A/n: Hello again, here is the second chapter of The One Left Behind. I look forward to seeing your reviews so don't forget to leave a message for me to read. I'm not sure about an update schedule, so I'll update whenever school allows the time for me to write. :3


While Hiro worked to get Ichigo's head up, Nana, Hachi, and the rest of Squad 13 formed a group hug between them all while rejoicing and joking with each other about Tes' arrival. Tes while being hugged whispered in Nana's ear that when the opportunity arose he needed to talk with her on why he was here, and who the girl with horns looking at him from a window was.

Ichigo after submitting to Hiro's pushing began a slow walk down the pathway to greet her new Stamen, still completely unaware that Hiro had spoken no lies, and it was her best friend from the Garden. As she made it to the rest of the group, her squadmates slowly backed away to give her a clean shot straight towards where Tes was standing still embracing Nana. But as he opened his eyes to look at how his friends had changed, he noticed the slow moving Ichigo with her red rimmed eyes slowly making her way towards him. All he could think about was reuniting with his closest friend. He broke away from Nana and took three brisk steps before pulling Ichigo into a deep and affectionate hug.

Gasping in surprise at the contact Ichigo opened her eyes, only to see the gray of her holder's coat. She quickly pushed away to allow herself a good look at who had grabbed her before freezing in shock at what she saw. The second she pushed back, she felt something was wrong as the comforting arms she had felt around her pulling her in had fallen limp to the taller Parasite's sides. As she looked up for the first time in weeks she saw the pained face of Tes radiating sadness. As quickly as he had come to her, he grabbed his bag and walked past her with a tear dropping onto her hand which she had reached out to grab him.

While passing Hiro, Tes grabbed him by the arm and dragged him back into Mistilteinn swinging the doors shut upon entry. Once behind the closed doors of Mistilteinn Tes had Hiro show him where he would be staying.

At the sound of the doors clicking shut, Ichigo whipped around and began to run towards them in a hopeless attempt to catch Tes before he could get away from her again with Nana and the rest of her squadmates watching her and slowly following behind.

Hiro had already brought Tes to his room by the time he heard the main doors slam open announcing Ichigo's entrance. While Tes began to unpack his few belongings, Hiro went downstairs to tell Ichigo to give him some space while he adjusted to his new life.


"Ichigo, you need to leave him be. It's obvious he's upset you pushed him away, even if you didn't mean it in the way he perceived the action. Right now, all he wants is to unpack his stuff and settle into his new home."

"Okay, I'll let him settle in and get comfortable before making any attempts at talking, but at least tell him I'm sorry and didn't mean it. If we pass each other before that time comes, I'm doing whatever I can to fix things."

As Tes finished unpacking the last of his belongings away, Hiro re-entered his room and told him that it was almost time for dinner and that he should prepare his mind and body for the storm of questions the others were bound to unleash on him. He got a slow nod, and a low response of lead the way.

While walking to the dining area, the still unknown pink haired girl with horns jumped on Hiro calling out "Dar-ling where have you been!" She had apparently been waiting for him to return after seeing who the new Stamen was for Ichigo. Still confused, Tes decided to just include this with the questions he would ask Nana later on.

"So Tes, how well did your head heal? We've all wanted to know ever since we had to leave you in the infirmary."

"What do you mean heal? I've never had a head injury before, if I had, I'm pretty sure I would remember something like that. I don't know how I got the scar on my head, but the doctors never made mention of it so there's probably nothing notable about it except maybe it making me look that much cooler."

"What do you mean what do I mean? You got a fatal injury just before we got deployed. Do you not remember? I'm sure the sight of you laying in your own pool of blood has been ingrained into our memories. How else would you have gotten that scar on your head?"

"Fatal injury or not, I'm fine aren't I." Tes all but growled out. "Aside from my scar, what happened to Goro?" Tes continued with his voice now lowered and calmer The only reason I'm being sent here is because the Delphinium self-destructed with him inside it, or so I've been told. Is that true? Did Goro really blow up to kill a Klaxosaur?"

"I-I'll tell you after we eat, before we head off to sleep, or just have Nana tell you. It would probably be easier for the rest of us if you did."

While Tes and Hiro talked with each other, Zero Two went ahead to ensure she got the first go with the honey she would end up soaking her entire meal in.

Ichigo walked into the dining room and the sight that greeted was an odd one, there was nobody else in the room yet besides Zero Two playing with the honey. It was normal for Zorome or Miku with their love of food to be early for dinner so they wouldn't miss any opportunities for more food to devour.

Deciding against standing in the doorway and blocking Miku and Zorome from entering when they do come, Ichigo went to her normal seat and quietly waited for the rest of her squadmates to arrive. Shortly after her arrival, as expected Miku walked in with Zorome following a few seconds after and they both took their seats with happiness painted all over their features.

A few minutes after Zorome walked in, the rest of Squad 13 entered one by one with Hiro and Tes coming in last still stuck in a conversation. With their entrance, every head swiveled in their direction just brimming with a tsunami of questions they were preparing to unload on the two. But just as the first question's first syllable was echoed, the food was brought out silencing everyone even if just for the shortest period of time.


A/n: First let me start this note off with a thank you to the first two followers of this story, and an even bigger thanks to our first favorite CAD270895. Big thanks to all of you. Also when TOLB is finished should I write an alternate story following the same plotline but instead of Anterograde Amnesia Tes has Retrograde Amnesia? I'll leave a poll on my profile. That was pretty much it, so I'll catch you in the next chapter. :3