A boy walked down the sidewalk and looked to his left. Then right. The frown on his face overran the whole reflection of him. His hair, messed up short hair. He was tall; about 16. He stepped in a puddle of what looked like black water. 'Great...' he thought, looking down at the ground, the dirty water. 'Everything's fucked up now...Hanaaa...'

"Hey, MUUU!" A group of boys he knew ran up to him. "Mugen, what are you doing out here in the rain?" One of the boys gestured to a middle school girl behind him. She was 12 and she gave Mugen a faint smile. "Hi." she managed to let out a weak greeting in the freezing cold. "Hey, Muu," a guy put his arm around Mugen, "Don't you have a little crush on my sis?"

Mugen pushed him away. "Shut up, idiot! Of course I don't have a crush on Stephie. She's from America!" Stephie gave a worried look over to Mugen, saying, "Uh... I'm going home now!" she turned the opposite way and ran as fast as she could until she was no longer in sight. "Look what the hell you did to my sis, MUGEEEN! Why the hell do you have to be so uptight?" "Yeah, Muu... Is your brain on pause?"

Mugen was sitting on a plate of glass, "meditating," he called it. He said it tightened up his inner focus when he was thinking of Jin. "Damn, I can't get it right!" Mugen said frustrated, still thinking about that dream. 'Stephie...' he thought painfully, punching the floor of the dojo. He got up and walked out to find Fuu standing outside.

"I heard you in there..." Fuu hugged Mugen tightly, "What's wrong, Mugen? I'll help—""GET OFF A ME, YOU BITCH! I ain't in the mood right now for your sucking up!" She could tell Mugen was in a bad mood, so she backed away. 'I wonder what's got Mugen so pissed lately...' Fuu thought as Mugen walked back in and started killing the surroundings. 'he's acting...so strange.'

"Stephie, I'm so sorry..."

"Stephie, I'm so sorry!" Mugen ran after the girl. She was crying along side of a dark alley. "You HATE ME, Mugen!" Stephie tried to run away, but Mugen stopped and held her down so she couldn't escape. "Stephie! I don't HATE you! I NEVER said I hated you, Stephie... I LOVE YOU!"

"W...what?" Stephie stopped crying and hugged Mugen. "I...never knew...you..."

STEPHIE FELL

"St...stephie? STEPHIEEEE!" Mugen lifted her in his arms and carried her to an emergency center immediately. Once Mugen got there, he sat in the waiting room. And waited...waited...waited... until finally the doctor came out, holding Stephie. "Mugen?" Mugen looked at the man holding Stephie. He knew him very well.

"Youhii? Oh, my crap, is it really you?" Mugen got up and walked over to him. "Yes, Muu. And Stephie's alright." Mugen sighed slightly as he said this. "She had just fainted and she'll wake up any minute now..." Stephie's eyes opened a little. "Hey there, Stephie. It's me, Youhii. Remember? From Hokkaido." "Uh... yah..."

"Here, Mugen. Catch!" Youhii tossed Mugen Stephie, who woke up fully from the unexpected throw. Once Mugen caught her, he whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry...I love you, Stephie..." She looked up at him and kissed him on the lips passionately. He just blushed and put her down on the floor. She smiled and said, "I hope you do okay, Mugen. And Youhii."

"Yeah, Stephie..." Mugen fell backwards on the hard floor. "I'll do okay. And Youhii." 'I wonder where that bastard has been all these years...' his thought was interrupted by a man walking in on him. "Hey, long time... no see...Mugen." "...Y...you...hii..."