A/N: To make it less complicated to read, I'll make a different between the two Mio(s). Ritsu's girlfriend will be written as: Mio | The other Mio will be written as: Mio.

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"Stay"

"Memories are not something you experienced, but something that you can remember.[1]" -Anonymous

Chapter 7: Memories!

"Oh, finally~" Ritsu sighed in a lot of relief after she walked out of the 'Male' room. "Eh? I thought she's waiting for me here. Oh well, good thing she's not here and see Mio with me."

With that, Ritsu walking back casually to the corridor where she had left Mio a few moments ago. She frowned when she can't find Mio, "I'm sorry but you are not allowed to enter, Miss." Ritsu heard a girl voice warned.

"But I have to see her! She's my mom! Please... please..." Hearing Mio's voice she quickly ran over to the source of those voices. There, she found Mio being hold by two nurses on both of her sides.

"What happened here?" Ritsu suddenly asked, panting softly because she's been running to this corridor. "Let go of her. Now." In the coldest tone, Ritsu warned the nurses and they all nodded nervously before letting go of Mio's arms. Much for Ritsu's surprise, Mio just running back inside the room, pushing down the other nurse who was standing in front of the door. "MIO!" Ritsu was too late.

"I'm sorry, Tainaka-san, but we can't let her in." The nurse quickly got up and apologizes for being rude to Ritsu, then she get inside the room and dragged Mio out by force.

Mio keep struggling, but then she felt dizzy and collapsed. The nurse caught her by the waist, along with Ritsu's and the other nurses' help. "Let us take her-"

"That's enough." Ritsu said, grabbing Mio's waist to keep her steady and took a deep breath. She bowed down in front of all the nurses, "I'm sorry. I promise this won't happen again."

Ritsu and Mio back to the apartment, Mio is still unconscious and it made Ritsu worried like hell. "But I have to see her! She's my mom!" Ritsu recalled the moment when Mio said those words. "I'll keep it shut for now. Mio's not in a good term."

"O...Oka...Okaa-san!" Mio sat up all of a sudden, her eyes were red and it got bigger than usual. She waste no time to think, she got up from the bed, but when she was about to walk out of the bedroom, Ritsu stopped her by the waist. "LET ME GO! I WANT TO SEE HER! I-"

"Mio! Gosh, don't be like this... Please... You're not recover yet-"

"NO! DON'T YOU DARE TO STOP ME, RITSU! I NEED TO SEE HER FACE! I... I need... to..." Mio's voice faded out as her body feels weaker and weaker by the seconds. Ritsu had to hug her to keep both of their balance. "Ritsu... I need to see her..." She whispered as Ritsu lifted her up in bridal style.

Ritsu just keep silent and put Mio back on her bed. "Sleep... You need to rest..." Mio gave no response, besides Ritsu saw a few tears drops from Mio's eyes. Ritsu got even more worried, "Why are you crying?"

The black-haired girl turned her body around, so she or Ritsu couldn't face each other. Even though Mio keep silent and give Ritsu no answer, Ritsu knew that Mio was still crying silently. Sighing, Ritsu just stood up and leave Mio alone inside the room. It hurt Ritsu even more, when she left the room and Mio's crying just got even worse. Sobbing every so often, Ritsu really can't do anything at the moment.

It hurts me like hell seeing you like this, Mio... Clenching her fist, Ritsu walked inside the bedroom once Mio's crying stopped. She stroked Mio's hair and she can't even describe it how she admired that cute sleeping face, the first time Ritsu had got her eyes on Mio, was when Mio in this kind of state.

"Ritsu..." Mio slowly opened her eyes, making Ritsu moved backwards a little. "...I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, I love watching you sleeping like this." Grinning, Ritsu kissed Mio's forehead.

She turned into a sitting position and smiling weakly, "No, Ritsu. I'm serious... I'm really sorry for... what I've done today but... but it was all-"

"I know. I know what you meant; I know who you saw at the Hospital and... I..." She gets nervous and hesitant; she shouldn't let Mio know about this. At least not yet, until Ritsu knew what has been going on, between The Akiyama Family and Mio herself. No way, she can't keep lying like this. Mio saw her mother, it can't be ignored. "...I know about your family..."

Mio gasped, "W-wha... You're lying... Please, Ritsu... Don't... Don't do this to me..." She started to cry again, but Ritsu just bring herself and wrapped arms around Mio's body.

"I'm not lying... but before I-"

"They're...alive?" Ritsu didn't dare to look at Mio, she keeps her head low. "Ritsu, you said you knew! Does that mean they're not dead? Does that mean they're alive?"

"I- I'm not really sure but... we need to keep it as a secret first. They... I dunno, I need to clear all the things first."

The next day, at the Hospital.

"Mio... wait... don't- NO!" Another dream of her daughter, it supposed to be a nice dream but, if she had to lose her daughter in every dream she had ever since she's awake. It must be a bad one, "You... Why did you come again?"

Akiyama Minoru stares down at the girl, who was looking at her worriedly. "Did you have another bad dream?"

"Yes... I hate that dream, but it keeps repeating in my head, every time I sleep..." Minoru turned her position so she could face the other girl comfortably.

"The doctor told me that, I need to ask you about your dreams, recently." Mio felt a little uncomfortable, she's even had no idea why would she act like this towards her mother. "Can you tell me about it?"

"I had a dream... where there are my families... my husband, me and... my daughter." She didn't cut Minoru's words, even though she's really wanted to ask more about herself. "But... there's always a bad moment, where I lose my daughter..."

Stood still in silence, Mio didn't even bother to excuse herself out of the room. So did Minoru. Even if it's just a dream, it came really often, like the dream was about to tell her something. Something about her family, not her husband, but her one and only daughter. Mio stopped in the mid way and turned around, "Why? Why you lose your daughter in your dreams?"

Shooking her head silently, Minoru indirectly said that she doesn't even know why.

Mio feels hurt inside; Minoru can't remember Mio as her daughter... Or is it... BUMP! She's been spacing out while trying to make her way out of Minoru's room and didn't realize that the door opens by itself, or more like someone had opened it all of a sudden. "Mio? I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. You okay?"

She nodded and force a smile, "That's okay, Father. It's not your fault." With that odd reaction, the so-called father holds her by the hand.

"I knew it, the doctor told me about it just now. Is she-"

"I told you, it's okay. She needs time to remember and the doctor said we can't force her to remember."

Meanwhile...

Minoru gasped all of a sudden, after she heard the black-haired girl called her husband as 'Father'. Her head feels hurt in no time, the flashback of her memories suddenly came and it's really uncontrollable for her sensitive mind. "It... hurts... my head..." And it was all faded-out in black... she tried her best to open her eyes. With her half-lidded eyes, she blinked slowly every so often. She could see the lights, passing by, then she saw her husband, the black-haired girl and again, it's fading out.

"Daddy, I'm not a kid anymore, I'm 19 years old now, I'm going to attend college here.." She could visibly saw a girl with a black hair.

"Ready? CLEAR!"

"I would like to go to this place, Mom, Dad. It looks great" The girl in her memories excitedly said.

The nurse shook her head to the doctor, "Set it higher." The nurse did what the doctor said and set it with a higher number. "CLEAR!"

She heard another voices, she knew that voice...

"Dammit. Set it to fifty." The nurse did nothing but stares at the doctor disbelievingly, "What are you doing? I said set it to fifty. NOW!"

It's her own voice and then, CRASH!

"She's back. Forty, forty five, fifty, fifty five, sixty. It's back to normal, Doc." The nurse said, panting softly and sighing in relief.

The doctor wiped off some of the sweats on his forehead and sighed, "She fought for her life there... and she made me took my biggest risk, just to keep her alive." The doctor smiled unconsciously at the sleeping Minoru. "Was it really your daughter? The one who's been in your daughter's place... you know, she's not your daughter in the first moment you saw her, right?"

"DOCTOR! How is-" The doctor hushed Minoru's husband down, "Sorry, is she alright? How is she doing now, Doctor?"

"She's alright. We lost her for a few moments there, but she fought back for her life."

Haruka could only put a smile on his face, stroking Minoru's face and hair gently. "I don't know what'll happen or what I could possibly do, if you leave me..." He whispered.

"Anyway, I need to ask you about something. This is involved your wife's condition and we better be talking in my room now."

-Mio's Memories POV-

White... all I could see is white. Where am I? "Where did you planning on taking me?" Is that my voice talking?

"I won't tell you. It's a surprise!" Wait, this is Tokyo. This place, I've been here before... and this guy...

I can't see his face with the helmet on. "Mou~"

"Oh c'mon now, if I tell you. It wouldn't be a surprise anymore, right?" He offered me his extra helmet and I gladly accepted it.

This guy... is he the part of my past? Is this even my past? "Can I take a guess before we get there?"

"Sure stuff! Lemme tell you the clue, it looks just like you." Looks like me? A place that looks like me? Is there really a place like that?

"Then it's a beautiful place!~" I knew the answer, he just nodded and laughs- HOOONK! "Ish- NO!" CRASH!

-End of Mio's Memories POV-

CLANK! "ISSHI! HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD I TELL YOU! DON'T BREAK ANY MORE PLATES!"

"Ah, gomen! I was- gosh... what's wrong with me?" He whispered to himself while collecting the broken pieces of the plate he just dropped. "I never drop any plates before, but ever since... AGH! Stupid, you're too much thinking!"

"First, breaking five plates in just three days. Second, talking and cursing to yourself. I wonder what would be the third, though." Another guy, with a blonde and a messy hairstyle, leaning against the wall casually.

Isshi just rolled his eyes, "Oh, shut up. College just getting even harsher now."

"Ah, that's why... that is why I love you so much! Hahaha!" The guy laughs happily at Isshi's expression, "You're a really terrible liar, Isshi!"

"Stop laughing!" He warned, but the guy won't stop the laughs just yet. What was he doing here anyway? Dammit! Isshi thought irritably at his friend.

"Oh, I'm here to pick ya up!"

"ISSHI! IF I FOUND YOU TALKING WITH YOUR COLLEGE BUDDIES AGAIN, I SWEAR YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK HERE AS A WAITER OF THIS RESTAURANT EVER AGAIN!" It's the voice Isshi's hates the most. The owner's voice made Isshi's eyes went wide in horror and quickly pushed his friend outside the restaurant from the back door.

"Great, you just put my only job on the very edge!" Isshi was about to close the door, but the guy hold it. "I'm busy! Dammit!"

"Just quit from this job already! Gee, you said you want to be a Doctor... if you start it from being a waiter in a small restaurant, you'll never gonna be a real Doctor."

"THAT'S IT! YOU'RE FIRED, MINAMOTO ISSHI!" The owner pushed Isshi out of the restaurant, just like what Isshi did to his friend. BANG! The door was closed pretty harshly.

Isshi could only sighed, "Thanks... Thanks to YOU, Arashi Youruichi, that I just got FIRED from my job!" He said sarcastically towards Youruichi.

"Say whatever you want, but I bet you'll thank me PRO-PER-LY, after I tell you that my dad needs your help in the Hospital."

Chuckling, Isshi thought this was just Youruichi's idea to cheer him up. "Heh, your dad needs my help? Hahaha! Did you just said that- wait, your dad needs my help? In the H-Hospital?"

"Gosh, I never thought that smart people are slow~" He muttered, then grinning happily. "Anyhow, just follow me, before I change my mind!~" And so the two headed to the Hospital. Isshi was so excited, his friend was right, to be a Doctor, you can't start it as a waiter. "Yosh, should I take you to my dad's room now?"

"No no, I can go by myself... Uh... Thanks and sorry for-"

"Never mind~ We're buddies, right?" Youruichi clenched his fist softly and offered their special handshake. Isshi accepted it proudly, "Just promise me, you'll treat me when you got your first sallary, kay?"

Isshi chuckled, "Alright, thanks again!"

Damn, where is that woman? If the patient in room 305 was really Mio's mother, then she could tell me all the things. The real things that had happened with the Akiyama Family. Ritsu thought as she walked as fast as she could towards the Hospital and straight to the receptionist. "Excuse me, but where's the woman in room 305?" Ritsu asked the receptionist.

"Let me check it first." The receptionist went to her computer and checked the patient in room 305. "The patient in room 305 has been moved to the emergency room now."

"W-what? Emergency room? Why? Wha- what happened?"

"I'm sorry, but the entire patient's information has been concealed. Only close relatives are allowed to see the information."

Damn, why would they need to keep it as a secret? JUST WHY? Ritsu sighed, "Can I know the doctor who's responsible for that patient?"

"I'm really sorry, Tainaka-san. I can't-"

"Please... please... that patient could possibly be my friend's long lost mother... I just need to meet with the doctor, at least..." This was all Ritsu could do, begging at the receptionist. Actually, she could just use her 'power' to make the receptionist tell her the information easily, but using her 'power' will be the dangerous thing to do. Doing that, means she's digging her own grave.

Finally, the receptionist sighed in defeat. "A-alright... but please don't let anyone knows that I'm the one who tell you. I don't want to get fired from this job."

"I got the doctor, you got my words. I will not tell anyone." The receptionist had to lean closer to Ritsu's ear and whispered the doctor's name. Nodding, Ritsu dashing off to the doctor's room.

Ritsu saw another doctor, with glasses, walking out of the room she was going to. Something's odd about that doctor, she felt that the doctor's eyes didn't leave her. Even after Ritsu had passed by the doctor and got inside the room.

Putting that aside, she needed to settle things now. "Are you Dr. Arashi Kaeda?" Ritsu suddenly asked.

"Yes, I am. Is there anything you need, Tainaka-san?"

"I need you to tell me, something about a patient you've been taken care of... in room 305." She catched the doctor flinched when she mentioned about the room 305. "You're the one who's got the responsibility for that patient, right?"

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything, Tainaka-san. I'm sorry."

"Why?"

"Perhaps, the receptionist already told you, about the information. It has been concealed and I don't have permissions to tell you that."

Ritsu clenched her fist in anger, "Then... how 'bout a name? The patient's name, can you just tell me her name?"

"I've told you, all the information about that patient, have been concealed. You need permission from the close relatives, if you really want to know."

"Dammit..." She cursed softly, knowing that this thing was just really got on her nerves.

"I'm terribly sorry. I can't help you." Dr. Arashi said, patting Ritsu's back.

"Okay, you don't need to tell me, but just let me take a guess. Is her name..." Hesitations started to came upon her, but she tried to brush it off. "...Akiyama Minoru?"

"Ritsu-san? What is he doing here? Oh well, I don't want to get involved like befo- Ouch!" He realized that he's just bumped on a girl. "Sorry, let me he-" He stopped when he saw the girl.

"It's okay, I'm fine." He was stunned; his eyes didn't intend to leave the girl's figure just yet. That, until the girl finally face him. "Wait, you... You must be the doctor that Dr. Arashi was talking about yesterday. Uhm, Minamoto..." His eyes went wide in horror and shock, this girl know his name. Gulping softly, he waited for the girl to continue. "Minamoto...Rizuki-san, ne?"

Arashi-san never told me, that the girl he was talking about is...

"Excuse me, Dr. Minamoto? Are you-"

"Ah, s-sorry. I was taken aback, uh... yeah. I'm the doctor and my name is Minamoto Rizuki. You are...?"

"Akiyama Mio." Something inside his heart just sinks in. This girl, he knew this girl, the girl who he had missing for such a long time. He can't think, he could just stand there motionlessly.

No, you're not. Agh! I can't, I can't make the same mistake twice. Rizuki thought, then he took a deep breath. "It's nice to meet you." Rizuki smiled.

"Yeah, you too, Doctor. Oh, I just remembered, Dr. Arashi said to me that you'll be my personal Doctor. Does that mean you'll watch over me from now on?"

This is a big chance for himself. "Yeah. Arashi-san told me, that I need to look after you. So wherever you go, I'll follow..." Something about that words making Mio gasped and got a sudden headache.

"Ah," Softly groaning, Mio put a hand on her head and trying to keep her balance. "M-my head..."

"Don't push it too hard. C'mon, take a seat first." Rizuki helped Mio to take a seat, and then he sat next to the girl and didn't intend to put his eyes elsewhere, but to the girl. So... Transient Global Amnesia, huh? Soon enough, Mio gets a little better and started to calm down a little. Looking away, Rizuki started to remember what the Doctor had said to him, before he takes the job as a Doctor.

"I believe you can handle this. I've seen you done it, even though it's just part of it."

"Are you...really sure about this, Arashi-san?" He nodded, trying assuring him once again. "So, what do you want me to do?"

"Look after her. The daughter, I mean. I need to focus on Minoru-san now, she's at her lowest condition. If I take care the whole family all by myself, I know I wouldn't have enough time to do so. In replace, I'll hire you as a Doctor, but... your real identity needs to be keep as a secret." Dr. Arashi smiled, as if trying to say to him that this is the only and rare chance. "So, do you still want this Job, Isshi?"

Sighing, Isshi felt he had no other or better choice. "Alright, I'll take the job."

"Very well then. Now just get to the point, this girl's case is..." He put a document on the table and asked Isshi to look into the document. Isshi took the document and started to read it. "...Transient Global Amnesia. She lost all her memories, but just for the temporary. However, she had no one that can remind her of anything about her past, which makes the possibility to make her lost memory from temporary... to permanent."

Isshi had looked and read the document, but there's one odd thing about the girl in the document. "Excuse me, but... why it's written here, that she's adopted? Also, there's no picture of her and the name..." He stared in disbelief, the column for "Name" has written as: Akiyama Mio. "...Akiyama Mio?"

"Don't tell me you know that girl, Isshi? Have you met her before?" Shooking his head in denial, Isshi can't let Dr. Arashi figure out about the Mio he knew. "Isshi?"

"N-no... I haven't... Uh, it just felt... familiar in some way... t-that's all."

"Okay, it is true that she's been adopted. Like I said, I found three dead bodies, I thought those bodies were dead but no... They're alive, but it's on the edge. I saved them, the worse is Minoru-san, because she had a big crack on her head bones, her back bones and legs." The doctor explained. "I figure out that Minoru-san and Haruka-san were married and... Haruka-san said they've lost their daughter in an aircraft."

"Lost...? You said they were one family... Why- wait, did he-?" Isshi was cut by a nod from the doctor. "I suppose, this is a secret. Why are you telling me this?"

"Because you'll be the one who have the responsibility for this girl. You needed to know and since you know it's a secret, I trust you to keep it to yourself."

"...How could I keep it to myself?" The becspectacled doctor whispered to himself. Sighing, he turned to Mio. "Do you feel any better?"

Nodding silently, Mio tried to got up from her seat. "Thanks, Doctor."

"Hey, we're about in the same age and soon, I'll be your private doctor, so don't be so formal." He smiled at the black-haired girl warmly, "Just call me... Rizuki."

"Alright, Doc- I mean, Rizuki-sa- hm?" She tilted her head to the side, frowning and confuse when the doctor shook his head.

"Rizuki, just Rizuki. Told you what? We're about in the same age."

"Ricchan, are you okay? You look paler than usual, something happened?" The blonde asked worriedly to the girl accross the table. "Ricchan?" She tried again.

Finally, a sigh escaped Ritsu's lips. "Mugi, I know this might sound crazy and impossible, but... you're the only one that I can count on now." From the way Ritsu said it, from the way Ritsu act, judging by the expression, Mugi knew that something bad just happened. She knew that this problem, involved Tainaka Family, The companies and Ritsu's girlfriend, Mio.

"I don't know what happened, but I'm gonna tell you that... My parents' old friends are coming to Tokyo, from London."

There's no surprised expression from Ritsu or Mugi. Ritsu only sighed, "Reunion." She whispered to herself, "Have you meet them yet?"

"No. I don't think it would be a good decision for me. You know that, Ricchan."

"I've met them."

"Then...?"

"I don't know, Mugi. They look happy, they have all the family members. Wife, husband and even... daughter."

"Do they really look happy?" The sudden question made Ritsu went silent.

Do they?

[1] "Memories are not something you experienced, but something that you can remember." = Quoted from the anime of Winter Sonata. (I seriously don't know the author of this quote)

A/N: LOL! I could imagine you guys worrying about this story, ever since I released a new Mitsu fic! Hahaha! Told ya what? I'm not gonna abandon this or my other unfinished stories. Anyhow, this time I didn't put any "Hints" so if you guys feels confused or anything, just ask on the review and I'll try to reply it in the next chappie!~

P.S: I've checked a few of the error grammars, so... it should be a little bit better! XD

~Thanks for R&R~