Chapter 365 - (2019: Case 02) Part 16 (1/2)

*UNEDITED*

That makes sense and yet, he feels as though there's something much more to all of this.. Something, although he requires an answer, he knew he could never get it.

Such an empty gaze, such a lonely look. He had met this person before too. Yang placed his hand on his forehead as if trying to recall it. However, the more he tried to remember, the more the pounding on his head increased.

What is this feeling? Meika suddenly reached over and placed her hand on his, ” ....if it's painful, you need not remember,” she muttered.

Yang looked at her with wide eyes.

”What are you?....”

”You're in pain. And so is the other one. But that girl also is hurting quite a bit , and that is why. It would be best if you don't remember...”

A flash appears in his memory then, as he recalls that time - during that disaster. A girl with lilac coloured hair, no wounds on herself appeared before him, Shinji and that girl --- and then... She did something to them, for sure she did something. What did she do?

That's right. Though it still wasn't clear to him, it was slowly coming back to him. All the memories from then. Back then too before he could get to Setsura, this girl was also. Before she could do anything he reached over and grabbed hold of her wrist.

Meika's eyes went wide, ”What are you. . .?”

”There is no need to keep up this act anymore. Won't you tell me everything?”

At that comment she deeply sighed, ”I've never had someone be so persistence and stupid before. Do you not understand what your asking me to do?”

”I can take a wild guess.”

But even so he wants to know; because like Setsura, he can't just sit back and do nothing anymore.

..

As Yang approached an abandoned looking building. He kept sighing to himself and mumbling.

Yang honestly wasn't fond of the idea of coming back to this place. However he needed to speak with Yaza on a certain matter he could not ask when Setsura was around; which is why he chose today knowing that Setsura working elsewhere and that there would be no chance of anyone else finding out either. He dislikes being sneaky about anything but there's something he's been curious about for awhile now.

His thoughts broke off when he heard the sound of fighting causing him to sigh. Good grief, it is times like this where one can easily spot out the delinquents too. Since they tend to take this kind of weather as a opportunity to ambush their enemies. He has to go down this path to go to that place, guess it can't be helped.

As Yang got closer though, he made out a group of guys beat up on the ground wearing the local Yankee high school Emoto uniform. He knew the uniform all too well. After all he used to attend the high school. The wounds around the guys were indeed rather severe, upon spotting someone he knew though he bent down.

Yang quickly approached one of them, ”Who did this?”

”Yang-san,” Suzumori didn't seem surprised to see him. ”Were sorry for losing. We thought we could get lucky attacking a young girl... But we didn't know she had a guy with her.”