A/N: ha! Just got in a fight! And because of that, this chapter is full of
angst. Can't help it. Hehehe.thanks to all who reviewed my story!
Aishiteru! Mwahhhh!!!!! ^_^
" yes baby? They're gone." Helois said. " daddy.the bad girl attacked mommy again." Iris told Rukawa. " yes I know, baby." He answered. " hey! you found another daddy and he looks just like Uncle." Erika said. " hey! you mean I'm out of business?" Mike asked Iris. The little girl nodded. Mike pouted. " aw, I'm unemployed." He said. " he's my daddy." Iris pointed at Rukawa. " can't I be your daddy instead?" Mike asked the girl.
Helois sighed. " Mike.stop it." she murmured. " you can be my uncle because I already have a daddy." Iris insisted. 'ha! Take that you fool!' Rukawa mused, hiding his secret smile. " ok. I can accept that." Mike said with a sad smile. he looked at Helois but she averted her gaze. Brad suddenly appeared. " I'm back!" he said.
" huh? I thought they caught you by the balls and would never come back." Helois smirked while taking a sip of her coffee. " like I told you before, nobody can get a hold of me except for." Brad paused. " ya I know who it is." Helois murmured. " good." Brad said. ' except for you.' he concluded in his mind. " why are you here? come on! spit it out." Helois told them. Uozumi offered Erika a sit. " eherm." She cleared her throat. " I smell something fishy. Tell me that my guess is wrong about Maho and Sandra will show up." Hiro said with a suspicious glance.
Mike sighed. " I came here to have a word with Helois." He said. Helois stiffened. " mommy you ok?" Iris asked worriedly. " I-I'm ok, baby. Here. go to your daddy while I have a word with Uncle Mike." Helois said and gave the girl to Rukawa. She then took one last sip of her coffee and stood up to walk away. She beckoned Mike to follow her.
" where are they going?" Ryota asked. " I hope this goes well." Erika prayed. " why?" Akagi asked her. " Mike still doesn't understand the reason why Helois left the team." Brad said with a sigh. " I thought Helois explained everything in her letter." Anzai-sensei said. " well, you know Mike. He's too fond of Helois, maybe in love with her, that her letter gave a large bruise on his heart and his ego." Erika said. " I hope they make up." Brad wished. " it's up to Mike on how he will open the subject to Helois." Erika said. " and it's up to my sister how she deals with him." Hiro said with a sigh.
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" so, what about it." Helois faced him with an expressionless face. They went to rink 2. " you've changed." Mike said. " don't be crazy. It's been two years." Helois snorted. " are you really not coming back to us?" Mike asked her while looking at her eyes. " Which part of my farewell letter did you not understand?" Helois asked him. " none." Mike uttered. " what?!" Helois demanded. " I said I did not understand anything from the letter. I mean, how could you? Helois, competitive skating is your life." Mike told her.
" And I thought I finally found someone who could hang on-" Mike started but Helois cut him short. " I don't want to see people dying because of me! I already lost two and I'm not going to lose one more!" She told him. Tears were welling up her eyes.
" But you have to move on!." Mike insisted. " Have you experience waking up in the morning missing the happy breakfast calls from your mother which you know that you can never hear again?! Did you know how great the pain is when you wake up every morning with someone screaming inside you head that you parents died because they are rushing to watch your stupid dance?!" Helois screamed in outrage. " I'm sorry-" Mike suddenly murmured. " you did not, right? So who gave you the right to tell me to get on with my life as if you've experienced everything I've been going through?!" Helois demanded. Mike was rooted on his spot. Silence engulfed them. Mike sighed. " I'm sorry. good luck." He said and turned away leaving Helois in a depressing state. Tears welled up her eyes as she watched Mike walk out of her life. She then ran to the locker rooms to take refuge.
" so.how did it go." Erika asked him when they saw Mike walking towards them looking very sad. Mike walked past them. " I'm going back to the hotel." He murmured. " what?!" Brad said. " wait, where's Helois?" Erika asked him. " let's go." Mike said in a monotone voice then walked out of the dome silently. Brad worriedly followed him. Erika looked torn, deciding if she would stay or leave. " I think it would be better if you leave her alone for a while." Anzai-sensei told Erika.
" I'm really, really sorry, Mr. Anzai. I didn't expect this to happen." she said. " you should've expected it." Hiro told her. Erika sighed. " tell her that I'll call her later." Erika said then followed her teammates out. The Japanese crowd fell silent.
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The water was flowing from the showerhead freely as Helois sank unto her knees and cried her heart out. memories came flooding inside her head. She felt confused and all. " why.?" Helois sobbed. " why.?" she asked again.
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" Hannah, can you look for Helois? I'm getting worried." Anzai-sensei said while watching Iris play around the tables. " hai, Anzai-sensei." Hannah said and walked away. " I'm coming with you!" Hiro said and followed the girl.
" bad aura is filling the place. I don't like it." Houjo-san said. " why does everything bad must happen at the same time of the day?" Yohei complained. " first, those girls then this. Kami-sama, what did Helois do and you're punishing her like this?" Yohei added. Iris went to Rukawa.
" daddy, where's mommy?" she asked. " she's out there just buying her time, Iris. Don't worry. she'll be back." Rukawa told the little girl.
After a few minutes, Hannah and Hiro retuned with Helois who looked like she took a quick shower. As they came closer, Rukawa noticed Helois' bloodshot eyes. Hiro appeared to be talking and Helois was answering with a nod. " ok remember, don't ask any questions regarding Mike. Understood?" Yohei whispered to them and they answered with a nod.
" the Yoshiro said that I'd be in-charge half the day while he'll work at night." Hiro said. Helois nodded but her mind was completely blank, not accepting what her brother was saying. " so what do you say about the schedule?" Hiro asked her. " well, if you'll be able to fetch and drop iris off then it would be just fine." Helois answered. Hannah brought another cup of coffee.
" and he told me that you can come anytime to play-test the new releases. You think you can do that?" Hiro asked her as she took her seat. " I'll fix my schedule then you'll get my answer." Helois said with a monotone voice. " good." Hiro nodded, knowingly looking at the people around them. Iris went to her.
" Nessan, you ok?" Iris asked, looking worriedly at her sister. " I'm fine Ri-chan. Just exhausted, that's all." Helois said. she took Iris in her arms and cradled the girl. Iris encircled her little arms around Helois and rested her head above her heart. " so warm." Iris said. Helois smiled sadly. " can we stay like this forever?" Iris asked her. " don't worry." Helois said and hugged her tightly.
Rukawa was mesmerized by the scene before him. he then began to imagine Helois hugging his very own son, telling him the everything would be ok. he flushed slightly at the scene inside his head. He looked at Helois and Iris. The little girl smiled at him. Rukawa smiled a little, assuring the girl that everything is ok.
" ok! go back to the rink!" Houjo-san said. Helois sighed and took her skates. " work again." She sighed. " you're tired to teaching us?" Sendoh pouted. " nah! I'm just exhausted, that's all." Helois told him. they fell silent as they launched across the ice. " oh I can see that you mastered the skill perfectly." Hiro said when he passed by Rukawa and Sendoh. They started skating side by side with Helois around the rink.
" when did you started to like ice skating, sensei?" Sendoh asked her. " Sendoh Akira, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me sensei." Helois told him. " gomen ne." Sendoh apologized. " so when?" Rukawa asked her. " I don't exactly remember. Maybe when I was two years old." Helois said. " how?" Rukawa asked. " I just saw a girl slipped while she entered the rink and I told myself, I'll never be like her. that was my motivation." Helois said. " oh." the two boys murmured.
" how did you meet Yohei Mito?" Sendoh asked when they turned around the bend. " why would you want to know?" Helois asked them. " just wondering.your brother told us that you're not fond of talking to other people." Sendoh said. Rukawa smirked. " like I'm an Ice Queen?" Helois asked him. " kinda." Sendoh said. Helois turned around and faced them. she was gliding with her back against their direction. " I meet him here. he was drinking coffee and walked over." Helois told them. " you became friends then." Sendoh concluded.
" sorta kinda." Helois said. she again turned around and sped up. " come on! faster." She told them so he and Rukawa took speed to catch up with her. " what other sports do you like?" Sendoh asked. " basketball." Helois said. Rukawa looked at her. " really?" he asked. " well, yes." Helois said, still not looking at them. " how come? do you play basketball too?" Sendoh asked. " I play when I was still in U.S." Helois said. " do you just love basketball or you want to play because it helps in your performance in the rink?" Rukawa asked her without inhibitions. Helois went silent. Without heed she took up speed and left the two boys to make a very fast round-off. " look what you've done!" Sendoh accused Rukawa. The two boys watched as Helois evaded every skater with ease. Rukawa saw her footwork and was utterly surprised. " that's why." Rukawa murmured. Helois went back to them.
" true." She panted. " what?" Sendoh asked. " Basketball helped a lot in my skating abilities." Helois said. " because you need a good and reliable footwork in ice skating so you tried out basketball." Rukawa said. " well, Basketball is not really the main option. You can use Boxing." Helois said. " wow. You are resourceful." Sendoh said.
" DADDY!" Iris' voice echoed throughout the dome. Rukawa turned around and saw Iris skating towards him. " she's good!" Mitsui said as he passed by. Iris jumped into Rukawa's arms when she reached their proximity. " she really is your sister." Sendoh told Helois. " I wanna skate with you." Iris said. " well.I don't think we're finished." Rukawa said but Helois stopped him. " you're done. You can linger on. bye." Helois said and skated away before they can protest.
" what's the matter with your mommy?" Sendoh asked the little girl. " she's tired." Somebody spoke up from behind. They turned around and was shocked to see Anzai-sensei standing behind them. " Anzai-sensei? You can skate?!" Sendoh asked in disbelief. " in a family of skaters, it is a disgrace if you're left out." the old man said.
Rukawa looked at Helois disappeared and sighed. " ok.let's play." Rukawa said. they skated all throughout the day while Helois took her rest. She distanced herself from them for the rest of the day, scared that if she stayed with Rukawa or Sendoh, her guard with be shattered like glass any minute.
They decided to go home at 5:00 and they saw Helois sleeping by the table with an empty cup of coffee next to her. " she really is tired." Fujima said. they did not bother to wake her up to say goodbye knowing that this is not their last meeting.
A/N: I don't know if you like this chapter very much. But oh well, that's how I write. Please review!!!! Thanks to those to reviewed it! mwah!!!!!! ^_^
" yes baby? They're gone." Helois said. " daddy.the bad girl attacked mommy again." Iris told Rukawa. " yes I know, baby." He answered. " hey! you found another daddy and he looks just like Uncle." Erika said. " hey! you mean I'm out of business?" Mike asked Iris. The little girl nodded. Mike pouted. " aw, I'm unemployed." He said. " he's my daddy." Iris pointed at Rukawa. " can't I be your daddy instead?" Mike asked the girl.
Helois sighed. " Mike.stop it." she murmured. " you can be my uncle because I already have a daddy." Iris insisted. 'ha! Take that you fool!' Rukawa mused, hiding his secret smile. " ok. I can accept that." Mike said with a sad smile. he looked at Helois but she averted her gaze. Brad suddenly appeared. " I'm back!" he said.
" huh? I thought they caught you by the balls and would never come back." Helois smirked while taking a sip of her coffee. " like I told you before, nobody can get a hold of me except for." Brad paused. " ya I know who it is." Helois murmured. " good." Brad said. ' except for you.' he concluded in his mind. " why are you here? come on! spit it out." Helois told them. Uozumi offered Erika a sit. " eherm." She cleared her throat. " I smell something fishy. Tell me that my guess is wrong about Maho and Sandra will show up." Hiro said with a suspicious glance.
Mike sighed. " I came here to have a word with Helois." He said. Helois stiffened. " mommy you ok?" Iris asked worriedly. " I-I'm ok, baby. Here. go to your daddy while I have a word with Uncle Mike." Helois said and gave the girl to Rukawa. She then took one last sip of her coffee and stood up to walk away. She beckoned Mike to follow her.
" where are they going?" Ryota asked. " I hope this goes well." Erika prayed. " why?" Akagi asked her. " Mike still doesn't understand the reason why Helois left the team." Brad said with a sigh. " I thought Helois explained everything in her letter." Anzai-sensei said. " well, you know Mike. He's too fond of Helois, maybe in love with her, that her letter gave a large bruise on his heart and his ego." Erika said. " I hope they make up." Brad wished. " it's up to Mike on how he will open the subject to Helois." Erika said. " and it's up to my sister how she deals with him." Hiro said with a sigh.
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" so, what about it." Helois faced him with an expressionless face. They went to rink 2. " you've changed." Mike said. " don't be crazy. It's been two years." Helois snorted. " are you really not coming back to us?" Mike asked her while looking at her eyes. " Which part of my farewell letter did you not understand?" Helois asked him. " none." Mike uttered. " what?!" Helois demanded. " I said I did not understand anything from the letter. I mean, how could you? Helois, competitive skating is your life." Mike told her.
" And I thought I finally found someone who could hang on-" Mike started but Helois cut him short. " I don't want to see people dying because of me! I already lost two and I'm not going to lose one more!" She told him. Tears were welling up her eyes.
" But you have to move on!." Mike insisted. " Have you experience waking up in the morning missing the happy breakfast calls from your mother which you know that you can never hear again?! Did you know how great the pain is when you wake up every morning with someone screaming inside you head that you parents died because they are rushing to watch your stupid dance?!" Helois screamed in outrage. " I'm sorry-" Mike suddenly murmured. " you did not, right? So who gave you the right to tell me to get on with my life as if you've experienced everything I've been going through?!" Helois demanded. Mike was rooted on his spot. Silence engulfed them. Mike sighed. " I'm sorry. good luck." He said and turned away leaving Helois in a depressing state. Tears welled up her eyes as she watched Mike walk out of her life. She then ran to the locker rooms to take refuge.
" so.how did it go." Erika asked him when they saw Mike walking towards them looking very sad. Mike walked past them. " I'm going back to the hotel." He murmured. " what?!" Brad said. " wait, where's Helois?" Erika asked him. " let's go." Mike said in a monotone voice then walked out of the dome silently. Brad worriedly followed him. Erika looked torn, deciding if she would stay or leave. " I think it would be better if you leave her alone for a while." Anzai-sensei told Erika.
" I'm really, really sorry, Mr. Anzai. I didn't expect this to happen." she said. " you should've expected it." Hiro told her. Erika sighed. " tell her that I'll call her later." Erika said then followed her teammates out. The Japanese crowd fell silent.
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The water was flowing from the showerhead freely as Helois sank unto her knees and cried her heart out. memories came flooding inside her head. She felt confused and all. " why.?" Helois sobbed. " why.?" she asked again.
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" Hannah, can you look for Helois? I'm getting worried." Anzai-sensei said while watching Iris play around the tables. " hai, Anzai-sensei." Hannah said and walked away. " I'm coming with you!" Hiro said and followed the girl.
" bad aura is filling the place. I don't like it." Houjo-san said. " why does everything bad must happen at the same time of the day?" Yohei complained. " first, those girls then this. Kami-sama, what did Helois do and you're punishing her like this?" Yohei added. Iris went to Rukawa.
" daddy, where's mommy?" she asked. " she's out there just buying her time, Iris. Don't worry. she'll be back." Rukawa told the little girl.
After a few minutes, Hannah and Hiro retuned with Helois who looked like she took a quick shower. As they came closer, Rukawa noticed Helois' bloodshot eyes. Hiro appeared to be talking and Helois was answering with a nod. " ok remember, don't ask any questions regarding Mike. Understood?" Yohei whispered to them and they answered with a nod.
" the Yoshiro said that I'd be in-charge half the day while he'll work at night." Hiro said. Helois nodded but her mind was completely blank, not accepting what her brother was saying. " so what do you say about the schedule?" Hiro asked her. " well, if you'll be able to fetch and drop iris off then it would be just fine." Helois answered. Hannah brought another cup of coffee.
" and he told me that you can come anytime to play-test the new releases. You think you can do that?" Hiro asked her as she took her seat. " I'll fix my schedule then you'll get my answer." Helois said with a monotone voice. " good." Hiro nodded, knowingly looking at the people around them. Iris went to her.
" Nessan, you ok?" Iris asked, looking worriedly at her sister. " I'm fine Ri-chan. Just exhausted, that's all." Helois said. she took Iris in her arms and cradled the girl. Iris encircled her little arms around Helois and rested her head above her heart. " so warm." Iris said. Helois smiled sadly. " can we stay like this forever?" Iris asked her. " don't worry." Helois said and hugged her tightly.
Rukawa was mesmerized by the scene before him. he then began to imagine Helois hugging his very own son, telling him the everything would be ok. he flushed slightly at the scene inside his head. He looked at Helois and Iris. The little girl smiled at him. Rukawa smiled a little, assuring the girl that everything is ok.
" ok! go back to the rink!" Houjo-san said. Helois sighed and took her skates. " work again." She sighed. " you're tired to teaching us?" Sendoh pouted. " nah! I'm just exhausted, that's all." Helois told him. they fell silent as they launched across the ice. " oh I can see that you mastered the skill perfectly." Hiro said when he passed by Rukawa and Sendoh. They started skating side by side with Helois around the rink.
" when did you started to like ice skating, sensei?" Sendoh asked her. " Sendoh Akira, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me sensei." Helois told him. " gomen ne." Sendoh apologized. " so when?" Rukawa asked her. " I don't exactly remember. Maybe when I was two years old." Helois said. " how?" Rukawa asked. " I just saw a girl slipped while she entered the rink and I told myself, I'll never be like her. that was my motivation." Helois said. " oh." the two boys murmured.
" how did you meet Yohei Mito?" Sendoh asked when they turned around the bend. " why would you want to know?" Helois asked them. " just wondering.your brother told us that you're not fond of talking to other people." Sendoh said. Rukawa smirked. " like I'm an Ice Queen?" Helois asked him. " kinda." Sendoh said. Helois turned around and faced them. she was gliding with her back against their direction. " I meet him here. he was drinking coffee and walked over." Helois told them. " you became friends then." Sendoh concluded.
" sorta kinda." Helois said. she again turned around and sped up. " come on! faster." She told them so he and Rukawa took speed to catch up with her. " what other sports do you like?" Sendoh asked. " basketball." Helois said. Rukawa looked at her. " really?" he asked. " well, yes." Helois said, still not looking at them. " how come? do you play basketball too?" Sendoh asked. " I play when I was still in U.S." Helois said. " do you just love basketball or you want to play because it helps in your performance in the rink?" Rukawa asked her without inhibitions. Helois went silent. Without heed she took up speed and left the two boys to make a very fast round-off. " look what you've done!" Sendoh accused Rukawa. The two boys watched as Helois evaded every skater with ease. Rukawa saw her footwork and was utterly surprised. " that's why." Rukawa murmured. Helois went back to them.
" true." She panted. " what?" Sendoh asked. " Basketball helped a lot in my skating abilities." Helois said. " because you need a good and reliable footwork in ice skating so you tried out basketball." Rukawa said. " well, Basketball is not really the main option. You can use Boxing." Helois said. " wow. You are resourceful." Sendoh said.
" DADDY!" Iris' voice echoed throughout the dome. Rukawa turned around and saw Iris skating towards him. " she's good!" Mitsui said as he passed by. Iris jumped into Rukawa's arms when she reached their proximity. " she really is your sister." Sendoh told Helois. " I wanna skate with you." Iris said. " well.I don't think we're finished." Rukawa said but Helois stopped him. " you're done. You can linger on. bye." Helois said and skated away before they can protest.
" what's the matter with your mommy?" Sendoh asked the little girl. " she's tired." Somebody spoke up from behind. They turned around and was shocked to see Anzai-sensei standing behind them. " Anzai-sensei? You can skate?!" Sendoh asked in disbelief. " in a family of skaters, it is a disgrace if you're left out." the old man said.
Rukawa looked at Helois disappeared and sighed. " ok.let's play." Rukawa said. they skated all throughout the day while Helois took her rest. She distanced herself from them for the rest of the day, scared that if she stayed with Rukawa or Sendoh, her guard with be shattered like glass any minute.
They decided to go home at 5:00 and they saw Helois sleeping by the table with an empty cup of coffee next to her. " she really is tired." Fujima said. they did not bother to wake her up to say goodbye knowing that this is not their last meeting.
A/N: I don't know if you like this chapter very much. But oh well, that's how I write. Please review!!!! Thanks to those to reviewed it! mwah!!!!!! ^_^