~[TRC Hanshin RPG] Immediate Peril: A Tale of Kudan

[Fai]

As Kagura touched down on the top of a tall building, Freya climbed down and with a bit of trouble tried to lift Kagami off her kudan. When she finally got him off she reached into his pocket and took out a shiny key. Freya tried to carry Kagami, but he was too heavy, so instead she summoned Kagura back and asked her kudan to help her carry him down to his apartment.

When they got there she prepared his bed and and carefully laid him in it and closed the door behind her. "Ahh Kagami, making me so worried..Don't you ever do that to me again. Then again, you propably will..." Freya muttered as she walked out onto the balcony of his apartment watching the sun set in front of her eyes.

[Hori]

Hori looked around ... And Saw Touya and Yukito... Seeing them together like that made her smile .. She turned away ... And waited for them to notice her before she came into their convesations .... She didnt want to disturb them ...  So she waited - tears starting to slide down her cheaks ...

[Pikari]

Yukito surrendered himself to Touya's kiss... never wanting it to end, as if he feared the moment he pulled away he might open his eyes to find it a dream. Touya's words still echoed in his mind - I love you........ I love you... He couldn't speak to tell him the same, instead pouring all his emotion into the kiss.

He caught his breath as they parted, his eyes locked open and honestly with Touya's. After a moment he blinked with distracted realization, uttering a soft "oh". He turned to see the girl at the door, waiting modestly, not wanting to interrupt. He smiled without a bit of embarrasment, but his eyes also reflected concern. "Hori-san... how are your injuries? Should you be walking around?"

[Sakaki]

As they slowly parted...Touya gazed into Yuki's warm, trusting eyes and knew he only wanted to go on looking into those beautiful eyes forever...
To hold and love Yuki forever...

His thoughts were interrupted as the girl, Hori, appeared at the door.
Touya noticed the tears that began to flow down her cheeks, and knew instantly... Shougo. Hesitant to say what he was thinking... not wanting to see the worry once again in Yuki’s eyes - but knowing, yet again, it was inevitable...Touya took Yuki’s hand, trying to comfort, before speaking to the girl, "It's Shougo, isn't it? He's been hurt."

[Hori]

Hori turned at the sentance ... She looked at the pair ... And nodded sadly ... Taking stepps towards her friends " Y-yer.... " she managed to say eventually ... " Its Shougo .... " .. The tears began to flow more... " He's been ... Taken in ....to Re-sus .. In a .. a Coma... "  She burst into tears .... It was her fault .. If only she had pressured him ... He would have come to hospital before he would have gotten as bad as he did ...

 Its my fault ...   

[Sakaki]

" He's been ... Taken in ....to Re-sus .. In a .. a Coma... "

Touya felt Yukito tense at Hori's words, and began to gently caress the hand he was holding, keeping his own shocked worry for their friend from showing, "Shougo is tough. He's going to be alright," Touya said gently to both of them. "We'll see him as soon as they let us, and then we should all go home. Shougo wouldn't want us wandering the halls here worrying about him."

Touya slowly tried to stand, adamant on seeing his friend and then going home.
Needing to see Shougo with his own eyes, to know their friend would be alright.
Damn Shougo, never wanting to ask for help when he needed it...

"He went after that guy alone...didn't he?" Touya asked Hori suddenly.

[Hori]

" Yes... I arrived and stopped him from doing anything drastic....And then He went off... I let him go off... I let him .. I knew how bad he was but I let him ... " Saying outloud made it so much worse ... " I let him ... "

She snapped inside... " I cant leave him here ... I need to be here with him ... I need to stay ... " she started to slowly break down .

[Pikari]

Yukito's hand tightened around Touya's as the words sunk in. "Taken in ....to Re-sus .. In a .. a Coma... "  "He went after that guy alone...didn't he?" Shougo had been hurt, he could be dying, and it was all because of Kagami... all because Kagami had wanted him.

But his heart broke seeing Hori's grief in front of him. Gently he broke away from Touya, putting a comforting hand on each of her shoulders. "Don't worry," he reassured. "We'll stay here with you. We'll stay for as long as we need to." He glanced over at Touya, hoping he wouldn't be angry. He wasn't sure himself if he could go home to a soft bed, knowing Shougo was in a coma, all because his friend was trying to protect him.

[Sakaki]

Touya felt a deep sadness to see Yukito and the girl in such pain, faces filled with guilt and sorrow, both blaming themselves for what had happened to their friend.  He slowly walked to where Yukito stood comforting Hori, and placed a hand on each of them, trying to relieve their pain...to take it away somewhat...

"Of course we will stay..." Touya told Hori softly. "But I want you to understand one thing..." Touya looked down at their friend, "This is not your fault. Shougo would have went on his own no matter what. You are not to blame." Then lifting Yuki's chin to look gently into his wide, sad eyes, "And you are innocent of this also. There is only one person to blame for all of this..."

Touya felt an anger rising in him at what had been done in the space of one day to his friends... to the one he loved... and vowed to do everything in his power to protect Yuki from the one that had put those bruises on his neck, a fear in his heart... and an expression of guilt and sadness on his kind face.
I will protect you, Yuki.... no matter what...

[Hori]

Hori felt the comforting hands ... She nodded at Yuki's words... And then Touya's ...

" Thank you ... " she whispered ... " I ... "

Suddenly she was cut off by an intercom message ...

        " Would Miss Hori please come to reception ... Would Miss Hori Please come to reception ... "

 She looked up to the speaker ...

" I'm allowed to see him ... " She said ... Quickly whiping the tears from her cheeks.. " You're allowed to come too ... I think "

[Ruby Chan]

Shougo lay still and unmoving, his wounds finally bandaged, with one of the nearby machines he was hooked up to bleeping out his heartbeat steadily. Those who hadn't seen his state on arrival might have dimissed him as simply sleeping.....

But they hadn't seen the wounds that lay under his bandages. They hadn't seen his X-rays.

Lying in his world of darkness, Shougo was unaware of the movements around him as nurses bustled in and out of his room. Occasionally faint sounds seeped through the barriers holding him back, but he did not respond to them, as he was unable to.

Instead, he just lay there, in a hospital bed, under white starched sheets.

Dreaming.

[Hori]

Hori strode into the room where Shougo lay ...She stopped abruptly as she saw his seeming peaceful body...and his seeming peaceful face.

 She gingerly took steps towards him ... To his side... and she watched his steady breathing ...

Slowly, she reached out to his face ... to his cheek ... touching it carefully and delicatly as if it was to smash at any second.... " oh shougo ... " She whispered... Tears forming upon her sad soft eyes...

Then she remembered.. sometimes... if you spoke to the person .. i might help them to wake ...

A few seconds were silent as she thought of something that might be comforting to him ...

" Hey... " she said softly ... " Were here Shougo ... Me, Touya-san and Yukito-san... O.. Our wounds are tended to ...And .. were all ok ... "

The tears fell ...softly and silently ...

" Oh Shougo ... You silly thing ... " She smiled sadly with a slight giggle in her voice .. but a sad one " Wake up soon ...ok ?... I'll be here .. and Yukito-san and Touya-san will be too ... I Promise ..." She slowly bend over to his face.. then realised what she was doing and pulled slightly aback .. then all the way back ... A slight blush apppearing on her cheeks.

"Ano.. The Doctors said that .. you had multipule fractured ribs ...As well as other wounds... But I cant remember ... I just wanted to see you... I wasnt listening ...  Sorry .. I'll tell you about it when I can remember .. ok ?"

[Sakaki]

Touya felt his eyes begin to mist over, watching the girl speak to Shougo.
It was obvious at that moment just how much Hori loved him....needed him... and it reminded Touya of his own feelings towards Yukito, and how that could have just as easily been the one he loved laying in that bed unconscious...

Taking Yuki's hand, Touya stood next the girl, who's tears were flowing freely down her cheeks, her love for Shougo raw and exposed. "He's going to be okay... I know it..." Touya told them. Then speaking a bit louder, "You hear that, Shougo. You're going to be fine, and we're all going to be here waiting for you to wake..."

[Ruby Chan]

"I'll be here .. and Yukito-san and Touya-san will be too ... I Promise ..."

"You hear that, Shougo. You're going to be fine, and we're all going to be here waiting for you to wake..."

Slowly, voices filtered into Shougo's world of darkness, lifting him up and giving him the strength to break free of the binds holding him back from consciousness.

"Huurrghh...." He moaned quietly, his eyes flickering open to take in his surroundings. Coughing hoarsely, he turned his head to the side, glancing up at the three people surrounding him.

"H...hori? Yukito? Touya? You're alright......*cough* Where exactly am I? The last thing I remember, I was flying towards the hospital..." He croaked.

[Pikari]

Yukito's hand tightened unconsciously around Touya's. He couldn't imagine what he might do if it had been Touya lying there on that bed. And then, as if he had heard every word they'd spoken... Shougo's eyes slowly opened.

Relief flooded through Yuki and stepped forward to grasp Shougo's shoulder, unable to hold back. "Shh, don't talk Shougo," he said gently. "You're in the hospital right now. We're all here. You really scared us for a while."

[Hori]

Hori gasped lightly as she heard him spoke ... She rushed the the free side of the bed ...

[Ruby Chan]

"Shh, don't talk Shougo. You're in the hospital right now. We're all here. You really scared us for a while."

Shougo snorted indignantly, glaring up at Yukito.

"Me, scare you? Come on, you know that I've been in worse condition than this!" He laughed. Liar. "Besides, it was you lot that scared me. I thought that Kagami was really going to hurt you! Which reminds me...Yukito, how do you guys know...."

But he didn't finish his question, as Hori had suddenly rushed closer to him.

"Hori?" He asked, frowning. "Are you ok?"

[Hori]

" Sh... shougo ... ." She managed to say ... Then her face turned into a slight frown ... " Next time .. When I say for you to go to the Hospital ... You Go .. straight away .. and with a smile ... ok ? "

She had subconsiously bent down right to his face ...

" And dont ever do that to me again .. I dont know what I'd do if I lost you ... "

The tears came back as she ran the thought past herself ....

" I was so worried... " she said softly ... her expression falling into a worried , soft expression .

" Promise me that you will go as soon as I say ... "

She was getting slowly closer and closer... as she looked down to Shougo .. and his eyes... They seemed to peirce right into her ... Even though they were as soft as they were ..

[Ruby Chan]

" I was so worried... promise me that you will go as soon as I say ... "

Shougo's expression softened, and he stared up at his second in command, remembering exactly why he had always cared for and trusted Hori above all his other team members.

"Hori...I'm sorry that I worried you."

[Hori]

Her eyes softened .. and she brought her face into a smile... " Its ok .. I cant stay mad at you ... " She started to blush ....

She felt so nervous ' Come on ! ... Its the perfect time to say! Now now ! ' She said to herself...

" I ... I .. I .love you ... " She said .. .