"What's the story, Dad?"

"Unreal. He has a weak set of lungs, a weakened heart, it's a miracle this guy is even alive." Zenou heard voices as he began to awake up. He saw he was in a place that looked like a hospital room and he was lying in a bed. He looked to the side and saw Yuzu with her father, Isshin. Yuzu looked and saw he was awake.

"You're awake!" Yuzu said.

"What is this? Where am I?" Zenou asked.

"My family's clinic." Yuzu said. "I saw you passed out and I had to carry you all the way here. You seem to be in pretty bad shape." Zenou tried to think back. The memory was faint, but it was there.

…

Flashback

"Hey!" Yuzu called out as she tried to get him to wake up. "Can you hear me? What's wrong?" He wasn't moving and he was taking shallow breaths. Yuzu had to act fast and luckily her family clinic was closer than a hospital. She placed his arm over her shoulder and used all of her strength and tried to carry him all the way there.

End of Flashback

…

"I think we should take you to a hospital." Yuzu said.

"My daughter is right. You shouldn't even be moving around so much." Isshin said. "I'll call a hospital to get you checked in and try to get in contact with your folks."

"You're wasting your time." Zenou said as he sat up. "I don't need a hospital. It can't even help me. I've been living with this illness since the day I was born."

"And you're still living with it? You shouldn't be alive in your condition." Isshin said. "Yuzu, keep an eye on him." He left the two alone and Zenou tried to leave.

"What are you doing? You shouldn't be moving?" Yuzu said.

"There isn't anything you or anyone can do to help me." Zenou said.

"There might be. You need to get some rest." Yuzu said.

"Why would you help me?" Zenou said.

"Why? It's because I just couldn't leave you there. You could have died if I hadn't done something to help you." Yuzu said.

"But you don't even know me." Zenou said.

"I don't need to. It's just the right thing to do." Yuzu said, but Zenou still wasn't understanding. Riesin raised him to think normal humans were like insects that don't even deserve to be in the same presence as they are.

"I still don't understand. What could have made you do something like that?" Zenou said.

"It's just being kind." Yuzu said.

"Being kind?" Zenou said. All of it sounded foreign to Zenou. He hasn't had much interaction with normal humans so he doesn't understand kindness from them when he hasn't received it.

…

Orihime

"The senkaimon won't open?" Orihime questioned. Ichigo and Rukia called the others together at Orihime's apartment and informed them what has happened.

"I tried opening it myself, but it won't come." Renji said. "It's strange. Something like this hasn't happened before."

"And until we detect what could have caused this phenomenon, it might not be safe to travel to the Soul Society." Rukia said.

"Strange. What could have caused it?" Karin said.

"You wouldn't happen to know anything about this, would you?" Uryu said as he looked to Misha who was acting nervous. "You seem to be hiding something."

"That's because she shy around people, Uryu." Chad corrected.

"I….I think….I might know." Misha said. "It could have been…Lord Riesin's doing. He holds the ability to travel through dimensions."

"Even to the Soul Society without a senkaimon?!" Rukia said and Misha nodded her head. "This is bad. If he destroyed the senkaimon, the Thirteen Court Guard Squads might not be able to come and help us."

"That is until Kisuke does something. He might be able to get the connection reestablished." Renji said.

"Why would Riesin go to the Soul Society?" Chad asked.

"Even Misha doesn't know what Riesin is up to. Anything could happen now." Orihime said. All of them tried to figure out what Riesin was playing at, but their thoughts were interrupted by Ichigo's phone.

"Problem?" Karin said as Ichigo took out his phone.

"It's just Yuzu. She wants me to pick up some medicine. We've got a sick patient at the clinic." Ichigo said. "We should probably head home anyway. The sun will set soon."

"I'll come with you. Perhaps I can try to help." Orihime said. "Uryu, Chad, Renji, could you stay here with Misha. I hate to leave her alone and she could need some friends."

"You want us to watch her?" Renji said to be clear. He wasn't too sure about that since Misha started out being on the same side as the enemy.

"It will be fine." Orihime said.

"Try not to have too much fun while Orihime is gone." Karin said as the girls with Ichigo left.

…

Kurosaki Clinic

Zenou just couldn't stay in that bed. He got out and had a look around the place. So far, he hadn't found any photos of Karin and Ichigo so he doesn't know he's in there home.

"Excuse me." He turned around to see Yuzu found him. "You really shouldn't be walking around. If you came for something to eat or drink, I could find you something." Zenou still couldn't understand why Yuzu was being so nice to him.

"Why do you care so much about me?" Zenou said.

"What's with all the questions like that?" Yuzu said. "I just couldn't leave you on the streets when you were sick."

"But I said that you were a worthless human." Zenou said.

"I don't care." Yuzu said. "I can't just leave someone who is in pain like you were. It just wouldn't be right. Besides, that wasn't enough of a reason for me to just leave you. Even if you said or did something horrible, I still couldn't leave you like that." Zenou never had someone treat him like that before. There was only one other, but he barely remembers.

'Why does all of this feel familiar?' Zenou wondered. He looked over to another part of the house and saw the poster of Masaki. He went over to get a better look at it.

"Beautiful, isn't she? That's my mother." Yuzu said.

"Your mother?" Zenou said.

"Yeah. My Dad is always talking to it." Yuzu said. "She was so kind to others and made our family so happy. It's been hard since she died, but we pulled through. Of course, some of our happiest times was when she was alive."

"Must have been nice. My mother died when I was very young." Zenou said.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess that would explain why you would ask those questions." Yuzu said. "Your mother should have taught all bout manners and kindness when you were growing up. Hold on, shouldn't your father being teach you that?"

"My father isn't your typical father." Zenou said. "Though he is the only family member I have." Zenou didn't know why, but he felt like he could speak with this girl about a subject like this. Speaking to her, hearing about kindness had Zenou had him think of a kind and caring women that took care of him. It made him feel warm inside. 'What is this feeling?'

"Anyway, you should get some rest." Yuzu said. "You really shouldn't be moving around so much." She tried to get him to move and he started coughing again as he dropped to his knees. "We need to get you to a hospital."

"You don't need to worry yourself about me." Zenou said.

"How could anyone not?" Yuzu said. "You're greatly sick. You need to get some rest. Please go back to your bed until we know what to do with you." Zenou never knew that people could be this kind.

"We're home!"

"Who's that?" Zenou asked.

"That must be my brother and my sister." Yuzu said as she went to greet them. She went to the front door to see them with Rukia and Orihime.

"Hey, Yuzu." Karin said.

"We got the medicine." Ichigo said as he held out the bag.

"That's great. This guy seems like he really needs it." Yuzu said.

"Do you mind if I take a look. Perhaps I can use my powers to help him if he's that bad." Orihime said. "Maybe I can remove the illness."

"That would be great. He's just in here." Yuzu said as she led them to the living room. All of them followed and met their patient, but all four of them were surprised to see it was Zenou. Zenou was equally surprised to see all of them as well.

"Zenou!" Orihime said.

"You guys?" Zenou said.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Ichigo said as he with Rukia and Karin got ready to fight if they needed to.

"Ichigo, guys, what are all of you doing?" Yuzu said.

"This guy is the patient? What are you really doing here?" Rukia said.

"Hold on!" Yuzu said as she got between all of them. "This man is sick. Don't fight him. What's the matter with all of you?"

"Yuzu, he's part of the trouble I was telling you about. He's one of the bad guys." Karin said.

"What?!" Yuzu said as she couldn't believe it. Zenou might have been shown kindness, but it would seem that the time for kindness is over.

To Be Continued…