Every TV network in Japan aired the footage of abadoned places, a town that was half burned down and half destroyed, of burned cars, the crash-site of the plane, of overcrowded emergency-shelters and hospitals that were so full, that the patients had to be treated in the corridors... Makoto meanwhile made her report...

"...this is Makoto Hirabata, exclusively from the Okhotsk Subprefecture for Tokyo-One. Three days after the terrible monster-invasion, still nobody dares to enter the affected area. Everyone still fears more attacks or another encounter with a Shinigami. The number of casualties is increasing with every hour. By now 491 deaths have been confirmed. Including the 195 victims of the crash of the Nihon-Pacific-Airlines flight that was probably also caused by the invading monsters. At least 1.500 people got injured, including many children. According to local police authorities no more Hollows, ghosts or Shinigami have been spotted. The public prosecutors meanwhile, announced that they will charge Ichigo Kurosaki for murder. The exposed Shinigami and his whole family, presumbly fled to the 'Soul Society'. This is the Name of the world, where the Shinigami normally live in. This is at least what we figured out..."

After a picture of the Kurosaki-family was shown, the TV aired a video of Mizuiro. It was when the police arrested him and escorted him out of the airport...

"... A presumed accomplice, Mizuiro Kojima, a businessman was arrested yesterday when trying to enter the contry at Narita Airport. Until now he didn't give any statement. Kojima, who's been living in Moldova for several years, denies any involvement. Conspirancy theorists suppose, Kojima working for the Soul Society and trying to increase there influence in East Europe and Russia. The Moldavian government meanwhile started own investigations. The Japanese ambassador was banished out of the contry. The contry also closed it's borders for Japanese citizens temporarily. The Russian government plans to held a press-conference today..."

Pictures from Moldova, Ukraine and Russia were shown. Also footage of the Japanese ambassador and how the Moldavian police had to protect him from angry protestants throwing stones on the Japanese embassy. After the Kremlin in Moscow was shown, the picture changed to Mexico...

"...The famous boxer Yasutora Sado, who was also part of Kurosaki's close circle, was shoot dead today in Mexico City. Sado invited several journalists to a press conference, promising to answer some open questions voluntarily. The murderer, a 40-years-old, previously convicted man from Karakura, insulted the Japanese-Mexican boxer racistly before firering several times on Sado. The culprit is under arrest... according to unconfirmed sources, he was once a close friend and accomplice of the convicted felon Reichii Oshima, who was executed several years ago..."

The news showed a dead body, that was covered with a white cloth, laying on the ground between some chairs. Than they showed a insane looking man who had to been hold by four policeman to get him into the police-car. After that they showed a picture of Reichii Oshima. Than the picture changed to Yupa... with a black stripe over his eyes...

"The seventeen years old teenager, who was arrested in the Kurosaki's house at the day of the attack after he tried to hide corpses, commit suicide in the psychatric hospital of Karakura. According to other students, he was the best friend of Kazui Kurosaki and presumbly aware of everything. According to unconfirmed sources, the young man was in an intimate relationship with a Shinigami. The invstigastion is still in progress..."

The clinic was shown, more pictures of Yupa and a very special one made by one of his classmates secretly... A picture of Yupa and Ichika smooching in a cinema. For the press this picture was worth a lot. But than the most important picture of all was aired: An around three months old picture of Kenta, that was once taken in school...

"...But the most important question of all is... where is Kenta Osaka? The nine-years old son of the killled actor and seiyuu Keigo Asano, is still missed. A big search operation after the boy was unsucessful. Experts are convinced that the boy is traumatized and needs help after what he saw and what he was forced to experience during the Monster-Invasion. His mother, the well known TV-actress Akira Fukuoka, asked in a TV interview the whole contry for helping to find her son. At this point, we want to point out that that the boy is 'not' and I repeat 'NOT' dangerous..."

After fragments of Akira's press conference and more pictures of Kenta were aired the news aired a map. The map showed the area, the police guessed Kenta. The picture finally changed to Makoto... her left arm in a cast that was placed in a sling, a bandage around her forehead and with visible injuries all over her body... standing on the coast and the abadoned destroyed town right behind her...

"...Kenta... If you see this... please call us. I know it is hard for you, but even if your father is gone, there are still many people caring for you. Nodoby blames you for what happened here... So... Please... Whereever you are... Please, contact us, or the police!"

Makoto broke a taboo. She cried in front of the camera... but she really wanted to convince Kenta to contact someone. She didn't care for the public opinion about her emotional outburst in TV. But she felt quilty...

Another person, who was tormented by his guilt was Kenta, who walked down a lonely road in the mountains between Shari and Shibetsu. He was alone, afraid and confused. He didn't know where to go, or how much time have passed or where he even was. He only knew that they could be in Russia now, together. But now his father was in hell... and he was here... alone...

Makoto continued with her report...

"...Keigo Asano once left Karakura to be free. Free from the bad influence of the Shinigami, his family that never wanted him and from the prejudices of all other people that turned him into a nobody. A weak-willed victim without any grit. But Keigo Asano was not a 'victim', he was a fighter... A fighter who was willing to do everything to safe his live and the live of his son. A brave soul that went to hell voluntarily to safe his son's life and the lives of many other people in this town including mine, despite the fact that he does not belong there... A man who stayed here in the living-world, to take care of his child. A man who was way more than just a guy who choosed the wrong friends..."

Pictures of a younger Keigo were aired, pictures from thier high-school-time, taken by thier classmates. Pictures of Keigo beeing struck down or beaten by Ichigo, Tatsuki, Renji or anyone else...

"...Following next in our programme, you will see a report about the live of Keigo Asano. And before, exclusively on our channel... you will hear a audio recording of an interview, Keigo Asano gave to me, ten years ago during his brief inprisonment. In this interview, he told me about his relationship to the Shinigami..."

It was a lie, that the recording was ten years old. It was the intervew, Keigo gave to her just a few days ago. The Shinigami forced her to record it. But she had a copy, too. A copy with a much better quality... And it was time for the people to hear it. Maybe the 'idiots' in Karakura finally understand that Keigo was not a 'will-weak-loser', she thought.

" Finally..." Makoto continued. "...I plead to all of you, to keep your eyes open. The boy is still somewhere here around. There is no need to be afraid of him... Please just call the police or contact your local authorities. Makoto Hirabata from the Okhotsk subprefecture, for Tokyo-One News!"

While Makoto concluded her report, Kenta continued staggering around across the lonely road and tried to understand what was going on.

He knew that he was alone. His father was in hell, where he didn't belong to. But he didn't know that it was not true: Indeed, his father was in the Soul Society right now. Locked up, after his own request to be away from the others. They meanwhile, desperately tried to talk to him, but Keigo punished them with his silence. Kentra thought about his father... and his mother... who was alive... should he go to her? Move to Tokyo to live with her? And if he does, will she accept him? Will she accept the fact that he is able to see ghosts? Never? He just didn't know what to do now...

Two days ago, he approached a house in a village near his hometown. When the inhabitants recognized him, they threw stones after him because they were afraid that he could lure the monsters again. Yesterday, he went to another house, where the same happened. And today... today he walked across the road alone, hungry and freezing. Not knowing what will follow... The sun start to set and soon he will be forced to spend the night in the forest. The third night in a row. But suddenly he could hear a car approaching...

First, Kenta wanted to hide. He didn't want anyone to see him like this. Or to throw stones at him again. But it was too late. The driver of the car saw him and stopped right next to him.

The lights of the headlights were blinding him, so hard that he had to hold his hand over his eyes to protect them from the bright light. The driver's door opened an a person got out. An adult... with long hairs... a woman.

"Kenta? Kenta Osaka?" the voice asked in a neutral manor. Now Kenta could hear that it was a woman.

"Please,... Please, don't harm me!" Kenta begged. He was not able to see the woman's face, because the headlights were still blinding him.

"Oh... Do you know that the whole contry is desperately looking for you." the woman said before she bend down into the car again to switch off the headlights.

Now Kenta could see that the woman had dark-brown hairs and was around fourty years old. She looked tense and like she was in hurry. But she seemed also happy that she found Kenta. She really was. Because Kenta was the reason she was here anywhere...

"I... I... didn't burn down the town. I swear..." Kenta wailed and went a step back.

"Hey, just get into the car and be silent. I will take you to your mother." the woman said in a very harsh voice and opened the back passenger-door.

"My mother?" Kenta asked surprised. "Do you know her..."

"Yes!" the woman said in this very harsh sound again and went closer to Kenta. But she was a liar... "Come on!"

"But I..." Kenta wanted to protest. He didn't know the woman and he didn't know what she wanted from him, or why she was so rude to him. But before he could know what happens, he suddenly felt a hard tearing pain in his face... the woman just slapped him without any reason...

"GET IN THE CAR YOU LITTLE BASTARD..." she screamed and grabbled both of Kenta's ears. Kenta had to scream, because it was extremely painful when she squeazed his ears to pull him on them into her car...

"HELP!" Kenta screamed as loud and as strong as possible... "HELP..."

His father always told him, when a foreigner attacks him like this, or tries to force him into a car, he should scream for help as loud as possible. But they were alone. He tried to kick her legs, but even that didn't stopped her.

"SHUT UP!" the woman screamed again and slapped the other side of his face...

Another woman, who was riding her bike and just came around the corner, saw Kenta from safe distance and was shocked about what she saw. She took her smartphone to call the police...

Kenta tried to defend himself as good as possible. But the woman was way stronger than him. It was more than obvious that she wanted to kidnap him. But the more he resisted, the more she became mad and agressive...

The other woman meanwhile, told the police everything he saw: "Yes, she is trying to kidnap him. And... oh my gosh... she beats him... come quick..."

Kenta continued screaming, while the woman realized that she hated the boys voice more than the voice of his father. So she opened the trunk lid and Kenta was thrown inside...

"Gosh your voice is even more annoying than your fathers..." she said when she smashed the lid close.

"LET ME OUT! PLEASE, LET ME OUT! WHO ARE YOU?"

The woman took a deep breath, pulled her dress straight and went with a hand threw her hairs before heading back to the driver's seat. Looking neutraly and like nothing happened.

"You can call me Aunt Mizuho!" Mizuho Asano explained. She was really his aunt, but she was never allowed to meet him. "And now shut up! Oh, and by the way... your father is responsible for this..."

After these words, Mizuho drove away... While the siren of a police-car start to sound up somewhere. Rushing to safe Kenta...

THE END (?)

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Well, so this was the alternative third part of the 'Living-Souls-Trillogy'. Thanks to all loyal readers who gave this story even more hits and visitors than the original published story. With almost twice as many clicks I couldn't avoid a cliffhanger-horror-ending. Thanks to everyone and most important: Stay healty!