Chapter 3

I watched as the black car drove Amaya-chan off. When she waved goodbye to me, worry was written all over her face. That gave me a bad feeling.

The next day, Amaya wasn't in class. This made my bad feeling worse. After school, I decided to go pay Onizuka a visit. As, usual he was playing videogames and losing. I quietly laughed to myself. I noticed the door leading to the school roof was open.

"Hey! Onizuka!"

Onizuka's scream kinda caught me off guard, so I jumped a little.

"Don't sneak up on me, Yoshikawa. You scared me half to death."

I laughed again.

"I've been standing here for a couple of minutes."

"Ya, but that's only 120 seconds."

"Anyways, Mr. Onizuka, did you know your door was open?" I pointed towards it.

He glanced at it and shrugged.

"Ya, it was like that when I got here. I decided to leave it alone."

I sighed.

"Doesn't mean someone opened it while you were away?"

He shrugged again.

"So careless..." I mumbled.

I walked over to the door and stepped outside. I walked around, until I saw her; Amaya-chan. She was standing on the edge of the rooftop. Her beautiful, long light brown hair was flowing with the wind. Her tan skin glistened in the moonlight, but what snapped me back from awe was when she slightly stepped forward. I widened my eyes in horror.

"Oh no!"

"Amaya!" I screamed out loud.

So loud, Onizuka came running outside immediately. As he figured out what was going on, he quickly ran out and down the stairs. I slowly walked up to Amaya.

"Please, don't jump." I said to her.

"I'm begging you."

"Leave me alone, Noboru-san. Nobody can talk me out of it. I'm sick of my life! I'm sick of the abuse I get from that bitch for no reason! I'm sick of everything!"

"I should've killed myself after I found out my parents died because after that, my life went downhill and never came back up."

"Everyone would just be happier if I didn't exist in this world."

"YOU'RE WRONG!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

I heard a gasp escape her lips.

"My life will be a living hell without you."

"Why is that Noboru-san? Because I helped you out with your bullying? That's nothing."

"It's something to me! You quickly came to my rescue without hesitation, not even knowing who I was. I was a stranger to you, yet you still saved me anyways. I was amazed at your bravery and very fond of it. You saving me mean the world to me and always will."

"Why is that?"

"Now I know how to stand up for myself. You gave me that courage and the will power to do so."

"You not existing will not only make my life what it used to be, but ME very depressed. I would miss you too much to care about anything."

"Please, please don't kill yourself. Right at this moment, my heart is tearing in two."

Amaya turned around. I gasp when I noticed all the bruises, cuts and scratches on her face and body. As I squinted, I noticed there was a knife cut on her neck. I couldn't believe it. Her mother slit her throat. A faint smile along with tears spread across her face. I let out my hand, telling her to take it. Amaya took one last step backwards and fell off the roof. I ran over to edge quickly and jumped off the roof. I embraced Amaya's head tightly and pulled her to my chest. I closed my eyes and held my breath expecting to hit the concrete. I didn't care as long as Amaya still survived through this. When I opened my eyes, I noticed Amaya was on the ground beneath me. Her eyes were closed and her glossed lips were slightly opened. My hands rested on each of her sides and my face was inches from hers. I felt my cheeks, no my face darken. My breath was shortened so I was panting slightly. Onizuka's laughter snapped me back. I sent death glares at him, but calmed down.

"What's so funny?"

"The fact that you're blushing like crazy and panting while laying on Amaya." He laughed again.

I quickly got off of her and stared at Onizuka again.

"What happened?" I asked Onizuka curiously.

"Luckily, I was standing right beneath you guys as you fell off the roof, so I caught you in my arms."

"You kinda took me off guard. I was only expecting Amaya to fall, but I saw you jump off the roof after her."

"I nearly pissed my pants. You scared me half to death. I don't want to lose two students in one process. You did a very stupid thing Yoshikawa, but a brave thing too. I'm proud of you."

"I just did what my heart told me to do. I would gladly risk my life for hers."

He grazed my head with his hand. I smiled and laughed.

"We should take her back to my place. She needs a lot of rest." Onizuka suggested.

I nodded in agreement. I picked up Amaya in my arms and followed Onizuka back to his place.

I laid her on the couch.

"She needs medical help. She's injured badly." I told Onizuka.

He nodded and grabbed his first aid kit.

"I need you to strip her clothes off."

He gave me devious smirk. I sent another death glare at him. I unbuttoned her shirt and gently set it down on the floor. I unhooked her bra and also gently placed it on the ground. I slid off her skirt, leaving her underwear on and placed it on the ground. As I did this, my heart pounded and cheeks flushed.

I noticed Onizuka's perverted face when he was feeling around Amaya's rib area. I growled and glared at him again.

"Pervert..."I mumbled.

"Hey! I'm not the one who stripped her." He laughed.

"Anyways, she has a couple of broken ribs, her right arm is sprained, along with her left ankle. Her left wrist is broken, neck is sprained with a deep cut on it. Amaya's cheeks are swollen, right eye is slightly black and a bloody nose. She must've been through hell."

Onizuka wrapped her chest, stomach, arm, neck and ankle up with bandages, stuck and taped a gauze on her swollen cheeks and a medicine eye bandage on her black eye. He wiped the blood from her nose and laid her back on the couch. He slipped on a pair of his pj bottoms on her. He sat on the floor next to Amaya and grazed her hair.

"Now Yoshikawa, tell me everything you know. Amaya's a very tough young woman. She wouldn't try to kill herself for nothing. She must've pained deep internally and for a long time in order for her to try and commit suicide."

I nodded.

"Amaya receives a lot of abuse at her foster home. Her parents died in a fatal automobile accident a year ago, so she was forced to move to Japan to live with her foster family. Unfortunately, everyone in that family abuses her in every way. The males sexually abuse and the mother literally tries to kill her. She goes through hell every day. Yesterday, her mom came to pick her up and take her home. You can guess what happened to her there."

"No wonder she tried to commit suicide. She's staying with me for now on. Her life is really at stake here."

"There isn't much room to live in with you alone. How can Amaya live here too?" I asked curiously.

"Do you have any other suggestions?"

"She stayed at my house last night. She can stay over again."

"Until you get caught and get in trouble with your parents. No, it's best if she stays here with me. She's safer anyways."

I sighed. Arguing with him is a waste of time.

"Fine, but I'm walking her here and checking on her every time I get."

He laughed at my determined tone.

"You're acting like an over protecting boyfriend. I didn't know you cared so much."

"Of course I care. She has done a lot for me!"

"Alright, alright. You can come over anytime you want. I prefer it anyways."

I sighed in relief.

"Thanks Onizuka."

As I stepped onto the edge of the roof of my school, I turned around and took one step backwards. My body fell into a dark abyss. Images of my mother appeared.

"You're nothing! Your existence is unnecessary. You should've died with your filthy, no good parents. Why are you here? I hate you!" Echoed through the never ending abyss I fell through. She was right. My existence in this world is unnecessary. I should have died with my parents. "NO! You're wrong!" I gasped as Noboru-san's image appeared. "My life would be hell without you. You taught me how to defend myself. You even defended me, a stranger at first, without hesitation." Noboru-san… Maybe my life isn't unnecessary after all. Maybe I do have a purpose. Noboru-san is my purpose. Protecting him and other people from danger.

I slowly opened my dark brown eyes. When my vision cleared, I sat up and scanned my surroundings. I didn't know exactly where I was. I remember walking pass here to get to the school's roof. By the looks of it, somebody lives here. I looked at my body to notice it was covered in bandages. I felt my right eye and realized it was covered with a medicine eye bandage. I wore loose p.j bottoms instead of my school uniform. I saw Noboru-san sleeping on my lap and Onizuka resting on the floor. I smiled as I figured it out. They must've healed me up. I planted a kiss on Noboru-san's cheek, slowly got up, knelt down beside Onizuka and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Arigatou…" I mumbled. I walked out to the school's roof, limping. I lied back down and gazed at the stars. I embraced the back of my head with my arms. It always relaxed me to star gaze. The roof had a nice view of the sky. I heard footsteps walking out to the roof.

"How are you feeling?"

I looked up to see Noboru-san.

"I'm feeling sore, but I'm good."

He sat down and lay next to me.

"Thank you Noboru-san for healing me up."

"No problem, but I only helped out Onizuka. He did all of the healing."

"I'll give him thanks later."

"Amaya, please don't try to kill yourself again. I swear I'll come join you if you do."

"Don't waste your life on me. I'm not worth it."

"You're worth every bit of it."

"I promise, I won't try to kill myself again."

"Thank you."

"Good news though. Onizuka decided to take you in. You're living with him."