"Ok it's time to come out now" The man said to the kids after letting go of Yuri's ears. "Finally, about time" Yuri said letting go of Ryu's ears. They crawled out of the bomb shelter carefully, the man holding onto Sakura on his back, and Yuri giving Ryu a heads up. They were again with a crowd of people but now more calmed down and no more shoving. A couple even helped Yuri get Ryu out of the shelter by taking him out while Yuri held him up. "So" The man said as they were getting out of the bomb shelter. "Where are you kids off to now?" "Not sure really, we should get Sakura to a hospital, but we need to find our mother as well" Yuri said calmly. It was just then that Yuri, Ryu and the man actually saw what was in front of their eyes. Houses collapsed onto the mud. People with missing limbs screaming as people stuck them onto these green carriages, bleeding to death as they travelled, people sitting down near the concrete staring at the floor, eyes looking as dead as anybody else who died that day. Suddenly somebody came running past with a microphone in his hands shouting "All Wounded individuals please head for Hakushima where medics have been deployed, I repeat All Wounded individuals please head for Hakushima where medics have been deployed, thank you" "I think we have our next destination now" Yuri said confidently. "How about you?" He asked the man. "I think I will continue to help you kids, it's only right" The man said smiling. "Ok" Yuri said looking at the man seriously now. "Why are you helping us? Nobody else came to our help when we were on that mud crying over Sakura, so why did you decide to help us?" The man sighed and said, "I knew you were going to ask eventually, alright I guess I should tell you, but not now, the important thing is to head for the hospital" Yuri was about to object but then Ryu said "He's right Yuri, Sakura and our mother is more important right now, mother might be at the hospital you know" Yuri sighed and just walked ahead of everyone else, looking a bit hopeless.

"I think Yuri is a bit mad" Ryu said as they were walking to Hakushima "I'm not surprised, it's strange for people to help each other when it comes to war conditions, people are caring for their own family and not bothering with other people, even best friends sometimes forget about each other in war conditions, only caring for themselves and their loved ones, sometimes not even their loved ones" The man said sadly. "As soon as we get to Hakushima, everything shall be explained fully" The man promised smiling to Ryu. "Come on keep up!" Yuri shouted at Ryu and the man. "Ok Boss!" The man shouted laughing. "Come on Ryu before your brother dies of boredom" The man said funnily, "Yeah" Ryu said, and they both laughed.

They both finally made it to Hakushima after about an hour. The scene in front of them was pretty grotesque, there were more bodies everywhere, some were laid out in rugs still alive but pretty beaten up and groaning, it was obvious the doctors couldn't do much for them, the dead were just piled up in columns all around them stinking and rotten, eyes popped out of some, skin hanging loose from hands reaching out to the sky in desperation, Yuri covered Ryu's eyes again after seeing that and led him away before Ryu could see it, the man just looked at it disgusted and followed him. Sakura had woken up a little bit but wasn't saying much; she might not need medical attention anymore but seeing as they were already there Yuri thought they may as well get her checked up, plus their mother could be in Hakushima as well and Yuri wanted to make sure that she was fine. They headed for the encampment in silence where they looked for somebody to assist them.

"Hey You Three!" Somebody called as they neared the encampment. Suddenly a guy came out of this massive Army green tent near to them and waved at them. "HEYYY!" Yuri called at the guy, "We need assistance!" The man holding Sakura called out. "We have more wounded!" The guy was shouting towards the tent to people that Yuri and the others couldn't see. He was obviously a doctor "It's not too serious!" Yuri was shouting back. "All the same, we need to help anyone who is wounded, now hurry yourselves over here!" The doctor shouted back.

"Hmmm, she's not too wounded just as you said, she has suffered a minor concussion but she should be fine with just a bit of rest" The doctor said smiling. "She's very lucky, many other children her age weren't as lucky as her" the doctor said sighing. "What are your names anyway?" "My name is Yuri, this is Ryu and the girl you just treated is called Sakura" Yuri said a bit more relieved that a proper Doctor had diagnosed her as well. "Oh, so you're her kids then" The doctor said looking a bit surprised. "What do you mean?" Yuri asked getting a bit worried. "Yuri can I speak to you outside please?" The doctor said pointing towards the open. "sure" Yuri said getting up from a spare bed (it had been a while since he got to lay in a proper bed) Yuri was about to say something to the man who helped them but the man spoke before him "Don't worry about it, I'll look after Ryu and Sakura" the man smiled and Yuri headed out with the doctor.

"So what's going on?" Yuri asked. The doctor didn't say anything for a while. Eventually he replied "It's about your mother Yuri, I'm afraid that she's..."