AN: I feel like this chapter might be a bit jarring. I did have other ideas but then I established a different time line for myself so I moved things around. Kyoko's relationship with Kanae will still be written about but I really love the end part, it's something I've wanted to write for a few months now. Hope you enjoy and sorry for always making this story convoluted.

Chapter Eleven - Changed by You

Kuon smiled feeling extremely proud of himself as he was told that he had the role in the new play. He wasn't even Japanese and he hadn't taken that many classes but they were really impressed by his talent. He hoped that even if it wasn't the high stakes of Hollywood that his dad was invested in, his father would still feel overjoyed by how much he had done and how hard he had worked. This was a success to him even if it wasn't to anyone else.

It was as he came out of the building that he heard her voice. Had she come down here to see him? He looked around, he was very happy to have someone rooting him on but he hoped that she hadn't come down here alone. He was scared to be alone down here but he had to toughen up and not admit his fear. That's what his dad did all the time.

"Kyoko?" he asked before spotting her with some creep.

Surely she had more common sense than this. He had to gather up his courage because he could protect her better than she could protect herself and maybe this creep didn't have the same interest in boys that he did with girls. It wasn't going to be like that time when he ran away. He was going to do it properly and be the knight that protected her.

"Kyoko!" he said as he ran forwards and shoved the guy away from her, "Run!" he said as Kyoko's eyes widened.

Kuon had come to rescue her. It was as if she was in the middle of one of those fairytales where the prince came to slay the dragon. However, this was Kuon who was standing up for her and Kyoko was thrilled by this change. She stood there watching him and was stunned when he glared at her, pushing the creep again, "Run!" he told her.

Kyoko blinked at him again before nodding and running off but only to a safe distance away. She took out her phone, she needed to call her dad and make those security guys come or maybe she could call the police but she had to do something. She couldn't allow her savior not to make it.

As she clumsily pressed the numbers on the phone, Kyoko could witness the fight. Her body tensed as the creep threw Kuon onto the ground and then step on him. She could see him attempting to throw stones at the pervert and then the guy grabbed his arm, bending it back and breaking it before throwing him at a brick wall. At this point the police had come but Kuon was on the ground like a crumpled ragdoll.

Kyoko got to her feet as her whole body shook and she walked over to her knight in white armor, her prince. She saw where he had smacked the back of his head on the wall and the blood that was covering his shirt and an odd part of his spine where it looked like a bone had broken.

That was the worst part.

Kyoko looked at the police officers before trying to concentrate on the boy before her. He wasn't moving. Maybe if she closed her eyes and wished really really hard she'd be back with Kanae and everything would be fine. Maybe if she wished hard enough they would all be happy together and she wouldn't be feeling as if everything around her was cracking like glass.

Tears were in her eyes as she heard the one thing that could make her breathe, "The boy's alive."

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Kyoko looked at her father as he sat very still in the hospital and she moved over on the seat next to him almost curling into his lap. He wrapped his arms around her as he tried to keep a neutral expression on his face for her sake. He didn't want to expose her to any more sadness or pain in the world.

"Will he be okay?" Kyoko asked and Lory sighed.

"I'm not sure," he told her. He knew it wasn't the way he probably should be replying to the young girl, he knew that she wanted to have reassurance that things weren't as bad as they looked but he didn't want to give her false hope. He wanted to maintain her trust in him even if it meant that he might be breaking her heart.

"I didn't mean for it to happen," Kyoko whispered and Lory nodded as he held her close, "I was just…I wanted to see him. I wanted to hear how his audition had gone." Kyoko told him and Lory kissed the top of her head.

"That's because you are a sweet and angelic girl who cares about her friends," he said. He didn't want to mention that he was having charges pressed against this man, charges he knew he could find lawyers who almost guaranteed that this man would be locked up with the maximum possible sentence. He didn't want to tell her that he was furious that someone had approached his precious Kyoko. She was worried about her friend, nothing else really mattered.

"Is he going to be okay?" Kyoko asked and Lory sighed.

"The doctors say that he injured his spine," Lory told her as he looked ahead of him, he had already left voice messages for both Kuu and Julie discussing the severity of the situation.

"But he'll get better, right?" Kyoko asked innocently, "It'll heal. I mean maybe it'll be painful but it'll heal."

"Kyoko," Lory sighed as he brushed her hair back with his fingertips, "The chances of someone overcoming damage to their spinal cord once is really miraculous, it does happen but it's not something that happens for everyone, it takes hard work and perseverance. It's not something that you can do very easily. To have it happen twice is -"

"Kuon's one of the hardest working people that I know," Kyoko said as she looked up at her father who had sad eyes that made her doubt her own beliefs. "He'll be able to push through this and heal, I know he'll be able to."

Lory smiled at Kyoko and held her close to him again. He adored his daughter's spirit but he wasn't sure how realistic her thoughts were.

After two hours, the two of them were joined by a doctor. "He's woken up if you want to see him, I've heard that his family has been contacted," the doctor told them and Lory nodded. Kuu had gotten back to him with a frantic message where he said that he was going to be boarding the next flight and Julie had said something similar. Hopefully they would come on the same flight.

Kyoko rushed forwards and looked in the hospital room, she kept her breath caught in her chest as she clambered up to kneel opposite him. She reached out and placed a small hand on his forehead to check his temperature and saw him smile weakly. "Hey, Corn," she said as she attempted to stop the tears. She wondered whether he could move his arms and legs again. No matter what, she wanted to be there near him. She wanted to help him like she had done in the past.

"Hey," Kuon reached out for her before flinching, "Sorry," he apologized, "My hurt heads"

Kyoko blinked as she looked at him before smiling, she didn't want to correct him and she could see him moving his arms. At least he was alive and moving. They hadn't hurt him. She threw her arms around him with tears in her eyes as she gave a shaking breath. "I'm so happy you're here," she said as he held her back.

"You…won'" he said before cringing and Kyoko pulled back, "not hurt," he tried and Kyoko looked down again. He was having trouble with his placement of words. She felt horribly guilty because he wouldn't be able to perform his role anymore. She didn't want to make him feel bad so she didn't say anything about it.

"Thank you, Kuon," Kyoko whispered, "you saved my life," she said as Kuon nodded, "Can you move your legs,"

"No okay but" Kuon said and Lory walked over to Kyoko, he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Let's let Kuon get some rest, his brain is probably a little foggy right now," Lory tried to explain. He didn't want to tell Kyoko that he wasn't sure whether Kuon's trouble speaking was temporary due to the drugs or whether it was because of the head injury. He looked at Kuon with sorrow filled eyes and a lot of compassion, "Your parents have been contacted, they're coming."

"I've let down," Kuon said as he pushed himself down into the bed and Lory shook his head,

"Kuon, if you hadn't taken on that guy then Kyoko might have been hurt or worse kidnapped. You took on a huge risk for yourself for Kyoko and I know how much you care about one another. I don't want you to look at this as something you've failed at. You did something brave and I know that you'll be able to pull through. If there's anything you need from me, let me know."

Kuon sighed and nodded. He knew that his parents would want to take him home so they could look after him. They always seemed to do that. Whenever he was ill they were always there for him but when he wasn't, they didn't seem to know that he exis- Kuon was drawn from his thoughts as Kyoko threw her arms over him and smiled.

"You're my hero, Kuon," she said before kissing his cheek, "Thank you."

"I think I might be going back to America," he told her, "I think there's a lot that I have to think about but I want to talk with you if that's okay, phone calls and emails. Kyoko, I know that I'm going to be okay because I've got the love of a great girl," he said and Kyoko smiled.

"And I've got a love from my amazing friend," she told him.

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Kuon was right. Because of what had happened, he had had to be sent back home and away from his dreams but this time he felt safer, more secure. Kyoko had given him hope and trust in himself despite the way that things had ended in Japan. Kuon had told his parents that he wanted to go back to really study there in a year or so but he had told them that at this time he wanted to concentrate on himself, on building his own life.

At this moment, Kuon looked up from his wheelchair at the one other person in the waiting room at the therapist's office. A week ago, he would have been nervous about going to see a therapist especially as a newly twelve year old but the other boy in the office was making him interested. Kuon was sure that if he looked up 'cool' in a dictionary made for someone of his age, this boy's picture would be the definition.

"Rick," the older boy said to him as Kuon tried to look at the ground to not show that he was staring at this boy. "My name's Rick."

End of Part Three

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