AN: There's some drama in this one but I hope you guys like it. I'm sort of setting it up for the next part of this which might some in a half dozen more chapters or so. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter Six – Disgraceful Behavior

He must have driven down this highway two or three hundred times in his life. He took it to work most days. He was stuck in traffic in it. He knew how to recognize the cars with tourists in them with the everyday drivers. However, this highway looked different to Kuu HIzuri. He didn't know how long this had been going on, but no matter how long it had been, his son deserved so much better.

Kuu tried to calm himself and use a professional attitude but he couldn't believe he had been so stupidly blind and ignorant not to have seen the damage that his son had sustained and to be told that his son thought he was a freak who shouldn't be alive.

He didn't want this life for his child.

Kuon deserved to be happy and to enjoy life especially with what he had been through. Kuu wanted to kick himself, he had promised Kuon that he would take care of him and that he would do less working hours. Of course, things couldn't just be okay with a finger snap. Magic didn't work like that.

He needed to think rationally because punching another man in the face, especially a director, could get him kicked out of showbusiness along with his family. He had to use delicacy with this? Kuu sighed. How was he going to do this?

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Kyoko didn't know how to feel. Soon after Kuon's dad had left, his mother had had a call from a designer who needed her to come in for an emergency last outfit fitting so she had called to see if there was any chance of that happening. Julie had gone to talk to Kuon and he had said that he would make sure that Kyoko was safe and he could take care of himself.

So, the two of them were left by themselves.

On one hand, this meant that Kyoko had time to spend with her very special and very important friend without anyone around them. She could try to get Kuon to tell her what was going on with him and his family, she could try to get inside his mind and understand why things had become this bad. However, on the other hand, she could see how shaken up Kuon was about this and how he was trying his best for her to hold himself together.

"Kyoko," he called out to her since he had asked her to stay in the hallway whilst he was in his bedroom. "Do you know how to use the telephone in the case of an emergency?" he called out to her and Kyoko's eyes widened.

"Have you had an emergency? We should let your mom and dad know," she said. "Can I see, Kuon?" she asked but as Kuon stood there nothing seemed to be wrong with him.

"If there's a fire, do you put water on it?" he asked.

"It…depends on…what kind of fire?" Kyoko asked nervously.

"Correct, do you know what happens in an earthquake? Do you know how to handle smoke?" he asked as he threw a backpack over his shoulders and Kyoko looked at him. What was going on here? Why did he have a bag with him and a jacket with stuffed pockets.

"Kuon, what's going on?" Kyoko asked nervously as she studied him.

"I'm leaving," Kuon told her as Kyoko's eyes widened. He couldn't seriously be thinking about running away from home. No. She had come all this way to spend time with him and his family for the holidays and her birthday and now he was running away because he couldn't handle it. He had survived not being able to move his arms and legs, this wasn't as bad as when he had lived through that.

"Kuon! Stop!" Kyoko whispered. "Please, don't do this. Your parents love you and I love…you," she said nervously as Kuon looked at her.

He didn't want to admit that he had a fondness for this little girl himself, "What you have is just a crush, Kyoko, you'll get over it. Little girls get crushes every day it's what they do," he said and Kyoko looked at him, tears appearing in her eyes.

"It's different," she argued, "Look I know that it's not going to be a dating situation and that's fine. I'm not expecting to be your bride like I was with Sho. I know it's silly and stupid and that you can't be my boyfriend and yes, lots of girls around me are stupid but I care about you, Kuon. Why do you think I'm here?"

"If you care about me at all, you will call Boss right now and get him to book you a plane ticket on the next flight home," Kuon told her as Kyoko took a half step back. She didn't think that she'd get this treatment and on her very first night away from Japan. "You're a silly girl who I felt sorry for," he said as Kyoko began to feel the tears in her eyes and down her cheeks. "Go home" he said bitterly and Kyoko looked down.

"Okay, but I know that you're saying these words because you're hurt," she said before wrapping an arm around herself. "That doesn't give you the right to say those things, but you're hurting Kuon and you need to stop hurting and if my going away helps with that…."

"Do whatever you want," Kuon shrugged, "I don't care. I'm just leaving."

Kyoko looked down feeling empty. "I'll be ready for your apology whenever you want to give it," she said to him before he looked away without saying anything and she watched him stumble out into the night. She had to keep repeating to herself that he didn't mean it and that Kuon would never show her his scared and upset side, he had to be tough and prove how strong he was. All she had wanted was to make sure her friend was alright and now, as she heard the door shut, she wondered if he ever would be.

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After Kuon had left, Kyoko felt how empty this house was. She didn't know why Kuon's parents hadn't listened to him but she regretted not chasing after her friend. He wasn't thinking right. Yes, he was older than her by four years but for an eleven-year-old to go out into the world alone. No, she hadn't been thinking right. She had packed her own bag and was going to request to speak to her father and go back to Japan, but now she was scared about what Kuon's parents would say and if they would blame her for not stopping him.

She should have said something to stop him. She knew that he was just attacking her because he needed to get out and she was stopping him. She knew that he would never mean to use such cold words if he was thinking clearly so she was going to accept his apology. He was a very important friend to her.

Kyoko had packed her own items and she had pulled out her phone which had the number of the man that her father had sent with her to Japan. After a while of thinking about it, she placed the call.

"Hello, Kyoko-chan" the man answered after two rings, "How are you?"

"I'd like to go back to Japan now. Is there a way of contacting my father?" she asked and the man paused.

"There is, I could secure two plane tickets immediately, however before I do so are you sure that you would not like to stay in America for a few more days?" he asked and Kyoko looked down with a sigh.

"I'd like to go home." Kyoko felt her body shake, she really shouldn't have let him leave. "I'm sorry, I think that I'm causing more problems in Japan than I should be. I'd like to go home," she repeated and the man took a weak but understanding breath.

"I'll be right over to collect you after securing the tickets," he said and Kyoko nodded.

"Thank you," she said before giving her goodbye and then turned the phone off. She walked over to the wall by the stairs and pushed her back against it. She shouldn't have let him go. She should have made him explain. If she had talked to him long enough then maybe she could understand what was going through his head, she could understand what his plans were. Right now, she understood nothing.

After ten minutes or so, she heard the door unlock and her eyes widened. Would that be Kuon? Would he have decided that he had made a huge mistake and he had come back before his parents would notice? Had he understood that there wasn't anywhere that he could go?

She looked up and saw Mr. Hizuri enter stiffly, he looked extremely worried over something and she looked up. He hadn't noticed her when he had come in. She took slow breaths as she watched him run his hand through his hair a few times. Was it best to tell him what was going on?

"Mr. Hizuri," she said as he suddenly turned towards her and approached her, "I've decided to go back to Japan. The man I came with will be picking me up soon and…" she looked down. She knew that she had to tell him. If she had run away then she would want her father to know. "I'm sorry," she whispered as she tried to catch her tears.

"It's okay. I know that there's been too much drama here and I do apologize to you, Kyoko. This isn't the trip that you wanted. I understand that, I just wish that I had realized this before you flew ou-" he said before Kyoko shook her head.

"Kuon's gone," she told him as Kuu looked confused. "He ran off. He said he didn't want to come back. I'm so sorry I couldn't stop him."

Kuu felt his heart stop in his chest for a moment and felt as if he was going to throw up. He wanted to look for his son and see if there was a way of stopping him from going, but he felt a responsibility to wait with Kyoko since she was so young. "Where's Kuon's mother?" he asked and Kyoko shook her head.

"She went out, she asked Kuon if she thought he would be okay and he didn't answer and she left," Kyoko said as Kuu pulled her into his lap so that she could cry against his chest. He didn't want to show how angry he was at Julie. Then again, he had been blind to Kuon's pain as well. They were both in the wrong and he had left Kuon home alone before as well.

He hadn't expected for the little boy to just run off somewhere.

"Kyoko," he said, "Did he leave a note? Did he give any clues as to where he might be going?" Kuu was scared now. Kuon usually didn't want to buy things for himself, he usually just saved his money and he had been given a lot of money over the years. He hadn't needed to take a credit card, he had it all with him which meant he was an easy target.

Kyoko nodded weakly, "I think he left a note," she jumped up and ran over to where Kuon had left an envelope. She gave it to him and Kuu nervously opened it. His eyes widened as he read over the words on the page.

Mom and Dad, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to be such a disgrace to the Hizuri name. I hope you can be happier without me. I love you but this is for the best. Goodbye – Kuon

End of Chapter Six

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