Okon: You all take care!Misao: And I'm coming to see you soon!Kaoru: You too! Misao, we'll be expecting you!(They walk off.)Omasu: They're nice people...Okina: Yes... such warmth. A kind group.(Two figures are watching from an alleyway; one is smoking.)Chou: You sure about this, boss? You said you don't need to talk to them, but I bet they're kinda worried about you.Saitou: I only joined forces with Battousai temporarily to destroy the Shishio faction. Now that duty has been fulfilled.Chou: Zat. It said: 'Call me.'I decided to send an IM instead. It was less personal than a call. My message was succinct: Have returned to my home. Then I went out into the back yard and played with Bear.She got home about an hour later; she opened the front door and then came in the back door. I could tell. You know the stories that when you lose one sense, the others get stronger? Well it was kinda like that. Plus the home alarm system that I turned on beeped when a door was opened and I could hear it. Only once... before.Suddenly I'm in the playground. Elementary school. And there she is too.It's the last day of school, and we know recess is going to end soon.Although I know I'll see her over the summer, the next time I can assure that I'll see her, is next year at middle school. For the past few minutes, I've taken my time and played out the well planned conversation to be had with her, we ARE going to the same one.Then, there it is.I'm crying.Right there, I'm only eleven, about to turn. The girls moaned a bit about having to go to school in the Focus, but I didn’t want both the Jaguar and The Range Rover in the centre of town, so I took the little Ford knowing that it was easier to either leave there or get it brought home later, I needed the Jag tonight for my dinner with my in-laws, so it was better to do it this way. I also rang the office and left a message for Sarah to ensure that we had the first hour of the day free to go through the implications of the paperwork I.