Hi there, sorry it took so long, lots of things happening recently. I did reference to an anime I hope you catch. Enjoy the chapter!

It was storming outside when he woke up. Laying down, he looked over to see the rain pound on the window. He was covered in bandages on most of his body and a IV needle connected to his wrist. The room looked mostly white and it had that smell that reminds him of being inside a clinic.

'I must be at the hospital,' he thought. He quickly examined himself and thankfully saw that nothing was broken, the pain still there though.

He slowly sat up, ignoring all the pain from his injuries. He could hardly believe any of this was real. Only moments ago, he was in a place devoid of anything, now he is in a warm bed and the world continuing existing as if Gyze never erased it. It's so surreal.

He pinched himself. "Ouch!" So maybe he is not dreaming.

But the most concerning thing was what he saw before he blackout. It was them, Shion and Tokoha. He saw them. That can't be true, they're gone, but they looked so real. Then again, is any of this real? He can he know? Maybe none of this is real and he is still in that dark void. The thought of still being inside that void fills him with despair.

"I must be losing my mind!" His paranoia starts to kick in. It getting harder for him to breath as the air around him starts to feel ice cold.

"I don't want to go back…"

He hears someone door the door, he immediately tried to compose himself has that person comes into the room. The man looked old and bald with a frog like face. He wears a white doctor's coat and looks like he would be a bit shorter than Chrono.

"How are you feeling?" the man asks with a smile on his face.

"Huh?" He felt a bit caught off guard.

"Your injuries, how are they? Or in general, or both, take your pick."

"Oh um, I'm fine..."

"Fine? I thought for someone with your injuries, you'd be complaining more."

"Um, sorry?"

The man chuckled. "Nothing to be sorry about, be glad that you didn't break anything. That doesn't mean you didn't need stitches, so please that it easy."

"Right, thank you."

"No need to thank me, I'm just doing my job. If there weren't people like you, I'd be out of one."

Chrono laughed a bit, something he felt he didn't do in a long time. The man paused looking at the papers that he had before he continued.

"By the way, I would like your name?"

"My name?"

"Yes, don't tell me you hit your head a too hard."

Chrono felt a little embarrassed for not answering a simple question. "N-no, it's Chrono Shindou."

The man raised his brow. "Chrono huh, what an odd name."

"Yeah, I guessed it is. My mother gave me my name."

"Speaking of that, do you have any family or guardians we can speak to?"

A strong wave of sadness hit Chrono as he looked away. "No, I don't have anyone."

The doctor understandably nodded, "it's fine, I won't ask any further, I'll leave you to get so rest. I'll get someone to fetch you something to eat as well, you seem a bit malnourished."

Chrono nodded, "thanks doc."

"Don't mention it," he smiled. He was about to reach for the door handle til Chrono voice caught him.

"Wait!"

The man turns around. "Yes? You have a question?"

"Yeah, what's today?"

"The date?" the doctor looked up as he tried to remember. "I believe today is May 19th."

"May 19th…" He couldn't believe it was that long. 'It's been only three months since Gyze took control.'

"Is that all?"

"Yeah that's all…"

"I see, I'll be on my way then." He was about to leave when the door suddenly opened. Standing in the doorway was a brown hair, scruffy looking man, probably in his late twenties, with a tan trench coat. His eyes were focused solely on Chrono when he entered the room.

"Hello detective Kogami, what brings you here?" the doctor asks.

Chrono quickly perked up. 'Detective?'

"I'm here to asks the patient a few questions," Kogami said as he made his way to Chrono. The doctor followed suit.

"Can this wait? The young man has barely woken up." He was clearly irritated that someone has come to bother his patient.

"It will only take a few minutes."

The doctor was about to oppose, but then thought otherwise. "Fine, I know you'll be too stubborn to leave until you get what you want."

"Thank you," he said as he made his way towards Chrono's bed. The detective choose to stand rather than sit even though there was a chair next to him.

"I am Detective Kogami, I take that you are Chrono Shindou. I've been informed you had quite a fall."

Chrono was caught off guard, "Hi... How did you know my name?"

"I took a look at your IDs in your wallet."

'Oh.'

"I was in charge of looking for any of your parents and/or guardians while you were unconscious, but I couldn't turn up anything."

"I don't think you-"

"I wasn't finished." Kogami looked at him with piercing eyes. Chrono couldn't help, but feel nervous. "When I called your school, they had no record of anyone under your name, nor anyone in the apartment your personal ID had for that matter. I'm also betting that there is no mention of you in the Japanese database. So let me ask you, who are you really?"

Chrono didn't know what else to say. Neither his school nor the place he was living in have no record of him. It's almost everything on him was erased.

The doctor firmly put his hand on the detective. "Kogami, maybe you shouldn't be intimidating him right now."

"Doc please, I know what I'm doing." Ignoring the doc's protests, he once again turned his attention to Chrono. "I'll ask again, who are you?"

He was put into a tight spot. He didn't have a response to give to the detective. Suddenly there's no record of him and he say what exactly? Maybe this is just one big understanding, there's no way this could just happen. He was going to speak until he saw a silhouette of a woman in the glass window on the door.

"Kogami, is it okay to come in?" The woman asks.

The voice was familiar to Chrono. He was sure he heard it several times before, but he can't put his finger on it.

The detective looked surprised. "Oh, yes of course, I wasn't expecting you so soon."

"Just how many surprise visitors are gonna come in today…?" the doctor retorted.

Chrono's eyes widened when the women stepped into the room. He had a sinking feeling in his stomach as he stared at the women in front of him. The woman who he only saw in pictures and videos. He was beginning to doubt that any of this is real.

'There's no way this could be happening…'

The women standing alive and well was Tokimi Shindou, his mother.