This one will be long, I promise!

Chappie 9!

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Awaking from her deep sleep, Purin found her self lying in a cot. The ones in the nurses office. Her hand found her head. Her hand. Which was empty. Empty.

A gasp.

She struggled to get out of bed, when a pair of strong arms found her shoulders. A pain entered her whole upper body.

A pain.

Her body gave way under her. She collapsed on the cot again. 'who found me? Who has the letter?' just then, Tart walked in. His face was grave. She new then the answer both questions.

A doubt.

"Oh Tart." said a small, meek voice, not belonging to Purin. Though her voice probably would have sounded the same if she spoke right then. It was Mina.

"Mina? What are you doing here?" whispered Purin, eyes never leaving Tart.

"I was worried when I heard about it. I think I will leave you to alone." she spoke even more quietly, getting the hint there was so tenseness between the two that had to work out. Alone.

"Thanks" muttered Tart.

Right as the door clicked, Tart finally meet Purin's eyes. His hand was crushing the paper. Purin's eyes quickly darted to his hand, then back at Tart's cold eyes.

"So...when were you planning to tell us?" Purin winced at the question. How could she explain what she had been going through? From the circling wind to her doubts.

"I...I thought when you found out that you would doubt..."

"Doubt what? Doubt our trust? Our friend ship? Our..." Tart had enough sense not to finish. He would NOT, under NO circumstances, was he gonna say...

"Love." his head slowly looked down then up. What did she just say?

"Love... I doubted my fathers at a time. Just like I doubted my friends." her eyes shaded over. Like a fogged window after a rainy day.

This took Tart completely off guard. Purin had never opened up her feelings to anyone before. As his anger drifted away, he slowly sat down on the cot, putting her hand in his. Tart nodded, as if to say, go on.

"Mostly he only sent money, barley any. Be explained that money was hard to come by up in the mountains. He was trying real hard. But never a letter longer then that brief explanation. That was it. Not even a birthday card for either one of my siblings. When he sent his first letter in 5 years, I didn't know what to take of it. Either is was very good news or the worst. When he found out that mother died, he was mad at me for not telling him through letter, as you read. But I don't even have his address. Now he... I don't know why I didn't tell you. I guess I thought that you would get mad..."

"Well," Tart said, now giving Purin his wisdom, "of course we would be mad"

this is not what Purin had in mind of hearing. It was so un-TarTar like. But as she thought about it for a few moments, he had every right to be mad at her. She just nodded, this time saying that it was his turn to go on.

"I mean, you new for day 1, when he left that you would be leaving. Why you didn't just go then was a mystery to me but..."

"It was my mother. He wanted me to stay behind to help her, because she was sick when he left. He didn't tell us why he went. He said to come when mother was either healthy, or had died. Normally, he would have never had suggested part 2, if the doctors already hadn't."

Purin's grammar hadn't come out as clear as she had expected. She had meant to say that the doctors said that her death rate was very high, and they might not beadle to save her, so that's why her father said the last part. But Tart just nodded, acting like he understood.

"So why didn't you leave after your ma died?"

"Are you trying to get rid of me?" this caused a tense giggle. 'at least she is feeling better.', Tart thought with a smile.

Sighing, as if recalling a memory that was far off, she continued.

"Well, to tell you the truth, I was gonna. I mean, I really had no life in Tokyo. I had no friends, and barley any family. But then, this happened." she gestured to her forehead, were the mark of a monkey paw was. The mark left by the shot that got her, her powers.

"I thought that, it would be better if you didn't know. There was a little voice in my mind that said that if you guys new that I wouldn't be here to stay, my friends wouldn't open up to me, so they wouldn't be hurt when I went."

Tart smiled. She stayed for her friends. She didn't tell them, so she wouldn't hurt them. She had no clue it would do the opposite affect. She never new. ' and when she needed an understanding friend when she realized what she did was wrong, I wasn't there...' Tart put his head in his hand. 'I am such an idiot. I should have guessed that there was a reason why she didn't show us something this important.

He almost smiled slightly as he looked down to re-read the letter.

To My Eldest Daughter,

to my surprise I just found out about your mother today by a traveling merchant. My wonderings are clear. Why do I have to hear this news, years after it happened, for a stranger and not from my own daughter? Also, even though you have clearly been avoiding it, you must come to live with your father, who is I. I have no reason to think that I should resume sending money to you if you refuse. If there is something more important than family in the city in which you live in now, you can stay, but with no help from me. In the very fortunate case that you decide to come to live with me in the mountains of China, I have enclosed plane tickets for both you and your siblings. Please come within at least 2 weeks from this sending.

Your Father

almost. Just almost.

since is didnt start out this chappie wit a diary entirely from either of the main persons in this story, I ended with the letter! You no the drill pplz. I write, you read, you review because I beilve you are all kind pplz!