A/N: Reviews! Wee! Will the boy with Yuki's eyes be seen again. We'll see. Well…let's see…how they'll handle Tohma's interference….

Thanks: Guren, Vera-Sama, Shos-lady, Notta Writer, the one who posses Insanity, puppet-cat.

Warning: Adult Language

Chapter XIII

Sho found Ichigo sitting on the ground next to the railing. "Ichi…" He approached her cautiously. "Ichigo, it looks like rain…Please stand up..." The girl did not move. The rain began in small droplets and Sho immediately unfolded his black umbrella and lifted it to shield his friend. "Ichigo?" She sat their for a moment, looking at the ground with her arms folded. "Sho…?" she spoke. "Yeah?" He kneeled down as the rain began to pour. "Why does life have to be so unfair? Why do people have to ruin things?" He sighed and knelt down. "I'm sorry.." "You sorry! Is that all you have to say!" "For now, yes. Ichigo, life isn't air because it wasn't meant to be, and people hurt people without thinking. Its human nature to be selfish…" She shivered visibly and he stuck his hand inside his big pocket and got up. "Come on, Ichi, its getting worse. We should head to your house where it's safe…" Ichigo nodded and got up, allowing her best friend to take her arm. Lighting flashed and she winced. She really hated thunder and lighting storms. They scared her! "I'm here, Ichi, there's no need to be afraid…" His voice was soothing.

"Tadaima!" Sho hollered from the entrance of his house.

There hadn't been much time to get Ichi to hers, as soon as they'd left the shelter of the trees, a down pour had begun. He then realized his father was at work and grinned. "Let's get you to my room where you'll be warm. You can use my blankets; I'll make us some hot tea!" He rushed off to the kitchen. Ichigo nodded she knew the way to his room. Ichigo proceeded to Sho's room, pushing open the door that said: "Beware of Perverts." She shrugged always thinking it was a strange thing to put on ones door. Then again he was a boy, so maybe it was appropriate. She walked through the haphazard room, making her way to the bed and plopped down. Sho's computer, his life line, was off (his punishment). Around the machine sat various computer programs as well as games. Her friend was very meticulous when it came to his work space so the area around the monitor was very clean. She pulled his blankets up around her shoulder and shivered. On the shelf next to his dresser were several volumes of quantum psychics. He had always been a smart kid for his age. Ichi did see something however that seemed terribley out of place.

She got up and walked over to inspect it, pulling out a book that said: The Art of Inuyasha, on it. She grinned flipping through it ravenously. So he didn't like anime huh? What a big fat liar he was! She started to giggle but was at the same time enjoying the book. Ichigo ADORED anime and anything related to it! She could hear Sho making his way to the room. She grinned deep, keeping the art book in full view. He entered caring a tray of green tea. "So…" She hefted the book. "You don't like anime, huh? What a crock!" He froze. "Where'd you find that!?" "On your bookshelf, in plain view where anybody could see it…." "Give it back!" "Nope." She lifted it high. "Why wouldn't you tell me about this! You know how happy I'd be for you…I'm sorta hurt that you thought not enough of me…that you had to lie…" She started her fake sniffles. He rolled his eyes, putting down the tea tray. "Cut the crap, Ichi…You know those tears aren't real. Now give me that book!" He reached over and snatched from her hand. "Thank you!" "Fine. Be that way…" He rolled his eyes once more. "Look, are you going to bitch me out or are we going to solve this mystery?"

"Solve the mysery."

Her cell phone rang then.

She picked it up. "Talk to me!"

"Ichigo…"

It was K-san. "Wow, you work fast!"

"No, that isn't it. I found her place of residence but it seems she's not home. So I stayed there for awhile and another man dressed in a black suit approached the building. I think they were looking for her too…"

"Ohhhh…" He paused. "Did you find out who sent them?"

"No but I will…."

"Good…."

The phone went dead.

Sho looked up, trouble in his eyes. "Anything wrong?" "Not sure…But I have a funny suspicion I know who sent that guy. I just want K-san to check…" "Someone is trying to get to Yoshiki Kitazawa before we do." He said then drank his tea. "But who?" She pondered this deeply. Ichigo had to wonder. Only one person seemed to want the past buried so deep they wouldn't be able to reach it… So she believed if they dug deeper, she'd find out why they wanted to keep it hidden.

My family depends on me……

Unbeknownst to K, Yoshiki Kitazawa was indeed in her apartment, she'd just neglected to even answer the buzzer. She was in fact sitting on the couch near the window that over looked the street, painting her toe nails. Two strange men wanting to speak with her in one day was odd, and she had learned long ago never to open the door to strangers. And these men WERE strange! Yes, indeed, they were, though the one with the blond pony-tail seemed strangely familiar. Nevertheless, she continued to paint her nails a pretty pink color, leaning over her Capri-clad legs to blow at them. "Maybe I should call the cops…?"She peered through the window, saying out loud. "They are loitering." She raised her left foot and proceeded to paint its nails. She leaned against this arm of the couch and sighed, raising the finished product to fan that was blowing back and forth. "Maybe I should let one of them in…Then again…maybe not." Yoshiki was not sure she was feeling generous or not. These men were a pain. They kept staying outside her building, the black-suited man on the step and the other across the street watching the former man, pretending to be invisible.

She put down the bottle of nail polish and got up, walking to her kitchen. "I'm thirsty…" She pulled open the fridge door and bent over to look in. Inside sat a whole lot of tofu, chocolate pudding snacks, and a health drink. Yoshiki sighed, picking out the health drink and walked back over to one of the windows looking out. They were still there. "I wonder what they want…can't be the repot man I paid for everything…Electricity or light bill.. Naaah they look too much like corporate suits." She scratched her head and took a sip of the drink. "I'm sure I haven't done anything wrong, so what's with the goon squad…?" She walked to her bedroom in her bare feet and took another swig of health juice. She rummaged in her drawer intent to ignore the two creepy guys outside. Yoshiki put down the juice jug and pulled out a pony tail tie and place her hair in a low own, where it sat between her shoulder blades. She walked back outside and looked out the window once more. The creep in the suit was gone but the other guy with the gun holster still stood on the other side of the street like an expectant puppy. She shrugged her shoulder and turned….

Only to be found face to face with the creep in the suit from downstairs.

The jug dropped from her hand, splashing juice all over her hardwood floor.

"Hello. Kitazawa-san I presume. Please come with me…."

"Now." Yuki came to the couch with an ice-pack wrapped in a kitchen towel and gently applied it to her swollen ankle. "You're here because…."

"Seguchi-san."

"As I said, he's not here. Are you a friend of his?" He hadn't known Tohma to have any friends other than Noriko Ukai and Ryuichi Sakuma.

"You could say that."

He eyes her suspiciously. "You can stay here. Make yourself at home." He wasn't usually so nice, but he figured he couldn't kick her out. Not with that bum ankle anyhow. "I have to get back to my novel…" "Oh.." She sounded disappointed. "Wait! You didn't tell me your name." Yuki stopped and turned. "It's Yuki, Eiri Yuki." She didn't say anything for awhile. "May I call you Eiri?" "Whatever floats your boat." He said then disappeared into his study closing the door behind him. Meanwhile, the woman known as Rumiko Saori watch him do this and contemplated what she'd heard of her boss' family life. "Eiri Yuki…Seguchi-san's brother-in-law. The famous romance novelist…" She looked around, spotting a picture of him and his significant other. She'd heard Shuichi Shindou was his…spouse. She'd met Shindou-san several times, and he seemed really nice. At first, it had weirded her out to know of their relationship…but eventually she'd gotten use to it. And now she'd found it rather sweet. It was rumored in NG whatever made Yuki-san happy made Seguchi-san happy…and obviously Shuichi Shindou had made Yuki-san VERY happy. They'd been together for so long after all.

Then she thoughr back to Seguchi-san himself, the rumor's had not been quelled as well as most would like. So she had found out about the state of his marriage. Rumiko had found out how Mika Seguchi had left her husband…though the reasons were…unknown. Their president was never the same since his wife left. He'd acted like…a different person, and this troubled her. As much as he tried to throw himself into his work blindly, Tohma Seguchi could not hide his feelings. Inside he was a broken man. It more than troubled her….it downright broke her heart. "Seguchi-san…" Rumiko wanted so badly to help him ease his pain. To salvage what was left of her Shacho's heart. She knew what it was like to ache so badly, your heart felt as if it was bleeding terribly. The door opened to the study down the hall and Yuki walked out with a cup of coffee in hand and a piece of paper in the other. He passed her and entered the kitchen, not seeming to notice her presence. She watched him through the window to the kitchen, watched as he heated his water, getting it ready for his next cup. He adjusted his glasses and leaned against the counter.

"Yuki-san…"

He turned to look at her.

"What?"

"How is….Seguchi-san?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean…how is his home life since…."

"Since my sister left him?"

She winced. "Yeah."

Yuki shrugged. "How should I know…he's gone back to his house…"

"Oh…"

Rumiko eyed a picture of Yuki, Shuichi and their daughter… "You're family is very…nice…" She ended for lack of a better word.

"Thanks…" He then went about completing his daily coffee ritual.

She stared at the picture in her hand as Yuki walked past with a steaming mug in hand. "I must be so nice…To have a family that's not falling apart." Seguchi-san's is crashing down around his ears. Rumiko eyed the picture Shuichi. It was an old one because the j-pop star still had his bubble-gum hair. Also their daughter….Ichigo was still a small kid in this one. She had her parents features: her 'mother's' eyes and her father's hair. A beautiful child. "Why can't people like us be happy too, Seguchi-san? Why are only a few chosen to lead happy lives? It doesn't seem fair…" She put the picture back in its place, smiling sadly at the more recent picture of the happy couple and their child. "I wish to help you dear Seguchi-san…Let me heal your wounds…" Tears filled her eyes. "Let the blood which pours from my own heart, be like a solvent to yours, if I may. If you will let me." She sighed, leaning back and falling asleep. That was how Yuki found her an hour later. He had heard to woman talking, suddenly realizing why she inquired after his brother-in-law as she did. "Well, well, well…" Yuki said, a small smile to his lips.

Tohma Seguchi looked up at the woman known as Yoshiki Kitazawa was brought into his office. He nodded at the detective. "Thank you, you may leave us…" The creep in the suit nodded back and left. Yoshiki glared after him then turned her eyes on the president. "So it's you…" she realized who he was. Tohma Seguchi, president of NG pro and former member of the band Nittle Grasper. "What do you want, Seguchi-san…?" She pulled her legs under her, staring intently into his eyes, not backing down. "A good question, Yoshiki-san." "And do you have an answer…?" She then leaned back, looking nonchalantly. "Maybe why you had that goon kid-nap me? I was busy you know." Tohma smiled a fake smile. "I am sorry." He flipped through his rolodex. "But I had to speak with you…." "Did you? Why after all these years?" He looked up, cerulean eyes piercing hers. "Yoshiki-san, do you recall an occurrence involving your elder brother Yuki and…" "And Eiri Uesugi?" She snorted folding up her knees under he chin. "Of course I remember! Your big brother being a slime ball's not something you forget, Seguchi-san….." She looked aside then.

"What about it? I thought that was considered…."buried"." Yoshiki made quotations as she said this word. "As I did as well…unfortunately certain parties do not wish it to stay buried." He sighed. "And as you know, I cannot allow this to take place….Eiri-san is finally healing, bringing up dead ghosts would only tear open his wounds after all these years…" "Sooo…" She was very unsure of where the man was going. "There will be another party which will seek to extract this information from you…if they do approach you, I wish you to tell them nothing…" He got out his check book and began writing out a sum. "This is how much I will pay you for your silence. To keep…Eiri-san from experiencing those feelings again." He tore out the check and slid it to her. Yoshiki leaned over and brought it to her field of vision. Her eyes widened as the generous sum. "This is how much my silence is worth…." "Every yen." She frowned. Something was not right…she couldn't be sure, but something in Tohma's words rang false. "Well….Do we have a deal?" She looked at the check again then slid it back to him. It WAS a lot of money but still…. "I'll think about it." She resigned that she wouldn't make such a major decisions so hastily.

Tohma frowned himself. "What's there to think about?" This clearly upset him. This was clearly an unexpected answer.

"Like I said, I'll think about it."

"YOU WHAT!?" Ichigo shouted.

"I seem to have lost her…It seems she was in the building after all…The man I saw watching and waiting for her must've giving me the slip somehow…" K explained.

"Great, just great." She muttered, dragging a hand through her hair. "I REALLY needed to talk to her, K-san."

"And you shall! I just need to find her…again."

"Yeah! You do that!" She punched off the phone and glared at it for a moment. "So close….yet so far."

Sho watched her from the floor of his room and sighed, picking up his own phone and dialing Kari-chan's number. "I can't use my computer…But Kari wasn't restricted from hers. Let's see what she can run down…" "Run down what!?" Ichi shrieked. "The final clue is right here! But someone's is trying to stop us! I can feel it!" She was now standing on the bed. Suddenly, something dawned on the blonde-headed girl. "WAIT!" "Huh?" "Hold on! I just had a thought!" "WOW!" "Shut up, Sho! You're not funny!" "Hello?" Kari Seguchi questioned. "Hold on, Kari-chan, Ichigo is brain storming, she may have something…" He looked up to his best friend. "I was thinking….Ask Kari how she found out about my tou-san and hers?" "Okay…" "No wait!" She snatched it from his hands, jumping off the bed. "Kari!" "Yes, Senpai." "When did you first learn of my tou-san and yours? How did you learn about it?" Silence at first. "Kari-chan?" "I heard them fighting….my mother and father….." A sigh. "And?" "It appears he was found in a compromising position with uncle Eiri." Another sigh. "Oh…" It was a hard thing to hear, it hurt. Her oji-san love/lusted after his own wife's brother that much!

"Questions?" She asked, tentatively. "Would there be any video footage of this assault perhaps?"

"Perhaps, I'd have to get into the security room of NG …Unfortunately, I've been restricted, remember?"

"So…we sneak in…"

"I don't know about that…What would be the purpose of the tape?"

"Perhaps, it'll give you some clue! Any clue!"

"Perhaps…" Kari conceded.

"Then we're on…."

"Yes."

"Great! Meet us down there in thirty…"

A sigh. "Will do."

Ichigo hung up the phone with a grin. "What do you hope to accomplish by this?" Sho questioned from the floor.

"I intend to save my family that's what!"

"So cliché…."

"Are you going to help me or not?" She questioned, arching an eyebrow.

He nodded. "If it means a lot to you, I'm with you, Ichi!"

A/N: Wow! Look at me! Another chapter done! Review!