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 04. [version 1.0] Kojirou... Maria blushes as she half hugs Kojirou... "What is this!?" Maria turns around, Antonio is looking at them with an angry face, breathing hard from running after Maria... "It... it's a misunderstanding...." she tries to explain, she is just supporting him because his strength failed.... But Antonio doesn't like any of this at all, and with decisive steps he goes to them and grabs Kojirou's arm, pulling from him hard. "Come this way!" Maria asks him very worried what he's doing, but Antonio just keeps on pulling from Kojirou. "Kojirou is returning to Japan!" he shouts. Maria runs after them, sweating and a little scared. "To Japan!?" Antonio looks back at them. "Kojirou, you want to return to Japan!?" Kojirou opens his eyes wide at this. "Japan...." "Re... return..." Poor Maria looks at his back helplessly. "No way! No way! Only sailors can board!" Antonio has taken them to the port, where a big ship is getting ready to take off in the next days. Antonio is trying to convince them to take Kojirou in with them, but.... "That type of strange fellow can't board!!" Antonio tries again with his best smile to no avail, then he turns to Maria and requests that she pleads as well. But Maria just pouts to a side. "But...." "10,000 Ducados[*]" A tall blonde man with a bind covering his left eye and wearing a long coat stands behind the sailor. "Captain Luis!" The captain looks at them. Pay for the lift. Antonio can't believe it. "10,000 ducados...!?" They don't have that much money! Captain Luis gives them his back, indifferent. "In that case, return (home). This is not a ship with free boarding." The sailor pushes them, telling them to go away (and Antonio would like to send this guy away with a good kick, if his face is saying the truth). [*= "ducado" was the main coin of that time in Spain. ^^ ] Back at home, Antonio and Carlos (Maria's father) talk about the price. Antonio looks about desperate for throwing Kojirou out of the house, like Martin happily asks Maria if Kojirou is staying home. Maria, all smiles, nods as happily (^^). The background turns rosy and both of them exchange more happiness about that fact. (^^;) Antonio gets upset at her, she is supplying very little ideas on how to help Kojirou return home! Maria replies she will say something when she thinks about something. But Antonio's face shows he is clearly not believing him and Maria is annoyed at this. In his room, Kojirou is having a nightmare, remembering the stabbing--there's no need for having two heirs for the Date family--and his brother snubbing at him, "Kojirou... what an abominable name it is." "Abominable...." Kojirou wakes up bathed in is sweat and breathing hard. He looks at the wound in his torso and his face becomes hard and dark, unforgiving. "Tadamune!!" Maria is in the vineyards, picking up grapes and thinking about how happy she is that Kojirou is staying with them. "Japan... re...return." The flashback of Kojirou's words and face makes her face turn a little sad. But Kojirou wants to return to Japan.... One's country... going to Japan because of something like the person one likes, I wonder? Maria realizes what she just thought and returns to work, sweating. But as she cuts some grapes, she sees a bunch of flowers between the grapes--it's Antonio from the other side! Antonio laughs and passes through the plants to stand at Maria's side. He blushes slightly, clears his throat and gives the flowers to her. Maria looks at them in surprise. "Thanks... but, why? My birthday is next month!" Antonio gets more serious, still blushing. "Today is a day of celebration, however." "A day of celebration?" "The day we celebrate my proposal to Maria." Maria's eyes go really wide. "Proposal!?" "Maria, lets marry." Maria is left speechless. Then tries to laugh. "Wa... waaaait, it's only a joke--" Antonio grabs her shoulders. "No joke! I like you." His face comes closer to hers. "A lot..." And closer. Maria starts to sweat. "St..." But their lips are almost touching now.... She slaps him hard. "Stop it, idiot!!" She really hit him hard! And now poor Antonio is hurting a lot. Maria is very sorry but.... Antonio looks back at her, really angry. "As I thought, you like Kojirou!??" Maria frowns. "Eh...?" "For sure!" he shouts back at her. "You only look at that guy!" Maria looks down, blushing. "Such thing--" "Siiiiiss!" Martin appears, running towards them. "Kojirou... Kojirou has gone alone to the harbor!" Both Antonio and a worried Maria look at him in surprise. "To the harbor!?" And indeed, in the harbor the same sailor as before is telling Kojirou to leave, but he just stays there, kneeling on the floor in a typical Japanese pleading position (which, of course, the Spaniards have no idea what it means ^^; ). Kojirou tries to tell them in Spanish that he wants to board and go to Japan. The sailors try to move him. "This ship is not going to Japan!" "Kojirou!" Maria calls for him, Antonio carrying Martin running at her side. Maria is very relieved to see him. "Let's return home..." But as they turn around and start walking, Kojirou looks back to the ship and takes a hand to his sword, taking it out slightly... Maria sees this. "Kojirou?" Maria's scream makes everybody look at them, Kojirou now has Maria as a hostage and has his blade against her throat! "I'm boarding the ship!! Else I'll kill Maria!" Maria looks ahead in horror. What... is this...? Martin and Antonio shout at him while the sailors call for Captain Luis. Kojirou has a decided expression on his face. "I'm serious!!" Kojirou!? "I'm returning to Japan!" Antonio and Martin as well as captain Luis from the ship look at them with serious concern on their faces.

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