As Miyaki waited for Naoto to say something a sick feeling was forming in her stomach, her heart was pounding hard in her chest "Come on, say something!?" she shouted in her head she was getting more nervous by the minuet "Say something!?" she shouted again Naoto's lips parted but then closed back, Miyaki waited with bated breath wondering what Naoto was going to say. Naoto could see the nervous almost scared look on Miyaki's face, he took in a breath, it was still a shock to him that the girl he had just confessed to had sprung something like this on him, Miyaki nerves were growing the longer Naoto took,  she was now contemplating playing it all off as a joke. Naoto could see the uneasiness that he was causing Miyaki, to ease her he smiled, Miyaki seemed to be surprised at first yet, she still had that nervous look on her face.

   Miyaki was glued to Naoto's lips when they parted again, this was it, he was going to say something, Miyaki was hoping and praying that it was good otherwise, she hoped she could get him to believe that it was all just a joke but, the words came out of his mouth was something she wasn't expecting. She was so surprised and in disbelief by what he had said unconsciously she said, "What did you just say?" Naoto smiled "I said, that I think it's fine" Miyaki was stunned, did she hear him right? Again unconsciously she asked, "Why? I just said I'm in love with another girl?" Naoto kept his smile "Love is love right?" Miyaki was still in disbelief, "But, doesn't that put you off?" Naoto shook his head.

  "Not in the slightest" Miyaki trembled a bit, at that moment tears started to roll down her eyes, "Huh?" she said looking at the tears running down her cheek, she started to wipe her eyes "Whoa! Why are you crying!?" Naoto put his hands up in concern. It was then Miyaki figured out why she was crying, it made her start to laugh with joy "D-Did I say something wrong?" a still concerned Naoto asked Miyaki wiped her eyes and looked at him and giggled, she shook her head "No, more like, you said the right thing" Naoto had a puzzled look on his face. Miyaki chuckled and smiled, "I though that you weren't going to accept me" Naoto blushed "I see" Miyaki giggled a bit, but something was still nagging at her, "Uhm, why did you accept the fact that I love another girl?" Naoto rubbed the back of his head.

  "Well, you see, my brother, he's like that too" Miyaki raised an eyebrow "Your brother?" Naoto nodded "Yeah, he fell in love with another guy" Miyaki gasped, Naoto chuckled "I know, it came as much a shock to you as it did me and my parents" Miyaki felt a bit bad for reacting the way she did "Sorry, I shouldn't I reacted the way I did" Naoto shook his head. He smiled, "It's okay, it doesn't bother me" Miyaki was curious now, "So, how did you parents react when your brother told them that?" Naoto chuckled nervously, "Well, like you'd think they didn't like it" a sad look crossed Naoto's face "They told my brother he dishonored our family" Naoto sighed. He continued, "That hurt my brother really bad, he felt that our parents didn't love him enough to accept who he was" Miyaki frowned, she felt sorry for Naoto's brother.

  Naoto went on, "He grew distant from Mom and Dad, he stopped coming home after a while" Naoto took a shuddering breath, "I could tell from how my brother acted, he wanted to be accepted" Naoto looked like he was about to cry, "I kept telling him I accepted him but, that didn't seem to have much effect, he wanted to hear it from Mom and Dad" Naoto took in a breath "Then, one day, I got home one day, no one else was home..." Naoto paused it seemed what he was trying to say was bringing painful memories back. Naoto resumed, "I could hear running water, I fallowed it, and I found my brother laying in the tub, his wrists were cut" Miyaki's eyes went wide, "I panicked, I called out to the neighbors for help" Naoto paused. 

   "The doctors at the hospital said that he was lucky I came home when I did" Miyaki eyes were filled with concern Naoto went on, "When Mom and Dad asked him why he did it, he told them everything, after that Mom and Dad both started to accept who my brother was" he smiled. "Now, he lives in another town with his lover" Miyaki was amazed, she would never have thought just by looking at Naoto he had something like that go on, "So, that's why you accepted me?" Naoto blushed and nodded. Miyaki smiled, "I'm glad" Naoto blushed harder "D-Don't mention it" after that, Miyaki and Naoto resumed walking down the street, Miyaki was smiling and giggling as she told Naoto all about Rina. She told him about when they first met, their days growing up together, and then she told him about the goodbye and their promise to each other, Naoto smiled "I see, so you two promised to see each other again" Miyaki nodded, "Yeah,I can't wait until Rina comes and sees me" she giggled a bit Naoto chuckled lightly.

   "From what you've told me, Rina-chan must really be a great girl" Miyaki blushed and nodded "Yeah, Rina's the best" Naoto chuckled "You really love her a lot don't you" Miyaki's face went dark red Naoto chuckled again "I can't wait to meet her one day" the red on Miyaki's face lightened. She smiled "Yeah, I'll introduce her to you when she comes visit me" Naoto smiled and nodded "I'll look forward to it" Miyaki smiled brightly it was at that time her phone rang, she stopped and reached into her pocket Naoto stopped and waited Miyaki looked at her phone screen and her face went red. On the display was Rina's number, "It's Rina!" she shouted in excitement with that she pressed the accept button and put the phone to her ear, "Hello Rina!" she giggled but, the voice that came through wasn't Rina's "Miyaki-chan" came an older women's voice, a voice Miyaki recognized.

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   It was Rina's mom, "Hello, Ms. Mazuki why are you calling me from Rina's phone?" a shuddering breath came from Ms. Mazuki, "Miyaki-chan, It's Rina" Miyaki felt her heart start pounding in her chest "Rina? What about Rina?" a concerned Naoto looked on in silence. Miyaki was worried, she didn't want to think it, but, she had to ask "Ms. Mazuki, did something happen to Rina?" silence came from the other end, Miyaki's heart started to sink, he mind had many awful thoughts swirling around, what could have happened to Rina? After a long pause Ms. Mazuki finally answered, "There was a accident, Rina's in the hospital" Miyaki's eyes went wide, her phone fell to the ground and she stood there stunned Naoto shook her "Miyaki-chan? You okay? Miyaki?!" Miyaki started to mumbled "Rina.." Naoto  raised an eyebrow "What?" Miyaki had a heart broken look on her face, "Rina's in the hospital, she was in some kind of accident" Naoto gasped.

   Miyaki left Naoto and ran straight home, she quickly went to her mother and told her in tears what was going on, he mother called Rina's mom and found out the hospital they were at, it was the longest drive for Miyaki, she was worried as to what kind of scene she would see when she'd get there. Was Rina alright? Was she badly hurt? Her mom sounded really sad on the phone, Miyaki was thinking the worst could have happened, when her mother finally pulled up at the hospital Miyaki rushed inside. She saw Rina's mom sitting in the waiting room looking a mess, her eyes were red a puff signaling that she had been crying for the past hour Miyaki walked over to her "Ms. Mazuki?" Ms. Mazuki looked up and a smile appeared on her face. She sniffled "Oh, Miyaki-chan.." Miyaki heart was in her throat, "Ms. Mazuki, what happened to Rina? Is she alright? Is it serious?" Ms. Mazuki sighed deeply.

  "Well, it's not too serious, she just took a bad fall down some stairs at school" Miyaki's worry started to lessen, "Do you want to go see her?" Miyaki perked up "Yeah, which room is she in?" Ms. Mazuki gave Miyaki the room number and then when her mother came forward she started talking with her. Miyaki went off and let them talk, she wanted to see Rina, she wanted to see how she was, Miyaki quickly found Rina's room she took a breath and walked in she nearly cried out in shock when she saw Rina laying in a bed, she had a bandages around her head and she had her leg elevated. Miyaki quickly ran over to Rina's side "Rina! It's me! It's me!" she shouted Rina's eyes fluttered open "What?" came her groggy tones voice she looked over at Miyaki "Rina, it's me, It's Miyaki" Rina groaned in confusion "Miyaki?" Miyaki nodded and sniffled "Yeah" Miyaki was expecting Rina to smile. 

   But, instead Rina still had a confused look on her face, "Do, Do I know you?" Miyaki's heart sank a bit she giggled, "Oh, come on Rina, don't joke like that, it's me Miyaki" if Rina was playing  joke Miyaki wasn't laughing, "I'm not" Miyaki's heart broke a bit "Huh?" she uttered. She giggled nervously "Come on Rina, stop kidding, you know who I am" Miyaki smiled Rina slowly shook her head "No, I'm serious, I don't" Miyaki's heart started to fall apart piece by piece "Rina, Rina please, It's Miyaki!" Miyaki started to cry. Rina shook her head again, "I'm sorry, I don't know who you are" that was the last thing Miyaki could take, her heart shattered, "I...I see, you don't remember me" the tears rolled down Miyaki's face, Rina's face showed concern "I'm sorry" was all she said. Miyaki shook her head, "No, it's alright" with that she walked away from Rina's bed "I'm going to let you get back to sleep" Rina gave a puzzled look but, with the heavy medication she didn't say anything more and went back to sleep.

  Miyaki walked out the room just as her mother and Ms. Mazuki was walking down the hallway, "Miyaki?" her mother called as she saw her coming down the hall Miyaki just walked past her mother "Miyaki?!" her mother called she looked at Ms. Mazuki and they looked at the room not knowing what had just happened. Miyaki was already back at the car when her mom came running out the hospital after her, at that point Miyaki had broken down crying it took several hours for her mother to calm her down, it was longer then it took to calm her down when she was told her Dad was dead. On the drive back home the one thing on Miyaki's mind was the words Rina said. "I don't know you" those words haunted her, how was it that Rina could forget about her like that, What about their promise? Many days after that day, it was found out that Rina's accident wasn't an accident.

   A female student at her school had come forward, she admitted seeing some boys harassing Rina, she had said something one of the boys didn't like, he pushed her not knowing that they were so close to the stairs, and Rina went tumbling down the stairs the girl had been too scared of the boys to say anything. More bad news came, in result with her falling down the stairs Rina had hit her head a few times, and her doctors said it had caused her to lose some pieces of her memory, the one that bother Miyaki most was the memories of her, why were those the ones that were gone as well? As Miyaki sat in her room she took it all in, Rina had been put in the hospital by boys, boys had taken away Rina's memories of her, "It's all their fault" she mumbled her eyes showed a hint of anger and rage, "It's all their fault" it was then Miyaki started to change and she was soon to be know as 'The Ogre Girl'. [Ch.0 Part 3 END]