Chapter 12.

Manta cried softly " You always said.. that you wished to exceed death... you said that... you wouldn't die..." he cried hard as he sat weakly in the boys bathroom of the abandoned bowling alley.

" looks like..we have to live here... untill...we buy another house.." Yoh sulked whipeing away his tears with the soft white sleeve of his shirt.

" Yea..." Manta whispered choking a bit. " Where's Ryu?" He asked almost soundless.

" He went to take Anna home.." Yoh whipered leaning over and looking into the sink.

" Oh..." Manta whispered as well looking to the side. He had been cleaned and bandaged. " He always called me his Akachan..." Manta sniffled.

" Yea a know..." Yoh sighed sadly.

" It isn't fair...." Manta cried.

" Death never is..." Yoh fell to his knees crying. " Its never fair..."

Ryu walked down the street his head down looking at the ground. Tears fell softly to the pavement. " Faust-kun..." He cried softly.

" and just this morning..." he sniffed " I said to you that you were letting yourself go..but..you...you looked beautiful.." He cried into his sleeve.

"WHY!!!" He cried out and birds fluttered past him "why...."

*~I don't know what the hell to say..*~ Tokoghero thought glumly floating behind him.

Ryu sighed heavier " Faust-kun..."

Manta sighed sadly as he sat and watched Yoh play Bowling. Yoh still remained teary eyed as he jerked the ball forward aggressively and angrily.

Manta closed his eyes as he felt a cold draft.

Ryu's carefully styled hair now matted down to his shoulders no longer up as the freezing rain came down on him soaking the top of his shirt.

Bells to a shrine not too far away rang out as if they were a song. He sighed looking up to see a couple run out of the rain. He cryed a bit more now the rain hid his tears from the world.

Manta shivered as his wounds now burned hot like fire. His back glowed silver once again. *~Whats..happening to me...? I'm so scared..I wish Faust was hugging me right now..taking care of me..oh god how I miss him so much..*~ Manta thought wincing.

Yoh stopped his eyes hidden from his messy hair. " We...we've got to try and be strong Manta-chan..."

" How Can I BE STRONG!?" Manta cried loudly " Faust...is gone..forever...he was so kind to me..even though he hated me at first.. we became close...and...my house even though it was frightening is gone.. its so cold in here.. we have to live in such a scary place.. and ... theres no food... and my body is scaring me.. HOW CAN YOU TELL ME TO BE STRONG!!" Manta cried harder.

Yoh walked off stagering his hair still covering his face. " How can you be so selfish at a time like this..." He snapped as he went.

" Y....Y...Y...Yoh..." Manta stuttered tears running down his small face. He covered his eyes as he let out small hiccups. " I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be so..." " I'M SORRY!!" He cried falling off the chair and onto the floor. "Please forgive me Faust..Yoh-kun..Ryu-san!!!" He cried loudly and began to run weakly through the opposite hallway Yoh went. He shivered feeling frightened as he could hear old video game music and sound affects go off from behind him. It was pitch black and he felt so weak all he could do now was crawl away, continue to crawl in the opposite direction.

" My back..it hurts so bad.." Manta cried softly then shook his head " Look at me...look at me Faust-san...I'm being selfish again.." He stared at the open door. it was filled with switches, and a cheap blue carpet lay on the floor along with a chair and a microphone with a monitor on the desk.

" I'll stay..in here..." Manta sighed weekly crawling under the desk. He fell over losing conciousness.

Yoh sat on the bathroom floor grasping his hair. " Manta-chan..." He whispered crying softly. " Faust..." He sniffed as he held his knees together tightly,

Ryu walked into the alley carrying a few small grocery bags with him and a large red fleece blanket. He sighed sadly placing the blanket onto an empty space of the floor.

" Where have they gone..." Ryu whispered almost about to cry again.