 Shortly after this, the leader of the invaders attacks Shukumaru, and Suzuko saves him by disappearing to the future, where she realizes that fire allows her to travel through time, and that is how she survived the house fire she remembers being in when she was little, and how she got to modern times.When back in modern times, Suzuko takes Shukumaru home to take care of his wounds and notices he has a scar on his stomach that is "exactly" like Shuhei's appendix scar.Suzuko realizes that Shukumaru is Shuhei, and he must have been separated from her in mid-time switch earlier.