I'm having so much fun writing these stories. I'm so glad I have a lot of readers reading what I write.

Even though it's a risk... I might add another story along with I Want You and Emotions. I just get so happy when I get complements from what I create; so I'm taking that risk of creating a new story to add to my pursuit of happiness. Thank y'all for being my readers!

CherryBlossom210

I Want You

Chapter 7: This Moment

"Weeeooo weeeooo weeeooo"

The sirens of the ambulance rang in Hayate's ears. The last thing he ever wanted to happen was this...

... Himeno being badly injured.

She never deserved to be hurt this badly by anyone on this planet, not even by Fenrir herself. That's what was crawling in the spaces of Hayate's brain; Fenrir's name.

'Could Fenrir really be back?'

He was sitting inside the ambulance across from Himeno. Himeno had an oxygen mask on, strapped in a stretcher with a small IV going into her arm. She was still unconscious, but still lingering onto the string of life.

Hayate was holding onto her hand, carefully stroking the backside up and down. Deep inside his thoughts he was thinking of that nightmare he had the other night.

'That nightmare wasn't just a dream, it was a message. Is she out to get me? Wait... or could she be out to get Himeno?'

He wished that he knew that it wasn't just a dream sooner... so that Himeno wouldn't be in this condition.

"Himeno..."

Tears wanted to break out and soak his face with salty rivers. But he held them back, he wanted to believe she would be okay, that everything would be fine.

No... things wouldn't be fine with darkness lurking back at them. 'She wants to get back at us.'

Fenrir has come back; not to destroy the world, only to have Himeno and Hayate suffer.

The blood rush had stopped a long time ago from Himeno's body. She lost a lot of blood and only enough to still be breathing with her heart pacing slowly in her chest.

"If... only I told you sooner," speech came from her with the mask on.

Hayate jerked his head up, surprised that Himeno had the energy to speak.

"I'm sorry Hayate... the pain... she came back through my pain."

Hayate reached over and gently rubbed Himeno's hair. "It's not your fault, we both didn't even know this would happen. Right now, I'm more worried about you."

Himeno creaked open her eyes, a tear drop drooped down her face to the stretcher pillow. "Hayate..."

"Yeah?"

She gracefully toppled her hand on his hand when he slid it to her cheek.

"Ever... since the ending of the battle... I have always been wanting to tell you this even if it was irrelevant..."

"Mhmm..," Hayate nodded for her to go on.

"I couldn't stop asking myself, what your impression was on me."

His pupils grew enormously at a one-hundred per mile heart speed rate.

"Wha..what do you mean?"

"If you ever liked me as a friend or ..."

Hayate took a look at the IV package making sure that she was getting enough fluids. There was only the driver, him in the ambulance to help; and the assistant was on break. (What a nice assistant, huh?)

'What is in this bag making her talk this way?'

"Hayate, there's something I need to tell you."

He looked away from the bag and met salmon colored eyes.

She was also becoming extremely timorous, her heart rate was going up too (from the sound on the machine), and her face was turning lightly fuchsia. 'I don't know how he's going to respond.'

Seeing the mollifying tenderness in his eyes, she didn't know if she was getting more embarrassed than soothed.

'Go on... tell him.'

'Michiko..'

'I know you've been in a whole lot of stress. There's no doubt that he'll feel the same way.'

'But what if his reaction is bad?'

'Himeno... I've been inside you long enough to know that you are really dense.'

'Huh?..'

'Just think... the time at the church, your room, the park, and now. He's been showing affection to you all this time. I don't know how you can't see it.'

'Wow... uh, I guess those moments went right over my head.'

'Yes... and it's better now or never, Himeno.'

A tear made it way down her cheek again. 'Thanks...'

Nervousness still caved in her mind, mostly in her heart. She wasn't going to let those feelings overcome her.

'I've always been stuck in this position ever since. It had tried to eat my heart inside out. Even though, I'm on my way to the hospital... it's better than not saying anything at all.'

"Himeno?" Hayate was getting quite worried from a long wait response.

"Hayate, I...," she finally spoke.

"I..I think I.."

Stuttering her way along, she pushed those hopeful words out with the rest of her energy. "I think..."

The jerk of the break, the ambulance made it's destination. The doors open with the driver and the late attendant pulling the slope down from the vehicle. The attendant climbed on, unhooking the IV and leaving the plastic needle in her vein. 'Shoot...'

The ambulance pulled up at the wrong time for her. She really wanted to let go of all that stress that's been weighing her down on the shoulders, especially her heart.

'Don't worry, you'll get it next time.'

"Mmmff," Himeno groaned. 'I just hope that next time is soon.'

"Oh so I see your awake now. You still must be in pain, we'll have to put you back to sleep."

Himeno slightly nodded because the pain was still too hard to bear from all that talking. The attendant put the sleeping drug through the tube and off to dreamy land for her again.

He pushed her down the slope rail and into the ER. Hayate following from behind, still had a stunned look transfixed to his face. 'What did she almost say?'

He did perceive the scarlet tint and allowed the look to stay on. Both he and his emotion acquiesced to it. He was surprised and embarrassed, but didn't doubt of what he truly treasures, his feelings for her.

-Hayate's POV-

A nurse ran up to me with a clipboard in her arm. "Sir, you can't go in with her if you're not related."

Crap, just what I expected, I have to be a family member. I didn't want to lie to the woman, but I couldn't stand the chance being away from Himeno, so I had to lie the same way to her like I did to the ambulanceman. "I'm her fiance." Another thing that I expected, my face burned up with embarrassment.

"Oh...okay!" She walked over and opened a doorway. "I can send you to her room that they signed her up for."

"Thank you."

"No problem." She smiled and led the way. We went up three floors to the west side of the hospital. Passing by rooms 209E, 210E, 211E, and 212E we finally reached Himeno's room 213E. I knew she wasn't in there yet so I stepped inside and waited in the seat next to the window. "She'll be in here about thirty minutes after they run some tests on her," the nurse kindly said.

I read her badge and called her by name, "Thank you again Miss. Asuka."

She smiled again and bowed her head before she turned to leave. Leaning my head up against the wall, my eyes focused on the ceiling. I started to count the number of dots in one ceiling tile. I had to stop because Himeno's face appeared in my mind.

I was getting worried about her when the seconds turned into minutes, time is slow by reality, but it felt like a century going by just by waiting. 'What was she about to say?'

Those words replayed like a screwed up record on a record player in my head. The only thing I could think about was... then my mind went reverse. Then I started to think what if Fenrir was back.

"Grr..." I didn't want to think about it at all. Just thinking about the new evil of Fenrir hovering the land we walked on, made me sick. She should have stayed gone...

-End of Hayate's POV-

Thirty minutes passed by while Hayate stared at the ceiling. He didn't want to continue on so he got up and looked out the window to see Awayuki town before his eyes. The room door opened with the whole family walking with a terrified expression glued to their faces.

Hayate turned his whole body around, face to face with Himeno father. "What exactly happened Hayate?"

"I don't know... she collapsed all of a sudden with a tremendous amount of blood streaming from her back." Hayate cringed his teeth together and lowered his bangs to cover his eyes.

"Hayate...," Kaoru placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Is there something that we don't know about?"

His fists curled up into a ball and tiny bit of blood covered his finger tips. Hayate started to bite his lip almost making it bleed as well. 'I don't want to believe it, I don't want to believe it!'

He cringed his teeth again, "We... may be up against the new being of Fenrir. Supposedly, she attacked Himeno."

"What? This can't be happening again! We went through a lot of crap the first time," Mayune yelled out with all her might.

"Mayune, don't yell in a hospital," Mawatta said quietly.

"Hmph, just think about it, all the construction we went to deal with after the last battle."

"I don't think you should be worried about that, right now, Himeno's life comes first."

Mayune's face soften with a little regret, "Okay..."

"Is there anything that we can do Hayate," Natsue asked.

Hayate tried holding back his anger, so he looked down at the floor. "I don't know... right now she'll just need love from her family."

Silence filled the air until Mayune broke it again.

"Y'know... you can show her love too."

Hayate's eyes shot up at her with amazement. "I mean, I don't think she would mind."

"Mayune?"

Everyone's eyes trailed away from her to Hayate. They weren't surprised when his whole face went red.

Hi guys, I'm so sorry that I ended the chapter this way. I got sick a lot lately so I'm posting this how it is. I'm sorry guys, but have a very Merry Christmas!

God Bless you all.

CherryBlossom210