To yellow 14 and Rose Tiger: She's certainly going to be okay eventually, it's just a question of what it takes to get there.

To Butterfly: I would agree.

To CodeDweller: Is the new episode available in the English dub? At least Kagami received medical attention. Luka definitely needs to talk to someone…

Kagami's first sensation was pain on the periphery of her consciousness. Her head throbbed, her senses felt dull. The pillow under her head was flat and lumpy. Her eyelids refused to respond. Her right arm would not move. She could feel some sort of pressure on her left hand. Her legs were still there, but everything felt sluggish. The only motion available to her was to squeeze her hand. The pressure on her hand increased slightly. Something metallic scraped against the tiled floor. Her head shifted slightly as the bed on which she lay depressed.

"Kagami? Babe?"

With an effort, she forced her eyes open to find Luka staring down at her, a worried look on his face. He sighed, his shoulders sagging in relief as he ran his fingers through her hair. "You're awake."

She looked up at him, blinking in confusion. The hospital room's overhead lights were off, but the single fluorescent light directly above her bed almost blinded her. She winced, pinching her eyes shut. Presently the light disappeared. All the same, a niggling pain blossomed behind her eyes. Her mouth was so dry… As if reading her thoughts, Luka held up a cup and placed the straw between her lips. Kagami took a tentative sip of the cool water and swished it around in her mouth. With a groan she swallowed heavily and drew in a little more water. "Thanks… I–"

Luka put his hand on her uninjured shoulder and squeezed gently. "Don't talk too much," he warned her, his eyes full of concern. "You had a concussion – they said you were only unconscious for about ten minutes, but since then you've been asleep for almost a whole day. Kamiyama had a head of steel." Kagami furrowed her brows at him. "–Not literally," he added, grimacing. "But the police had some trouble with him all the same."

She slumped back onto the bed, closing her eyes, letting out a breath as the events of the fight came rushing back to her. Despite the pain medication, she could still feel tiny stabs of pain in her injured arm. The longer she thought about it, the more pronounced it became. She couldn't just allow the pain to sweep her away – "What happened?"

Luka exhaled heavily. "You got hurt. I–" He fell silent, sniffling. "I thought I was going to lose you." Kagami fumbled around on the bed to find his hand. He choked back a sniff, clutching her hand tightly. "I tried, so hard, to get everyone out safely," he whispered, clenching his other hand and squeezing his eyes shut. "But I couldn't find a way. I could get us most of the way there, but I just couldn't hit the cadence. Either you got hurt or Shiro got killed. I… I had to make a choice."

Her heart sank, her mouth falling open in fear. "Shiro…"

"He's okay," Luka quickly assured her. "He and Miki and Kimiko – the family is safe. They're still at your dad's apartment, just in case." He paused, his shoulders slumping. "That was my choice: I saved him instead of you. I–" He swallowed, looking down at the bed sheets. "If I hadn't, he would have died. But you wouldn't have been hurt."

Slowly, cautiously, Kagami brought Luka's hand to her lips, kissed it, and held it to her cheek. He looked at her in surprise. "I forgive you," she murmured, kissing the inside of his wrist. "I love you." She sniffled, meeting his gaze with tears in her eyes. "I trust you with my life, with my heart – with everything."

He leaned forward most of the way out of his seat, gently placing his arms on either side of her and pulling her into an awkward hug. "I love you, too," he whispered, his breath soft against her ear. He chuckled humorlessly. "You know, that's the last thing you said to me before… this. I–I was afraid it would be the last thing you ever said to me," he admitted.

Kagami smiled tenderly. "I hope it is," she replied softly. "But I hope that's not for a long time." She fell silent, sighing. Luka sat back, his grip on her hand firm but gentle, staring at her. Kagami closed her eyes, trying to relax. Her head still ached so badly. Rather than try to sleep again, she asked, "Then what happened… after? With the fight?"

Luka sighed heavily. "The police arrived as I was leaving with you. Shiro captured Okamura, and the police took him into custody. But before they could interrogate him or anything the Yakuza managed to get to him. He's dead. No leads on who did it – Shiro thinks the Yakuza were cleaning house – they must have had someone in the police for it to happen so quickly. Kamiyama they also captured – he's in protective custody since Okamura's murder. I got Kamikangae in the shoulder, so he was at this hospital yesterday, though they released him to the police already. Both of them will be going away for a long time… once they figure out how to hold them."

"And the other two?"

"Kamisenshi managed to escape," Luka confessed bitterly. "After you got hurt, Shiro was so focused on Okamura, and I was so focused on the other two that he was able to slip away. Same with Kamikaze. No one saw him again after you threw him through that wall."

"Damn."

Luka shrugged. "They didn't arrest Shiro, at least," he told her. "They took him into custody, but I called Ladybug after I knew you would be okay, and she promised to take care of it. Apparently that meant letting Chloe take care of it – I'm pretty sure she was ready to eat that police captain for breakfast by the time she was done with him!" He chuckled. "Something about 'doing his men's jobs for them' and 'I'd like to see you fight someone who can move things with his mind!' Between the rage and the language barrier, I don't know if he understood more than the general sense of what she said. But it was enough. They let Shiro go yesterday without more than a cursory questioning."

Kagami nodded in relief. "Good."

The door opened, and Luka sat back to make space as a nurse bustled around Kagami, made a note of the vital signs on her monitor, checked her pulse, and waved a light in front of her eyes quickly. "Good," the nurse muttered to herself. "Vital signs are normal, and your pupils are reacting well. It appears as though your concussion has abated some," she explained. "How is the pain level?"

"Manageable," Kagami replied. "My arm feels strange, though."

"That is not unexpected," explained the nurse, nodding. "They gave you some pretty powerful medications yesterday; it may take a little for them to work out of your system. If you do need pain medications, you will have to avoid aspirin, or any anti-inflammatory medicines because of the concussion – we'll give you a list of options when you leave. But now I just have a few questions to test your memory. Can you give me your name and date of birth?"

Kagami coughed, furrowing her brows. "Um… Tsurugi Kagami, November 20, 2002."

The nurse cocked her head in confusion. "I… see…" She looked closer at her notes and pursed her lips. "I suppose some memory loss isn't unheard of, though perhaps your concussion was more severe than expected."

Kagami stared at the nurse and blinked, her brows knitting together. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Luka grimace. Oh. "Um… that must be it?"

"Hopefully your memory will return soon enough," the nurse consoled her. "As it is, you're lucky you weren't injured any worse! Most people who get hit by a car come out of it with a lot more bumps and bruises than you."

Kagami hummed in acknowledgement. "I was lucky."

"Your husband's quick thinking probably saved you from the worst of it," the nurse went on. Kagami raised an eyebrow and glanced at Luka to see him flushing in embarrassment behind the nurse's back. "That, more than anything, saved you any worse aftereffects from the concussion. The memory loss is concerning, of course, but hopefully your long-term memory will return in time as the concussion heals. In the meantime, you may experience headaches and dizziness, and you need to rest your eyes more for the next few days, so avoid bright lights. But you should make a full recovery."

"Of course," Kagami agreed, giving Luka a sidelong glance. "I am quite grateful to my husband for watching out for me."

"Well." The nurse gave her a small smile. "I will leave you two alone."

Once the door closed, Kagami arched an eyebrow at Luka, who flushed. "I… may have told them we were married so they would let me stay here with you until you woke."

Kagami felt heat rise in her cheeks. She coughed weakly and took another long sip of water. "Not that I would object to the idea," she began, "but they bought that?"

He shrugged. "We didn't have our IDs on us or anything to contradict it – and I was 'too distraught' to try to track them down… not that I could have, since we were 'mugged'." He frowned. "As it is, Shiro is still trying to convince the police to release our passports to him so we can leave eventually. The house is still sort-of a crime scene."

"Did you give them our real names?"

He gave her a dubious look. "Of course not," he replied. "Too much risk of someone connecting your injury to Ryoku's injury." He shook his head ruefully. "Sass and I talked it over, and we told your mother and aunt that you'd been in an accident two nights ago – to explain why we weren't at the house that night as well as your broken arm." He grimaced. "On that note, their system might also have a… small… electrical storm. Exactly enough to erase you from the system. Once you are discharged."

She let out a giggle that turned into a wince and a cough as her head moved. Reflexively she pulled her hand out of his, raising it to her forehead and rubbing her temples. "Oh…" she groaned, dropping her hand down to her throat, looking for the familiar presence of her miraculous, to find nothing there but the locket that Luka had given her for Christmas. She froze, eyes wide, staring at Luka in fear. "Where–?"

"Right here," he assured her, pointing to the bright green double-wound bracelet around his wrist. Quickly he removed it and clasped it around her throat as she lifted her head off the pillow, wincing at the exertion. The moment it was back on, the choker returned to its customary red. She sighed in relief and sank back into the bed, closing her eyes. "I needed you to de-transform, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn't get lost or misplaced or anything."

Longg emerged from inside her pillowcase and clasped his paws together in a bow before hugging Kagami's cheek. "I am gratified to see you awake and whole once more, Kagami-san."

Kagami sighed and nodded slowly to avoid exacerbating her headache. Raising her hand to cup around the Kwami, she looked up at Luka and smiled. "I am, also."

AN: The birth date is the one (possibly) revealed by the show (or an Instagram post by "Marinette"); the year is to fit it into this being the end of 2020 in the "Mind Games"-verse.