This is Plum Garden's first try at the Scryed fandom, and the result is a 16-page copy-bon, with a Ryuhou-centric story explaining his reason of lying to Mimori about his feelings. The story begins at the scene where Ryuhou and Mimori meet again in the anime. Instead of a warm reunion that she'd expected, he tells her she should forget about their past and walks away. But here, we catch a little glimpse into Ryuhou's mind and realizes his words had hurt him just as much as they had hurt her. The scene then jumps to a battle between him and Kazuma. Ryuhou doesn't even need to face Kazuma to know that Zetsuei had quickly disposed of the young mercenary... or so he thinks... until he hears Mimori weakly calling out for him. Quickly turning around, he sees a sight that will forever be etched into his mind: a dying Mimori who was stabbed by Zetsuei. Suddenly, Ryuhou wakes up, his voice hoarse from screaming out Mimori's name. (Yes, he screamed "Mimori", not "Kiryuu-san"!) And this dream hardens his resolve of shutting off his feelings for Mimori, for he realizes his dream will become the truth if she doesn't stay away from him. And thus, he will continue lying to her... even though his lies will hurt both of them. (Methinks angst boy here needs a good slap in the face and a hard kick in the head. -__-)

The Scryed story is a rather cute one, starting off at a Christmas party held in the HOLY headquarters. Ryuhou is seen bringing a glass of water to Mimori, who looks a little sick. He berates her for coming to a party even though she is not feeling well. But she reasons that a Christmas party is only once a year. So she won't feel right by turning down Cougar's invitation (since the party was his idea). And as soon as Cougar's name is mentioned, he shows up, holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand. It turns out that he spiked the punch!!! XD So Mimori is drunk, not sick. Just as Ryuhou is about to lash out at Cougar for spiking the punch, Mimori passes out and pretty much falls right on Ryuhou. The scene then jumps to a bit later. Obviously, Ryuhou has brought Mimori back to her room. As she is slowly coming back to her senses, he tells her he should be leaving. Perhaps it's the alcohol, or perhaps it's the fact that they're alone in her room, but Mimori uncharacteristically reaches out and hugs Ryuhou from behind, asking him to please call her "Mimori" just this once. She feels that the distance between them is growing wider and wider every time he calls her "Kiryuu-san" and she has no idea what she had done to make him hate her that much. But of course, Ryuhou's feelings for Mimori is anything but hate. So he is very surprised when he hears her little confession. Immediately turning around and hugging her tight to him, he tells her that she is wrong and that he will never ever hate her. And he proceeds to call her "Mimori", just like he once did 7 years ago. But when he doesn't get a reply, he looks down... and realizes Mimori had once again passed out from the alcohol. So she didn't hear a word he said. Aww... and I highly doubt Ryuhou will ever be this open to Mimori again, at least not in the near future. *throws popcorn at Ryuhou*

Later that day, as Ryuhou and Mimori are walking around the garden, he apologies to her for his mother's abrupt words. But she tells him that she is not at all offended and that she looks forward to meeting him again next time. But it hurts Ryuhou to think that Mimori will be returning to such an unknown place (to him). Will she be happy? Who will she meet? As these thoughts plague his mind, Mimori notices the sudden melancholic look on his face. Worried, she leans over, touches her forehead to his, and asks him what's wrong. When he notices her face so near suddenly, he closes the gap between their lips and gives her a quick kiss. Then he tells her, with a little blush on his face, that he likes her and that his feelings will never change; not now, not ever. Surprised at his sudden confession, Mimori voices out her feelings as well, that she feels the same way. Hearing this, Ryuhou then promises Mimori that he'll become stronger for her. He'll become stronger so that one day, he can take her father's place to forever protect and take care of her. Aww... young Ryuhou is so sweet! ^_^

The last story, also by Plum Garden, begins with a reoccurring dream that Ryuhou is having every night. In his dream, he sees a very melancholic-looking Mimori staring off at a distance. But whenever he tries to reach for her, she bursts into a whole bunch of feathers and fades away. And here is when he wakes up every time. The scene then jumps to that afternoon, after Ryuhou and Sherrice are off duty. While grabbing a drink at the cafeteria, Sherrice take notice of Mimori working at the cafeteria even during her break, and she invites herself and Ryuhou to join the female scientist. As Ryuhou quietly observes the hard working girl, he realizes the Mimori in front of him is very different than the Mimori in his dream. The Mimori he is seeing right now has eyes always filled with confidence and determination. But is this the real Mimori? Or is she hiding her true self by pretending to be strong for everyone? While pondering on this thought, the girl always invading his thoughts gets up to head back to her post. And before he knows it, Ryuhou reaches out and makes a grab for her. Of course, Sherrice freaks out at the sight of "her" Ryuhou TOUCHING Mimori while the other girl is just flabbergasted at his sudden move. Ryuhou, too, is confused as to why he made such a move. And he pulls a very strategic move. He retreats. XD But not before placing his usual cold look on his face. Seeing this, Mimori reflects back to the recent dreams she had been having about Ryuhou. In her dreams, she was always seeing the young Ryuhou, the one with a warm and kind smile on his face. Yet, when she wakes up, the Ryuhou she sees is filled with a coldness but also with a hidden sadness as well. Briefly, she wonders if he is hiding his true self by displaying the cold and harsh side to everyone. (Not very unlike Ryuhou's thoughts about her.) And the story ends with an illustration of Ryuhou and Mimori, standing back to back, wondering if they'll ever be able to open the door to each other's heart and see their true selves one day. (Me: YES YES YES YOU WILL! JUST BE HONEST TO EACH OTHER!!!)

The Scryed story is a Ryuhou-centric one, starting off with Ryuhou thinking back to all the sad expressions he had been seeing on Mimori's face ever since they met again. (And usually, he is the one causing those expressions.) In the midst of his thoughts, he doesn't take notice of where he is going and bumps into Mimori. She falls on her butt and her documents goes flying everywhere. As she picks up her stuff, she notices some blood on one of her documents, and realizes Ryuhou got a paper cut from it. Concerned, she takes his hand and wraps a bandage around his wounded finger, telling him that he should get his wound treated later. Though not showing it. Ryuhou is obviously surprised at her kindness, since he hadn't been particularly nice to her lately. And as he watches her walk off to her destination, Sherrice pops up and makes a note of how rare it is to see a bandage on him. And when she tells Ryuhou that he should go to the medical office to see it treated, he tells her he doesn't need to. He then kisses his wounded finger and says that "this" is enough, implying that Mimori's kindness and love for him is enough to heal any of his wounds!!! Cuteness!!!

The scene then jumps to Mimori, still wearing Ryuhou's pendant around her neck, seeing two of her students off after a tutoring session. She turns around and is about to walk back inside her home until she hears someone calling her name and is suddenly embraced from behind. (Three chance to guess who this someone is. Need a hint? His name starts with "ryu" and ends with "hou". :P) And for the next half a page, we get an awesome RyuMi scene of Ryuhou burying his face in Mimori's neck and breathing in the scent of her hair. When he feels something wet on his arm, he reaches up and gently wipes away her tears. Wai, wai, wai!!! *sparkles* Later on, when the two are settled down inside Mimori's home, she asks Ryuhou if something had happened because she figures he never does pleasure visits. And Ryuhou's reply? "Is there a need to make up a reason for visiting you?" *melts* Blushing slightly, Mimori then takes out a spare set of men's clothing for Ryuhou, asking him to wear it so she can wash and mend his HOLY uniform. (His HOLY uniform was pretty much in tatters by the end of the TV series.) At this point, Ryuhou is simply amazed at how Mimori could be always so thoughtful for someone who never did anything to deserve her kindness. And he reaches for her again, hugging her tight to him and asking her to allow him to stay like this a bit longer. She then returns the hug, asking if that's enough. And his reply? "No it's not. It's never enough." And the doujinshi then ends with a super uber sappy picture of Ryuhou pulling Mimori's head down for a kiss. But things don't end happily ever after for them. As Ryuhou kisses Mimori, one thought lingers in the back of his mind. "Before I lose everything (sense of touch), I want to etch her entire presence to this body of mine... no matter how cruel my actions will be." So yes, they probably had sex after this. And Ryuhou went to Mimori fully knowing that he'll die soon. >_< Damn the creators for angsty endings!!!

The two have a heart to heart talk, where Mimori confesses all her fears to him: her weakness, her inability to protect herself, and how her existence is only a burden to those around her. To her, she deserved death at that time. Ryuhou shouldn't have saved her. But to her surprise, she receives a long and harsh lecture from Ryuhou that gives her a reality check. It was HIS choice to save her because he WANTED her to live. And thus, he gave everything he had to save her. Because of this, she should continue living the life he bestowed upon her. (And during his speech, Ryuhou is inching closer and closer to Mimori!!! XD) Touched by his selflessness, Mimori wakes up from her temporary mental collapse, and becomes determined to become stronger (not necessarily in a physical sense) for Ryuhou. And she confesses that his selflessness has once again made her fall in love with him again. Once upon a time, she fell in love with the young Ryuhou, because of his gentleness and care for all those around him. Then when she returned to the Lost Grounds years later, she fell in love with that Ryuhou, because of his determination and strength. And now, all these years later, she has once again fallen in love with the Ryuhou in front of her, because of his ability to put everyone before himself. We then get a super sexy RyuMi kiss scene, where the still-in-her-pajamas Mimori is kneeling on her bed directly in front of Ryuhou, who is hovering over her and tilts her head up for a kiss! Yah!!!