Okay, this one will reveal a little of Omi's time before America. Have fun and leave a review if you like this.

09: Two Steps Back

The tears came and Omi could do nothing about it. It hurt. It hurt so much to look in these faces.
He didn't know Dave that good to call him a friend but Dave said they were friends from the first moment – after the incident in the kitchen.

„It was Japanese, wasn't it? Then you must be Omi! Nice to meet you! I'm Dave."
Dave's voice was loud and shrill that ones eardrums hurt.
He could remember the change of mood shown in his face and in all his body language.

„Omi please don't leave us ever, OK?"
Innocent like he was – once. Bright eyes full of hope and never giving up.

„Omi! Are you sure you don't want me to help?" He was like someone he knew very good.
Always wanted to help in the kitchen but whatever he touched is going to be burnt or worse.

„Omi! Please just leave it!"
Involved in something he should never have come in contact with.

The blonde felt miserable. The darkness enclosed him and there was nothing but him, the emerald eyes and the endless black.
Yohji was the last one. He wouldn't have ever believed if someone told him.

„Oi chibi! What are you doing here? This is no place for girls."
He seemed to be interested in women only, but that wasn't true. He cared for everyone.
He didn't want anyone to get hurt. Especially no feminine because they are often not strong enough to defend themselves.

„Man, what a bunch of loosers are we?"
He was the one who loved the deepest. Although, it didn't look like it, he has only one woman in his heart.

„I beg you Omi. Just forget about it."
He tried to save him from this and only because he cared so much. 'He shouldn't be dead, they all shouldn't be...'

The next image flooded his mind was the image of Aya – or more correctly Ran.
But anyway it the name didn't matter to him. He wanted to see you as he wanted the others to see him.

He never spoke until it was necessary. If you could read his eyes you would notice what he was saying.
The first time he ever saw Aya, he saw pain, mistrust and determination.

His eyes softened while they were a team.
On every one of these endless repeatably missions they got hurt you could see he felt with you and cared.
He cared not like the ordinary ones with words but with actions, he was the one taking over the turns in the middle of the night to have an eye on the hurt one.

And with his last breath taken he only cared for the ones he loved.
He didn't need to use his mouth, all you needed to understand him was to open your eyes and see.
He didn't ask for someone to care for his grave nor did he asked someone to cry over him.
The one thing he wanted was the loved one to be happy and living their own live and if it is possible to take care of his beloved sister.

The last persons image came and Omi wished he never saw this face again – not before they meet face to face.

„Hi! I'm Ken, nice to meet you!"
His first partner after the incident that should never repeat itself came again. Not only taking most of his team but the one he loved.

„Come on Omi! You look absolutely fine!"
Whatever came up he was never the one to be pessimistic.
He could make him believe in what he was doing, be it playing a girl to lure the bad ones or killing them.

„Don't look back, Omi."
His words rang in his head for so many years.
He thought he would forget when the time comes but there are things that reminded him of his very best friend.
Time was over, but sometimes one can believe that there could have been more if there have been more left.

Omi's fall into this state didn't go unnoticed.
Chris, Piper, Leo and Wyatt were shocked as the tears came and even more as Paige and Phoebe orbed in, shortly after the first tear fell.
Although, she didn't think that Omi was in shape to recognize anything she froze the time for him.
„What the hell are you two thinking? He could have seen!" Piper burst out.

„No he couldn't."

„What do you mean?" Piper didn't understand, and neither did the rest of them.

„He's to deep down, tied up in his feelings." Phoebe stepped closer to the young blonde.

„Something is very, very wrong here. It was one of the strongest things I ever felt and it was so painful. I thought I would die."

„Maybe these pictures hit something. He started to cry and fell into this state after he saw it."

Leo couldn't help it, but he felt the urge to help the boy. And that meant getting him out of this state as soon as possible. „What are we going to do now?"

„I'll orb Phoebe back to her office first. I don't think we can do anything to help him in this moment.
And then I need to go back to magic school. If it is in any way possible: Don't call me until I say so."
Before anyone could ask or complain she orbed out.

„I didn't know that would ended like this." Piper whispered. She felt guilty for this.

„Let's just unfreeze him and Chris will hopefully be able to help him with a little talk."

She nodded and flicked her hands. Only Chris' fast reaction stopped Omi's fall.

„That was close!"

„What happened? Something like this didn't occur before." Piper stared in shock.

„I don't think it was your fault mum. He just fainted because of that instable state. You heard Phoebe and that powerful feeling." Wyatt concluded.
'And that's very, very, very weird.'

Leo and Piper orbed back to the manor. Wyatt used one of his magic tricks to get the sofa bed to its destination. „Do you need anything else?"

„No. Thanks Wy."

„Last time I checked we were brothers." He smiled at his brother and pushed back his urge to talk to Chris.
'Just for the next 24hours.' Chris poked him lightly on the shoulder and send him back to the manor.

TBC...