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Thanks for reviewing again moon-dragon91011. This one had me really crying, so you might need a tissue... or three. I'm going to ut the first chater of the next mini fic in a moment, but I know you're dying to find out what hapens next to Taiyou. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Teen Titans: The Alpha Five

Taiyou – Part 3

Taiyou's dreams as he slept in his hospital room were not filled with happiness and life as they usually were. His eyes were forced to relive what had happened as he writhed in his sleep, moaning and mumbling Leo's name, telling people that only existed in his memories and dreams to go away and to leave them alone. He woke up with a start, shaking slightly with a cold sweat, silent tears running down his face.

"Leo." The young boy mumbled, as his mother's head lifted from Lan's shoulder, hearing her son's voice. She forced back the tears that stung her eyes as she looked over to Taiyou from the doorway. Taiyou looked at his mother's face – the image of utter fear, guilt and sorrow was one that he would never forget.

"I'm sorry mommy." Taiyou cried, his voice childlike and for the first time in a long while he had used the word 'mommy'. Lilly found the stinging pain of holding her tears back become harder to bare as she bit her lip, forcing back a sob.

"What do you have to be sorry for?" She asked, gently pushing away from Lan and treading towards Taiyou.

"I couldn't save Leo. I tried and tried, but they wouldn't leave us alone! I pushed them and pushed them and they kept coming! I tried to make Leo stay awake, I tried I really did-" His mother was holding him now, rocking his shoulders gently as she hugged him.

"Don't be silly Taiyou. I know you did your best-"

"My best wasn't good enough!" Taiyou cried out, tears pouring from his eyes as Lan came to hug his son too.

"You were braver tonight than a lot of grown men would be Taiyou. We're so proud of you." He whispered, as both he and Lilly tried to hug the pain away, though not one single one of them found it to be working, just slightly reassuring at best.

"I tried. I tried so hard and it wasn't enough! My best wasn't good enough! I've let you down, I've let Leo down!" Taiyou cried and Lilly shook her head.

"No – No you didn't Taiyou now stop it." She let go of him briefly to look into his eyes, the same sternness, yet gentle tones that Taiyou couldn't help but trust.

"You've done us all proud. Leo couldn't wish for a better, braver brother." Taiyou cried, all the tears, panic, worry and fear that he'd bottled up came pouring out as he clinged to his mother and father, the only things, the only people in the room who were familiar to him.

Once Taiyou had cried all the tears that he possessed at that moment he was just left with an empty pain, a deep black void that felt like something the size of the universe had been sucked out of him. He lay, curled up as best as he could his mother stroked his head soothingly. Every now and then she'd wipe a few stray tears from her cheeks as Lan watched over them both, that was until Doctors arrived at their door.

Lan was up like a rocket and Lilly's head had shot up, though she still sat by Taiyou, though now Taiyou was sitting up as well.

"How is Leo, Doctor? Is he going to be alright?" The Doctor's face softened.

"I'm very sorry-" Lilly started shaking her head in disbelief.

"No… NO!" Lan walked around Taiyou's bed to hug her as the Doctor continued.

"I'm so sorry Mr- To you all. Leo had suffered sever injuries from the attack. He had broken ribs, some of which were in danger of piercing his lungs and severe bruising to his head, causing a swelling just underneath his skull. We tried to save him, but the swelling was too severe and we could not resuscitate him. Again, I am very sorry for your loss." Lilly was beside herself, sobbing into Lan's arms as silent tears rolled down his face. Taiyou's eyes were wide with disbelief.

His little brother – his little Leo – his little buddy… Was dead?

"No… No, Amber – Amber said… You! You said Leo would be alright! You said Leo would ok!" Taiyou cried as his parents turned to hold him, as tears seemed to come from no where, but whether the pain Taiyou felt was from trying to cry tears he didn't have left or from the news he had just received, or both, the young boy could not tell.

Weeks passed by as Taiyou spent most of his time in his room, buried deep with in the covers on his bed. The Doctors had discharged him weeks ago and he would only leave his room for his check-ups for his broken arm. Lilly was worried about him, both she and Lan were, but Taiyou would not leave his room for anyone.

"What are we going to do Lan? This is all our fault, if we'd just left him be who he was-" Lilly was sitting at the kitchen table with her head in her hands. "He won't come out of his room. We have to talk to him." Lan nodded silently, having been deep in thought. He slid a piece of paper along the table to her. Lilly read the paper, her face slightly confused.

"A new school?"

"He deserves a fresh start Lilly. I've been talking to the teachers at that place. They say that they would be happy to take him on. We should've sent him there in the first place. At least there he can be himself." Lilly read the paper again, but this time an unforced smile crept onto her face for the first time since that fateful day. Tears of joy streaked from her eyes.

"Its perfect. He deserves the best. He deserves this, to be himself." Lan nodded.

"You want to send me away?" Taiyou asked after they had finished explaining it to him. He still wouldn't come out of his room, so they'd had to venture in to him with the piece of paper clutched in Lilly's hands. They both shook their heads.

"Taiyou, sweetheart. We should have let you there years ago. This is the chance for you to be yourself, don't you see? Here you'd be able to use your powers and be yourself too." Taiyou read the paper once more.

"Why are you trying to get rid of me?" He asked quietly and Lilly held his hand.

"We're not sweetheart, we just thought-"

"You're trying to get rid of me because I couldn't save Leo!" Taiyou interrupted, getting to his feet and Lan took his son by the shoulders.

"No. No Taiyou we're not… This place, this Academy. It's full of children like you. Children who've got special powers, gifts like you. If you went here, you'd be able to learn how to use them to help people, to protect them and to stop them getting hurt." Taiyou tore his eyes away from his father's to look at the letter once more.

"I'd get to learn how to help people?" He asked quietly and Lilly and Lan nodded. Taiyou's mind buzzed. People like him. A place where he wouldn't have to hide who he was anymore. A place where he wouldn't have to worry about not being 'normal', what was 'normal' anyway? But a place where he could learn to protect and help others? He thought back to weeks ago and how he'd thought about using his powers, but because of his promise to his parents he didn't, but at that place, at that school, he wouldn't have to worry about that. He wouldn't have to worry about that again! He looked to the paper once more. A voice in his head that sounded like Leo's spoke to him, in a bright voice that, just by hearing it, he knew that Leo was smiling;

"Go for it Taiyou! Go for it!" Somehow, Taiyou felt, no he knew, that this letter, the opportunity was a gift from Leo. He looked away from the paper, his eyes were bright for the first time in weeks, they weren't clouded by grief and sorrow.

"I'll do it. I'll go – For Leo." Lilly and Lan nodded and as Taiyou nodded back, the whole family smiled.

Well that's it from Taiyou for now. Next chapter will mark the beginning of a three chapter mini fic so I'll go post it now.