Hello my fellow readers! I don't have that much to say but the fact that last chapter was hectic, with all the drama, and deaths, along with health issues, and divorces. The thing is, sadly, things are going to get a lot worse from here.

So from here on out I am going to break out the chapters by characters. For example this chapter will mainly focus on Ulrich, dealing with his parent's death. Also, this chapter will focus on Yumi as well, as she deals with her mom having breast cancer, and her own health problems, though the other characters might be implied in this chapter. I'm doing this so there will not be any confusion, or seem like the drama is being rushed, cause I have had a bad habit of rushing things, and I just want to take it slow, and keep the anticipation going!

|Friday, October 13, 2018|

|With Ulrich Stern|

|Ulrich POV|

"Your parents were, they were killed in a drunk driving accident." My Uncle KJ's words constantly replayed in my head over and over again. I'm still trying to soak in the fact that my parents were gone, just like that. Once I found a parking spot, I stayed in my car for a second, trying to calm my nerves. I laid my head back upon the seat, and took a deep breath. I felt my body start to tremble with anger and sadness. I slammed my hand on the steering wheel several times before I laid my head down upon it, as tears streamed down my face.

I took a deep breath once more, before getting out of the car, slamming the door behind me. I walked inside of the airport and towards the counter where I could purchase tickets.

"Hello, how may I help you today sir?" An older man behind the counter asked me.

I sighed sadly, trying keep in control of my emotions. "Hi, I need the quickest flight to Germany sometime tonight. Well, now if possible." I answered.

The older man behind the counter noticed my emotions, and looked through his computer for any flights. "We do have a direct flight to Germany that is going to be leaving in twenty minutes." The man printed the flight ticket, and handed it to me.

"Thank you." I responded, and handed him my credit card to pay for the ticket. Once I paid for the flight. I went over to the section where I would be boarding the plane after I went through security, and took a seat. I sighed, and placed my hands over my face. As I waited for the call to board the flight, I replayed all the good memories I had with my parents.

"….And for your surprise, me and your mother arranged a trip to all the major cities in America, it's a two and a half month trip, I already called your friends parent's and they have no problem with that at all. Everything is paid for, good services, transportation, and the hotels. The best hotels you could name. Basically every single thing is paid for, and your flight leaves tomorrow at four." I broke out of my "train of memories" and ran my fingers through my hair. That was the first time my dad was so proud of me, all I ever wanted to do was come to good terms with my father, and I did, but I can't help but think that it was we came to good terms too late.

"All flights to Berlin, Germany, please start boarding gate C56." I got up from my seat, and stood in the short line to board the plane. It took no later than two minutes until I was seated in my seat, since I had no bags, this would be an easy flight for me. After about twenty minutes of waiting for people to board the plane, it was finally time to pull off.

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, thank you for choosing Ameri Lines, our destination for today is Berlin, Germany. Right now it is currently 7:00 p.m., and we will be landing in Germany in six hours, and it will be approximately 1:00 a.m when we land."

"Six hours?" I thought to myself. "It usually takes twelve hours." I looked over my airline ticket once more and realized that I was on an airline that takes you to your destination in half the time, though it was more expensive. I looked at the price of my ticket and noticed that the man behind the counter only charged me the amount it would take if I was riding a plane that took twelve hours.

I sat back in the chair, and stared out of the window since I had the window seat. I watched as the plane began to pull out of its space, and onto the runway. Before I knew it, we were up in the air. I sighed to myself, and closed my eyes once the city was out of view, and all I could see was the setting sun.

"Hello mom, dad." I said coming close to the table where my parents sat.

"Son!" My father gave me a big embrace. I opened my eyes once more, and looked out the window again. The sun was now gone, and the stars was starting shine. I still remember the first embrace I had with my father in a long time. I closed my eyes again, yet again, more memories of my parents appeared in my head. Is this what happens when you lose a loved one or in my case loved ones? I began thinking what'll happen if I ever lost Yumi or Kammi, but I quickly erased those thoughts from my head, I didn't want to make myself more upset, and hurt than I am. Yumi and Kammi are all I have now; I am officially an adult orphan.

Tears streamed from my eyes, as the realization hit me that I no longer have any parents to go to for support. It was all up to me now to officially stand on my own two feet. I began to swim in my memories again, and think about my parents. After all, my memories of them are all I have now.

I heard my mom take a deep sigh. "He has cancer Ulrich."

"What?"

"He has a brain tumor, Ulrich." I heard my mom start to cry. I bit my lip, remembering the day I found out that my father had a brain tumor. I remember seeing my father laid out on the hospital bed, he was pale, and looked like he hasn't slept in a long time. But, I also remembered that the doctors' had a cure for him, but it was risky to take.

"I might die." My father asked, after my mom explained the cure.

"You're not going to die." My dad held onto my hand tighter.

"You never know what could…"

"Dad for a long time I wanted to tell you that I'm going to follow in your footsteps. Be the man you always wanted me to be. I know why you put me through this, putting all the pressure on me to get my grades up. You did it out of love, so I don't have to grow up living in a box on the street. You taught me to be a real man. I thank you for that dad."

My dad smiled, and held his arm out. I leaned into his arms, as he pulled me into a hug. "I love you dad, no matter what happens."

"I love you too son."

"You'll get through this." I wiped the now free flowing, never ending tears running down my face.

"Are you alright sir?" The flight attended asked me, as she was walking by with the cart of drinks and snacks.

I nodded my head. "Uh, yeah, I'm just dealing with loss of a family member right now." I half lied, not wanting to hear any sympathy from anyone that I lost both my parents.

"Well, I'm very sorry to hear that sir. Would you care for anything to drink or snack?" She asked.

"Uh, I'll just take bottled water." I answered, she nodded her head and handed me the water.

"I hope everything works out for you." She laid a hand on my shoulder, before walking away and attending to other passengers. I sighed, and opened the bottled water and drunk some. I then closed the bottled water, and remembered the time that my father had an unexpected turn in the medication.

The doctor sighed. "Your father is having bad breathing problems, his heart rate keeps going at a very slow rate, and he isn't waking up or responding to anything."

"You're not going to lose him." My mom sat down next to me and comforted me, as my hands were buried in my hands.

"You heard him, he said the chances are slim, and in doctor terms that means there is no chance."

"You're wrong Ulrich, not always that happens."

"Oh yeah, what makes you so sure."

"I just know, my husband, your father is not going to die, you hear me. Do not think about him dying Ulrich Stern. Now all your father needs is us to believe in him, never underestimate the positive." I sighed, and looked down at my lap, even though I didn't spend, or talk about my mom as much as I did with my dad, she was the one who always kept me thinking positively. She was also the one who didn't get on me as much as my father did during the times we didn't get along, she was always the one keeping things at peace. Lastly, she was also the one who always supported Yumi and me, before we even got together.

"We did everything we could; your father is going to live!"

I grinned, and my mom and I gave each other a huge embrace.

"I told you he was going to live!" My mom exclaimed. My thoughts then transferred to my dad again, I will never forget the day of my wedding reception, when my father announced that he brought Yumi and I an actual house, and that he is so proud of me and my accomplishments. I then shook my head, to keep me from making myself more emotional, and stop reminiscing.

Six hours flown by just like that, and we finally landed in Berlin. Since I didn't have any bags, I just simply walked off of the plane, and onto the main area of the airport.

"Ulrich!" I turned around and saw my Uncle KJ walking up to me.

"Hey Uncle KJ." I greeted, and he pulled me into a hug. I wish he hadn't done that, receiving hugs when someone is emotional, only makes them more emotional, and that is exactly what happened with me. Tears flooded down my eyes, as I cried into his hug. I don't care how awkward this looks, two men hugging, and one crying into another man's shoulder, but my parents died, nothing mattered right now.

My uncle patted my back, trying to calm me down. It took several minutes before I was finally in control of my emotions again. I pulled away from his hug, and wiped my face with my sleeve. "Where are your bags?" My uncle asked.

I nodded my head. "I-I didn't br-bring any, I-I came here str-straight from work." I said, trying to get in control of my breathing now. I took a deep breath, hopefully to calm my nerves.

"I'm so sorry this happened Ulrich." My uncle patted my back. "Does your wife know you're here?"

"No." I answered. "I'll tell her later, right now, I just don't want to talk to anyone." My uncle nodded his head.

"Alright well, do you want to go to your parent's house and get situated, or go straight to the police station first?"

I thought to myself for a second, the only way I can hopefully get some weight lifted off my shoulder is if I go to the police station first. The last thing I wanted to do right now was go to my parents' home, where everything reminded me of them after the news I received. "We can go to the station."

"Are you sure?" My uncle questioned.

"I'm sure."

"Alright, well let's go." My uncle said, and we headed towards the police station.

(A/N So, I know some of you are wondering, how his uncle knew which flight he was on? Remember Ulrich said he is going to be on the quickest flight to Germany, so his uncle just waited in the airport for him)

Meanwhile…

|With Yumi|

|Yumi's POV|

"Yumi, Yumi wake up!" I stirred open my eyes, as I examined the person shaking my shoulders.

"Ugh, what happened?" I held a hand to my head, as it was hurting slightly. I looked over at my mom who sat across me.

My mom sighed. "You passed out."

"What? How long have I been out?" I asked, looking over at the time which read 9:00 P.M in big bold red numbers.

"Well, since I told you my news this morning." My mom looked at me worriedly.

I rubbed my forehead and sighed. "It must be from work, I had to work the late shift last night and I barely had any sleep."

"Are you sure you're alright my dear?" My mom asked me. "You never have been in a deep sleep like that before, not as long as I remembered."

"It's probably just work, I've been working the late shift the past several days, and on top of that it's probably stress as well." I shrugged. "But let's not worry about me; you're the one I'm worried about." I stared at my mom. "How long have you known about…"

My mom sighed, and looked down at her lap. "I just found out not too long ago."

I scooted over to my mom, and embraced her. "Everything will be alright mom. I've seen plenty of breast cancer survivors, and I know you'll get through this." I felt my mom's body start to shake slightly, she was crying. I rubbed her back, trying hard to comfort her. Truth is I wanted to cry too, the last thing I expected was my mom to have cancer. But, instead of crying, I held my tears in; I had to be strong for her.

"Hey, how about we watch our favorite show together, after all, laughter is the best medicine." I slightly smiled, hopefully watching our show "Craziness" would put her in a good mood. (A/N Haha, get it? MTV's Ridiculousness. I just changed it up and put Craziness)

My mom chuckled, and nodded her head. "Sure, why not?"

I smiled and wiped the tears from my face. "I'll be here for you every step of the way mom, you took care of me for eighteen years, it's my turn to do the same for you now."

"Thank you my dear." My mom slightly smiled. I returned the smile, and got up off the couch. When I did I suddenly felt very lightheaded, but I didn't show it in front of my mother, the last thing I wanted her to do is worry about me. I grabbed the remote off of the other couch and went back over to sit with my mom.

"Where's Kammi?" I asked, as I began to play our favorite show.

"Oh, she's upstairs sleeping in her crib." My mom responded.

I smiled slightly. "Okay, thank you, this is usually her bed time anyway, but another question is where my husband is, he's usually home by this time."

My mom shrugged. "He hasn't been here sweetie."

I sighed, and shrugged my shoulders. "Maybe he had to work late." My mom and I watched our show for about a half hour before my mom fell asleep on the couch. I slightly smiled to myself, and placed a blanket over her body. I then went over to the kitchen table, and pulled out my phone, the first number I called was my brother.

"Hello?"

"Hey Hiroki, how are you?"

"I'm alright, just sitting here watching TV with Milly and Aiden. How about you?"

"Uh, I'm alright, I'm just sitting here at the kitchen table, I don't know where Ulrich is, but mom is here with me."

"Really how is she?"

"Well, I'm not sure if she told you yet or not, but, uh, mom has, she has breast cancer."

"Wait, what?!"

I sighed. "Yeah, I don't want to believe it either."

"Um, uh, well I'm coming over there shortly, I have to see her."

"Okay, yeah no problem, I'm not going anywhere."

"Okay, see you in a bit Yumi."

"See you." I pressed the end call button on my phone, and then began to call Ulrich.

"You have reached the voicemail box of "Ulrich Stern" is unavailable, to leave a message press 1, or just wait for the tone." I hung up the phone, and thought to myself.

"Weird, his phone is never off." I sighed, and placed my phone down on the table. I then began thinking about my mom, and how I could be strong for her, but I felt so weak right now. I really just needed somebody to vent to about everything that is going on, and that somebody I wanted to be Ulrich.

I waited another minute before calling Ulrich again. "You have reached the voicemail box of "Ulrich Stern" is unavailable, to leave a message press 1, or just wait for the tone. Beep!"

"Hey Ulrich, I'm just calling to see if you were okay, um you're usually home around this hour, and there just been a lot of stuff going on right now, and I just need to talk to you. I don't know just call me back when you can." I hung up the phone, and rubbed my forehead again. I'm afraid of touching my hair, because it might fall out.

I got up from the kitchen table, and went into the panty closet and pulled out some Oreo's, and began only eating the cream center part of it. This was weird, because I always ate the whole cookie, but I didn't think twice about it and ate the whole box of Oreo's, and only eating the cream part of it, never the cookie part.

I threw the box away, and began eating some chocolate chip cookies. Soon later I heard a knock on the door. I went over towards the door, and opened it.

"Hey Hiroki." I greeted and allowed him in.

"Hey." He gave me a friendly hug, and I closed the door behind him. "Are you losing weight?"

"No." I answered flatly.

"Well it sure does look like it sis." Hiroki examined me. "Where is mom?"

"She's sleeping on the couch." I walked back into the kitchen, and ate some more cookies. Hiroki went over to our mom, and removed some hair from out of her face. He then walked over towards me, and grabbed a cookie from the box I was eating from.

"How is she taking it?" He looked at me.

I sadly sighed. "Not too well, she cried earlier."

Hiroki then began to stare at me, my neck in particular. "What?" I asked. Hiroki then walked in front of me, and gently placed his hands on my neck.

"Yumi why is your neck swollen?" Hiroki asked.

"What? What are you talking about?" I placed my hands on my neck, and felt what Hiroki was talking about. I walked towards the powder room, and looked in the mirror at my neck. I noticed what Hiroki was talking about, it was swollen. I walked out of the bathroom, and looked over at Hiroki.

"I honestly do not know what it is." I looked up at him. "It's probably nothing though." I waved it off. Hiroki gave me a stern look. "What?"

"I don't know maybe you should go to the doctor and see what is going on with you." Hiroki empathized.

"I'm sure it's nothing, now please, let's not worry about me, it's mom we should be worried about."

"Alright, well, what do you suggest we do?" Hiroki asked.

I sighed and looked over at my mom. "We can only be there and support her until her treatment is finished, tomorrow we'll take her to the doctor."

"Alright, Ulrich still isn't here?" Hiroki asked.

I rolled my eyes, and sighed. "No, he hasn't called or anything and it's really starting to irritate me."

"Well maybe he got caught up with something." Hiroki indicated.

"If he was he could at least told me, instead of me worry to death about where he is." I went back over to the kitchen table, and opened the pile of bills. "Dang it, I forgot to pay the credit card bill." I opened my laptop, and went to the site to pay off the credit card. When I was about to pay for it, I noticed that it was a recent purchase for an airline ticket to Germany.

I looked over at my brother. "Ulrich is in Germany."

|With Ulrich|

|Ulrich's POV|

|1:45 AM|

My uncle and I finally arrived at the police station. I took a second to gather my thoughts, before I got out of the car. I looked up at the police station, and took a deep breath. I felt a hand upon my shoulder, and looked over at my uncle. "Are you sure you want to do this now." He asked me.

I took another sigh. "Sure, might as well get it over with now." He nodded his head, as the two of us walked inside of the police station.

"Hello, how can we be of assistance?" A middle aged policeman asked my uncle and I.

"Uh yes, we are here to talk with Chief Kappel, it's about the accident of John and Alison Stern. This is their son, Ulrich Stern" The policeman behind the desk nodded his head, and pointed us to Chief Kappel's office. My uncle knocked on his door two times before waiting for an answer.

Seconds later a rather heavy set man answered the door. "Ah, KJ, how are you?" He asked, obviously they knew each other.

"Uh, alright I guess, just still coping, and trying to soak in the fact that my brother is…you know. But, this is their son, Ulrich." My uncle explained. Chief Kappel looked over at me, and we shook hands.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Ulrich, and I'm very sorry for your loss." He said sadly.

I nodded my head. "It's okay, it's not your fault."

Chief Kappel also nodded his head and invited us inside of his office. "So, before we begin to talk about the accident, let's just start with some small talk, I would hate to just jump to conclusions, especially since it hasn't been twenty-four hours since the news. How was your flight?" He asked.

"Uh, it was alright, I guess, emotional." I looked down at my lap, then back up at him.

"You look just like your father, even have his eyes too. But, you have your mother's hair. I've known your parents for a long time, great friends of mine." Chief Kappel explained. "John was a great man, and Alison was as sweet as she can be." I nodded my head, and bit my lip trying to keep my emotions together.

"I think we should just cut to the chase a little bit." My uncle said, his voice cracked a little, I noticed that he was also trying to keep his emotions together.

Chief Kappel agreed. "So, as you know unfortunately your parents were killed by a drunk driver. We found the scene of the accident around six this evening." Chief Kappel pulled out a folder that I assumed held the pictures of the accident. "Ulrich, these are the photos of the accident, you do not have to see them if you do not want too."

"No, I-I'll see them." I responded, and looked over at my uncle who gave a look towards me asking if I was sure. I simply nodded my head, and looked back over towards the Chief. He handed me the folder.

I took the folder from his hands, and took a deep breath before I opened it. I felt my body tense up as I saw the gruesome photos. It was a picture of my parent's car T-boned against a tree. The drunk driver's car was smashed against the driver side, while the passenger side was smashed against the tree. So needless to say, my parent's car was demolished into pieces. I also saw a lot of blood splattered all over both cars.

I slammed the folder down, and placed down on the desk. This was no accident, this was a head on collision, the worst I ever seen. I put my head in my hands, and shook my leg up and down rapidly. "This, ugh, they, my. " I was out of words, I was shocked, I was hurt, I was devastated. "The driver, are they still alive?" I asked.

Chief Kappel looked at me. "Yes."

"No!" I slightly yelled, and got up from the chair, and out of the office. I went outside, and walked in circles with my hands above my head. "Why, why, why, just why!" I yelled to the sky. "Why my parents?!" Tears streamed down my face. I couldn't believe this, my parents had to die, but the drunk driver got another chance at life.

Seconds after my uncle came outside, along with Chief Kappel. "Ulrich, I'm sorry this happened the way it did." Chief Kappel said.

I looked up at the sky for a second, before looking at my uncle and Chief Kappel. "The driver, are they here?" My uncle and Chief Kappel exchanged looks, before they looked back at me.

"Yes, he is here." Chief Kappel answered.

"I want to know who they are; I want to know who killed my parents.

"Okay, come with me, I'll show you who they are." Chief Kappel went back inside the police station. I followed him to the back of the station, and towards the room where they question people. Chief Kappel opened the door, and stepped aside, letting me in first.

My eyes widened, and I felt my body tremble in anger. "Suzume?!"

"Ulrich?" I sped walked him, and grabbed his shirt and slammed him onto the wall. "Those were my parents! My parents! You killed them, do you have any idea of what you just done!" I yelled. "You took away two of the most important people from me, why did you do that!" I slammed him against the wall again. Chief Kappel came over and broke me away from him.

"Chill dude, I didn't know it was your parents." Suzume responded.

"Like that matters, you could have taken away an innocent life anyway, but tonight you took away two! They didn't do any harm in this world, and you took them away when it wasn't there time to go!" I was now yelling at the top of my lungs.

Suzume looked down at his feet then back at me, he slightly smirked. "Well, my bad they are dead. But, since your parents were the most important people in your life, I guess your pretty wife is back on the market, where is she by the way?"

His words angered me even more, I maneuvered my way around Chief Kappel and slammed Suzume on the ground and punched him in the face several times, before I felt myself being taken off of him by several officers. "Leave Yumi out of this! You sick bastard, and you go to hell, since that is clearly where you belong. You'll pay for the remark, and for killing my parents!" I yelled, as I was taken away from the room, and escorted back to Chief Kappel's room.

I sat down in the chair in frustration, anger, sadness, and annoyance. Chief Kappel and my uncle joined me back in the office. "Well, I certainly was not expecting you two to know each other."

"The guy is a fake; he's been trying to break Yumi and I up since high school." I explained, and crossed my arms.

"Well, Suzume Nara will be spending 15 months in jail for manslaughter and drunk driving." Chief Kappel responded.

"Not long enough, he killed both my parents brutally." I looked at him. "Maybe life in jail will do him any good. He can rot in there for all I care."

"Well 15 months is how it usually is, but depending on how the judge sees it, it could be longer."

"Good." I implied.

"Luckily, someone was there at the accident to report it to us, otherwise we would have never known about it since the accident was on a back road." Chief Kappel explained. "And he is here if you want to meet him."

I shrugged my shoulders. "Why not?"

Chief Kappel nodded his head, and got on the phone, telling one of the officers to bring in the witness. Once I heard the door open, my eyes widened.

"Dunbar?" I asked, and then turned my back to him. "Of course you would be behind this." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"Actually, no I'm not, if I was, why would I report Suzume in?" William testified. It was true, if he was behind it, why would he report his so called buddy.

"I don't know maybe it was the plan all along." I shrugged. William pulled up a chair next to me, as my uncle and Chief Kappel looked in slight shock at me, as yet again, I knew somebody.

"Look, I know I did something's in the past to make me look like I was behind all of this, but I wasn't. I swear on my life, that I was not behind it, because, my parents died in the same crash as well." I looked over at him in shock, and then looked over at Chief Kappel, who nodded his head, notifying me that he was telling the truth.

"Your parents car, crashed into my parents cark before your parents car crashed into the tree, and their car flipped deep into the forest, the car is all smashed up and they died at the scene. I was following my parents, we were coming from a family reunion" William's eyes started to tear up.

I couldn't believe this, was I actually starting to feel sympathy for William Dunbar, I was. "I'm sorry."

William nodded his head. "Yeah, me too. For everything, since high school and beyond, I now know what it is like when somebody takes a loved one from you. I know you probably can't forgive me, but I just want you to know that I'm sorry."

I sat in shock at William again; he was being honest and sincere. I didn't know if I should forgive him or not for everything he did, just recently actually. "I have a girlfriend now, and I love her more than anything, and I would hate it if anybody took her away from me." William showed me a picture of him and his girlfriend. "She's changed me, a lot."

"Is, is that, is that Emilie, from school?" I asked.

William slightly smiled. "Yeah, it is. I now have that same feeling that you have with Yumi, and I would be upset if anybody did anything to me like I did to you just to take the one you love away. But, I'm sorry man, I hope we can put the past behind us."

I stared at William for a second, then at my lap, then back at William. I held my hand out, William shook my hand. "It's alright, I may not forget everything you did, but I can forgive you for it. Thanks for just, your explanation, and just being a witness, and not leaving me parents there."

"No problem man." William got up from the chair, and patted my back in a friendly way. "Suzume will get more time in jail for taking away your parents and my parents; I'll do anything to see that so called man to rot in jail." William closed the door behind him, and I looked down at my lap again.

"Well Ulrich, we better start wrapping things up here, one last person is here to talk to you about your inheritance." A man walked in the office, and sat down where William just left.

"Hello Ulrich, my name is Dr. Braun. First off I want to apologize for the loss of your parents." Dr. Braun began. I nodded my head, and motioned for him to continue. "Since unfortunately your parents passed away, you now inherit everything your parents own. You own both your father's personal bank account, your mother's personal bank account, and their bank account combined. You also own your parents' house here in Germany, as well as the house the own in America, with everything in it" Dr. Braun explained. "With the money combined you own over millions of dollars."

I nodded my head, and sighed. Nothing mattered to me right now, not even the money, nothing mattered. I just wanted to rest right now. I just want the only two loved ones I have left in my life, besides my extended family. I just wanted to be with Yumi and Kammi. I just wanted my parents back. I just wanted life to stop being so hard. I wanted people to stop drinking and driving. I want other people to realize to appreciate their parents, because you only get one set, and once they are gone, they're gone. I didn't appreciate my parents in the beginning, and I regret the years I wasted hating them. Most of all, I just wanted to be alone.

I felt tears come to my eyes, and I buried my head in my hands. "I think it's time that we wrap things up." I heard my Uncle KJ announce. I heard everyone else agree, and Dr. Braun placed a hand on my shoulder, before leaving. Before I knew it, my uncle and I were back in the car headed towards my parents' house here in Germany. It was at least a fifteen minute drive of complete silence, before we were in the driveway.

"I come back later to check on you, but in the meanwhile, I contacted someone back in America to come here and keep you company and help you cope." My uncle KJ explained. I gave him a confused look, who could possibly be here right now. Couldn't be Yumi because I haven't spoken to anyone all day, and my uncle doesn't have her number. "There probably inside waiting for you now."

I nodded my head. "Well, thanks for everything and please be safe driving back."

"You're welcome, and don't forget do lean on other people for support, I'm here if you want to talk." My uncle explained, and slowly pulled off, and onto the road. I watched as he did, and then turned to my parents' house. I then walked up, and then entered the front door. It was set up the same the last time I was here a couple years ago. I walked into the family room noticed that it was Yumi.

"Maybe he did have her number." I thought to myself. "Yu-Yumi what are you doing here?"

"I don't know I should be asking you the same exact thing Ulrich." Yumi stood up, and walked over towards me. I mean, we haven't spoken all day, and next thing I know I'm back at home and notice that you brought an airline ticket here. Then also next thing I know I get a text from your uncle saying you needed me." Yumi explained, I could hear the frustration in her voice. "And of course when I needed you most, you're across the world, if you wanted to get away you could have told me. But, I've been going through a lot all day and…"

I felt myself starting to get slightly annoyed, as she was going on and on about what happened back home. "Yumi, stop!" I said, maybe a little too loud. "I wouldn't come to Germany for no apparent reason. Okay. Maybe if you didn't think about yourself, you would actually stop and realize that my parents aren't in this house right now, or the one back in America, it's cause they're dead, they're dead, gone, dead, and gone." I felt tears come down my face, as I turned away from her and went up to my old room. I laid down on the bed, and buried my face in the pillow.

Moments later I then felt a hand rub my back. "Ulrich, I'm so sorry." I lifted my face from the pillow and turned my attention to Yumi.

"No, I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped on you back there it's just…" Yumi put gently put her finger upon my lips, silencing me.

"It's okay, you don't have to explain." Yumi pulled me into an embrace. I wish she hadn't done that, because it just makes my emotions become uncontrollable, but I tried to keep them in control, but she knew I was trying to keep my emotions bottled up, because she held me closer to her. "It's okay to cry Ulrich." Yumi continued to hold on to me, and rub my back. For the first time, I cried, and just allowed my emotions to do the talking.

Moments later, my emotions were slightly under control. I then heard Yumi start to sing a song sung a lot back in the day. (A/N Random, but you'll see what she's singing)

"When the cloud in the sky starts to pour, and your life is just a storm you're braving, don't tell yourself, you can't lean on someone else, cause we all need saving sometimes." I heard Yumi sing quietly to me, and tears ran down my face even more. "I don't know why it has to be this way and I don't know the cure, but please believe someone has felt this way before." Yumi's voice started to crack, and I felt a tear fall upon my cheek. I look up at her, and noticed that she was now crying. I put on a brave face, and controlled my emotions.

"What's going on my home Yumes?" I asked my now crying wife.

"My mom sh-she has breast ca-cancer." Yumi responded. "And I-I don't know wh-what's wrong with me and m-my health. I keep lo-losing weight, I hair is falling out, I ca-can't stand up fo-for lo-long per-periods of time, my neck is swollen, I-I just don't know anymore." Yumi wiped her tears away. "But let's not think about me right now, I can handle it." I stared at Yumi for a second, and indeed noticed that her neck was swollen. Yumi wiped her tears away, and put on a fake smile. But I saw right through it, she was hurting too. Now, it was my turn to pull Yumi into an embrace, she cried harder as I hugged her, and I wrapped my arms tighter around her, as she did the same to me.

"Why is life so difficult?" Yumi mumbled.

A slow tear slid down my face. "I don't know, I was asking myself the same thing when I found out my parents….you know." Yumi looked up at me and wiped a tears the flowed down my face, as I did the same to her. We slightly chuckled together, it was the first time I laughed all day. Yumi leaned up from my embrace, and looked into my eyes, and wiped some more tears that ran down my face. "I can't lose you Yumi, you and Kammi are the only two in my life now." I looked down, then back at Yumi. "I can't lose you." I repeated. Yumi pulled me into another embrace, and kissed my forehead.

"I'm not going anyway, and neither is Kammi." Yumi responded, before getting up off the bed.

"Where are you going?" I asked her as she held up one finger. Seconds later she came back in with our sleeping daughter in her hands. I slightly smiled as Yumi gently passed Kammi over towards me. I looked down at my sleeping daughter, and kissed her cheek. I then leaned back on the bed, and place Kammi comfortably on my chest, and Yumi laid down beside me, placing her head on my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around Yumi, holding her close. "I love you, Yumes."

"I love you too Ulrich." Yumi smiled at me. This was one of the many things I loved about Yumi, even though the most both of us are going through tragic times. She manages to put a smile on her face. Fake or not, she smiles. Yumi then placed her head on my shoulder again, and I still held her close to me. I looked over at my nightstand that was right next to me and noticed that it was a picture of my parents. I grabbed the picture, and placed it directly beside my pillow. I wrapped my other arm around my daughter, holding the only two people left in my life that loves me unconditionally. And I will never let them go. Never.

Man this chapter for emotional right?

Aw man, poor Ulrich, poor Yumi! Things are just so upside down for the two. To top things off, I'm not done with them, things only go downhill from there for the couple. And OMG, William, I guess change is possible. I figured William could be a good guy after I watched Code Lyoko Season 5, and I still dislike Sissi, she will never be like a good person. Well next chapter will involve the drama between Odd and Trinity! What will happen next, only I know! Haha, until next time…

StarzNChocolate.

P.S Drinking and driving is wrong, please don't do it! If you know somebody who has been drinking, don't allow them to drive. Just don't drink and drive please, every 45 seconds someone is killed from a drunk driver. So please be safe, especially with Halloween coming up, which means parties and such, just be safe!