AN: Yay! Here it is, chapter 22. I'm sorry if I haven't updated my other story yet, but I figure this one is almost over anyway. If I have time to spare for a chapter it might as well be this one. I'll get to the other one as soon as possible. Anyway, I'm having so much fun with this and with it coming to a close there are so many ideas running through my head and it's kind of overwhelming… dizzying almost, lol. I hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as the others. Please let me know what you think when you're done reading. Reviews will be much appreciated.

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Chapter 22

Lily sat in the kitchen staring out the window, worried about Duo. He had left earlier after receiving a rather urgent phone call and hadn't been seen or heard from since. She felt Wufei step up behind her and wrap his arms around her, resting his chin on her shoulder. She sighed and leaned back into his embrace, all the while still staring out the window.

"He'll be okay," Wufei told her.

"But he just ran out without a word," Lily explained.

"Don't worry," Wufei said. "He'll be back eventually and you can question him then."

Lily nodded and smiled up at her boyfriend. "Hai." With that she slipped off her stool and walked out of the kitchen, her hand linked with Wufei's. Lily blinked when she saw Kurama and Hiei emerge from their room and she grinned. "Having fun you two?" The couple blinked and Kurama smiled while a light blush could just be seen on Hiei's face. "I'm glad to see you two are finally together." She winked at Kurama. "I knew it was there all along."

Kurama nodded and blinked when the girl suddenly moved away from Wufei and swung her arms around his neck pulling him into a hug. She whispered to his ear, "Thank you for always caring Kurama even when you had someone you loved more. And thank you for letting me go when you did." She pulled away and Kurama saw the most genuine smile he thought he'd ever seen on the girl.

"I'm glad to see that you're okay now Lily."

"Of course," the girl chimed and ran back to Wufei, attaching herself to his arm. "I have Wufei now. Why wouldn't I be okay?"

She laughed when Wufei suddenly started blushing and tried pulling away from her. "Onna, you're annoying."

"Aw, Neko-san!" She let go of his arm. "That's not true." She jumped up behind him, wrapping her arms around his neck and hanging off his back, her feet propped up with a bright smile on her face. "You know you love me." Wufei's blush grew more and Lily released the boy, hopping up in front of him. "Ne?"

"Hai…" He blinked down at the girl and smiled slightly at how her eyes brightened. "Wo ai ni Lily."

The girl blinked, as she had never really heard the words from Wufei before and she just about cried. She blinked back warm tears and smiled up at the boy. She hugged him, burying her face into his chest. Wufei just about laughed when he could feel the girl start to cry and patted her on the head.

"Does it shock you so much that I said it?"

"It's not that," the girl sobbed out and she pulled away smiling happy tears up at the boy. "I'm just so happy that you finally said it." She placed a hand on the boy's cheek. "Wufei, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love you so much."

"Aw, now isn't this a cute scene," they all heard an annoying voice say and the four teens turned to face Yusuke who had just gotten punched on the head by Sakura. The boy was leaning over glaring at his girlfriend as he held a tender spot that now formed into a bump on the back of his head.

"Baka!" Sakura shouted out. "You just ruined a perfect moment right there."

"But… but…" the boy stuttered out and Sakura just huffed turning away from her boyfriend. Yusuke pouted and started apologizing profusely to Lily and Wufei. The four teens only laughed at the couple.

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"Heero, look!" Duo came running up to the dark haired boy, a bouquet of flowers held tightly in his hands. He handed the bouquet over to Heero who blinked at the bouquet and then up at Duo. Duo grinned. "I made it just for you, but look." Duo pointed to the center of the flowers where Heero spotted a caterpillar. He laughed and took it off the bouquet of flowers which he then put into a vase of water.

"You came running just to tell me you found a caterpillar?" Heero asked, walking outside and setting it on the ground.

"But it was the first one I found."

"Well, what do you expect?" Heero asked. "Spring did just begin." He tugged on the boy's braid, which resulted in a small yelp and a glare. Heero laughed and patted the boy on the head. "Class is about to begin. We should get going."

Heero couldn't help but laugh at the small memory. To know that he and Duo had been so close when they were so young touched Heero and he couldn't believe that he had forgotten such wonderful memories. He could just watch them forever. He was happy like this, seeing such beautiful moments.

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Duo sat in the hospital, Hilde right next to him. The girl was in a fit of tears as Duo tried to stay calm until they got the details of what exactly had happened. He looked around the hospital and thought of how he was here a lot lately. He was tired of this place. Duo hated hospitals and trips here lately weren't helping that any. He sunk back into his chair and sighed. Finally a doctor came out and he recognized it as the doctor that had treated Heero when he'd first arrived. The doctor blinked down at the boy, most likely recognizing him and nodded his apology that he had to be here yet again for another person.

"I'm sorry to say that Sister Kaede has just passed away," the doctor reported and Hilde's sobs only grew louder.

"What do you mean she passed away?" Duo fought to keep from shouting as he didn't want to disturb any one else here.

"When you brought her in she'd just had a heart attack. It seems we couldn't do anything for her. I'm sorry."

"A heart attack? She died from a heart attack?"

"A lot of people her age do."

"But…" Duo sighed and took Hilde's hand. He hated how things were going lately and hoped that soon everything would be better. Duo did something he almost never did. He started praying to God.

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Heero was oblivious to the world around him. He was being drawn further and further into his memories and at some point forgot about what had been the real world. This was his world now. This was his happy moment.

"Heero!" Duo called out into a sing song voice and glomped the boy from behind. Heero practically fell forward but somehow caught his balance. He blinked back at the boy still attached to him. Duo only snuggled on the boy. "I've been looking all over for you."

"I thought you were playing with the other kids," Heero asked the boy but Duo only shook his head. "Why not?"

"I'd rather play with you," Duo explained. "You're more fun and you seem to understand me." Duo finally let go of Heero and dragged him into the TV room. "G Gundam is about to come on. You'll watch it with me, right?" Duo asked the boy and Heero smiled.

"If you really want me to."

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want you to." Duo plopped down on the floor pulling Heero down next to him. Turning on the TV and flipping through the channels until he got to G Gundam, Duo cheered pulling Heero's hand up with him. Heero only smiled, happy that the boy was able to enjoy something so much.

Heero was lost in thought not worried about anything else around him. He'd wanted to see more from his past and that was all that mattered to him. He'd forgotten about the real Duo. The one who stayed by his side most days waiting for him to wake up. The one who'd promised that if he got his memories back he'd return to him. The one that he'd fallen in love with and fought with himself to regain that relationship they'd had not too long ago. Heero had even forgotten Lily. His loving sister who had always been by his side since that first day he woke up in the hospital. The sister who he'd promised to always protect and be there for. The two didn't exist for him anymore. The only thing that existed for Heero now was what was right in front him… his memories from before the accident. The memories that he had been struggling for so long now to remember.

And then Heero felt a pull and a tsk. Glancing around, he saw no one and shrugged then returning to the images in front of him. And there it was again, only this time followed by a very familiar voice.

"Hee-chan no baka." He turned to face a girl with black hair and red tips, violet eyes shining sadly at him. He cocked his head to the side trying to remember who she was. "You don't remember me?" She sighed. "I figured. We don't even matter to you anymore, do we?"

"Who are you?"

"Figure it out on your own Hee-chan."

"Why do you call me Hee-chan?"

"Why are you stuck here in the past when you have so much waiting for you?"

"Like what? What is there for me?" Heero asked, unsure of what the girl was talking about.

"Reality you baka. The real world where there are people who love you and cherish you."

"The real world?" Heero blinked. "Isn't this the real world?"

"You think this, where you aren't even acknowledged, is the real world?"

Heero didn't understand. He turned back to the images playing by him and then back to the girl. This wasn't the real world? If this wasn't the real world… then what was?

AN: Well? How was that? I'm loving this whole flashback thing. It's really fun, hehe and they're all so cute. I hope you enjoyed all that about as much as I did. Please review. Luv to all!