So, this is for Nana Osaki.

Author's thought:

After watching the anime on Sunday night, and reading the part where Ren dies in the manga, I didn't understand how and why did Ren died in a car crash. I was frustrated and had to unleash some anger somewhere. So after a night of thinking and releasing some tension, I reread that moment again and slowly grasped what was happening. And how Ai Yazawa (the author and artist of NANA) tried to describe the tragedy. I'm sure that there are people like me, who didn't understand the story. So for those people, I would like to write what happened that night starting from Hachiko talking to Ren.

I hope you enjoy,

Beginning with Ai Yazawa's original dialogue:

Hachiko: "Ren!"

Ren: "Quit Barking!"

Hachiko: "Naoki told me everything, is this the demon's premonition that Takumi spoke of?"

Ren: "Demon's Premonition? Are you alright?"

Hachiko: "I should be the one asking that. Nana doesn't know about this right? If she knows she wouldn't have ignored it. If you find it hard to tell her about it, I'll do it!"

[...] (skipped some lines of Ai Yazawa)

Hachiko: "You want to go to Osaka? Are you sure it's alright for you to travel such a long distance?"

Ren: "It's alright, I'm not that weak, I still speak cohesively compared to you."

Hachiko: "Thank you so much Ren. If you can go, that would be great. At this kind of time, I can't go out and leave Takumi alone at home. When he came back, he looked on the verge of tears. He went to bed without a word. Naoki says it's because he feels ostracized by his band mates. But I still feel like..."

Ren: Ah! Really? That's bad.

Hachiko: Eh?

Ren (sad expression): Nana must be depressed now...

Hachiko: Ah, I'm sorry, But she'll be fine if you visit her. Get there by tonight and be the first to give your wishes.

Ren: But before that... I have to bring Reira back to the castle. I want to protect Trapnest...

Hachiko: Do you even know where Reira is?

Ren: I pretended to agree with her actions and asked for her address.

As a result, Ren determines to see Reira first, and then in the morning, with Hachiko, head to Osaka to wish Nana a happy Birthday! The last thing that Ren says on the phone to Hachiko is:

"I won't die before I get to see Satsuki-chan's little face." Hachiko laughs and ends the call.

At this moment, the reporters (or are they stalkers?) track down Ren's car. They see him speeding in the snow storm and believe that he is rushing to go see Reira at a hospital.

Ren with a sad expression looks at his left side mirror where he sees the reporter's car tailing him. He ignores it and hears the radio announcing:

"Coming up, we have a song by the band that many fans are hoping to see make a comeback. BLACK STONES!" Ren suddenly sees Nana sitting on an edge of a window of a building, looking down at him. She then jumps and Ren, with a shocked look, turns his steering wheel towards Nana, and before anyone knows what was going on, he crashes into the building. And an animal's tail runs across the edge.

Meanwhile, the real Nana finishes her music business and has the fans running towards her. Deep inside herself, she has no energy to celebrate since Hachiko cancelled their meeting. She knows that Ren has things more important than her to worry about, Hachiko has Takumi, and of course, Nana has her big dream all lined up ahead. But she feels that everyone has somebody more important than her, and feels left out (i.e: lonely). One day, she hopes that Ren and herself will return together to Soukogai, where she felt valuable, safe and strong.