapped around her mouth, before pulling her into the nearby bush.
"Make a sound and I'll kill you." whispered a voice in her ear. Mai's eye's widened as she recognized it. A sharp, cold object touched her neck. Her eyes snapped shut, not wanting to see what was going to happen next. "Now I will give you another chance. Tell them to let him go, and I will make sure you death is quick and painless." said the voice of a woman as she pressed the knife deeper in Mai's throat.
Naru watched as the police pointed all of their gun at the defenless Shiro.
"Damn it." Shiro mumbled to himself. He glared at Naru as he held his hands up in defeat and dropped the knife. "It was you wasn't it? You set this up."
"I knew you couldn't resist your chance to kill Mai, espically when she is in the park by herself. So I called the police when Mai left the office and told them that you were going to attack tonight. How you got pasted them, I don't know."
"Just tell me one thing." Shiro said as two officer's began to cuff him. "How did you know I was going to attack tonight? There is no possible way for you to have known. Unless your psychic, but we both know you're not."
"It was your wife who gave it away." Naru stated. Shiro looked at him confused. "You still talk to her right? Mai came into my office earlier today complaining that a woman came in and asked for us before leaving without another word. I assume you asked her to come in and asked if we were still around.
"You also know our schedules and that we work late since you have also been stalking Mai these past few weeks, or well, your wife has. That is how you knew when Mai would be the most vulnerable, not to mention you knew it was only a matter of time before she broke."
"Clever you are, but you are missing one small detail." Shiro said, an evil smile on his face.
"And what that may be?" Naru asked.
"Where is my wife?"
Hey everyone! OMG Shiro's wifes a BITCH! No, sorry for language if you don't like it but this is a T rated story. At least I hope it is...Anyway! Schools out, I have no life (other then spending hours upon hours watching new anime) and I have nothing good to do, so I actaully have time to write these things^^ Sad part is, is that I am almost done with this one. :( I am sure at least some of you are sad right? Anyway, 1 more chapter left after this one, and I think this chapter seems a little small. At this point there are only ... 1, 997 words and some of them are this message, so I am gonna do you all a favorite and continue it below. (also cause if I don't look busy on my computer and claim "It's homework" I will have to go do chores or walk to the store, none of which I want to do. ) So Enjoy this lovely preview to next chapter!
P.S. some of you wrote you can't wait for the next update for "Somthing Special", but I ran out of people to write for (if you notice on the front page of the story) so until I get another request, or something just pops in my head, I won't be undating it for a while. Actually, I won't be updating anything for a while after I get the last chapter for "Run Here My Dear". Oh, wait, almost forgot, I have a short story (between 3 to 5 chapters) for a Mai x Lin requested by a missyangel87 so I will update that but after that not much, unless requested from veiwers.
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"Where's my wife?" Shiro asked as an evil smile on his face. Naru felt his heart stop. Shiro was right, his wife was nowhere in sight, and neither was Mai.
"Shit. Lin where is Mai?" Naru asked as he turned to face the man. Lin looked at him with shock on his face.
"I left her by the car." Lin said before turning around to go after her. Naru was about to follow him when he heard Shiro say something.
"It's no use. She is already gone." Naru turned around to face him, not wanting to believe him. "My wife probably already has her."
Naru mentally kicked himself. How did he not see this? He knew Shiro's wife was involved, yet he still let Mai go off by herself. How stupid could he have been? What if she already was hurt? Or worse.
"You better tell us where she has her." Detectice Masahiko said as he appeared next to Shiro. Shiro just laughed and said. "You'll have to find her yourself. Truth be told, I really don't know anything about my 'wife'. She was just a figure that I used to look like a family guy. And I am sure if you find her, she will say the same thing about myself. We just used each other to kill those lovely girls." Shiro said before bursting into a laughing fit.
"Damn it." The Detective said. "Get him out of here!" Masahiko said. The other officers came over and began to walk Shiro away and out of their sight. "What are we going to do?"
"Naru!" Lin screamed. Naru and Detective turned around to find Lin running towards them, "She isn't there, I can't find her anywhere."
"Shit." Naru said, trying to think. Where would she take her? "Is there any special place he killed his victims or left their body's?"
"No, they were all random, unless you count the church, but we have men station there, so if she went there, we would know."
"We don't have much time. I want all of your police officer's looking for them." Naru said as he looked at Detective Masahiko. He was giving Naru a funny look. "What?"
"My men, my rules, my orders." The detective said. Naru sighed, knowing there was no point in arguing ot insulting this man.
"Fine, what would you like to do Detective?" Naru said through his teeth. The Detective smiled at him before pulling out his radio and saying. "I want all available police officer's out looking for a woman. She will be with a young girl with brown hair and brown eyes. The woman is considered armed and dangerous. Do not approach if found."