A ray of sunlight was bursting through Kiki's window. She yawned of contentment. "Uh, what did I do yesterday?" She asked herself. "Oh yea, I remember…" Kiki said this emotionless. She noticed that she had covers over her, and remembered that she didn't have any over her when she fell asleep. She looked across her room, and saw her answering machine. She thought back to last night and remembered what Miki had said. "I guess I'll go over there now and see what she wanted to tell me," she slowly got ready.

She was wearing gloomier clothes than normal today. It was all black, with no designs except the red lining on her pants. Her shirt was sleeveless, and she had on her many necklaces, bracelets, and rings. She walked over to Miki's room, and knocked on the door. Miki slowly opened it. She was in a dark green t-shirt with a pink rose in the front of it; she had on jean pants that laced up the sides. And her green orb pendent necklace. "Oh, hey Kiki. Come on in," she said with a tone of sadness.

"Hey, what's wrong? You seem sadder than ever, Miki." Kiki walked over and sat on the love seat. Miki sat down on her table with the phone on it and stared at Kiki sitting on the love seat. She kept thinking back to last night.

"Kiki, my cousin Alice called last night. She was at my mother's house, and said that they want me back home," she looked down at her hands. She was holding Ken's earring that had fallen out last night, when he was on the love seat with her.

"Home? Are you going to go?" Kiki looked a Miki with a concerned face.

"…They said that your mother wants you home too. Alice said that Haru and Lieyos miss us and want us back." Miki looked up to Kiki and her eyes started to water.

"Me? Back there? Hell no. I ain't going back there. They must be trippin' or something." Kiki started to get mad.

"We have to go back, Kiki!" Miki looked down at her phone, remembering what she had said to Ken last night.

"But why? I don't want to go back to that hell. Not after the way they treated me…" Kiki looked out of Miki's window. "…Well, I at least want to see Omi once more." She looked down and thought to herself. 'I knew it. I am never meant to be loved. No one wants happiness for me…no one. Everyone wishes pain and hate for me. Everyone.'

"I couldn't bare to see Ken, maybe then I should just leave…but I guess we have to tell them. We can't love them anymore." A tear rolled down Miki's face.

Silence filled the room. A cloud covered the sun, so the room got instantly gloomy. Kiki got up and walked over to Miki. She lifted her face and looked at her watery eyes. Kiki then slowly hugged Miki tight, and started to cry herself. Just then, the phone rang. Miki looked at it, but didn't pick it up. She knew who it was. Kiki made a slight move for the phone, but Miki held her hand back.

The answering machine picked up, "Hey; you've reached Miki Kino's residence. Leave a message and I'll call you back later."

"Hey, Miki…it's Ken. You said you'd call me, but I just wanted to call and make sure everything was…ok. Please call me back, ok? Love you, bye…" Ken's voice sounded saddened. Miki just looked at the phone. Kiki looked at her, worried.

"Kiki, just meet me back here at around seven, ok," Miki was still staring at the phone.

"…Ok." Kiki slowly walked over to the door, turned her head and looked at Miki once more, then left.

Miki looked at the sky, the sun was coming out now. She smiled a little; the sun always made her feel better. Like everything was right. It would never last though: the happiness the sun gave her. Miki slowly put her shoes on. Then looked in the Mirror and wiped the tears out of her eyes.

"I best, call Ken.... No!" Miki yelled as she feel on her bed. " I can't call him. He will just wish me to stay, but I must talk to him. At least see him once more, today. Today the last day of my life as a young woman, smiling with love." Miki grabbed her back-pack, and left her room. She was going to the flower shop so she could see Ken one more time. She slowly walked down the sidewalk, taking one last look at the world she had grown to love, because of a pain she had to indoor. (Note: The dude that was killed in chp 2 made Miki and Kiki come here to do his dirty work, that's what that line mines) She walked up to the front door of the flower shop, Aya saw her. He was about to call Ken. But he saw she had been crying. Aya opted to not call Ken, just in case it was his fault for her tears. He walked outside and looked at Miki.

"What's wrong, Miki?" Aya looked a little sad. For the short time he had known her she was always full of smiles and joy. But, now she was not.

"Aya, is Ken here? I need to talk to him." As she said this she looked down at the ground.

"Yea, he is here. I will go get him." Aya smiled a little. Glad to know that Ken was not the reason for her tears. Yet he was. A few seconds later Ken walked out. Miki's back was turned, so he could not tell she was crying.

"Miki!" Ken walked over to her and put his arms around her. Miki felt happy, yet she new she could not stay like this. She walked out of his arms and looked at him. Her eyes where still red from the tears, yet now she had a smile.

"Ken; let's go to the park." Miki said as happily as she could. Ken was a little worried to see her eyes red from tears. But he slowly smiled. Seeing how hard Miki was trying to be happy.

"Ok, let's go." Ken smiled and walked beside of her. Miki was hoping he would take her hand in his, yet he did not. Ken, knew something was up and was a little afraid to take her hand. If she ran from his arms, would she run from his hand as well? They walked to the park; no words were spoken on the way there. Once they got to the park they sat down in front of the lake. Miki smiled at Ken, then her smiled changed.

"Ken, this...this." Miki tried to keep saying what she wanted to say, but ever moment she was with Ken she would get choked up. Afraid to say what she had to say. Ken placed his hand on her face. He stroked her cheek as he spoke.

"Miki, whatever it is tell me. I will do what ever I can to see you smile again. Please tell me." Ken was not thinking that the thing she had to say would be so painful to hear.

"Very well. Ken, I..." Tears filled her eyes, while Ken's hand stayed on her face as he pushed them out of her eyes. "I have to go... back home. I have to leave you...forever." The words hurt her as she said them. She could feel the pain in her heart grow. Ken moved his hand away from her face.

"Forever? Why?" Ken asked with a hurt tone. His face now showed pain much like Miki's.

"Forever. I can't...I won't come back." Miki looked at the ground. She could not stand to see his face.

"Do you want to go?" Ken asked as he took her face in his hands.

"No." She thought; 'the only way to get him to stop loving me is to lie. But, I can't do that. I have to tell the truth. But he should not feel pain. He needs better then me.' "Ken I don't really want to go, but a part of me wants to. Maybe the part of me who missed her old life, the way things once where. When I was happy." Miki coved her mouth. She had not wanted to say that. She was happy back them, but she was happy now. Ken took his hands from her face.

"So you where never happy here? I never made you HAPPY!? Is that what you are saying?" Ken was yelling at her. The first time he had ever been mad. Mad at her.

"Ken, listen. I was happy here. What I said I did not mean." In a small voice as to let him hear yet not well. "Yet, I did mean it" Ken looked at her. She got up and started to walk away. He turned and spoke to her.

"So tell me here and now. Do you truly love me?" Ken looked at Miki with an evil face.

"Yes, I do love you. More then my heart can handle. Why do you think it was so hard for me to tell you I have to leave?!" Miki yelled at him. Ken's eyes got smaller.

"Well, I'm happy for you. I LOVED you. But, I guess life has changed." With that Ken left. Miki looked at him until he was almost out of site. Then she looked at her hand his earring was still in it. Miki stood as tears rolled down her face.

"KEN!" Miki yelled, Ken turned to see her. "Your earring." She held it out so he could see. " I will NEVER take it out. Not even if my life depends on it!" Miki yelled as she put it in her right ear. "Never! You hear that NEVER. I will keep a piece of you with me, the rest of my LIFE! So I can always hold you. I love you Ken. I wish it were different. I really do." As she finished he slowly turned and kept walking. Unknown to Miki, Ken too was in tears. Miki fell to the ground and cried. An hour later when she no longer could cry, she got up and went back to her aparment. There she started to pack.

Kiki was in her room, packing her bags. Just then, someone knocked on the door. She looked up and wondered who it could be. Her face was emotionless ever since she left Miki's room. She tried to perk up a bit, and walked to the door. She looked through the hole, and saw that it was Omi. She gasped and thought about how she would tell him the news. She opened the door slowly. "Hey, Omi…" she said with a fake smile.

"Hey, how's it going?" Omi said with a smile.

"Nothing really…come on in." she backed away so he could walk in. As soon as he did, his face got a confused look. He noticed all the clothes and bags everywhere. But that didn't bother him for what he had come here for.

"Kiki…I wanted to ask you something." He started to blush.

"What?" Kiki looked at him, confused.

He held out a little box and opened it. There was a ring inside. A diamond ring. Omi swallowed his fear and said, "Kiki…I want to know if you will…marry me," his face blushed even more.

Kiki got a shocked look on her face, and didn't know what to say. She knew she couldn't do this, although she wanted to with all her heart. "Um…Omi, there's something I need to tell you. I can't do that. I have to go away." She looked at him with sad eyes, put her hand on the box, pushed it down, and then sat down on her chair. Omi sat down on the edge of the other chair across from Kiki.

"Go away? Well, when will you come back?" Omi held his hands together.

"Never," she looked down and continued. "My parents want me home. I can't come back. I…. I…can't…love you anymore…Omi…I'm sorry…" she started to cry as she said this.

"Can't…. Love…" Omi's eyes were widened by this. They started to water. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Just as he found the one for him, it's gone. He didn't know what to say anymore. He was too choked up about it. He got up out of the chair.

"Omi, I'm so sorry. But…you just have to go. Please…" she was crying a waterfall by now. She looked at him, as he looked at her. "Just go!" She yelled with so much sadness.

Omi didn't know what to say. He couldn't say anything. He slowly walked out of the door, but stopped and looked back. "I will still…love you," then walked out of her sight. Kiki just stared at the door, thinking about what she said.

She couldn't bare the thought of not being with him, but she knew she had to go back home. She didn't know what to do anymore. She sat in her room in the same spot for hours it seemed, thinking and crying. She later gathered what she needed to pack up, and headed to Miki's apartment. It was about seven o'clock when Kiki walked in Miki's room.

"Hey Kiki, are you ready to go?" Miki asked with an emotionless tone, looking down at her suitcases.

"Yes…" Kiki stared into nothingness as she stood in the doorway.

"I called the train station. The next train should be leaving around eight. So we should get going since it is pretty far away," Miki said as she looked up at Kiki.

"Ok…" Kiki wiped her eyes of tears, sniffling.

They both gathered their things and headed out of the apartment building. Kiki wanted to ask Miki how it went with Ken, but she knew it would just break her heart even more, so she kept quite about it. Miki did the same. Kiki called down a taxi and they both loaded up their packages in the car, and was soon on their way to the train station.

Once they got there, they tipped the taxi man and walked over to get their tickets. Both of the girl's faces were emotionless the entire time. They soon walked over to the train and got on. Kiki wanted to sit in the very back, while Miki just didn't care and followed. Miki sat next to the window, and just stared out of it, hoping that she would see Ken one last time. Kiki stared down at the floor the whole time, not wanting to look out the window in fear of seeing Omi again, even though she wanted to so badly.

:: At Omi's apartment::

As I walk down the road, shadows overwhelm

No longer yours to break; strangely, though, still beneath your spell

Still want to hold you close, feel you near, hear you speak again

But what you said to me still remains; haunts me endlessly

And all those sins are starting to fade so fast

Like all those lies, all starting to fade so fast

And all that hate is starting to fade so fast

Like all those lies, all starting to fade so fast

Omi was sitting down next to his phone. He was holding the picture of him and Kiki at the park. His eyes started to water a bit, but he tried to hold them back. He remembered what she had told him earlier. 'I…I…can't love you anymore.' This played over and over in his head. Omi kept trying to tell himself that he would always wait for her. But he couldn't stop thinking about that same thing she said. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Omi threw the picture against the wall. It shattered all over the floor, leaving the picture covered in broken glass. His eyes were filled with tears. He didn't know what to do anymore. "Why did you have to leave? Why? Damnit!" Omi slammed his fist into the wall putting a giant hole in it, and leaned with his head down. Tears were falling on the floor, making a small puddle.

As I turn, look away, still I hear your voice;

I hear you laugh at me, mocking me, hurting me again

And now that scar you left o'er my heart burns and aches anew

I've been deceived again, everything, all I thought I knew...

And punishment has become a part of us

Just like that love, all became a part of us

And all that hate has become a part of us

Just like a kiss, all became a part of us

And all those sins are starting to fade so fast

Like all those lies, all starting to fade so fast

And all that hate is starting to fade so fast

Like all those lies, all starting to fade so fast

And all that hate has become a part of us

Just like a kiss, all became a part of us...

::Train station::

Like the flames I lost you to, sadness overwhelms me, too

The rain sends shivers down my spine and seeps into my memory

Who was it that loves you so? Who was it that hates you so?

I gasp in pain- the memories begin to swirl inside my mind

Should I believe in what we did then?

And if I do, leave you behind and feel regret again?

Is this the way to say goodbye, love?

When you and I had promises yet to fulfil?

That kiss you placed upon my heart, there still remains a lonely mark

Can't seem to lose the memories of when we met in the dark

And as I sigh, I can feel you once again

But it fades just as fast as it began

Miki was looking out of the window, as the train started. Just before the train left Ken was there. Standing in fear looking for Miki. Hoping she had not left yet. He saw her full of tears. She was looking out the window, looking for him he was hoping. He tried every thing he could to get her to see him. He decided to get on the train and take her back. As he ran to the train the tenants stopped him.

Why are we born into this life? Why do we die into the night?

It seems the only one who ever knows these things is the rain

Which takes my tears, keeps them oh so far at bay

Until love fades away

Gaze into the flames of blue, all my memories to view

The rain comes pouring down like stinging needles falling from the sky

Who was it that screamed in fear? Who was it that dreamed in tears?

I hear the voices but the faces have been washed away for years

"Ticket please?" The tenants said. Ken looked at him.

"I don't have one. Now out of my way!" Ken said as he tried pushing him aside. Miki hearing all the noise looked over to the see what was going on. As she looked she saw Ken. Her heart began to break.

"Sir, no ticket. Then you can't get on!"

"I have to get something off the train."

"Sorry sir, tell me what it is and I will get it for you." Just as he said this the train started to move.

I fear there's nothing that I can do

Soaked by the rain I stand upon the concrete, sobbing now

It seems so long since I last held you

And even longer since the last time that you smiled...

This rain that hides my tears away, this rain that turns the world to gray

Those happy memories of you and I are slashed in the night

Fading so fast, as I watch them, helplessly

All my tears have begun to overflow

Miki looked out the window in fear. She could not make it to the door in time of it closing. She was helpless. All she could do was to look out the window.

"Sorry sir. But we are leaving now." As he said this the doors closed. Ken fell back. Tears in his eyes. Miki was in fear to see Ken like this. She could have made it if she really tried yet she did not. Miki looked out the window as Ken ran beside of the train.

"I love you, Miki. I'm sorry I lied I was just...just so scared to lose you." Ken said as he ran. But, the sound of the train was louder then his voice, and Miki did not hear his words. But she could not help but to talk to him as well.

"I love you, Ken!" With that the train was gone. Ken was now alone on the train platform. Miki was now out of his life forever.

This rain that washes pain away, this rain that blows the flames away

And lets the dreamers dream of songs to sing, releases the life

And takes my tears, keeps them oh so far at bay

Until love fades away, until love fades away...

Kiki had fallen asleep on the train ride. Miki just looked at her, noticing her face was saddened, and felt sorry for her. Miki also felt sorry for herself for not running out of the train to Ken. They arrived at their new destination the next morning at around ten o'clock. Miki and Kiki both got off the train and was greeted by Miki's cousin, Alice. Also with Alice, was Kiki's brother, Jake.

"I'm so glad you could make it," said Alice walking forward to Miki.

"Yea, welcome back, Kiki," smirked Jake. He walked to Kiki and patted her on the shoulder. Kiki moved away from his pat and gave him a mean and devilish look.

"It's…. Great…to be back, I guess." Miki said with a fake smile. She couldn't get Ken out of her thoughts.

"Yea, whatever. Don't touch me again, Jake," Kiki was starting to get pissed at Jake. He backed away and got a confused look, but then walked on towards their ride to the mansion. They all got in the car and was driven up to their lovely estate.

Once they got there, Miki and Kiki got out of the car and stared at the huge place. This was Miki's parents home, but everyone was there, including Kiki's family. The butlers got the girl's luggage and headed up towards the house walking in the huge doors.

Kiki and Miki just slowly walked up there to their awaiting families. Before the girls reached them, they noticed two boys standing beside both families. To their total surprise, it was Haru and Lieyos, Miki and Kiki's old boyfriends. Miki knew instantly that they both wanted their hearts back. Miki knew she would never give it back, even though she has left Ken. Kiki was uncertain what to think. She often thought about Lieyos from time to time, before she met Omi. But still she wondered why he was there.

As they walked to meet their families, and also their forgotten loves from long ago, they couldn't tell what lied ahead. But as they got closer, they knew it wasn't going to be what they wanted…