Chapter I: The Call and The Wait...

Mutsumi was awake in her room. She was thinking about Keitaro, and how she wanted him to be hers. "Kei-Kun... Why don't you love me anymore? Like you used to... When we were young, we promised to meet at Toudai, fall in love again, and have a happy life... But now... Now Nachan took you away from me! And after all those things I taught her when we were children! Her first word was 'Toudai'... I taught her that... but... Her SECOND... was 'Kei!'... Kei-kun... It hurts to see that you love Nachan so much. You'd do anything to keep her near you... As I'd do anything to make you love me. I wish you'd forget about her and... come back to me... "

No one else was up in Hinata Sou. Except Shinobu, who was preparing an early breakfast for her Sempai. "Ah! There we go! French Toast with Whipped Cream, Raspberries, and Hot Cocoa. Sempai's FAVORITE!" Shinobu laughed one of those very proud laughs. Mid-laugh, the phone rang. She picked it up, still laughing. "Haha heh... He-hello?? Yes, this is Hinata Sou... Why?" Seconds later, the news traveled through the phone to Shinobu's ear. Her expression shifted. She started to cry. "How... Why... Where is he? S-so... Sempai's... Very bad? O-okay... I'll notify the others... Thank you. G-good bye..." And as she hung the phone up, she burst into tears. The whole house could hear her, and that woke them. They all found Shinobu curled into a ball under the kitchen table. Naru was the first to say something. "S-shinobu? Hey, what happened? Did Keitaro touch you!? I'll KILL him!!" she shouted, heading for the Kanrin's office. But before she left... "Keitaro... T-tokyo Hospital... SEMPAI!! WHY!?" Motoko picked up on what had happend, without being told. "Something's happened to Urashima... Something... Life-Threatening." Everyone was in shock. Naru's heart sank. "Oh GOD... Kei... We have to go see him!" Naru shouted as she bolted out the door...

The group of six waited in the waiting room for what seemed like an eternity and a half. "Keitaro... I need to see you...." Naru thought, crying because her boyfriend was seriously injured... "Please be alright, Kei-kun..." Mutsumi said to herself. Just then, the doctor walked in. "I have some good news and some bad news... What do you want to hear first?" he said. Since everyone was in a bad enough mood to begin with, they wanted to hear something good. "GOOD NEWS, please..." They all said. "Keitaro's gonna live. He's in stable condition. He CAN have visitors. NOW for the bad news. Keitaro's head took a pretty bad bashing during the crash. He may have some memory loss. so... I think that the first visitor should be the most important person to him. Such as a girlfriend. So, Miss Narusegawa, was it? YOU should go see Keitaro first..." Naru stood and walked over to the doctor with worried expression. "Will... will he remember me?" And to that, the doctor shook his head... "I'm afraid that Keitaro may not even recognize your face... but... I wanna try something. Do you have a CD with a song that meant something very deep to the two of you? If not, I'll have the Nurse play it on the room's radio..." Naru shook her head and smiled weakly. "No, No... I can just sing it for him..." Then, the doctor showed Naru to Keitaro's room...

The door slowly opened. Naru looked at Keitaro, and almost screamed because of how his face was. He had a scar above his hair line. "K-kei? Hey. Keitaro?" Naru said, hoping he'd remember her. "Who are you? How do you know my name?" Keitaro asked the girl with the beautiful brown eyes. "O God... Why?" Keitaro was a little freaked out, because the doctor sent in a total stranger to talk with him. "I specifically asked for someone they knew I knew of... Stupid doctors..." he said, looking at the camera on the wall, and flipped it the bird. "Um... Keitaro? I... I'm your girlfriend... Narusegawa Naru. Remember?" Keitaro still wasn't sure about this girl. "PROVE IT!" he said, awaiting her responce. Naru looked shaken. "Oh...Okay. Here we go..."

(A/N: The lyrics in the Parinthases are the english translation of the lyric above it)

Yuugure chiisana kage ga hashaide

Watashi o toorisugi ieji e kaette yuku

Ano hi anata to konna fuukei

Okutte kawashita ne

Futari dake no takaramono o

(When the evening small shadows dance around

I pass through the roads on my way home

That day with you and this kind of scenery

Was brought to me

A treasure for just two of us)

Kokoro de musubareta yakusoku

Ima mo ima mo taisetsu ni

Idaite itsuno hi ka anata ni atte soshite

Hataseru sonna hi o

Watashi shinjinagara sugoshitemasu

(The promise that binds my heart

Is important even now

Embracing, someday may be i will meet

You and then it will be fullfilled that day

As long as i believe, i'll be waiting)

Ima goro doko ni iru no deshou ka?

Kawashita yakusoku kokoro ni mada aru kana

Kisetsu watatte shibatta keredo

Kawarazu ano koro no anata dato negatte imasu

(I wonder where you could be now?

That promise i wonder if it's still in your heart

The seasons have changed, but

It doesn't change that time

I wish that it is you)

Omokage musurettemo yakusoku

Ima mo ima mo kono mune no mannaka o atsuku shite

Shikkari kokoro kokoro musubareteru

Koto o watashi shinjinagara matteimasu

(Even if your face fades, that promise

Is in my heart even now

It burns passionately within me

Our hearts are tied together

As long as i believe, i'll be waiting)

Anata ni aetanara yakusoku sotto sotto

Tazunetai ano hi no futari e to modoreru

Naraba douka mouichido

Yakusoku shite ne shinjinagara inottemasu

(If i should meet you, that promise

Softly i want to ask

To return to the two of us from that day

If so then one more time, another promise

Make with me, as long as i believe and pray)

Keitaro gave off an annoyed look. "What the hell kind of proof is THAT!? Its a just a MUSH SONG!!" he said, almost shouting. Naru winced inside. "K-kei...taro... That was a song that I wrote for YOU. Before... this... happened." Naru said, crying a little. "Oh... Uh... Erm... N-narusegawa, was it? Don't cry... I'm sure you're telling the truth... Its just that the picture they showed me of my girlfriend had braided hair and..." Keitaro's speach trailed off... He smiled. "But... I can see why you might be my girlfriend... You have beautiful brown eyes. I love brown eyes... and your hair is... like that of a Godde--Mmph!!" Keitaro's lips were silenced by Naru's lips making passionate contact with his. "Mmmmm...mmm..." They sat there, for about two minutes like that. Lip pressed against lip, Naru's tongue pushing and twirling Keitaro's, just like he said he liked it. Keitaro motioned to back away... "Narusegawa... I don't know much about you, except that you claim to be my girlfriend... But... I somehow think, in the back of my mind, that you MAY be telling the truth. It's though you've unlocked something that said "Keitaro, this young woman is very important to you...". and with that statement, Naru placed her hand in his. "I... I am telling the raw truth."