Chapter 6: The Heart Attack
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A/N: :P, I just HAD to add a heart attack! I'm so sorry you see Hitomi hurt, but there's a reason why she has one... Sorry for the delay!
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Panic struck first, which only fueled her heart rate. Why did it happen? She never had heart attacks before, she wasn't struck by that curse. Then how? Was it the pain from never seeing Hayate again the reason?
Then it was fear. Fear of dying of an unknown heart attack. It didn't help that no one heard her gasp for breath and failing miserably. She crumbled to the floor, holding her throat and letting out laboured breathing. Her heart felt as if it was going to explode. She wanted to howl, but a force made her quiet. Her eyes turned a pitch black, and she didn't miss Mingyu's smirk of victory.
It was Mei Lin who screamed for her, wiping off Mingyu's smirk.
"Miss Hitomi! Miss Hitomi!" She bawled, tears running down her lovely face. Everyone turned their attention to her and Leifang felt herself howl as a new set of fresh tears ran down her face. Eliot was immediately at her side, holding her up as her breathing was still laboured. Mingyu scowled at Hitomi and almost growled when Eliot held her hand. Andra noticed it, but remained silent. Nevertheless, she didn't miss Bloody Lolita glowing red yet again. Andra was getting extremely worried. Something was definitely wrong with Mingyu. She was sure that she wasn't human, but she didn't know if she was a demon or not. Andra, being The Huntress, could smell demons. But Mingyu didn't have that foul smell of rotten meat on her body. In fact, she didn't smell like anything demonic.
'I have the strange feeling that I heard and saw that before...' She thought, staring at Mingyu for a while longer, before Jann Lee snapped her out of her suspicious thoughts on the Chinese girl in front of her.
"What are you doing just standing there? Call an ambulance! She's dying!" He hissed at her. This automatically brought back Mingyu's smirk, but it was more devious. Andra narrowed her eyes at her suspiciously, when it clicked.
"No," She said, making Leifang and Mingyu glare at her menaciously,"I know what to do. Don't call any ambulance, no doctors, no paramedics." She glared back at the two Chinese girls. Leifang backed away in fear, but Mingyu held a firm scowl and glare. Andra allowed herself to smirk, then it disappeared as soon as it came in. She walked to where Hitomi lay and started to squeeze her throat.
"NO!" Leifang yelled, then pounced on Andra like a cat pouncing on its prey. An invisible force snapped her back, where she fell into Jann Lee's arms. He unfortunately stumbled and fell, with Leifang on top of him. Mingyu looked like she could barely contain her anger, always clenching and unclenching her fists, while Eliot tried to calm little Mei Lin who was not trying to hold back her tears. That made Mingyu's eyes soften a bit, but they hardened at the sight of Andra squeezing harder. Andra ignored her anger and suddenly, a flash of blinding light enveloped the room, making everyone cover their eyes. Andra grinned victoriously.
Hitomi opened her eyes.
"Hitomi!" Leifang cried and flinged her arms around her best friend. Hitomi smiled weakly and returned the hug. She was extremely tired, wanting nothing more than sleep. Eliot brought her a glass of water, which she drank without hesitation. He then said something about going to get some herbs at the market, then left. Andra walked to her, smiling at her.
"So, Hitomi, don't you have something to tell us?" She asked. Everyone gave each other confused glances, except for Mingyu, who was just glaring at Andra. Surprisingly, Hitomi nodded, placed her glass down and pointed to her.
"You're half demon." She said, her eyes pitch black.
Ayane inspected the crashed plane, all the dead corpses gone. She cursed under her breath and told the other Hajimon Ninja to look in details while she looked in the cockpit. Nothing, not even a single person. Only debris. Ayane huffed in frustration. 'All this travelling for nothing!' She thought angrily, then sighed. It didn't matter. Now she was going to go back and feel guilty for the rest of her life.
"Ayane-sama!"
The voice of a ninja calling her made her jump out of the cockpit, to glaring at the man before her.
"Nani?" What? She asked, irritated. The ninja bowed in front of her, then showed her a bag. It was light blue and had the letter H on it. Ayane's heart thuddered in hope and confusion. The backpack was completely intact. No scratches, no burn marks, no nothing. It was although full of clothes and pictures of the Dead or Alive competitors and her.
Ayane closed her eyes and silently thanked Kami. She had found something that smelled like her. Maybe Hayate would take it and thank her for her hard work. A shrill cry made her snap her head to the direction a ninja was in. She grabbed her two swords, ready to attack on whoever was there.
Horror seeped through her as she realised that it wasn't a whoever. It was a whatever.
A massive fiend, she guessed, had one of her ninja's body on a spear. Blood flowed from the wound of where he was stabbed. Fear went through Ayane. This was no normal fiend. His skin was the colour of her eyes and his eyes were fearful yellow. His teeth were black, as were his horns and talons. He looked like the Greater fiend she and Master Ryu had to fight, the one that looked like a goat, only more deranged, more terrifying than ever. It had made eye-contact with Ayane, and she was prepared to fight, but The Ninja wouldn't let her.
"Master Hayate will come after it if he learns that you have died fighting this beast, Ayane-sama! Run! We will take care of it!" One of them cried. Ayane hesitated, then grabbed Hitomi's backpack. She hesitated again looking back, where the ninja fought vigorously, letting out battle cries and jumping on the beast.
"Go! Now, Ayane-sama!" Another cried, which was all it took for Ayane to jump from tree to tree. She screamed in horror as a demon followed her and managed to stab her left shoulder. Blood flowed,and when she howled in pain, she felt dizzy, but continued to jump. She knew where she was going, it was her only chance to survive. She managed to throw a kunai at the demon, where it fell.
'Come on!' A voice inside her hissed 'You're almost there!'
But Ayane couldn't run or jump anymore. She was tired and just as she got in front of the gate, on the steps, she collapsed. 'This is where I die.' She thought bitterly. A whimper of pain escaped her lips, just as the gate burst open.
"Ayane!" She heard. It was a man, or an old boy, she didn't know, but she did quite recognise the european accent. Fortunately, she managed to open her eyes only to meet his blue eyes. He carried her in his arms, looking at her in alarm.
"E-Eliot..." She managed to whisper.
Then she went limp in his arms.
A/N: *hides behind Lars Alexanderson* Yay! More reviews! And OMG, ANDRA'S A HALF-DEMON! HOW DID HITOMI KNOW? WANT TO KNOW HOW? FOLLOW AND REVIEW THIS STORY!;D Oh... I also forgot... AyaneXEliot JannLeeXLeifang 4EVER!:D
Next Chapter may contain some heated moments...yeah you guessed... RYU AND KASUMI ARE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! Maybe... ;) Don't forget to R&R!:)