~Authors Note~

Yiyiyi... another late night chapter... oh well. Once you start...*notices that the chapter is only 1775 words long*.... AR EYOU SERIOUS?1?!?! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh it was 4 pages long AND took me forever too write for some reason!!!!!1.............. sorry. aherm... anyway. I hopes you enjoy the chapter. And I'm not going to recheck it to make sure it's all a-okay cuse it's 2:15am and i' tired. so, I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway, ^_^

Yuki's head snapped up at the sound of a car speeding towards the building, "We're out of here!" He shouted, "Take the girl, leave the boy!" He ordered, running outside into their parked vehicles.

Blake let go of Akeela, attempting to reload his gun. Akeela immediately bolted for Karu's side, falling to her knee's beside him. Tears dotted the back of Karu's unmoving back. "Karu….Karu! Wake up. Wake up!!" She sobbed, shaking his shoulder, "Get up, we hafta run, get up Karu get up!" Akeela wailed, shaking his shoulder vigorously. Blake ran behind her and hauled her over his shoulder. "Time to go, chicky." He muttered, running to the door. Akeela screamed and kicked and clawed, willing the man to let go of her. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a black and white vehicle speeding towards them.

Yuki and his men jumped into their vehicles, throwing Akeela in the back. She instantly started banging on the windows, only to be tied up hastily. They sped off, seeing the vehicle slow down they floored it. Akeela got one good glance out the back window, she saw a word written on the side of the would-be pursuer.

Police….

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Hiromasa scratched his chin as he carefully followed Karu, avoiding detection. He had obviously had the girl run out of the house before answering the door, and was going to go find her. But with those looks of hers, who knows what could happen?

He sighed, speeding up a pinch. He trusted Karu, of course. He had a good head on his shoulders. If he thought that the girl wasn't dangerous, then more than likely she wasn't. They had known each other for too long. Hiromasa smiled a little bit, We've known each other for years and yet he still calls me chief… that was another reason why I figured he was lying about the girl. He was still in the 'professional', 'careful', mood.

He nodded too himself, noting that Karu had slowed up quite a bit. I definitely trust him. He's saved my behind way too many times. In battle and in office.

Hiro noticed that Karu was all of a sudden a ways ahead of him, and even still his speed was climbing.

Something's up…

He let Karu get ahead a little bit, then sped after him. After a minute or two, he didn't see his vehicle ahead of him at all. Stopping at the top of the hill, he looked onwards to the horizon.

Not a car in sight… where in the world did he disappear too?

Starting forwards once again, he continued onward. After a passing it a few times, he finally noticed a small dirt road. It lead into the forest, almost looked like a driveway. Looking closely, he saw fresh tire tracks.

Well at least I know what road he's on. I'm gonna be a ways behind him though, I just wasted five(ish) minutes there…

Turning, he rolled down his window a tad, letting a nice breeze seep inside his patrol car. After a few seconds of driving in silence, Hiro was startled by the sound of a gunshot. It echoed once, then died out.

Crap…

Slamming his foot down on the accelerator, he reached over to the glove box, and took out his gun. Better to be safer than sorry.

In a few moments, he came over a hill. He saw men running to their vehicles. One was carrying a small girl who looked like she was putting up quite a struggle.

He saw Karu's car, but no Karu.

Crud!! He's still inside!

Pressing on the accelerator even more, he climbed up to 110 (km). The other vehicles had already started zooming ahead. Hiro let off the gas a bit, Give the chase, or…? Thinking quickly, he sped to the barn and slammed on the breaks. Grabbing his gun he cautiously made his way to the doorway. Not seeing or sensing anybody, he walked through.

"Oh man…" Hiro whispered under his breath, lowering his gun. He was froze to the spot for a moment. Karu still laid on the ground, blood soaked through his shirt and jacket onto the dirt floor. Blinking a few times, he ran to his side. Kneeling, he carefully turned Karu so he was on his back.

Putting his two fingers onto Karu's neck, he felt for a pulse.

Nothing.

"C'mon c'mon," He murmerd, putting his ear to his heart.

………………….Thump………………………Thump………………………Thump…………….Th-Thump………………………………

Hiro sat up, releasing the air he had not realized he had been holding.

"Your alive." He whispered, "Just hang on…" Shifting his body, he put Karu's head onto his lap. Pulling out his cellphone he immeditaly dialed 911. Giving the information needed, he quickly turned his attention to Karu.

The bleeding still hadn't stopped, the time it would take for the ambulance to reach them from the hospital would take a good ten minutes. By then…

Hiro got up and rushed out to his car, opened the hood, and grabbed the First Aid. Going back to Karu's side, he carefully took of his coat. Underneath, his shirt was blood soaked, ruined for sure. He had been shot in the chest, a few inches away from his heart. He was lucky.

Well, he's lucky for now if we get this bleeding stopped.

Bringing out the cotton pads and such, he quickly cleaned the wound and dressed it. After finishing that procedure, and re-dressing the bullet wound a few times, the bleeding finally stopped.

I don't think his lungs was hit, or anything vital like that. Close, but not quite. He is a very lucky guy…

Going back into a sitting position, he set Karu's head on his lap, using his ruined shirt as a pillow.

Karu didn't move, his face set in a pained frown.

Just as Hiro thought he had lost him for sure, for he could barely even see his breathing motions, he heard a small groan.

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Karu stood stock still, his small smile turned into a shocked expression.

It hurts…. He thought hazily, conscious of the men holding him, let go. Unable to hold his own weight, he felt himself fall too his knees all the way down.

Everything was starting to go black, barely conscious of the voices, he thought that somebody was shaking him and crying, but he wasn't sure. He wasn't sure of anything, really. Other than one thing: The pain. He could feel himself starting to get wet. It was a warm, sticky substance.

Blood…..

But…. Losing this much blood meant a serious wound, which meant not being able to save Akeela.

You have to get up! He shouted at himself, willing himself to get up. But it was no use, he didn't know which part of himself was his arms and which was his legs.

Black… it's all black….. He thought, he was falling…. Falling into darkness.

Soon, there was nothing.

However long it was, he had no idea. It felt like a long time, but he wasn't sure. He felt somebody moving him, and he tried to make a sound but nothing came out. He going in and out, only sometimes slightly conscious of what was happening too him. He felt somebody putting some stingy stuff on his wound, which made him want to hiss in pain and tell the guy who was doing that to back off. But then he'd drop out again.

Few minutes after the bleeding has stopped and the ambulance still hasn't arrived….

"Karu…. Karu, wake up."A voice said, bringing Karu out of consciousness. He slowly opened his eyes, trying to make the blurry figure stay put so he could get a good look at him. Slowly blinking away the blurriness, his eyes focused on the figure above him.

"Hiro…masa…" Karu murmured, recognizing his old buddy / head chief. "You…"

"Saved your sorry bottom? Yeah, I did. The girl was taken though, If I had pursued you would be dead right now." Hiro said, setting his head on the ground and standing.

(whoa, déjà vu right after another writing that sentence…. Weiiirdd. Hate that .)

Karu stared up at the man towering over him, he could feel a wave of "sleepiness" starting to overpower him, "I gotta go after her, chief. If we lose her now, we're not going to find her again. Those guys will be long gone"

Hiro stared down at Karu, observing that he still hadn't moved a bit. The pain must be great.

"Right, cuse your in the perfect condition to go chasing villains," The forty year old man said sarcastically, "What, you want me to give you five pain killers right now or something?"

Karu just laid there, looking at him expectantly. "I expect exactly that. If you don't do it, I will."

Hiro scratched the back of his head for a moment, then glared down at him, "Yeah, I'd like to see you drag yourself all the way to my car, that'd be a good laugh." He muttered, reaching for his cell phone.

"Hey, yeah um, we won't be needing that ambulance anymore."

There was a pause, and then Hiro almost started laughing, hanging up he glanced down at a confused Karu. "Good thing your alive and not bled out, the ambulance is lost so it's no good too us anyway."

Karu rolled his eyes, "Great. That's a comforting thought. Now help me into your car so we can go after them."

"….Okay," Hiro hesitated a moment, then helped a groaning Karu too his feet, "Still want to go?" He asked, now serious. "This… is nothing…" Panted Karu, clutching the patch on his chest, "Let's go."

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Akeela sat very quietly in the backseat, not bothering to see where they were going. Yuki had just finished telling her that her mother was dead. Now Karu was dead. Silent tears trickled down her face, inside she was broken. Losing the most important person to her felt like somehow had hit her with everything they've got. She had felt for sure that her mother was alive.... and now...

What am I going to do now…? She whimpered to herself, silently feeling the shard in her pocket. What she would give to save Karu, he had died all because of her! I really am a monster now…. It's all my fault… she said to herself, lowering her head.

If only she could only somehow know that a very determined Karu was in hot pursuit, once again trying to rescue her from the hands of Yuri.

Akeela stared out the window, seeing the evening fall into darkness as it started to rain.

What a horrible… rainy day…….

~Authors Note~

Hmm.... more planning to do.... well, I do have a basis. But if any of you reviewers have any ideas or suggestions, you can message them to me! I may not use them, but I might. Or use them to make somethign else.... anyway, food for thought.... kind of..... .

well ,I hopes you enjoyed the chapter. PLEASE REVIEW and tell me how you think the stories going so far!!

~Angel~