Ryo was sitting beside Kaori, immersed in her thoughts: how she would hit him with a flying mace whenever he would go off stray seeing a girl with wonderful 'assets', how she would take care of him whenever he came home wounded, how she would stay awake the whole night for him whenever he was out on 'work'. She never ever tried to make him aware of what she did for him, but Ryo knew her all too well. She knew that she couldn't keep a secret from this man ever. Ryo would eventually get hold of all her secrets. Ryo was in deep melancholy, seeing these moments before his eyes just like a film of the time that can no longer be brought back, and then… suddenly, without any apparent reason, his 'City Hunter' sense awared him of a danger that lied ahead. Without a second thought, his hand got his 'toy' (His favourite Colt Python 0.357 Magnum) from below his overcoat as if by reflex as his body lunged towards the lady standing at the door: Miki-San! Ryo's long rigorous training had made him master his senses to their peak. He could hear cocking of a revolver at quite a distance, not only that, he could also make out a red dot gradually sinking on her head: A telescopic rifle! Although it seems like a long time had passed for this deduction, but for Ryo, it was a mere flash of seconds. These deductions came to him as his body had lunged towards Miki-San. He then kept her knelt down under the window pane and handed her Hideyuki's gun before he left the hospital and went out of its compound. Ryo walked on the road as a drunkard. He knew, he could sense that he was being followed, but he chose to remain silent. He was an absonant person again, just like he was when Kaori was apparently dead about a year ago. His steps went out of sync as he could hear a vehicle approaching him from behind. Ryo wondered "Does it pain to die?" then again another question flashed by his mind "Does it really matter? She is going through a perfect hell just because of me! She didn't have to go through all this if she hadn't chosen me! Why Kaori!" he then shrieked on the road itself "JUST TELL ME WHY!" Just as the vehicle was about to make an impact and end his life, Ryo saw a flash of a shadow, which shoved him off balance by making an impact on him from a side of the road. Ryo was a bit surprised as he went rolling with the shadow for quite a distance, out of the route of the vehicle. As he tried to het on his feet, he heard a voice from behind "Are you OK?" Ryo looked back instantly only to find Tachiki Sayuri getting up from the ground, dusting the dirt off her clothes. Ryo was not in a mood to shove himself to her in his lecherous forme, so he just nodded in approval. Just as he nodded, the inevitable question darted from her "Have you found Kaori yet, Mr. Saeba?" Ryo had an idea flash by her mind, quite a genius one. He said "Yes, I can even take you to her, but first I want a favor out of you!" Sayuri had a raised eyebrow, as if she meant that she already knew what the 'favor' was.
"You would've been dead by now. That bastard really saved your life by mere moments Miki! Be sure to thank him when that moron comes back here!" said Umibozu as soon as Kaori seemed asleep. Both Miki and the Doctor looked at him in surprise. "HOW?" asked Miki, and the doctor was the one who was miles beyond the word 'SURPRISED' . All she could muster was "You…You're not bl….. I mean…" Umibozu for the first time grinned "Go on, BLIND. Yes, I am blind. I am proud that I am blind. The world I live in, has no beauty of colours and brightness in itself, yet the world I live in, is far better than the world you 'So-Called-Normal' people see around yourself each day, each moment of your life. I am proud because unlike your world, my world doesn't comprise lies, it's a world free of lies. A world where your sense is the sole truth. A world where one can observe the inner person lying inside a human being. Like for example I can't see you doctor,, but I can a tell a whole lot about you. The first being you're 5'7 and you're wearing YARDLY LAVENDER"". Then he turned towards the farthest corner of the room where the nurse was standing "You're taller than her, 5'9", and you've been using POISON I guess. Oh, and you shouldn't be wearing pencil-heels inside the hospital premises". Then he again turned towards the doctor "It's been not been much time, hardly 2 weeks I guess, right?" Then he turned towards Miki, pointing towards the wall just opposite to the door, "Go and take a closer look Miki, and you'll know how he saved you!" The doctor asked finally "What were you talking about? 2 weeks for what?" she asked. Umibozu didn't even turn to her, he answered her question whilst facing Miki "Your Marriage!" The doctor , the Nurse and Miki, all three of them were taken aback by the last comment from him!