Operation: Monte Carlo Ep. 2 I'll See You in My Dreams

To show the contrast of elements, this episode explores more of the personal lives of the characters and how it might affect their mission.

          EXT/INT. REHABILITATION CENTER. MORNING.

          Yuuto stands outside staring up at the building. He takes a

          deep breath and walks towards the door.

          TAKAMORI SUMIKO's room is a small, simple white room,

          furnished with a bed with an end table, and a couch and

          living chair with a small coffee table. There are a few

          plants scattered around the room for decoration. There are a

          few pictures of a younger Yuuto pinned on the wall near the

          bed.

          Sumiko is watering the plants in her room. A nurse comes in.

                              NURSE

                    Takamori-sama, you have a guest.

                              SUMIKO

                    Alright.

          The nurse walks out and Yuuto walks in. When he sees her

          back towards him, he has a flashback.

          The quick flashback shows a shadow of a woman holding a

          knife in a dark room.

          Yuuto comes back from the flashback to see Sumiko staring at

          him.

                              YUUTO

                    Mother?

                              SUMIKO

                    Yuuto? Is that you?

          Yuuto is astonished by her sweet aura, he starts to shake.

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. MORNING.

          Kazuo's kitchen is fairly large with a large amount of

          counter space. There is an island that also acts as a bar in

          the center with a few bar stools.

          Ninette walks into the kitchen where the cook is fixing

          breakfast. Ninette is in a nightgown. She is out of the

          sling but her arm is still bandaged. She sits at the island.

          The cook notices her.

                              COOK

                    Good morning, Princess. How did you

                    sleep?

                              NINETTE

                    I slept very well, thank you. It

                    seems awfully quiet around the

                    house. Where is everyone?

                              COOK

                    The master has left for

                    headquarters. Takamori-san went off

                    without saying a word early this

                    morning.

                              NINETTE

                    Oh, alright then.

                              COOK

                    But the master told me that you

                    need to be taken good care of. Your

                    breakfast should be ready soon.

                              NINETTE

                    Thank you. I will go change now.

          She walks out of the kitchen.

          EXT. YAKUZA HIDEOUT. MORNING.

          Government vehicles are surrounding the building. Daisuke

          and Shinobu are also there with a new government van. The

          back door is open and Shinobu has more of his equipment out

          and ready. Kenta walks up to the van.

                              KENTA

                    Good job, you guys. You tracked

                    these guys down quickly.

                              SHINOBU

                    We need more information about this

                    group. We've found loads of

                    financial records which explained

                    why they are after Princess Ninette

                    but nothing else.

                              KENTA

                    Why are they after her?

                              DAISUKE

                    Her father took money that was

                    going to be used to buy the

                    princess' hand in marriage. 

                              KENTA

                    Crime lords should never be messed

                    with.

                              DAISUKE

                    We're hoping this place will have

                    some more information hidden away

                    somewhere.

                              KENTA

                    I'll be surprised if it does. More

                    organized yakuza groups would not

                    keep all of their documents in one

                    place.

                              SHINOBU

                    Well, hopefully we can find

                    something new.

                              KENTA

                    Where are your other team members?

                              DAISUKE

                    Ishikawa is at headquarters and

                    Kawano had some personal business

                    to attend to.

                              KENTA

                    And what about Takamori?

                              DAISUKE

                    Ishikawa called and told us he left

                    early this morning. He apparently

                    left a note saying he would return

                    after he was done with a few

                    things.

                              KENTA

                    Alright. Well, until we can find

                    out some more information or you

                    get attacked again, there is really

                    not much to do. You can't go after

                    anyone without knowing who to go

                    after.

                              SHINOBU

                    That might be a good thing,

                    especially for Kawano.

                              KENTA

                    Why do you say that?

                              SHINOBU

                    Today is the anniversary of his

                    wife's death. I would be surprised

                    if he will be of any help to us in

                    the next couple of days. He has to

                    take care of his son. 

                              KENTA

                    I see. Well, I will call him and

                    let him know to take today and

                    tomorrow off. I'm heading onto

                    headquarters. I hope you find

                    something interesting. When you do,

                    bring it to my office.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yes, sir.

                              SHINOBU

                    Yes, sir.

          Kenta walks away from the van back to his car. Another

          government agent walks over to the van with a box full of

          folders and paperwork.

                              AGENT

                    We've found files on the group

                    itself and its members.

          Daisuke takes the box.

                              DAISUKE

                    Fantastic. We'll look through these

                    back at Ishikawa's.

          INT. RYOICHI'S APARTMENT. MORNING.

          Ryoichi is standing in the kitchen cooking breakfast at the

          stove. His cell phone rings twice before he answers it.

                              RYOICHI

                    Kawano Ryoichi. (pause)

                    Watanabe-san, good morning. (pause)

                    If that won't be a problem for the

                    rest of the group. (pause) Thank

                    you, sir. I will come back to work

                    on Monday. (pause) Thank you,

                    goodbye.

          He hangs up and notices Ken'ichi in the doorway dressed for

          school. He has a frown on his face. Ryoichi starts cooking

          again.

                              RYOICHI

                    Ken'ichi, I have breakfast almost

                    done.

          There's a silence.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    It's today, isn't it?

          Ryoichi stops what he is doing.

                              RYOICHI

                    Yes, it's today.

          Ryoichi starts again through a small silent moment.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Can I not go to school today?

                              RYOICHI

                    Now Ken'ichi, you need to go to

                    school. Your mother wouldn't want

                    you to skip school unless you were

                    very sick.

                              KEN'ICHI

                         (angry)

                    How would you know what mom would

                    have wanted! You were never home to

                    care about either of us.

          Ken'ichi runs back into his room and shuts the door. Ryoichi

          turns everything off and walks over to his son's door.

                              RYOICHI

                    Ken'ichi, open the door. Please.

          There is silence. Ryoichi puts his back up against the wall

          and slides down to sit. The door slowly opens. Ken'ichi sits

          down next to him.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    I'm sorry, dad.

          Ryoichi pats Ken'ichi's head and pulls him closer.

                              RYOICHI

                    It's okay. I know it's hard.

                              KEN'ICHI

                         (crying)

                    I miss her, daddy.

                              RYOICHI

                    I know, (starting to tear) I do

                    too.

          Ryoichi holds Ken'ichi as he cries.

                              RYOICHI

                    I have an idea.

                              KEN'ICHI

                         (sniffling)

                    What?

                              RYOICHI

                    My boss has given me today and

                    tomorrow off. Maybe we can throw a

                    little party to celebrate the life

                    that she did have and let's only

                    remember the good memories we have

                    of her.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Who are we going to invite?

                              RYOICHI

                    No one, just us. We can try to cook

                    our favorite dish that she used to

                    make for us. We can make a cake and

                    do fun things that she used to do

                    with you. I remember you always

                    helping her make the cakes for her

                    business.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Okay, can I help you get things

                    ready.

                              RYOICHI

                    Of course, which means you can stay

                    home from school.

                              KEN'ICHI

                         (smiling)

                    Okay, let's go to the store.

                              RYOICHI

                    Let's go!

          INT. REHABILITATION CENTER. MORNING.

          Yuuto sits quietly on one of the chairs. He watches as

          Sumiko pours some tea into the cups on the coffee table.

                              SUMIKO

                    I'm sorry I don't have anything to

                    eat.

                              YUUTO

                    It's fine.

          She sits the tea kettle down and sits across from him. She

          keeps a smile the whole time.

                              SUMIKO

                    So, what have you been doing? I

                    haven't seen you in fifteen years.

                    That would make you twenty-eight

                    now, wouldn't it?

                              YUUTO

                    Yeah. It's been awhile.

                              SUMIKO

                    What do you do for a living?

                              YUUTO

                    I... work for the government.

                              SUMIKO

                    Oh, very interesting. Tell me about

                    what you do.

                              YUUTO

                    I can help examine people. I can

                    read body language. I can tell what

                    emotion someone is feeling just by

                    looking at expressions.

                              SUMIKO

                    Fascinating.

                              YUUTO

                    It is.

          There is some silence.

                              YUUTO

                    You look well, better than the last

                    time I saw you.

                              SUMIKO

                    They take good care of me here.

                              YUUTO

                    That's good. How long have you been

                    sober?

                              SUMIKO

                    Five years now. I left the house

                    and moved into your aunt's house.

                    She insisted that I come here. So I

                    did.

          Silence.

                              SUMIKO

                    Where did you go, fifteen years

                    ago?

          Yuuto looks up at her.

                              YUUTO

                    I went to Nagano. I had saved up

                    some money from various jobs around

                    town and took the train. There were

                    some people there who took me in. I

                    never stayed in one place though. I

                    came back to Tokyo various times

                    for jobs but moved away just as

                    quick.

                              SUMIKO

                    Did you run away because of me?

          Yuuto is stunned. He quickly looks away from her.

                              YUUTO

                    I don't know why I did it. I wish I

                    did.

                              SUMIKO

                    What do you mean?

                              YUUTO

                    I have severe amnesia. I tend to

                    forget parts of my life very

                    easily. It had nothing to do with

                    you, I'm sure. However, I wanted to

                    ask you something. Something that

                    we never discussed when I was

                    younger.

                              SUMIKO

                    Go ahead and ask.

                              YUUTO

                    What happened to my father?

          Sumiko's eyes widen. She takes her teacup and takes a sip.

                              SUMIKO

                    Your father?

                              YUUTO

                    I don't recall you ever being

                    married, and I don't remember there

                    being a father figure in the house.

                    I was wondering if anything had

                    happened to him before or after I

                    was born.

          Sumiko looks away.

                              SUMIKO

                    Oh, I forgot I had my support group

                    to go to. I have to leave.

          She places the cup down and walks towards the door.

                              SUMIKO

                    I'm glad you came, Yuuto. Please

                    come back whenever you can.

          She walks out. Yuuto looks around and sees the pictures on

          the wall over by the bed. He rises and walks over but his

          foot hits something. He looks down to see a box. He picks it

          up and opens it, spotting a photo of his mother and a man.

          He closes it and walks out of the room, taking the box.

          INT. OGAWA APARTMENT. LATE MORNING.

          Natsumi is packing some clothes in the bedroom. She hears a

          knock on the front door.

                              NATSUMI

                    Coming!

          She walks into the living room towards the door. She opens

          it revealing ITO MEGUMI, Natsumi's younger sister. Megumi is

          a very colorful and energetic person.

                              NATSUMI

                    Megumi!

                              MEGUMI

                    Hey, sissy!

          They share a very energetic hug.

                              NATSUMI

                    Well, come in.

          Megumi enters looking around. She spots the boxes that are

          piled up against the wall.

                              MEGUMI

                    You haven't finished unpacking yet?

          Natsumi walks into the kitchen, Megumi following. Natsumi

          starts to make tea.

                              NATSUMI

                    It's almost done. I haven't had

                    time to unpack lately because I've

                    been trying to find a job.

                              MEGUMI

                    Ah. Well, where is that handsome

                    husband of yours? Mom and dad

                    wanted me to give him something

                    while I was down here.

                              NATSUMI

                    He's at work, has been since five

                    o'clock this morning.

                              MEGUMI

                    What does he do that requires him

                    to be up earlier than six?

                              NATSUMI

                    He's a scientist for the military.

                    I told you that.

                              MEGUMI

                    Oh yeah.

                              NATSUMI

                         (under her breath)

                    He's not doing his normal job now.

                              MEGUMI

                    Really? What do they have him

                    doing?

                              NATSUMI

                    I really don't have the authority

                    to say, but he's doing a covert

                    mission.

          Megumi's eyes widen in excitement.

                              MEGUMI

                    That is too cool! Is he doing all

                    of the cool stuff you see in those

                    American crime shows?

                              NATSUMI

                    Megumi, it's not as cool as they

                    make it out to be.

                              MEGUMI

                    Well, that's no fun.

                              NATSUMI

                    Though he did come back a couple

                    days ago smelling like gun smoke.

                              MEGUMI

                    So he is doing all those cool

                    things.

                              NATSUMI

                    You are too naive, Megumi. Shinobu

                    could get hurt, or worse, killed. I

                    know he wants to do this job, but I

                    don't want to sit around and not

                    say anything.

          Natsumi puts her hands on her face and starts to cry. Megumi

          goes over to her and pulls Natsumi's hands away. Natsumi

          looks away.

                              MEGUMI

                    Natsu, if you need to say it, you

                    need to. He needs to know how you

                    really feel. So, when he gets home

                    today, you need to say something to

                    him.

          Natsumi nods.

                              MEGUMI

                    Now, we need to figure out what to

                    say to that older sister of ours

                    when we get back. She's hysterical

                    and if I have to hear her cry one

                    more night, I'm going to kill her.

          Natsumi laughs and Megumi joins in.

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. NOON.

          The basement of Kazuo's house is equipped with training

          dummies and firing targets. There are also permanent mats

          down on the floor for martial arts practice.

          Ninette is on the opposite side of the targets aiming a

          pistol. Kazuo is behind her.

                              KAZUO

                    Remember to breath. Holding your

                    breath will cause you to lose your

                    target.

                              NINETTE

                    Do you not remember me taking out

                    three men without wasting a bullet?

                              KAZUO

                    I do recall but I also recall you

                    not holding your breath when you

                    did it. You're holding your breath

                    now.

          Ninette rolls her eyes and re-aims. She breaths in and out

          before shooting. She shoots right in the middle of the bulls

          eye. She smiles in satisfaction. When she turns around, she

          sees Kazuo handing her a shotgun.

                              KAZUO

                    Now, do exactly what you did with

                    this one.

          Ninette takes the shotgun and gives Kazuo the pistol. She

          turns and aims. She tenses up and shoots, but when she does

          she is knocked back onto her back. Kazuo looks down at her.

                              KAZUO

                    Did you hold your breath?

                              NINETTE

                    Yes.

                              KAZUO

                    If you relax, you will keep your

                    balance better.

          Ninette stands and reaims.

                              KAZUO

                    Don't tense up, relax.

          Ninette shoots and the force pushes her back but not all the

          way to the ground. She hands the gun to Kazuo who takes it.

                              KAZUO

                    Very good. How is your shoulder?

                              NINETTE

                    Its fine.

                              KAZUO

                    You were taught how to use a gun,

                    do you know how to defend yourself

                    unarmed?

                              NINETTE

                    My father made me take pencak silat

                    classes.

                              KAZUO

                    Impressive. You fight with weapons

                    in that one, don't you?

                              NINETTE

                    Yes. My favorite one to fight with

                    is called a Sampling.

                              KAZUO

                    And that is?

                              NINETTE

                    It's a silk fabric that can be used

                    in locking techniques. It seems

                    harmless but if I pull hard enough

                    I could break an arm or choke

                    someone to death.

                              KAZUO

                    Remind me to never make you mad.

                              NINETTE

                    I'm sure with your aikido skills, I

                    wouldn't be too much of a threat.

                              KAZUO

                    Keep training and you might.

          They hear the door open and turn to see Daisuke and Shinobu

          coming down the stairs with boxes.

                              SHINOBU

                    We have more information from the

                    hideout.

                              KAZUO

                    Fantastic. Kenta told me that the

                    information needs to be organized

                    and that any information about any

                    of the members should be

                    immediately reported.

                              DAISUKE

                    Alright. Shinobu, can you stay here

                    and sort through these files?

                              SHINOBU

                    I have to get home. My wife's

                    sister came in to help her pack.

                    She's going home for a week.

                              DAISUKE

                    Where the hell is Yuuto when we

                    need him?

          EXT/INT. ABANDONED HOME. NOON.

          Yuuto is standing outside of an old house. The building

          looks in good condition except for the broken windows. Yuuto

          walks up to the door. As he reaches for the door knob, he

          jerks back.

                              YUUTO

                    Yuuto, get a hold of yourself.

          He quickly opens the door and slowly steps inside. The house

          if completely unfurnished, the only light is from the

          sunlight coming through the broken window. He takes off his

          shoes and steps further in. The walls are all white but he

          notices a faint red stain on the far wall. He goes to

          examine it. He touches it and he has another quick flashback

          of a smaller hand drawing back from the wall covered in

          blood. When he comes back he pulls his hand back and looks

          at it. He starts to breath heavily. He turns around and

          looks toward a door that was leaning against the door frame.

          He hears a door being burst open and he collapses. He covers

          his ears and starts to scream in pain.

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                         (screaming)

                    Please... stop!

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. NOON.

          In the study, Ninette and Daisuke are on the floor

          organizing files. Kazuo comes in from another room.

                              KAZUO

                    Anything yet?

                              NINETTE

                    No, nothing in these boxes are

                    worth anything. It's all junk.

                              DAISUKE

                    Nothing is junk, you have to read

                    to get the full picture. We might

                    find names in some of these

                    business letters or files that can

                    prove useful.

          Ninette rolls her eyes. She pulls out a stack of files and

          starts flipping through them. They hear footsteps coming

          from the hallway. They look to see Yuuto coming in.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto, nice of you to join us.

                    Where have you been all morning.

                              YUUTO

                    I can't talk about it.

                              DAISUKE

                    Why not?

                              YUUTO

                         (tempered)

                    I just can't, is that a good enough

                    reason?

          He walks back into the hallway and they hear his bedroom

          door open and close.

                              DAISUKE

                    Does he have a pissed off

                    personality now?

                              KAZUO

                    No, he's the one that answered.

          Ninette drops the stack of files in her lap to the side and

          runs off to Yuuto's bedroom door. She softly knocks.

                              NINETTE

                    Yuuto? Can I come in?

          Kazuo picks up Ninette's stack and sits at his desk to look

          through them.

                              DAISUKE

                    Do you think something is going one

                    between those two?

                              KAZUO

                    Who?

                              DAISUKE

                    Who do you think?

                              KAZUO

                    I don't know. I don't tend to look

                    into things like that.

                              DAISUKE

                    I was talking about Ninette and

                    Yuuto.

                              KAZUO

                    Even if they did, she couldn't

                    marry him. She's a princess and if

                    you haven't noticed, he's not

                    nobility.

                              DAISUKE

                    There could be some loophole.

                              NINETTE

                         (loud)

                    I can hear you two in there.

          Daisuke and Kazuo continue their search when Ninette comes

          back in.

                              NINETTE

                    He's locked the door.

                              DAISUKE

                    Well if I was pissed off, I

                    wouldn't want you in my room

                    either.

          Ninette is offended.

                              NINETTE

                    Fine. I will go somewhere else. It

                    would be nice if I wasn't locked up

                    in this house and someone would

                    take me somewhere.

          Daisuke looks at Kazuo.

                              DAISUKE

                    Do you hear something?

                              KAZUO

                    No, I don't.

          Ninette is fuming, but calms down.

                              NINETTE

                    Fine, I will go to the basement and

                    practice my shooting. So, when I go

                    stir crazy, I won't miss.

          She walks out of the room through the hallway.

                              KAZUO

                    Thank god she's gone.

                              DAISUKE

                    I agree.

                              KAZUO

                    How did your dinner go last night?

          Daisuke looks up at him.

                              DAISUKE

                    It went well. We had a nice, simple

                    dinner with no discussion of work.

                    First time in a while that we

                    didn't talk about work. It was

                    actually nice.

                              KAZUO

                    I wouldn't get too attached.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yes, because I'm not attached after

                    two years of dating. I go to her

                    for everything. What about me is

                    making you defensive over her?

                              KAZUO

                    I want my sister to have the best

                    life that she can and I don't think

                    you can give her that.

                              DAISUKE

                    She's smart. If she thought I

                    wasn't good enough for her, she

                    would have already dumped me.

                              KAZUO

                    She is also still naive. She

                    doesn't know what she wants.

          Daisuke stands, his temper rising.

                              DAISUKE

                    What the hell are you talking

                    about? How can you say something

                    like that about your sister? She's

                    not naive. She told me about that

                    'last time' you mentioned at the

                    cafe and she said she learned from

                    that mistake. Naive people don't

                    learn, they keep doing whatever is

                    getting them into trouble.

          Kazuo stands and confronts him.

                              KAZUO

                    If we fail this mission, what do

                    you plan to do? What will she do?

                    You will be in prison, she will be

                    alone. When you get out of prison,

                    you won't be able to support her

                    and she will leave you. You remain

                    hopeful that this will go well but

                    I have had too many tragedies

                    happen to me to keep my hopes up

                    about anything. She needs someone

                    who is not hopeful but practical.

                    That's why you dating my sister

                    pisses me off, because you give her

                    hope. Hope doesn't exist, hope is

                    nothing.

                              YUUTO(REI)

                    Why are you fighting?

          Daisuke and Kazuo look back to see Yuuto with a stuffed dog.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto, this has nothing to do with

                    you.

                              YUUTO(REI)

                    I'm not Yuuto, I'm Rei.

          Daisuke stomps over to Yuuto.

                              DAISUKE

                         (yelling)

                    D****t. I don't care who you are. 

                    You could be Oda Nobunaga and I

                    wouldn't care. You are not real,

                    you are not even a real person. You

                    are a twenty-eight year old man not

                    a five year old girl. You, Yuuto,

                    Katashi and whatever other

                    personalities are in there are

                    going to ruin everything for us.

          Yuuto starts to cry.

                              DAISUKE

                    Don't you dare cry!

          Ninette runs into the hall to see Yuuto and Daisuke.

                              NINETTE

                    Stop yelling at him!

          She runs over and puts herself between Yuuto and Daisuke.

                              NINETTE

                    Stop yelling!

                              DAISUKE

                    I have had it with his stupid

                    personalities.

                              NINETTE

                    She's only five years old, you

                    don't need to yell at her.

                              DAISUKE

                    It's Yuuto, he's a twenty-eight

                    year old psychopath, not a five

                    year old girl!

          Yuuto collapses onto the wall. Ninette and Daisuke do not

          notice.

                              NINETTE

                    I know that, but right now he is

                    Rei and Rei is a young girl!

                              DAISUKE

                    No, he is Yuuto!

                              YUUTO(KATASHI)

                    I'm not even that.

          Yuuto pushes Ninette out of the way and punches Daisuke,

          knocking him on the ground.

                              YUUTO(KATASHI)

                    You better take us seriously, you

                    half-wit. I don't like you, even

                    though Yuuto does. Yuuto trusts you

                    because you gave him a chance to

                    work on this mission. If you don't

                    trust him, you won't be able to

                    succeed. This mission is like the

                    military, you have to trust your

                    comrades no matter who they are or

                    what baggage they have. Yuuto has

                    accepted your baggage, you need to

                    accept his.

          Daisuke rises and straightens himself.

                              DAISUKE

                    Well, he better straighten up then.

          Daisuke walks out of the room past Ninette. Yuuto watches

          him go before he collapses. He stands and realizes where he

          is. He flexes his hand.

                              YUUTO

                    I'm not even going to ask what

                    happened. It'll probably piss me

                    off more then I already am.

          Yuuto starts to walk back into the hallway.

                              NINETTE

                    Yuuto.

                              YUUTO

                         (yelling)

                    What?! What do you want?!

                              NINETTE

                    I want to help you.

                              YUUTO

                         (yelling)

                    You can't, no one can! (calming

                    down) No one can help me.

          He exits and they hear the front door open and slam shut,

          which Ninette flinches at. She walks over to the files on

          the floor. She starts to look through before she starts to

          cry. Kazuo walks over to her and kneels down beside her.

                              KAZUO

                    Don't be upset, Princess.

                              NINETTE

                    He's right though. I can't help

                    him. Even if I did, I wouldn't know

                    where to start.

                              KAZUO

                    Why do you want to help him?

                              NINETTE

                    Because he deserves it. He deserves

                    our help because he is going to

                    fight for me, disorder or not. He

                    wants to help and he trusts each

                    and every one of you because you

                    didn't turn him in to Watanabe. I

                    see his trust for all of you but

                    you can't trust Daisuke. He's your

                    leader and if you can't believe in

                    him, you will fail to keep me

                    alive. If anything leads to my

                    death, it will be the lack of trust

                    in this group, not Yuuto's disorder

                    or Daisuke's relationship with your

                    sister.

          Ninette takes a stack of files and leaves the room.

          INT. OGAWA APARTMENT. NOON.

          Megumi and Natsumi are sitting at the kitchen table having a

          laugh over tea when they here the front door open.

                              SHINOBU

                    I'm home.

                              NATSUMI

                    We're in the kitchen.

                              SHINOBU

                    Is Megumi here?

                              MEGUMI

                    Hey stud!

          Shinobu enters in the kitchen and him and Megumi hug each

          other. Megumi sits back down.

                              MEGUMI

                    What have you been up to?

                              SHINOBU

                    Work all morning. Are you staying

                    out of trouble?

          Shinobu goes over to get some food out of the refrigerator.

                              MEGUMI

                    You know me better than that.

                              SHINOBU

                         (laughs)

                    That's true.

                              NATSUMI

                    Shinobu?

                              SHINOBU

                    Yeah?

                              NATSUMI

                    Can I talk to you in the bedroom

                    for a moment?

                              MEGUMI

                    Well, that sounds dirty.

                              NATSUMI

                    Megumi!

                              MEGUMI

                    I'll keep my mouth shut, sorry.

          Shinobu closes the refrigerator and him and Natsumi go into

          the bedroom. Natsumi closes the door behind her.

                              NATSUMI

                    I've been thinking, maybe you

                    should back out of this mission.

          Shinobu sits on the bed and looks at her.

                              SHINOBU

                    When did you start thinking about

                    this?

                              NATSUMI

                    The night you came home smelling

                    like gun smoke.

          Shinobu looks away from her.

                              NATSUMI

                    I know you love your job and I'm

                    glad that you do but I'm worried

                    you won't come home one night. I'm

                    worried someone will come to the

                    door handing me your death

                    certificate. I worry about you. I

                    don't want that phone call telling

                    me that you're dead.

                              SHINOBU

                    You won't have to get that call.

                              NATSUMI

                    You can't predict that.

                              SHINOBU

                    I'm not predicting anything.

                              NATSUMI

                    Then stop saying that everything is

                    going to be okay!

          Shinobu notices her tears streaming down her face. Shinobu

          stands and walks over to her. He holds her tightly.

                              SHINOBU

                    I'm being careful, Natsu.

                              NATSUMI

                    Please don't talk. I just want you

                    here.

          Shinobu kisses her forehead.

                              SHINOBU

                    Alright.

          They stand like that for a few seconds.

                              NATSUMI

                    I have to tell you something. The

                    real reason I'm going home.

                              SHINOBU

                    Okay.

          They separate and she looks up at him.

                              NATSUMI

                    Shinobu, I'm...

          Megumi opens the door quickly.

                              MEGUMI

                    Natsu, we need to leave. Our plane

                    is leaving in an hour.

                              NATSUMI

                    Oh no.

          Natsumi runs out into the living room following Megumi. They

          grab Natsumi's luggage and head for the door. Shinobu looks

          out from the bedroom.

                              SHINOBU

                    Do you need me to take you?

                              NATSUMI

                    No, Megumi has a rental car. I will

                    see you in a few days. Please be

                    careful.

                              SHINOBU

                    I will. Say hi to your parents for

                    me.

                              NATSUMI

                    I will.

                              MEGUMI

                    Wait!

          Megumi runs over to Shinobu and hands him a small present

          she pulled out of her pocket.

                              MEGUMI

                    It's from mom and dad. They wanted

                    me to give it to you.

                              SHINOBU

                    What is it?

                              MEGUMI

                    That would ruin the point of it

                    being a present. I'll bring her

                    back in a week. Bye.

                              NATSUMI

                    Bye.

          Shinobu waves and Natsumi and Megumi leave, closing the door

          behind them. Shinobu opens the present and pulls out a small

          bracelet. He sees a note under it.

                              SHINOBU

                    'This is for your first. It's a

                    family tradition. Don't lose it.'

                    My first what?

          EXT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. MID-AFTERNOON.

          Daisuke is sitting outside on the front steps. He has an ice

          pack on his face from where Yuuto punched him earlier. He

          hears footsteps and sees Yuuto coming through the gate.

          Yuuto spots him.

                              DAISUKE

                    Hey, I'm sorry about earlier.

                              YUUTO

                    What about earlier?

                              DAISUKE

                    Oh yeah, you were someone else.

                              YUUTO

                    You're the one Katashi punched.

                              DAISUKE

                    There you go.

                              YUUTO

                    I'm sorry about that.

                              DAISUKE

                    And I yelled at Rei. She probably

                    hates me too.

                              YUUTO

                    Rei might be young but she

                    understands a lot for her age.

                              DAISUKE

                    Why do you talk about them like

                    they're real people?

                              YUUTO

                    Because whatever they experience is

                    their memories. Whatever they say

                    or do was by their own conscious,

                    not mine. I can't say they are not

                    real when I don't feel like

                    anything they did happened to me.

                              DAISUKE

                    So that is why you have amnesia.

                              YUUTO

                         (nods)

                    I cannot remember much of my

                    childhood, especially the years

                    with my mother. I went to go see

                    her this morning.

                              DAISUKE

                    How did that go?

          Yuuto pulls out the picture from earlier out of his pocket

          and hands it to Daisuke.

                              DAISUKE

                    What is it?

                              YUUTO

                    The woman in the picture is my

                    mother, probably a few years before

                    I was born. I think the man is my

                    father.

                              DAISUKE

                    You don't remember him?

                              YUUTO

                    No. I asked her what happened to

                    him but she didn't answer. When she

                    left I found this and others in a

                    box under her bed. I have a feeling

                    he died in the house we used to

                    live in.

                              DAISUKE

                    Why do you say that?

          EXT/INT. ABANDONED HOME. LATE-AFTERNOON.

          Yuuto and Daisuke are standing outside of the house. Daisuke

          is holding a black bag. Yuuto shows some discomfort.

                              YUUTO

                    You go.

          Daisuke takes a deep breath and walks to the front door,

          Yuuto following. Daisuke opens the door, both of them take

          off their shoes and Daisuke steps further in.

                              YUUTO

                    It's there.

          He points at the stain on the far wall. Daisuke goes over to

          it and pulls out a spray bottle. He sprays the liquid onto

          the wall.

                              YUUTO

                    What are you doing?

                              DAISUKE

                    This is luminol. It is used to find

                    traces of blood. It reacts to the

                    iron found in blood and when I

                    shine an ALS on it, it will glow

                    blue.

          He pulls out the ALS pen from his bag.

                              YUUTO

                    You can find out if it is really

                    blood?

                              DAISUKE

                    I can take some as evidence and see

                    if Shinobu can analyze it. Now, did

                    you have any pets growing up?

                              YUUTO

                    Not that I remember. Why?

                              DAISUKE

                    Just making sure. Luminol also

                    reacts with urine and fecal matter,

                    but I don't think it would be red

                    if it was either of those. Can you

                    find a way to make the room

                    completely dark?

          Yuuto grabs the door that is off its hinges and puts it over

          the only window in the room and he closes the front door.

                              DAISUKE

                    That should be dark enough.

          He shines the ALS onto the wall and the stain starts to glow

          blue. Daisuke turns it off, takes a knife and a petri dish

          from his bag and scraps some of the stained wall into the

          petri dish. He then tapes the dish closed. He throws

          everything back into his bag.

                              DAISUKE

                    Well, that's that. Is there

                    anything else?

          Yuuto looks around and spots the kitchen. He walks towards

          it and as soon as he is at the door, he collapses, putting

          his hands on his ears. He starts to breath heavily.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto!

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                    No...no...no... not the knife.

                    Please, I don't...want to hu..rt.

                    Please!

          Daisuke kneels down and starts to shake Yuuto.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto, nothing is here.

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                    Please, it hurts...(screams)

                    Blood... no... its everywhere...

                    please... no more.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto!

          Daisuke slaps Yuuto hard knocking him on the ground. Yuuto

          looks around.

                              YUUTO

                    I need to get out of here.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto, is it you?

                              YUUTO

                    Yes, but I need to leave.

                              DAISUKE

                    Okay, we can leave.

          Daisuke helps Yuuto up and Yuuto quickly runs out of the

          house. Daisuke follows him. He sees Yuuto staring out past

          the gate.

                              DAISUKE

                    Didn't you say Noboru was mute?

                              YUUTO

                    Yes, he is.

                              DAISUKE

                    You either have another personality

                    like him that can talk or he is

                    starting to talk.

          Yuuto turns to face him.

                              YUUTO

                    What?

                              DAISUKE

                    As soon as you reached the doorway,

                    you collapsed and started talking

                    about a knife and seeing blood. You

                    also screamed bloody murder, but it

                    wasn't you. I think Noboru knows

                    about whatever happened in that

                    house.

                              YUUTO

                    Noboru?

                              DAISUKE

                    You don't recall seeing any blood

                    in that house, correct?

                              YUUTO

                    Yes.

                              DAISUKE

                    But as soon as you change into him,

                    all he talks about is blood and

                    pain.

          Yuuto turns away.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto, were you abused?

          Yuuto starts to shake. He grabs a hold of the gate. He

          tenses.

                              YUUTO

                    I... don't remember. I can't

                    remember. It never happened to me.

                              DAISUKE

                    Then how do you explain...

                              YUUTO

                         (yelling)

                    It never happened to me!

          Both are silent. Yuuto sees a half-empty can of gasoline on

          the side of the road. He takes it and throws to into the

          house. He takes a lighter from his pocket and lights the

          gasoline. He walks out of the house as the fire spreads.

          Daisuke just stares at Yuuto as he crosses him.

                              DAISUKE

                    Burning down the house won't help

                    anything.

                              YUUTO

                    I know, but its a start.

          Yuuto walks away from him and starts off down the street.

          Daisuke looks back at the house and begins to follow Yuuto.

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. LATE AFTERNOON.

          Yuuto and Daisuke return. They walk into the study to see

          Shinobu on his equipment with a pile of files in his lap.

                              DAISUKE

                    Hey Shinobu.

                              SHINOBU

                    Hey, where have you two been?

          Daisuke looks at Yuuto who looks away.

                              DAISUKE

                    Yuuto needed to take me to his old

                    home. We found a blood stain on the

                    wall that needs to be identified.

                    Do you think you can do that?

                              SHINOBU

                    Yeah, do you need me to compare it

                    to anything?

                              YUUTO

                    Compare it to mine. I want to know

                    if its mine or not.

                              SHINOBU

                    Okay. I'll have to go to the lab at

                    headquarters to find anything out.

                    I'll need you to come with me,

                    Yuuto.

                              YUUTO

                    Fine.

          Shinobu hands the stack of files to Daisuke and picks up his

          bag next to the desk.

                              DAISUKE

                    What is this?

                              SHINOBU

                    This needs to go to Watanabe. Tell

                    him we have more but this stack is

                    the most important documents.

                              DAISUKE

                    Alright.

          Daisuke looks through his bag and pulls out the petri dish.

          Shinobu takes it and puts it away in his bag.

                              SHINOBU

                    I'll need to get either a skin or

                    blood sample from you.

                              YUUTO

                    Alright.

          Shinobu and Yuuto leave the study and the house. Daisuke

          walks through the hallway and opens the basement door. He

          hears yelling coming from below and rushes down the steps.

          He sees Ninette pinning Kazuo on the floor.

                              NINETTE

                    Is that how its done?

                              KAZUO

                    Yeah, that's how. No, let go before

                    you break my arm.

          Ninette lets him go and she stands, Kazuo following.

                              DAISUKE

                    What the hell is going on?

                              KAZUO

                    I am teaching her aikido.

                              DAISUKE

                    What was with all the yelling?

                              KAZUO

                    Helps her get into character.

                              NINETTE

                    I'm getting him back for you.

          Daisuke seems confused but shakes it off.

                              DAISUKE

                    Ninette.

                              NINETTE

                    Yes.

                              DAISUKE

                    Can you do something for me?

                              NINETTE

                    Depends on what I'm doing.

                              DAISUKE

                    Are you and Yuuto close?

                              NINETTE

                    Close as in what?

                              DAISUKE

                    Does he open up to you? I got him

                    to open up a little bit a couple of

                    hours ago about his childhood.

                    Though he doesn't really remember

                    much of it, he feels like he knows

                    something bad happened.

                              NINETTE

                    He opened up a little to me but not

                    much.

                              DAISUKE

                    He needs help. I think if he opens

                    up to someone, he might get better

                    or at least not change as much.

                    What I've noticed is that he

                    changes when his emotions

                    drastically change or there are

                    certain outside factors that change

                    him, hostility being one of them.

                              NINETTE

                    You want me to get close to him.

                              DAISUKE

                    He seems drawn to you for some

                    reason so he might be developing

                    some emotional attachment to you.

                    Be there for him and we might be

                    able to help him understand himself

                    and his past. He needs to know what

                    happened to him.

          Ninette nods.

          INT/EXT. RYOICHI'S APARTMENT. NIGHT.

          Ryoichi and Ken'ichi are in the kitchen. There are dirty

          mixing bowls on the counter. Ken'ichi is jumping up and

          down.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Is it done yet?

          Ryoichi opens the oven door slightly.

                              RYOICHI

                    I think so.

          He opens it up fully.

                              RYOICHI

                    Yep, its done.

          Ryoichi grabs two pot holders and pulls a cake pan out. He

          flips the cake upside down onto a cooling rack.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Can we decorate it?

                              RYOICHI

                    It's got to cool first. If you

                    don't the icing will run. You don't

                    want runny icing, do you?

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Nope.

                              RYOICHI

                    While we're waiting, we can go sit

                    up on the roof and watch the stars

                    like we used to do.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Okay.

          Later on the roof of the complex, Ryoichi has set out a lawn

          chair for him to sit on. Ken'ichi is sitting in his lap.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Daddy?

                              RYOICHI

                    Yeah?

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Do you think mommy is up there?

                              RYOICHI

                    Why do you ask?

                              KEN'ICHI

                    At her memorial, a lot of people

                    were saying that she is looking

                    over me and would protect me. Do

                    you think she is in the stars since

                    its over us?

          Ryoichi looks up at the sky and finds the brightest star. He

          points at it.

                              RYOICHI

                    There.

          Ken'ichi looks up at it.

                              RYOICHI

                    When we die, we become stars.

                    That's what they mean by watching

                    over us. She is shining bright

                    because she knows we are looking up

                    at her. She wants us to see her. So

                    when it's our time, we will be

                    rejoined with mommy.

          Ken'ichi keeps his focus on the star and hops off of

          Ryoichi's lap.

                              KEN'ICHI

                         (loudly)

                    Mommy, I miss you. I promise to be

                    a good boy and I promise to take

                    care of daddy. I'll come talk to

                    you every night from now on, just

                    shine bright so I know your there.

          Ryoichi smiles as he starts to tear.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    I love you, mommy!

          Ryoichi stands and walks to his son's side. Ken'ichi hugs

          him. Ryoichi looks up at the star.

                              RYOICHI

                         (loudly)

                    I miss you, Eri. I know I'm not the

                    perfect man but I will do my best

                    to raise Ken'ichi and help him

                    become the best he can be for you.

                    We will live our lives for you and

                    we won't mourn anymore. We'll

                    celebrate your life every year from

                    now on. I love you still and you

                    will always have your place in my

                    heart.

          Ken'ichi looks up at Ryoichi and Ryoichi looks down at him.

          Ryoichi smiles at him.

                              KEN'ICHI

                    Do you think she heard us?

                              RYOICHI

                    I think so.

          INT. SHINOBU'S LAB. NIGHT.

          Shinobu's lab is filled with several screens and machines.

          Shinobu is at the main computer while it is searching for

          DNA matches. Yuuto is looking at the picture from earlier.

                              YUUTO

                    How long is it going to take?

                              SHINOBU

                    It shouldn't take much longer. The

                    population of Japan is a very large

                    database.

                              YUUTO

                    Can't you just compare mine to the

                    sample?

                              SHINOBU

                    I did that already and half of your

                    genes are similar to the sample.

                    That blood did belong to your

                    father.

                              YUUTO

                    So now we are trying to find out

                    who he is?

                              SHINOBU

                    Yes, his DNA should be somewhere in

                    the database.

          Yuuto grows impatient and turns away from the computer

          screen. The screen then stops scanning onto a 100% match.

          Yuuto turns the screen to see it.

                              SHINOBU

                    We have a match.

          Shinobu moves his mouse and clicks on the matched DNA and a

          file comes up that shows a simple head shot of the man in

          Yuuto's picture. Yuuto looks down at his picture and back up

          at the screen.

                              YUUTO

                    That's him?

                              SHINOBU

                    Sato Ichiro. He was in the Japanese

                    Maritime Self-Defense Force, rank

                    Petty Officer first class. It says

                    he went missing twenty-five years

                    ago.

                              YUUTO

                    He was never found.

          Yuuto has a flashback of Ichiro reaching for him in a dark

          room. Yuuto collapses and starts to breath heavily. He grabs

          his chest. Shinobu runs to him to help.

                              SHINOBU

                    Yuuto, what's wrong.

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                         (breathing heavily)

                    She has... a knife... turn... don't

                    let her... she's... dangerous.

                              SHINOBU

                    Who are you talking about? Yuuto.

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                    No... Yuuto can't know, can't know,

                    can't know... No, Noboru knows but

                    won't tell, won't... tell.

                              SHINOBU

                    Knows what?

                              YUUTO(NOBORU)

                    No... lady in blue... its a blue

                    dress... knife, blood, red

                    everywhere... (screams)

                              SHINOBU

                    Yuuto, snap out of it.

          Yuuto stops screaming and falls to the floor unconscious.

          Shinobu starts to shake him.

                              SHINOBU

                    Yuuto! Yuuto!

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. NIGHT.

          Ninette enters Yuuto's room and looks around. She spots the

          box on the bed. She opens it and looks through the letters

          and pictures and locates a sealed envelope addressed to

          Yuuto. She opens it and reads the letter inside. She hears

          footsteps and she immediately closes the box and sticks the

          letter in her pocket. She turns toward the door and sees

          Kiyomi in the doorway.

                              KIYOMI

                    So you must be the princess

                    everyone keeps talking about.

                              NINETTE

                    Who are you?

                              KIYOMI

                    Don't worry, I'm one of the good

                    guys. I'm Kazuo's sister and

                    Daisuke's girlfriend, Kiyomi.

                              NINETTE

                    Oh, I'm sorry I assumed.

                              KIYOMI

                    No need to apologize. I would act

                    the same way if I was being hunted

                    down.

          Kiyomi looks at Ninette's shoulder.

                              KIYOMI

                    How's your arm?

                              NINETTE

                    Better. After they got the bullet

                    out, it didn't hurt anymore.

                              KIYOMI

                    That's good.

                              NINETTE

                    Were you looking for Daisuke?

                              KIYOMI

                    Yeah, the butler said he would be

                    back in a few. He left something at

                    my apartment last night and I just

                    came to return it to him.

                              NINETTE

                    Oh, I see. May I ask you a

                    question?

                              KIYOMI

                    Of course.

                              NINETTE

                    Do you worry about Daisuke?

                              KIYOMI

                    Worry?

                              NINETTE

                    I mean, with him doing this mission

                    that might end his career or his

                    life?

          Kiyomi looks down for a moment trying to think of what to

          say. She looks back at Ninette.

                              KIYOMI

                    I do. I love Daisuke more than

                    anything. I hope that someday we

                    will get married and raise a

                    family. He's everything to me.

                              NINETTE

                    Do you want your brother to

                    understand that?

                              KIYOMI

                    Kazuo tries too hard to be like our

                    father. I love him and I loved my

                    father, but no one can replace him,

                    not even Kazuo.

                              NINETTE

                    What happened to your father?

          Kiyomi walks to sit on the bed. Ninette sits as well.

                              KIYOMI

                    Our father died about ten years

                    ago. I was twenty-three, Kazuo was

                    around twenty. He had a stroke and

                    it was very hard on Kazuo. A few

                    months before he died, he had found

                    his mom dead in their home. After

                    dad died, he moved to America. I

                    think living in Japan was too hard

                    for him. He promised my father he

                    would take care of me but now I

                    think he is trying too hard.

                              NINETTE

                    He's over protective.

                              KIYOMI

                    Yeah. May I ask why you asked about

                    my feelings for Daisuke?

                              NINETTE

                    I know Ogawa is married and I'm

                    sure it is hard on his wife. I'm

                    having those feelings for someone.

                    He has so much going on in his life

                    and then he has to protect me. If

                    something goes wrong in his mind,

                    he might die.

                              KIYOMI

                    Are you talking about Yuuto?

          Ninette looks away.

                              KIYOMI

                    There is no reason to be ashamed by

                    it. Love is a natural thing. You

                    care about him and that's

                    understandable but can you accept

                    his baggage?

          Ninette looks back at her.

                              NINETTE

                    I cannot love him, even if I wanted

                    to.

                              KIYOMI

                    You must marry nobility.

                              NINETTE

                    I find it unfair though. He

                    deserves love. I don't think he was

                    shown much love as he grew up.

                    Maybe that is why he is the way he

                    is.

                              KIYOMI

                    He will find it eventually. Maybe

                    your love and care for him is all

                    he will need.

          Kiyomi rises and goes to exit the room.

                              NINETTE

                    Kazuo said that Daisuke gave you

                    hope and that you didn't need to be

                    with someone that gave you false

                    hope.

          Kiyomi turns back to her.

                              KIYOMI

                    He might not know it, but Kazuo

                    needs love too. That is the only

                    hope Daisuke has given me; hope

                    that I can be loved.

          

          Ninette nods and smiles. Kiyomi walks back to her. He

          reaches into her purse and pulls out a folder.

                              KIYOMI

                    Give this to Daisuke for me? I

                    really need to get back home. I

                    have a conference early in the

                    morning.

          Ninette takes it and nods.

                              KIYOMI

                    Thank you. And, princess, love

                    Yuuto the way you want to love him.

                    If you think he needs it, don't

                    hold back your feelings. Let him

                    know you care. People like him need

                    to know someone cares about them.

          Kiyomi exits the room. Ninette looks down at the folder and

          opens it to the first page. She starts to read.

                              NINETTE

                    Sakamoto clan?

          She sits down on the bed and starts to look through all of

          the papers and sees pictures of different men. She comes

          across one that she finds striking.

                              NINETTE

                    Sakamoto Seiichi?

          MEMORY

          Ninette is sitting in her father's office back in Monaco.

          Her father is on the phone.

                              ALBERT

                    Sakamoto Seiichi (pause) of course,

                    I have kept my word (pause) Yes,

                    the money was enough (pause)

          INT. KAZUO'S HOUSE. NIGHT.

          Ninette closes the folder. She hears Daisuke and Shinobu

          coming down the hallway. Daisuke enters first, followed by

          Shinobu who is holding Yuuto up on his shoulder. Kazuo

          enters last.

                              NINETTE

                    What happened to him?

          Shinobu brings Yuuto over to the bed and lays him down.

                              SHINOBU

                    He's fine, he just fainted.

                              DAISUKE

                    Was it because of what you found?

                              SHINOBU

                    I think so. We found that the DNA

                    you found on the wall belonged to a

                    Sato Ichiro. He is the same person

                    in the picture Yuuto has. We also

                    found out that he has been missing

                    for twenty-five years. Yuuto was

                    only three when he went missing.

                              DAISUKE

                    How fresh was the blood?

                              SHINOBU

                    It coagulated twenty-five years

                    ago. I was surprised I even got DNA

                    out of it. Whoever cleaned that

                    place didn't do a very good job. A

                    stain wouldn't have gotten me much,

                    so there must have been some dried

                    blood left on there.

                              DAISUKE

                    So, if the blood is twenty-five

                    years old and he went missing that

                    long ago, he might have been killed

                    in that house.

                              KAZUO

                    We can't be completely sure about

                    that.

                              SHINOBU

                    That's true.

                              DAISUKE

                    What was he like when he passed

                    out?

                              SHINOBU

                    He started breathing really heavily

                    and saying things that didn't quite

                    make sense.

                              DAISUKE

                    What did he say?

                              SHINOBU

                    He said Yuuto can't know, Noboru

                    knows but won't tell, lady in a

                    blue dress, knife, blood, and

                    seeing red.

                              DAISUKE

                    Noboru is starting to reveal more

                    about this memory. He acted that

                    same way at his old house but he

                    only mentioned the knife and blood.

                              KAZUO

                    Is there anyway we could go check

                    the house for anything else that

                    might prove useful?

                              DAISUKE

                    I would say yes, but he burned the

                    house down today.

          Ninette looks at Yuuto.

                              NINETTE

                    What are we going to do about it?

                              SHINOBU

                    I say we should step out of it.

                    From what I've seen, he isn't

                    taking the news well. If we dig any

                    deeper, it won't be good for him or

                    us.

                              KAZUO

                    I agree. We should focus on our

                    intended purpose. He can figure out

                    his past on his own time.

          Daisuke looks at Ninette.

                              DAISUKE

                    They're right. We have to focus on

                    your safety.

                              NINETTE

                    I understand.

          She hands him the folder.

                              DAISUKE

                    What is this?

                              NINETTE

                    Kiyomi brought it over just a few

                    minutes ago. She told me to give it

                    to you.

                              DAISUKE

                    Thank you. We will discuss the

                    mission when Kawano gets back on

                    Monday. Watanabe-san wants to talk

                    to us then.

          Daisuke, Shinobu, and Kazuo leave the room. Ninette sits at

          the head of the bed and places Yuuto's head on her lap. She

          strokes his hair as she starts to hum. She sings in English.

                              NINETTE

                         (singing)

                    Though the days are long, twilight

                    sings a song of the happiness that

                    used to be. Soon my eyes will

                    close, soon I'll find repose and in

                    dreams, you're always near to me.

          MONTAGE.

          Ninette's singing will continue during the following scenes.

          During this verse, Ryoichi and Ken'ichi are decorating the

          cake on the dining room table. There are cake decorations

          everywhere. Ken'ichi is piping icing on the cake but he

          messes up but they both laugh. Ryoichi looks over at the

          picture of Eri on the bookshelf and smiles.

                              NINETTE

                         (voice over singing)

                    I'll see you in my dreams, hold you

                    in my dreams. Someone took you out

                    of my arms, still I feel the thrill

                    of your charms. Lips that once were

                    mine, tender eyes that shine. They

                    will light my way tonight, I'll see

                    you in my dreams.

          During the next verse, Sumiko is in her room watering the

          plants by her window. She looks over at the pictures of

          Yuuto on the wall. She pulls out a picture from under her

          pillow and smiles at it. It is of Ichiro. She holds it close

          to her heart as she walks back over to the window. She looks

          up at the moon.

                              NINETTE

                         (voice over singing)

                    In the dreary day of another day,

                    you are far away and I am blue.

                    Still I hope and pray through each

                    weary day for it brings the night

                    and dreams of you. I'll see you in

                    my dreams, hold you in my dreams.

                    Someone took you out of my arms,

                    still I feel the thrill of your

                    charms. Lips that once were mine,

                    tender eyes that shine.

          During the last part, it is later that evening and Yuuto is

          awake on his bed looking at the picture of his parents.

                              NINETTE

                         (voice over singing)

                    They will light our way tonight,

                    I'll see you in my dreams. They

                    will light out way tonight, I'll

                    see you in my dreams.

          Ninette's singing is over, montage ends.

          Yuuto stands up and looks into the mirror. A dark figure in

          a blue dress is behind him. He looks back but nothing is

          there. When he looks back into the mirror, it is back. He

          takes the glass cup from the bedside table and throws it at

          the mirror. The shattered mirror falls onto the floor. When

          he looks at the glass, he still sees the figure in each of

          the shattered glass pieces. He falls down to his knees and

          weeps.

                              YUUTO

                         (crying quietly)

                    Why won't you leave me alone?