p style="text-align: center;"As Ryo walked down the street, to the unknown location, he didn't know why, but his heart was pounding faster, he was getting more and more restless within himself but as a person he was, no one could possibly figure out what he was up to, until the very end. Even Umibozu failed to notice this restlessness of Ryo. It seemed that he had more important matters to think about. He was continuously eying with Miki-San, and both of them were smiling. This was something that's very much peculiar about Umibozu. No one, not even Ryo, have ever seen him with emotions. Ryo thought of seizing this opportunity. He asked with the Stallion-of-Shinjuku smile "Ah Hoy Miki San! Still can't forget the mokkori night with Umibozu? Was he so good? Gimme a chance too so that you'll at least have a chance to compare! Right Umibozu?" As he turned towards Umibozu, he could see his black head turning red with anger and embarrassment. Of course he wasn't used to these kind of words, but he knew Ryo very well. He knew that Ryo had some kind of plan going on in his mind as to the whereabouts of the place he was being forcibly taken to. Umibozu decided not to go according to Ryo, he chose to remain silent. Soon enough they reached the destined location "Hanazano Clinic". Ryo was a bit surprised, and amazed as to the reason he was brought here of all places. It's been more than a year since he had last visited this place. The last time he came here, she was there with him. Ryo mind again got crowded with memories, he didn't had the mentality of observing things anymore, instead memories started crowding his head, and baffling his sight. He could remember Kaori. Everything related to her started from here itself. As they went up through the stairs, in the chamber, he could see the bed he was kept in when he was brought here for the first time by Kaori. He could even see the window through which he fled after being partially cured by her and this Old Doc who is standing before him at the present moment. Suddenly he came back to his senses and his eyes widened. "Where is this place? Who is that lying on the bed there? Why is my whole body pulsating? What's the matter? Why am I so tensed?" thought a completely baffled Ryo. The matter was simple, when he was deep in his thoughts; the Old Doc brought him into the room at the base of the staircase. Ryo didn't notice all these, he was brought back to his senses by the feeling of the presence of someone he knew too /"It can't be. How can it be? I am dreaming right, Saeko?" he almost shrieked out but the Chief of Shinjuku police hurriedly put a palm on his mouth to muffle his voice. She could understand his unspoken words all too well; just as the other three known persons present in the room: Miki Umibozu and Old Doc. Umibozu could feel Ryo's feelings standing beside him, Miki San was standing near the head of the person lying on bed while quietly watching her, and Saeko was busy dragging him by his shoulder towards the bed. Ryo was completely bewildered as he went closer and closer to the bed. He didn't need to see who it was anymore, his gut told him. It was indeed his 'Sugar boy' on the bed. As he reached the bed, the person there with a white apron, moved away and gave him full view to the face of the prostrate person. He couldn't take it anymore, his legs gave in. He kneeled down and almost unknowingly, tears started strolling down his eyes. Those were tears of joy. He seemed to be a maniac. Even Saeko was afraid after seeing him like this, but Umibozu was calm as ever. He kept a hand on his shoulder, and said in a low voice "Get a grip on yourself, you moron! Don't you dare cry now. Your days of crying are over. Go, and talk to her. Try and wake her up. Go on. We will be outside if you need us, though I know you won't be needing us. Not anymore." Saying this, he asked the Old Doc and Saeko to leave the two of them alone. Miki San was nodding in approval, the Old Doc was more than happy to obey him, even Saeko didn't have the slightest objection to Umibozu's request, but the other experts objected to this proposal. They were vehemently against this idea. According to them, there could be grave danger to the life of the patient if she was attended carelessly. It's probable that she would never regain consciousness. Right after the expert spoke this, he could feel himself floating up in the air. It was nothing special, Ryo overheard what he told, and he was holding him up with his collars of his apron just as finished giving his priceless opinion. Had Saeko not come in between and rescued the expert, he would be killed then and there. Anyway, after this incident, all of them left Ryo and Kaori alone in the room and went /Just as they went out and left the two of them alone, Ryo's mind went blank for the first time in his life. He knew that he was happy, but he couldn't express it right away. It seems that his feelings had stopped working. Never even in his dreams did he imagine that he could meet this girl again. God knows how badly he wanted to see her just once more. But wait! Suddenly Ryo's senses questioned himself, "Is she alive? Is that really her? Is that Kaori?" He needed to check if someone was playing a prank on him or it was truly Kaori. He tried calling out her name, but alas! He was too excited to even speak. He couldn't utter a single sound. It seemed that he had lost his voice from the sudden shock. Oh, What a shock it was! He was shuddered to his core. He quietly went towards her, sat there beside the bed, and kept his palm on her /"Who are all these people? It seems that I know them very well. Damn that lecher, is he not here? Why you dirty minded pervert! Let me get up once, and then you'll be sorry for your entire life for even having your mokkori!" thought Kaori in her sleep. It was just then she heard his muffled voice, but even with that sound, she could recognize him alright. She smiled in her sleep. Miki San had observed this and it was due to this that she didn't oppose Umibozu's proposal of leaving Ryo and Kaori alone for the time being. Kaori was becoming restless in her slumber. If he was here, why couldn't she feel him? Why was he not talking to her? What happened to him? She could remember the last time they met. She was angry on Ryo as he had a mokkori over another girl when she was trying to propose him. She was angry as well as sad. She thought that he didn't care for her. So she hit him with 1000tn hammer, and while running across the road to save the girl, thought in her mind "Serves you well, you pervert! Now Stay with that!" After that all she could remember was lights….. blinding lights. When she was seeing these old memories in her dream just like an old movie, she felt a hand touch her forehead. This touch….. this hand… she knew this hand all too well. It's him, it must be Ryo. It has to be Ryo. No one else has such a soft touch. She tried opening her eyes, but damn it. They were heavy as lead. "What's the matter with my eyes?" she thought, and tried harder and harder just to get a glimpse of him. She wanted this never-ending slumber to end. She wanted to embrace him, see him, and hear his voice once more. She wanted to beg him not to fight with her or look at any other woman ever. She wanted herself to be that one special woman in his life. "For God's sake, let me get up once Ryo, I won't let you go away anymore. Trust me on this one." thought Kaori whose face was beaming with happiness even in her sleep. Just then She heard it; someone was calling out her name in a very soft voice. The voice was damp, but she could make it out that it belonged to Ryo. But damn it! She still couldn't open her eyes. She tried hard and finally…/p
