hide got out of the car and walked into the temple. He knew the other wouldn't be here...he knew...he looked down to see a note sitting on the altar. He skimmed it, deciding to read it in private later, as he walked out of the temple Hiroshi came running with a newspaper in his grasp yelling "hide! hide! Dir en Grey were just killed in a car accident! but, they didn't find Kaoru...look!" he shoved the newspaper at hide before running back to pick up something he'd dropped. hide stared at the paper...the headlines burning his eyes, DIR EN GREY TRAGIC CAR CRASH, LEAD GUITARIST MISSING! VANISHED INTO THIN AIR! . He clutched at his chest where his heart lay as he got into the backseat of the car and lied down. He put the newspaper on his chest, and hand resting on the picture of the man he'd seen just two days before...he closed his eyes and listened to his own heartbeat get slower and slower and slower until it finally stopped.

Hiroshi bammed on the window "hide! hide?! hide open the door!" without hesitation his brother sped to the hospital, where the docters managed to bring him back from the brink...but barley ..

TBC.