I'm standing there, sand whipping my hair around, the ringmaster staring me face to face with a whip and a gun

The host club was frozen in their spot on the noisy helicopter, but that was the only sound I heard.

One wrong move, and I would be shot, the ringmaster said, taunting and teasing the host club, as they all looked pissed off, especially Ritsu.

Crack!

He lashed out at me and I dodged the impact of the whip.

"I'll hit you eventually, Habuku." The devil said.

"Not if I can still dodge." I rebuttled, feeling my body ache.

We have been doing this for hours, my body sore and tired.

The only reason I don't just give up and attack is because squirrel is being treated.

She was shot for jumping into the helicopter, her leg bursting into blood.

That sicko.

"Just give up, Habuku. You can let your friends go back home. They don't want you." He said, enraging Ritsu.

"Shut up!!" He shouted, not caring that the Ringmaster had a gun.

He cocked the gun at him and I reacted. "Stop!!" I shouted.

He grinned and hit me hard with the whip, causing me to fall to the floor, a bruise forming on my cheek.

Ow that hurt....

It's so hot and dry out here....

"Hibiki!!" Ritsu shouted, pissed, as he jumped off of the helicopter, not caring about the gun.

"Back up, red head, otherwise he gets shot!" The Ringmaster shouted.

Honey and Mori also jumped out, as the others (mostly Haruhi and Kyoya) delt with squirrel.

"G-guys....I'm ok....just go.... you'll get hurt." I said, wheezing.

Suddenly, I see a flicker of red movement out of there corner of my eye, and the sound of the ringmaster getting pushed aside.

"Hibiki, come on!" Ritsu shouted, as he picked me up.

I stumbled up, almost inside of the noisy helicopter, when one sound that could be heard over the helicopter echoed in my mind, making my blood churn and then cold with fear.

*Click*

The sound of the gun.

"Let us go, old man! You lost!" Ritsu shouted at the ringmaster, and the ringmaster chuckled a hearty laugh.

"You think you can take on the ringmaster?!? Hah, what a joke!! Your funnier than the clowns I work with." The ringmaster said, challenging Ritsu.

Ritsu.
Please.
Don't.

C'mon, were almost inside, just get in and shut the doors quickly.

Move!

Don't provoke him just cause he hurt me.

I'm not worth it!

He turns around, sighing, as he punched the Ringmaster in the face.

*Bang*

The gun was fired, as a ringing sensation rang through my ears.

Ritsu slammed the door shut and the helicopter took off quickly.

The ringmaster got up, as he grinned at me evily, as he chuckled with sick pleasure, as he got smaller and smaller.

Ritsu fell over, blood seeping out of his chest.

NO!
Not Ritsu!!

I could hear someone screaming loudly.

NO!

That someone was me.

"Hibiki..." Ritsu said, the light fading from his eyes, the beautiful chocolate brown eyes turning a dull, distant, glossed over brown.

My rose color.....

They match his eyes!

Why did I just now realize this?!

Why does it take Ritsu dying for me to notice these things?!?

"Hibiki.....I love you......I'm glad....I got to see you..... once more, my love."
I held Ritsu in my lap, my face sunburn and bruised, as a few tears lined the brown eyes of Ritsu Kasanova, my savior, my friend, and now.....My....lost lover.

Ritsu, don't worry, we'll make it out of this alive, don't you worry.

Ritsu grabbed my cheek, as he brushed away some hair out of my deep blue eyes. I guided my face close to his and I kissed him passionately. He pulled away weakly, as I started to cry. "Hibiki......I love you.....I always will..... Goodbye. " Ritsu said, as his breathing turned shallower, his chest having a hard time pumping oxygen to his heart.

His heart....

I leaned my head on his beating chest, as the muffled shouts of those around me became more distant​ and far off. Right now, I was listening for the only sound that mattered to me.

*Thump* *Thump*

His heart....
It's still there....

*Thump* *Thump*

It's still beating.....
He's still with me......

*Thump* *Thump*

But for how long?

*Thump* *Thump*

How long will I have to spend with him?

*Thump* *Thump*

Before he's gone forever...?

People are yelling at me, and they try to move Ritsu out from under me, pulling me away from his heart beat that keeping me calm. I screamed and fought, no one was going to hurt my Ritsu ever again. I would protect him! He's mine!

Once again, a loud scream echo's in my ears.

Once again, it's mine.

They separate me and my lover, as I'm crying out, screaming his name with an agression I never knew I had. Tears running down my face as I heard a louder, more animalistic scream.

Hands are holding me down.

A blond
A brunette
Two red heads

I struggle strongly, fighting my captors holding me back from my lover. My Ritsu. Ritsu!!!

Mom....Dad...Is that you? Standing over there? Laughing at me?

I can hardly think through this fog.
Barely move of my own accord.
Scarcely breath on my own.

The hands move me, holding me, picking me up, carrying me over to a bench. My arm throbs heavily in the sling, but it doesn't compare to the pain in my heart. I'm strapped down to a seat, a blanket on my lap.

The blobs of hair start to comfort me, as they rub my good arm, wipe the tears of my cheeks, embrace me from both sides.

I'm deaf to it all.
I can't feel a thing.

My eyes land on Ritsu, a mask on his face, the monitor blipping every so often.

*Blip* *Blip*

I look at his mop of gorgeous red hair, the kind that I want to braid and I want to touch so badly.

*Blip* *Blip*

I look at his closed eyes, wishing they would open just once more.

*Blip* *Blip*

I look at his mouth, a peaceful smile on his face, like he knows everything will be ok because he's smiling. I want him to wake up so I can see those perfect pale lips up close, have them touching my lips once more.

*Blip* *Blip*

Please Ritsu.....
Don't leave me alone in this world.

I need you.
I miss you.
I love you.

The brunette steps in my line of sight, and I can see it's mouth moving, but it's so slow I can't catch anything, and there's no noise except for the monitor. I want to tell them to move, but suddenly my mouth has run dry, my voice raw, my lips sealed, my eyes heavy, my body floating.

I can't speak.
I can't see.
I can't move.

I try to say something, anything.

Maybe if I speak, Ritsu will wake up....

Nothing comes out.

Nothing can come out.

I've failed.....

I've lost.

Ritsu isn't waking up.

He's gone because I can't wake him.

"Hibiki, Ritsu is going to be ok. He'll wake up when we arrive home." Kyoya said, snapping me back to focus.

I sighed in relief, as I stopped struggling.

He was ok.

The heart monitor kept blipping, and that was my song to sleep as I closed my eyes into the fading darkness. A shout echo's in my ears just before I completely fade away, and to my suprise, it's not my own. It's more feminine.

Haruhi.
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I awoke with a start, checking to make sure it was just another horrible nightmare...

But I was wrong.
It was real.

I was in a hospital bed, next to my lovers almost comatose body.
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This is chapter 43.

I hope that you guys liked it, because this series is almost at an end!

I think I have one lady chapter for you, them this series is officially done.

Love, duck.