As he walked out, Miki was hiding behind a pillar by the side of the door. Ryo stopped for a moment, and then turned towards the pillar, "Hey there Miki San! Come on out." Miki came in a hurry, obviously a bit surprised, "Sorry Saeba San, I went in the room, but seeing Kaori awake with you, I thought it be better if no one went in. So I was just….." She stopped midway as she percepted the aura of the man standing before her eyes. It was not the always laughing, nuisance, pervert, lecherous Saeba anymore. His aura had completely changed. It so seemed that he was a completely different person now. He raised his palm to stop her midway as he said in his calmest voice ever "Thank the doctor on my behalf, and stay by her side. I'll be back soon" Then he was about to walk away but he suddenly asked "Where is the gun that I had handed you over?" Miki instantly brought out her right hand from near her waist. There it shone, the revolver that Kaori's brother Hideyuki Makimura had handed Ryo as a sign of their friendship in his final moments. Ryo now started walking away from her as his voice was heard "Hold on to it till I come back, Miki-San and look after her. I am about to put an end to this." As he was about to turn away, he was stopped promptly by a soft touch on his right shoulder. He spun around only to find Kaori standing behind him, one of her hand on the door frame for support. Ryo instantly got her by his waist. Kaori, in response, let go of the wall as she put all her balance against his chest as she looked up to his eyes. "Take me with you! I don't want to be left alone again." she pleaded. This time it was not only Miki who was surprised, but also the doctor. Oh, the doctor was coming through the corridor, as she heard Kaori. She instantly came to Ryo's rescue. "There's no way you can walk out of the hospital in the condition you're in, Kaori. We need to observe you for a while. So please listen to me and stay on the bed for the time being. You can't even walk straight." But the girl spoken to, had her gaze fixed on the person she spoke to, her eyes pleading for unknown reasons. Ryo looked at her for some time before letting out a deep sigh. "You really are Makimura's sister, no doubt about that. Alright, Sugar boy. Come on" he said with a gentle smile, guarding her shoulder with his left arm. Miki was about to say something when Ryo extended his left hand before her. She got the clue and handed him the gun he had handed her quite some time back. Now the couple turned to go. The doctor just raised her voice to be heard "Saeba-San, Take care of Kaori." Ryo just waved his left hand over his head to acknowledge her while Kaori hung on to him by his right arm.
"Was it alright to let them go just like that? Kaori-San can't even stand straight by herself. She needed to be healed more….." Miki-san was about to murmur loudly a bit more of her chatter when she looked at the eyes of the doctor. Those eyes told Miki that she wasn't only happy seeing the couple before her eyes, it seemed that she was a bit jealous too! As Ryo and Kaori disappeared into the lift with the automatic door closing before them, the doctor looked at Miki-san, "She's at her best as long as he's with her. Mark my words ma'm. In my career of all these years, as an apprentice, and as a doctor, I've seen just too many couples. I have seen a lot more of them come to the hospital to abort, or even a greater part of them come here as a result of rigorous tortures of husbands on their wives. But today I have truly found the perfect couple in my life. I don't know how, but this couple comes really closer to my heart. I've never treated patients with a heart. I never cared about them while I treated them. It was a part of my training too. But Saeba-San and Kaori-San have opened my eyes. They have shown me that true love is far above, leagues beyond what I could ever possibly imagine in my life. Thanks to them, and to the police officer who was previously with you guys, that I was able to meet the two of them" she said with teary eyes and a smile.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY MIKI?" came the thundering voice of Umibozu in the busy day at his café; "The Cat's Eye", "THAT IDIOT HAS TAKEN HER WITH HIM?!!!" he shouted again, causing a few passer-by to fall on their noses, due to the sudden shock of a-so-"MELODIOUS" voice as his! It was already afternoon and Umibozu was in his underground target zone, below his café, It was a secret cellar, of which only 5 people were aware of: he himself, Miki, Kaori, Ryo and Saeko. Just like the one below Ryo's apartment, his target zone too was filled with rifles and military explosives of all sorts. Saeko knew full well about this. When Umibozu was a normal person (when he could see), this target zone used to be his pastime. Now it's a godforsaken room, filled with dust and cobwebs, since he hadn't been here since the past 3 years when he became blind. The past year was a mess for him too. He had to support Ryo to his knees when he broke down, because it was then, that the false news of Kaori's death was spread by the police. Ryo was badly shaken. Nonetheless, Umibozu always had a soft corner for Kaori, which led him to want to help Ryo even more in coming over the grief of her death. But even Umibozu was surprised to see how committed a person like Ryo could be! He never gave up on Kaori, even after hearing about Kaori's death. He always had a strong belief that "HIS KAORI" would come back to him one day. Because, according to him, Kaori couldn't possibly live without hitting Ryo at least once a day. Strange, though his reasons have been, Umibozu could feel the desperation in the voice which spoke the words. So he had to leave Ryo alone for the time being. After about half a dozen months, Ryo was surprisingly proven right and the "Old Meddlesome fool" the Old Doc of the Hanazano clinic came to them, bearing, perhaps the best news of his life, that Kaori was alive.
While Umibozu was busy recalling the sweet memories from the past, there was something else that was going on in the city itself. Miki was busy closing the café for the day and bringing out the four-wheeler and Umibozu was absent-mindedly loading it with guns…...
"You sure You'll be Ok with me?" asked a concerned Ryo, looking at the girl who couldn't even stand straight. She was practically leaning against him. The question momentarily stopped her legs, and her beautiful, world-winning gaze came and stopped on his eyes. Ryo's heart skipped a number of beats. He could smilingly die a thousand deaths some months back, just to get a glimpse of the eyes. "I am nowhere better off than here right beside you Ryo! If you're here with me, I am perfectly fine. Nothing can ever happen to me." Ryo had a gentle laugh on his lips as he sighed "Kaori!" Kaori had a blushing smile on her lips as she embraced the person of her life even while waiting for the lift at the corridor of the Shinjuku City Hospital.
The lift brought them to the ground floor from where Ryo took her in his arms and proceeded towards the Ferrari that Ro had 'borrowed' from Saeko. Kaori said nothing, just looked at him with surprise in her eyes, a deepening blush on her cheeks and a bit of frown on her brows. "Where are we going Ryo?" she asked sheepishly. Ryo said nothing, instead, just closed the car door and came around to take the 'driver's seat' and started the engine whispering "That's a surprise Kaori!"
The car went out of the hospital compound and out into the busy traffic of the Shinjuku City.
