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Chapter 9: Rescue Afterwards 2
She slowly opened her eyes which grew wide when she realized who the person really was 'Ryou!' Ryou on the other hand jumped half a mile away from the bed. His cheeks had a little bit of pink stain on them, he didn't know which feeling was more overwhelming, the shock of seeing Ichigo' eyes or the embarrassment from her being actually awake.
"Ichigo are you okay…?" he was slowly making his way back to the bed sitting at the foot end. "No…not really" she didn't see a reason to lie any way her eyes gave her way. "Do you maybe want to tell me happened…is it the reason you ran a marathon last night?" fresh tear drops started to form underneath her eyes. "Ichigo please don't cry, I'm sorry I didn't mean it that way." He moved closer to stroke away the hair strands away from her face. "Please tell me what happened?" Ichigo looked into his eyes, it felt as if she saw his whole soul in his eyes; for once he looked more normal, reachable even vulnerable in some sense for a few seconds her pain was forgotten just looking into his beautiful eyes gave her new strength. She looked down fiddling with her fingers "I…uhmm…I got a phone call last night and a lady told me…my brother which my parents never knew of, well he died two weeks ago." She could feel him putting his arm around her, she embraced the comfyness which it held. Bending his head down to her ear he barely whispered "I'm sorry strawberry."
The were sitting in that position when a crash came from the door, there they were Mint, Lettuce and Pudding laying on top of one another on the floor. Ichigo and Ryou both had a little blush on their faces but Ryou was the first to recover "you girls just can't learn how many times do you want to fall on one another to learn?" Zakuro, Keiichiro and Crystal also came upstairs to see what the commotion was about. Mint was the first to walk up to Ichigo and give her a hug "if you need someone's shoulder to cry on I suppose I can make and exception" "Thank you Mint" "Yeah if you need anything just say." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Ichigo what was your brother name?" "Well…uhmmm his name was Rudi, why do you ask Mint?"
"Well when I was on the internet a week ago or so I remember seeing a article about a Rudi Shaun Momomiya" Mint had Ichigo' full attention now looking at her with expecting eyes "so what did it say?" Mint hesitated a bit before she continues "Are you sure you want to hear the rest?" Ichigo just nodded her head "He was murdered at a party. The strange thing is that they couldn't find the source which he died from and none of the guest where seen after the party, they all vanish into thin air. He might have died in a manner which is unknown yet but he was defiantly murdered, there were signs of a struggle in the basement where they found him." Ichigo just stared at Mint for a while looking as if she didn't really understand what she have just been told. "He was murdered?...he once told me he was born to protect someone, he never told me why or who. And look where it got him in his grave!"
" Crystal?" Lettuce was looking with concern eyes at her "Yes Lettuce?" "Are you okay? You look very pale, are you sick or something?" "Oh I think I'm fine thank you Lettuce, it happened this morning also maybe I'm just coming down with something. I'll be outside to get some fresh air." Ryou who notice only a few minutes earlier that Crystal was also in the room, turned to look at her with concern and then the realization hit him in the face…
Crystal was sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of water in her hand when Keiichiro joined her. "Can I make you a cup of tea maybe it will bring back some color to your face?" "It would be nice thank you." Keiichiro stood up to make them both a cup of tea and then came back placing the cup in front of her. Crystal took the tea but couldn't really taste it…she couldn't believe that Rudi was Ichigo brother, he never mentioned his family only his sister which he loved to bits. She also now knows why he was always by her side when she was in danger, to protect her. She just wished he have told her about his secret before then he might still be here with his sister.
Keiichiro interrupted her trail of thoughts " Crystal I know we don't know each other very well but if there's something on your mind which you maybe want to talk about, I'm a good listener?" "It's okay, I appreciate your offer, you're just as Ryou described you. He has a great example to look up to, I wish I got to know you and the others better. Everyone have such different personalities that make them stand out but you all fit in so perfectly in balance with one another, all like a family in a way."
"There's space for you to…"
Thank you Keiichiro but my time here is up, I have to go, please tell Ryou I'll come by later there is something I need to talk to him about. Please tell Ichigo I am truly sorry about her brother, tell her he would be proud of what she's doing for the earth to protect the people and that he always loved her…"
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