Here, you will find the synopsis/summaries of the chapters of Home. They take time, so be patient! ^^ (And remember to buy these tankobon if you like the summaries, it's the best way of thanking the authors and the synopsis are nothing compared to the real thing! ^^ )

All synopsis are by Zahara Medina, and cannot be used anywhere else without her permission. As she is just a student of Japanese, any help, comments or corrections are more than welcome! ^^;

Home: Part 02. [version 1.0] "Uhh... I want to die..." Poor Antonio lies in bed sweating all over and obviously sick as his mother puts wet compresses over his forehead. If he wouldn't have gotten so wet in the middle of the night this wouldn't be happening, anyway! Antonio's mother hears noises outside, it's Maria and her family getting ready to leave, they are going to see the foreigner's delegation off. Antonio's mother would love to go as well, but her "stupid son" has gotten a cold, so she can't. From the bed, Antonio calls for Maria in his fever and tries to stand up... In the street, Maria looks up worriedly... Then she remembers his kiss the night before. Her worried face turns into a scowl. "Take care of yourself, Antonio!!" she yells at him as they leave. After all, she thinks as she blushes not too happily, it's fair punishment for stealing away her first kiss. The trio (Maria, her father and Martin) manage to get a great position in front line and comment on their great view. Carlos asks which of the men is Kojirou and Maria and Martin start searching for him eagerly with their eyes. However it soon becomes disappointingly clear for them that he is not to be seen anywhere in the procession. "The magician big-brother is not there..." says Martin in wonder. Maria thinks about Kojirou and starts to get anxious. She calls out his name, asking where he is, and even though Tsunenaga and another of his men exchange worried glazes, the procession continues on. Juana appears behind Maria and asks her what she is shouting... Maria asks her back where is Kojirou but Juana doesn't know who "Kojirou" is. Maria tells her that it's the Japanese man who took care of Martin, has he maybe been left behind by the other men? Juana replies that all the men of the delegation left for Madrid... But Kojirou wasn't with them, insists Maria. Juana tells her that she doesn't know which of them is Kojirou because all of their faces look the same... But Maria keeps on insisting that she remembers him perfectly. He has a cool face and narrow eyes but they are of a beautiful black color... And in spite of this, has she missed him (in the procession)?, asks herself Maria, still worried about it. Behind her, Juana tells her that she must discuss something with her, but that is not a good place, "Tomorrow... at the secret place..." On the next day Maria is working at the vineyards with her father and Martin (who, ok, is not exactly working ^^; ). Maria laments with a freshly cut branch of grapes that she had wanted to give them to Kojirou as a present... At her side her father tells her that it's bad luck indeed (and the sweat drop on his temple is probably more due to the vision of even another day filled with Maria's sorrowful comments than the heat ^^;;; ). Martin runs by them playing with the paper bird Kojirou made for him saying that big brother is a magician, so he will surely fly to meet them! Maria smiles at that and agrees, then she realizes that it's time to go to her meeting with Juana so she tries to leave but Martin exclaims that he wants to go too to the "secret place!" Maria sweats, "You heard...?" Martin smiles widely like the saint we all know him to be. They walk to the lower part of the cliff that starts right in the side of the castle. Maria explains that there is a hidden exit to the mansion in there and then tells Martin that was where they (Antonio and her) met Juana and that's how they become such good friends... "Sister!!" cuts in Martin in panic. "What's the problem, Martin?!" As she looks to where Martin is looking at. Kojirou is lying on the ground, apparently unconscious. This person is...!! When Juana opens the door of the secret exit, she finds Maria kneeling at Kojirou's side and her and Martin looking at her in worry and horror. Maria urges Juana to call somebody, as Kojirou is not dead. Juana just stays there doubting but after Maria tells her to hurry up she runs back to the house. Inside the house Juana's father and another man discuss about the body and the fact that the delegation supposedly left in whole for Madrid. Behind them Phillip appears and asks for how the man is doing--his wounds are grave. As you can imagine this is a slight problem for the diplomacy and since they don't want to have problems... Maria and Martin are praying at Kojirou's side with Juana watching them when Juana's father enters the room with two soldiers that tell Maria to step aside. Juana's father says that they are taking him to the monastery's custody and Maria asks why he can't heal in there... Juana's father replies that that type of responsibility is not theirs. Besides, he was rude and violent in the dinner party... "Kojirou is a kind person," exclaims Maria angrily. But he is dying and the best place where to take care of him is the monastery... "Kojirou is not dying!" cries Maria with ardor. He is not... Back in his home, Antonio is still sick and high in fever, but after 4 days he's back to normal and storms into Maria's house demanding to know why didn't she even inquire about him! What he finds is Maria and Martin sitting by Kojirou's side, who is lying in bed with a lot of his head covered by bandages. "WHAT??" Maria tells him to lower his voice, as there is a wounded person in the room. A wounded person...? Antonio suddenly remembers Kojirou as the man Maria kissed on the cheek and gets all flustered and angry and starts spanking Maria verbally about her not visiting him with the cold and instead staying with this man and... Maria slaps him. Kojirou is seriously ill, she tells him with her serious expression showing worry as well. Kojirou was stabbed with something sharp and then thrown down the cliff. Juana's father couldn't take care of him, so they took him there to Maria's house. Antonio asks if they know who did it, but they don't. They also wanted to give up on him as he is not regaining consciousness... Martin looks at Kojirou and then goes out of the room with determined steps. Maria wonders where he is going, but Martin claims her attention. Martin wonders if he will die and Maria tells him that it's God who decides that, but that they can pray for him to get better. As she says this, she remembers another time when she also prayed for a person not to die. A quite young Maria and her father prayed at Maria's mother side for her to get well, but God didn't do it... Back to the present Maria asks God not to take Kojirou... Then Antonio appears back in the room and gives Maria a bag with an excited expression on his face. It's a medicine his brother sent from the capital. Maria wonders if it's ok, but Antonio reassures her that it's a cure-all type of thing and that it worked great for his cold. Maria is extremely thankful for him, but he brushes that off and leaves the room cheering her with a big smile. She takes Martin to his room and tucks him in bed since he fell asleep, then puts some of the powder from the bag in a bowl with water and tries to give it to Kojirou but it just slides off the sides of his mouth. Maria cleans him worriedly and then, after a moment looking at him she takes some of the water and bends over him... Kojirou... get well... I want to see Kojirou's eyes... I want to hear Kojirou's voice... She kisses him on the lips, passing the medicine to his mouth... And as she straightens up, she notices with surprise that Kojirou is crying! "Kojirou?!"

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