According to the Mankanshokus, Ryuuko had found a notebook on one those strange men's corpses and we quickly turned that over to the police. We didn't read what was in it, as it had what we already knew. Like many of those involved, the remaining one, the one who tried to take Satsuki, was sentenced, cementing that he was to never hurt anyone else again.

Nui's funeral was short but Ragyo and I thought it to be fitting that she'd be buried next to her mother, finally giving Nui's mother the closure she never got. In grief, our relief came from the fact that, before she passed, we had given her love and kindness and that she had got see Ryuuko, thus her final weeks weren't dismal and she wasn't alone. What caused her death and why had to go was something we never knew and probably wouldn't find out but we guess that, after so long of being apart, when Ryuuko was in dire straights, the two could no longer exist in the same world, so Nui gave herself to fate.

Ryuuko did, indeed, recover from illness and injuries but it was no doubt that she missed Nui. We would make it a point to take her to Nui's gravesite every spring. Satsuki and Ryuuko had much to catch up on and, for most of her nights home, she mostly slept in Satsuki's bed. The whole experience and, in the event of losing Nui, seems to have made the both of them clingy, Ryuuko especially and she grows distressed if she doesn't see Satsuki for a long period of time. In terms of other things, she's doing well, certainly, of course, she hasn't gotten to where she could attend school but her memories have slowly started to return and her speech has been getting better.

In terms of Mankanshokus, we knew we couldn't leave them hanging and, especially in the light of Nui's sudden demise, Mako seemed adamant on wanting to be near her, so, without thinking much further, we came to the conclusion that their residence should be more permanent and gave some money to buy a house just a few blocks down the road. Mako almost always makes a trip to come over and, if anything, she may as well live with us.

Things mainly returned back to normal but the whole experience still leaves its marks. The damage done to Ryuuko, for the most part, can't be undone, as she still has a long way to go before she is would be mostly normal and Ragyo had become rather overprotective of our children and Mako, too, determined to never lose the kids again.

Through kidnapping and experiments, we lost our children but, through kindness and love, they were found.

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