[Scene: Hen Tie Hospital. Minako and Kunzite slip into a room filled with Zoi's family and friends. Zoi's mother is on a couch and being held by the counselor and sobbing dramatically with a box of Kleenex on her lap.]
Renee: I know it's not him, it's just a shell. But that just means I never get to say goodbye to him.
Counselor: You don't know that. You don't know he's not watching over you.
Renee: I think he is. I can feel him looking down at me from Heaven, telling me not to be sad. But this is so hard for me.
[Kunzite and Minako take seats close to the door. Kunzite notices almost all of Zoi's friends from school are there. But more importantly, there is a folder full of papers with a pen across it, but nothing looks like it has been signed. Which is good because the form on top deals with organ donation.]
Counselor: You must be the boyfriend. We are exchanging special memories. Is there anything you'd like to share with us?
Kunzite: [stern] No, I don't think so.
[Kunzite doesn't consider his special memories of Zoi to be any of their business.]
[The room goes quiet]
Usagi: That's so sad. Poor Kunzite. He let Zoi into his little world, and now his heart is so broken, he's afraid to let anyone else in.
[Usagi wails and several of the people in the room make sounds of sympathy and Minako rubs his arm. Kunzite doesn't care. As long as nobody picks up that pen and signs anything.]
[Dr. Mizuno rushes in. She is hyperventilating and looks absolutely terrified.]
Dr. Mizuno: Stop. You need to stop.
Counselor: Whatever it is, it needs to wait.
Dr. Mizuno: No. [On the edge of hysteria] We just got the results from Zoi's CT-Scans.
Mamoru: What's wrong?
Dr, Mizuno: Nothing! Absolutely nothing! They came back perfectly normal!
[For a moment nobody can comprehend what she's said. Her words seem positive, but she's acting like half of the building has collapsed.]
Chief Midori: Are you saying my son is not dead? That he doesn't have brain damage?
Dr. Mizuno: [nods her head] That's correct.
Mamoru: But you said he was unresponsive. That he had no reflexes.
Dr. Mizuno: I know. I don't understand how this is possible. I've never seen anything like it. All I can think is that he was suffering some temporary paralysis.
[There is an excited buzz as comprehension sets in. People gasp with relief start asking the same questions over and over.]
[Kunzite's mind, on the other hand, is reeling. Dr. Mizuno's words might make sense if Zoi died of smoke inhalation, but Kunzite is the only one in the room who knows Zoi was actually killed by a bullet to the head.]
[He held his dead body. He saw the damage first hand. His senses are better than a humans, he knows Zoi has been dead. There is no way Zoi could have recovered from that. Not without divine intervention. Maybe not even then.]
Naru: So he's going to be ok?
Dr. Mizuno: [nods] Dr. Metalia has revived him and is taking him off life support now. I saw him only briefly, but he seems to be conscious and aware of his surroundings.
[Kunzite still has no idea what is going on, or if his mother had a hand in it.]
[All he knows is that if she hasn't, he doesn't want her alone with Zoi.]
[His first instinct is to run out the door, but he knows he can get to Zoi faster if he teleports, so it would be best to slip away unnoticed. All he needs is a diversion.]
[Fortunately, Zoi's mother seems more than willing to provide one]
Renee: How dare you! You told me my son was dead! You told me there was no hope! Do you have any idea what you've put me through!
Dr. Mizuno: I'm sorry. I–
Renee: You put him in a coma! He was perfectly healthy and you put him in a coma!
Dr. Mizuno: We had to. This could have easily–
Renee: [turns on the grief counselor] And you! You tried to trick me into signing an organ donor form! If I signed it he'd probably be dead by now! This hospital tried to murder my son, just so they could harvest his organs!
Dr. Mizuno: Nobody was going to murder your son. That's why we waited for the results of the CT-Scan–
[Minako sees Kunzite's inching away]
Minako: [rises to her feet] Look, you three aging slutbags can stand there and argue until you're even further past your best-by dates, but we're going to go check it out.
[Kunzite and Minako go running out the door, with the rest racing out after them]
[When they get to Zoi's room, Metalia has disconnected most of the tubes and machines, except for the sensors and the IV. Zoi is sitting up in bed, but he seems as weak and unsteady as a day old kitten and his eyes are closed.]
[He turns his head without opening his eyes and crawls to the edge of the bed and holds out one shaky arm]
Zoi: K-Kunzite?
[Kunzite grabs hold of Zoi and clutches him close, afraid to let go.]
Kunzite: I'm right here.
Zoi: Stay, Kunzite. Stay with me….
Kunzite: [his voice breaking but triumphant] I will.
Zoi: Thank you, Kunzite.
Kunzite: I love you.
Zoi: I know.
[A buzz rises up again but Kunzite barely notices. None of this makes sense. He's terrified that he's dreaming. He's afraid he'll wake up, but with every moment that passes, Zoi still feels very real.]
[Zoi's mother stands behind Kunzite, waiting for him to release her son. When he doesn't, she clears her throat. And then when he still doesn't release him, she taps him on the shoulder.]
Renee: Excuse me. My boy needs his mother.
[Metalia lets out a shrill whistle to get everyone's attention]
Metalia: Could all of you please leave? This patient is still in critical condition! He is in very delicate health and you are jeopardizing his safety by being in here!
[The others murmur in protest but are shuffled out by Chief Midori. Kunzite breaks away from Zoi at the last possible moment, but before he reaches the door, Metalia grabs him by the back of the shirt.]
Metalia: Not you, stupid. You have a newborn Shitennou to take of.