Here's Chapter Fourteen! I wonder if anyone actually read these? Oh well, i'm going to keep writing them.
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Chapter Fourteen
Akiza's POV
It hurt, so terribly. My lungs, my head, my fingers. The pain faded so gradually that I was not aware of it's going, only it's absence. I stood in a place neither warm nor cold, and there was light there. Somewhere in the back of my mind was a chill, green scented water, a cold and black terror, and someone whispering the name Yusei over and over. I took another step through the light. It should have hurt my eyes, it was so bright, but now someone was standing there. Protecting me. "Grandma," I whispered and sighed as a deep happiness washed through out me. It was so warm, peaceful here. Completely silent. My Grandma's arms were outstretched, and I moved to the embrace.
Yusei's POV
The trunk. I could feel her, she was giving up. Damn it, Aki. Don't you dare give up now. I got down onto my hands and knees in the water, and felt my way up the back of the car. Please, Aki. Don't leave me. I kept whispering. The car shifted again, but held firm under my grasp. Terror and the blackness that threatened to overwhelm me gave me a strength beyond which I knew I had. The trunk lid was tore from its hinges and landed with a splash somewhere in the water. I heard none of it. My entire attention was fixed on the slender woman curled in on herself, her face just underwater. My hands trembled as they caught her and held her close. I could never remember later how I got to shore.
Akiza's POV
The arms that caught me were enormous and they trembled but I could still feel their strength. This wasn't how Grandma felt. She was soft and kind of leathery. The arms pulled me around, caught me up and close against a soaked shirt. I could feel the heart underneath pounding wildly and smell the scent. Without conscious thought, I closed my eyes to the light and grandma, buried my head against the shirt and clung to it as though my very life depended upon it.
Yusei's POV
Akiza lay so white and still at first, I was afraid I was too late. I held her desperately, already breathing life into her as I knelt on the damp grass. I felt the shock of that first convulsed movement, as her lungs drew in air greedily. Somehow, I managed to bring her up enough to wrap my jacket around her, pulling her close to me so I could warm her now shivering body with my own.
I had to fight not to hold her too tightly, not to hurt her with my own need. Akiza sagged against me, her face pressed into my throat.
"Akiza." I whispered.
She tightened her grip on my shirt.
"Come on, Akiza." I growled. "Wake up. Wake up for me. Don't you love me? Prove it!" I took her by her shoulders, a tear falling off my cheek. "Aki!" I yelled.
She flinched. Slowly, she opened her eyes, and I roughly hugged her as hard as I could.
"You're so stupid, Aki. So stupid. Going off with him like that?" I sighed. "Aki."
She heard what lay behind her name, and leaned her head away to look at my face, and responding to my words. "I love you." She said simply.
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Yusei's POV
Akiza was inside the ambulance now. Carly was with her. Her and Jack had found Colin, and he was now being held inside one of the police cars. But I had something more important to deal with now that Akiza was safe…Sayer. He was going to pay.
"I know you're there." I said to him. "Why don't you go ahead and come out."
The leaves rustled, and Sayer approached me.
"Yusei." He greeted. "Came in the right time, didn't you? Tell me, do you enjoy playing hero?"
"You're going to pay for what you did, Sayer."
He looked amused. "What? You're going to duel me?"
"No." I said, causing him to look surprised. "I'm not going to duel you, Sayer. That would be too easy and cause too little pain."
Sayer stepped closer and grinned. "So, what, Yusei? You're going to fight me? You couldn't. You couldn't hurt anyone." His fist connected with my ribs, and I hunched over, clutching my still healing wounds. "You don't get it, Yusei." Sayer said, walking around me. "You have to feel it, really mean it, to cause someone pain. Even your precious girlfriend almost dying isn't causing you enough pain for you to hit."
My fist connected with his stomach. He looked shocked, holding his sides. "Don't tell me what I can't do." I said in a low voice. "You don't know what I'm capable of." I knocked him to the ground. "You will pay, Sayer. You're not ever coming near Akiza again. Got it?" He looked away. I grabbed his face, forcing him to look at me. "You got it!" I yelled.
"Yusei!" Someone else yelled. I turned to see Carly running towards us with Jack by her side. Jack grabbed hold of Sayer's wrists, and I looked at Carly. She was out of breath. "You won't believe this, Yusei. Akiza's water broke."
Ah, a cliff hanger. Well, it's been fun writing this, but i'm going to go ahead and tell you there's only one more chapter after this. And it's more like a epilogue. BUT, i'm making a sequel! It's going to be called Beautiful Minds, and it's going to be about the child they have. B/c Akiza has those physic powers and all, well, they get transferred to the child. But that's all i'm going to say. But please tell me what you think!
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