Guardians of Tokyo Chapter 32:
The Good Within the Bad
The Green Knight continued crying as the others came over. "I think-" he began, but was interrupted by a cough. Ayame slowly opened her eyes and said, "What happened? Why is everyone crying?"
The others looked shocked, but the Green Knight dried his eyes and said, "The Midori no Kishi attacked you and Dire Bite. We all thought you were both dead."
"What about Dire Bite?" Ayame asked.
The Green Knight pointed. "He died to protect you, Ayame."
Ayame looked at Dire Bite in horror. Then she began to cry. "Why did THIS have to happen!" she wailed.
Suddenly Ichigo started crying as well. "This is just like before! I've seen so many die in these fights- BUT THIS TIME WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING! Ayame, I'm sorry. I should have stopped him. Then you wouldn't have had to go through this like I did with Kisshu!" Ichigo began sobbing. Aoyama put his arms around her and she cried into his shoulder. Hideki walked over to the Green Knight, and they both put their arms around her and helped her up. Luckily the Midori no Kishi monsters had left before Ayame woke up, believing that she was dead. Ichigo and Ayame were still crying. Kisshu, Emiko, the other Mews, Pai and Taruto stood with bowed heads.
Finally Kisshu shook himself. "We should go inside," he said in a monotone voice that sounded somewhat like Pai's. "We'll take Dire Bite with us, but we shouldn't be out in the open like this."
The others nodded, and Hideki and the Green Knight helped Ayame inside. Aoyama did the same with Ichigo. The others followed, and Kisshu picked up Dire Bite before bringing up the rear. As everyone else got settled, Kisshu laid Dire Bite on the couch.