Here's chapter 7

"What the hell are…y-you looking at!" Harima slur at a man walking by. He was drunk walking down the street with a bottle in his hand. For the past two weeks he was ether fighting or drunk. The fact the Tenma was with Karasuma was too much to bear sober. When he was drunk he could care less about anything.

The only person at this point who was trying to find him was Sarah. She would after school walk around and hope she would come across him. He wasn't answering his phone and Itoko didn't know where he was. But Sarah would try…

"If…I wasn't…d-drunk…I could have easily kick…your…ass!" Harima says trying to stand up. His face was bruised and swollen. He had picked a fight with a group of men in an ally and because he was drunk he had no coordination. The group of men laughed and just walked away.

Harima fell back down and just laid there "Please…just let me die right here…" he said checking to see if there was any beer left in the bottle next to him. Harima felt that his life had no meaning anymore.

"Hey are you ok?" a voice said behind him. Harima couldn't really move to see who it was; his body didn't want to move. Then he felt someone's soft hands sit him up against the wall. Harima looked at this person…he didn't know who she was. But he had seen her somewhere before…he thought maybe the same school. He was too drunk to tell, he was seeing three of her.

"Hey can you hear me?" the girl said again.

"Yeah…I can hear you…I've seen you somewhere…what's your name?" Harima said. Maybe it was the beer talking but he felt strangely attracted to this person.

"My name…its Eri…wait here I'm going to get help." Eri tried to go but Harima grab her wrist.

"No…that's a bad idea…I don't have a good record with…cops…I'm fine…just a little beat up that's all." He slur out

The only reason Eri didn't recognize him was because his sunglasses were broken and his face was all swollen. "Well…at least let me fix you up a bit…" she said taking a small first aid kit out her school bag.

Normally would never help a random drunk person, but like him, she felt that she had seen him somewhere. "Who is this person…I've seen him somewhere…hmmm he's drunk and beaten up…that sounds like someone I've heard of…damn it who is this?" Eri thought. She wipes some of the dry blood away and put patches where ever they were needed.

"I've seen you somewhere to…What's your name?" Eri asked.

Harima turned his head "I'm nobody…With without a future…Nothing left to live for…" he says starting cry.

"Well…I don't think I'm going to get a name out of him…ugh…well I've seen him somewhere." Eri left it at that.

"I don't think that true…I mean everyone has a future…you just got to move along…I've done what I can. So I'll leave you now…I don't think this means much to you but could you clean yourself up." With that Eri got up and walked away.

"Clean myself up? For what?" Harima said to himself.

"Harima!"

Ok there was a voice Harima knew, he soon found Sarah in front of him. "Hey…w-what's up buddy of my haha." Harima said feeling jolly all of sudden. Sarah had a mixed look of anger and sadness.

"You freaking jerk! If your that depress you could of talk to me you big headed idiot!" Sarah yells at him trying not to cry.

"haha your head is still to small…" Harima laughed.

Sarah wiped a tear away and cracks a smile "Come on…I'm taking you home." She says picking him up. They started walking out of the ally "Man you really let yourself go your freaking heavy!" Sarah laughed.

"Did you get smaller Sarah? I remember you being taller." Harima said back. Sarah wondered for a moment if he understood how much she meant to him at this point. Their friendship was something that she couldn't explain. It was different from the one she had with Yakumo. But it was something special. She brought him back to Itoko's place. Itoko wasn't too happy to see Harima but she put on an act for Sarah sake. They put him in his room and let him rest. Sarah took out her cell phone and called Yakumo. She told her that she found Harima and how bad he was. Yakumo then told Tenma who wanted to talk to Harima but he disappeared before she had the chance.

So Tenma and Yakumo left for Itoko's place.

Harima was fast asleep in his bed…well actually he was passed out.

"What are you going to say to him sis?" Yakumo asked as they were coming up to Itoko apartment.

Tenma had a sad look on "well…I don't know…whatever comes to mind I guess." She said.

They reached Itoko's place and were let in by Itoko and joined Sarah in Harima's room. "Hi Sarah…how is it going?" Yakumo asked

Sarah smiled "better now…that I know he's ok." She says standing up.

"Could I have a moment alone with him…I need to get something off my chest." Tenma said.

Yakumo and Sarah left the room.

"uhhhhh my head…what happened?" Harima thought waking up and touching his head.

"You're awake?" a voice said.

"Ugh…I wish I wasn't…wait." Harima turned his head and saw Tenma sitting next to the bed. His first reaction was to run…but his muscles were tight and his head hurt. "Sorry I'm asleep!" Harima yelled turning around facing the wall. "When did Tenma get here? What is she doing here!" Harima was already sweating like crazy and his heart was racing.

"Harima! At least listen to me." Tenma said trying to shake him awake.

"AH crap! What do I do? The girl I love is trying to talk to me…I don't think I can face her." Harima's thoughts were racing on what to do.

"We need to talk about…the letter." She said.

Harima at that point decide to face this like a man. He sat up "Ok…" he said very red.

Tenma turned a bit red "Harima listen…I'm sorry for mistaking Karasuma for writing your letter…And I'm sorry that…I don't feel the same way…" she looked away.

"You're a good guy Harima…and I don't want you to go anywhere…ok?" Tenma smiled.

Harima let this all sink in. "I…I…don't know if I can go on…" Harima wanted to cry.

Tenma went in and hugged him "don't worry big guy, I'll always still be your friend." She says patting him on the back.

Harima felt warm and good from Tenma's hug…but there was still the fact that they would never be together. Could he ever recover from this?

4 weeks later

Things seem to return to normal after the talk between Tenma and Harima…well at least that's how it looked on the outside. Harima was still hurting on the inside…but he did find an outlet that was better than drinking or fighting. He started draw manga. His first story had to do with his most recent turn around. When the girl Era, Eir or something like that helped him out. He could not remember Eri's name all he could remember was her voice. Harima was putting his life story into his work.

Of course there was stuff added and names change to make sure no one could trace it back to him. He took it to Dankosha to see if he could get a spot in Zinegama. They liked it very much…harima got a spot in the weekly and depending on the reviews, they would give him a call to work for them.

But right now he was preparing for the review, the Manga came out today. Harima got a copy in advance. He wanted to know what Sarah thoughts on it. She didn't know his manga.

"Hey Sarah could you read this and tell me what you think?" Harima asks innocently holding out the manga.

"Umm…yeah I guess." She said taking the book.

It was about 20 pages with a lot of dialog. Sarah kept trading looks between Harima and the manga "Why is she doing that?" he thought.

She finished "Let me guess…you drew this didn't you?" she said.

Harima was shocked "What! How the hell did you find that out?" he yelled.

"Well first of all…that character so looks like you down to the eye brows. This character looks like Tenma because of the pigtails. And that character is me…I think…" she Sarah taking a closer look.

"Ahh crap! Do you think Tenma will find out?" he said in a panic.

"Well…maybe…but as long as she doesn't know about this you should be fine."

In Classroom 2C

"Hey girls check out this Manga! It has an amazing story!" Tenma yells running with the book.

"Alright let's see this story." Mikoto said.

They all read it but when it got to Eri she couldn't help but think it sound all familiar. The Dark cave, the beaten drunk kid who loss his will to live. Then the girl that helped him had the same name as her (Harima forgot Eri's name and thought he used a different name instead of her real name)…and had the same hair style.

"So what do you think Eri? You have the same name as the girl in the story." Tenma said.

Eri smiled "It was ok…reminds me of something that happened to me once."

Eri was pretty sure that was her "Well…looks like he listened to me and cleaned up…at least he made me look pretty haha." Eri blushed a bit.

"Who the hell is that guy? I've seen him somewhere before!"

END OF PART 7