These past few days had been the happiest days of Mei Terumi's life. Anyo had promised to stay in the village and kept his word. Hand in hand, the two had walked through nearly every corner of Kirigakure, leaving their footprints everywhere.
At the end of another day, the two held each other in that same little wooden cabin.
Mei Terumi stroked Anyo's baby-smooth skin and suddenly asked, sounding a little unsure of herself, "Why haven't you aged after all these years? You've actually gotten younger. Do you think I'm too old now?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? A woman is at her most beautiful at your age."
Mei Terumi's face lit up. "Really?"
Anyo gave a teasing smile. "Of course. Can't you feel it?"
A pair of warm hands roamed over her, making Mei Terumi tremble, her face turning scarlet.
"Stop it." Mei Terumi caught Anyo's wandering hands and began dredging up old grievances. "The name on your Blind Date Flyer was Uchiha Anyo, but you kept lying to me and saying you were called Ōbu. No touching until you explain yourself."
Anyo's eyes shifted, and a novel appeared in his hand. He passed it to her. "Here. I wrote this. You'll understand once you've read it."
"Really?" Mei Terumi took it skeptically. After leafing through it at tremendous speed, she said uncertainly, "So the Ultraman in here is based on you, and your real name is Ōbu? Anyo is just one of your forms?"
"You're so clever. You figured it out right away," Anyo praised her. "I just use the name Anyo more often."
A trace of doubt crossed Mei Terumi's face, and she asked in a deliberately casual tone, "The Ōbu in here lost his original power because of one woman, then fell for another girl