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	“I have prepared myself mentally,” Rika said and added later, “..all thanks to Yuuichi.”		“I have prepared myself mentally,” Rika said and added later, “..all thanks to Yuuichi.”

	The mental preparation Rika talked about just now was different from that she talked about when she was at the Turret Mountain. For a while, I hadn’t noticed this. But this was what she said at that time: she had prepared herself mentally for death. Nevertheless, the mental preparation she talked about was the preparation to continue her life. And for this she would decide to take this dangerous operation. Speaking of which, the meaning of this mental preparation had changed at some time point. I didn’t what or when it had changed. Although I wanted to know, I, perhaps of embarrassment, decided to remain ignorant.		The mental preparation Rika talked about just now was different from that she talked about when she was at the Turret Mountain. For a while, I hadn’t noticed this. But this was what she said at that time: she had prepared herself mentally for death. Nevertheless, the mental preparation she talked about was the preparation to continue her life. And for this she would decide to take this dangerous operation. Speaking of which, the meaning of this mental preparation had changed at some time point. I didn’t know what or when it had changed. Although I wanted to know, I, perhaps of embarrassment, decided to remain ignorant.

	Rika was flushed. To Rika, who don’t easily get this embarrassed, this expression was perhaps her limit.		Rika was flushed. To Rika, who don’t easily get this embarrassed, this expression was perhaps her limit.

Simon at 19:20, 7 July 2013

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Pudding321 at 00:08, 25 June 2013

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Pudding321 at 09:22, 18 June 2013

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	“Eh. Yuuichi,” Rika said right upon seeing me,” you’re stressed as well.”		“Eh. Yuuichi,” Rika said right upon seeing me,” you’re stressed as well.”

	Her heartfelt and sorrowful tone raised my caution. What should I do this time? Would she be asking me to buy her bread or beverages to ~~cure~~ her thirst? Even when I ask her which juice she wanted, she would never answer, or just let me choose. Then, when I had bought it, she would tell me this wasn’t what she wanted and demanded me to buy something else.		Her heartfelt and sorrowful tone raised my caution. What should I do this time? Would she be asking me to buy her bread or beverages to quench her thirst? Even when I ask her which juice she wanted, she would never answer, or just let me choose. Then, when I had bought it, she would tell me this wasn’t what she wanted and demanded me to buy something else.

	Sigh. Why did I choose this path covered with thorns?		Sigh. Why did I choose this path covered with thorns?

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	The one who came to our rescue was Akiko. When Akiko got our destination from Tsukasa and flew to us, Rika was wondering whether to drag me down the mountain. I was immovable like a dead person, and Rika was all bloody. The situation could be said as a complete mess. Even Akiko was floored upon seeing us.		The one who came to our rescue was Akiko. When Akiko got our destination from Tsukasa and flew to us, Rika was wondering whether to drag me down the mountain. I was immovable like a dead person, and Rika was all bloody. The situation could be said as a complete mess. Even Akiko was floored upon seeing us.
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	“They say if I take the operation, I could still cling to some slight hope.”		“They say if I take the operation, I could still cling to some slight hope.”

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	Both of us remained silent for a while.		Both of us remained silent for a while.

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The one who came to our rescue was Akiko. When Akiko got our destination from Tsukasa and flew to us, Rika was wondering whether to drag me down the mountain. I was immovable like a dead person, and Rika was all bloody. The situation could be said as a complete mess. Even Akiko was floored upon seeing us.

To remain Tsukasa’s reputation, I must add a note here. Under Akiko’s devilish questioning, Tsukasa persisted in not telling our destination for more than two hours. But later when we hadn’t return after some time, he spilled the beans out of worry and care. He wasn’t a guy to be underestimated.

In the end, the freedom Rika and I acquired lasted for a short two hour, although the price of that two hours were a bit too high. I sickness, already worsened before, messed up my liver because of this unruly chaos. I heard my condition had worsened to the state when I first came here, so I would need at least a month to get out. This was a declaration of my stay in the hospital over the year.

“You really are something, being able to move around in such bad condition,” the main doctor in charge said in surprise. He even laughed due to this shock.

Behind him, Akiko was enraged, her nerves racked up.

Anyway, I would have to stay on the bed immovable for around a week, my body severely worn out, deprived of even the power to get up. My body temperature lingered around thirty-nine degrees Celsius, receiving various injections throughout the day. The world seemed to twist because of the heat of my body. In this slightly twisted world, it was difficult to differentiate dreams from the reality, and I remembered a lot of things. Then, my thoughts were burned to ashes by the high heat of thirty-nine degrees. Perhaps, I believe, I had talked with my father in one of my dreams. In a slight unhappy tone, my father ordered the young me to buy photographic plates for him. “Listen carefully: buy the TriX four hundred.” Nodding, I held the five hundred yen dollar hardly and dashed out of home like a vigorous little monkey. I smiled under the dazzling sunlight, running and smiling in joy. The scene was wondrous. I should be in great hate of my father at that time.

Sigh. A dream is only a dream, not a representation of reality.

I had also talked with Rika in my dreams. Rika and I rode on a scooter like what we did that night. Rika’s hands clasped over my waist, holding me tightly. We sped forward endlessly and continuously.

“Don’t fell off!” Rika said with a bit of anger.

I replied in a carefree tone, “I said I know.”

Then, to scare Rika, I would deliberately accelerate suddenly, and Rika would cry out in a rarely adorable voice, then hitting my safety helmet.

“You idiot!”

Though being hit, I smiled in joy. Though a dream, I realised at that time I was in great favour of Rika’s angry voice. I forgot what happened after that. Where had we gone?

When I was finally able to move around, I immediately sneaked out of the ward without being noticed by Akiko. My body felt heavy and ill; even walking was strenuous.

Although there were a lot of old people in the hospital, they look much livelier than me, walking like tortoises yet passing beside me in great speed. A more frustrating thing was that after three old farts ‘overtook’ me, they turned around to give me a wicked grin. It looked as if Tada wasn’t the only sinister old guy around. Albeit I could almost tear up from my worn out and useless appearance, I knew I deserved for what I had done. I couldn’t blame anyone.

“Fu...”

Spending time minutes, I managed, in any case, to reach Rika’s ward. I knocked on the door. There was no reply.

Rats. Perhaps she went to have a check-up. If that was the case, then I had wasted all this effort. Man, so much for all the painstaking walk.

When this thought was still in my mind, the door was opened with a strong force.

“You big idiot!”

Upon seeing my face, Rika scowled furiously.

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	The sweet wine in the Ise shrine is mixed with large amounts of ginger. I had no idea what those people were up to: excess gingers in wine would only pain your throat. Every year, I would make up my mind to refrain from drinking again, yet I would forget in the successive year and continue gulping those wines.		The sweet wine in the Ise shrine is mixed with large amounts of ginger. I had no idea what those people were up to: excess gingers in wine would only pain your throat. Every year, I would make up my mind to refrain from drinking again, yet I would forget in the successive year and continue gulping those wines.

	“Hey,” I said, after settling my guts, “I didn’t take you to the ~~Fort mountain~~ because of my father.”		“Hey,” I said, after settling my guts, “I didn’t take you to the Turret Mountain because of my father.”

	Right. I could tell this to her with determination and courage. During the week I laid in bed with fever, I kept thinking about how to tell this to her, these words I wanted to tell even when I lost my consciousness. In any case, I had to tell her as soon as possible. But how will Rika...ah?		Right. I could tell this to her with determination and courage. During the week I laid in bed with fever, I kept thinking about how to tell this to her, these words I wanted to tell even when I lost my consciousness. In any case, I had to tell her as soon as possible. But how will Rika...ah?
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	“Eh? What do you mean?”		“Eh? What do you mean?”

	“I was saying...when you passed out in the ~~Fort mountain~~.”		“I was saying...when you passed out in the Turret Mountain.”

	Rika was suddenly experiencing difficulty in speaking. This was the first time I had seen Rika in this state. Also, her cheeks had, in some time, turned gradually red.		Rika was suddenly experiencing difficulty in speaking. This was the first time I had seen Rika in this state. Also, her cheeks had, in some time, turned gradually red.
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	What she referred to as “being young” hinted what I had said was of pivotal importance. When I recuperated by lying on my bed, my body recovered in extraordinary speed. Two weeks after the incident at the ~~fort mountain~~, my fever went away completely. At the same time, Akiko stopped imprisoning me, though the curfew continued. This meant I couldn’t sneak out of the hospital; the most I could do was to stroll around in the hospital. In my stroll, I would often pay a visit to Rika’s ward. Rika acted as usual, being way too unruly, and demanding me to do this or that. On the other hand, I would just heed to her every beck and call. I didn’t know why, but I enjoyed this, perhaps I was intrinsically a loyal servant. Rika emotions would get pretty bad when her condition worsened. In those times, simply looking at her pale face and her posture of lying deep on the bed would make my heart ache and grieve. Anyone could tell Rika’s life was as fragile as a candle in the wind. Rika was clearer than anyone else. On one day, Rika suddenly said something like this: death was her neighbour. Once closing her eyes, she could fell that person standing right next to her. It wouldn’t scare her or call her, but just quietly stand there.		What she referred to as “being young” hinted what I had said was of pivotal importance. When I recuperated by lying on my bed, my body recovered in extraordinary speed. Two weeks after the incident at the Turret Mountain, my fever went away completely. At the same time, Akiko stopped imprisoning me, though the curfew continued. This meant I couldn’t sneak out of the hospital; the most I could do was to stroll around in the hospital. In my stroll, I would often pay a visit to Rika’s ward. Rika acted as usual, being way too unruly, and demanding me to do this or that. On the other hand, I would just heed to her every beck and call. I didn’t know why, but I enjoyed this, perhaps I was intrinsically a loyal servant. Rika emotions would get pretty bad when her condition worsened. In those times, simply looking at her pale face and her posture of lying deep on the bed would make my heart ache and grieve. Anyone could tell Rika’s life was as fragile as a candle in the wind. Rika was clearer than anyone else. On one day, Rika suddenly said something like this: death was her neighbour. Once closing her eyes, she could fell that person standing right next to her. It wouldn’t scare her or call her, but just quietly stand there.

	“It would wait obediently for a long time, yet it wouldn’t just vanish or go away. I’m very clear it would stay beside me. Perhaps I could even touch it by stretching my hand. Then, it would, someday, take me to somewhere else.”		“It would wait obediently for a long time, yet it wouldn’t just vanish or go away. I’m very clear it would stay beside me. Perhaps I could even touch it by stretching my hand. Then, it would, someday, take me to somewhere else.”
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	Her words weren’t overstated but the truth. The flashing gem in my hands would fall off at any moment. However hard I grasped it in my hands, or however I wanted to safeguard it in the depths of my heart, perhaps, when I returned to my senses, I would only find the gem broken to pieces beside my feet.		Her words weren’t overstated but the truth. The flashing gem in my hands would fall off at any moment. However hard I grasped it in my hands, or however I wanted to safeguard it in the depths of my heart, perhaps, when I returned to my senses, I would only find the gem broken to pieces beside my feet.

	Rika was smiling at that time. She smiled after preparing herself mentally. Looking at her smile, I couldn’t say words such as “this wouldn’t happen.” Rika understood her fate. She had given up everything. On that day, that day we went to the ~~fort mountain~~, she had made up her mind to prepare herself mentally for death.		Rika was smiling at that time. She smiled after preparing herself mentally. Looking at her smile, I couldn’t say words such as “this wouldn’t happen.” Rika understood her fate. She had given up everything. On that day, that day we went to the Turret Mountain, she had made up her mind to prepare herself mentally for death.

	I nodded my head to ascertain my thoughts.		I nodded my head to ascertain my thoughts.
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	“I have prepared myself mentally,” Rika said and added later, “..all thanks to Yuuichi.”		“I have prepared myself mentally,” Rika said and added later, “..all thanks to Yuuichi.”

	The mental preparation Rika talked about just now was different from that she talked about when she was at the ~~Fort mountain~~. For a while, I hadn’t noticed this. But this was what she said at that time: she had prepared herself mentally for death. Nevertheless, the mental preparation she talked about was the preparation to continue her life. And for this she would decide to take this dangerous operation. Speaking of which, the meaning of this mental preparation had changed at some time point. I didn’t what or when it had changed. Although I wanted to know, I, perhaps of embarrassment, decided to remain ignorant.		The mental preparation Rika talked about just now was different from that she talked about when she was at the Turret Mountain. For a while, I hadn’t noticed this. But this was what she said at that time: she had prepared herself mentally for death. Nevertheless, the mental preparation she talked about was the preparation to continue her life. And for this she would decide to take this dangerous operation. Speaking of which, the meaning of this mental preparation had changed at some time point. I didn’t what or when it had changed. Although I wanted to know, I, perhaps of embarrassment, decided to remain ignorant.

	Rika was flushed. To Rika, who don’t easily get this embarrassed, this expression was perhaps her limit.		Rika was flushed. To Rika, who don’t easily get this embarrassed, this expression was perhaps her limit.
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	“Mmm. Yeah.”		“Mmm. Yeah.”

	Stuttering and flushing, I had reached my limit as well. To veil both of our embarrassment, we looked through the windows together. We could see the shrine’s forest in a faraway place as well as the ~~Fort mountain~~. The half moon glittered with brightness the same way it did that night. So did the Sirius. That brightness showered on us faintly.		Stuttering and flushing, I had reached my limit as well. To veil both of our embarrassment, we looked through the windows together. We could see the shrine’s forest in a faraway place as well as the Turret Mountain. The half moon glittered with brightness the same way it did that night. So did the Sirius. That brightness showered on us faintly.