Chapter 2
On Kiku's side...
I ran over to Roderich,knowing he would know where Ludwig was since he had been fighting with him before they disappeared. "Roderich! We've been wondering where you were! Where's Ludwig?",I said noticing that Ludwig wasn't with him. "I-huff-came to-puff-get back up. It's-pant-at Ludwig's own request-huff-.",puffed Roderich. He looked like he was getting ready to pass out due to oxygen deprivation. "Ludwig requested back up! Things must be really bad...ok,Roderich,go ahead and take Feliciano back with you;I will stay here and round up people that are willing to help. You better hurry back,it sounds like Ludwig needs all the help he can get.",I replied,figuring that Ludwig's situation was pretty dire. I knew that Ludwig was secretly in love with Feli because when I clean his room,I find those disturbing magazines of his,with cut-out pictures of Feli's head taped to the pages. I also found a scrap-book under his bed with pictures that either I took or he took of just him and Feliciano...oh,and that poster that I made,the one that Feli made copies of and posted all over the walls of our training base,he has the original one hanging on the inside of his closet door. It's like a sweet but very weirdly bad obsession. Anyways,so Roderich gave me quick directions to where they were battling and then took off with Feli not far behind him. I then looked around the battle field to look for survivors that I know would help.
20 minutes later (still from Kiku's view)...
I rounded up the helpers I recruited and told the one I appointed leader the directions to the battle grounds. "Don't worry. We'll get there and beat the crap out of all of them.",said Gilbert,obviously feeling confident. As I watched them leave,I had second thoughts about appointing Gilbert leader,but it was too late to change that now. I told the group that I would be there soon,but I had to find Hokkaido first;just so I could she that she was alright and to tell her where I would be if she needed something. It was then that I turned and saw her,the same enemy that she had been fighting awhile ago had her pinned beneath him and had a knife at her neck. "Any last words,you little punk?",said the enemy,obviously feeling beat-up himself."Just two. Sayonara sucker!",she said as she barreled him right in the groin. He flew backwards a few inches from the force of the blow,obviously stunned and in pain. She went up to him,whipped out her katana,and moved like a ninja;she was even making my head spin and after awhile I was dizzy and my skull was throbbing. She stood over him and just as she was finishing him off,he spoke up and said:"You think you've won,huh?",while he spat blood. He then,with much effort,lifted his knife,and stabbed Hokkaido,right in the stomach. He died then,knife still in her belly;and she fell to the ground."HOKKAIDO! NO! NOOOOO!",I wailed as I ran and held her in my arms. "Don't you die on me! You can't die...I love you too much.",I weeped. She opened her eyes,looked up at me and said :"I love you too. But can we save that for later? I kinda have a huge-ass wound in my stomach that needs to be taken care of. Oh and,for the record,there's no way in hell I'm gonna die that easily.",she said with no pain registering and with her normal,battle/post battle attitude. She smiled at my tear-stained face; "Oh,come on. Don't be such a crier. Now,you have somewhere you need to be,don't ya? Go take me to the paramedics real quick,then go. It's okay, I'll be fine."she assured. I looked at her,smiled,and kissed her forehead as I was picking her up gently. "Ok,I'll go. But you have to promise me that you'll be alright.",I said,unfourtunatley,my voice cracking. She rolled her eyes,"YES. Geez you're such a worry wart sometimes;I swear.",she said,still smiling. I chuckled at her statement;"Yea,I guess it's easy not to freak out when you see the person you love get stabbed right in the stomach and then fall to the ground.". "Damn right.",was her only response. I took her in the medical tent that they used,and peered in. "Oh,hello. What can I help you with Kiku?",said Heidi. "Yo,Heidi. What's up?",Hokkaido said to one of her best friends. "Hi Hokkaido! I'm fine,what abou-Oh my gosh! Are you okay! What happened to your belly! It needs to be treated right away! Here lie down on this,I'll get the preparations made right now.",said the younger girl as she ran around getting bandages,water,an unused IV line,and anything else that she thought she needed. I went over and set Hokkaido on the sterilized cot that Heidi had prepared. "So how did this happen?",said the tumbleweed-blond haired girl. "Oh,this guy I defeated decided to get one more blow at me before he died,so he sucked it up,picked up his knife,and...well,you see before you,the results.",said Hokkaido. "Hm...it doesn't seem to be as bad as I thought. I think she'll be perfectly fine.",she said to me while examining the wound. "Thank you Heidi;I needed to hear that. I'll be back soon,I need to go help another friend.",I said feeling relived. "Before you go,do you know if big brother Basch is alright?",she said,looking worried. "Yes,he's fine. He was on the rescue team that I just sent out just a while ago.",I said truthfully. "Oh,okay. Thank you very much.",she said,looking like a huge weight had been lifted of her shoulders. "No problem. Bye Heidi,bye Hokkaido;I love you.". "I love you too Kiku. Bye-bye.",she said,her voice returning to what it normally was,small and quiet. I exited the tent and looked at the waning battle. "I need to hurry,the other guys are probably there by now.",I thought. And with that,I went in search of the rescue team.