"What?" Makoto cried. "Ok, thanks for informing." He put down his handphone. After a week of silence, he finally decided to contact Akemi. To his horror, his was informed by the nurse that Akemi had landed in hospital.

When he reached the hospital, he saw Shinichi outside the ward. Shinichi saw him and called, "We met again!"

"What a coincidence."

Makoto walked towards the ward where Akemi was. Shinichi held him back and asked, "Why are you going in?"

"None of your business."

"Are you visiting Miyano Akemi?"

"Are you blind?"

"How are you related to her?"

"I should ask you this!"

"Please be quiet. This is a hospital and patients need to rest." A doctor interrupted. Makoto, seeing nothing he could do would get him in, walked off.

When he was out of the hospital, Gin walked towards him. When they were within reach, Gin took out a cigarette and said softly, "You want to go in?"

"What?"

"To visit that woman."

"Akemi?"

"Whatever."

"Yes but just that guy outside that is pretty annoying.."

"Guy?" Gin thought. He continued, "You want to get in?"

"I told you."

"I will help you if you help me to distract that boy away."

"You're going in?"

"Together with you."

"Ok. I'll try to."

Makoto went back to where Shinichi was and started the argument again. Gin then slowly proceeded into Akemi's room. He thought, "I should have finished you at that time….anyway, it doesn't really make a difference. You are going to meet your parents soon, Akemi."

Gin opened the door. He saw Akemi and Miwako inside but not Shiiho. Volka whispered, "Brother, who is that woman –"

"Shh…let's get out of here."

"Why? I mean we found her and we can –"

"Since we have found her, let's come another day. That boy knows that we are here and it is not safe for us to do it now."

"I understand what you mean, brother. Ok, let's go."

After they had left the room, Gin peeked over at the argument between Shinichi and Makoto and grinned evilly. He ordered Volka to get into the Porsche first as he had something to settle.

After the nurse told Shinichi and Makoto to be quiet or else they would not be allow to be in the hospital, the two boys quieted down. Makoto walked away slowly. As he walked past Akemi's ward, he glanced at it and saw no sign of the two black men. He was disappointed. He thought, "Are they cheating me or something? I thought they promised that they will get me in…"

Suddenly, he felt someone grabbing his right shoulder. He turned around and saw Gin. "You are here! I thought you lie to me!" Makoto said with a sigh of relief.

"I didn't…I just feel that you shouldn't see Akemi –"

"Why? You can't control me."

"No…I feel that you don't understand her well enough –"

"I know that she is a nice and kind girl!"

"Then?"

There was a silence.

"You don't know anything much about her."

"How much do you know then?"

"I know her parents and I had seen her growing up. Isn't that enough? See this." Gin said as he handed Makoto a photograph of the Miyano family.

Makoto stared with wide eyes and said eagerly, "Please tell me more about her!"

"I think the most basic thing to learn about her is that she is from an organization. An underground organization."

"What?"

"That's true."

"So that's why she avoided me in the past? She didn't want me to –"

"She felt that you are not mature enough to be her boyfriend."

"Really?"

"Yes. The only way that you can change her opinion of you is to join the organization."

"Join? But how to?"

"I am from the organization."

"So are you willing to let me in?"

"Of course."

"Thank you, big brother!"

Gin smiled at the stupidity of the young kid in front of him. Makoto was too innocent and naïve. That was too easy.

"Sorry, I haven't seen this girl around…wait…maybe..sorry, I don't know."

"Ok. Thanks. Sorry for taking up your time."

Shuichi walked away disappointedly. He looked at the woman in the photograph that he went around asking for. The person in it was Shiiho. He wanted to find that feeling. The same scent produced by that woman who ditched him. "I will find you." Shuichi murmured to himself.

He walked on down the quiet street. Suddenly, someone caught his eyes. Shiiho was across the street! Shuichi sprinted towards her. "I finally found you!" that was his only emotion at that time.

"We meet again…" Shuichi said hurriedly as he grasped for breath.

Shiiho ignored him and walked away.

"Wait..shouldn't you repay me for leading you out of that cave?"

"What do you want?"

"I want an answer to the question that I asked that day. What's your name?"

"Why are you so curious about it?"

"I am looking for your friend."

Shiiho's eyes widen.

"So by knowing your name, I can find her."

"How do you know 'my friend'?"

"I know her in New York. You two gave me that same feeling so I dare to say that you two have a relationship."

There was a silence. Shiiho knew who he was looking for. It must be a member of the black organization. "Can I treat you to a dinner instead?"

"Alright, since you are so reluctant to answer my question. Sorry for taking up your time." Shuichi said absently as he walked off. He thought as he walked off, "why, why must she be so secretive? Oh, maybe…Chris said before, 'A secret makes a woman woman.' No doubt, they must have a relationship but just now her expression was so strange.."

Shiiho looked at the fading image. She thought, "Who is he looking for? Or is he from the organization? If he is, he should have just killed me just now. Can I try him? Sister is already in hospital. If he isn't one of those guys, he will be a rather dangerous character. His great accuracy in shooting and he said before that he is from FBI –"

"Wait…" Shiiho interrupted the silence of the street. Shuichi turned back.

"Shiiho Miyano."

"What?"

"That's my name."

"Thank you for changing your mind."

There was another silence before Shiiho whispered, "Do you want to go for a dinner?"

"Actually there is no need to since I know your name now, but okay anyway."

Shiiho and Shuichi went to a restaurant. "You are from FBI, right?" Shiiho asked as she sipped the wine.

"Yes. But I have no interest in being one."

"Why?"

Shuichi looked into Shiiho's eyes before he said calmly, "See, I lost my memory so I do not know who I am and where I come from. What I know is that woman and you."

"That woman?"

"Don't talk about her."

"Are you looking for her?"

"You're right. I am."

Shiiho felt a tremble going down her spine. She knew who 'that woman' was. It must be Vermouth! She just came back from New York so it must be her!

"Pardon me for asking you this question. What are you going to do with that woman after you find her?"

Shuichi stared blindly at the empty glass. He answered, "I don't know who I am. So now I am not chasing for anything great. Anything, no matter how stupid it is, I will chase for it when I come upon it. I want her to answer my last question. Haha. I am stupid, right?"

Shiiho looked at him. "No, you aren't." She began to sense the similarity in their situations. She, too, did not know what to do about the black organization if she found out the truth about them one day. "Actually, I am not that hardworking as you are."

"Well, thanks for your dinner. I think I shall take my leave now. You seem to be drunk so do you need me to send you back?"

"If I can just live in this drunken state forever…"

"No, I will bring you back." Shuichi whispered into her ears gently as he lifted Shiiho up. He brought her into his car and began driving. "Where do you live?"

"No where…I have no home.."

Shuichi shook his head and parked the car along a deserted road. He then moved the car seat back, allowing Shiiho to rest well. Shuichi smiled. This was his second smile to the second woman who he met.