Author's Note: Sorry for the late up load! Schools killing me at the moment =(. I'm almost done catching up with my work which is a good thing, but; this is the last chapter of Hoping for Tomorrow. I'm so sad! But all hope is not lost! At the end of this lovely chapter we'll have the twins announce the good news!

Enjoy!

I DO NOT OWN GHOST HUNT

Chapter Seven

Mai's P.O.V

I watched as Rena paled, her lips moved, and then she fell. Naru picked her up and told us to call an ambulance. Why was this happening? I watched as the paramedics carried both of them out. I remembered what Syaoran had told me. But could that really be the reason for their collapse. I looked up as Bou-san grabbed my arm.

"Let's follow them," he told me.

I nodded and we all made out way outside. I felt panic rising in my chest. I wasn't good with things like this. I'd already lost too many people to risk anymore. What if they didn't make? What if we couldn't even make it to the hospital?

"How are we going to do that?" Masako asked.

Even she looked worried. That didn't help calm me at all. Masako never worried about anyone.

"Give me a second and I'll get us a ride," Len-kun said he took out his cell phone. "The car, bring it around, what the hell do you mean?"

I watched him as his expression changed, he cursed under his breath. What was going on?

"What's going on Len?" John asked Len turned to him.

"Everything went as planned," he muttered.

"What else happened?" Bou-san asked.

I was getting even more worried, something wasn't right. Someone was hurt.

"Kazuki, he's in the hospital, but it's nothing serious just a flesh wound, he'll be out by tomorrow latest," Len said he ran a hand through his hair. "Takumi just sacred the crap out of me is all, that boy can never say anything straight,"

"Who called Rena before she collapsed?" John asked.

What were they getting at? I saw a car approach us. It was a midnight blue van and it looked fast. This wasn't the time to be thinking about that!

"Is that our ride?" I asked.

"Yeah, that's it, get in," Len told us.

Someone else was in the car it was a guy with blonde hair and blue green eyes. I bite my lip. I just hoped that those two were alright. Syaoran said that as long as they were together they would be able to regain their strength, but how long would that take? Then there was always the possibility that it wasn't that. I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"She'll be fine," Bou-san told me I smiled at him.

Somehow the confidence in Bou-san's voice was enough to calm me down and put my mind at peace. Everything would be fine.

"Yeah, she will," I agreed.

But there were other worries.

She hadn't told me. Was it because she didn't trust me? Rena who was always telling me things and who I was always telling things to; then it hit me. We'd never really talked about her. Whenever we got near the subject she'd easily dodge the question or change the subject. It had never bothered me. How could it? I didn't know any better. And yet I couldn't find it in me to be angry. There was a reason for her silence and I knew, I didn't know how, but I knew, I knew that there was a real reason for her silence. We pulled up in front of the hospital and I got out and followed everyone in.

"Lin Rena and Syaoran," Ayako told the nurse in front.

She pointed to the ER section and I followed them. I saw Lin first; he had his head in his hands. I felt a pull in my chest, poor Lin. He was probably extremely worried about his siblings. Only moments after getting them back and they were torn away from. They crowed around Naru and I placed a hand on Lin's shoulder he looked up. I couldn't just let him stay like that. I offered a comforting smile.

"They'll be fine," I said sitting down next to him.

"It's still nerve wracking," he complained.

I took his hand and was slightly surprised at the familiar feel of it, like my hand was meant to fit in his. I was even more surprised when he didn't pull his hand away but instead squeezed my fingers interlacing them with his. It felt more intimate for some reason.

"I know what you mean," I told him.

I smiled at him and he pushed a strand of hair out of my face. I fought viciously to keep the blush away from my face. I shouldn't really be reacting like this at the moment.

"The family of Lin Syaoran and Rena?" a doctor had walked out and Lin and Naru walked forward, he held onto my hand until he had to let go of it.

There it was that emptiness that was settling again. Was already far too gone? Was it even a bad thing?

"How are they?" Naru asked.

"Well I can't find anything wrong with either of them, they each of a slight anemia, other than that they seem perfectly fine," he told us.

"Are they awake?" Lin asked the doctor shook his head.

I studied Lin's expression. His eyes were a brilliant grey with worry and concern overflowing. A man, who could look like that, my mom always said, was worth fighting for.

"That's what worries me, they don't show any signs of waking up, we'll keep them here until they do, they're in room 211," he said. "Now if you'll excuse me,"

He didn't have to tell us twice we all half ran to the room. I shook the final thoughts out of my head as we approached the room.

Rena and Syaoran were hooked up to a heart monitor and had an IV in their hands. All we had to do now was wait. Wait, and hope for tomorrow to bring better news. I sighed and sat down next to Lin again and I slipped my hand into his. You've gotten bolder Taniyama. I watched Lin's face, this wasn't Naru I didn't have to pretend anything, and he was old enough to understand certain things and how to handle them. I didn't have to walk on eggshells anymore. Maybe this was the kind of person I needed.

THREE DAYS LATER

Naru's P.O.V

We'd managed to sneak in G.D. two days ago and still nothing. We thought that, that at least would bring a slight improvement. Yet here we were three days later and no change. It was midnight most likely and we were staying overnight, again. Lin had his arm around Mai; I wonder how they'd react once they woke up. Although, something to seemed to have changed between them. As if they had made some silent agreement. Ayako was leaning against Bou-san, Len was in the single seat across the room, even Masako decided to spend the night, John was sleeping next to her. I grabbed Rena's hand my head was currently against the hospital bed. It seemed like I was doing this too often.

"You know I sometimes wonder if you really do love me, this is the second time you leave me waiting for you to wake up," I mumbled.

"Don't be stupid, of course I love you," my head snapped up and I looked into amused amber eyes. "Yeah, Noll I'm really awake,"

I pulled her into my arm and held her close. Damn it how long had I wanted to do that?

"It took that to wake you up?" I demanded she giggled but pulled herself closer.

"I love you," she whispered into my neck.

"I love you too," I answered.

I placed a gentle kiss on her neck and moved up. She was shaking as I nibbled her ear she gasped and her arms clung to my shoulder.

"Hey, don't I get a hug?" I growled and pulled Rena to me and turned to Syaoran.

"Shouldn't you still be knocked out?" I asked him, he smirked.

"Sorry but no action in front of me," he mumbled. "When you get married I won't complain,"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Did you just give me permission to marry your sister? Last time I checked you threatened to prevent me from having children if I touched her again," I teased he laughed.

"Yeah, but that was then," he said.

"Hey I'm still here you know," Rena reminded us.

I pulled back and kissed her forehead.

"I haven't forgotten," I told her.

She smiled and rested her head against my shoulder.

"Should we wake them up?" Syaoran asked looking at them.

They would get angry if we didn't but if we did they would get overexcited.

"We should wait until morning to start making enough noise for the hospital to kick us out," I told him he smiled and sat up.

"So these are the people you've been working with?" he asked.

"Pretty much," I said. "Except for him, he's new,"

I pointed to Len; Rena poked her head over my shoulder. I was going to ask her what was wrong but I was caught off guard by the pillow she threw at Len. His head snapped up and looked ready to punch someone but he saw Rena. His face filled with relief and he ran a hand through his hair.

"Don't you think you deserved that pillow?" he asked her.

"Not really,"

"I might get demoted because of you,"

From what?

"How is he?"

Who?

"Fine, Takumi just has a way of saying things, it was just a little flesh wound, Kazuki would have ignored it but the guys forced him to go to the hospital, he was trying to call me but dialed your number by mistake," Len explained tossing the pillow back onto the bed.

"What are you talking about?" I asked she looked up at me.

"One of my friends was hurt so I wanted to know if he was okay,"

So one of the people who had helped her find Syaoran, how had he gotten hurt anyway?

"What's with all the noise, RENA?"

Takigawa was looking at her with wide eyes.

"Hi,"

She waved and that was the end of a peaceful night. Everyone else woke up and they proceeded to surround her; I sighed and took the position of making sure they weren't getting too rowdy. After all they seemed to forget that she had just woken up from a coma like state.

Mai's P.O.V

I took the opportunity to approach Syaoran as everyone else fussed over Rena. He'd picked up a magazine from the side table and was flipping through it.

"Hi, Syaoran, remember me?" I asked a little unsure if he still remembered the dreams. He looked up and I was caught off guard at how much he really did resemble Rena.

"It's nice to finally meet you face to face, Mai," he told me I smiled and sat down in the chair next to the bed.

"I'm glad you finally woke up, I've been wanting to talk to you," I said he smiled a little but looked away.

"I'm sor—

I held a hand up and he turned to look at me.

"It's okay if you didn't tell me or anything like that you must have had you reasons and Rena as well and there's nothing to do about, but when she's ready she'll tell, after all we're friends right?" I asked him he looked up at again, it was slightly funny,

"I guess we are friends aren't we?" I nodded my head.

"And now, explain to me why it took you so long to wake up!' I demanded he looked at me for a while and then laughed into his hand I put my hands on my hips. "Don't laugh at me when I'm worrying about you,"

He calmed down and smiled. It was a very pretty smile.

"Sorry, it was just that I remembered something funny, sorry to have worried you but I was kind of sleepy," he answered I sighed.

"You two sure are something else," I noted sitting back down. "But things would be boring if you weren't,"

"Should I take that as a compliment?" he asked.

"Yeah,"

There was a knock on the door and a nurse walked in.

"I understand that you want to be with your friends but...oh my god," she gasped as she saw Rena and Syaoran and she ran back out of the room.

"What was that?" Rena asked.

"You two caused quite the commotion, there was nothing wrong with you yet you wouldn't wake up," Ayako told her.

"And now the doctors are going to make a big fuss," Masako said, she'd been nice enough to stay at the hospital.

"How long were we out?" Syaoran asked a pensive look on his face.

"Three days," Bou-san answered, Syaoran's eyes widened as did Rena's.

"You're kidding!" Rena said in disbelief.

"I thought it was a few hours, a day at most," Syaoran muttered Rene nodded her head.

"Are you serious?" I demanded.

"Yes because I'm still tired like a dog," he complained hiding under the covers Rena had done something similar. I sighed and pulled the cover back.

"At least wait until the doctor comes in and checks on both of," I told them and just on cue the doctor walked in and started shooting questions at them. At the end of it even I felt like going to sleep.

"Alright, if all goes like planed you should be able to leave tomorrow afternoon," he said. Lin led him out and closed the door. I smiled at him and he returned it. I blushed a little remembering how I'd woken up I looked over at the beds and was a little surprised to see that both twins had already fallen asleep.

"Wow, they move fast," I mumbled as Lin sat down next to me.

"They have a habit of doing that," he told me. I smiled when I saw Naru, he'd fallen asleep holding Rena's hand.

"When were they born?" I asked Lin, I had wanted to ask, something was nagging at me,

"April first," he told me, he'd already closed his eyes and I felt a smile spread across my lips. So that was the nagging feeling. Looks like I would have a lot of planning to do. I jumped a little when I felt something in my lap, I looked down and blushed. Lin's head had fallen to my lap and I felt a gentle smile come across my lips. Poor Lin he'd been so worried all this time it was about time he got a decent rest. I ran my fingers through his soft hair; I wondered if it would feel even better it he kissed me. I blushed at my own thoughts and thought that it was about time that I fell asleep.

BACK IN TOKYO

Rena's P.O.V

I walked into the cafe with Syaoran, we had to sneak out just to get this far. Koujo and everyone else hadn't let us out of their sight. I saw Kazuki at the usually table and ran over pulling him into a hug.

"You're an idiot," I told him.

"Hey, I'm not the one worrying for any reason. Are you crying?" he asked.

I would have found his tone amusing but I couldn't. Not right now, he tried to pull me back but I didn't let him.

"Of course I'm not," I mumbled.

"Don't give me that look, I'm not going to do anything," Syaoran told him. He held me for a while.

"I'm going to kill Takumi," he muttered he placed a hand on my head. "I'm alright; I'm still in one piece,"

"Baka," he sighed and pulled me down onto the seat next to him.

"It's not your fault, I chose to do what I did, no one forced me besides it already scared," he said I looked up at his face and stuck my tongue out at him. He smiled and ruffled my hair.

"Well now that, that's over with, I'm sure you already know that I'm Lin Syaoran, I'd like to thank you for all that you've done for us, I'm in your debt," Syaoran told him, he'd taken a seat across from us.

"Don't mention it, I already got my payment," he pulled me closer and I glared up at him.

"Not funny,"

"Still, a dance doesn't seem quite fair to me, whatever you want, I'll be more than happy to do anything in my power to help you," Syaoran said.

"My job isn't done yet, we got rid of the people in Okinawa but that doesn't mean that we're out yet, they didn't have any reason to go after you, that's what we're working on now," Kazuki said I tugged on a piece of his hair and he glared at me.

"Take a vacation, study or something you'll get stupid at this rate," I told him he knocked on my head.

"I'm not in school silly, anyway it would get boring if I took a vacation," he said, I sighed.

"Have it your way," my phone buzzed in my pocket and I took it out. "Help?"

"Get back to the office, please," Naru said from the other side I almost fell out of the chair.

"Did you just say please, Homes, who never say please?" I demanded.

"That's irrelevant just get back to the office, Watson, we need to go somewhere," he said.

"Yes, sir!" he muttered something about being childish but I hung up before he could complete the insult.

"Sorry, Kazuki but we have to get going," I told him giving him a brief hug.

"Don't worry," he told me.

"It was nice meeting you," Syao said.

"Same here," Kazuki told him. "Oh yeah, Rena catch," he threw a little white box at me and handed on to Syaoran. "Happy Birthday," I felt my eyes widened, no way in hell was it April 1.

"We forgot our own birthdays," Syaoran mumbled I nodded in agreement and Kazuki was laughing like an idiot.

"Shut up," I smacked him on his head. "Bye-bye,"

"See you," I rolled my eyes and opened the little box as I stepped out. Inside was a black pearl bracelet with a black silky ribbon.

"It's so pretty," I muttered.

"An angle wing?" I turned to Syaoran and he was indeed holding a golden angel wing on a thick chain.

"It's a promise," I told him, I showed him my own which was silver. "It's his version of a contract, now we each have one,"

"He really cares about you," he told me slipping it on.

"I know," I mumbled.

Tying the bracelet on my wrist.

"I can't believe that he still sticks around," Syao muttered I sighed.

"Me either," I felt a hand on my head and smiled at him.

"Let's get going," he told me I nodded as we walked towards the office. I was done hoping for a better tomorrow. Now all I had to do was live each day, now I could finally do. I held onto twins' hand, no more tears, not for me not anymore.

Author's Note: I know that some of you requested more MaiLin, how was that? I tried my best to add in as much as possible but I didn't want the point of the chapter to be lost. But, don't worry; I'll have the twins announce the good news.

Syaoran: Hi! It's nice to finally meet everyone, thank you for supporting us through the last three stories!

Rena: the good news is that next time we're appearing in Going Home? The next part of the Promises and SPR series!

Also for the record I'm sure you can imagine what the next one is about but there will definitely be more MaiLin, so that's something to look forward to, and AyakoTakigawa, maybe some MasakoJohn and MasakoYasuhara, made I'm not sure. We'll see how things play out. Until next time!

The twins: Bye-bye!

Love

Eclipse

P.S. See ya in a week or two!