Chapter two:

"Mello!" Matt makes it to me as I get up and brush some dirt off of my war uniform. "What the hell!" He pants at me as his own war uniform is also a little dusty.

I look over my shoulder at him. "Just some old memories." I say and I turn back to the home then I glance to what's left of the town.

Matt is silent for a few moments then he comes over and puts an arm around my shoulders in a small hug. "Ok." He says. "I may not know anything about your past besides what you told me but what I do know is you should be glad for it made you who you are today. Like the war."

I stay silent as I let my memories finish through my mind like a few moments before opening them after taking a deep breath. "Yeah I know." I say.

"Come on. Let's go or we'll be late." Matt leads me back to the car.

We continue on our way and I mostly stare out the window beside me remembering the memories I had pushed away for so long after the fire when I lost track of Near that dreadful day….. Later finding the city where Matt's family took me in….. And also memories of the war…..

All of it and during this time Matt lets me be.

I close my eyes taking a slightly deep breath as my mind leads me to many places.

After a little driving we arrive at the city where the orphanage is.

We park in the parking lot just outside of the orphanage.

I get out then as I close the door I blink as I see Matt grab something before following me as we head inside.

"Ah hello there." An older man comes to greet us. "My name is Rodger."

"Names Mihael." I greet and shake hands with him then he moves to Matt.

"Mail." Matt does the same.

Rodger does his best to look at both of us. "It is an honor to have you here." He says. "Please follow me." He leads us through the orphanage and into a common room. "We will gather the kids when you're ready." He says. "Just let one of the adults here know when you're ready." He then leaves.

There is about two teachers making sure things are ready for the assembly for today.

A hand rests on my shoulder and I turn to Matt.

"you feeling ok?" He asks.

I nod. "It's just a lot to take in the memories all at once." I look to the small stage set up.

"Yeah. I know." Matt also turns to the stage then pulls out what he grabbed before he left the car.

I glance to it and I see it is a picture of our group from the war, the group we were a part of when the army made groups so they can assign missions or something to certain groups as needed.

All including our main nurse Linda, commanding officer L, deputy Light, me, Matt and even Near… All dressed in our war uniforms.

We took that picture at the start of the war to have for all of us to have so if we did survive then we could have it to remember.

I let myself remember a time from the war that stands out for me from all of my memories.