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NOTE! Ichiko (the true one, female, now wearing blonde wig) = Ichigou (real hair, passing as male) = Ichigo (same as Ichiko, name she uses for Kanzaki and Sousuke). The three are the same girl.

Chapter 15 (Dec'2001)
Ichigou begs Yuki not to tell her secret to anybody, including Kanzaki. Yuki tells Ichigo that she will but... Ichigou will have to stop seeing Kanzaki! Yuki starts to get upset and says that Kanzaki is her boyfriend and tells Ichigou to leave him alone. Kanzaki is waiting for Ichigo, but Yuki appears instead and tells him that Ichigo returned home. He starts to leave, but she hugs him from behind and pleads for him not to with other girls because he is her boyfriend. Next day at work, Tendou asks her if she is ok and she starts to say something, but then stops. Ichigou thinks she can't tell Tendou or anybody. Later while practicing, Ichigou hurts her hand and Kanzaki tends to it. Yuki appears and takes care of Ichigou, and even though Ichigou tries to deny she did anything Kanzaki-related, Yuki threatens her again; Ichigou thinks she is pretty scary and really means to keep her away from Kanzaki. Tendou meanwhile is watching them. Back in her real self, Ichiko is in a park depressing and pondering about all what's happening, when a guy appears and tells her he can see her panties! (she is on a kid's game construction thing) Ichiko goes down very fast and breaks his phone on the way down. She wants to pay for it, but he won't let her... instead tells her that it's ok because at least she is not crying anymore. He asks her if she had a fight with her boyfriend, and she denies it... She is kind of taken by this strange guy, but he suddenly seizes her hand and tells her to go with him for a moment, then drags her away!
Chapter 16 (Dec'2001)
The stranger drags Ichiko all the way to a chic clothes shop and tells her to try whatever dress she likes the most! Ichiko is pushed into a cabin and changes into a pretty skirt-sweater combination... She is even more shocked when the guy just tells the shopgirl that they will have it. Ichiko hurriedly tells him that she can't afford something so expensive but he just replies that he will pay for it. Ichiko gets really mad and takes off the sweater, telling him that she won't have it and that she doesn't want any such presents from him! The guy is surprised and excuses himself, saying that he is used to other girls being very happy at that kind of thing... Ichiko realizes that he did it to make her happy, so she forgives him. Once outside the shop, she tells him her name is "Ichigo," and he introduces himsef as Sousuke. Before they shake hands, Kanzaki appears and calls her. Ichigo runs away again, but Sousuke seems to recognize Kanzaki.. Kanzaki finally catches up with her and asks her why she left the other time. He asks her what Yuki told her. Ichigo is very upset because of the fuzzy feelings she is having with Kanzaki hugging her and asks him to release her, but he says he won't. Ichigo gets mad and pushes him away anyway, telling him angrily that since he has Yuki he can just leave her alone. After Ichigo leaves, Kanzaki seems to be just as upset as her, and after hitting a tree, he wonders what the hell he is doing... Meanwhile, Ichigo thinks that she is all alone. Kanzaki pays a visit to Yuki and tells her that he is breaking up with her. Yuki is very angry that he really means it and slaps him hard. At work everybody is horrified at their faces (Kanzaki showing Yuki's slap and Ichigou having horrible puffy eyes from all the crying (^^; )). Both of them are sent to another room to apply bags of ice to their respective problems. Kanzaki asks Ichigou if he cried, but she denies it. Instead, she mentally wonders what happened to Kanzaki's cheek... she wants to ask but she won't. Ichigou wishes her heart could stop pounding so much. Kanzaki says Ichigou is a nice person, but she doesn't want to hear that, so she leaves the room before she starts crying again. Once outside, she thinks she wants to stop being Ichigou.
Chapter 17 (Jan'2002)
A guy working for the office that represents Kanzaki stops Tendou and shows him some photos, which turn out to show Kanzaki when he was holding Ichigo from behind. The two men talk to Kanzaki and the guy from his office is really mad at him because he is in a weird mood and says the girl in the photo is not his girlfriend. Tendou seems to be much cooler and just advises him not to do anything silly. Meanwhile, Ichiko is still thinking she wants to stop being Ichigou. At work, she seems to be pretty down, and Kanzaki tries to cheer her up... which works. During a rest, she sees the strange guy she met after running away from Kanzaki, Sousuke, being interviewed in the set. It turns out that he is a singer as well, and Ichigou screams her surprise when recognizing it... (^^;;; ) To Ichigou's shock, Sousuke introduces his song as "the song for Ichigo-chan!" However, she is surprised at his singing and thinks he has a really nice voice... (but she is not forgiving him just like that!) Ichigou turns into Ichigo and waits for Sousuke. He is surprised to see her, and drags her into the car waiting for him because his fans also noticed him. She thinks he is a pervert, but then realized he really does have good intentions towards her. He tells her that he really sang for her sake back there, and Ichigo is quite taken. As they drive through a crowded street, Ichigo spots Kanzaki and stops the car, thanking Sousuke. Ichigo follows Kanzaki, wondering where he is going since it's the opposite way to his house... Of course in one of these (really lame) attempts at being unspotted by him, she bumps her head and Kanzaki goes to her and wonders what she is doing... (^^; ) They sit on a bench and Kanzaki, in a dark mood mumbles about there being no relationship between them... then excuses himself for saying those kind of things and attempts to cheer up. Ichigo realizes then that there is something special about him and tells him that she likes him.
Chapter 18 (Feb'2002)
Ichigo confeses she likes Kanzaki but... he answers with an expressionless face that he is sorry, but won't go out with her. Poor Ichigo spends the night crying... Next day, Ken notices her eyes and asks her what is wrong. She says she had a broken heart, and Ken starts crying as well because he is so sorry he didn't even notice there was someone she likes. (^^; ) Meanwhile, Kanzaki rings on Yuki's door, but she doesn't want to see him. He tells her through the door that he has "decided", and so they part ways. Ichiko and Ken hang around at a music store and she sees Sousuke's CD. Ichiko remembers how nice his song was, so she decides to buy it. To their surprise, she gets a ticket for a special live event to happen that same day, so they decide to go. Ichiko thinks she wants to listed to that voice once more... Kanzaki separately also happens to buy the CD and get the ticket as well... In the event stage, Sousuke sings under the rain, and Ichiko smiles, thinking she likes his voice. Later after shaking hands with him, a man in a suit asks her to go with him, and takes her to Sousuke's room (while poor Ken wonders where the heck she went... ^^;; ) Sousuke is very happy to see her and says he is sorry for not having been able to really talk to her while shaking hands. They both talk and Sousuke asks her what kind of person is the guy she likes... which makes her start crying again. Sousuke gets serious and asks her if she would prefer him to be gone, but she shakes her head and walks into his arms.

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