-Something-

-Shu-Chan-

-Chapter 9-

-The leaving-

A/N: Read it, enjoy it, and review it…

p.s. might be a little confusing to some. MAYBE…

Disclaimer: Same as all the other chapters. I don't own Gravitation although I do own Neko.

-Shuichi-

We'd just finished practicing the Rage Beat when I noticed that Neko sat at the table with his knees drawn up to his chest. Something was wrong. I call it a woman's intuition… WAIT I am NOT a woman.

I'm telling you I think I'm becoming Neko's mother. He had his ears pointed downwards, and his tail hung lifelessly to the side. "Neko is something wrong?" I asked as I went up to him. "No, I'm just thinking." He replied as he smiled at me.

"About what?" I queried hoping he'd tell me. "You're happy with Yuki right?" "Yeah." I replied as I sat next to him. "Why do you want to know?" "I was just curious." He replied as Hiro came up to us.

"We've got to practice." "All right, I'm coming." I replied giving Neko a quick hug. "It'll be alright, I promise." With that said I followed Hiro back to the equipment.

Somewhere along the way though, I looked up to see that Neko was missing. I shrugged it off figuring that he'd just went to the restroom, but when he didn't come back I began to worry.

-Neko-

I couldn't stay around any longer. It hurt too badly. I was just pulling them apart. I had to get out of there.

I knew what I was, and what I could do. I was going home, and no I don't mean the home that I came from. I had no more purpose living here anymore. My only job was to protect the gates of Heaven and that's what I was going to do.

I became very close to Shuichi, but I couldn't stick around anymore. I was only hurting myself. While they were playing, I snuck out of the room and soon out of the building.

This time I had no intentions of coming back for him, not even if I remembered. I closed my eyes as I stood on top of the railing on the bridge, and without further ado I jumped.

The water was quick to engulf me, but I didn't care. I just wanted out as soon as possible. In just minutes everything went blank…

-Shuichi-

"Where is he?"