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Chapter IV - Kiss me, sunlights –

"Kusanagi-san! A great smile stretched across his face, as he saw her running towards him. Damn, she looked good with that short, yellow dress! She just fitted all the sunflowers around them. Suddenly that strange cold crept across the landscape again and a shady figure appeared behind her. Kusanagi's eyes widened. "Yuzuriha!!!!!!"

"Yuzuriha..." He felt a soft fur at his left cheek, as he tried to open his eyes. "Inuki?" He smiled at the tail-wagging puppy, then noticed the red- haired woman standing beside his bed. Karen-san, was what Yuzuriha had called her. "Don't worry. I am a Dragon of Heaven, but I won't hurt you. My name is Karen Kasumi. You're badly hurt, you know. Actually, Yuzuriha wanted to look after you, although she should rest a bit herself, but after ten hours of constantly worried hand-holding she just fell asleep."

Kusanagi turned to look at Yuzuriha, who was still holding his hands, her head next to his right arm. "What about her?" "Huh?" "I mean..." Kusanagi's voice had a sad undertone. "I hope her injuries aren't that bad." "I don't think so." Karen tried to smile a bit at that. "She has two deeper wounds, one at her shoulder and one at the back of her head, but that's nice compared with your ones. The rest are just scratches." A slight feeling of motion at his hand made Karen's smile turn into a grin. "I guess, I should leave you two alone now."

She blinked a bit, as she tried to open her eyes. Those white rooms and their glaring light were just horrible. "Hey... Missy..." Her eyes widened, slowly filling up with tears, as she looked up to his smiling face. "Kusanagi-san!" He felt her cold tears on his neck, as she threw herself against him, and put his right arm around her fragile frame, gently pulling her closer to his body. He couldn't believe, they had both survived the battle and were now hugging each other. It just seemed like a dream or something like that. "Hey Missy, remember what I told you?" Yuzuriha looked puzzled, slowly raising to take another look at his wonderful, dark eyes, reflecting her tearful face... "Oh! Oh, you're right." She wiped away her tears, quickly, finally repeating his smile. "Better this way?" "Much better..."

A pleasant shiver ran down her spine, as their lips touched, while his right hand was slowly stroking her black hair. When the kiss ended, an evil grin crept across his lips. "What a pity I can't use my second hand..." Their hearty laughter broke the frightening silence of the room, joined by Inuki's happy barking. Yuzuriha took a moment to breath, then looked at Kusanagi again. "You don't have to..." A second affectionate lip-lock brought back the silence, this time ended by Yuzuriha, who was visibly worried looking at Kusanagi again. "Hey, Missy, what's up? Did I... uh... do anything wrong?" "No, you didn't." She giggled. "But I know you're tired, I can see it in your eyes." "Missy..." She put a finger on his lips, blocking whatever he wanted to say. "Let's deal with our longed-for-lip- lock later on."

'Longed-for... that really was the right expression.' Kusanagi thought, as he agreed with her, giving his girl a kiss on the head she had laid on his chest, before he fell asleep. Almost the same thought filled Yuzuriha's mind, as she cuddled up to the soldier. Whatever destiny had planned for them – together they would survive it. The wheel of fortune may have been constantly rotating, but they would choose the direction.

Fin

So, I hope you liked that. Special thanks to my first reviewer kawaii! I only write a sequel if you guys want me to, because I'm already doing two other German X-Fanfictions beside this one. h.e.a.l.