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Brenman: Chapter two. Yay.

Dial One for More Stories

Kyohei and Jo sat in silence as Amy had left to go to the bathroom. The lights had been turned off a couple of minutes ago and the darkness outside indicated that it was time for most people to get some shut eye. Of course Jo, Amy, and Kyo didn't fall in the category of most people. Kyohei turned to look at the silhouette of Jo, "You know she's probably calling Meg or Sei right now." he said softly, "Are you okay with that?"

"Yes" she said strongly, even if Kyohei knew that somewhere under her hard shell she must have been at least a little bit apprehensive at seeing her best friend after three years. Especially if the last time she saw her she ended up knocking her unconscious.

Kyohei and Jo fell back into their silence until Amy returned. "Hey guy's. Anything cool happen while I was gone." she said, still the energetic child.

Jo looked at Amy with a steely gaze, "What exactly did you expect to have happened since you went to the bathroom? It's not like there's anyone around here I can shoot." she said brashly.

"Shhh. Be quiet, there are people trying to sleep." Kyohei said and looked around nervously, noticing that a few of the passengers still awake were now staring at his little group, "Between the two of you I may never be able to go out in public again."

Amy pursed her lips and slid into her seat, "Geez, you were always such a buzz kill. Now get on with your story."

Jo cracked her knuckles expertly and started off the story in what Kyohei would thankfully describe as a quieter voice then a minute ago, "From what Kyohei told me, I was out for five days."

-- Kyohei's House Three Years Ago --

Jo was lying in Kyo's bed. She had been out for five days now. Mrs. Kibano had looked in on her a couple times over that time and had shown Kyo how to wrap her wounds properly. She was certain that Jo would be fine, and had said that Jo was probably the strongest person she had ever seen.

Jo seemed to be somewhat aware of her surroundings. She slowly gauged what was going on around her. She kept her eyes shut tight, trying to figure out what exactly had happened. Last she could remember, she had been stumbling away from the ruins of the RAPT building. She found herself slowly making her way down an alleyway, and then blackness. 'I must have passed out,' Jo thought, 'but I'm not dead. That's unexpected.'

Jo felt around and realized that someone had put her on a bed, but this wasn't a hospital room. It lacked the sterile smell, and the regular beeps and hums that would have accompanied an unconscious patient. She could hear someone entering the room. Jo heard them walking over to her. Someone touched her. In an instant Jo was on top of the person, instinctually pinning them to the ground and grabbing for their throat. She opened her eyes to find herself face to face with Kyohei, the last person she had expected. A now empty glass rolled away on the carpeted floor. It seemed as if he had been bringing her some water, because he was now covered in it.

Jo removed her hand from his neck as Kyo began laughing happily and hugged her as she sat on him, "Jo, you're all right."

Jo was thinking of beating him up for touching her in such a way, but she didn't have the strength at the moment to move much more then she already had, and she was feeling a little bit guilty at having jumped on him in the first place. "Sorry." she said softly before laying her head on his chest and going back to sleep.

Kyo picked her up and placed her back in the bed. He went to fetch her another glass of water, but this time he would only leave it on the bedside table instead of forcing her body to drink it.

Jo managed to regain consciousness the next morning, and her sleeping patterns leveled out after that. She wasn't fit to get out of bed for a couple weeks yet according to Mrs. Kibano, but that didn't stop Kyo from finding her out of bed pacing around the house often enough.

One such day Jo was looking out the bedroom window when Kyo entered with a bowl of soup for her. "How are you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm fine. Can I ask you something?" She said back.

"What is it?"

"Why didn't you get in contact with the rest of the team? They probably all think I'm dead." she said remorsefully.

"I did try," He said, "but it's like they all just disappeared. I'm not like you guy's, I'm just a Patessier in training. I can't track people down or hack into people computers. Are you going to try and find them now?"

"I don't know."

"But I thought you'd at least want to tell Meg that you're alive. This must be hard on her." he said sadly.

"It's contacting Meg that I'm worried about." Jo said with more emotion in her voice then usual, "She needs to learn to live with out me. She's in love with me you see, I owe her my life, and I do love her, but not the same way. I care about her like she really is my sister, but I can't give the type of love she needs. I've never told anyone else this before, and you better not say a word about what I just said to anyone or else. Got it?"

Kyohei nodded nervously, "Well, it's good to see that your pretty much back to normal."

Jo went and sat down on the bed, "Maybe I'll contact Meg in a few years. I think I'll go to bed right now." She said as she began pulling the sheets up around her.

Kyo began walking out of the room, "Have a good rest."

"Kyo?" her voice floated to him softly.

"Yes?"

"I feel like I'm lost. Ever since I met her, I've been following Meg around. Even if it seems like the other way around, it wasn't. The truth is, all I know what to do is fight, and now, I don't know what to do. What will I do once my body's healed?" She asked quietly.

"I'm not sure." Kyohei said, surprised by how vulnerable she sounded at the moment, "Maybe you could try to find a different job, but you're welcome to stay with me as long as you like. I enjoy having you around."

"Thank you. For everything."

Kyo shut the door and began walking towards the kitchen, "I can't believe I just said that. I enjoy having you around. Now what's she going to think of me, probably like I'm some lovesick puppy or something. Unfortunately I can't see her being too big a fan of puppies."

-- Back on the Plane --

Amy was rolling around on the ground as her two companions watched, "I enjoy having you around. Good one Kyohei," she managed out between snorts, and then turned to Jo, "and I can't believe you were going all mushy."

Kyohei harumphed and sat back in his seat, "You haven't grown up at all."

Jo looked like she wished she hadn't said as much as she did.

Brenman: End of chappie two.