Chapter 3

  Lita was distraught and did not know what to do so, she sat.

"Lita are you going to be okay?" Raye asked.

"I don't think so." Lita said as she wiped a tear with her sleeve.

  In the backyard Ryo looked up form his conversation and saw Raye and Lita in the living room and sensed something was wrong. He broke away from whatever he was talking about and slowly opening the glass door and entered the room.

"What's going on, is everything alright?" He asked.

  He looked down at Lita, getting no answer he looked up at Raye.

"Where's Kento?"

"Chan Run and Chun Fa were in a car accident, Kento had to leave right away." Raye responded.

  Ryo realized the severity of the situation and the impact on Lita, and immediately understood. He placed his hand on Lita's shoulder.

"Lita if you wanna go home, you can, we'll tell everyone what's going on."

"Yeah, I think I should, thanks." Lita said as she got up and walked to the door.

  A million thoughts were running through her mind as she put on her jacket and walked out the door. Anything could have happened in that car accident. She got in her car and began to drive home.

  Raye slumped down into the couch next to Ryo.

"I can't believe this is happening. I mean, Kento's family could have been trying to reach him for hours and he didn't even realize it. And poor Lita, she has had such as rough life since her parents died. I feel so bad, like there's something I should do."

"The best thing we could do for Kento and Lita right now is just comfort them. And hope for the best." Ryo said softly.

  Both of them got up and proceeded to walk outside to inform everyone of the situation at hand.

  Lita was driving home her hands clutched to the steering wheel. As she pulled into her drive way she parked and put her head down.

"Why?" She said. "Am I being punished for something? Hasn't enough been taken away form me?! And now this."

  She quickly open the car door and slammed it. Her steps were heavy as she walked up the stairs to her apartment. She was sad yes, but angry at the same time. Angry at the world and angry at her sadness and what was going on around her. She unlocked her door and walked into her apartment. Her dog perked up, and stood up on the couch. Lita went straight to her room and shut the door. She flopped down onto her bed and screamed into her pillow, when she began to cry bitterly. Just then, the phone rang, she was afraid to pick it up, slowly she reached her hand to the phone and managed to pick it up, expecting the worst.

 "Lita?" A voice answered back. "This is Amy are you alright."

She gradually took the phone and put it back on the receiver. Then she preceded to close her eyes and try to shut everything about what was happening out of her mind.

"She hung up on me!" Amy exclaimed quite surprised.

"I told you not to call her. She doesn't want to talk to anyone right now, why do you think she went home." Raye explained.

"I just thought."

"It's alright Amy, she's just in a rather bad predicament." Cye said. "I'm sure she wasn't mad at you personally, she needs some time alone."

"You're probably right."

"Not much of a party now is it?" Serena said gloomily. "I wonder how Kento's doing."

  Kento arrived at the hospital as soon as he could. When he arrived his mother was sitting in the waiting room.

"Kento!" She exclaimed. She had tear streaks on her face.

"Where are they Ma?" Kento said persistently.

"Follow me."

  They walked into a small room and there laying on two beds were Kento's father who's leg was in a cast and sling. And his twelve-year-old sister with her head wrapped up in a bandage, and both arms in casts, sound asleep or so it seemed. They both had additional scars and bruises all over. His other brothers and sisters were there as well. His younger brothers Yun, and Mei Ryu, who were eighteen and fifteen were at his father's bedside and were talking to him. While his sister, Rinfi, who was twenty, was sitting along Chun Fa's bedside looking adoringly at her sister.

"What happened Mom?!" Kento asked, eager to know what had happened.

"Someone ran a light and they collided. Your father only came out with a broken leg, but little Chun Fa, broke both her arms and hit her head badly. She hasn't woken up since the accident they don't know is she's going to make it." She began to cry again and Kento comforted her. Her was furious at whoever they idiot who hit them was. He went over to the other side of Chun Fa's bed. Rinfi looked up.

"Kento, I don't know what to do, she's my little sister, my only sister I just can't loose her."

  Kento figured it would be the best if he put his emotional stress aside and was strong for the good of his family.

"It'll be alright, Rinfi, she'll pull through. She's always been so persistent."

  His sister smiled a bit and looked back at Chun Fa laying on the bed.

"I hope so. With all my might I hope so."  

  He got up and began to walk out of the room.

"Where are you going?" Rinfi asked.

"I gotta call Lita."

"She doesn't know?"

"No, I told her I'd call her and tell her what's going on with Pop and Chun Fa."

"Why didn't she come with you."

"Don't worry about it, now I hafta call her."

  Kento closed the door, and wiped away a tear that went down his face. All this was very hard for him to accept, though he did not let on. He went to a pay phone in the hallway and dialed Lita's number. The phone in Lita's apartment began to ring, but she did not hear it. She had fallen fast asleep, and nothing was going to disturb her. Kento tried a few more time's and finally hung up the phone in frustration

"Where the hell is she?!" He croaked.

When he reentered the room Rinfi looked up.

"Well?"

"I couldn't get a hold of her no one was picking up at home." He said. "I can't imagine she'd still be at Sage and Serena's. Knowing her she would have been home by now."

"How are you sure?"

"I just know Lita that's how I'm sure."

"Oh, okay."

  Rinfi treated Lita like a sister and they always got along very well, since Lita was only two years older than her, Kento was three. Yet she was not the only one that questioned why Kento and Lita ever split. But, she also was not kind to inquire about it either.

"I'm going to stay her for a while, I can't leave, not now. I'll go get her later, maybe she'll be home by then." Kento said.