A/N: Um...I hope you like this chapter! R&R!

A knock came at Chiaki's door, as she was in the middle of sending an e-mail to her sisters. "Chiaki? Are you up?" It said. She could obviously tell now that it was Gabriel.

"Yeah." She replied, not inviting him to come in, for she wanted to type the e-mail in private.

"You know there's a fair that just opened recently! It seems like fun, so we're wondering if you want to go?"

Chiaki typed another sentence, about to reply after she finished it, but Gabriel spoke again. "Oh yeah, and Samuru's paying, 'cause he did the least cleaning yesterday!" By his tone, she could tell he was pleased with what he said.

"Seems good! When are we leaving?" She asked, as she typed. She was always quite skilled at it.

"Hmm...around 1:30 maybe! Eat the lunch that I made first, though, ok? We can stay as long as you want! Is that ok?"

"Uh...yeah! I'll be out in a sec!" She checked the time on the computer. It was almost 11:30. "Hmmm...I think I'll go take a shower first before we leave." She suggested to herself. She then finished typing one more sentence, then got up and left the room, deciding to finish it later. The screen showed the words:

"Right now, it's quite fine, so don't worry about me. Many...unexpected things happened...

But it's ok. I'm alright.

"You take a long time to get ready. Even longer than Samuru!" Gabriel told Chiaki.

He was speaking quite loud, for the motorcycle carried away their voices. Chiaki clutched tightly onto the back of Gabriel's shirt, as she sat behind him. They came to a red light.

"Hmm...I feel bad for Samuru. He doesn't get any transportation, and the fair seems a little far away." She said to him.

"Oh, well he seems to be fine with it. He probably took a taxi or something. He'll get a car soon when he gets enough money though, so don't worry about it." The light turned green, and he speeded up a bit. "I'd let myself be the one without transportation instead, but he probably would refuse letting you ride with him."

Chiaki sighed. "Oh..." She watched cars go by, and a couple taxis, wondering if Samuru was in one of them. "Does Samuru hate me?" She finally asked.

She felt Gabriel tense a little at the question. "Mmm...I'm sure he doesn't really. He just acts that way."

"Why?" She asked, casually. She really wanted to know why Samuru was that way. She was sure she never did anything really mean towards him.

"Why? Well..." He leaned over to turn. "He's…just weird. If you get to know him better, you'll find out that he's actually a pretty good guy. He's not the best at expressing himself is all."

Chiaki slumped a little. She wondered what he meant by that. What was he trying to express?

The thought left her mind soon, however, when she had the first glimpse of the fair.

"Wh-wh-whoaaahhh!" They both exclaimed, taking a deep breath and looking at it. It was pretty huge.

Gabriel then started chuckling like he hadn't even said anything in awe at the fair. "Eh? Why are you laughing at me?" Chiaki whined, not understanding what was so wrong with being amazed at a such a beautiful sight.

"Hey, hey. It's nothing at all!" Gabriel assured her, comfortingly. "It's just...I can feel your aura...It's all light and fluffy!" He started chuckling again.

Chiaki smiled at him, although he wasn't looking at her, and tightened her grip on his shirt. They finally parked, and Chiaki jumped off, hanging her helmet on the handlebar as Gabriel did.

"Do you have a cell phone, Chiaki?" Gabriel asked, as soon as they were both off.

"Huh? Yeah, why?" She asked him.

"Oh, it's because we need to call Sammy."

Chiaki took her cell phone out of her bag. "He has a cell phone?" She didn't want to call him, actually...

"Aha, yeah. And I don't have one. He's the one making the money, anyway. I can't take money out of my parent's bank account, because my dad's still alive. Samuru's pretty much the one who'll supply us. Sorry."

"Oh..." Chiaki said, contemplatively. She flipped her cell phone open, and was about to ask if Gabriel was going to call, when he spoke.

"Let's see if I can remember the number..." He said, almost only to himself. "Ah! I know, it's 264-743-45...7...1!" Chiaki gave a mental sigh as she punched in the numbers. She didn't want to talk to him.

"That's a good memory you have." She told him, as she pressed the call button and held the phone up to her ear.

"Thanks!"

"Wait, what am I supposed to say?"

"Ask him where he is!"

"Alright..."

They waited a bit in silence, as the dial tone went on. Finally, a click noise was heard, and a low voice spoke. "Hello?"

Chiaki shuddered at his voice. She prepared herself for any of his rude remarks. "H-hey...it's Chiaki. Where are you right now?"

"Oh, I'm still in the taxi, hold on I'm really near." Chiaki waited, surprised he didn't say something like "Why do you care?" like she expected him to. The silence lasted for only a quick while, and he spoke again. "Waaiiitt...waiittt...oh, there. I see you guys. Hold on." A click was heard, indicating that he had hung up, and Chiaki closed her phone and turned to Gabriel.

"He's coming."

Just then, as she dropped her phone into her bag, a taxi came by and stopped at them. Samuru came out, and put his hands in his pockets. He looked at the two of them and gave a small smile. It wasn't full of happiness, but it wasn't so strange and unexpressive either. Chiaki tried to stop herself from widening her eyes at this.

"Well, let's go then." Samuru stated. He turned around and started walking.

As they stood a little ahead from the entrance of the fair, Chiaki stared at everything that was going on, completely enthralled. Gabriel was actually even more amazed than her, taking in each ounce of everything that there was to see. "This is so amazing!" He said, looking around even more. "Everything looks so fantastic! I've never seen anything like this!" Chiaki heard complete excitement in his words. She remembered of his past life, and that he had never really seen much. "I sense so many warm, wonderful auras all around! It feels great!" He then turned towards Samuru, who was reading the small catalogue of events and such that were in the fair. "Even your aura is kinda warm, Samuru!" Samuru looked up at him.

"Hey, don't go saying those things..." He didn't sound so mad. "Anyways, what do you wanna do first?"

Gabriel didn't answer, but instead looked at Chiaki, with the obvious look of wanting her to make the decision. Chiaki felt it was unnecessary to keep asking her for everything, but thought it would be offensive to a guardian angel doing his job to say something against it...

"Uh...you guys probably don't wanna go on rides or anything, so why don't we check out some exhibits!"

"Ok!" Gabriel exclaimed, clearly happy with anything that they were going to do. Samuru folded up the paper, and put it in his pocket. They all set off.

"Awwww...such a big bunny!" Chiaki pointed out, staring at the large ball of fluff hopping around with droopy ears. Gabriel leaned over next to her and watched it, too, with a chuckle. Samuru was watching the chickens walk around, cocking their heads. He actually didn't seem so disinterested. Chiaki kept walking around every area in the animal exhibit. She soon found a medium sized, auburn coloured fox. She crouched down and watched it as it only moved slightly in its sleep. Samuru came over next to her, as Gabriel went to go watch a turkey. "It's so cute!" She said, softly, wondering if the fox would wake up if she spoke too loud. Samuru grinned.

"Hehe. Yeah, it's pretty cool."

His friendliness surprised her.

After visiting many other exhibits, they all watched an outdoor show together. It was a hypnotism comedy, and they all found it was pretty funny, although Gabriel had to cover Chiaki's eyes at some parts, being in an apparent motherly mode.

They then went to snack on pretzels, then watched two more shows. After, Samuru and Gabriel decided to play games against each other, while Chiaki decided to look at all the nice things to buy. There was even a cute fox hat, and she couldn't resist the temptation to buy it, after remembering the cute fox that she saw earlier.

They all met up again later, Samuru now holding a big bag of toys that he had won, along with a couple small ones that Gabriel won, too. She showed them her new hat, which Samuru suggested she wear. She refused, a little embarrassed to, and with that, Gabriel suggested that he wear it. For the rest of their activities he was wearing the hat proudly.

Their stay at the fair actually took longer than expected, as they had done all sorts of things...from games, to eating, to watching contests, to competing in contests (that was Gabriel), to going to the fountains and getting splashed a bit, actually going on rides, and a variety of other things. Chiaki had a wonderful time, as did Gabriel, and noticed how Samuru wasn't even saying anything mean to her at all that day, except for the occasional playful teasing.

They soon decided that they were going to leave soon, as the sun had started setting slowly, but Chiaki insisted that she wanted to go to one more ride...

"The Ferris Wheel?" Samuru asked when she brought it up.

"Mhmm!" She answered, looking up at it.

"Ok." He said, with a tone that said that he actually thought it would be nice to go, too.

They all started walking, Gabriel nearer to her. "Hey," He said, as they were nearing it. "is it because you really like the Ferris Wheel or something?"

Chiaki looked up at him. "Huh? Oh, well yeah. Kinda. I just really like the feeling you get when you're up there...it's just...it's, well, hard to explain."

Gabriel nodded his head slowly. "Ohh...is that right? I went on a Ferris Wheel once when I was young. Of course, I didn't know how it looked like from up there at first, and I didn't even know we went that high up! Ahaha, this makes me excited!"

Chiaki giggled, and looked over at Samuru. "Yeah, it's pretty high…" He admitted, looking up at it.

They soon got onto the Ferris Wheel, and sat down. Chiaki and Gabriel sat on one side, and Samuru sat on the other, out of his own decision, actually. He crossed his arms, but looked intently out the window as it started.

Chiaki and Gabriel watched, too. As they went higher and higher, everything looked absolutely stunning, with the setting sun's colour reflected on everything and everyone. You could see all sorts of people, doing all sorts of things, like small ants scurrying around. Gabriel's eyes seemed to go a little hazy as he smiled and watched everything from up above. "It's really pretty, Chiaki...seriously. I'm so glad I'm able to see all these things."

Chiaki took in his words. She thought of how lucky she was to be able to see things all her life. Somehow, this thought made her see everything even more beautiful than she first saw them. Her heart seemed to race with all the feelings.

"Yeah..." Samuru said, suddenly. "Chiaki, you know what you said? About the feeling you get when you're on a Ferris Wheel?"

Chiaki looked at him, as he was looking out the window, gazing at everything as they became farther from the ground. "Mhmm..."

"I think I understand what you meant. It's…nice."

They reached the very top, having one of those occasional stops so that someone at the bottom could get off. When in stopped, everything seemed to stop for Chiaki.

Her eyes widened at his words. At the moment. At the feeling...

She had never seen this side of him yet. And it seemed like he was a different person. The way his eyes kept looking down at the ground...down, down, down at everything. How focused they were...and how they were taking in everything like the moment would die right away.

"Hey, Samuru." She said.

He, along with Gabriel, looked over at her.

"What is it?" He asked, hesitantly.

"...sit with us."

She smiled comfortingly after she said this, along with Gabriel, and they both looked at him, as he stared at the reasonable amount of empty space beside Chiaki. This offer seemed to bring him at a loss for words...or a loss of a way to deal with the situation, for that matter. He clearly didn't know what to do.

However, finally, he stood up and sat down beside her, and the Ferris Wheel started again, him continuing to look out the window.

It was already dark when Chiaki and Gabriel rode home. Chiaki gave a huge sigh. She thought of how fun everything was, and how many new things she experienced. "I will never forget this day!" She breathed, watching as the lit up fair became smaller and smaller.

"Hehe, that was fun, wasn't it?" Gabriel told her, as he looked out at the crowded street ahead of him. He apparently was still wearing the fox hat. He had never taken it off since.

"Mhmm. Thank you for taking me!"

Gabriel smiled endearingly. "You're welcome, but be sure to thank Samuru, too. He mostly paid for everything."

"Aw yeah, Samuru too, of course." She looked back. The fair was now just a small bunch of tiny lights. "He was different today, y'know?" She told him, almost more quiet than she usually spoke. "It wasn't bad or anything...it was sorta...nice!"

Gabriel nodded. "Yeah...didn't I tell you, he was a nice guy?"

"Mhmm...but it was...really, really different. A little weird...and, well...different..."

Gabriel laughed. "It's kinda hard to describe him, now isn't it? Don't worry...he must be having a hard time, too."

"Huh?" Chiaki inquired, confused at his statement. "With what?"

Gabriel speeded up a little, as the highway cleared. "Well, sorting out his feelings and such. Maybe. He's sort of an...unsure person...and he's got a lot inside, y'know?"

Chiaki wasn't quite sure of what he meant, but shrugged it off.

Meanwhile, in the bus Samuru took, he was staring out the window, watching the fair fade away. He gave a soft sigh and closed his eyes peacefully.

Chapter 6.5: What Is It Now?

When Chiaki came home, she immediately thanked the two of them and went upstairs. After shutting her door, she immediately went straight to the computer and finished her message to her sisters.

After the screen clearly read "Sent", she turned it off and collapsed onto the bed, without even changing her clothes. She slept soundly for the rest of the night.

"Hi there, Aoi, Hana.

How is everything? Is college fun or is it hard? How is the school, Hana? Do you think it's the right one?

Aha…or is it too early to be asking these questions…

I hope you've both settled in by now, and that you're doing well. I hope your days will pass by without worries, and you'll be happy.

As for me…

Right now, it's quite fine, so don't worry about me. Many...unexpected things happened already...

But it's ok. I'm alright.

Huh…Well actually, It's a different kind of feeling. Maybe… like I'll be having a good time this summer.

Again, don't worry about me.

~Chiaki"