Tsukushi wakes up the following day to the sound of the others making excessive noise in the living room. She rolls over and squishes her head with the pillow trying to block out the sound. It doesn't work. She tosses and turns a few more times to try and get some quiet and go back to sleep before she gives up. She lies on her back and looks up at the ceiling trying to listen to the chatter in the other room. She can identify the voices but not the words. She pushes herself up on her elbows and sits up to rub her temples to try and relieve the slight pressure there.

Tsukushi gets out of bed and changes clothes. As soon as she is through the door, she is bombarded with greetings from everyone.

"Good morning", she greets them back.

"Good afternoon", Soujirou corrects her.

Tsukushi ignores him. "I'm going to go into the large bath now if anyone would like to join me."

Kazuya, Shigeru, Yuki, and Sakurako get up to come with her. The others resume their conversation. The five change and meet in the bath. They all sigh as they get into the relaxing water.

"I could stay in here forever", Tsukushi sighs.

"Me too", Yuki agrees.

"You better not", Shigeru warns. "The last time you spent too much time in a hot spring, Tsukushi, you passed out."

Tsukushi nods but doesn't respond. Her eyes are closed and her head is resting against the edge as she relaxes in perfect bliss. Time flies by quickly and before they know it, they have to get out to avoid overheating.

In the women's dressing room, the women are just finishing getting dressed. Shigeru and Sakurako are the first ones done and decide to back to the room while Yuki and Tsukushi finish. Tsukushi clasps the Saturn necklace on and slides her wedding ring on its proper finger. She gazes down at it as it sparkles in the light. Tsukushi's head snaps up, determination set on her face.

"Yuki, there's something I need you to do for me. There's something I need to find out, something I need to know. I know everyone is on edge right now about me taking off yesterday but I really need to do this. Can you give me a head start and cover for me for at least thirty minutes before hell breaks loose?"

Yuki bites her lip as she thinks this out. She looks at Tsukushi's determination and pleading face and smiles. Yuki walks over to her best friend and hugs her. "I'll wait here ten minutes and when I go back to the room, I'll tell them you went to get lunch or walk around in the garden or something. Just get done what you need to do as quickly as possible and then get back here."

"Thank you, Yuki", Tsukushi gives her a squeeze before she jets out the door and to the street where she stops a taxi, get's in, and takes off.

"How much longer is she going to be?" Karin complains.

Yuki looks down at her watch. She has stalled them for forty five minutes already and everyone was getting anxious. "Um… There's something I have to say. Tsukushi really isn't in the having lunch or in the garden. She…um… left."

Chaos erupts in the room as everyone gets to their feet yelling and complaining.

"We've got to find her."

"Where do we start looking?"

"What is she doing?"

"Is she insane?"

"Yuki, how could you let her do this?"

"Quiet!" Karin yells through the noise. The room grows silent at her command. "There had to be some very logical explanation as to why Tsukushi did this." She looks at the clock on the wall. "It's almost five o'clock now. It'll be getting dark soon and she doesn't have a great sense of direction, especially now. I think we should all spit up and look for her. I'll let Ayumi know so she can wait here in case Tsukushi comes back while we're looking for her. Alright?"

Everyone nods and sets out in pairs in different directions across town, Yuki and Rui, Karin and Akira, Sakurako and Soujirou, Shigeru and Kazuya, and Tsukasa insists on going on his own. Tsukasa starts at the main spots he and Tsukushi were at yesterday but she is not at any of them and no one had seen her since yesterday.

"Stupid woman", he mumbles under his breath. "Where the hell did you go?" The sun starts its decent behind the horizon and Tsukasa stops for a moment to watch. When the sun is half gone, something nags at the back of Tsukasa's mind, pulling him. He follows this sudden urge to the opposite side of town from the inn. He climbs up the hill the other side of the giant hill that boarders the town. At the top, he stops and looks around, following the urge again to a deserted park. Street lamps flicker in the darkness, the sun completely disappeared. Suddenly, the urge stops and Tsukasa is left in a dead stand still. He looks around wildly for any clue. On a viewing area overlooking the city, a single person leans up against the railing. Tsukasa runs over there.

"What… the hell… do you… think…you're doing?" he says out of breath.

Tsukushi turns around and smiles radiantly at him as she holds up her left hand. "Making sure you meant what you said in your vows. 'Where ever you go, I will find you'. You found me. You also said that you would do everything in your power to bring me back and you did."

"You think now is the best time to be pulling crap like this? Do you have any idea how worried everyone is about you? We've been searching for hours trying to find you and all you want to do is see if I'm keeping my vows…"

Tsukushi giggles as everything that was just said sinks in on Tsukasa.

"You…", Tsukasa tries to find the words.

Tsukushi nods and leaps into Tsukasa's open arms.

"When?" Tsukasa leans his forehead against Tsukushi's.

"Last night, what you told me really had me thinking. Then, when I woke up this afternoon, it was like nothing had ever happened and I remembered everything. I had to think everything through and went into the hot spring. I thought of this when I was getting dressed and but my ring on. I thought I could have a little fun. You know, when I got my memory back, the past five years are fresh in my mind. Do you want to have a little more fun with me and give a little pay back?"

Tsukasa raises an eyebrow and matches Tsukushi's mischievous grin.