HEY GUYS!!! Okay, so I went on vacation, and got absolutely nothing sone, so here is the latest installment. THANK you everyone who reviewed, it really means a lot to me to get your feedback. So things are finally picking up and I hope you enjoy it :D

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The bright sunshine danced in Yasmine's already copper hair making it sparkle and glitter as it hung down to her waist. As she got out of her car, and walked towards the hospital, she reviewed all the surgical instruments she could remember. The morning would be great as Ryosuke would only be prepping for surgery and she'd be put on administrative duties. Heading to the records office, now equipped with a key she walked across the creaky floor, her heels clickity clacking on the hardwood. She opened the cabinets and went through every file she could find searching for the girl Midori's profile. She was also looking for the silver haired boy's profile as well. Unfortunately she couldn't locate either of them. She got up and started pacing the office, clearing her head and going over everything she'd learned.

Not noticing the picture lying down, she slipped hard and went tumbling to the floor with a thud. OW, God! Stupid HEELS! She sat down on the floor trying to nurse her ankle when she saw some of the hardwood poking out. It seemed like a loose floorboard. She grabbed a ruler and pried it open with considerable effort. Not stopping at the one, she wrenched open all the surround floorboards and there they were. Files upon files upon files. Someone had cleared away all the space underneath these floorboards and was using them to store some records of things. Of what exactly, she wasn't too sure yet. There was almost a library full of them and so she opened them slowly one by one. The most recent files were at the top and the older ones at the bottom. She searched around for the boy's and Midori's profile and there they were. Lying on a pile of recent folders. She started with Midori's file and learned that she'd been in an accident. Her occipital lobe had been damaged but otherwise she was completely fine. Her entire medical history showed no abnormalities and she was perfectly healthy excluding her eyesight. Moreover, her cause of death was exposure to a supposedly contagious virus. She was cremated and the ashes given to her parents. It was curious however that such a significant detail was not present in this file. In fact, the cause of death for all the files was non-existent.

She opened another file and found the boy's picture she'd seen inside. His name was Yamaguchi Hikaru. Not surprising he was a patient in this hospital. He'd recently lost his ability to speak due to some trauma and was being treated at this hospital up in the psychiatric ward. She figured she'd better pay him a visit and check up on him. So far, all the doctors could be involved or none of them were involved, or only a few. Of course the real question was, what were they involved with. She'd tried to google the name Black Crimson, but of course nothing had come up. Wouldn't be fun if it were too easy huh? She put everything away photocopied the boy's profile and placed the file back exactly the way she had found it.

A few hours later after her shift was done, she walked out into the elevator. She was on her way up when the door opened on the fifth floor and in walked Ryosuke.

"What floor can I get you?" She asked.

"I was just headed to café for lunch… and you're headed to the psych department," he observed noting the floor. "Is there a reason? I didn't think you had any personal acquaintances in this hospital. You should have mentioned it before starting. We try and keep an eye for personal relationships so they do not interfere with professionalism."

"Oh no, it's not an acquaintance." She paused for a moment and though it was risky, she decided maybe being forward was a good strategy. She might be able to break his calm exterior. "I'm going to see a patient who has lost his speech due to some trauma. I randomly came across his case, and he reminds me of someone. I wanted to personally see him. His name is Yamaguchi Hikaru."

Ryosuke looked interested. He wondered why she'd want to check up on someone she didn't even know. He wanted to see for himself who he was. "I'm coming with you."

"Alright," she smiled to herself.

He was quite a site. She's never seen anyone, let alone a kid, look so surreal. He was facing the window as they walked in looking fairly lost. His light hair and thin pale skin gave him a feel of fragile beauty that sharply juxtaposed against her darker complexion. Ryosuke followed in and made no visible gesture or face. In fact, he didn't seem to recognize the boy at all. "Hikaru-kun," called Yasmine.

He turned to face them. Got up and in the most adorable way she'd ever seen, gave them a quick bow. She kneeled in front of him, and said "Hikaru-kun, I'm Yasmine. I work as a nurse here. This is Ryosuke-sensei."

"Hello," Ryosuke said rather awkwardly.

"Hikaru-kun, do you like it here, is everyone nice to you?" she inquired.

Ryosuke felt that to be an odd question but he didn't say anything. The boy slowly nodded shyly and sat on his bed.

"Ano, if it's okay with you, I'd like to be Hikaru-kun's friend. You see, I know this boy and he reminds me exactly of you. He doesn't live with me anymore but I'd say he'd be around your age by now. That's why when I saw your file Hikaru-kun, I thought I have to become your friend!" The words sounded creepy even to her, but if she ever wanted to keep an eye out for him, she'd have to gain his trust.

Ryosuke looked at her questioningly, a look that was missed by Yasmine. "Perhaps we should go Yasmine-san, it's not advisable to get attached to any patients."

"It's okay, I'm not attached, but the kid doesn't have any parents or siblings, or family. He's lost without anyone there for him. He can't even speak to tell us where he's from and no missing person's reports turned up when they searched for him." No one to worry over his disappearance, he'd make the ideal target. She was determined to keep an eye out for him. She knew he was going to be next in this string of disappearances.

Ryosuke was rather shocked by her behavior. He hadn't pegged her for the humanitarian type. He hadn't seen such a sincere expression before and in that moment she looked so fierce, determined, and full of energy. And in the same moment, she looked innocent and fragile. Her expression was pained when she realized no one would care for him. Somewhere, though he wouldn't admit it today, her pain, jolted his heart, though his composure would never reveal that. However, whatever the case, he didn't want her spending too much time with him. Becoming attached to a patient was never a good thing. "I'm sorry, Yasmine-san, it's time we headed back," he said with a poker face.

Putting on her usual face of defiance, she turned and promised the child she'd come up every chance she could. Keeping with her word, the next few weeks Yasmine spent almost all of her spare time with the child and even stayed overnight to care for him. He was quite a smart kid. She'd decided to tutor him so he wouldn't fall behind in school when he returned and he always managed to grasp concepts very quickly.

Unbeknownst to her, Ryosuke always kept a close watch on her. Sometimes more out of admiration than anything else. Over the past few weeks, she'd demonstrated satisfactory ability as a nurse. Nothing he would have kept around if his sixth sense hadn't told him otherwise. He found her mildly interesting but that was all. She could show so many different emotions but when it came to him, there was only once. Distaste. For some reason, he felt she did not like him very much. He had to admit, since she came, he'd witnessed a dramatic change in the boy's eyes. He was happier and smiled more often. He waited everyday by the door for her to come with some new game. In turn she brought him chocolates everyday. In any case, he could stare at them all day long, and so he left them alone and proceeded with his work. Later tonight was going to be an intense Project D training session.

After the day's work and exhaustion had set in, Yasmine decided to head home and review what she had learned from the boy and review the files she'd seen. She headed to the elevators and noticing she'd forgotten her jacket in the psych department, headed back up again. Peaking in Hikaru's room to make sure he wasn't asleep, she headed into his room only to find it empty. He wasn't scheduled for any tests or therapy sessions. He should have been in his room. Where had he gone? She could feel her heart sink and the internal turmoil of unease settle in to her stomach.

Panicking, she glanced outside, walked around the floor to make sure she hadn't missed him and couldn't find him anywhere. Heading back to her room, she saw Midou exiting. "Midou-sensei! Wait!" She called from down the hall.

"Oh! Yasmine-san! What are you doing here?" He asked turning around.

"Ano, do you know where Hikaru-kun went? I was just here about 10 minutes ago he should be sleeping in his room and he's not. By the way, why are you here? This isn't your department is it?"

"Hm, I'm covering a friend of mine on her shift, I just gave him his pills for the night. But don't worry Ryosuke-kun has him." He answered peacefully.

Not waiting to hear from him next, she asked "Sensei, where is he? Ryosuke-san now, I mean?" she asked trying to keep her voice calm and collected.

"Well, I think he said he wanted to take the kid out for a drive. I mean those therapy sessions haven't been doing too great, so I thought why not? Don't worry, if Ryosuke's got him there's nothing to be worried about."

She didn't have enough information to doubt Midou-sensei's word. Furthermore, she'd seen him exiting the room alone so there was no way he could've gotten to Hikaru-kun. Though she was worried about Ryosuke being with Hikaru alone, she was more worried about the fact that he was out of her sight. Think Yasmine, THINK! If I were going to take someone out for a drive, where would I take them? What's the closest place here worth going to? Then it hit her, she could find him at Mount Akagi. Since she didn't have any more leads and not enough to pin Midou, she hit the road and drove to the mountain. She was there in 15 minutes. Driving across to the parking, she spotted his cars amongst a few others lined up. He was in a small group of men. One of them was his brother (she'd seen them together on a magazine once), and a younger brown haired guy.

She screeched to a halt and vaguely heard his brother say "Aniki! That's the car that passed me the other day!"

"Yasm-" Before he could finish her name she sent an even punch flying his way landing it squarely on the jaw. Grabbing his shirt she pulled him close and through clench teeth interrogated. "Where is the kid, you filthy son of a -".

"Oye! Who do you think you are?!" Roared his brother. Frightening glaring down at her bearing down with his full height.

"Keisuke, stay out of this." Ryosuke calmly said. Being the larger of the two, and the calmer apparently, he took her small hands in his and eased himself out of her grip "Yasmine, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about."

Her emotions had gotten the better of her and Ryosuke watched confused as tears welled up in frustration. "It takes a real sick person to pretend they don't know what's going on. It's YOUR hospital, how could you not know!!!" she thundered, losing all control now. "He said he saw you leaving with him. That you had Hikaru-kun. Where the hell did you take him?"

"Yasmine, calm down." Ryosuke asked now genuinely disturbed. "Hikaru-kun; I didn't leave with him. Who saw him last?"

Then it hit her. Midou had lied to her. He'd probably taken Hikaru before and had come back to the room for some reason. He could lie and get away with it because Hikaru was not in the room. And there was no one there to disprove his word. She ran to her car, turned to Ryosuke, "Get in! We need to find Midou! I'll explain on the way."