Encounter

Four hours later ,

When Kero was returning to his home , he saw something near the shore . He ran towards there to check . When he reached there , he was shocked to see an unconscious girl . He held her and tried to wake her up . Her pulses were weak and body was pale but she still had some body warmth in her . Kero decided to pick her up and ran to the village doctor .

One hour later at doctor's clinic , the doctor checked the girl and told Kero that now she is okay but is still unconscious . He prescribed some medicines for her and asked Kero to leave her there till the storm ends .

Kero returned to his home. At home , he found grandma Oshin at the entrance of house waiting for him . As he entered the house , she asked him why he is so late in this storm . She told Kero how worried she was for him . Kero explained everything to the grandma . Grandma Oshin asked him to wait there and went to her room . She came out holding some cash and said , "I saved this for emergency but I guess it's time to use it now" . Kero refused to accept the money but his grandma insisted him to take money , she put the money in his pocket and told him to take care of the girl . She told him that she and Ayura will come to the clinic after the storm . Suddenly , Ayura came out with a bag and gave it to Kero . " Onii-chan , I put some clothes for you and her " she said to Kero with a soft smile .

Being overwhelmed by generosity of his family , Kero hugged grandma , patted Ayura's head and left to the clinic .

Two days have been passed since Kero found Dera , but she was still unconscious . The storm has ended . Kero was regularly visiting Dera in the clinic . He visited her from late morning to the evening daily . On the third day , when he was visiting her he felt asleep on the chair near Dera's bed while looking over her . A few hours had went since Kero's arrival , he was still sleeping . Dera woke up from her unconsciousness . She slowly opened her eyes and tried to look at her surroundings but it was all dark , she was unable to see anything . She tried to move her hands to observe her surrounding but it was in vain . She got scared and screamed loudly . Kero who was sleeping on the chair , got shocked and abruptly wake up . He was unable to understand what's happened to her but he tried to calm her down and asked her to wait as he went to call the doctor .

Kero came back with the doctor to Dera . The doctor tried to calmed her down . When she was calmed , he did some check-up on her . He lighted a torch on her eyes and asked her whether she felt it or not , she responded in denial . After the check-up , the doctor tried to ask Dera about her name . Dera went silent but her expression were saying that she was trying to recollect her memories but was unable to even remember her name . This broke her down . She again started to scream and crying loudly . Kero and doctor both again tried to calm her down , the doctor advised her to have some rest and sleep . The doctor called Kero outside the room . He told him that he found some burn marks around her eyes , so it seems that her eyes have got damaged by fire . She also seems to have hit her head and lost her memory .

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