A whimper, a sob…crying. Kyra knelt next to a child, arm reaching out to comfort them. She placed a hand gently on their shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Her voice echoed dimly. The child mutters something she can't hear; she leans in to hear.

…Killed.

"What? What is it?"

…You killed me…

Kyra fell back as the child looked up at her. Glazed eyes mirrored her frightened face as they met her own. She pulled back in horror as the face changed. Yasuo, Sato, Mamoru, Cho; the cycle repeated over and over.

You killed us Kyra jumped to her, backing away from it. Yasuo, Sato…She couldn't put away distance between it and her…Mamoru, Cho. Her feet wouldn't move; her body couldn't breath. She tried to scream, but no sound came.

Sato, Mamoru, Cho, Yasuo…

…Killed… Kyra fell, tumbling into an abyss as she thrashed about, screaming when it could not be heard…

"Kyra!" Kyra tried to push away as someone shook her body lightly. "Kyra!" She recognized the voice…Lee. As her body stopped struggling, he pulled her closer to him. She heard the soft patter of rain, felt the cold hard wood behind her, and Lee's warm arms wrapped around her.

W-what happened? She asked. Lee didn'tlet go; she didn't mind. The winter air was chilly and he was warm.

"You fell asleep," he said, finally pulling back, "I didn't know what was happening when you were thrashing around so I tried to wake you up…" Kyra let her eyes drift to the long, fresh scratch mark on his right cheek he followed her gaze. "It's nothing, I just scrapped it on one of the branches."

Liar… she said, pulling her sleeve over her hand. She sat on her knees and leaned towards him, touching the light blue cloth to his face. You can't hide that from me. She lightly ran the cloth down the three-inch scratch as the low branches of the tree sheltered them from the rain; despite the now heavy downpour, it seemed quiet.

"Kyra?" she moved her eyes to look at Lee just as he placed a hand on her forehead, "You feeling okay? You feel a little warm…" Kyra blushed.

I-it's just a small fever, she said, I'm fine. She looked down at her sleeve as his hand slid down to the side of her face. She tried to avert her eyes, but she could help but looked up as he leaned towards her. She felt his lips brush against hers before he whispered into her ear.

"I don't want you to get sick," he said, "I better get you back to your apartment-" He made to stand up, but Kyra placed her hand on his arm. He stopped when she leaned towards him.

Just one minutebefore we leave…


Finally! Driver's Ed class is good for something...getting distracted and writing! Hope this chapter was alright, It'll become useful later...I Promise! Though I'm probably going to get in trouble for not practicing sax right now...

-Kyra Odayashi

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