*A road, Sailo Country*
Kerry: I'm tired.
Kokie: I'm more tired.
Kerry: No…I'm more tired.
Kokie: You don't even know what tired is…
Kerry: You've never been as tired as I am right now…
Kokie: You don't even comprehend how tired I am right now…
Kerry: You wouldn't know "tired" if it bit you in the butt…
Kokie: I'm so tired that time just stood still…
Subaru: Sorry…that was my fault…
Amefuri: Will you two shut up…*she concentrates*
Tokaki: *poking fun* Ooh…everyone quiet…Amefuri's having a "vision"! It's…It's…It's a…a…a…TREE!!! *laughs*
Amefuri: TREE!!! *grabs Tokaki by the neck and makes him duck, as a tree comes to life and fires a chi blast where Tokaki's head was*
Tokaki: *his laugh becomes a shriek* oops.
Kerry: Oh shit…I wish that one of my friends were here…
*A little town, Hokkan Country*
Woman: Where is that boy?
Man: Calm down, Mother. He's probably just out with his friends. He'll be back before dark, and if he isn't, then I'll go out to look for him.
Woman: I just worry about him so much…
*Vanessa and Namame go walking by, and we suddenly start to focus on them, instead*
Vanessa: So, where are we going again?
Namame: Don't worry about it, right now.
Vanessa: Yeah, but you said that it would just be about a half-hour…and it's been three days!
Namame: The way that we were going to go was not safe, so we had to go all the way around. *looks up at the sky* Well, do you want to try to stay in this town for the night?
Vanessa: Sure…why not?
*we go back to the woman and man. It's getting dark out*
Woman: Father, will you go and look for him by the river again?
Man: Fine, Mother.
*River, Hokkan Country*
Man: KAIKA!!
*he looks around for a while, when it starts to pour. He runs under a tree, and continues to look, with difficulty. It seems that his old eyes are failing him*
Man: KAIKA?!
*he spots a figure next to the stream*
Man: KAIKA!!!???
*he rushes out into the rain, to pull the figure up out of the mud and water*
Man: Kaika?
*um…it's not Kaika. It's a girl*
Man: Hello?
*the girl isn't breathing*
Man: *off towards town* HELLO?!?! MOTHER! HELP ME OVER HERE!!
*A small house, Hokkan Country*
Man: Mother! Did Kaika get home yet?
Woman: Yes, he just got back, I told him to change his clothes and then go and find you. *noticing the girl in the Man's arms* FATHER! What's that?
Man: Get Kaika now! *he puts the girl down on the bed and gets her some blankets*
Woman: Alright!
Man: HURRY! SHE'S NOT BREATHING! *Amiboshi runs in*
Amiboshi: Father, what's the matt…! Who's this?
Man: I don't know, but she's not breathing! You've got to help her, Kaika!
Amiboshi: Alright, you and Mother should go into the other room for a minute or two until I call you back in!
Man: Unh. (that means "yup") *he and the Woman leave to the other room and close the curtains*
Amiboshi: I'm sorry…*he takes the girl's clothes off, and then takes his own off. He climbs into the bed with her, and kisses her…pushing his air and chi into her*
Girl: *coughs* What? What?
Amiboshi: *gets up, smiling, and starts to put his clothes back on* I'm very sorry. It's a good thing that worked.
Girl: What! What? Who are you? Where am I? What happened? Where are my clothes?
Amiboshi: Hello, my name is Kaika. You're in my house. My father found you by the river, and you weren't breathing…
Girl: Where are my clothes?
Amiboshi: They're right here *blushing* I'm very sorry, but the only way to save you was to transfer my chi into your body…What's your name?
Girl: My name's Lauren. Lauren Bakst. I don't remember anything…where's my mother?
Amiboshi: I don't know. Where do you live?
Lauren: I live in New York…in Port Washington…I…I…
Amiboshi: Well, I don't know where that is…but…
Lauren: What do you mean…"I don't know where that is…"?
Amiboshi: Well…I don't know where it is…
*A little inn, Hokkan Country*
Namame: *handing money to innkeeper* Here ya go…*stops*
Vanessa: I guess we'll go to our rooms now, right, Namame? *no answer* Namame?
Namame: *snapping out of it* What?
Vanessa: What's the matter?
Namame: Nothing…never mind…what were you saying?
Vanessa: I said that I guess we'll go to our rooms now, right?
Namame: "Rooms"?
Vanessa: Yeah. You know that thing with four walls, a ceiling, a floor, usually a door, or a window…maybe even a bed…
Namame: There's only one room.
Vanessa: Oh…a double…
Namame: What's a "double"?
Vanessa: A hotel room with two beds…
Namame: No.
Vanessa: What?
Namame: There's only one bed…
Vanessa: ooh.
*A road, Sailo Country, near the Capitol*
Tasuki: *really, abnormally scared* What? You mean we have to go into the Capitol to find them?
Mirror: *Chichiri* That's probably where they are no daa…
Nuriko: Tasuki-chan! Don't be such a damn baby! You're always crying every time we have to go somewhere that you don't want to go!
Tasuki: *still timid* No I'm not! It's just that I DON'T want to…no…I CAN'T go to the Capitol of Sailo. I just CAN'T!
Nuriko: What? Is that where one of your old girlfriends lives or something?
Tasuki: *sheepishly* You MIGHT say that…
Nuriko: Well, that doesn't matter…we HAVE to go to the Capitol. Now, c'mon!
