... Time for another Chapter.

Kano only gets two lines in this one, but maybe that's for the better?

Takane and her special someone get most of this chapter. Hibiya was going to get more, but he already had his feature chapter.

On second thought, Kano's two lines were one too many. You'll see what I mean. Poor Takane. Does she ever get a break?

So he's back in the Haze... How do we get him out this time?

Shintaro sat on the sidewalk, trying to think of a plan.

"Ah! We could go in after him!"

Seto sat down next to Shintaro, leaning against the wall of the store behind them.

"Eh, Seto... I don't really think that will work..."

Kido then responded to Kano, with "Give it a chance."

"Yeah! Any better ideas?" Takane looked teasingly at Kano Shuuya.

"Ah, Ene-chan... I do, but they're all to complicated for-!"

A glare from Takane shut down his statement.

"Hey, Ene, where's..." Momo began as she helped Takane Enomoto off the side of the road (keeping her away from Kano, of course, for both of their safety).

Takane looked around for a missing member of the Mekakushi-dan.

...

She realized that there was a car crash, which accompanied honking horns and gaps in the road.

The kind of gaps made when Konoha runs.

Takane stared wide-eyed at the busy intersection up the road.

He's so annoying sometimes!

Then she reconsidered her thought, as she remembered that he's Haruka.

But... is he really? Will I ever see the true Haruka again?

Takane realized that she hadn't really thought much about Haruka and Konoha being the same person.

Of course, she was relieved when he returned to defeat Kuroha, but he hadn't stayed long.

Come back, Harukaaaaaaaa!

...

A boy whistled as he walked down the street.

Weren't they here a few minutes ago?

The boy shrugged off the idea.

"Now where could he be? He should be around here somewhere..."

The boy pulled at the collar of his chartreuse sweater, sighing loudly.

"How come it's so warm here? I know it's called the Heat Haze, but it really is sunny today..."

He waited for the breeze to blow past, but the wind didn't answer his unspoken plea.

...

A dark figure stood at the end of the road.

"Hello, Hibiya-kun! We'll get you out of here!"

Hibiya looked over at Haruka Kokonose.

"You! You're... That guy! The amnesiac! H-how do you even remember me!?"

"Oh! You're talking about the other me!"

Haruka smiled at Hibiya.

"Y-yeah! You're that guy Hiyori likes more!"

Haruka kneeled down to better see Hibiya, who he had since ran after.

"Hey, shouldn't you have been faster running? And... holes in the road?"

Haruka tilted his head to the side at this question. "Oh! Yeah, well, I guess I'm not Konoha right now... Oh well!"

He tried not to let the younger boy see his exhaustion, as Hibiya didn't know about the troubles he had before the Snake of Clearing Eyes sacrificed him.

Even now, he knew that would only put him at a disadvantage with Hibiya.

He could see it in his mind... "If it's so hard for you, try catching me now! This is just to get me away from Hiyori, isn't it?!"

Haruka shuddered. "You know I kinda like Taka-" Haruka stopped. Of course Hibiya'd use that against him, too.

"Aah?! You mean... ENE?"

"Well... yes. Now let's get you out of here."

So that's the end of Chapter 5. At this point, it's not hard to tell that the chapter names don't really have much to do with the actual chapter content itself...

Poor Haruka... Hibiya really doesn't like him, huh?

Hiyori does. Oh well. HaruTaka forever!

At least Kano wasn't that bad to Seto.

Or Takane... This time.

Anyway, please review!