Well, finally, here it is. Chapter 3. Sorry I haven't written in a while. Anyway, I hope you enjoy ^-^ ======================================

Yea, I think I'm ready to continue the story. sorry for keeping you waiting. Now where was I again? Hm? Oh, on the way to the hospital with Yuni, that's right!

Okay, so we just left her house, Yuni and I that is, and we were on our way to the hospital to visit Akira, who had gotten into an accident and went into a coma. I felt just awful for Yuni, because of how close she and Akira are.

Akira and Yuni have known each other, almost as long as Rage and I have known each other. And Yuni has been my friend, since shortly after I met Rage, so I was there when Yuni met Akira. *giggles* Now that was a cute scene, I think I'll tell you about it.

Now let's see. Hm, yea, Yuni was 7 and Akira was 13. Note at this point, they weren't anymore then friends. Seriously, how could a 13 year old be attracted to a 7 year old? Haaa..Anyway, Yuni, Rage, and I, were all playing hide and seek at the park. I was 10 at this time, Rage was 12. Yuni was it and Rage and I were hiding very well, I think so anyway. I mean, Yuni couldn't find us.

Rage and I waited for 10 minutes and weren't found. 20 minutes, still nothing. In fact, we didn't hear Yuni's voice either. So we got out of our hiding places, and sure enough Yuni wasn't anywhere to be found. Well, obviously we panicked. We thought for sure Yuni was kidnapped, and we instantly began looking for her.

We searched for what seemed to be 15 minutes or so, with no luck. Then out of no where, we heard an unfamiliar voice calling for us. We answered it and a boy ran up to us, carrying Yuni in his arms. You probably guessed this boy was Akira.

"Thank you SO much! We were really worried about Yuni," I said.
"Yea, thanks," Rage added, "Where was she?"
"I found her crying her eyes out. Over in the forest in the middle of the park," He paused and looked down at Yuni, then looked back at us and continued, "I asked her why she was in the forest all by herself, and she said 'I thought they may be hiding around here.'. I asked her who she meant, and she told me she meant her 2 friends," he paused and glanced back and forth between us, then said, "I assume YOU, are those friends? why on Earth were you hiding from her?"
"We were just playing hide and seek. We weren't trying to ditch her or anything," Rage said.
Akira just kind of smirked and said, "What are your names?"
"I'm Emi Toshiba, this is Reiji Itoh," I said.
"And you are...How old?" Akira added.
"If it matters! I'm 12, Emi is 10, Yuni here is 7. And you would be?!"
"The name is Akira, 13. Say Reiji, don't ya think Yoiu're a bit old for hide and seek? That seems a bit childish to me," Akira said.
"'Scuse me Sir. Um, It isn't childish. Hide and seek is super fun to play," Yuni said to Akira.
Akira looked at Yuni sincerely and said, "Oh yes, I'm sure it would be fun for you, little Yuni. I shouldn't have said it was childish, I'm sorry," and he smiled at her.

At this point I got the impression that Akira liked to look tough, but had a soft heart deep down.

"'Scuse me. Could you put me down please?" Yuni said softly.
"Oh, sure. Sorry," Akira said, and he slowly lowered her to the ground, "Now, Reiji you seem a cool guy and all, but I think that name has got to go. hmm," Akira looked deep in thought the looked up and said, "That's it! Rage! Rage is your new nickname, alright?"
"Rage! Yea I like it," Rage said with a very satisfied grin.

Just then, Yuni tugged on Akira's pantleg and asked him to lower his head down.

Akira lowered his head to Yuni's level and said, "Yes?"

At that, Yuni said, "Thank you for saving me," then kissed Akira's cheek and ran to me. Well, that is how our 4-way friendship started. Akira thought Rage was cool, Rage and I were great friends, Yuni looked up to me and we were friends, and Akira was fond of 'Little Yuni'.

So that is how they met, isn't it sweet? anyway, on to the main story. We were walking to the hospital, and we were talking about, OH! Well, that's kinda funny. We were talking about the same story I just told you. So I guess, I should just skip that part.

So we arrived at the hospital, I could tell Yuni was a bit nervous, because she started to walk slower.

"Yuni, it's ok, I'm right here with you," I said.
Yuni smiled and me and nodded, "Right. Thank you, Emi."

With that we walked into the hospital to visit Akira.

Alright, I had planned on telling you a bit more today, but I got a bit carried away with that story about Akira meeting us all. Oh well. tommorow I'll tell you plenty ^-^ ok?

========================================== So there, that is the long awaited chapter 3. I know some of you maybe expected more then a flashback, but it was a good flashback, wasn't it? Characters need background.