Kurogane dropped his sword the instant he saw Fai laying on the ground unmoving, and quickly rushed to his side. By that time Fai had fainted form all the blood he was losing. When he looked closer he saw that the mage's stomach was still gushing blood.

He wasn't sure what to do so he cradled him in his arms and placed his hand over the wound to try to stop the bleeding. Fai was still breathing, which was a good sign, but Kurogane knew he wouldn't last much longer at this rate. His breathing was becoming slower; his face was growing paler by the minute.

Kurogane started to panic a little and shook the magician in an attempt to wake him up, even though he knew it was a dumb idea.

"Fai! Don't you dare die on me you idiot!" of course there was no response, just the sound of Fai's struggling breathing. Kurogane started to feel a wave of sorrow wash over him. His eyes narrowed, trying to fight back tears.

"I thought you loved me…If that's true you can't just say that and leave me! You can't just make me fall in love with you and die!" he closed his eyes tightly and looked away, somewhat shocked at this confession he was just realizing he had.

Suddenly an unexpected voice spoke out to him, which made him quickly whip his head to look right in front of him.

"Uhm…Sir?" It was a young child-looking teen with black hair that fell below his chin and soft grey-blue eyes with a slim figure. Kurogane instantly recognized him as the kid at the reception desk at the hospital. Though he never did hear him talk until now. He knew where he came from, but didn't know one question.

"Who are you?" Kurogane didn't really care, but when he had questions, they needed to be answered.

"My name is Hanataro Yamada. I'm one of the doctors here…And I have come to take you and your friend to get treated for your injuries…" he looked down and spoke with a light and shy voice. "But how did you know we were here?" the child doctor walked closer to the two travelers and bent down, looking into Kurogane's eyes with a somewhat sad look, but then again the few times the ninja saw him, he had the same look.

"It's my job, sir…"he stated simply and moved his gaze down towards Fai. "Please, save him!" the swordsman shouted, gripping Fai's shoulder tighter. He normally wouldn't beg to anyone, ever, but he was growing desperate.

"Please…" he said as his eyes narrowed with sadness again. "Save him..and save our child…I couldn't live without them…" he looked away from the young doctor, his pride getting thinner and thinner with each word that he spoke, but at that point the only thing he cared about was Fai and their unborn child.

"Come with me sir…I will take him to the hospital and do whatever I can to make sure they are alright." Hanataro stood to his feet and started heading back towards the town. Kurogane picked up Fai and followed him.

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It took about ten minutes to reach the hospital, and the whole time Kurogane was getting more and antsier by the second. Fai wasn't looking too well, his face was as pale as snow, and he had to of lost about a gallon of blood, just on Kurogane alone.

When they finally reached the lobby of the hospital, Hanataro rushed into the main room to get more doctors' help. When he came back he had two other doctor's following him, one in which was Katsuki, the other was his sister, Suitaka.

When Katsuki saw Fai bleeding in Kurogane's arms, his face turned to distraught. "Oh my, Fai! What happened, Kurogane-san?" he asked as he came up to the ninja.

"He was attacked by a demon…I couldn't save him in time." Suitaka took Fai from Kurogane, who gripped onto his hand tightly as they laid him onto a hospital bed that Hanataro wheeled out. The ninja continued to hold Fai's hand. "It's going to be okay…I'm here Fai, it's alright." He said quietly to the mage. Katsuki grabbed Kurogane's shoulder from behind, making him turn around and let Fai go. "We're going to have to ask that you stay out here…okay?" he told him with a sad look on his face. Katsuki really did hate doing this.

Kurogane nodded and looked down as the two took Fai away from him. "I'm sorry…Please wait out here…We will do all we can." And with that last statement and a reassuring smile from the doctor, he took off to help the others, leaving Kurogane alone.

The ninja slowly took a seat in a near by chair and buried his face deep into his hands. Everything went by so fast; he could hardly comprehend what had happened in the past half hour. All that was going through is mind was the image of Fai being attacked and thrown to the ground by that demon. His pale face covered in blood, his body unmoving, his breathing slowing down, the thought of losing him and his child. It was beginning to be too much for him.

He really wanted to go into that room and be there for Fai, but he knew he had no choice but to wait out there and hope.

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It was a whole two hours that he waited out there in that alone and cold hospital lobby, just sitting, and sitting, and staring. He bit his lip. It felt like days that he had to sit there and just WAIT, practically going insane with fear and guilt.

Finally, it looked like he was going to get some relief. Katsuki stepped out of the room he was in, there was blood covering his pearl white jacket. He slowly, almost hesitantly walked up to Kurogane. They looked at each other for a few seconds, and then the ninja quickly jumped to his feet. "Well, are they alright?" he said, the words tumbling out of his mouth.

The doctor just gave him a blank look. "Well…Here's the news…"

Another cliff hanger :D