Here we go:
Kaori began 1986 with receiving a medal, it was to honour her 5 years (1980-1985) that she served in the border corps, she was proud of the medal, she also knew that there was only 3 years left before she would be reunited with her beloved Kōusei Arima and everyday she looked at a picture of him and either smiled or cried.
Kaori realised that maybe the East German state was coming to its end, she noticed that the pay her and her fellow soldiers were getting was lower valued than what it used to, also a lot of the higher ups started not to care anymore including Kaori herself. Once a feared member of the Stasi, now Kaori was just an another solider with seniority privileges. Keinhelf Berium was nowhere to be found and as much as Kaori wanted revenge, she realised that the Stasi were no longer capable of conducting an operation and only the KGB (which was also becoming a shadow of its former self) were able to, but weren't willing at all especially as Gorbachev wanted good relations with Ronald Reagan.
Kaori was left to the same old role she had done pretty much in 1980/81, but now as a commander, she would find and capture dissidents, but instead of shooting or detaining them, they were given just a warning and told to leave. Kaori thought that it was demeaning of someone her rank, but the days of aggression were waning.
The only good part was Kaori was given a new role, a role Kaori probably enjoyed the most in the Cold War, she was to be part of the East German Military Band, she was so proud of the honour and she performed numerous times for leaders such as when Gorbachev, Castro, Kim ill Sung, Ronald Reagan and evan British PM Margaret Thatcher.
When Kaori went slightly off tune a bit with the British anthem (after all she was known for trying making the music piece her own), Thatcher gave Kaori a threatening glare to the point where Kaori panicked and mentally and physically played the tune in sync.
Kaori and many other higher ups began hating new recruits, while Kaori loved kids, these recruits were annoying and usually inefficient at soldiering which caused Kaori to use her violin bow to beat recruits with.
Meanwhile in present day
September has begun and with it came the beginning of a new school year, Kōusei was going to his new music school which was an hour away from Towa, after school he would get the bus home and usually hang around with Tsubaki and Watari.
Tsubaki and Watari were enjoying their new sports school, Tsubaki was on route to become the first female to play in the MLB and Watari was currently receiving interest from English Football League teams.
Kaoris parents had started to push for an another child and later in the month, Ryouko became pregnant with a child which made Yoshiyuki feel so proud. Kōusei came over to send his congrats as well as Tsubaki and Watari.
Never did they know that Kaori will be able to see the child