hey everyone,thanx for all the reviews i really appreciate it. Sorry if i haven't updated for while i was srtuggling to get my plot working out...well here's chapter six and i'll really try to update more. I hope u enjoy... :)

Chapter 6: Secrets partly revealed

Ryou and Crystal's picnic:

"It was you,wasn't it? How can I be that stupid at times,mentally slapping herself,you were the little kitten, I understand the look it gave me…how much did u hear?" she don't know how she forgot about the DNA he inserted into himself .

"Not much but enough to know you're in trouble again. I'm angry at you for not telling me what was going on the other day…what would have happened if I didn't get there? I saw the other bruises to, you look like the guys punching bag. How you get to hide it on your body and on that pretty face off yours just you know. Can you please tell me in what trouble you are in, what is it he has on you?"

"I didn't want to tell you, because it wasn't supposed to get that far that night; it was suppose to be over."

"But it's not Crystal, will you please tell me so I can maybe help you?" his blue eyes looked so sincere that it was hard for anyone to say no to him at that moment. Crystal feeling defeated just shakes her head. "Okay fine, I'll tell you but promise me one thing?" "And what is that?" "Promise me you won't get involve…in any way what so ever and you'll keep it between us? Can u do that?"

"You know I always felt protective over you since that winter night…I still get goosebumps thinking about that…you are like a sister to and I promise my mother I would look after you. Besides you can't handle things on your own, I seen u braek right in front of me and don't want it to happen again. Come on crys you are one the closes friends I have except for keiichiro that know something's but apart from that there's only you."

"Ryou I know you just want to protect me but I'm a big girl now and I learned how to handle things better please promise you wont interfere?" her eyes were begging him just to agree. He wanted to protest but was cut short. "No buts it my way or you have to live without knowing" seeing he wouldn't getting any where objecting "Okay I promise although I'm not happy about it."

"Don't just say you promise and does it any way I know you by know." "To well I see" he just mumbled that but got a light punch on the shoulder. "Fine you win…"

"Good" she didn't actually planned on telling him she didn't even wanted to think about it today just wanted to enjoy the last few days before…

"So…" "Well the guy you met, Brian, was one of my old boyfriends; he is now my friends' boyfriend. He wasn't always that cold hearted like last night he was a very kind and lovable guy. Its just one night he suddenly changed, I have been trying to figure out what happened but still couldn't find out the whole story. Because my friend lives with him I was a regular guest at their house. I was sitting on the balcony of the study when I heard him talking to Kish and two other men. They didn't notice me because I was sitting in a dark corner behind the curtains and it wasn't as if they could hear me either, there was a party down stairs."

"Wait a minute. Are we talking about the same Kish?" Crystal just nodded. Ryou was getting curious "What was he doing there?" "Brain is half alien half human, his mothers were an alien but they were banned from their planet so he came to live on earth. At first he hated the aliens but all off the sudden he is their researcher on the planet. His change in behavior, I just don't get, how could they convince him to forgive them and in the process hurt the ones who loved and helped him?"

"So what were they talking about?"

They were talking about the deep blue, their leader, which also lives in a human on earth, someone close to the mews, that much I know but who it is I'm not sure…any how they were talking about capturing more human souls to strengthen him. But to sacrifice them they need the soul key…and if they do find it there will be a dark power released which I don't know if the mews will be able to beat it in their current state. They mentioned that the souls were trapped in the basement so after they left I went to search for the captured souls. When I was about to free them Brian caught me and was about to zap me when…when one of my friends jumped in front of me getting killed himself…"She was fighting the tears that threatened to spill but couldn't keep it in, she started to cry softly in her hands…looks like she still have something left in her. Ryou moved closer and pulled her into a embrace stroking her hair hoping to provide some sort of comfort. He was dead because of her yet again someone died to protect her, she didn't deserved that…she was unworthy of that sacrifice. She remember looking down at his face hearing him whisper softly something a secret he never told her and then draw his last breath. At first she was staring at him in disbelieve and then it all sank in, watching his face turn pale and become lifeless. She started crying terrified at what happened.

After a half an hour or so she finally got a hold of her emotion. Ryou wished he hadn't ask, seeing her cry just brings back bad memories, but he really want to help her that's why he need to know what's going on. "You okay? Can u continue?" "Yeah…so what happened then was with my friends, Shaun cry out made everyone rush down stairs…only then their souls got trapped with the exception of mine and his girlfriend he was about to trap my soul when she begged him to take hers instead I tried to stop her but she said it's the only way and that I'm smart enough to find a way to help them all,something she wouldn't be able to do, according to her .He agreed with her request but it still came with a price: I have to obey his every command other wise my friends would suffer the consequences…he will kill them one by one…"

I'm sorry to hear about your friends crys…I'm so sorry." He felt a deep sorrow for her she seem to have an attraction for pain and disaster. He remember how each time when she just get over something, something else happens to just pull her back down again, through it all she grew stronger and weaker in a way, she's still a lovable sweet girl who believe there's good in everyone. Its sad to think that in the past it was always the people she trusted and believed weren't capable of anything horrible were the ones who hurted her the most. Everything that happened changed her, she's like a open book till a certain extend and then mysterious in a other way…a light tap on the shoulder brought him back to the present. "Ryou? What you thinking about?" "Just everything you said, what happened then?"

"For the past few weeks I was locked up in a room, doing his dirty work, fixing his mess-ups, being his punching bag and only allowed out when I went to work just to be watched like a hawk. When I was alone or when I outsmarted his men, I did some research and calculated a plan."

"How did you managed to move to this side of Tokyo,if you were trapped like that?" "My worked transferred me here and the night before I left I executed my plan it was flawless, the souls was free and Brian was back to his normal self. But I guess the plan back fired. I don't know how but last night he perfectly informed me that the Brian I knew was no more and that all my friends have been recaptured. One almost died again because of my actions. Brian don't need me to do his dirty work any more, he's out to get me this time. He is even more cold hearted than before…"

"Is there a way to free your friends?"

Crystal signed "There is a way, only the soul key can release them. It depends on how it's used." "Then how did you do it last time?" "The method I used cant be used again." "What are you going to do?" Crystal stared over the crystal clear water in front of her wishing that her mind can be as clear as the water without any worries for once in her live." "crys…" "Hmm he gave me 5 days to make a choice" a frown formed on his face "About what?" "That I cant tell you." "Why not?" "Please try to understand that I can't tell you because its in your best interest if you didn't know. I think we should head back its getting late and I still have places I need to stop at." "Your not going to get yourself killed or anything are you?" But crystal already got up and started packing up the picnic stuff pretending not to have heard his question.

Ryou's head was hurting from all the new information it makes him worried about the mews, if they are going to be okay, will they be able to beat deep blue, what about the people's souls that are being taken, Brian and what he's going to do to Crystal, what she will decide…

well i hope it was oky...plzzzz review and tell me what u were thinking and where i can improve. In the next chapter:

Mint delivers the package to Masaya and Ichigo gets bad news...

Oh and i decided 2 make this a Ryou and Ichigo ficcy