Aoi laughed. "Oh, Ally you have the matchmaker in you." She teased remembering Ari and Tom. "It was nothing like that. We were about 9 or 10 when he came to court..."She bit her lip, not sure how much to reveal. She decided to risk it, no one would find her here. "My adoptive families court, that is. We were sort of thrown together, he was only one year my senior. When he was 17 he disappeared, just like that he was gone." A flicker of sadness came over her face before practice smoothed it away. "I was crushed, he was my friend. The only one who could hold their own against me when we trained. I was probably starting to fall for him. I will never know, he was and is gone." She looked at her memory of that long lost summer. "This memory" she gestured at the picture, "was the summer after he came to court. He was so nice, the perfect gentleman although a little out there sometimes." She smiled at Ally. "Well that's the whole story I guess."<em>At least Ryu didn't get to him</em>she thought to herself.