The Six Heaven of Mishna Chapter 3 Kera woke up in the morning to find Reiko practicing 35 feet away from the camp (in forest). She carefully removed Hiroshi's arm away from her waist and quietly stood up. She covered Susaki's cold body and walked over Reiko. Reiko sensed something coming for her and leap in the air, twirled and back down. She turns to face her rival while taking her battle stance. She see's Kera facing her with a grin plastered on her face. Reiko relaxes a little, "What were you trying to do?" she asked a little annoyed. "I wanted to know if you were still fit. Since you didn't hear me sneaking up behind you I thought I would get your attention if I threw something. Your technique you used was a little off Reiko-chan." Kera lost her grin and changed to concern and serious mode. "What's wrong? And don't give me any crap. I want to know, so please be honest with me." Reiko sighed, she knew that tone. It was the "don't give me any bullshit" tone, she knew she couldn't changed the topic either. "Fine lets walk." Reiko suggested. "Reiko-chan....you know you killed a man yesterday...." Kera spoke breaking the silence "Hn, I don't care...he dissevered it. Face it Kera all guys are pigs. They don't deserve anything but...." "REIKO YOU KNOW THATS NOT TRUE!!!!" Kera yelled stopping in her tracks. She looks up at Reiko, "Look Reiko-chan, I know you hate all men except Hiro-chan. But if all men are alike like you said wouldn't Hiro-chan have done what other men have done to you to us? You have to come to your senses Reiko-chan, Please. There are plenty of men that would love you, you just have to try and learn to thrust them. I know it will be hard and I'll be there for you I promise." Kera assured Kera took Reiko in a huge emotional hug. They stood like that for a good three minutes. Reiko broke the hug and looked at Kera 'maybe I'm being to harsh. I should do what she says and relax.... if it doesn't work I'll go back to my ways. "Yatte mimasu, arigatou Kera-chan." Kera smiled at her friend, "No problem. Hey what do you think of Hiroshi's friends?" Kera asked with hearts in her dark lilac eyes. "Kera-chan isn't Hiroshi-kun your boyfriend?" Reiko asked with a sweat drop on her forehead. "What friends?" She snapped her attention towards Kera as she realized what she had said. "What? You mean you didn't see them?" She asked "Well if they were boys then I probably didn't pay attention." She reply "Well they were in the silver and brown armor that looked exactly like Hiro-chan's." She explained them to her. "Oh, you mean them? Yeah they are pre..." She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw an arrow fly towards Kera. "Reiko what's the......Ahhhh!" Kera screamed as she felt the metal part of the arrow impale her shoulder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the campsite Susaki and Hiroshi woke from the ear piercing scream. They automatically shot up from their beds on the ground. "Kera-chan!" They chorus. They both looked at each other with concern sketched on their faces, with one silent move Hiroshi gave they began to run towards the scream. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reiko caught the fallen Kera in her arms. Kera looked shocked with tears of pain running down her face, she couldn't utter a single word because of the pain. "Kera .....Kera can you hear me?.....Ke...." A strong gust of wind blew through them like it was trying to knock them down. Reiko gritted her teeth and tried to steady herself and Kera so they wouldn't fall back, but then a strong gust of wind passed their way. The wind picked them up and threw them backwards.Reiko and Kera crashed into several trees before Kera was slammed into a 8 foot tall rock, denting it. She fell limply on the ground, while Reiko hit the ground a sickning sound was made. She rolled to a stop 20 feet away from Kera. A blast flew towards Kera and hit her dead on. She flew back but to only Slam back into the Rock head first. At the impact the two chop stick shattered and her hair framed her face as she fell down leaving a trail of blood on the rock. Meanwhile Reiko received a powerful blast that some how came from underneath her. She screamed in pain as she was thrown into the air. A hooded figure appeared out of no where and quickly rammed its elbow in Reiko's stomach, she spurt out tricklets of blood. Before she has the chance to hit the ground the mysterious person came underneath her and rammed it's knee in her back. Reiko felt pain shooting from her back and almost pass out. "Ugh..why?" She managed to chock out before She received a kick in the side and flew back with immense speed. Before she hit anything she felt strong arms held her protectively. "Reiko are you all right?" A deep voice asked "Why.....?" She whispered as she slipped into the darkness. "REIKO-CHAN! KERA-CHAN!" Susaki yelled as she and Hiroshi came into view. They saw Koji holding a battered Reiko protectively while trying to wake her up and Satoki battling with the mysterious person that caused the trouble, But they couldn't see Kera anywhere insight. "Where is Kera?" Hiroshi asked panickly as he and Susaki reached Koji and Reiko. "Yea, Reiko's doing just fine, thanks for asking." Koji said alittle pissed off that Hiroshi didn't even ask about Reiko. "I'm sorry." He whispered feeling alittle guilty but still couldn't help feel a fear rising in him for Kera. "Where is Kera?" "I don't know, I didn't....." Koji was cut off when Susaki gasp in horror. They turn to face her and saw tears running down her face as she tried to speak but only came out sobs. They followed her gaze to see a trail of blood on the 8 ft long rock and at the bottom was Kera's body. "Oh my GOD!" Hiroshi whispered and started running towards his love, while the others were behind him. He knelt by Kera's left side and cradled her head, he frantically search for her pulse. "Is she..." Susaki swallowed her tears, "dead?" she finished. Hiroshi shook his head 'no' and looked at Kera's face that showed pain. "But her pulse is weak." He was filled with rage. Someone had dared to harm his love. Attempted to kill her and his best friend. His blood was boiling he was seeing red. He looked up at his friends with his eyes filled with venom, hatred, and a need to kill. Koji and Susaki gasp at what they saw in his eyes. "Hey! A little help would be nice!" Satoki yelled as he was struggling with the hooded figure. Hiroshi set Kera down gently and stood up. A strange green glow shined brightly around him. "What the hell?...." Susaki spoke for herself and Koji as they took a step back, way from Hiroshi in fear and shock. Hiroshi totally ignored them as he walked past them and in to the battle with Satoki and the soon to be dead guy according to Hiroshi. He stopped just two feet away from the fight and Susaki and Koji watch him as he brought his hand up, palm facing the sky. In the middle of his palm, it cuts open and a red snake comes out. The snake snakes around him, "SNAKE OF DESTRUCTION ATTACK!!!" The snake turns into a beam and shoots towards the two unsuspected fighters. Satoki feels a power coming from behind and jumps out of the way immediately the beam passed him and went towards the hooded figure, who jumped in the nick of time and avoided it. They both turned to look at the WAY beyond pissed off Hiroshi in shocked. The figure cursed under his breath as it watch Hiroshi's power awakens. "I see you have awaken your power! To bad it's not going to help much though! I'll be watching you." The hooded figure disappeared right before Hiroshi could attack him again. Hiroshi turned back around and walked over to Kera's body, he picked her up and continue walking towards the camp. "Let's go!" "Could you please carry Reiko back? I don't think I can carry her." Susaki asked with her back facing Koji and her voice low and sad. She couldn't bare to look at her friend's condition. Satoki joined his friend looking at Reiko and then Susaki. "Sure." Koji answered. "Thank you...for everything." She started walking away towards the camp with the guys following her silently. They reached the camp to find it deserted. There was no sign of Kera or Hiroshi. "Hiroshi...Hiroshi-kun!" Susaki called out frantically. 'No, not again. God not again.' She thought. She ran to the tent with the others on her heels. She stopped when she heard Hiroshi's voice. "Kera-chan? If you can hear me...please pull through please. We...I need you to wake up and give me one of your bright smiles saying 'Everything will be all right.'......Kera-chan onegai...Aishiteru.... onegai...wake up." Susaki stood there as she cried silently. 'Kera-chan, Reiko-chan please don't leave me.' She thought. "Susaki-san..." Satoki called out after a while. Susaki turned around to face the boys, and they saw that she was silently crying. Susaki whipped her tears and smiled at them sweetly. "Yes?" "Are you going to be OK?" Satoki asked deeply concern but tried to hide it. "Oh...I'm....OK, I'll be fine." She answered his question with a bright fake smile that seems almost real. "I know your arms must be tired by now, Koji-san. Let's put her down here." Susaki perked up as she walked over to where a deep blood red cloth was spread out. In big black letter was written 'To my precious darling Reiko, I'll always love you. From your mama.' The guys looked at each other concern for Susaki but walked towards her in silence. When they got there they automatically saw the writing on the cloth. "Here, set her down here." Susaki order still in the fake happiness. Koji did what he was told. "Satoki-san, could you go up to the river little down north and get some water, please?" She asked. Satoki nodded, grabbed a bowl and walked away. "Koji-san, could you go to the second tent and get bandages please?" Koji nodded and went away. Once he was gone Susaki collapse to the ground crying. She cried for a long time not sensing that Koji and Satoki had came back and were only standing 10 feet away from her. She placed a hand on Reiko's forehead and her other hand held Reiko's right hand, she checked for the pulse to find a very weak one. Slowly she took her hands away and started to caress Reiko's cheek like a sister would. "What h-happened Reiko-chan? W-why are y-you and K-kera like this? Well, you better not d-die on me, cause if you do....I'll come and get you." Susaki smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at Reiko and swore she was smiling too. "That's right Reiko-chan, keep smiling. Don't worry I'll take care of you." She wiped the blood from Reiko's lips. "Don't worry onee-chan." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Satoki had just came back from the river when he spotted Koji coming out of a tent with bandages. They grouped and walked over to Susaki. They heard her cry for the longest time but neither one wanted to stop her. They heard her speak to Reiko and listened, when she stopped they saw her cradle Reiko's head. "You know it's not nice to sneak up behind someone like that, especially when they pour their hearts out to someone special to them." Susaki spoke softly without looking back. The guys were surprise that she notice them. "H-how did you know?" Satoki asked for both of them. "Thats for me to know and you to find out." Susaki said softly but a hint of anger could be pointed out. "We are sorry for that. Here are the things you asked for." Susaki turned to them and took the bowl and bandage. They watched as she tore off a small part of her skirt off. She damped the cloth in the water and began cleaning Reiko's wounds. "Don't just stand there like that please, you're making me nervous." She spoke without turning to face them. "If you want to help, one of you can help me bandage her wounds while I clean them. The other can give that bowl of soup to Hiroshi, if I know him right he won't come out until Kera's awake." She put the cloth in the bowl of water and bandaged Reiko's head. "Or you can leave. Hiroshi and I are not going anywhere until Reiko-chan and Kera-chan wake up and that could be days. I don't want to feel I forced you to stay...." "You wont because we are staying and there is nothing you can do about it." Satoki said. That made Susaki look up at them and saw Koji nod to confirm what she heard. They could literally see gratitude and joy swim in her eyes. "Thank you! I can't tell you how grateful I am." "No need. Just your smile will do." Satoki said charmingly Susaki could feel herself blush a bright crimson color, and the least bit surprised. Before she could say anything she heard a moan behind her and quickly turned around with hope in her eyes. That quickly sank back in despair as she heard Reiko scream. "NOOOOO!!!" Reiko screamed "WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME? WHY?" She screamed Susaki looked as she was about to cry. She desperately tried to mollify Reiko down. Hiroshi ran out of the tent and towards them. He saw Susaki with tears desperately trying to calm Reiko. He noticed that his friends were still here and that surprised him even more. He scolded himself saying it wasn't the time for that and turn his attention back to the two girls. "What happened? Why is she screaming?" He yelled "I don't know. She just started screaming, 'no! why do you do this to me?' Hiroshi-kun do something!" Susaki yelled panicking "She must be dreaming of her childhood. Satoki go watch over Kera-chan for me, please." He ordered as he knelt by Reiko. "Okay." Satoki ran back to the tent to find Kera bandaged and well taking care of. "Give me cold water." He ordered "Why is she screaming and crying? What's going on?" Koji asked confused. 'How is it possible to cry and scream in unconsciousness.' "Not now Koji-san." Susaki said between her clenched teeth. "NOOOOO!!! WHY!!!!!!!" Reiko screamed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An hour later, they had managed to calm down Reiko. Hiroshi after 5 minutes after Reiko had calm down went back to Kera's side. Susaki still hasn't left the now sleeping Reiko. Koji had went into the wood to gather wood and Satoki was by the fire cooking Rabbit soup. Koji walked out of the forest and over by the fire, he laid the woods down. He looked over his shoulder to where Susaki was and saw her caressing Reiko's cheek as he heard her hum a lullaby. "How is she doing?" He asked Satoki. "Not so good I'm afraid. Reiko-san won't come out of unconsciousness and Susaki-san has not left her side, The same for Kera-san and Hiroshi-kun." Satoki answered his friends question. Koji sighed, 'Reiko, Kera please wake-up.' "Ah....finished." Satoki poured some soup in a bowl and handed it to Koji. "Give that to Hiroshi-kun." Koji nodded, took the bowl and left. Satoki stood up and walked over to Susaki. He knelt down on one knee and looked at the beauty in front of him, secretly admiring her. "Susaki-san the food is ready." He announced in almost a whisper. "No thanks. I'm not hungry." Susaki whispered Satoki frowned in concern with the answer he received. He cupped her chin gentle and turned her face so she would look at him surprised. "A pretty lady like yourself should not starve herself. Come and eat please. If you want to take care of your friend you have to be strong, so please won't you come and eat?" Susaki slowly nodded her had when she realized what Satoki said was true. Satoki smiled and helped her up in the same time he was standing up too. They walked over to where the fire was and saw Koji pour soup in three bowls. Susaki sat down next to the fire and was given a bowl. They drank the soup in silence for a while. "Susaki-san why exactly does Reiko-san hate men? What was her childhood?" Koji asked in a whisper braking the silence that was wrapped around them. Hearing what Koji asked Susaki almost dropped her bowl. Her eyes filled up with tears while she looked at the half full bowl of soup in her hands. "Reiko-chan's childhood was a terrible one. When she was just a child she watched or heard her mother being beating by her father all the time. One day they had a big argument and her father had strangled her mother until she was no longer breathing. 5 years old Reiko had watched the death of her mother. She was scared and hated of her father ever since then. The only thing that she had left of her mother is that cloth she is laying on....At the age of 10, her father began to beat her. Telling her she was useless, a mistake that was never suppose to happen. He would use any kind of insult on her and beat her without mercy. When she turned 13, her father would get drunk and come in to her room at night and he would rape her. Sometimes he would bring his friends....HIS friends and they would rape her while he sat and watched. He threatened that if she said a word he would personally see her dead. She was almost driven insane...when she turned 15 on her birthday her father pushed her down the stairs...I think they had a fight about her running away...she got angry. Her hatred towards her father and all men blinded her, she grabbed a butcher's knife and slit her fathers throat without any hesitation. She stood there watching the knife covered in her fathers blood for minutes, when she realized what she had done she screamed her lungs out then grabbed the cloth her mother gave her and ran out of the house as fast has she could....." Tears where streaming down her face now. she tried to wipe it off but it still came. "She lived on the streets for two years. Those two years were hell on her. She would starve, and she had no money. When things got worst she would be forced to sell her body for money, shelter, or food. One day she walked down the streets, it was raining and she was cold and soaked with nowhere to go....five men came and circled around her so it would be impossible for her to escape. They pinned her down and....and they started raping her. Kera-chan and Hiroshi-kun were getting out of a food store and heard Reiko-chan screaming for some one to help. They decided to help and ran towards her. They got the men off of her an protected her until the men ran away. They helped her and took her in. They took care of her until she was able to get herself back together. A year later I ran way from home, and went to live with them, but I have met Hiroshi-kun and Kera-chan when I was 5 years old. We all took care of each other like we were brother and sisters. After a while we did call each other that. To me and Reiko-chan, Hiroshi-kun is like our big brother. To Kera-chan he's the man of her dreams and vise versa. After all those things that happened to Reiko-chan had a permanent mark on her. She despise all men except for Hiroshi-kun. No matter what we did we couldn't get her to date or have fun with men. In that subject she is evil herself but other wise she is very nice and friendly, someone, you would want to hang out with all the time. She thinks about others and try to help those who needs help except for men. If you two want to be on her good side my suggestion is to watch what you say and do in front of her. And she might be alittle bitchy towards you until you have her trust....but since you saved her life she might not be too cruel to you. She and Kera-chan would have been dead by now...and we are in dept. to you..." Susaki stopped she thought she had heard something. "Suki-chan." a weak voice called from behind. Susaki turned around to see Reiko trying to sit up. She drops the bowl and the soup was scattered on the ground as she scramble to her feet and ran. The guys turn around to see what was happening. They saw Susaki helping Reiko sit up. They stood up hesitantly and walked over to them. "How are you feeling Reiko-chan?" They heard her ask, They stop right in front of them. "I'm fine." Reiko felt pain shooting from her side and wince. "Okay I'm not fi..." Reiko stopped when she saw two pairs of boots in front of them. She knew it wasn't Kera and Hiroshi's. She slowly looked up and saw Koji and Satoki in front of her and she glared dangerously at both of them. "God! If looks could kill."They thought as they swallowed hard. "Reiko-chan! Don't look at them like that! They saved your life and Kera's! You should thank them. They helped you get well too!" Susaki explained Reiko looked at Susaki with a look that said 'does it look like I care'. Susaki getting the message, harden her look that said 'you better say thank you or you'll be sorry.' Reiko knowing she was not in the position and too tired to fight, gave in. She looked back at the men and roughly said thank you, but they could see in her eyes that she didn't mean it and the look she gave them said 'if you touch me you're dead.' She looked inside her cover and saw her clothes on. 'Good!! If they had touched me they would have been eating dirt for the rest of their lives.' She thought. A little voice in her mind said, 'you should be grateful. They saved your life and Kera's. When they could have just left you for dead. You could give them a chance, they wont hurt you.... and if you don't, what would our mother say?' She looked back up at them. Her eyes had soften a little but still hard. "Thank you" She remembered Kera and tried stand up but she fell to her feet. Susaki and Koji help. But when Koji was about to help her she backed away roughly. "Don't worry I won't hurt you. I promised, you can trust me." He said sincerly. But Reiko still pushed back saying she could do it herself. Koji backed away and let her stand up for herself, only to see her fall again but lucky for her he caught her. "You need rest, you are not well enough." "But...Kera...." "Don't worry. Just get some rest and you'll see her in the morning." He laid her down gently while recieving glares from her. "He's right Reiko-chan, you need some sleep." Susaki agreed while Satoki nod his head. Reiko gave up and closed her eyes turning away from them, she quickly fell asleep. Koji took of his cape and covered her shivering body. "I'm going to tell onii-chan the good news, be right back." Susaki ran into the first tent. When she stepped in she saw Hiroshi cry in his hands covering his face as he sat next to Kera's body. A lump appeared in Susaki's throat wanting to be released. She had never saw Hiroshi cry like that, he was always so happy. Few tears fell from her eyes as she took a step back. She couldn't stand to see her friend like that. She ran out of the tent crying. She passed Satoki and Koji and continued running, her legs had carried her to the river. Where she collapsed on her knees crying. She looked in the river and saw her reflection; tears running down her cheeks which were rosy from the running, Her hair was messy. More strands came down framing her face. A tear fell down into the river and scattered her reflection. When the ripples cleared she saw Satoki behind her, she gasped and turned around to meet his concerned face. "Are you all right Susaki-san?" He asked sincerely Susaki suprised him and herself when she ran to him and hugged him. Crying and clinging on to him like he was her life saver in the sea of sadness. He quickly brushed the feeling of and held her, letting her cry it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nexted morning Reiko woke up and stood up silently, she didn't want to wake up the others. She went inside the tent to see Hiroshi's head on Kera's chest sleeping while Kera was staring at the ceiling as she absent mindly stroking Hiroshi's hair softly. Reiko walked in and stopped when she heard Kera talking. "Reiko-chan you're all right, that's great!" She turned to see Reiko sligtly choked and grinnig at the same time. She giggled as Reiko shook her head while walking towards her, with a smile on her face. "How are you feeling?" "Fine except I have a killer headache and my side is giving me hell, you?" Reiko reported My side, chest, and back hurt but other wise I'm fine." Silence took over again. "He stood by my side Reiko-chan. He never left it. It broke my heart when I heard him cry and I couldn't do anything to sooth his pain." She looked at Hiroshi. "I love him." "I know Kera-chan, and I know that he loves you too. That's why he stood by your side." Reiko smiled at her friend, but deep inside she was jealous of them . She thought she was cursed. All her life she had hated and feared men and it was all his fault....ALL HER FATHER'S FAULT. At that thought Reiko began to grow angry but held it in so her friends wouldn't worry for her. 'I'll go deep in the forest and let all my anger out there...later.' "Reiko-chan don't be jealous. You will find your love soon I promised." Kera looked at her shocked friend and smiled. She knew Reiko never expected something like that. "Kera-chan...I....let me go get you something to eat." She changed the subject and ran out of the tent. "Don't worry Reiko-chan. Koji-kun will take care of you. I promise." Kera said silently. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Reiko stepped out of the tent she saw Koji placing a blanket on the shivering form of Susaki. She saw the care he showed. She slowly walked up to the fire where the pot of warm soup was above it, so she would not get his attention. When she reached the pot she did not realize she was very close to the fire because she was looking at Koji taking care of the people who were sleeping. She bend down more and her left hand touched the fire for way to long. She cried in pain and backed away from the fire cradling her left hand. Koji turns around when he heard a cry of pain and he saw Reiko cradle her hand as tears ran down her cheeks. He ran towards her and knelt by her side. He reached for her but she roughly backed away from him. Koji looked into her blazing almost red eyes. He could see anger, hatred and fear in them but he still sweetly smiled at her. This reaction made Reiko alittle shocked but she did not show it. "Reiko-san, I won't hurt you. You have my word, please let me help you." "Your word means nothing to me. I don't need your help!" She spat. Koji frown slightly at her harsh respond, 'Why is she so scared of me? I told her I wouldn't hurt her and I meant it.' Reiko and Koji just stared at each other for the longest time, until Reiko realized she was still hurting and needed to clean it before it got worst. She looked at her hand and cringed at what she saw. Her skin was peeling, blood and a clear liquid ran down her arm and she could see her skin was scotched under her blood. She grimace again before she looked up into caring and gentle eyes. She was alittle suprised that he showed such emotions to her. She was half expecting him to be angry and yell at her for being rude, but here he was looking at her with such care that it scared her. She saw him reached for her good hand, she stayed put. Something in her told her to stay put but she didn't know what. "Let's go to the river, so we could wash the wound." He suggested as they both stood up. He grabbed bandages in the second tent and they walked in silence. They reached the river, Reiko stopped a few feet away from the river while Koji continues to walk towards it. He sat down and gestured for her to sit next to him. Reiko stood there for a few minutes until she slowly did what she was instructed. "Put your hand in the water." Reiko looked at him with her expression clearly writing on her face; 'you got to be kidding.' Seeing this Koji chuckled, "No Reiko, I'm not joking. The water won't bit." Reiko feeling a little embarrassed blushed a little and scolded herself. She slowly reached for the water and once she slightly touched it, she immediately took it back. "It's freezing." She whispered Koji smiled a little and gently took her wounded hand, "It's okay." He said as he felt her tense up. He gently lower her hand to the water but stop when she barely touched it. He felt her shiver and smiled, 'So she hates cold water.' He took his free hand and scooped up some water and pour it on her hand. He repeats this gesture as gently as he could until the wound was clean. He changed position and sat facing her. He took out the bandage he brought from the tent and gently bandaged her hand, so he wont hurt her. Reiko looked at Koji as he bandage her hand. 'He is so gentle. I never knew a man that treats me like this not even Hiroshi. I should thank him. Maybe I was wrong about all men.' She thought "There done." Koji looked at Reiko to catch her looking at him. He smiled at her charmingly. Reiko being caught staring blushed a little and looked down at her bandaged arm and smiled. 'What is this feeling I feel? I never felt like this before. Is....is it because of him? But how? I only known him since last night.' Reiko stared at him and notice he was looking back at her."Thank you Koji-san." She whispered "Anything for a pretty lady." Reiko's cheek blushed a bright crimson color. 'Is it love?...REIKO GET A GRIP!!! you hate men!!! You can't fall in love!!!........" One part of her yelled. 'WHY?!!! WHY can't I fall in love? Kera did why can't I?" The other side yelled back 'Cause men CAN'T BE TRUSTED!!!' 'I just want some one to LOVE me.' Reiko kept all her emotions in so not to make a fool of herself. Seeing Reiko blush pleased him immensely. He now knew that she no longer feared or despised him. That she was beginning to trust him. But he had no idea of what she was thinking. "Oh no!" Reiko jumped up "What is it?" Koji asked concerned and stood up as well "I forgot about Kera, I was suppose to get her some soup." "You mean she's awake?" Reiko nodded her head. "Then let's go!" Koji said They ran back to the camp to find everyone gathered around the fire. Susaki was pacing around while Satoki watched her. Kera was in Hiroshi's arms drinking a bowl of soup. Reiko sighed in relief as she walked towards them with Koji behind her. "Reiko-chan where have you been? You scared the daylights out of us!!!" Susaki yelled as she turned to see Reiko and Koji. "How do you guys do that?" Koji asked suprised. Reiko smirked, "We have our ways." Everyone turned to see Koji suprised and Reiko slightly smirking at his reaction. They noticed Reiko's left hand bandaged. "Reiko-chan what happened to your hand?" Susaki asked for everyone. "Oh...this...I got clumsy....it's nothing to worry about." She answered as she sat down next to Susaki and Kera. While Koji sat with Satoki. "Now for the next question...What happened to you and Kera?" Susaki asked Hiroshi felt Kera tense up when Susaki asked the question and looked at Reiko to see her do the same thing. "We don't know." Kera answer. "It all happened so fast." "All I know is, I was training and Kera came and we talked about something while we were walking deeper in the forest so we wouldn't wake Hiroshi and Susaki up." "What were you talking about?" Satoki asked but bit his lip when he saw her tense up again and knew it was something to do with her past. "About my childhood." She whispered. "The next thing I know was an arrow coming right for Kera-chan. It was to late to do anything, the arrow pierced her shoulder and she fell. I caught her before she hit the ground. A powerful wind hit us from nowhere and threw us apart." "We crashed in many trees. I was slammed into a huge rock, I fell and couldn't move. I heard Reiko-chan scream my name worriedly for my safety as she herself was hurled back and landed hard on the ground and rolled 20 ft way from me." "I saw a blast head for Kera-chan, I wanted to help her, to move her out of the way but my body didn't allow me to move, I couldn't even speak because of the pain. I watched helplessly as another blasted hit Kera and threw her back on the rock. Her head made contact first. When She dropped to the ground I saw a trail of blood." "Everything went black, I couldn't see but I could hear." "A blast from underneath me blasted me in the air and out of no where a hooded figure appeared on my left side. It rammed it's elbow in my stomach and sent me flying back down. Before I hit the ground the hooded person came behind me and kneed me in the back. Then I received a powerful kick in my side and it send me back with incredible speed. I thought for one I was going to die, but the next thing I know someone caught me and I was held in strong arms before I black out." "Thats all we know." Kera finished. Silence in wrapped around them until Koji broke it. " Do you know who would do that?" "No, I don't know. But I have a feeling it was connected with the earlier attack we had." Kera answered "What attack?" Satoki asked "We were attacked in the city we met you with ice circles or whatever." Susaki answered Hiroshi took out a piece of paper and handed it to Susaki. "It also left a message, It reads: I'll be watching you so watch your backs!" "That's strange. We were attacked too and it left us a note too." Koji took out the paper. "Next time it won't be this easy. Watch your backs cause I'll be watching you. PS Two friends while die soon." Reiko and Kera froze when they heard the last part. They were suppose to die. They couldn't believe someone would kill them, but after the two attacks they knew someone was after them. "S...so you mean...mean that Reiko-chan and I were suppose to die?" Kera whispered before she lost it. "But WHY? We never did anything to no one that would make them try to kill us!" Hiroshi held her tighter and closer. She calmed down soon enough. "You were probably picked first because you were unprepared." Koji suggested. "THAT'S BULLSHIT!!!" Reiko exploded scaring everyone, she had kept everything in and no longer could keep it in. "Hiroshi-kun and Susaki-chan were more vulnerable and less prepared BECAUSE they were sleeping at the time!!!" Reiko spoke with so much venom it send chills down everyone's spine. "We don't know what the HELL is going on!!! Or why we are HUNTED like animals. All we know is that SOMEONE is trying to kill us for no FUCKING REASON!!!" She looked down at her hands as she whispered in a low voice that nobody could hear her, "It's happening again." She clinched her hands into a fist and stood up. She ran away from them. But before Reiko ran away Susaki and Kera saw tears in her eyes. Kera looked at Susaki and saw that she nodded her head for her to follow Reiko. Kera nodded slightly so the others wont know what was going on. Kera stood up and was about to follow Reiko when Hiroshi grabbed her hand and pulled her back down. "Hiroshi, let go of me!!!" She yelled. "No Kera, She needs to be alone for a while. She's confused and needs to think, you'll only cause more confusion." Hiroshi spoke firmly "But Rei-chan..." "RA-CHAN, let her be. She'll come back when she is calm." Kera sighed she knew it was hopeless to change his mind now. She could tell that he was worried as much as she and Susaki were. "Reiko-chan" She said 'I'm so sorry.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Up in heaven an angel sat on a cloud. "Poor Reiko-sama." "I know," an echoed voice answered back. "Kera has to get Reiko-sama to thrust again before anything could be restored or hopefully they remember everything before the enemy takes over. If one doesn't trust or love then it would be futile and all the hardship we have done would be for nothing and they would be helpless to the up coming danger." "But Hiroshi-kun already been given his power." "Yes that's true. But he does not have all his powers. They all have powers in each of them but it isn't enough to beat the enemy." "When would they get them?" "Within a week." The voice started to fade. "Watched them Midi." "I will." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yatte mimasu= I'll try Arigatou= Thank you Aishiteru= I love you Onegai= Please Onii-chan= Older brother Onee-chan= Older sister So what did you think? Email me people! EMAIL ME!!! LOL Bai!