It was 10 p.m. when Ryo Sanada couldn't sleep. He was tossing and turning for what he didn't know.

Nothing serious happened the day before, so he shouldn't have been unable to sleep.

There was also nothing that he had to do the next day that he couldn't just sleep off till that time.

He was exhausted, but as you know, he couldn't fall asleep.

So he got out of bed, put on a robe-not caring what he looked like since it was night and there wasn't going to be many or no people out and about outside anyway-and a pair of shoes for a long jog until it wore him out and his body was forced to let him sleep.

He made his way into the town, making his way through the park.

He got to the center of the park, and as he was about to exit that part to get to the other side, he suddenly lost his footing.

"Whoa! Oof!" He landed on his stomach and elbows.

"What the...?" Ryo turned on his right elbow to see behind him, to see what he just tripped over, and was shocked by what he saw.

"Oh my god!" It was an outstretched arm that he tripped over.

He followed up to the shoulder of the arm to make sure it was at least attached to a body and noticed there was a bush that possibly covered the rest of the form.

Ryo immediately moved to the opposite side of the bush and soon saw that it was a badly injured woman.

Seeing that, he checked her pulse. "Good, she's still alive. Maybe she'll make it on our way to the hospital," he said, gently picking her up. "I hope."

As he ran, he thought, with a disgusted face, I wonder who and why anyone would ever do this to someone. They're lucky I found her in time. At least I hope I did. And whoever they were are going to get it one of these days, they can count on that!

He got her to the hospital as fast he could without his sub armor, also being careful not to give her any more pain as he ran.

The doors slid open as he approached closer, and as he made his way in, he immediately called out to any doctor that was there, not wanting to waste any time for the injured young woman.

"I need some help here!"

Every doctor turned their heads toward him. Three of them ran up to take the girl out of his arms and place her on a stretcher.

The third doctor stayed behind to ask Ryo some questions.

"Can you tell me exactly what happened?"

"Actually, I don't know. I found her behind a bush at the park."

"What were you doing in the park?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a jog to wear myself out."

"May I ask your name, please?"

"Ryo Sanada."

"I would also need your other information such as your address and phone number for the record, in case we need to contact you."

"Yes, of course." He gave the doctor the information he asked for.

After that, Ryo asked, "is there any way of knowing if she'll be alright?"

"It's too early to tell, but we'll have to notify her family first before giving out any information to any stranger."

"I understand."

"Thank you for bringing her in. Her family would be grateful and in your debt. We'll take it from here. You should head on back to your home and get some sleep. Once we notify her family, we'll call you and tell you about her progress."

Ryo thanked him, walked out of the hospital, then walked back home.

When he got to the driveway, he noticed that the downstairs lights were on.

He walked faster to the front door and opened it-being ready to fight in case there was a problem inside the house that he was unaware of.

Once he stepped inside, he only saw his four friends and his white tiger staring up at him from two of the three living room couches and the floor.

"Is everything alright, Ryo?" Cye asked concerned, looking over the couch.

"Yeah, where'd you run off to?" Sage asked a little agitated, now leaning against the wall with arms crossed toward his chest.

"Everything's fine. I just went out for a walk 'cause I couldn't sleep."

"Don't lie to us, Ryo," Sage said with still an agitated voice and a now evil glare.

Ryo looked at him with a confused face. "What're you talking about, Sage? Why would I be lying?"

"Well, for one thing, you're covered in blood."

Cye, Kento, and Rowen, who were all still seated on the two couches, became wide-eyed and quickly moved to where Sage was to get a better view on what Sage saw. From where they sat, they only saw the side view of Ryo.

Once they were in front of him, they saw the blood and quickly jumped on him with questions.

Sage spoke again, "So how did you get covered in blood if you were only out walking?"

Before Ryo got to reply to the first question, more came at him. And he knew he wasn't going to be able to answer until they finished.

"Yeah, man," Kento agreed. "What the heck happened?"

"Did a demon attack?" Came Cye's question.

"You sure you're okay?" asked Rowen. "That's not your blood is it?"

"Since you only said that you only went out for a walk, were you planning on not telling us what was really going on?" Came Sage's other question.

That was the last of the questions, but Ryo didn't answer right then and there because White Blaze walked up to him and stopped him from speaking, he was only able to open his mouth. His tiger sniffed him fiercely.

Once White Blaze finished, he sat on his hind legs, his head tilted to one side in confusion and curiosity.

Ryo looked at his tiger, knowing the question that was on his mind as well.

"That's right boy, it's not," Ryo said, petting the top of White Blaze's head, careful not to get blood on him, "And to answer your guys' questions," he began, looking up at them, "No, no demon attacked. So yeah, I'm fine. The part about going out for a walk because I couldn't sleep is true. I was just passing through the park when I suddenly tripped over something—"

The five, plus White Blaze, were now back in the living room, and Ryo continued his story.

"I looked behind me to see what it was that I tripped over. When I did, I saw an arm sticking out from behind a bush. When I first saw it, my first thought was that it probably wasn't attached to a body. So, of course, I got closer to the bush to make sure if it was or not. As I got closer, I saw a girl who possibly was around the same age as us, but I couldn't really tell from how badly beaten her face was. When I saw the way she looked, I thought she was dead until I checked her pulse. So I picked her up and ran to the hospital.

"That's pretty much it except the doctor said, that he'll contact me after first notifying her family."

"Poor girl," Cye said sadly. "I hope she makes it."

"Me, too," Ryo said.

"I wonder who could've done such a thing to her," Sage said softly.

"Well, whoever it was, I hope they get caught and punished for their crime," Kento said in hopefulness.

"I think we all hope on that, Kento," Rowen said.

Sage tried to stifle a yawn but was unsuccessful.

Rowen saw this and said, "Since we now know that you're alright, Ryo, I guess we all should head on back to bed. Even before Sage here falls asleep while standing, and we end up having to carry him up the stairs over our shoulder."

"Yeah, good idea," Ryo agreed. "I am starting to get tired, now that you mention it."

Picking up after Rowen's little joke about Sage, Kento responded, "you know, that would actually be funny to see Sage sleep-standing."

The guys laughed at that, except Sage himself, who just ignored it.

"Anyways, Ryo," Sage began, moving on from Kento's joke. "You should wash up first. You wouldn't want to sleep in blood."

"Oh, right! I can't believe I almost forgot about that already!"

They were all about to head back upstairs when Ryo stopped to ask them a question. "I'm just curious, how'd you guys know that I wasn't here? I thought I was totally quiet."

"White Blaze woke us up. Apparently, he heard you," Sage answered.

"He did, huh? I didn't mean to worry you, Blaze," he said, once again, being careful not to get blood on him while petting him. He looked up at his friends and said, "sorry to have worried all of you."

"Nah, no biggie," Rowen said, waving his hand. "For any of us five, it's good to always know about the other. You can't be too sure if one of us is in danger or not."

Ryo smiled.

They started climbing the stairs when they were once again interrupted, this time by Cye.

"A guys," he said.

"Now what?" Sage said, now getting agitated.

As the guys turned around once more to see what Cye wanted, they saw what Cye called out about. It was Kento.

Kento had fallen asleep standing up.

The guys cracked up on that.

In that laughter, Rowen announced, "it looks like Kento's own words came back at him. Instead of carrying Sage, it looks like we're going to have to carry him instead."

"Just leave him," Sage said. "He'll wake himself up once he falls over."

Once more, the group of friends laughed.

"No way," Cye exclaimed! "I don't want to wake up to an artificial earthquake!"

They all laughed one last time.

This was one heck of a crazy and interesting night!

They all finally got back to bed without any more interruptions, except for Rowen and Cye carrying sleeping Kento to his bed.