CHAPTER 5

"Well that's the thing," Kaito said as he tried to ruffle her hair. "You did a good job getting the blood out of your hair." He smiled widely, then took notice of the look on her face. He took his hand off her head. "Good news or bad news first?" Kaito asked Neru as he looked softly into her eyes.

"Bad," Neru said almost too softly for Kaito to hear.

Kaito sighed softly.

"Len has no idea what happened."

"He doesn't know how he got like that?" Neru shouted mostly to herself. "How? How is that possible? How can he not know Kaito? He walked into that room. Walked into the room, down the hall, away from whatever happened alone. He did it with those injuries, but, he doesn't know how?"

Something pressed against her mouth. It was a hand. Kaito's hand.

"Calm, kiddo." Kaito said as he took his hand off of her mouth. "It's not that he doesn't know. He doesn't remember."

A small squeak came from Neru's throat.

"He can't remember anything after lunch," Kaito said soothingly, as he placed his hand on Neru's shoulder. "He remembers leaving the entertainment room, then he says that it blurs out there. That's where he loses it."

Neru fell into a yellow beanbag behind her.

"And the good?" Neru asked, gingerly looking up into Kaito's dark blue irises.

"He's fine, as I already said," Kaito said as he squatted down in front of her. "He's also fine mentally as well except for the amnesia. "

"That's good news," Neru said as she looked at the floor in front of her. Kaito's white tipped shoes were clean and blank in front of her face. As if they had just been made, and never even toughed before. Her eyes went up Kaito's leg to make sure he was actually wearing them.

He rubbed her head softly as he knelt on the floor in front of Neru. He lowered himself so he was looking into her eyes. Neru's yellow eyes were blank staring into his.

Kaito's hand slid down her ponytail and grabbed the tip of it. He rubbed her hair against her nose. She pulled back, surprised, and then sneezed lightly. Kaito chuckled, and let her hair fall.

"Yeah, Neru its good news," Kaito whispered. "But that's not quite what I was going to tell you Neru. There's more."

Neru looked up and glanced at Kaito's hair, trying not to look into his eyes.

"What else was there," Neru whispered.

"He's healed up, full of energy, and happy," Kaito said coming to her eye level again. "And he really wants to talk to you."