Chapter 4 people! I'm getting hella excited here! Recap: Dr. Kogami is surprised that Ryoken doesn't do any of the things he likes when he was a kid, like pancake smiley face and calling Kanata "Kanashi". Then he reminisce on Ryoken's crush on Kanata on how he would be Kanata's boyfriend and that he would marry her one day, which made Ryoken mad and yells at his ghost father, but Spectre came to his home and is shock that Ryoken screamed like that. Soon, Ryoken left his home to take a walk and he sees Kanata playing with a stray dog, but he doesn't want to talk to her because his ghost father might say something that will piss him off and that Kanata will might think he's crazy. Not only that, but if anything bad happens in the future and Kanata gets involve in it, then she will blame him for that bad thing like how Takeru, Aoi, and Emma blamed him for what happened in Mirror Link VRAINS, so he just leaves her be. Soon he came across the Cafe Nagi and thought he might get something to eat, then he bumps into Yusaku, literally. After an awkward order, Ryoken meets Manato, where we learn that Ryoken was a student at Den City High School and that he got expelled in his 3rd and final year of it because he got involve in some fight, guess Takeru isn't the only fist fighter in VRAINS here. When Ryoken's order is finished, he left Cafe Nagi with it and went home. And that's pretty much it. Now, onward to the story!

A couple of days were pretty smooth since Ryoken only talk with his ghost father through his thoughts and not his mouth, well, he accidentally used his mouth when Spectre comes in, since makes Spectre uncomfortable.

Spectre is extremely worried about his friend and his leader. Always talking by himself and thinking it's his father back from the dead. If he keeps on thinking his father is there, then people, including Faust, Baira, and Genome, will think Ryoken is crazy.

So, Spectre decided to do one thing to help his dear friend.

On that morning, Ryoken dropped his fork that landed in his scrambled eggs and toast when Spectre told him that he is going somewhere that will help him and it shocked him very much.

"Mental hospital?!"

"I'm terribly sorry, Ryoken-sama, but you always keep yelling at nothing and sometimes I see you make these weird faces," Spectre explained, "I thought maybe a mental hospital can help you with your problem."

Spectre planned this? Spectre?! Ryoken can't believe that he planned this out! "Spectre, I am not staying at the Den City Hospital with a bunch of people who think they are from the future, which they are not, or have health issues for days, or months, or years!" He angrily explained.

"But it will help you with your issue." Spectre said.

"What issue?! The fact that my dead father is back as a ghost and I'm the one who can see him and you guys can't?!"

"That issue, Ryoken-sama."

Ryoken then groans in frustration. "What about the Knights of Hanoi? Who's going to lead them if their leader is in a nut house?"

"I've already settle that as well," he said, "I will be taking over your position until you are fully recover from your issue."

Ryoken clutch his fist for a moment, and then gets up. "I'm need some air." And he headed out the door.

"Wait! Ryoken-sama! You're still in your night outfit!"

Ryoken is laying on his back on the fountain of the Den City Main Square, looking at the sky.

"So you're going to a mental hospital to get rid of me," his ghost father said sounding very upset, "do you wish to get rid of me that much?"

'It's not my idea, you know. You're the one who keeps making me talk out loud towards you whenever Spectre comes.' Ryoken used his thoughts to communicate with his father.

"I know, but I'm still upset that if you go through the treatments, then I might disappear for good."

'Well, that might be a good thing. I'm sort of scared of you, not because you're a ghost, but because you figure out what I did 10 years ago. Maybe I should give Spectre credit for sending me to an asylum.'

"Mental hospital, son. It's a mental hospital."

'That's basically the same thing.'

Suddenly, a shadow blocked the sunlight that Ryoken is facing. He looks up and sees a familiar face.

"Good morning, Ryomi!" Kanata gives Ryoken a warm smile.

Ryoken gives out a tiring sigh. "Morning, Funakoshi-san…"

"Kanashi."

"Whatever…"

He gets up and moves a space so Kanata can sit down with him.

"I'm glad I got to see you again, but tell me, Ryomi, why are you going out in your pajamas?" She asked curious.

"I'm not in my pajamas." He said.

"You are, son, you just didn't notice it." His ghost father commented.

Ryoken looked down at his body and it turns out that it's true. He's still wearing his pajamas. He was too stress out about going to a mental hospital that he forgot to get dress. And he probably didn't brush his teeth and took a shower, so he must really smell bad. Then he blushed in embarrassment.

Kanata giggles at Ryoken's blushing face. "Ryomi, you always mix things up all the time, just like when we were kids! I really miss that!"

"I don't always mix things up all the time…" He try to decline.

"Yes you do! Remembered when you played with your dad's experiment and it suddenly exploded and your hair turned green and it had to be turned back to it's original color for 4 days?"

Ryoken's face blushed in embarrassment even more.

"Or the time when you draw some of your dad's reports with color pencils and he grounded you for 2 months?"

He covered his burning face in embarrassment when she mentioned that one.

"Or that one time where you spilled your chocolate milk all over your dad's lab coat and he made you clean it with a animal brush?"

Ryoken's face is so red with embarrassment, it almost looks like a tomato. "I was only a kid…"

"But you were still a good person when you try to undo your mix ups." Kanata gives him her sweet smile.

Ryoken may have undo his embarrassing mistakes, but he can't undo his guilty mistake of calling the police on his father to save 6 kids from the Lost Incident, or forming an alliance with Playmaker and his team that cause 4 out of 5 of the group, including himself, from getting them nearly killed by the Light Ignis and Bowman.

Kanata may say that he is a good person, but he is truly not a good person anymore.

"Oh! I want to give you something, Ryomi." Kanata pulls something out of her coat.

Ryoken takes a look at the item Kanata pulled out. "A crown made out of bluebells?"

"Bluebells are your favorite flowers, silly!" She said with a smile as she puts the flower crown on his head, "I picked them at the flower field that we always go when we were kids."

Right. Ryoken remembered that he always take Kanata to the flower field and play together there and lay down there and look up at the sky before his father created the Lost Incident. In fact, he was the one who first showed her the flower field.

FLASHBACK

"Oh wow! I never seen so many flowers in one big field!" A 6 year old Kanata said in amazement.

"I saw it when I was on my way home, and I've been visiting here for the last 3 days now." A 8 year old Ryoken explained.

"You've been here for 3 days already and you just now showing me this?!" She asked acting like she's shock. "Shame on you, Ryomi!"

A sweat-drop appeared on Ryoken's head when she said that. "Um… Sorry, Kanashi."

"As punishment, I turn you into a horse!" Kanata commands, as she is pretending to be a magical witch, so Ryoken does what she said and went down on his knees.

"Nyeeeh!" He pretended to be a horse.

"Now ride me all around the flower field immedientlly!" She climb onto Ryoken's back.

He winced in pain because Kanata feels heavy when she is on his back, but he did what she said. "Nyeeeh!" And he began walking on four legs like a horse all around the flower field.

After a few minutes, Ryoken got tired and dropped down on his knees on an area that are filled with bluebells. Kanata gets off his back and sat down. "Thank you, horse, I shall now turn you back into a human boy."

"Phew…" Ryoken turns over to his back and lays there looking up at the sky with a smile on his face. Kanata lays on the ground on her back and her head almost touches Ryoken's head.

"So, Ryomi, why do you started to come here for 3 days now?" She asked her friend.

"I don't know," he told her, "for some reason I always come here and lay down to look up at the sky and somehow I got super excited about the world."

"The world?"

"Yeah. I got super excited about the world. Maybe when I grow up, I want to travel all over the world."

Kanata made this big smile when Ryoken said that. "Me too!"

Ryoken looked at Kanata with a confused face. "Huh?"

"I wanna travel all over the world with you too!" She said in excitement.

Ryoken blushed when she said that. "W-wait a minute! What do you mean?!"

"Right now, as I'm laying here on the flowers, I got super excited about the world too! So, when you said that you want to travel all over the world when you grow up, I wanna travel the world with you when I grow up too!"

"R-really?"

"Yeah! So let's both get excited about the world together!"

Ryoken gives Kanata a big smile. "Right!"

The two friends laugh in excitement and after they finished laughing, they look up to the sky and watch the flower petals blow all over the sky.

FLASHBACK ENDED

Ryoken still remember that he and Kanata always go to the flower field to look up at the sky and get excited about the world together, but that was when he was a kid and he had no trouble back then.

"Ryomi? Hello? Earth to Ryomi?" Ryoken blinked when Kanata waves her hand over his face.

"Huh? Oh. Sorry. I was just reminiscing." He told her.

"Was it about our time at the flower field?"

"Yeah, a little…"

"You know, I still go to the flower field all the time now and look up at the sky and still get excited about the world," she explained to him, "what about you, Ryomi? Do you still go to the flower field and look up at the sky and still get excited about the world?"

Ryoken looked at Kanata and his eyebrows knotted. He hasn't gone to the flower field at all since the Lost Incident. The only time he laid on a flower field was when after he was defeated by the Light Ignis in Mirror Link VRAINS. "Uh… Sure?" And of course he would lie to her.

"Really?!" Her eyes are filled with excitement and he missed that a bit. "How come I didn't see you there?!"

Basically, because he was too busy trying to kill the Ignis in Link VRAINS. There is no way Ryoken would tell her that. She'll hate him if she found out her old childhood friend is a cyber terrorist. "Um… Busy. With… school work." Another lie. Then it came to him. "Funakoshi-san-"

"Kanashi."

"Whatever. How come I didn't see you at the flower field as well?"

He waited for an answer from Kanata, but she was quiet for a moment, and then she finally spoke. "Same as you. Busy with school work."

Ryoken raised an eyebrow when she said that. 'Is it me… or did Funakoshi-san just hesitate a bit?' He thought to himself in question.

Ryoken and Kanata just sat on the fountain in silence and they both look down at the ground. After what it seems like a couple of minutes, Kanata gets up and breaks the silence. "Well, I should get going. It was really nice talking with you, Ryomi."

Ryoken gives her a nod. "Yeah, you too."

And with that, Kanata waves goodbye to Ryoken and heads off. Ryoken gets up as well and heads home. His ghost father didn't even said one word that would of piss him off. Somehow he's glad he kept quiet.

When Ryoken entered his home, Spectre greeted him, then he gave him a confusing look.

"Ryoken-sama, why are you wearing a flower crown on your head?"

And Ryoken's face turned bright tomato red in embarrassment.

Chapter 4 is done. I thought I might give more detail on Ryoken's childhood of when he goes to the flower field as a kid and I wanted Kanata to be part of going to the flower field too. I just love how Ryoken was so opened to Yusaku when he talked about his flower field as he died in episode 98, but when episode 103 of VRAINS came out, the writers just throw that out and turn Ryoken back to being stubborn and I hated it! I just hope when episode 105 comes out, Ryoken can approach to Yusaku at Stardust Road when Yusaku finds out that Ai is a bad guy now, and I hope Ryoken doesn't gloat to Yusaku saying that he's right! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please comment on what you think of it.