A loud bang... the sound of breaking bones... blood spitting in all directions... screams... honking cars...
Keigo Asano's body hit the ground so hard that Ichigo almost start to puke. It was so cruel. He screamed but he was unable to move nor to help him. So he laid there... in the darkness the headlights of the delivery-van, that just hit Keigo, seemed to be the only light now. There he was, in a pool of blood, with open eyes and mouth.
Ichigo screamed, but he couldn't hear himself. It was like someone turned off his voice. People arrived around the corpse and used thier smartphones to post the dead body online. Ichigo became so mad, he wanted to scream on them to call for an ambulance or to leave. Darkness surrounded him, than he could see him...
He stood over his dead body. His chain of fate ripped off and disappeared. He looked down and start to scream desperately.
"AGHHHH... I AM DEAD!" Keigo Asano screamed before he saw Ichigo standing in front of him.
Ichigo tried to reach him, but he was unable to move. Instead, he was fading away.
"Look what you have done to me! Isn't it enough that you abused me, outcasted and than offended me?" Keigo's ghost ranted. He seemed to grow, his hairs and his skin slowly became grey...
"Keigo, I didn't want this!" Ichigo screamed, but his voice was so quiet that he wasn't able to hear himself.
"I told you to leave us alone!" Keigo screamed before he used a fire-extinguisher again, to spray Ichigo. „Leave us alone!"
"KEIGO!" Ichigo was able to scream normally again, while he was surrounded by the white fog of the fire-extinguisher. Confused he looked for Keigo, but he was gone and Ichigo realized that he start to fall... He felt threw the white fog into nothing and screamed...
He also screamed when he finally woke up...
He was bathed in sweat and his heath was racing. Ichigo needed a few seconds before he realized that he was in his bedroom. He had it again. The same nightmare as every night since this horrible evening. It was around a week ago. Three days ago was the funeral. And three days ago, they returned to thier house in Karakura, too. Orihime was sleeping deep and strong, since she had to take a sleeping-pill. So she didn't mention Ichigo, leaving the room.
The house was in a terrible condition. After thier exposure, angry protestors threw stones through the windows. They burglarised, sprayed graffitis on the walls. Some of them even threw molotov-cocktails. Later the police sectioned off everything around the house. But it always rained in threw the broken windows. The furniture was totally destroyed. Walls and floors were wet and full of mold. They will need weeks, or even months before the clinic and the living-area were reconstructed. They recieved many help from the Soul Society. Friends helped them. Thier bedroom and Kazui's room were the only rooms that were already ready. But Kazui would spend the next few days in the house of his friend Yupa, till the rest of the house is habitable again.
Ichigo went down the stairs to and went into the kitchen to clean of the sweat of his body. The bathroom wasn't ready yet. But they had running water in the half-ready kitchen. While he used a wet flannel to clean his face, Ichigo start to think about the last months.
Even if all humans forgot that the Shinigami exists, Ichigo knew now how they think about them. People he thought that they are friends (or at least sympathetic) became enemys. Friends, who stood by them, were dead or distraught. Orihime was now afraid off the neigbours and even off her friends. She knew now how they thought about her. Ichigo didn't know how to face other people. The only one, who seemed to deal with all this mess normally was Kazui, who had his friend Yupa. Yupa, a human boy who was very excited about the Shinigami and who remained Kazui's only friend after Kurosaki-Gate. Kazui was realy sad about Keigo's death. He tried to help him but it was finally useless. Everyone thought, that a gax-explosion was the reason for the damages in thier house.
Keigo seemed to become a case of 'celebrity becomes a drug-addict'. Keigos drug-abuse and his two suicide-attemps became public. And now the press and the social media made a big deal of it. Ichigo was realy angry because that.
Curiously he looked at the tablet, located on the table in the living-room. It beeped, so there were news. Ichigo used a towel to dry his face and went to the tablet to read the latest news. He was expecting some new lies about Keigo, but it was something positively. 'Late Seiyuu and actor Keigo Asano bequeaths all his possesions and fortune to foundation caring for abused and mistreated children.' Ichigo smiled. It was wonderful and a great act from Keigo, after everyhting Keigo had to endure...
Ichigo opened Wikipedia. Keigo's wikipedia page was much longer than before his death. A photo of Keigo, wearing a suit and smiling friendly was appearing. It was taken at the 2014 Kobe Animation. Ichigo start to read the page:
'Keigo Asano, born April First 1986 in Naruki-shi, died September Seventh 2015* in Minato, was a Japanese Seiyuu and actor... Early years: Asano was born as the second child in the family... his parents were sucessfull buisiness-people, leaving thier children alone very often. Asano called his childhood 'uncared'. His older sister, was extremely violent and abusive and beated him regulary. His parenty, who were submusive to all the violence in the family only fighted with him. Due to his violent background and the fact that he had almost no contact to other relatives (because his parents denied him), Asano got a hard crisis, he tried to solve with sedatives and pain-killers.'
Ichigo never liked Mizuho. He was not surprised that the youth-welcare-office took her son into a foster-family. Keigo arranged that before and told it in his 'horrorinterview'. And Keigo's parents always blamed others for thier failures as usual. Ichigo understood why Keigo was always so affectionate and looked for attention.
'Even in school and other places Asano was regullary victim of violence. Asano told once in an Interview to be 'stalked by bullys'. Due to his expiriences, Asano had no friends.'
That was a lie, Ichigo thought. They were friends. But he understood his former classmates and knew why everyone thought that they only saw a nuisance in Keigo. He was sure that one of them wrote this sentence.
'After graduating from high-school, Asano was thrown out of his apartment by his sister. Without shelter, money and friends and without any support from relatives, Asano finally broke with his family, cut off any contact with his former classmates and moved to central Tokyo. Career: After moving to Tokyo, Asano lived for a few months as a homeless in Tokyo. Living from small bad paid jobs. Relatives denied any support.'
This was one of the reasons, the Asano's had a realy bad reputation now.
'In early autum 2005 got a permanent employment as a cleaning person for a service company, working for the TV-network Tokyo-One. Asano was mentioned thier due to his high and versatile and was asked to join a casting for the childrens-channel ToKids. In December 2005 Asano became a permanent employment as Seiyuu and spokesperson for commercial breaks. Later he joined the cast of various Anime-serises for children.'
That was one of the reasons nobody realy realized what Keigo was doing. Even if they had still a little bit contact that time. Keigo was working for a channel, that was only watched by little children. Ichigo skipped several lines about Keigo later dubbing foreign-language movies.
'...in 2011 Keigo Asano was acting for the first time, when he appeared in the commercial for an airline. He had several other appearences in commercials before the joined the cast of the sucessful Japanese crime series 'Crime-Lab-Tokyo' as the untwisted lab-assistant. In 2013 Asano left the cast for a short time to start a therapy. After that he joined the cast again.'
2013, Ichigo thought. That was the last time he met Keigo. It was when he came here to see Chad's fight and the same day, they realized that it was realy Keigo's voice, that was sounding from TV all time.
'Asano became one of the most sucessful and most wanted Seiyuu's in Japan. He also appeared more often in TV as an actor. In 2015 he joined the cast of his first theatrical movie. The action-movie 'Terror is the fate' Asano appears in a supporting role as an airport-employee, who is pulled into a conspirancy. The launch of the movie was delayed for unknown reasons for several times and is now supossed for September 2016. Psychological Problems and fall: On the peak of his career, Asano suffered a mental breakdown. Due to his long time drug-abuse and his violent past, Asano fall ill and got a psychosis...'
Ichigo became sad. Now followed everything, he was responsible for.
'...on June 27 2015, Keigo Asano tried to attempt suicide in a hotel-room in Okinawa, by drinking a cocktail of medicine. His manager at that time, Shino Midori and a house-keeper found him in time an Asano was send to hospital. Asano spend to weeks in coma, but officially a pneumonia was announced as the reason for his disappearence. A new therapy was started after, but without sucess. His relationship with his on-off-girlfriend and Seiyuu-coleague Akira Fukuota broke off. Scandal and death: In the night from Sepember 01 to September 02 Asano once again tried to kill himself in his penthouse in Minato. His attempt was not sucessful. On September 03, Asano was visited by the sister of a former classmate. She and her boyfriend commited suicide in his appartment, together.'
At least Yuzu's name disappeared. It was part of the new memories, the people got. But he didn't like the version that Hanataro Yamada was mentioned as Yuzu's boyfriend.
'It is proven that the young woman called the police because of an planned rampage in Handeda (see main-page Haneda-Rampage 2015). The hitman stole the guns of two police-inspectors after they were poisioned by a vegetable-soup spiked with sedatives. The hitman, the ex-boyfriend of Asano's ex-girlfriend, tried to kill the woman that evening. Asano was able to stop the rampage, but was hardly injured. He suffered a skull contusion and injuries in his face. In the early hours of September 04, Asano was arrested because of the death people in his penthouse and was send to the Tokyo-south-penitentiary. There he suffered heavy hallucinations, talking to ghosts. Even talking to the ghost of a warden, killed several months ago. Right before his release, on September 07, during an interview about the Haneda-rampage Asano suffered a dangerously epileptical-attack. The incident was aired live in TV. After his attack, Asano confesed all the violence he recieved by his family and fellow classmates. After a short check-up in a nearby hospital Asano was realeased and went home alone. Several hours later, Asano had another panical-attack and screamed on people who were not there. Insanely, Asano fled out off his apartment and was hit by a delivery-van in front of the building. Asano was killed immediately. The funeral took place at September 10 on the Karakura cemetery. His death is still investigated...'
Ichigo became realy ruminative. He felt like the biggest idiot. Keigo was going to be forgotten and going to become one of these 'drug-addict-actors-who-failed-in-thier-lives'. There was an own page for the Haneda-rampage... but Ichigo didn't want to read more sad things. So he switched of the tablet and looked outside. The sun was going to rise shortly, so it wouldn't make sense to go to bed again. So he lift of and start to continue painting the walls...
Ichigo didn't know that Makoto Hirabata, the famous news-announcer, was sitting in the editorial office of the channel and was watching some documents curiously.
Something didn't fit. Something was different. She knew about Keigo's drug-problem long before, but it was under control, so why he freaked out so much. It was like the whole world was turned upside-down within one day. She felt it. So she checked everything again. And even found something... a hint. A really interesting fact in Keigo's autopsy-report. She was very excited when she took the phone to call the channel director.
Of course he wasn't realy happy to be waked up at half past five in the morning.
"If the studio is not on fire, I hope you have a realy good reason to call me at this time." he said angrilly and left his bedroom to not to wake up his wife. „So, I listen!"
"It's about Asano! I checked some documents and I..."
"Keigo Asano? Keigo Asano died in a traffic-accident! There is nothing to check. It's so clear: He was on drugs, and ran in front of a car in full noise!" the channel director said mad. "Why do you think that there is something wrong."
"Because I found following intresting facts..."
Makoto explained everything as short but also as detailed as possible. Her boss wasn't mad anymore.
"Really?"
"Yes! You see, that needs some more investigations. The public attention will be realy big!"
"Take whatever you need..." her director murmured and gave is approvement for her investigations.
Neither Ichigo, nor Makoto knew that right in this moment... Kaneda Ochi and his companion Sosuke Tsubaya entered a forest in the 79. district in the Rukongai. Armed with a net, a bag and two ropes. Thier target: A lost soul.
"So... What exactly are we doing here?" Tsubaya asked. His homicide was solved by Keigo, when he was in prison and now his soul was in Soul Society after beeing 'buried' by Kaneda.
"I explained you thousand times." Kaneda whispered annoyed. "We catch him, put him into the bag and bring him to the academy!"
"But... That's false imprisoment!"
"You said, that you want to thank him for solving your homicide-case. And you said that you want to retaliate that I took your soul out of this prison and brought you here. Believe me, taking him into the academy, is the best you can do for him."
"I really don't remember the most of it!" Tsubaya murmured. After his Soul-Burial, he really forgot the most of his live. But he recognized Kaneda. After Keigo's death, Kaneda went to the prison, made the Konzo and found him in the Rukongai to use him for his plan.
"Be quiet. Look, there he is!" Kaneda hissed and pointed on a person in the forest.
Keigo Asano wasn't himself anymore, after he died and his soul passed to Soul Society. Dirty, scruffy and neglected he sat in his brown Kimono in the mud and ate grass like an animal standing on the meadow. Without any memory about himself and about everything he was able to do. A realy disgusting view. It was one more reason to end this. Kaneda knew that Keigo was immune against Kidou, so he had to go the hard way. So he took a branch of a tree... and knocked Keigo out...
Keigo faded away immediately and landed in the mud. Kaneda and his companion tied him up and put him into the bag.
"I am so Sorry, Keigo. But it's for your best..." Kaneda murmured, while he start to carry him away. "In the academy, they will teach you how to talk again. And after that you... ughh... maybe we should wash you before we sign you up there... you smell like a construction site toilet."
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Third part of the trillogy.
*Authors note: The year is mentioned with 2015, because the Manga was launched in 2001. So if everyone was 15 years old in that year, everyone is born in 1986 or 1985.
