Ryo looked at the now-unconscious Kaori in his arms as both of them dangled dangerously from an iron pillar of the incomplete building. On his left hand Ryo held the pillar while on the right, he held Kaori close to his heart with all his might. The fact that she was dangerously dangling with him about a hundred meters from the ground level, added to his worries. How he would put her down safely, thought Ryo. "Only if I could get my hands on You Fujimaki, I would've torn you apart with my bare hands! Just wait till I lay my hands on you. I'll never forgive you for doing this to Kaori. I'll never forgive you!" mumbled Ryo looking at Kaori In his arms with teary eyes while he could sense that his grip on the pillar was already loosening. Once he loses his grip, it was not himself that he was worried about, but was solely worried about Kaori. Just then he heard a voice below him, a feminine voice, "Leave it Ryo, let it go. We've got you. Kaori won't be hurt!" In a flash of a moment Ryo's numb senses were wide awake; So Saeko is here! Still, how could Ryo leave Kaori alone? He let go of the pillar and embraced Kaori with both his hands and himself adjusted beneath her in such a way that when they touch the ground, he'll be the person to get the first hit. As he let go of his hand, he could feel his body getting lighter and lighter, while in a glance he looked down and his eyes widened. Saeko and the other police had really come to his rescue, but there was a glitch in the arrangement: a bit of miscalculation. The trampoline they had put in order for Ryo and Kaori to land on, was a bit far away from where they would actually land. In other words, Ryo and Kaori was about to hit the ground in the present condition. Without even thinking for a split second, Ryo pushed Kaori in mid air and himself went further away. As his head made an impact on the ground, everything blurred in front of his eyes and his senses went dull, but before that, he saw a silhouette figure landing on the trampoline as numerous other shadows went for her rescue. Ryo lost his sense after this vision. Even in the state of his unconsciousness, Saeko could hear Ryo mutter Kaori's name quite a number of times. She cursed herself for having miscalculated the exact location of their impact. It was due to her, that Ryo got hurt. She just couldn't forgive herself. As she was busy in her thoughts, she heard a grumpy voice behind her and jumped around to find Umibozu and Old Doc behind her. Umibozu had a stern face, all he could muster with a heavy voice was "How is Kaori? Hey moron, what are you lying down for? Get up you lazy swine!" but on the other hand, his heart told him that nothing was alright. His awesome sense was the answer to his own question. He boldly walked forward to the now-prostrate figure of Kaori, as his hands went towards her neck out of reflex. "She seems to be OK. It's just a minor case of shock I suppose" he said with a large sigh.
Ryo's black-out was only for mere seconds, after which he sat back up. His forehead was stained with his own blood. His left hand pained like hell, still the first thought that came to his head as soon as he regained his sense was "How's Kaori? Is she alright?" But even before he could ask anyone about her, his eyes caught a known figure walking to him. For a blink of moment, his mind went numb, and his memories went blank, but the next moment, he saw Saeko standing before him. "She's alright Ryo" she told, looking at his questioning gaze at her, and then she added, with her gaze fixed down, "I am sorry for the miscalculation. I truly am, Ryo! Forgive me for this, will you?" Ryo said nothing except three words, "Where is she?" Saeko pointed to the prostrate figure surrounded by many figures lying not far away from where he was. Ryo's heart almost leaped to his mouth as his gaze fell on his "Sugar Boy". In spite of his injuries, he staggered back to his feet. He couldn't even stand straight, still he limped to her. Saeko was coming to help him, but Umibozu stopped her waving his forefinger, gesturing her not to do so. Saeko stayed in her place while she helplessly saw Ryo staggering to Kaori. As he reached her, he knelt down and all the other officials who surrounded her gave way for Ryo. From his facial expression, it was evident that he was in ample amount of pain, but he was determined to face this living hell just to hear her voice once again. Saeko was moved to her core. Never before had she observed Ryo to care so deeply for Kaori. She recalled that all they (Ryo and Kaori) ever did was to challenge each other which would always end with Kaori chasing Ryo with her favourite 100 tonne hammer, the hit of which was an inevitable incident for Ryo. Seeing Ryo in his present condition, Saeko wondered "When did they come so close?"
