Two reviews hm? Well, that's not so bad. Though I did have my hopes up just a little. Ah well, the whole point is just to make you readers happy, right? So I shouldn't be whining or anything I guess. Anyway, here's the next chapter for all of you. Hope you like it and lets get this chapter rolling!
Chapter Two:
The Tasks of a Substitute
Ichigo gave a sigh as the morning rays hit her eyes and woke her from her content sleep. Her ears barely caught the loud shout of-
"WAKE UP, ICHIGO!"
The redhead was able to leap from bed just in time as her father came charging down on her. In a quick swoop, she pinned her dad to the floor with her hand palming harshly on the older man's face, a scowl on her face.
"The hell was that! What kind of a dad attacks his own daughter!" she yelled, annoyed beyond hell. Though, this was a thing her dad did nearly every day so there was no surprise. The male Kurosaki groaned in pain.
"I guess you've learned so much already, Ichigo. My little girl's growing up." he muttered in a fatherly way. Ichigo's scowl faded and she backed off, her mind reeling in on what happened last night.
"H-Hold on. What about Karin and Yuzu? And our house?" she asked. The older man raised a brow.
"You mean that truck that rammed the wall last night? Left a mess, I know. I'm just glad that you and the girls are OK." he said. Ichigo clutched her bangs and looked at the floor, her mind spinning.
'Truck? Wasn't it that monster or whatever that guy was talking about? What was his name, Rika or Riku or something? I don't know but all this stuff still is a little insane. He said something about souls and Hallows and a lot of other weird stuff… But now that I think about it, maybe it was a dream or something, and a truck did hit the house last night. But that still doesn't explain why none of us woke up to it,' Ichigo shook her head with closed eyes. 'Ugh, this is too much. I'm thinking too hard on this crap.' she thought.
"Daddy! Big sister! Come down to eat!" called Yuzu from downstairs. The both of them got up and headed downstairs, Ichigo still mulling over her thoughts.
"Hey, Ichigo. Heard your house got rammed by a truck. You alright?" asked a boy around Ichigo's age as she made it to class. The fifteen-year-old shrugged nonchalantly as she, the brunet who called her, and two other students gathered around her desk. These were the people who were what Ichigo would classified as, 'good-enough-and-not-even-close-to-jackasses.'
"I'm good. My dad was at work and me and my sisters were, uh… Out of the house, so to speak. So no one got hurt. We just need to clean up a bit, replace the wall, and paint over things." said Ichigo. A girl with short black hair and onyx-black eyes smiled.
"Good to hear, Ichigo." she said politely. Ichigo shrugged.
"Thanks, Mizuki. But I know it's gonna take a long time to fix up the hole in the wall." she said.
"Want me to help out?" asked the deep voice of the last member of the group. He stood tall and bulky with wavy dark brown hair that covered his eyes, his feature being sharp and Hispanic. Ichigo looked at him with a nervous chuckle.
"Eh… Thanks but no thanks, Chad." she said. The other shrugged, going silent again. Ichigo stood and stretched. "I think I'll hit the water fountain before class starts. Be back in a while!" she called as she ran out thee door. She jogged for a bit before she turned a corner and a hand grabbed hers. On instinct, the brown-eyed teen turned and swung her fist, getting the guy in the throat.
"Ouch! Hey, it's me!" snapped Riku, rubbing his sore neck that was reddening from the attack. Ichigo's surprised looked turned into her usual scowl.
"What the hell are you doing here!" she said harshly, since there was no one in the hallways. Riku fixed his hair and gave her a cool look.
"Looking for you. I had no where else to go so I had to use this gigai." he replied. Ichigo leaned on a locker with her arms crossed with one eyebrow raised.
"What do you mean you got no where else to go? Don't you have that Soul Society place or whatever? And just what the heck is a gigai?" she asked. Riku pointed to his chest.
"First of all, this is a gigai. A fake body I can use to stay intact with this world. Second," Riku looked down at that ground with a mad frown on his lips. "I can't go back to the Soul Society because I am no longer a Soul Reaper. You are. Till I get my powers back, it's up to you to protect this world from Hallows and do the tasks of a Soul Reaper." he muttered. Ichigo pushed off the lockers and scowled.
"Like hell I'll do that! I beat that Hallow only to protect my family, nothing more. I'm not gonna be a Soul Reaper just to save people I don't know, so you can forget it!" she snapped. Riku glared back.
"You can't just say no!" he yelled. Ichigo spun her heel and shot a scowl over her shoulder.
"Watch me." she challenged as she began to walk away. She barely made it two feel when something shoved right at her back, a cold feeling sinking into her skin, making her blood run cold. Ichigo yelped as she fell face-first on the ground. Propping up on her arms, she gasped as she saw that she had changed into her Soul Reaper clothes and she saw… Well, herself, lying motionless on the ground.
"What the hell! What did you do to me!" yelled the berry-named girl, gasping as Riku grabbed her hand and yanked her into running, making her sneak past the gates and the two of them running all the way to the park of the city. When the two made it there, they could already see a spider-like Hallow chasing after the spirit of a little boy.
"I've got word from the Soul Society that this Hallow has been terrorizing the spirits of this park. It has proven to be troublesome." said Riku, crossing his arms. Ichigo made a grab for her sword when Riku's hand stopped her, a glare on his face. "And just what do you think you're doing? I thought you said you weren't going to save people you don't know. And if you are choosing to be a Soul Reaper, then you shouldn't be concerned over every distressed soul you see. What's with the sudden change of heart?" he asked harshly with narrowed eyes. Ichigo looked back to the little boy, something flashing in her brown eyes.
"That doesn't mean I won't save the kid!" she yelled as she pried her hand out of the once-Soul Reaper's and pulled out her zanpakuto, running and leaping in the air with a mighty slash. The creature backed off and licked it's wounded lips like a dog, hissing at Ichigo as she took a step back. The ghost boy gave a chocked sob and he ran toward the redhead, wrapping his arms around Ichigo's leg and sobbing into her black robes. Not even flitching at feeling the solid form of the boy, Ichigo lightly petted his head in a consoling manner. Riku only gaped at her as the Hallow got back on it's feet, pawing at the earth to charge again. Ichigo turned her head and sneered at the blackette.
"And what's your excuse? You didn't seem to care that I was just a common soul when that Hallow attacked me and my family last night." she muttered. Riku bit the inside of his cheek but still kept his glare on.
"That's completely different." he muttered back. Ichigo spared a smirk just as the Hallow took charge to ram her. Just before it could snap it's jaws, Ichigo rounded her weapon and struck the Hallow with the blade, the creature obliterating with Ichigo not looking back at all.
"Well, then that's just it, isn't it? That's the reason between me helping this kid and becoming a Soul Reaper. I don't fallow the rules you Soul Reapers fallow. I am different." she said seriously. Riku couldn't speak. He had no idea why. He didn't even make a sound as Ichigo stamped the ghost boy with permission to pass on, a fluttering raven flying to the sky as she did so. Ichigo sheathed her katana and walked pass Riku, not speaking at all so that she could go and reclaim her body.
Ichigo sighed as she took her seat at her desk a few days later at Lunch. So far, she hadn't seen Riku since the last Hallow attack and she could say that she was glad he finally got that she didn't want to be some Soul Reaper. Running her fingers from her still shower-damp hair, Ichigo's eyes wandered to the door and she decided to take a walk. Picking up her school bag, the redhead walked out of the room and walked down the hallway. She paused and noticed a tired-looking girl with dark orange hair and dark gray eyes.
"Something up, Inoue ?" Ichigo asked the girl. Orihime Inoue looked up and smiled slightly at other orangette.
"Oh, I'm fine, Kurosaki-san. I just… Didn't get enough sleep is all. I better get going." she said as she quickly bowed her head and walked away, her footwork in a almost staggering way.
'That's weird. Inoue is usually a happy person. Maybe she's sick? Nah, she never gets sick. Something's up.' thought the female Kurosaki as she continued to walk down the hallway.
"Hey, Ichigo! Lets have some lunch with the others!" called Mizuki from down the hall.
"Yeah, sure." said Ichigo as she fallowed Mizuki to the top of the school's roof, where Chad and their other friend, Kiego, were already opening up their bentos. Ichigo noticed the bandages Chad was sporting.
"What happened to you, Chad? Got in a scrap?" she asked as she sat down with Mizuki. She then saw the white cockatoo sitting in a cage next to her bulky friend.
"And what's up with the bird?" she asked as she opened her bento.
"Got hit by a beamer… Someone…" there was an extremely long pause. "…Gave it to me." said Chad in a calm monotone, pointing to the little bird.
"Hello, my name is Yuichi Shibata. Nice to meet you all." chirped the bird.
"Whoa! That's so damn cool! Say my name next! Kiego, Kay-goh." starched out Kiego, grinning at the bird. Ichigo blinked at the bird in bewilderment, never actually seeing a bird say a complete sentence.
"That's an impressive bird, Sado-san." the four of them snapped their necks over to see Riku standing there, dressed in his school uniform and a juice box in hand.
"Oh, good morning, Riku." said Mizuki with a smile. Riku nodded back and he took a seat next to Ichigo, the fiery redhead shooting a questioning look with knitted brows.
"I won't bother you with the subject anymore." said Riku as he looked at his drink. Ichigo quirked one her eyebrows.
"You swear?" she asked. Riku simply nodded as he shook the carton in his hand a bit before holding it out to the substitute Soul Reaper.
"How do you open this? Is there some kind of sealed compartment or password?" he asked. Ichigo shook her head with her trademark look of annoyance back on her face.
"I swear you act like a five-year-old." she muttered as she plucked off the attached straw and poked the sharp end through the foil-sealed hole. She then handed it back to Riku, who gave a small thanks.
"You seem to be very close to these people." said the black-haired teen as he sipped on his drink.
"Yeah. We've know each other for a while. I've known Mizuki and Kiego for a year and a half. Mizuki was some new girl and Kiego was a skirt-chaser, he still is one. And I've known Chad since the eight grade. Damn," Ichigo looked to the sky and stared at the clouds for a while. "It's been that long already, hm? Since then…" her voice trailed off before she noticed Riku staring at her expectantly. She sighed. "You want the story, huh?" she asked with a little irritableness.
"You don't have to say if you don't want to." said Riku, even though he was curious. Ichigo shrugged and she looked to her friends, who were talking with the bird.
"It's fine. Let's see… It goes like this.
(Flashback, three years ago)
"Because I of my red hair, it caused me a lot of trouble. Thugs and retards would come and try to beat the crap out of me. It wasn't so bad. Most of the jackasses out there were pretty weak. But I got into one scrap where I was out numbered. These guys were hell-bent on making me look like crap. And because I was a girl, they wanted to dent my pride more."
A twelve-year-old Ichigo barely gave a yelp as one of the thugs was brutally socking her face, her jawbone snapping in different directions and blood bleeding from her gums. The guy in front of her, an afro-wearing man with iron knuckles, grabbed her by her hair and shoved her up the alley wall.
"Say, boys! Why don't we get missy here some fun out of this! What do you say, rat face? Wanna fuck?" he sneered as he grabbed the front of her shirt to tear it off.
"But it was a good thing Chad came at the right time."
A cinder block was suddenly thrown in the air and hit the man square in the head. He howled with pain and dropped Ichigo, the latter spiting out blood and staring at the scene with a confused/mad look as Chad took the punches the thugs were giving him. No matter how hard the blow, the tall Mexican stood statute-still, as if he couldn't feel the pain.
And for one of the very few times of her life, Ichigo felt a feeling of respect.
"And that's how I met Chad. Every since then, I've known that Chad never fights back. Not once. He's an odd guy, I'll admit that, but he's a cool guy at heart. If there's one thing I know about Chad, it's that he'll never hurt anything."
(End of Flashback)
It was now mid-evening as Ichigo walked into her family's clinic. Her eyes widen as she saw her little sisters run around the clinic, dressed in little nurses.
"Uh, hey? What's going on?" she asked. Yuzu paused with a clipboard in her arms.
"There was an accident at the corner of Maple St. A few people got hurt so daddy's calling for the hospital for some over-night rooms." explained one of the two twins. Ichigo nodded and she walked over to Isshin's office, said man was arguing with the local hospital via phone.
"Hey, dad. Anything I can do to help?" she asked, knowing a thing or two about healing injuries. Her father shook his head with a glare.
"No, no, no! First of all, you'll just get carried away. Second, I had no time to get you a little uniform like Karin and Yuzu's. So just sit in fetal position and stay on the ground." he growled as he ran out of the room. Ichigo grounded her teeth as steam fumed in her ears. She could have help if her dad gave her a chance. Didn't he even know about the good grades she got in Health Class? And what was with those stupid nurse outfits? Seriously, her dad could be a pedophile if he wanted to.
"Whoa! This guy is the most beat up! Ichigo, come here and help him onto the table!" yelled Isshin from the other room.
'Oh, so now you want my help?' thought Ichigo sarcastically. Nonetheless, the fighter with light freckles on her cheeks ran to the other room, gasping as she saw it was Chad. Carefully as she could, she helped her tall friend onto the medical table, noticing the bird cage in his hands. A sudden surge of spiritual pressure went through her veins and Karin caught her eyes, feeling the same pressure her older sister had.
After a few minutes later, Isshin had Chad on the table, treating a huge scar that was still marred and bleeding, it's shape in a almost paw-like print, with huge claw marks to match. The black-haired man let out a long whistle as he applied the antiseptic.
"Damn, this is something else, young man. I suggest you take it easy for a few weeks, alright?" he asked. Chad suddenly got up and shrugged on his shirt.
"I'm fine. Thank you for-" he barely even made one more word as he suddenly fell to the floor, most likely from exhaustion. As Karin and Yuzu helped him up, Ichigo knew that the mark on her friend's back was something more then a accident. It was Hollow's work.
The next morning, Ichigo got up and did her usual routine of getting ready for the day. Walking into the kitchen, the redhead smiled slightly at Yuzu as the hazel-haired girl prepared breakfast.
"Morning, big sister." said the happy little girl as she served the food.
"Morning. Hey, where's Karin?" asked the elder sister. Yuzu gave a worried look.
"She said she wasn't feeling well, so she's still asleep." she said. Ichigo stirred the eggs on her plate for a while.
"Karin, sick? Since when are those two words used in the same sentence?" she asked, just as her father burst into the room.
"Ichigo! Chad's gone! He left his room!" he exclaimed. With widen eyes, Ichigo hopped from her seat and ran to the door.
"I'll go look for him!" she yelled as she ran out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
Sprinting a for a good yards, Ichigo made a turn and Riku met her there, his own worried look on his face.
"Riku, do you have any idea where Chad is?" asked Ichigo as the two ran together. The shorter of the two shook his head frantically.
"No, and there's no word from the Soul Society either. He just has to be around he somewhere." he said. Ichigo noticed his bird-like hair style and something in her mind clicked.
"Wait, I bet Chad took that bird he had with him. Let me see if I can sense it's spiritual energy." said the carrot-top as she closed her eyes and looked into her conscious.
'There's no way anyone can detect a spiritual energy that low. But maybe-' Riku was cut of by her thoughts when Ichigo's eyes shot open and she made a quick grab for a liquid and almost-transparent ribbon that hovered in the air. With narrowed eyes, Ichigo chased after it and she started running down the other way.
"This way! Come on!" yelled the female. With a bewilder look, Riku chased after her, trying to catch up with her long sprinting legs.
"You sensed it?" asked the blackette as the two ran through the streets, cutting through allies and taking corners.
"Yeah, but I felt something weird, too. Like there's three other pressures around them. It makes no sense." mumbled Ichigo as she held onto the ribbon. Riku knotted his eyebrows and then he came to a quick halt when he spotted someone turning the corner near them.
"Hey, isn't that your sister?" he asked as the black-haired Kurosaki spotted the orange-haired Kurosaki. Karin gave a breathy cough and she almost looked helplessly to her sister.
"Big sis-" her eyes suddenly rolled to the back of her head and she fell forward. In an instant, Ichigo caught her little sister and touched the back of her hands to Karin's forehead, drawing it back as she felt the warm and sweaty skin.
"Damn, what happened to you?" she asked the unconscious girl. Riku walked over and looked back at the temporary Soul Reaper.
"Take your sister home. I'll find Sado-san." he said. Ichigo stood up with her sister in her arms and she shook her head.
"No way. You still don't have your powers back. You'll get killed if there's a Hollow over there." she said. Riku still held a cool look.
"That doesn't matter. It's still my job to protect those from Hollows. Just take care of your sister, I'll be fine." he said seriously. Ichigo opened to argue but Karin gave a quiet moan of pain. Feeling pity in her heart, the big sister looked at Riku again before sighing and nodding.
"Fine. Just… Be careful, alright?" she asked. Riku nodded and with a spin of his heel, he ran after the nearly invisible ribbon. Lowering her eyes, Ichigo carried Karin bridal-style as she ran in the direction of their home. As the eldest of the Kurosaki children ran, Karin stirred in her arms.
"Ichi… Ichigo…" whispered Karin painfully, a pained look on her face. Ichigo looked down at her sister and gave a reassuring look.
"Hang on, Karin. Let me get you home." she said. What happened next bashed out all the surprises Ichigo had today. Karin's eyes opened weakly and a trickle of water ran down her cheek. Ichigo nearly tripped and she stopped running, looking at her little sister with wide eyes.
For the first time since Karin was a baby, the unthinkable happened. Karin was crying.
"Ichigo," whispered the dark-haired girl, turning her head and closing her eyes to prevent her tears from escaping. "There's a… A spirit of a little boy in the bird. He… Saw what happened to his mother… He saw her get killed…" she chocked as the water rushed down her cheeks. She coughed slightly before continuing. "Please… Help him, big sis… If you don't… He… He…" Karin gave another raspy breath before falling to sleep again. Ichigo stood there as the wind ruffled her hair.
"Karin…" she whispered, a sudden sadness weighing on her heart.
'Sh… Shit… Who'd though it would be… Two Hollows…?' Riku thought to himself as he crouched lowly and glared at the two twisted looking creatures with anger. One was long and willow-like, a mane of brown fur around his neck and holding a knocked-out Orihime in it's grasp. Riku was surprised and wondered just how the heck the creature had caught her in a only a few short hours.
The second Hallow was larger and orangutan-like, a long tongue snaking out of it's mouth. The second Hollow chuckled at him.
"Hello, human. You seem good enough to eat. Would you mind if you let me and my friend take a bite out of you?" it asked teasingly, snapping it's jaws with it's tongue licking it's lips. Riku scowled and charged forward. Crackling, the Hollow raised it's clawed hands and swiped at the once Soul Reaper, who narrowly missed the attack. Rolling to his side, the raven-haired boy's eyes widen as the first Hollow charged at him, only to be stopped by a massive punch. Riku's eyes widen more.
"Sado-san!" he exclaimed as Chad landed on his feet, cracking his knuckles.
"New kid… Tell me where the enemy is…" said Chad in his calm and serious demeanor. Riku blinked for a second before seeing the Hollows come at them again.
"Right at us! Twelve o' clock!" he exclaimed. With amazing strength, Chad grabbed a lone block of thick wood and swung it straight, getting the two Hollows and catching Orihime. The first Hollow gave a his.
"Give her back! She is of my blood!" he yelled as he charged.
"Right on your left!" yelled Riku warningly. Chad swung his weapon and got the demon right in the nose. The creature gave a hiss and his pal charged past him, suddenly sprouting wings from it's back and soaring high into the air. Riku clenched his teeth.
"It's no good. The first Hollow was a Whole who's soul was disturbed and the second is called Screecher, a very powerful Hallow." he muttered. Screecher chuckled darkly and expanded it's wings, tiny leech-like creatures spouting from it and surrounding the two males.
"Correct, human. This Hollow here is one we found, lost and ready for it's first soul to munch on, while I was assigned to look over him and make sure he get what he was searching for." he chuckled. There was a serious of clicks and the Hollow looked to his side, howling with laughter as three of his leech creatures had Chad's cockatoo in their grasp.
"No…" mumbled Chad, his eyes turning clouded. Screecher chuckled again.
"That's right. We have bird-boy here. And unless you want him dead, you better do as we say." it said. The bird looked at them sadly.
"Please don't hurt them." he whispered. The Hollow laughed a dry laugh.
"No way in hell, kid. You know our deal. Just keep out of this and you'll get your mommy back." it sneered, looking back to the two men. " So why don't you two come quietly and become our next meal?" it asked, licking with it's long tongue. It's head was suddenly greeted by a foot as a round-house kick came and flew him to on opposite wall.
"Shut it, you bastard." muttered Ichigo, being the one who gave the kick. She looked to Riku and sighed. "Geez, I was right, you act and fight like a five-year-old." she muttered, walking over to Riku and helping him up. Giving a serious look, she said, " I'll handle me handle this. Today… I saw Karin cry. I don't want that to happen again." she muttered. Nodding with shock, Riku took his hand back and palmed Ichigo in the stomach, the latter's body falling to the ground and the Soul Reaper ready with her trusty katana.
The redhead turned and shot a glare and the two. "Fuck-tards like you… Make me sick. It's one thing to go after souls, but it's another thing when you put people I care about on the line." she muttered. She looked to the first Hollow. "If you care so much about her," she jerked her head in Orihime's direction, "then why attack? She's your blood, you gotta protect her, retard! And you," she shot dagger-like eyes at Screecher. "Lying to a kid about bring back their dead mom is the worst thing you could ever say!" she yelled, wielding out he weapon and charging. In a flash, she swung her bade and cut of the monster's tongue. Screecher hissed and yowled.
"You… You sliced off my tongue!" he yelled as his wounded mouth bled. Ichigo smirked and balanced her zanpakuto on her shoulder.
"Damn right I did. And now, it's time to slice off the rest of you!" she yelled. With great speed and agility, she leapt on walls on roofs, slugging her sword at the Hollow before the monster could miss it. She caught it across the face and in an instant, the monster was wounded. The ground suddenly gave a tremor-like shake and something dug out of the ground.
Large red doors with skeletons as handles came out of the ground, the doors opening as purple light and smoke swirled out of it. Giant metal chains shoot out of it and wrapped themselves around Screecher. The creature of soullessness gave a bellow as it was dragged into the doors. Ichigo barely gave a notice as she looked to the last Hollow and turned her blade to the handle.
"You, like Riku said, you're just a Whole. So let my purify you!" she yelled as she stamped the handle at the creature. It's ragged skin dusted and cleared away as the form of a boy with brown hair was now where it stood. Ichigo instantly recognized him.
"You're Orihime's brother, Sora. You died a while back, right?" she asked. Sora nodded and gave a grateful smile.
"Yes. I was so worried about my sister. But now, I can be at rest, knowing that she has a great friend like you to protect her. Thank you, Kurosaki Ichigo." he said as he was enveloped in a light blue light. In his place, a small raven flew away, chirping as it went. Ichigo sighed and turned to Riku and Chad, glad to see they were alright. She then walked to her larger friend and looked at Yuichi.
"It's time for you to pass on." she said. The bird looked down.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you all. I just… Really wanted to see my mama." he whispered. Something flashed in Ichigo's eyes before she gave a clam look.
"It's not your fault. You're just a kid. But hey, look on the bright side. We're all alright and when you pass over, you can see your parents." she said. The bird perked up a little and looked to Chad.
"Hey, Chad? Thank you, for everything." he said. Chad looked at the bird and gave a nod. He then paused and looked to the ground.
"Yuichi… When it's my time to pass… Can we talk like we use to?" he asked. As Ichigo stamped the now-ghost boy's head, he nodded, smiling.
"Definitely. Be seeing you." he said with a small wave as his from changed into a little black raven and flew into the sky. Ichigo walked over to her fallen body and she changed back into her human form, looking at Chad.
"Hey, Chad. You gonna be OK?" she asked. Chad looked up and nodded, standing up and cracking the tendons in his neck.
"Yes… Gotta go…" a very long pause. "… See you around, Ichigo…" he said, turning and walking away.
"Can we trust him not to say anything?" asked Riku. Ichigo nodded and cracked her knuckles.
"Yeah, Chad knows that there are some things in this world that shouldn't be said. And Riku?… I'll do it." she said. Riku looked at her before his eyes widen in with understanding.
"Are you serious? You'll do it?" he asked, a grin nearly on his lips. Ichigo turned to him with narrowed eyes and a firm nod.
"Yeah. But as soon as you get your powers back, it's done. I'm only doing this for the ones I care about, alright? Starting today, I'm a substitute."
Meanwhile, back at the Kurosaki home, Karin let out a tiny smile in her sleep.
"Thanks… Big sis…"
TO BE CONTINUED
Ta-da! The second chapter is done! I know a lot of things were changed but hey, that's how you get a story like this to work, you gotta make it work in the way you can. I feel like I should have added some more time with Orihime but I personally think the story went well without her as much since Ichigo is a girl. Don't me wrong, Orihime is sweet and all but I personally think she's not too smart in common sense. Now, I hope you will all be kind enough to review, that's what keeps this story alive. See you all later!
This is me saying, Peace!
