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Author's notes: Sorry, I haven't been updating for almost two weeks. I was really busy with the finals and the regents, but thank God those exams were over! I'll be updating faster, but once the second term starts, I'll be busy again. Thank you to all of my reviewers!! I'm so happy to get those reviews!! Okay, now I hope you will enjoy this new chapter!

The Lonely Hearts

Chapter 5

The Reunion

Kanami was running aimlessly down the street. There was no one on the street besides the lonely street lights far apart. Her hair had been untied now after the struggle and the running she just gone through. Her long brown hair was billowing in the air as she continued to run down the dark street. There were no more tears in her eyes, but fear could still be spotted in her emerald eyes. There was a brighter street in front of the next block. Those lights were from the neon lights of the shops. Kanami continued to run down the busier street, filled with working people trying to rush home from work. Those strangers on the street stared at Kanami strangely. "Why is she running like some ghost is chasing her?" some stranger whispered, but Kanami didn't hear them.

'I must run… I must run… I can't let that murderer catch me… No one will help me… not even Kazu-kun… because he's no where to be seen… He didn't come help me when I'm in danger…" Although Kanami stopped crying already, traces of tears on her pale face could still be seen. Kanami was no panting heavily. She was really tired from running such a long way, but she couldn't stop. In her mind, she would get caught and who knows what that psycho was going to do to her? But the truth was, that murderer couldn't catch up to her after being kicked by Kanami. There was no one chasing her now. She was safe, well at least safe for now, for the crime rates in the Mainland had increased significantly over the past few years. But she couldn't see that. Her mind was now as blank as a piece of unwritten paper. Only the needs to survive by running away from her fear were in work now.

Kanami turned a corner of the block. But as soon as she turned the corner, she bumped into someone. Kanami was running too fast, so she bounced off that person and fell onto the ground. The other person just took a few steps backward and stabilized himself.

"Ouch…" Kanami whispered. She was sitting on the ground now, rubbing her forehead, which bumped into the person's chest. Kanami's eyes were closed tightly. She didn't want to know who she had just bumped into for the fear of bumping into another bully or criminal.

"What where you are going!" The other person shouted at Kanami angrily. That person didn't look at Kanami yet. He was very tall, with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He was wearing a black jacket and black pants, with a brown t-shirt inside the jacket. Out of curiosity, he finally looked down at the girl who bumped into him, who was now sitting on the floor rubbing her forehead. The man's eyes widened in shock. "K-Kana… Kanami?!? W-what are you doing here?!?"

After hearing her name, Kanami's eyes shot opened. She didn't dare look who was calling her. 'Who… how does the person know my name? Don't be another person trying to… to kill me…' Kanami thought in hysteria. She immediately stood up and started running toward the direction she came from, with her eyes closed halfway. She couldn't absorb any information around her, including the people on the street, the environment she was in, and who had just recognized her. Her mind was still in the state of shock and fear, as she continued to replay what she saw in the dark alley. The bloods, that bloody person who died, the psycho with scars on his face, and the fear that psycho caused her. She wanted to run and do nothing more.

"Hey wait, Kanami! What are you doing?!? Come back here! Hey!" The man shouted. But Kanami just continued to run; she didn't stop. "Is that really Kanami? Or did I recognize the wrong person?" The man mumbled to himself, uncertain because of the girl's reaction. He just stood there fore a few seconds with his jaws ajar. "No! It has to be her! Hey, come back here, Kanami! It's dangerous here!" The man started chasing after Kanami, but the strangers on the street glared at him because he said the street is dangerous, implying that the people on the streets might also be evil and dangerous. However, he didn't care; all he wanted to do now was to catch that girl running away from him right now.

Finally, the man caught Kanami after several blocks. 'It's really dangerous running around without paying attention to the traffics on this busy street! Geez… how did she even make it this far by the way she was blindly running across the streets?' He thought angrily at her incautiousness. The man caught Kanami's wrist and pulled her towards him. He saw that the girl's eyes widened in fear, and she immediately started struggling by hitting and kicking at him. "Hey! Knock it off, Kanami!" She didn't seem to hear him. 'Something is wrong here. Her eyes are not focus…' The man thought worriedly. He frowned at the girl in front of him. Suddenly, in order to restrain her from hurting him or herself, he pulled Kanami into his chest, hugging her tightly, also trying to calm her down.

"Kanami… It's all right now… Look at me… Look at who I am. Did you hear me, Kanami? Kanami! Knock it off, stop struggling! I'm not going to hurt you! KANAMI!!!" The man was slowly losing his patience. He had something to do tonight. To be exact, he wanted to follow this guy and get revenge for his friends. But he was chasing Kanami instead. But he knew that spying on some guy was much less important than keeping Kanami safe.

At the familiar voice calling her name, Kanami opened her emerald eyes, which were now kind of red from all the crying. Her eyes widened too as she observed the man standing in front of her from toe to head. All the fears and agony she felt moments ago were gone. "Is it really you… Kazu-kun?" Kanami asked carefully, afraid that the person in front of her was only her own imagination, only an illusion.

"Yes, it's me." Kazuma replied. He used his right hand and combed Kanami's smooth and silky brown hair, trying to calm her down. "You've grown up so much, Kanami." He whispered in her ears. Kanami was no longer in her hysteria mode. She was much calmer right now. "Tell me, what happened? Why are you here?"

"Oh, Kazu-kun!" Kanami held him tightly. Tears started to roll down her cheeks again at the thought of what happened in the dark alley. She wanted to forget what she saw there. She didn't want to re-live the horror she experienced in the dark alley.

"Kanami…" Kazuma called out her name with a low volume. He felt so bad for not being by her side. Something terrible must have happened to her, otherwise she wouldn't act like that. He felt guilty for not able to help her when she needed him. "I'm… I'm so s-sorry…" He apologized.

Kanami suddenly pushed him away. Pain was now in her emerald eyes. "Why? Why didn't you keep your promise? Why did you leave me there for so long? Why didn't you visit me this past six years?" Kanami asked, her voice hinted how hurt she was for Kazuma not visiting her.

"I…" Kazuma hesitated before answering her. He could see the pain in her eyes. He didn't mean to leave her back at the Lost Ground. He was going to go back and see her as soon as he destroys the government on Mainland; the government that created HOLD and HOLY. He wanted to avenge the death of his friends, Kimishima, Ayase, and those countless native alters who died because of the cruel project the Mainland was working on, to refine the Alter users' abilities. The death of Kyoji Mujo wasn't enough. Kyoji Mujo was only under the commands of the Mainland, even though he acted on his own towards the final battle he fought. "I will go see you after… after I avenge my friends…"

Kanami didn't seem to comprehend what Kazuma said. "Why did you break the promise? Why didn't you come and help me when I needed you back at that dark alley? You said you are going to come to me whenever I needed you…" Kanami stopped because of sobbing. "You broke the promise… You lied to me… I could have been… I…" Kanami broke down crying in Kazuma's arms. She pounded on his chest lightly to show her frustration.

"You could have been… what? What dark alley? Kanami, tell me what happened!!!" Kazuma's eyes widened in fear. 'What is she talking about? Was there someone trying to hurt her? Kill her? What? Where is that dark alley she mentioned? What happened there?' Kazuma had a bunch of questions, but Kanami didn't seem to be in the condition to answer him. "Um… Kanami… Let's go to some place safe first… You look really tired…" Kazuma patted Kanami's back, comforting her. He didn't get any reply from her, so he put his hand around her waist and led her towards a hotel where he lived temporarily.

'I'll find out why she's here and what happened tonight. If I ever find out who brought her here and left her alone so she was in danger, that person is so going to pay!' Kazuma thought as he brought Kanami towards the hotel several blocks away on the busiest street on the Mainland. "No one will hurt you anymore now that I'm here. I'll protect you…" Kazuma whispered lightly to Kanami.

Ryuho and Asuka finally decided to go back to the hotel at the beach, where Ryuho left Kanami alone. Asuka was definitely not going back to the Kiryu mansion. Those servants there seemed pretty loyal to the Kiryu family. They also seemed pretty fond of Mimori. Who could predict what they would do to the two if they ever find out that Mimori jumped, or fall, off the cliff? Asuka shivered at the death glare of the servants holding onto some kinds of weapons or knifes, trying to chop him and Ryuho into pieces for not saving Mimori in time.

They were standing in front of the hotel room Ryuho rented when he arrived at the Mainland. "Ryuho… why do you have to rent this hotel room? The location of the hotel isn't that good. The streets we just walked by to get here are so dark and creepy…" Asuka asked in confusion. Ryuho knocked the door three times, waiting for Kanami to open the door. "It's closest to the Kiryu mansion, so we decided to stay here." Ryuho replied, still upset about what happened to Mimori.

They waited for about two minutes, but no one open the door for them. "Hey, something isn't right here… Why isn't Kanami answering the door? Did you remember the correct room number? Are you sure it's room 105?" Asuka questioned Ryuho. Obviously, the green hair man was extremely unhappy about the questioning of his memory. Ryuho snapped back at the purple hair man, glaring at him with his crimson eyes. "Of course I'm sure! I'm not an idiot, you know Tachibana?" Asuka just shrugged his shoulder and answered, "Just making sure." He then decided to go down to the lobby and ask the clerk about Kanami.

When Asuka came back to room 105, Ryuho had already broken the door into the room. Asuka walked into the room and saw Ryuho sitting on the bed with his head lowered. "Hey, Ryuho. The clerk downstairs told me that Kanami went out like two hours ago." Asuka observing around the room. The beds were untouched. There were two bags, probably stuffed with clothing or some other stuff that Kanami and Ryuho brought with them. "I know, she wasn't here." Ryuho said. He was still staring at the floor because of guilt.

'What is wrong with me? Why did I leave Kanami alone in this dangerous place? But I told her not to leave the hotel room! Why didn't she listen to me?!?" Ryuho was so frustrated at himself. He couldn't keep anyone safe. First Mimori fall off the cliff and he couldn't find her at the ocean, then he found out that Kanami left and hadn't come back for two hours. What could happen to her in this dangerous place? "It's all my fault. I shouldn't bring her here. I shouldn't leave her alone in the hotel. I shouldn't be leaving Mimori alone for six years. I should have been by her side when she needed me. If only I arrive earlier, I could have saved her from falling off the cliff. I'm the one to blame. I have some sort of bad luck that causes the people I cared around me to fall into the hands of danger. I…" Ryuho continued to mumble and blamed everything on himself. His heart was hurting so much for losing Mimori, although he would never admit that she might have died or drowned in the ocean.

"That's enough, Ryuho!" Asuka yelled at Ryuho. He was very annoyed at Ruhr's self-blaming attitude. Since when did the leader of the past HOLY alter users behave like this? The Ryuho he knew was very self-confident and cold, not the Ryuho he saw now. "If some thing did happen to Kanami, we should go look for her. We'll have to continue looking for Mimori too tomorrow. Sitting here blaming yourself is not helping!" Asuka walked towards Ryuho and shook his shoulders, trying to clear up his minds. Suddenly, Asuka's eyes widened. 'What did I just saw? T-tears?' Asuka stepped back with open mouth. "Um… Ryuho…?"

One drop of tear dropped from Ryuho's hidden eyes. His bangs were falling over his eyes because he was lowering his head. Ryuho was blaming himself, but will soon snap out of it. "I'm… okay… Let's get some rest. Kanami will be back if she's okay… The city is too big, we will never find her like this…" Ryuho explained. There were simply too many streets and small alleys. The people on the busy streets rushing home made it extremely hard to find a person. All they could do now was hope that Kanami was fine. Hopefully if anything happened to her, she would be saved by some kind hearted person. Hopefully there was still someone kind out there.

"You're right…" Asuka said reluctantly. Even with their Alter powers, they would never be able to find Kanami in the sea of people or in the dark, maze-like alleys. They would just be wondering in the city for hours without any sight of Kanami. They may have a chance tomorrow morning, when the sky is bright.

"WHAT?!? That Ryuho guy brought you here and left you in a hotel?!?" Kazuma screamed loudly. Veins were popping on his forehead out of anger. Although Ryuho was kind of his friend, however they fought a lot, he was still angry that Ryuho left Kanami in such a dangerous place.

"Calm down, Kazu-kun." Kanami said. She had now completely forgiven Kazuma breaking the promise of flying to her side and saving her whenever she needed him. She could sense Kazuma's pain of losing his friends. She understood that he needed to avenge their deaths before he could really move on with his life. "I was to blame for… I should have listened to Ryuho, but I was so worried about Mimori, so I left the hotel…" Kanami explained. By now, she had told every events that occurred after she left the hotel to Kazuma. She just didn't want Kazuma to get all angry about Ryuho. She didn't want to see another fight between the two men she cared for. One was the man she loved, the other was the man she looked up to as a big brother.

"Oh no!" Kanami suddenly stood up from the chair and gasped. "Ryuho must be so worried about me if he went back to the hotel! What should I do? I should tell him where I am!" Kanami grabbed her orange coat and was about to run out the room.

Kazuma caught her wrist and pulled her back to sit in the chair. "Calm down, Kanami." He said with the same tone Kanami just used a few minutes ago. "You can just call the hotel or we'll go there tomorrow morning! Let him worry a bit, that will be the punishment for him for letting you be in danger." Kazuma joked. That earned him a disapproving glare from Kanami, accompanied with her voice, "Kazu-kun! That's not nice! I'm serious!" Kanami stomped her foot on the floor.

"All right, all right!" Kazuma gave in to Kanami. His eyes full of love and care for her. "What was the hotel you were in? We can find the phone number in this yellow book. And what was the hotel room number? We can ask the clerk to connect to the room Ryuho is in. Maybe he didn't even go back to the hotel. Maybe he found his lover, Mimori, and decided to stay with her. I told him a long time ago to go see her sometimes. That idiot didn't take my advice!" Kazuma suggested, but then went off the topic.

"Hee hee…" Kanami giggled at Kazuma's mumbling. He looked so cute when he sometimes said something totally unrelated to the original topic. "Hey! What's so funny?" Kazuma glared at Kanami, he heard her giggling. "Oh, nothing, really!" She replied, blushing a little because she was thinking about how cute Kazuma was.

"Anyway, did you here my questions? Are you going to call Ryuho or not?" Kazuma flipped several pages of the yellow book in his hands now, impatience of Kanami not answering his questions.

"Oh, sorry. Well… I… um…" Kanami lowered her head and started rolling her eyes, trying to remember the name of the hotel and the room number. But she was in a hurry to find Mimori. She didn't pay much attention to the name of the hotel.

"Well? Don't tell me that you don't remember!" Kazuma hastened Kanami to answer quicker. He rolled his brown eyes and combed his somewhat messy hair with his right hand. Still waiting for an answer so he could go to bed already.

"Um… I… well, I was in a … a hurry, so… um… I don't remember the name of the hotel…" Kanami replied with a voice barely louder than a whisper. She started blushing because of shame. How could she not remembering which hotel she stayed in? "And… I think the room number was… 104? No, is it 105 or 205? Ah! I don't remember!" Kanami covered her face with her hands. "How could I!" She yelled out of frustration. She really didn't want to worry Ryuho. She felt so sorry if Ryuho couldn't sleep all night because she was gone.

"Argh! Fine! Let's go to bed. We'll go find them tomorrow. You do remember where the location of the hotel was, right?" Kazuma looked at Kanami strangely, as if, if she didn't remember the location of the hotel, she would be looked at as a strange creature.

"Huh huh…" Kanami laughed nervously. "Of course I remember how to get there…"

Kazuma pulled Kanami up from the chair she was sitting in and brought her to the bed. "Now go to bed. You must be tired." He sat Kanami on the bed and kissed her forehead goodnight. Then, he went to the second bed in the room.

"Good night, Kazu-kun." Kanami said. She smiled happily as she lay down and covered herself with the warm sheets. She sighed in satisfaction. 'I finally found you, Kazu-kun. I won't be lonely anymore…' Her eyelids closed slowly, and she sank into the wonderful world of dream. Even in her sleep, she had a smile on her face, indicating she was feeling safe and happy, without nightmares.

Both Kanami and Kazuma had no idea about the tragedy that happened to Mimori. They didn't know how guilty Ryuho was feeling, and how painful he felt in his heart. They will find out about the incident on the cliff soon…

Author's note: That's it for this chapter. Not that long, but not too short also. Yay, Kanami found Kazuma! But will they be able to stay together? Or will something else break them apart again? What will happen to Mimori? What about Ryuho? Well, these questions will be reveal in the next few chapters! I'll try to update as soon as I have time. One more thing, Reviews are very much appreciated! Thanks!!!