Somewhere in Japan, a phone rang. Somebody answered it: "Yes?"
"Is this Sugimura?" the voice from the other side asked.
"Yes." that somebody replied.
The voice, whom belonged to Ryouga, cheered: "You're the one looking for somebody missing?"
That somebody hesitated: "... Yes, my son... he..."
Ryouga heard how that person felt. Even Yatsudewani, through whom Ryouga was calling, could feel it: "He sure sounds sad."
"I got great news for you. We found him!" Ryouga said.
That's when there was a silence. Ryouga looked at the receiver, almost as if expecting to see the person he spoke to through the horn. After a while, a woman came to the phone.
"Is it true?" the woman asked, "You found our Shogo?"
"Er... Shogo? Is that his name?" Ryouga asked.
The woman sounded like she didn't understand: "What do you mean, is that his name? He never told you?"
"He has amnesia. He doesn't know anything about himself." Ryouga explained, "He might not even recognize you if he saw you."
There was a weird sound that came from the receiver. It sounded like the woman was saying a dew indistinct words, but more clearly she was crying.
"What's going on?" Yukito asked.
"They're not happy to hear the news?" Emiri added.
"I think they just need some time to let this sink in." Ryouga explained, "What parent would like to hear that their own child may not recognize them."
That's when the man spoke again: "You'll have to excuse us, it's... it's really..."
"Oh, forget it." Ryouga replied, "It's only natural."
"Can we see him?" the man asked.
"Er... that may be a problem." Ryouga replied.
"What do you mean?" the man didn't sound at all pleased, "Do you know where he is or don't you?!"
"Well... it's complicated..." was all Ryouga managed to say, as the man started to curse a few things at him.
"Not easy to do the right thing." Ryouga sighed.
Ranru took the phone from Ryouga's hands: "Let me try it... Hello?"
The man on the other side sounded like he calmed down: "Who is this?"
"I'm a friend of Aka... Shogo's." Ranru replied, "Look, he's just a little confused about a lot of things. It may be best for him if we meet with you first before let him meet you."
The man mumbled something, but the volume of his voice suggested that he really spoke to his wife, who sounded a little angry, as she started to speak through the receiver herself: "You're keeping our son from seeing his own parents?"
"No!" Ranru exclaimed, "We're just... well... He just needs some time first. This news was as big to him as it is to you."
The two parents sounded like they were discussing this. Suddenly, the woman spoke again: "You sound like an honest woman. Shogo is lucky to have a girlfriend like you."
"... Oh... We... we're not..." Ranru appeared to blush at that moment.
"When can we meet?" the woman asked.