**PART 2: The Second Weather Maiden**
News spread like wildfire. Social feeds exploded: *#SunnyTokyo*. The rain had broken over three wards for three hours - long enough for the flooded streets to drain, revealing cracked pavement and blooming weeds.
But Hina knew it wasn't her.
That afternoon, a government weather drone captured footage of a girl standing on top of a ruined hospital in Shinjuku. She had her hands raised. Light poured from the clouds.
Her name was **Airi Tsukino**. Sixteen. Soft-spoken. Her parents died in a landslide three years ago. She'd been living in a weather shelter ever since.
Hina and Hodaka watched the footage together.
"She's like I was," Hina whispered.
"You're still you," Hodaka replied.
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Later, as the blue vanished and rain returned, Hina felt something stir. A connection. A call.
That night, she dreamed of the Sky Realm again. But this time, she wasn't alone. Airi stood beside her - terrified, glowing faintly, already losing herself.
"She's not ready," Hina murmured upon waking. "She doesn't understand what's happening."
"Then we help her," Hodaka said, gripping her hand.