The Queen: Mad Woman of Tenjiku

Chapter 8: Sorry

Izana didn't say a word to me. He simply walked with me in his arms silent. The Toman members vanished in the distance. I raised a hand up brushing hair away from his eyes.

Izana's orchid eyes were solemn his lashes hanging low.

"Zana....are you mad at me?" I asked.

"......"

"....."

"No...I could never be. I was just...so s-scared" Izana muttered trembling his grip on me tightening. "If I lost you...Ai...I don't know what I'd do..." Izana said I felt tears falling onto me. "E-especially...if it was my fault"

I wiped the tears off his face, "Don't cry...Zana I'm okay. A little broken..but it would be better than seeing you even more empty. Come on, you're ruining your pretty face." I chuckled. Izana just bit his lip.

"M...m'sorry...Ai..." Izana began rambling apologies to me, but I lost way too much blood at this point. I slowly closed my eyes leaning against his chest.

"I'm your's Zana, If you asked me to I'd even rip my heart out. You saved me...so from now on...make sure only you yourself give me orders. I don't want you to do anything you'll regret. I'll protect you....even from...yourself....." Darkness engulfed my world. I hope I wake up before...the fight.

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Izana arrived near the factory where Kakucho spotted him. Running up slowly until he saw Ai unconscious and deathly pale

"Nee-san!? What happened?!" Kakucho cried, Ai's leg was simply gone from the shin down. It looked like Izana tied it up so the bleeding would stop, but she was looking pretty bad.

"...she took the hit...for Emma..." Izana muttered Kakucho gasped biting his lip.

"Well, let's get her lying down she needs to drink from you Izana." Kakucho said setting up a mat using his Tenjiku uniform and rolling up his sweater. Izana then gently placed Ai down.

He rolled up his sleeve and put it into Ai's mouth using her fangs to pierce his flesh. The blood trickled down into her mouth slowly. Izana made sure to look at her leg to check the healing process. Slowly but surely her muscles and bones began to reform out of nothing.

"....but this is taking too long, she's going to die of blood loss." Kakucho said, even if Ai was healing, since they needed to untie her leg. She was still loosing blood in the process.

Izana pondered for a bit and thought of something. He took his arm out of Ai's mouth and took a mouthful of his own blood before shoving it down Ai's throat. Repeating the process over and over again while his other hand held hers.

Ai...please...wake up...Izana prayed inside his mind.

"O-oi Izana...Isn't that a bit too much, you need to fight later." Kakucho said, but Izana ignored him.

Ai's finger twitched as her ruby eyes slowly opened feeling Izana's blood flow down her throat. Drinking she felt Izana's lips against hers.

"Cough...Zana?" Ai asked looking over weakly.

"Ai! Thank goodness, are you alright?" Izana asked her frantically.

"Y..yeah a little weak, but I'm okay..." She said smiling.

Ai POV

"You need to drink." Izana said placing his arm before my lips. I bit down drinking what I could. Izana was already at his limit, if I took anymore he would pass out.

Letting go of him I smiled. "I'm okay Zana, you're going to pass out...I'm already healed see, just find me another person to drink from."I said weakly.