Author's Note: Hey guys! Sorry I've been gone for so long...I'm about five months overdue aren't I? With school work and everything, I just haven't the time to continue on, but now that it's summer you'll be seeing a lot of me from now on (until September that is).

Disclaimer: I do not own G Gundam or any of the characters.

Chapter 4

"Huh?" Both Domon and Dr. Mikamura turned around to the familiar voice. They were surprised, to say the least, as to who the owner of the voice was.

"Yeah! I think I'll be Domon's partner for the next tournament. It's only suitable, being that Domon is my brother." Kyoji Kasshu and Dr. Kasshu appeared before the doctor and the younger Kasshu.

"Kyoji! You want to be my partner?" Domon was dumbfounded about the fact that his older brother wanted to be the Neo Japan crew member in the upcoming Gundam Fight because that would mean putting his life on hold. Domon knew that Kyoji had a life of his own and his own things to do so then, why?

"Well, sure. I haven't seen you in ten years and I want to know how my little brother has been during that decade. I mean my profession is a doctor and I have helped build a gundam or two in my lifetime and besides, I've really missed tormenting you and a year's worth of torture would make up for that!" Kyoji held a sincere smile on his face as he looked at his brother. He truly did miss Domon during the past years and was sure to spend as much time as possible during the gundam fight.

Domon smiled at his older brother and knew that it had been a long time since they had spent some real time together. "That's great! I'd be honored to have you as my partner Kyoji."

"Think nothing of it!" Kyoji now held a cocky grin. "I mean, I will be the one to telling you what to do and when to do it for an entire year!" Kyoji slightly laughed at Domon's pouting expression. "That is if it's alright with you Dr. Mikamura…" Kyoji turned to look at his father "and of course you, dad."

"It's alright with me. You guys need some brotherly bonding time anyway." Dr. Kasshu gave a smile and consent for both of his now-adult sons. "What do you think Mikamura?"

"I think it's an excellent idea! I couldn't have picked a better partner than Kyoji." The doctor turned to the two Kasshu brothers with a serious face. "Now, you two must report to the government building by the end of the week, which is tomorrow. Starting next week, you two will be in training for the gundam fight."

Domon was excitied to say the least because this would be the first time in ten years that he would actually be able to spend some good time with Kyoji. He truly missed his brother during his years of training and was delighted that his Kyoji offered to be his partner. Domon had a great childhood always because his brother was always there to guide the way. Domon fondly thought back to his younger years before he went off to train with Master Asia and the much fun he, his brother, and Rain had with each other. Then Domon suddenly thought back to the events of this day and only one word came to his mind, Rain…

"Hey, if everything's all settled I'm going to go take a little midnight walk okay?" Domon felt that he had a lot of things on his mind and just wanted to sort things out on his own for a while. He looked upon the three men for his answer.

Dr. Kasshu looked strangely at his son, but understood that a lot had changed since his youngest son had returned home. "Of course son, just make sure to be back by today if you don't mind. I remember as a child you used to take 'midnight walks' to the Mikamura's house to visit Rain and wouldn't return until the next day." Dr. Kasshu gave a little warning tone in his voice as he remembered frantically searching the neighborhood for his young son and would eventually find him sleeping on the floor in young Rain's room.

Domon, also remembering those times, gave a little blush and started to head out the door. "Don't worry dad, I'll be back before you know it."

"Well I must be off as well. Good-night you two, take care." Dr. Mikamura took his leave from the Kasshu house.

After bidding their farewells to the doctor the older Kasshu son thought of something. "Hey dad," Kyoji Kasshu turned to look at his father with a cocky grin "twenty dollars says that Domon's going to bump into Rain tonight."

"Now why would you say that?" Dr. Kasshu asked with confusing eyes.

"Because I know for a fact that they're headed to the same place." Dr. Kasshu turned to look at Kyoji with questioning eyes. "Domon and Rain used to do this kind of thing all the time. Whenever they both have a lot of things on their minds and they'll go to their 'special' place."

Dr. Kasshu looked with great interest, "'special place, eh?"

At the Special Place…

Domon walked into the largely scaled playground he used to play in as a child. The rusted metal from the monkey bars and swings surrounded him. The soft sand cushioned his feet as he stepped into the area, his mind wandering off to his childhood years. He could never forget the times he, Rain, and Kyoji would play in here back before he left so long ago.

As Domon looked upon the monkey bars, he remembered the time when he and Rain made Kyoji break his arm. He would never forget the day; he and Rain were just playing in the sand watching Kyoji do his 'full set of monkey bars' where he declared that he would be able to go back and forth on the monkey bars ten times without falling. Of course Domon and Rain thought that Kyoji would never be able to do that much so they made a bet where if Kyoji did as he said, then Domon and Rain would have to do everything Kyoji said for the next week, but if Kyoji were to fail, then Kyoji would buy both Domon and Rain ice cream. As Kyoji was finishing up his last set, Domon and Rain were getting nervous since they were not anxious about being slaves for the next week so they got up and did what five-year olds do best, they tickled Kyoji on the foot to make him fall. Domon and Rain didn't mean for Kyoji to fall on the wrong spot and break his arm though; they literally did everything they could to help Kyoji get better and so they did everything Kyoji said to do for the next month.

Domon slightly chuckled at the fond memory as he heard some rustling near him. He thought that this playground would have been abandoned by this time, but he guessed he was wrong. He walked toward the source of the noise near a bush and found the last person he expected it to be.

"Rain?" Domon hovered over a kneeling Rain who was seated next to a little lake.

"D-Domon?" Rain rose form her seated position so that she was eye level with her Domon.

"What are you doing here?!" Both Domon and Rain said in a union. They both chuckled by the fact that it was obvious they had come to their "special place" at the same time without the other party knowing it.

"So…what are you doing here Rain?" Domon decided to ask once again.

"Oh, I just couldn't sleep. What about you? Don't tell me you ran off again and the others are searching for you right now." Rain gave a warm smile to her childhood friend.

Domon blushed at her comment about the little mishap earlier this evening. "No, I just had a lot of things on my mind, that's all." Domon started to head back to the playground with Rain trailing behind.

"Oh really? What did you have in your mind that brought you here?" Both Domon and Rain were now seated next to each other on the swing set made for two.

Domon looked on the ground as he kicked back and forth on the swing. "Nothing really. I was just thinking about the changes that occurred while I was away."

Rain looked back at Domon. "What kind of changes Domon?" Rain also started to swing her legs.

Domon swung his legs faster and purposely averted his eyes from hers. "Well for one thing, I'd never thought that when I returned that you would be engaged." Domon said engaged as if it was a foul taste in his mouth and Rain caught it.

Rain suddenly stopped her swaying and looked Domon directly in the eyes. She had no idea that Domon would actually care if she was engaged or not. The sound of his voice was so obvious that he did not actually approve of her engagement. She always knew that Domon had always looked out for her as a child and it would seem that he is still protecting her at this moment by making sure if her suitor was the right man for her or not. Rain gave a little grin at Domon as mischief gleamed across her eyes.

"Domon Kasshu, are you jealous?" This statement caused the young man to redden as he came to an abrupt stop to his swinging and almost fell over if his hand had not been on the chains that hooked the swing. The face on Domon's face was priceless and Rain laughed whole-heartedly as she looked at the blushing young man sitting next to her.

"Of course I'm not jealous! Why would I be anyway!" Domon tried his best to calm his blush that just kept getting deeper.

"I was just joking Domon, you don't have to take it personally." Rain said with a smile as she rose from her seat.

Domon soon followed Rain as she kneeled on the ground and started to play with the sand. The young woman took some sand and let it slip through her fingers for a few minutes before her partner decided to speak.

"Yeah well…where is the groom-to-be anyway? Why isn't he with you?" Domon just realized that when he found Rain, she was alone and was without her fiancée.

Rain picked up a handful of sand and just stared at it. She was in deep thought about her boyfriend and the many decisions she had to make before it's too late and had only a few hours left to do it all.

"Actually, Seitt doesn't know I'm here. You see, I had a lot on my mind as well and I just I would might as well come here since this is the place where a lot of decisions were made." Rain looked back at Domon and they both thought of the same thing.

Before Domon had went to train with Master Asia, both Ran and Domon secretly came this sandbox to make the decision of whether or not he would leave his family and Rain to go off with a stranger he barely knew. Of course Domon did have the choice to go or not and he decided that if he were to make that big of a decision, he should do it with his best friend, Rain. They came here and Rain finally decided for Domon that he should go. She knew how much Domon wanted to get as strong as his brother and felt that it was not right to take that opportunity away from him. She knew that when she and Domon would reunite once again, things would definitely different; Domon would no longer be a boy, but a strong man.

"So what was on your mind?" Domon decided to make a conversation with his, hopefully still, best friend.

Rain started to walk around the sandbox, a habit she developed which stated that she was in deep thought. "Actually, I've been thinking about Seitt and the decisions he's making me decide." Rain stopped her pacing and just stood, avoiding eye contact with Domon.

"Decisions? What decisions would that be?" Domon looked at Rain and wanted to know if the decision her "fiancée" was going to harm her or not and was ready to take down the Neo-Turkish man if he wanted Rain to do something inappropriate.

Rain went back on the swings at put her chin in the palms of her hand. "Well for one thing, I was really thinking about this whole engagement thing," Rain started to fiddle with the ring on her left hand "I just don't know if it's right or not. Something inside tells me that I shouldn't have said yes."

Domon sat next to Rain and wondered what was meant by her honest declaration. "Well, if you said yes, that meant that you love him, right?" Domon had been away for a while and although his master had taught him many things, love and women were subjects he was never taught.

Rain just stared at the stars before her. "I guess." Rain relieved a heavy sigh as she looked to see the time on her wristwatch. "Oh my! It's already two in the morning! I better head back" Rain stood to leave, followed by Domon.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. 'Night Rain." Domon started for his leave as Rain headed for the opposite direction.

"Goodnight Domon. Maybe we'll see each other again someday." Rain waved her hand and walked off.

Back at the Kasshu Residence…

Domon quietly steeped into the house, careful not to wake the other members in the house. He went to his room he occupied as a child, turned on the lights and was pleased that nothing had been changed. He stared at a photo of his family before he took his leave. It was taken on his tenth birthday and showed a young boy about to fall off of the soldiers of a young man which he came to know as brother while his parents were gleefully laughing at their happy family. He remembered this day clearly, the day before he went off to train with Master Asia, he also remember the little girl who took the photograph, the girl named Rain.

"Rain…" Domon thought out loud. "I'll see you again someday, I promise you that." Domon turned off the lights and fell into a deep slumber, awaiting the next day when he will begin his training to become the gundam fighter for Neo-Japan.

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Author's Note: So how was the chapter guys? Once again, I am deeply sorry for the long wait. Thank you This-Family-Affair, Cuz I Can, animebdoll, andJen23for the reviews. See you next time (I promise it won't be long)!!! R&R please!!