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P.S. (If you read this chapter already from The Bleached Inu, the story line may be a little different than before, I added some more in here too!)

-XHitsuKarinX316X

Broken Memories

I sat at the kitchen table, spooning cereal into my mouth and reading the morning paper. The same old news sat before me, a death, a robbery, a house fire. As I read, I suddenly realized how sad and negative the morning paper usually was.

"Morning Karin." Ichigo said behind me. I turned in my seat. Ichigo rubbed his eye with one hand and poured cereal with the other into a red bowl.

"Hey. You woke up late slacker." I said, giving him a sarcastic look.

"Unlike you, I don't wake up at five in the morning on a Saturday." He said, giving me the same face back.

"Whatever." I shot back playfully. I turned back to my cereal, which had grown mushy and warm. I ignored my soggy cereal and moved onto a corner of buttered toast and a glass of chilled orange juice. "What are you going to do today, Ichi-nii?" I asked.

"I'm probably going to do the same old thing. Go somewhere with Keigo or something like that." He said casually. "You?"

"I was invited to go to the soccer field with some friends." I stood up, finishing my orange juice in a hurry. I walked to the sink and poured out the contents of my cereal and then dumped my dishes into the sink.

"Do you want me to drive you?" he offered.

"Nah. I'll ride my bike. Thanks though Ichigo." I said thankfully.

"Okay." I exited the kitchen and then walked up to the front door. I slipped on my tennis shoes and turned the doorknob. I grabbed my bike out from the side of the house and got on.

"Karin." I stopped.

"Yeah?" Ichigo stood behind me, holding a helmet.

"forgetting something?" he asked expectantly, throwing the helmet at me.

"Thanks Ichi-nii." I said, catching it and buckling the strap beneath my chin. "See you at sunset!" I said, riding down the road.

The sun shone in my eyes as I passed the shortcut to the park. I exited the shortcut and turned a sharp left, going out onto the road. I made sure that there weren't any cars coming towards me and rode out into the middle of the street. This street was usually fairly empty, and hardly anyone used it, so I figured I was pretty safe.

The buckle on my helmet began to pinch my chin, so I unbuckled it, pushing the dangerous warnings to the back of my head. I could see the park from where I was on the hill. I began to pedal towards it, down the slope. I went faster and faster until I was sure that if I tried to break, I would most likely flip over.

I waved to my friends waiting by the big oak tree with a soccer ball. They all waved in my direction, shouting and screaming. They're excited to see me. I thought to myself. One of my friends began to point behind me, and curious, I looked backwards. A car was coming dangerously fast towards me.

I tried to swerve out of the way, but I was going too fast. I wobbled on my bike until I acted without thinking. I slammed on my breaks, hard. My bike skidded and then began to tip. I hit the ground, skidding and rolling down the steep hill. I heard the car begin to squeal and screech and then heard a horn honk.

Something heavy rolled over my right arm, and I felt a sickening crunch. I was still rolling, and I could feel my skin being torn apart by road rash. I felt myself roll to one side, and then I felt myself rolling even faster. I tried to put my arms out in front of me, but because my right arm was useless, I couldn't stop myself. I tried to scream, but it caught in my throat. My head banged into something solid, and my world began to swim. I saw was faces crowed around me. I didn't know these people. I thought that I knew them, but their faces were too unrecognizable.

I heard their voices, and for one split second I thought that I knew them, but as hard as I tried, the memory slipped away. The voices were strange and distant, bouncing in my head and shaking my body to the core. They were yelling my name, but too scared and shaken to respond, I kept my mouth shut. A dull pain began to throb in my body, and one by one, the faces began to disappear. New faces entered my vision.

I hope y'all liked my story! Please review so I can know if I should add the next chapter. I know… my first fanfiction probably isn't the best, but if there's anything that I can do to improve my fanfiction, I would love to hear your comments.