Here I go again! Hahahahaha! Arigatou gozaimashite to those who reviewed " A Letter for a spider" and " I want to."! domo!!!! ^_^ Ria-chan is very happy!:) Now Ria-chan is here again with a new story about my love, Rukawa. I'm not making an OOC but please forgive poor Ria-chan if the story turns out like that! Kudasai! ^_^ Sorry if my terms are wrong. Please forgive Ria- chan, poor, poor Ria-chan! Ahhh..additional precautions, '' are for thoughts and "" are for dialogs.

" She spinning like a top!" one of the spectators yelled. The whole stadium was filled withy applause and catcalls as Helois Tachibana made a perfect spinner. " she's going to win!" the other said. Everybody is making his/her judgment on how Helois performed today at the finals of National Ice Skating Competition. This competition will determine if she will qualify for the Sidney Olympics and everybody seem to see her as fit.

'Keep spinning! Keep dancing! This is your dream!' Helois thought as she did her rounds. 'you're going to win! For Iris, for Oniichan, for Dad and for Mom!'

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"will you hurry up!" the beautiful woman on the passenger seat hissed at the handsome brunette on the driver's seat while they speed up the highway. " will you calm down? We will be there!" the man answered. " Yuri Tachibana, if I miss my daughter dancing there I'd cut your throat!" the woman threatened.

" hold you horses, Mariko. We'll be there." Yuri answered. " Kami-sama you're impossible!" Mariko sighed in exasperation. " don't worry honey. She will be ok and we'll catch up." Yuri told her. " Hiro and Iris are sick. They can't come so we need to fill it up." Mariko said. the handsome man sighed. " shut up lady or I'll kiss you." he said with a smile. Mariko smiled at that thought. " whatever." She said.

they sat there silenced, having different thought in their heads when suddenly.. 'CRASH!'

Darkness enveloped the world and everything collapsed.into a midst of nothingness when their car crashed against another car.

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Helois took speed to execute her final stunt, which was a back dive. Axis by axis, she set her set for the win when.

she gasped for air as she felt her heart being squeezed. She suddenly lost balance and fell.her body sliding fast across the cold frozen rink. 'no!' her head hammered. darkness fell in as the body of Helois Tachibana hit the wall. 'NO!'

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Helois woke up 5 hours later with sprained ankle, aching back and loads of fans with different reactions. Some are angry, thinking that Helois sabotaged her performance, some are concerned for the young skater's condition and some are even happy to see her downfall.

She opened her eyes and first saw the face of her best friend in the team, Erika James. " what happened?" Helois murmured, feeling her body ache with lack of movement. Erika just started sadly at her, making those pretty blue eyes worried. " what happened?" Helois asked again, getting up. " lie down, Ms. Tachibana. You need rest." The nurse said.

Helois stared at the nurse. " why am I here? what happened to the competition? Did I win? Where's mom and dad?" Helois showered them with questions. " um, Helois dear." somebody spoke. Helois recognized the man as her couch, Mr. Blight. " sir what happened? why am I here?" she asked. Her heart is pounded crazy.

" you." the man started. " I what?" Helois demanded. " you." he stammered. " you fell." Erika finished his sentence. " what?! You're kidding right? I'm the best skater in the world and I can't afford to fall." She said. " but you did.and you lost the slot in the Olympics team." Mr. Blight told her. " n-no." Helois stammered. " sir, please make it easy for the patient. She needs rest." The nurse said.

" maybe we could talk of the other things after you regain your strength." Mr. Blight said, looking at Erika uneasily.

" what now?! is there any bad news left?!" she demanded.

" take it easy, Ms. Tachibana." The nurse patted her shoulders and Helois shrugged it off. " don't touch me!" she told her off and faced her couch and best friend. " tell me, goddamn it!" she yelled. " your.your." Erika's voice trailed off.

" my what?" Helois yelled at her. " your.your." she stuttered. " for heaven's sake Erika! Don't stutter!" the outraged girl shouted. " your parents are dead." Mr. Blight said with no holding back. Helois' face turned pale. " what? You're crazy! Goddamned crazy." Helois said but fear gripped her heart so suddenly that she did not noticed that she was crying.

" you're kidding me, right? Please tell me." Helois said. " no.t-they met accident.when.rushing.watch.what your per.performance." Erika sobbed. The auburn-haired girl rushed towards Helois and hugged her fiercely. " no." Helois uttered. " This is not true.they will be here any moment.then we'll celebrate even though I lost.then we will fetch Oniichan and itomo- chan.then we will have a real celebration." her voice trailed off and she started sobbing.

" they'll be here." she murmured. 'They'll be here.'