Chapter 4:
A lot of this
chapter is taken up with Fuuko floating away with the balloon.
Ruka follows her, but can't really do anything. Fuuko still has
Yumi's cell phone, and gets a call from Natsuki, who's waiting
for Yumi. She cries for help to him, and then Yumi, who has
arrived, takes the phone and tells Fuuko she's going to call
Ruka, he'll surely do something. Natsuki doesn't look too happy
at Yumi's confidence in Ruka. Eventually, Fuuko figures that she
can get back down by thinking of adding her weight back on, but
does it too fast, and starts dropping into the sea. However,
she's caught by Ruka, who has used some balloons to ascend as
well, but they end up falling into the water anyways. Fuuko is
worried that Ruka will want her to stay away from him again, and
promises to be more careful in the future. She asks him not to
tell her to stop being friends with him, and Ruka, touched, says
he won't. They meet Natsuki and Yumi, and they go to a diving
shop nearby(it's owned by Natsuki's friend) to dry off. Fuuko
spots a photo of them all in diving and swimming gear, and is
happy to see a new side of Ruka(he does look cute in that
wetsuit^_-) Yumi notices some seaweed in Ruka's hair, and goes to
take it out, but he flinches away and gets it himself. Then
Natsuki looks upset, and Fuuko notices that the atmosphere has
gotten heavy, when she remembers she had Yumi's cell phone, and
brings it out totally wet and ruined. That breaks the tension.
Later Ruka and Natsuki talk about how Fuuko seems to be a natural
at using the power, and Ruka says she's funny. Natsuki thinks how
dense Ruka is not to notice her feelings.
At school the next day, Fuuko corners the fennec fox and tries to
get close, but only scares him. For a second Fuuko thinks that
someone was watching, and then Ruka comes in time to calm the fox
down. They talk, and Fuuko finds out that Ruka doesn't live with
his family, even though they're in the same city. Ruka doesn't
seem to want to explain, and Fuuko thinks that probably he's told
Natsuki and Yumi, because they seem so close. Then she recalls
something, and though she has a bad feeling about it, she asks if
Ruka likes Yumi. He seems surprised, and asks how she could
tell...!
The last panels show someone watching them, and discussing the fennec fox, commenting that though it would have to be illegal, they could sell it for a really high price...