Saving Zoey

Montana, Tectum, main square

Kisshu looked more than thrilled when he saw Zoey lying lifelessly in Taruto's arms. Her body were wounded in many places and covered with blood. She seemed crushed and shattered. He kneeled down and touched her arm. It was cold as the ground below them. Even her cat ears and tail haven't disappeared. She was still in her Mew Mew form.

- Since how long is she unconscious?! – Kisshu asked Taruto immediately.

- For a few moments – he answered, still confused. – I didn't know what to do! – he shouted. – I tried to wake her up, but…

- Does she have a pulse?! Is she breathing?! – Kissu asked further, as he was already taking her wrist and checking on her pulse.

Taruto looked down on her moveless body with sorrow.

- She does not have either – he sighed.

- Damn it! – Kisshu growled, as he hadn't managed to sense her pulse either. He leaned to her mouth, but there was no air coming in or out, as Taruto said. – Damn it! DAMN IT! – he became more nervous.

- I'm so sorry… - Taruto said quietly. His voice sounded like he was about to cry. – I couldn't stop…

- Let's just not give up right away! – Kisshu seemed to make up his mind. He looked at him with more passion in his golden eyes than ever. – I'm not going to let her die!

- But… She has no…

- Help me! – Kisshu ordered! – Place her on the ground!

Taruto finally agreed. He put Zoey's body on the ground.

- And now…?! – he asked, but Kisshu was already pushing her chest down rhythmically to reset her heart.

- Come on, Zoey! Wake up! – Kisshu begged her.

- Is this gonna work? – Taruto asked.

- It'd better work! Come, continue! – Kisshu asked his friend. – I need to respirate her!

- You mean, by kissing? – Taruto asked as he continued the rhythmical pushing of Zoey's chest.

- That doesn't matter now! – Kisshu stated and took a deep breath. He opened her mouth, placed his mouth on her lips and breathed into her. He then waited for five seconds and did it again.

- It isn't seem like working! – Taruto diagnosed.

- Just continue! – Kisshu ordered again, and repeated the method. He breathed into Zoey for ten more times. But nothing has changed. He refused to give up. Ten more times again, while he also encouraged Taruto not to give up pushing.

- Oh, come on, you kitty! – Kisshu yelled at her, as she still hadn't woken up. – Wake up already! Wake up! – He respirated her again. – WAKE UP!

- Kisshu… - Taruto said. – Maybe she won't… Maybe we should…

- What are you saying, Taruto?! – he grumbled in anger. – We are not giving her up!

- But…! I don't think she will…

- Humans can be resuscitated for five minutes after their heart has stopped. It was hardly three minutes… - Kisshu said. They were still doing the resuscitation.

- But after that much time she'd probably have brain-damage…

- We can deal with that later! – Kisshu decided, and kept on breathing her in. – Come on, Zoey! Wake up, you stupid girl! – He started to lose his patience and slapped her in the face. – Wake up! – he commanded and breathed into her again.

- Kisshu… - Taruto sighed, worrying for his friend.

- WAKE UP! – Kisshu yelled as he slapped her face once again. Still nothing. He breathed into her one last time, but then he stopped. Taruto stopped as well. – She won't wake up, right? – he mumbled into the distance.

- I'm so sorry, Kisshu… - Taruto replied quietly. Then he looked like he wanted to say something else, but wasn't sure whether he should say it.

- What is it, Taruto! Say it! – Kisshu asked while the grief was taking him over.

- It's just… Just before she … - Taru couldn't say died, so he just left that one out. – Before she fainted, she wanted to know whether you loved her… I told her that you did, but by then she was already…

- She… wanted to know? – Kisshu sighed. Ha was looking into the distance with blank, tearful eyes. – She did like me I guess.

- Of course she did! – Taruto shook his head in sadness. He was crying too. – I guess she only entered this dimension to search for you!

- Probably… - Kisshu responded, why tears were rolling down his face. Ha was truly devastated. He knew he would never forgive himself, or Pai, when…

The air was filled with a weak, forceless coughing which was followed by some groan. They turned their heads to the source of the noise, and it was indeed Zoey. She hasn't opened her eyes yet, but she was quietly gasping and her body moved a few times. Both Taruto and Kisshu dropped a few last tears, when they realized, that she's still alive! They did manage to revive her, only they haven't checked on her pulse frequently, that's why they haven't noticed.

Kisshu gripped her wrist and measured her pulse finally. Her heartbeat was weak and unsystematic, so was her breathing, but at least she was alive. He nodded to Taruto to indicate that to him as well. Both of them took a big, relieved breath.

- We should have measured her vitals during the resuscitation! – Kisshu said to Taruto.

- We are so stupid! – Taruto said with a small smile. In the meanwhile, Kisshu took hold of Zoey. He put her head on his left arm and was holding her face with the right one. – So is she going to be okay now? – Taru asked with hope.

- We can only hope – Kisshu stated, looking down on her unconscious body. She was still in her Mew Mew form. – She's seriously injured and lost plenty of her blood. She needs medical help!

- So just take her to a human hospital! – Taru suggested. – There must be one in the nearby!

- No, we can't!

- We would tell them that we've come from a cosplay and she's got hit by a car! – Taru offered.

- Still no! They would realize that our ears are real. And that's not even the problem, cause we could just teleport away, and by the time they would be able to discover our dimension, we would be light years away…

- So it's because of her!

- She would be kept in a cage like an animal and they would experiment on her. Even if she changed back to normal, they would notice that her DNA is different after a single blood test. And what if her ears pop out again?

- So what should we do?

- We will take her to our healers! – Kisshu decided. – Even if they won't like it, I won't give them a choice.

- After all, we're leaders now! – Taruto agreed. – And we can command them not to experiment on her if they wanted.

- True. Now let's not waste more time! – Kisshu said. He tried to raise her up by holding her knees and her back, when she moaned more loudly.

She moved her head a bit, then slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Kisshu leaning over her looking into her eyes. And she discovered Taruto kneeling beside her as well. She also felt Kisshu's arms as he embraced her more tightly. His body was giving her so much warmth.

- Zoey, do you hear me? – Kisshu asked worriedly as she unsurely raised her painful look upon him. – Zoey!

- Kis…shu! – she mumbled. – What…happened?

- Everything's gonna be fine – he said to calm her down. – We're taking you to a healer!

- But… - It seemed she had difficulty speaking, yet she wanted to say something so badly. – But…

- You shouldn't be speaking much – he said, and after tightened his arms around her, he finally stood up and lifted her up with himself. He with Zoey in his arms and Taruto left for the healer. Kisshu knew that teleportation would only hurt her aura more, so they walked instead. The healing facility was only a few blocks away.

- But… - she continued as she was being carried in Kisshu's arms. – Did you get… hurt in… that fight?

- How? – Kisshu refused to believe that Zoey was worried about him so much, that her first thought after waking up in pain was his well-being.

- Did Pai… harmed… you?

- Zoey… - he sighed shaking his head.

- I'm so sorry… - she said, started to cry again. – I didn't meant… to… Please… forgive me…!

- There's nothing to forgive. I wasn't hurt, but even if I had been… That was not your fault!

- How wouldn't…it be?

- Even though, it was indeed foolish of you to break into our dimension… - Kisshu admitted, which made her cry more. – Pai didn't have the right to hurt you. He could detain you at most.

- I'm so sorry – she repeated even more sadly.

- It's okay. I forgive you! – Kisshu said to comfort her. He wasn't blaming her for anything, though.

- Really…?

Kisshu nodded kindly.

- But tell me, what on Earth made you to do such a foolish thing to brea…?

She didn't even let him finish it, as she wanted to tell before she loses consciousness again. She felt she does not have much time left.

- I came to see you, Kisshu!

- But why? I told you we couldn't see each other again! We shouldn't!

- But I… I like you so much!

- Much enough to risk your life for me?!

She nodded, but the light in her eyes was fading out again. She closed her eyes, and fainted again, now in Kisshu's arms. But this time, she turned back to normal as well. Her ears and tail disappeared, but her dress stayed the same. Kisshu realized that she bled so much that his hands were covered with her blood as well.

- Zoey! Zoey, stay with me! – he shouted to the red haired girl in his arms. – Zoey!

- We should hurry! – Taruto advised, as he was showing the way to the healer.

- Just hang in there! – Kisshu whispered to Zoey. – We're gonna heal you, I promise. Just don't give up!

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