The Warmth Of Red ||DISCONTINUED||

Chapter Sixteen

"Kara-bear?"

"Cheesy Hung?"

"It is you! I knew I remembered those eyes from somewhere?" Karasu head started to hurt as she started swaying from side to side while holding her head.

"I-I have to go..." Karasu rushed out the bar dropping her bag on the floor as her head started spinning. As she was walking down the road she heard people yelling for her to come back but she didn't listen, she just kept on walking.

'Make it stop.. Make it stop...'

Karasu had made it to the center of the city but her headache wasn't going away. People around her were starring at her as she walked across the street. The crosswalk light turned red as people rushed to get off the street as cars started driving again.

Karasu stumbled around as she continued to walk through the crowds of people until she walked into the street.

People started yelling, calling out to her but all she couldn't hear anything.

'Make it stop... Please...'

Karasu blacked out falling down in the middle of the road as a car came towards her. Screams could be heard all around the area, scared that the unconscious woman was going to be killed. Until an unknown man ran into the street picked her up and ran back over to the sidewalk.

"Hey, can you hear me?" The man questioned the woman in his arms to notice she was still unconscious and wasn't responding as a crowd of people started surrounding them.

"Is everything okay?" A man asked.

"Is she going to be alright?" A woman questioned.

"Someone call a ambulance, she's unconscious!" The man that rescued the brunette started checking her for injuries but only saw scraps on her arms, hands and legs. Sirens could be heard in the distance.

*~*

"Sorry but I can't come answer the phone right- Totsuka! Yata! Leave a message after the beep!"

Beep!

"Karasu, pick up the phone already. I'm starting to get worried about you." Izumo sighed as he hanged up after leaving a voice mail for the tenth time since she walked out the bar.

"So, how do you know my Kara?" Daishi asked looking at the room of men but mostly starring at Izumo and Mikoto.

"Your Kara?" Izumo questioned.

"Yes, Karasu is my fiancée."

"First grade doesn't count, Daishi." A man said chugging down his beer.

"You two were nothing more then little punks playing in the dirt fighting with each other." Another man said with his eyes closed. Daishi glared at them but they didn't care.

"What are you to her?" Izumo asked.

"Us? We're friends of the family. I thought Hikaru was kidding about finding his sister in a bar but I guess not."

"What about you guys? How'd you know Karasu?"

"I actually brought her into our lives really." Tatara said with a smile as Daishi eyes him.

"You don't seem to be her type though..." He mumbled causing Tatara to blink confused.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, I'm just surprised that's all."

"How is that?"

"If you know Karasu and have been around her for who knows how long I would expect a bruise or two on you." Tatara let out a nervious chuckle.

"Ah, so she was a fighter when she was younger too huh?"

"She was a tomboy, really. She never backed down from a fight no matter how stronger other boys were. A troublesome kid she was."

"Yeah, that sounds like Karasu." Izumo chuckled when the bar phone started ringing.

Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
Rin-

"Hello, HOMRA?"

"Hello, is this Izumo Kusanagi?"

"Yes it is."

"A woman by the name of Karasu Nishi is here in the hospital after fainting in the middle of a busy road."

"Is she alright?! What happened Karasu?!"

"Everything is fine. She's resting in a room as we speak."

"Which hospital?" Everyone in the bar froze where they were as they watch Izumo talk on the phone before hanging up.

"I'm sorry to tell you guys this but Karasu is in the hospital after fainting in the middle of a busy road." Mikoto let out a sigh as he stood up from his seat on the couch.

"Let's go." He looked over his shoulder at his clansmen who stood behind him ready for anything.

*~*

Beep

'What is that noise?' Karasu thought as she heard the same noise repeating over and over again.

Beep
Beep

Opening her eyes, Karasu took in her surroundings to find she was in a room.

'Guessing from the smell I'm in a hosptial but how did I end up here in the first place?' She asked herself as she slowly sat up in the bed.

Knock
Knock

"I see your up. I'll get the doctor." Turning her head towards the door of her room to see a man in his mid-twenties call for the doctor.

"How are you feeling?" The man asked. Karasu narrowed her eyes at him. The man stood about 6'0" with black hair with onyx eyes and what she tell the man was a fit man.

"Who are you and why am I here?"

"You don't remember?"

"Remember? Remember what?" She asked but was cut off by a woman in a white coat walked into the room.

"Your awake, I didn't expect you to wake up until tomorrow." A woman with blonde hair pinned up in a bun as a few strays of her bangs framing her face and blue eyes.

"I don't understand... Why am I here?"

"You fainted in the middle of a crosswalk on incoming traffic. This man here rushed in and carried you to safety." Karasu looked at the man who was sitting besides her bed watching her.

"I also have taken the liberty of letting your friends know that you are here. I'm sure they will be here soon enough."

"Um, who did you call?"

"A man named Izumo Kusanagi. He called your phone so many times along with a person named "lion"."

'I am in so much trouble if they come here!'

"Karasu! What happened to you!?" Tatara, Yata and the others came rushing into the room.

"I'll leave you guys alone." The doctor said walking out the room only to be stopped by five men.

"How is she?"

"Are you Izumo Kusanagi?"

"I am."

"And who is lion?" Izumo smirked placing a hand on his friends shoulder as Mikoto looked annoyed.

"This is lion. She gave him a nice pet name, didn't she?" The doctor's lips twitch before she let out a cough.

"About Karasu, she's doing fine but we would like for her to stay the night."

"Is she okay?"

"She's fine. She just has minor cuts and bruising on her hands and legs but it's her memory I'm worried about. I will be asking her questions but I'll wait until later on."

"We understand, what is your name?"

"My name is Mayumi Nishi. Let me know if she needs anything. Goodbye."