I try to get up to run over and help save them but Kirito grabs my wrist, I could tell he was hurt too from sliding on the pavement but I knew Kana needed to be rescued immediately.
"Ice...use your ice magic to slow...the flames!"
I nod and run over to the car slowly releasing ice but no matter what I did it would melt because the fire was too intense. I try to use even more amounts and it seems to be working, Kirito rushes in pulling Kana who is badly burned out of the wreckage, and her driver. The driver was dead but Kana was breathing still but barely.
"Kirito lay her down here and ill try to ease her pain until paramedics can get here."
He lays her down and I send a cool breeze of ice over her body to try to close the burns but Kana grabs my wrist and looks at me with teary eyes.
"Yuki...Please..."
Tears roll down my eyes and I shake my head.
"Kana be still and save your strength medics will be here soon!"
Kana shakes her head and I feel my heart drop.
"Listen to me...Please tell them I love them...please save...them..."
I grab her hand and hold it in mine.
"You tell them yourself! Just hold on Kana!"
She smiles and her eyes slowly close it was as if everything went silent at that moment. I was pulled away by Kirito as the medics rush in and take her away. I watched as they began CPR on her and as they began trying to use their own magic to save her. I watched as the medics looked at one another and shook their heads. Kirito puts his coat over my shoulders and leads me into the house sitting me on the couch.
"Yuki let's get you cleaned up."
I stayed silent with an emotionless face and rub my eyes. I notice the scrapes on my hands and arms and the blood on me that was not mine and my attention turns to Kirito. I instantly dart into his room where he was grabbing his medical kit and I could see the blood on his back seeping through his shirt and the scrapes all over his arms and legs. He notices me and looked concerned.
"Go lay down you're injured."
I shake my head and grab the medical kit from his hands, I take his hand and lead him to the bed where I make him sit.
"Your more injured than I am, take it off."
He instantly blushed which made me feel a bit relieved.
"Your shirt dummy I have to clean your back!"
He turns around and takes his shirt off, his back had some scrapes on it but thankfully it wasn't that deep, I cleaned all of his wounds and dresses them, Happy with my work I backed away and he turns back around to face me.
"She could still be alive, I will make a few calls to get her transferred to my family's hospital, It's the best in the country."
I nod still somewhat in a trance from the earlier events, Kirito starts to address my wounds next.
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That evening we were told Kana was on life support, Kirito had her transferred and sent some of his best bodyguards to protect her, We decided to have news circulate that she and her driver had been killed in the car bombing, the only people who knew the truth were the ones we trusted.
"It'll give us some time to get prepared, If Kazuki thinks she is dead then he will think he has the upper hand. We can easily slip into the banquet without anyone thinking twice."
Kirito continues to talk and I zone out for a moment.
(What's his main objective...There has to be something I'm missing but I don't even know where to begin.)
I tap my finger on the table and Kirito chuckles.
"Zoning out at a time like this? What's on your mind?"
I sigh and grab a marker nearby, I erase what's on the whiteboard and begin to write all of the events down from the moment Kazuki killed our father and tried to kill Ash Suki till now. I turn to Kirito and point to the start.
"I want to go over everything from the very beginning..."
Kirito shrugs with a determined smile.
"Ok, I'm listening."
I smile back and we continue.
"The day Kazuki turned against us, I do not remember being the one to take him down, I have never been able to beat him even since young, Only Ash was. In a report I read after waking up in the hospital they said I was the one to take Kazuki down and that he escaped. I know now that Ash Suki was the one who did it but I do not remember how or what was said and done. Next, I got enrolled a few years later, I got poisoned from Kazuki's letter, Vampires attacked and killed your father, Your brother joined the Vamps, We went to the Shun families ball and I met Kazuki there, He told me about the poison, Said something about the vamps erasing the minds of almost everyone who knew of my family about who the attacker was replacing their memories with someone else, He also said he stole My father and brothers aura and they created this power that he now possesses, He can stop time at a minimal amount. Next, we found cameras, Soon after that, we met the President and learned Kazuki had become a High Mage, He poisoned me and we cured it with Mr. Gu's help, I was then Kidnapped and you guys brought me back. Little things here and there in between these events and then now. Kana is fighting for her life and I learn my brother is still alive. But we are missing something and I have no idea what it could be."
Kirito looks at the timeline intently before finally responding.
"What about before all of these events? We know that your father used to work with the late headmaster and the new headmaster, shouldn't there be a fourth person on their team? who was your father's partner if the headmaster's we're partners?"
Shocked by what he said I wasn't sure to laugh or cry for myself.
"I'm such an idiot why didn't I think of that? Also, I don't know if that is even the missing piece to this but it's a start. Let's contact the headmaster."
We call but get no answer so we decide to leave a message to his secretary. We sit down and just get comfy in the chair when we hear the doorbell, we give each other a look and go to see who's at the door.
A police officer and military officer stood side by side one with a clipboard another with his hand on his gun. The police officer spoke first.
"May we come inside to have a chat about earlier events?"
Kirito agrees and leads them to the living room where we sit on the couch and the two stand in front of us.
"We were told that the young girl that died was here earlier, Could you explain why?"
Kirito clears his throat and I just narrow my eyes.
"She came by to give us a gift for congratulating us on our engagement."
I instantly blush at his awful lie and clear my throat as well.
"I uh...I'm going to make some tea haha..."
(Shameless man, Rascal! I'm not even wearing a ring and they will know you're lying the moment they see!)
I walk away to make some tea and after a few minutes, I walk out with a dressing over my left hand that covers my left finger. I set the hot tea down and poor them all a cup of tea.
"Yuki, what happened to your left hand?"
He reaches out touching the bandaged hand.
"Oh it is nothing, I burned my hand while making the hot tea but I am fine."
The officer looks at one another and sigh.
"We are all still in lockdown, please do not leave your property, and...congratulations on your engagement we will be leaving now."
I couldn't help but want to smack Kirito and he could tell by my flustered look and puffed-out cheeks. The officers leave and the moment the door closes behind them I slap Kirito on his arm but he just chuckles.
"Looks like someone is getting embarrassed?"
I look the other way pouting.
"In your dreams, Shameless man..."
Kirito chuckles and smashes his lips onto mine pulling me closer to him, I try to push him away a little but he holds me close.
-Kazuki Pov-
"It's Done master Kazuki."
I couldn't help but feel a bit sad knowing Kana was gone but push my feelings away and smirk coldly.
"Good, What about the tracker?"
My servant shakes his head.
"It's been destroyed, Also Lord has summoned you to the banquet coming up here is your invitation."
He hands me an invitation and I toss it on my table
"Ok, you may leave now."
He leaves without another word and I clench my fist as I look at an old picture of Kana and me on our first date. She smiled and looked happy and I couldn't bring myself to smash the frame so I placed it face down on the table and left the room.
(For the first time in my life...am I feeling regretful?)