Ichigo waited for Nanao at the intersection. It had been 3 weeks since they had started dating. He had been waiting for 20 minutes and was getting worried. He began walking in the direction of her house. After about five minutes of walking he saw something that caused his eyes to go wide in shock and panic. The sight before him gave him the gut wrenching thought that Nanao was in immense danger. He could see smoke in the direction of Nanao's house. He sprinted as fast as he could toward the smoke, so fast that he quickly ran out of breath, but he kept running. His worried thought became a living hell when he saw Nanao's house was burning.

He didn't take the time to call the fire department, he just let the pure panic take over and busted down the door. He searched the house frantically and saw Nanao unconcious on the floor. He scooped her up in his arms and ran for the door. He laid her down on the ground and slapped her awake "Nanao! Nanao!" he kept yelling her name until she woke up. "Ichigo?" she answered, he sighed in relief. "Ichigo, where are my mom and dad?" she asked in a painful and tired voice. He looked over to the building and ran back in to search for them. He found them both in their bedroom, her dad was unconcious and her mom was holding on to him but was badly burned. He helped her dad up first because her mom insisted, and brought him out to the front yard. He laid him down and made one last trip for her mom. When he got to her he was feeling dizzy. It was probably from breathing in so much smoke. He picked her up and made a quick run for the door, he was becoming more and more dizzy and light-headed by the second. He finally made it to the door and put her on the ground. He quickly became dizzy and collapsed on the ground.

Ichigo awoke in a bed. He saw someone sitting next to him in a chair. "You're awake. Good." she said. "Where am I?" he asked "You're at the hospital." she answered. Ichigo couldn't remember much other than being surrounded by fire and smoke. "What happened?" He asked "You and three others were found unconcious in front of a burning house. The girl said that you pulled her and her parents from the building and risked your life to save theirs." she explained. His memories came flowing back, he remembered running in and out of the building to save Nanao's family. Suddenly he had to ask "Are they okay?" the woman had a worried look on here face. "Well, the girl only suffered minor burns and a broken arm. But her parents are both in critical condition. They suffered from extreme carbon dioxide poisoning. You suffered from minor carbon dioxide poisoning. You and the girl should be fine, but her parents..." the last sentence sent another thought to his mind. "I failed her." he thought to himself.

Soon after, Ichigo's dad and sisters came to visit. They showed their releif that he was okay, and then scolded him for being so wreckless. The entire time he just ignored them. The only thing that went through his mind was "I failed her".

He couldn't forgive himself for not being able to reach them in time. The only thing he could do now was wait and hope that they would be alright.

A few hours later he started eves droppng on the nurses. He heard them talking about Nanao and learned that she had been sent to his house on his dad's offer to rest. Later he heard the reports for Nanao's parents getting worse and worse. He was prevented from listening when the nurse came in for his breathing excercises. He learned that her name was Isane Kotetsu. He listened more and then heard the tragic news. Ken Ise and Sakura Ise were dead. "I've failed her."