Disclaimer:I don't own SMRTHG, good thing too, 'cause I don't have anywhere near the resources or connections needed to make a cartoon series.

Author Notes: Just wanted to thank all my reviewers, especially you Art. The dialogue in this chapter is mostly Korean, but I'm not going to learn a new language for one fic.

Rating: T

Warnings: Violence, language, and possible death (only OC's though), first chapter containing OC's

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Chapter 2
Orenmanida

TIME: 2 Months Later
LOCATION: Seoul, Republic of Korea

A young man sat at the stream's edge. Eyes closed, in deep, meditative thought.

"Antauri!" a voice sounded in the distance, faint, calling out for him.

Where do I know that voice? he thought to himself

"Antauri!" it sounded again.

It sounds like a boy's...

"Antauri!"

Where do I know that voice?! he inwardly exclaimed.

"Antauri!" This time it was closer, demanding in tone, and...female?

Just as he began to open his eyes to investigate: "Antauri wake up!" sounded right in front of his face.

The young man's eyes flew open and he lurched back in shock.

"Whoa, whoa!" he tried to flail his arms to balance, but he was too far past his point of equilibrium to right himself. He was about to fall into the cold stream..."Gotcha!" a hand came out of nowhere. The delicate fingers wrapped firmly around his wrist and pulled him up.

He righted himself, disoriented from the fall, before seeing who it was who rescued him. "Hyun Jae!" he exclaimed. In front of him was a Korean girl of eighteen, with short and straight black hair, wearing a plain pale yellow shirt and faded black jeans. She was staring at him, arms crossed, grinning.

"What?" he asked. Her grin was slightly disturbing.

"I finally snuck up on you that's what!" Hyun Jae chuckled. Her grin suddenly dropped and she donned a disappointed expression. "But you were asleep, so I guess it doesn't count." She smiled again, more relaxed this time. "Why are you sleeping in the middle of the day you lazy boy?"

"I wasn't sleeping, I was meditating, Jae." He remarked irritatedly.

"Yeah sure, perfect excuse." She remarked. Antauri was a boy about her age, with trimmed black hair and wearing an uptight school uniform in prime condition. He preferred wearing it for some strange reason. But what Hyun Jae thought was his most striking feature was his calm silver eyes, two pools of molten liquid. It made one automatically respect him...or wonder if he was hiding some secrets you didn't want to know.

"Jae, I am serious, I was almost on a breakthrough on recollecting my memories before you disturbed me!" Antauri exclaimed. He immediately looked guilty.

Hyun Jae's face fell. "Oh Antauri, I'm so sorry for that!"

Hyun Jae cursed herself for disturbing him. She knew Antauri had been trying to regain his memories for a while now.

About two months ago, she had discovered a boy naked and unconscious outside her apartment building. She had been present when the ambulance had taken him away to SNUH. After debating with her common sense, Hyun Jae had decided to go check on him at the hospital. This was partly out of curiosity, partly because she believed the boy might be involved in a crime, and she loved a good mystery...

.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.

The steady, haunting beep of the machine broke the silence.

Hyun Jae sighed as she stared at the boy who was attached to various medical apparatuses in the stark white room.

"When are you going to wake up?" she asked, rhetorically.

Being the one who discovered him, Hyun Jae was allowed to visit the boy and had been sitting there for the last hour. After placing a small vase with flowers on his bedside table (she wasn't rude), she'd taken up her post. Waiting for him to regain consciousness.

"Please wake up soon," she pleaded. "Visiting hours are almost up."

Sure enough, the door creaked open less than a minute later. Hyun Jae twisted around.

"Miss?"

"Yes?" she asked the young nurse, whose haggard appearance showed she was reaching the end of her shift.

"Visiting time is almost over," the woman informed her politely. "Its best you leave now."

She sighed and began to collect her bag. There was no point arguing. She began to rise from her chair.

"Ungh."

Hyun swung her head around. Was he...? The boy's lips started to move, trying hopelessly to form words. His eyelids began to twitch.

"Oh my! You," she indicated to Hyun Jae, "stay here while I get the doctor." The nurse dashed out of the room. Her clicking heels were heard from afar.

Hyun Jae only had ears and eyes for the boy. She noticed he was beginning to open his eyes, but still seemed to be in a stupor.

"Hell...Hello?" she asked.

This was the first time she'd actually been able to examine his features. The boy looked to be her age and of some sort of East Asian background, but beyond that he had a rather plain face. The boy's eyes began to open and Hyun Jae's mouth formed into a perfect 'o.' His eyes seemed to be a metallic silver color, though it might be the florescent lighting. It was angelic, more beautiful then that of a newborn's. Unlike she had ever seen before.

"Uhn…" he moaned, smacking his lips together he then spouted an eloquent "Wha?"

Hyun Jae shook the boy's arm gently. "Um, hello?"

The boy looked at her with puzzlement,

"Where am I?" he asked. His voice was much deeper then she expected.

"You're at SNUH." Hyun Jae answered.

"Where?" the boy asked again. Before Jae could answer, however, the doctor entered.

"Young lady, please step away from the patient." The graying doctor ordered.

"Yes, sir," Hyun Jae answered and was quick to do so.

"Hello young man, are you alright?" the doctor asked.

"I believe so, just a little sore." The boy grunted as he sat up

The nurse helped the boy as the doctor continued.

"Well my name is Dr. Bak, I'm your attending. What's your name?" He asked this in a tone suggesting he had done this hundreds of times.

The boy thought for a moment, scrunching his eyes to concentrate. "An-Antauri."

Hyun Jae raised her eyebrow at the unusual name. (Chinese or Japanese, perhaps? Vietnamese? One of those freaky Western names? Definitely not Korean)

"Where does that name come from?" Hyun Jae asked.

She regretted asking. Dr. Bak gave her a look that, very plainly, said "shut up."

"I...I...I don't know," Antauri answered.

Maybe his parents made it up. Hyun Jae reasoned to herself.

"Well 'Antauri,'" the Dr. Bak said, "do you know why you're here?"

"No, I don't." said Antauri. His face contorted, like he was trying to hold onto the memory of a dream.

Dr. Bak frowned slightly at this before resuming. "That's not exactly surprising. This young lady..." he looked towards Hyun Jae.

"Hyun Jae Choi, sir" she answered giving him her name, after which she shyly smiled and waved at Antauri.

"Right, Ms. Choi here discovered you unconscious behind her apartment building." Hyun Jae sighed in relief that Dr. Bak didn't mention she found him naked. "All our tests say you're fine, but I need to ask a few questions, alright?"

Antauri eye's widened. His lethargy was apparent, but he nodded his head in agreement.

"Would you have any idea how you got there?" Dr. Pak continued.

Antauri shook his head. "No, I haven't the faintest idea."

Bak exchanged a confused, worried look with the equally baffled nurse, but he wasn't too panicked, short term amnesia was common in people discovered unconscious. "Well, what's the last thing you remember?"

Antauri thought hard about this question before he looked up at the doctor. "Nothing...I can't remember anything."

He frowned and scrunched his eyes shut. Dr. Bak looked genuinely alarmed, all signs of apathy towards this case lost.

"Antauri, are you sure?" Dr. Bak reiterated. "Can you remember anything? A family member? A place? A face?"

"No," Antauri said sadly, shaking his head. "All I can remember is my name. And it might not even be mine."

Hyun Jae merely watched from the side as this happened. Although she felt sad for Antauri, she was also impressed. While most people would start breaking down or at least cry in such a situation, Antauri remained fairly calm.

Of course, he could just be faking amnesia, she reminded herself.

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After two months, Hyun Jae had retracted this suspicion. After more medical tests and subsequent questioning by the police, it was found that, though there seemed to be no visible cause for it, it was positive. Either Antauri really had near total amnesia or he was a very good liar.

After all, Hyun Jae thought. She watched Antauri collect his things from the streams edge. How many people would fake meditating for hours on end just to put on an act?

Subsequent searches by police records found no records of someone matching Antauri's name or description anywhere. Not even in another country! It was as if Antauri popped into existence behind her apartment that night, like God had placed this agent with angelic eyes onto Earth.

It's like one of those Japanese animes, she joked as Antauri picked up his bag. All he needs is the superpowers. He already has the whole mysterious personality covered.

Hyun Jae ended up taking Antauri in, as she was the only person to offer, and they were both legally adults.

Well that's what all the medical tests said, Hyun Jae reminded herself, which meant no adoption papers were needed. Because of the large inheritance her mother left behind when she died, Hyun Jae would be able to afford taking care of both of them. Space wasn't a problem, either, with a nice, roomy apartment at hand.

Admittedly, Hyun Jae had originally done it because she was intrigued by the events around Antauri, vague puzzles she'd hoped she would be able to solve. If nothing else, the act would be looked at positively when she signed up at the police academy after high school.

How many Korean police academies would be willing to accept someone whose past suggested they were the spoiled daughter of rich parents? she thought, grimly.

However, over the course of a few weeks, she found herself becoming close to Antauri. She could now safely say they were best friends. Not that this was really saying all that much. Hyun Jae was always a loner at school, and, well, Antauri hadn't had the chance to make other friends.

Hyun Jae was also pleasantly surprised to learn that, though he wasn't a genius, Antauri was relatively intelligent. He had been able to catch up with the curriculum quickly, despite being placed in school in the middle of senior year.

"Jae?"

Hyun Jae's head shot up at this. "What Antauri?"

"Are you ready to go?"

Hyun Jae blinked for a moment before realizing what was going on. "Oh, sure."

"How did you know I would be here?" Antauri asked her as they made their way up the steps leading further away from the peaceful stream.

Hyun Jae rolled her eyes at the question. "Because you always come to Cheonggyecheon after school, duh."

Antauri smirked. Hyun Jae looked back at the small stream, surrounded by foot traffic and tall shrubbery.

"I can't blame you, though. It is nice."

Antauri sighed and glanced at the heavy traffic and skyscrapers only a few meters away. "It's a pity it's artificial."

Hyun Jae merely laughed a small laugh and hopped up the last two steps. "What do you expect in the middle of Seoul? Come on. It's getting late and we should head home."

The two made their way through the busy streets towards the apartment, dodging traffic before passing a set of stands.

"Wait Antauri!" Hyun Jae cried out. Antauri glanced back.

"What Jae?"

Hyun Jae motioned towards the stands. "They've got a sale on Hangwa! I'm going to buy some, do you want any?"

"Um, sure, could you get some dasik? I'll pay you when we get back to the apartment."

"No, it'll be my treat," Hyun Jae shook her head. "Now wait here and I'll go get it."

With a smile, Hyun Jae took off into the stands.

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Antauri stood on the street corner, waiting for Hyun Jae. In truth, the events of a few minutes earlier had disturbed him more than he let on.

I'm positive I could have recovered a memory just then. He theorized. He wasn't mad at Jae though. It was obviously an accident, she had done so much for him the last two months and he couldn't begrudge her. He just felt so empty. Antauri desperately wanted his memories back; he knew that in his past were very important people that he had left behind. That voice must have belonged to one of them!

So wrapped up in his own thoughts that it was a shock when he returned to the real world, still on the corner, and still by himself. Antauri peered around for Jae.

"What's taking her?"

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"Now then I've got the dasik for Antauri, should I get anything else?" Hyun Jae asked as she browsed the Korean confectioneries.

"Gah, none of this makes any sense!" a voice sounded near her. Hyun Jae looked around and spotted the source: a boy in his early teens with messy black hair. She cocked her head at his unusual choice of clothing. She didn't recognize the brand name on the red sweatshirt, covered with sweat and dirt. Her instincts yelled foreigner.

Hyun Jae looked around and could've let out a very frustrated groan. No one else was coming to the boy's aid, so she would have to be the responsible citizen. (Automatically, a picture of herself wearing a superhero costume popped into her mind.)

"Um, excuse me, kid?"

The boy's head shot up in surprise, revealing his bright blue eyes. Definitely foreign.

"Um, yes ma'am!" the kid responded.

Hyun Jae frowned. Did she look like a ma'am?! She was eighteen, for God's sake! She recomposed herself. "I've noticed you're having trouble over here. Let me guess, you just moved here and know how to speak the language, but not how to read it?"

The boy grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, sort of, how did you know?"

"Because the package you're reading is upside down."

"Oh, um, thanks,' he blushed.

Well, there was no going back, now. Antauri could wait. This kid seemed interesting.

"It's no problem." At least you learned the language, more than I can say for most other people who move here. "So what are you doing here kid?"

The boy stuttered before answering. He obviously wasn't used to talking to older women. "Well, I asked the officer on the corner where I could find something sweet, and he said I should go here."

That wasn't exactly what I meant. I'll have to go with it. "Well if you're new, the best bet is this pack of variety Hangwa," she held up a pack of the confectionaries and handed it to the kid. "It's got all the different kinds and it's on sale."

"Thank you, um…" The boy took the package.

"My name's Hyun Jae, but you can call me Jae," she extended her hand. "What's yours?"

"Chiro," the boy answered

Weird name. I seem to be encountering a lot of those lately. "Well, I've got what I want. Good luck, Chiro!"

Chiro smiled. "Thanks Jae, bye."

Hyun Jae exited the stand, waving. "Bye Chiro!"

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Antauri glanced at the clock on the nearby ad screen. It had been 15 minutes. Jae was normally a fast shopper, so why was she taking so long to get some sweets? Antauri then glanced at the stand and saw her exiting. All that worrying for nothing. She probably couldn't decide; there was a lot to choose from around here.

As Jae exited, someone called out from inside the stand to her. Her voice carried. "Bye Chiro!"

Chiro? Antauri thought. Why does that name sound so- "Hnngg."

The world began to spin. Antauri gripped his head and doubled over as intense pain shot through his head. There were rushed footsteps. Some people passed by, others began to whisper among themselves, asking if they should stop and help. The footsteps got nearer. He sensed Jae kneeling beside him, her voice determinedly calm, but with a hint of fear.

"What's wrong?!" asked Jae.

"I don't know," he responded through gritted teeth. "My head… it feels… Aggh!"

"Oh God!" Jae's voice shook terribly. "I'm – I'm calling 119 right now!"

Suddenly though, as fast as it came, the pain dissolved. "Wait Jae." He grabbed Jae's arm, the cell phone's screen reading the word '1.' "I'm...I'm better now."

Jae couldn't seem to respond. "Are...Are you sure?"

"Yes, I – I'm just a little dizzy, that's all."

She looked doubtful, however relieved.

"...Alright,' said Jae, with renewed strength. 'But were going to take the bus home!"

"But Jae we're only a few blocks away." Antauri reminded her as he tried to balance himself.

"You can't even stand on your own; we're taking the bus and that's final. Look, here it comes now."

They clambered over to the bus, forced to hesitate as passengers exited. Antauri was forced to rely on her for support. Degrading, but, nonetheless, necessary. His mind began to wander...Chiro...he was certain now that the name was familiar to him, albeit quite vaguely. Who had she been calling to?

"Antauri?"

Who was it? Antauri scanned the crowds, hoping that he'd recognize a face.

"Antauri!" Jae yelled. Antauri jerked his head up and looked at her. "Come on!"

Antauri shook his head rapidly, shaking off his momentary state of confusion. "Right. Sorry Jae." Antauri boarded the bus and sat down as it took off towards their apartment. He craned his neck to stare out the window.

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Chiro was getting really sick of this weird language. Sure, the power primate allowed him to understand anything a sentient life form said and them to understand anything he said, but it didn't do crap when it came to writing.

I couldn't even pick out a pack of candy - or whatever this stuff is - without that girl's help. He blushed a little at that memory. The situation had been a little embarrassing, and it wasn't assisted by the fact that what's-her-name was a fairly attractive older woman.

At least she was helpful. He as he opened the pack of… stuff, and took a bite.

Good, he decided as he tasted it. Weird and chewy, but good. Despite the language difficulties, the planet was turning out to be pretty good as well.

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After a month of piloting the robot by himself, Chiro arrived within a few million miles of the planet. Automated warnings began popping up, alerting Chiro to several facts that the computer had been able to pick up by scanning the planet.

One, the planet was widely inhabited by sentient life. (This in itself did not surprise Chiro, it was how many of them the computer picked up that did). Two, the planet had a lot of artificial satellites which Chiro would have to avoid on his way down unless he enjoyed destroying the planets infrastructure. And three, the planet was armed with several detection systems that seemed liable to blow him out of the sky if he so much as looked at them funny.Unfortunately, the computer was only capable of doing basic scans automatically and Chiro had no idea how to initiate the more advanced ones, that normally being Gibson's job.

He ultimately decided to put up every sort of cloaking and shielding device there was available, he was grateful he knew how to do that at least, and landed in the most uninhabited part of the planet he could find. After jet packing (followed by walking once he got within sight) to the nearest town, he asked the locals some questions and found out that the planet he was on was called Earth. Chiro had, in fact, landed in an area called Siberia that was located in a country (a concept Chiro had yet to wrap his head around) called Russia. He also found out that although some of them were apparently suspicious about it, they had no contact with an alien species.

Then he had to hightail on out of that town before people started getting out their pitchforks. His questions apparently freaked out the locals. Who knew?

His weird sense that had guided him to the planet soon took him east, across wide tracts of uninhabited tundra and later forest. Fortunately, he had stocked up properly on food before leaving the robot, and his jet pack let him cover wide distances. His sense led him to an ocean. Potential trouble, he might not be able to cross the ocean without passing out from exhaustion or freezing to death.

He ended up stopping at a nearby coast town and to his immense relief discovered that the ocean was actually a sea that he could easily fly over in a day. Although a pain, Chiro would end up being relieved when he learned that a land route would involve him having to go through something called 'North Korea.' This apparently was a place where you were often killed on sight if he understood the locals. (He might not, though. Power Primate or not, some of these people made no sense at all).

After crossing this sea, Chiro was drawn to the large city he was in now, apparently called Seoul. So far he had no luck finding any of the monkeys. When he'd entered the city, the sense that drew him became fuzzy. (Like someone had just knocked down one of his own satellites to see if it would throw him off the deep end.) This worried him that the monkeys might have moved somewhere else, but as soon as he exited the city, he was drawn back. Chiro just hoped the fuzziness merely meant that he was being drawn to different monkeys at once and that they were spread across the city. (He refused to entertain the idea that the monkeys might have been split apart further than that.)

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Well, Chiro thought as he finished his Hangwa. (He couldn't stop wondering what the stuff was called so he had asked a passer-by.) He brushed himself off. Better get moving. I don't have any money to buy food on this planet, I just was lucky someone dropped some.

Unfortunately, after buying the snack, he only had a little change left over, and his own supplies were running low. He had been hoping finding the monkeys wouldn't take this long.

Chiro soon made his way past the stands he had bought the snack at. He spotted the girl again. A small plummeting sensation hit him when he spotted her arm-in-arm with a boy; around her own age and better looking then he was. But despite having some sort of grudge towards the guy (why he had this he couldn't imagine, he already had Jinmay back home), he couldn't help but have the feeling that he knew him from somewhere. The guy seemed distracted.

The girl was talking to him in a very annoyed (concerned?) tone. Chiro picked up on the end of it "-tauri?"

What did she say?

"Antauri!"

What?! Chiro exclaimed inside his own head. No, it was just a coincidence!

Then the boy spoke up. "Right, sorry Jae."

He KNEW that voice, but how? It was impossible it couldn't be...

"Antauri?!" Chiro said. Somehow, that was Antauri! How and why didn't matter, he had found him! Then Chiro realized something else.

The bus was edging away from the curb, with the guy's...Antauri's face, visible through the window!

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End Chapter 2

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Orenmanida - Korean for 'long time no see'

Cheonggyecheon - approximately 6 km long stream that flows through the middle of downtown Seoul; originally natural, extensive building in the 50's covered the stream and reduced it to a trickle, following beautification projects opened up the area and the stream is now supplied via artificial means

SNUH - Seoul National University Hospital

Hangwa - a term referring to Korean confectionaries in general

Dasik - Antauri's favorite hangwa; unsurprisingly, this hangwa is meant to be eaten with tea and is made with ground grains, seeds, nuts, and/or herbs mixed with honey and pressed into cookie-like shapes

119 - In South Korea, 119 is used to contact medical and fire assistance, 118 is used for police

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Author Notes: I just wanted to put some thoughts down here, first this is the longest chapter I've ever written. YAY FOR ME! Secondly, yes I made sure all terms I used in this fic were real Korean terms, even the names. Thirdly, reviews always help. And thanks again to Artisan Brown for betaing!!!