I Walked Alone Until You Came

The prequel song fic/chapter to "A Lost Soul" and my first song-fic! Yaaaaay! I hope you all like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Greenday!

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

"Jun!" Tao Ren, holding his Kwan Dao over his shoulder, wearing a black sweatsuit and black Chinese slippers, called to his sister, even though he knew she was currently in the shower. "Jun, I'm going out training!" Jun didn't answer. It was obvious she couldn't hear him. Ren looked around and walked straight past his sister's Dao Shi – Lee Pailong. "Pailong," he commanded.

"Yes Ren-san?"

"Tell Jun that I'm going out training," he commanded. "Don't wait up for me, I'll be late."

"I'll be sure to give her the message Ren-san," Pailong smiled. "But are you sure you want to go out in the rain?"

"I'm fine, I don't remember giving you permission to boss me around."

"Of course Ren-san."

"Bason! Come!" Ren commanded and Bason followed him out the door of which Ren promptly shut, leaving Pailong alone to watch him walk through the door.

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone

She didn't know what was happening. Who she was, what she was doing, why she was bleeding: it was all a strange mystery that she couldn't seem to grasp correctly. Something was coming to her…a knife…a face…a laugh. But it was blank, unclear.

Her dress was torn, her shoe was missing, but she was running through the rain bare-footed anyway. Mud splattered all over her bare feet and she winced as she felt her foot cut on a sharp rock. All she knew was that she had to get away…get away from that place. Thunder clashed…she looked ahead and kept running.

She didn't know where, but she knew that she had to run. Just run…as fast as she could.

I walk alone
I walk alone

"Master Ren, it is raining," Bason observed as they walked down the barren sidewalk. The watery drops fell on Ren's face and hair, slightly tousling it.

"Yes Bason, I'm not an idiot, I can see that."

"Perhaps we should return to training indoors," Bason suggested.

"I want to destroy a few things in the junkyard," Ren told him, steadfast in his decision.

"But why?"

"I just do!" Ren snapped and Bason quickly dropped the subject. "Something makes me want to go there."

I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone

She had made it to something cold and hard. The rain was collecting on it. She looked down and saw that it was grey and solid. A pathway of some sort. The moon was covered by clouds. She kept running, the water mixing with her blood, making her wounds sting sharply.

"Argh!" She fell, and felt her face scratch on the sidewalk. She got herself up on her un-injured arm and felt her face. Good. No blood. Yet.

She hoisted herself back up. Her memories were skewed, she didn't know who she was or what she was doing, the only thing she did know was that she just had to keep running; running as fast as she could.

She kept on running, through the stinging, through the pain in her scratched cheek. She could've sworn that it was beginning to bleed.

Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah

"Almost there…" Ren spat. "I wish there was a quicker way." He paused. "Bason, you go on ahead and tell me how much farther it is. Be back in five minutes."

"Yes Master Ren," Bason bowed and quickly flew overhead and ahead of Ren. Ren watched him go and stopped on the sidewalk.

Ren paused, looked down at the sidewalk, his Kwan Dao still wrapped in its cloth. He stopped and stared up at the sky. "Funny…" he paused. "I can't even see a single star."

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

She fell again. She couldn't go on, the pain was too much. Her blood ran with the water, creating a crimson run-off that sped down the street. She couldn't stop…but she couldn't go on. What was wrong with her?

Who was she?

Was she truly alone?

She looked up at the sky. No light was there to guide her. She looked at the sky longer and then: gave a silent prayer. "Guide me…" she choked and fell back onto the bloody water. She lifted her head with the last of her strength and gasped as she saw one star leading north.

She found the strength to get up and follow the star to wherever it led. She prayed to herself. 'Dear God…please lead me home.'

Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone

Ren looked up once again and his eyes widened. "A…star?" Ren raised his eyebrows. "That wasn't there a second ago…"

"Lord Ren," Bason called to Ren to snap him out of his stargazing. "It is about five minutes up ahead."

"Let's walk faster," Ren snapped, walking rapidly forward. "That'll make it four."

I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone

She kept running forward towards the star. But every step seemed like a mile. Her hair was matted across her face from the rain. She shivered, it was the first time she realized she was cold through the biting pain. Her knees were scratched.

Every block of grey pathway seemed to add up until she couldn't count anymore. They just kept going. When she hit a corner, she ran across the street until she got to the pathway again. Just keep following the star.

Her toes were bruised, she could tell. Her attire was starting to grow soggy and heavy, making it only harder to walk in. The short straps didn't help her situation either.

The bleeding had slowed, and the cold was becoming the bigger threat to comfort. She needed to survive…but everything was so large and different. She didn't know who she was, where she was, or why she was there. She then realized something:

That star was the only thing keeping her going.

Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah

"Hyah!" Ren screamed as he sliced his first piece of garbage. Just warming up, Ren paced himself as he started to work out. He thrashed a large washer, then turned to see if there were any other worthy pieces of garbage to test his strength against. "Hyah, hyah!"

"Master Ren, I still do not understand," Bason commented. "Although we ghosts cannot feel the temperature, I understand that it must be very cold. Wouldn't you rather train at home?"

"Those who give into the weather are the weak Bason," Ren snapped. He then threw off his shirt and passed it to a nearby dirt clod. "I'm not even affected."

'Anyway…' Ren thought, biting his lip slightly. 'Something tells me…just wait for five more minutes…'

I walk alone
I walk a...

She had been running for she didn't know how long. It seemed like days, although it was probably only a few hours. Still, she had lost so much blood that she didn't know if there was any left to pump through her veins. Maybe her veins would just stop working.

He didn't know how long he had been training. It felt like days, although it was probably only a few hours. He was sweating hard, still crying out and destroying anything he could find. Sometimes, he destroyed things that were already partially sliced in half. Something kept him there.

She rounded another corner and looked up. The star was still there, but it was bigger, and brighter then ever before. She knew she was close. So close she could almost feel the star.

He sliced another metal object and looked up. The star was still there, but it was bigger and brighter then it had seemed before. What had brought him there? What made him stay. He stopped and shook his head.

"I suppose we should head back now, I need to sleep if I'm going to get maximum training in tomorrow."

"Yes Master Ren," Bason got up and Ren collapsed his Kwan Dao and stuffed it in his shirt pocket. He kept walking, but then stopped suddenly and looked up, his yellow eyes shining.

"Bason…there's someone coming," Ren spoke softly, and then pulled out his kwan dao. "No ordinary cockroach would be out her at this hour… Keep a look out…" He slowly stepped forward, making not a sound with his Chinese slippers and then, lunged forward. "HYAH!" he screamed, then stopped in his tracks as he saw her stagger forward, beaten, bloodied, and crying. "What…in the world…?"

She looked up at him and then, looked up at the sky. The star was gone…she looked at him and saw something glint of the tip of his weapon.

It was the star.

"Hel-help…help please…" she muttered, then, reaching out her hand to him, fell to the ground, knowing she had finally found her star.

Ren looked at the girl with wide eyes. Was…was she the reason that he felt he had to come here, to stay here?

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...

Ren paused as he woke up from his nap. He shook his head as he sat up from the bed. He had been having another dream, this one about last night. He remembered every detail in the dream. But…who was that girl running? Was it…no…

Ren quietly opened the door to see Bason talking with Lost on the couch. He kept hidden to hear what they were talking about.

"You must excuse Master Ren," Bason told Lost and she sat smiling at him. "He must be tired."

"I'm fine," Lost smiled.

"I can understand if you would like to return to your home as soon as possible," Bason assured her. Ren scowled.

Lost bit her lip and Ren looked down at his feet. 'She really does hate me…she wants to go home, doesn't she?'

"But, I am home."

'Huh?' Ren looked up, surprised to see Lost smiling widely.

"Ren's my star!" she laughed. "I'm home."

'Lost…' Ren breathed, then caught his breath quickly, making Bason and Lost turn towards him.

"Ren! You're up!" Lost ran over to him and embraced him in a hug. "Did you enjoy your nap?"

"Sure, whatever," Ren wriggled out of the hug and slammed himself on the couch. Lost joined him. "Hey Lost…"

"What Ren?"

Ren looked at her and gulped. "Have you ever been stargazing?"

The End of Chapter 4! A song-fic/chapter thing! I hope you liked it!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT CHAPTER! EEEKS!