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Disclaimer: I don�t own X/1999, I didn�t come up with any
of their brilliant characters, they�re the geniuses not me!

The character of Alex, Jacob,
Venus, Charlie, David and Dimitri are all mine. The Noters are half reality.
The rest belong to all the book/movie/TV/anime/manga they came from. If you can
spot where they�re from then good for you!

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Part
23: Love (Chapter 2)

Lately
whenever he closed his eyes in the lonely nights, Ace stopped hoping Alex might
come in and keep him company.

Instead
he began hoping Karen would.

The
chances for that to happen, if a normal person would consider it, were very
high since Karen seemed to like him so much and the two of them got along very
well.

Whenever
Ace thought about it the chances seemed grimly low.

Ace
is not a man with a lot of self confidence, in fact, he is so shy and awkward
that if he�d act it out people would be shocked at the transformation their usually
brave and outgoing Ace Rimmer underwent.

As
he always did, he fell in love with this person who, he was so sure, will never
return his affection. After loving Alex like that and getting nothing back, Ace
was pretty used to it and didn�t fight the feelings in his heart.

Lately
Spike stopped dreaming about a blond woman softly singing to him as he recovers
his wounds. He stopped dreaming of fallen rose petals and paper shreds of his
letter. He stopped thinking about Julia.

He
began dreaming of Karen.

Spike
did not delude himself with the fire master. He knew she�s not a saint, knew
she�s far too passionate and full of life to match her kind and soft behavior
of a decent lady.

He
fell in love with Karen, just as Ace did, and was very much aware of it.

He wasn�t
the kind of man who would prance around his loved one bombarding her with
romantic acts and trinkets. He expected his loved one to hold his hand and walk
the path of life with him as a partner rather then a project.

Karen
lay in her bed at night and thought of the two men she loved.

Against
all odds, against all laws, Ace and Spike got along wonderfully. She got along
wonderfully with them.

What
started as Spike accompanying her and Ace to encourage the hologram man to open
up and teach her how to be a good Rescue Team member has become a tradition.

After
patrols they�d hang out together, before patrols they�d hang out together as
well.

Soon
Karen found the only time she was at home was dinner time, before it if she was
on cooking assistance duty, and after it if she was on
dish washing duty.

When
they hung out together they�d mostly sit in Venus�s daisy field and chat, laugh
and talk about themselves.

Somehow
there was a bond between them that no one looking at them or knowing each of
the three individually would have guessed was possible.

With
each other they would open up, never concealing anything, share their emotions
and secrets. If one of them would cry the others would wrap their arms around
them and sooth them with words and short soft touches.

Together
they felt at home, they felt safe and well cared for.

All
three of them felt like they should advance into something else.

All
three feared the consequences of such an act.

Ace
feared he might slip his tongue, do something stupid and ruin everything for him
and Karen.

He
was also very sensitive to other people�s emotions and registered the emotions
in Spike�s eyes when he looked at Karen.

His
instinct was to back away with his tail between his legs and leave Karen to the
stronger, better man he saw Spike as.

Spike
knew Ace too damn well to make an advance at Karen. He cared for his bashful
roommate too much to go and hurt his feeling for Karen by taking her as his
own.

As
for his success with Karen he had no doubt about it, she could be his if he
wanted to. But Ace was a problem and Spike was too good a friend to hurt him
so.

Karen
tore herself between her loves for the both of them. If she took one the other
would be hurt equally. But what could she do?

All
three cherished the current friendship and the warmth it gave them above all;
sacrificing their small selfish happiness for the friendship�s sake.

And
so, ever since they recognized and accepted their emotions, the three friends
ran a funny little dance whenever they were together:

Back
� forth � back - forth.

Like
magnets constantly flipped from the rejecting side to the attracting side, they
neared and backed away immediately.

Every
brush of a hand sent by true desires was quickly drawn away and apologized for.
Every compliment colored by emotions was quickly joked about and disarmed.

After
each short hint or advance all three filled with sadness for a little while.

Oh
how lonely they slowly became when they were together, locking themselves away
with their emotions.

Yutu
observed them like a chess player over his board. He was not satisfied.

He
followed the three figures walking away from his house as Karen�s patrol began.
He shook his head a little as he read the strong emotions from each of the
three and the slight pain of their forced detachment.

Vash
stood by him, the wind blowing through his large fiery red coat, and observed
his Love.

�Something
wrong Yu?� he asked in his light American accent.

Yutu
didn�t answer, choosing to chew on his lower lip as he often did when thinking
very hard.

�I
must do something about those three�

Vash
stared at his master who was deep in thought and admired the man�s devotion to
his job. Unlike Yutu, who came from a culture urging people to follow their
destiny and sacrifice everything for its sake, Vash came from a very laid back crumbles of a culture with really no
obligations but to your family or gang members if you had any of the two.

�I
have to find a solution for them before they hurt each other and themselves too
bad. But it�s such a tricky situation�. a tricky situation indeed.� Yutu
sighed.

�What�s
the situation?�

�They
love each other so dearly but the other is always in the way�and I must help
them choose one over the other.� He sighed again, a much heavier and sad sigh
this time, and walked into the house.

Vash
followed him loyally, winking at Kazuki as she stormed past him on the way to
her room.

�I�ll
talk to them and see if I can find a solution in their words� Yutu continued
talking to himself, passing by Arashi and Sorata bringing up the scraps left
for today�s dinner from the pantry.

The
sight made him stop.

As
much as the furnishing of the baby room project must have took from their food
rations, it couldn�t have taken that much.

He
noted the two young Seals stared at the practically empty food baskets with the
same worry as he.

�Surely�.�
He mumbled, turning the two�s attention to him �surely there�s more food then
that�?�

The
couple hung their eyes at Love, answering without words.

�We�re
due to receive the next ration tomorrow so we emptied the pantry completely�
Arashi said with sadness.

�I
saw the farmer�s fields during my patrols, there should be a handsome ration
tomorrow.� Sorata added, trying to press some optimism into the dark heavy
atmosphere.

�Sorata�.�
Arashi wanted to say that half the crops ended up diseased or twisted and that
the farmers themselves would have to save some for themselves
so the ration couldn�t possibly be so large.

She
decided to stop her words there, wishing to keep the light optimism over the
heavy frowning worry surrounding them.

In
honest the Seals and Harbingers of the house saw this first famine the way all
newcomers see it. Almost all newcomers arrived from worlds abundant with food
where they didn�t even have to grow their own meals.

Used
to the plenty of their former life, the dragons worried too much over a smaller
meal or a lack of it all together. They did not feel the real gnaw of full
fledged starvation yet, unlike most of the city�s citizens.

On
the other hand the city was indeed facing a third great starvation since its
establishment. The fire in the large barn house, the long dark winter, the death of citizens more familiar with farming by diseases
and disasters and their replacements by newcomers ignorant at this profession,
all lead to the snowball of famine about to hit the city.

This
was the third famine in the city�s history. The first, set before Charlie
arrived and formed the Rescue Team, left but nine families out of the forty
families dwelling in the city before.

The
second one, during Alex�s first year in the Lost Dimension, killed off two
thirds of the population, the same relation as the first only in larger numbers
due to the city�s new security and policing forces.

The
Seals and Harbingers knew of the famines; heard the stories of the two previous
ones from the citizens and other Rescue Team members, heard the predictions of
a third one from those old enough to remember, and still could not fathom the
full meaning of starvation until death.

Perhaps
there were two of them who knew what clawing yourself
out of hunger was like.

Arashi,
who was once a plump, rather sweet toothed toddler before her mother deserted
her to her destiny in the lonely cold streets of Tokyo,
vaguely remembered how to scavenge to survive, how to beg and flatter to
receive donation.

But
it was so long ago and better times passed her that she tried to push those
harsh memories away and pretend they never existed.

Karen
was also one who roamed the lonely cold streets all alone skipping meals to
gain another work hour and another yen. Her orphanage was not a house of luxury
or good treatment and many times she finished a meal feeling still hungry.

Karen
was old enough now, and old enough back then, to
remember hunger and have confidence within her that she could go through it and
survive. Already she prepared the ball of fire within her that was her
strength, the ball that kept her alive so far.

The
city council, a collection of citizens from political and leadership background
who arrived around the first days of the Lost
Dimension�s city and were amongst the city�s builders, had no solution for the
sure impending doom of most of their citizens. Already they lost five members
in the last two famines. They could do nothing but sit and prepare as much as
they could.

********************

As
they passed by the ever sweet smelling daisy field, the three patrollers noted
Yutu standing at it�s midst waving at them merrily and beckoning them.

Looking
at each other puzzled, already half suspicious of Love�s intentions interfering
with their most secret emotions, they began walking towards him.

Behind
their little cottage, in Jacob�s vegetable garden, Venus and her husband
plucked their magically fertile soil�s fruits.

These
were the only completely healthy and well grown vegetables in the whole city.
If it wasn�t for Jacob�s experience at guarding and hiding sources of food
their garden would have been looted long ago.

Due
to that experience Jacob stared with great misery at his food stocks plucked
away.

It
irked him, like a constant pinch to his mind, this giving away of vital food
for the sake of others.

He
changed his weight from one foot to the other, fumbling neurotically at the
edges of his sleeves and shirt, a thin film of sweat covering his forehead and
cheeks.

�Must
we give them all our food?� he moaned like a nagging child.

Venus
turned a breathtaking beautiful smile at him, a complete negative of his dark
worries �Honey, we�re both not human; we don�t need this food as much as they
do�

Jacob
opened his mouth to say something more but his wife straightened her back and
wrapped her delicate arms around him, taking with her a few long strands of her
golden hair as if attempting to wrap him in a cape.

�Darling,
there is a pregnant woman amongst them, and Love is amongst them. They need
this food more then we ever will. And besides� she flicked her head to glance
at the already re-springing plants and roots �with the way the soil is here,
we�ll have just the same amount of food all over again soon�.

Before
her husband could say another word, she sealed his mouth with a long loving
kiss.

************************

Karen
sat cross legged on a charming little chair, leaning an elegant elbow to
support her head. She stared at Yutu who was pouring her a nice warm cup of
tea. The steam rose from the dark brown liquid to the violent red and blue struggle
of the sunset above them.

After
grabbing their attention Yutu ordered the three to talk to him alone one after
the other while the other two waited for their turn in the interviews.

They
began suspecting exactly what this was about yet hid it carefully might the
other two sense they know.

�So,
Karen-san� Yutu chirped the moment his own tea cup was full and clutched in his
eager for heat palms �tell me about your patrol partners. What are they to
you?� he leveled his bright green eyes with her dark red ones.

Karen
raised a cherry pink eyebrow and smiled a little. She knew that�s what he�s
going to squeeze out of her and in a sense she was angry at him for snooping
into her private business.

But
on the other hand she was relieved that she could talk to someone about it.
Even Yuzuriha was too young to discuss such matters even though she was indeed mature.
Arashi was too inexperienced in love�s turmoil to understand what she feels.

Above
all that was the fact that she simply could not lie to Yutu about her emotions.
About everyday facts she could lie to him until she�s blue at the face but
about her emotions, about her love, she was physically incapable of it.

It
was the magical effect of Yutu�s power as Love, just
like defendants could not lie before Justice in their court.

�I��
she stirred the tea in her cup trying to cool it before she drank the searing
liquid �I�.� it was hard to dig up emotions she buried so deeply in her, Love�s
powers or not �I love them�I love them both� she said finally, giving off a
tear drenched sigh along with it.

Yutu
smiled at her kindly, noting the single tear streaming down her cheek. He worked
yet another power he had within him; a power he used to fill a sad aching
person with a sudden comforting and soothing heat wave.

Standing
a little further from them with his own cup of coffee (he much preferred the
more violently caffeinated drinks over the milder traditional drink of his
Japanese friends, they on the other hand always tried to stop him from drinking
too much might he become even more hyperactive then he already is) Vash could
actually see how the woman�s earlier tension and lack of confidence
turned into a slow reassured ease as if someone wrapped her in a soft duvet.

�But�.�
She sighed, still steering her boiling tea �I can�t have any of them. Ace is so
insecure that if I�ll try to go near him he�ll shrivel away and whimper for me
to turn to Spike.

�And
Spike�.Spike is far too considerate of Ace to allow himself to be with me�.He
could but then non of us could stand what Ace would make of himself�.He�ll
probably trail after us like a doormat then disappear thinking that we don�t
want him around anymore��

�So
you say the issue here is Ace?� Yutu asked, taking the first few sips of his
tea and nibbling down a cookie he set in a delicate plate on the table.

�Well
yes and no� Karen sighed �he really has a low self confidence but on the other
hand I�m sure Spike would have the same reaction if I chose Ace. No one likes
to be a third wheel and if I choose someone we�ll break up�.

�I
don�t want us to break up, I don�t want things to change even if it means I
won�t be with any of them�� her voice became childish suddenly, choked with
tears and despair.

Yutu
knew of her emotions to Seiichiro at the time and always felt a little bit
guilty for �stealing� the editor from her.

For
a moment he hesitated if he needs to make a change at all, perhaps he�ll do the
wrong thing and end up hurting them�.

Whatever
the solution he might come up with he must think it to and through before
executing his plans.

�If
only I could have them without hurting them as well�� she sighed before she got
up from her seat and left the table.

*********************

Spike
leaned carelessly across the back of his tea chair.

With
it�s forelegs in the air and most of the man�s weight laid on the furniture�s
rear legs, Yutu wondered if the delicate metal thing won�t cave in under Spike.

Putting
his legs on the table and throwing a half canceling careless glance at the
blond, Spike placed a cigarette between his lips and began searching for a
match to light it with.

�Tea?� Yutu asked, already pouring his second cup. If he
drank a cup before each of them they�ll get a better feeling of trust from
their interviewer and be encouraged to drink and relax as well.

Yutu�s bladder was something completely ignored at the
moment.

�Do
you have coffee?� Spike wondered. Coffee was something that disappeared along
with the rest of the small luxuries the food stocks had. Spike itched for
caffeine.

�Nope�eh�just
ran out of it� Yutu hoped the slight smell of Vash�s
cup won�t reach Spike�s nose.

But
it did. A sharp glare flared off of Spike�s eyes, making Vash cringe. �That
blond idiot drank my coffee away?� he grumbled, sending the glare at Yutu as if
accusing the man.

�Eh�.well�.have
some tea�

�Nah,
leave it. So what�s this about anyway?� he found a match and lit his cigarette,
blowing the first cloud of smoke at Yutu.

Used
to the heavy smoke clouds whenever he sat and spoke to Subaru, Yutu was
unaffected. Instead he bettered his posture on the chair and turned a sharp
gaze at the man before him �Karen. What do you feel about her?�

A
tremendous change passed through Spike. He removed his legs from the table and
straightened his sitting on the chair. He kept his eyes low, avoiding eye contact
as he crouched over his hands on the table, their thumbs fumbling each other.

�Karen��
he sighed �I really like her, she�.� He looked off to the horizon to his left
�She�s not like any other woman I ever met. She�s not full of herself or
blinded by all sorts of womanly stupid things�You know. She�s strong and kind
of�Pure like you know?�

Yutu
nodded whenever Spike shot a short glance at him and at each �you know�s, encouraging the man to continue.

�I
really like her you know. I never liked women but she�.She�s�.Special� his
voice became low, soft and rich with emotions.

Yutu
awaited the next words in patient silence. If he spoke he�ll only dig Spike
into his protective/dismissive silence. If he let the man slowly open up he�ll
have everything he needs.

�But
Ace, you know, he�s a nice guy and, really, he deserves someone who would love
him. She�s very kind with him you know. It�s hard to dig him out of his shell
but she�s doing it, she�s really good at it. And he�.� Spike shook his head
disappointedly �He�s like a puppy, he�s falling in love with anyone who�s a
little nice to him, you know?�

Yutu
nodded once more, sipping at his tea and feeling his previous cup nagging at
his body to allow it to leave.

�So
I don�t want to touch Karen, I don�t want to ruin Ace; Alex did it for him
enough you know.� He began drawing curving patterns on the table with his
nicotine yellow slim finger �So I try to keep distant from her and leave it to
him�

�So
you would prefer Ace to have her and not you?� Yutu began seeing a path to a solution
here despite the fact that Spike�s heart was begging him not to.

Spike
kept drawing patterns for a few minutes without speaking a word.

Yutu
sipped at his tea again.

�I
would be lonely if they were together� the man finally broke under Yutu�s powers and revealed his true heart.

Yutu
ached for the man for a moment, sharing the prospected pain of a future broken
heart.

�If�if
we could share her�� he mumbled �But that would be�well�I don�t know��

Spike
straightened his gaze suddenly at the soft bright green one as if woken from a
dream.

He
got to his feet, crushing his cigarette butt on the earth �I think I spoke
enough� he left without asking if Yutu had anything else to ask him.

*******************

This
was not the first time Ace spoke to Yutu.

At
the beginning of his Love days Ace came to Yutu asking help with his re-broken
heart.

Ace
had loved Alex so powerfully and watched the man he loved choose one lover then
another over him. His approach attempt ending so violently
did more damage to Ace then any abuse ever hurled at him by his ship comrades
back in his world.

Now
Ace sat before Yutu, hands slowly moving from his knees in a strict army position
to between his shins like a shy child. He smiled at the blond nervously.

Yutu
smiled his most charming grin and worked his relaxing powers as powerfully as
he could. �Would you like some tea?� he asked, trusting the man�s British
accent to insure a well drunk cup.

�Ah
well I can�t really drink tea� Ace fidgeted with the empty cup�s handle �I�m a
hologram and all��

�Really?� Yutu stopped his own cup�s pouring �How?...I mean�no, that�s exactly what I wanted to ask, how?�

Ace
looked a little less nervous, now somewhat bitter. �I was aboard this space
ship, I was a second technician. When there was a radioactive leak and
everybody died beside one crew member and his cat. Then when the one living
crew member woke up I was created as a hologram to keep him company�

�Why you of all people?�

�I
was his roommate, and that�s a question both me and him asked ever so
frequently� there was a great deal of bitterness in Ace�s voice when he spoke about
his past.

�He
and you�.Was there anything�.?�

Ace
glared at him with shock, then shuddered so powerfully Yutu regretted his words
immediately �What, me and Lister?! Good heavens no! no no
no no no
no no no
no no no
NO!� he shuddered again, looking sick.

�I apologize�anyway
that�s not what I wanted to talk to you about here. I wanted to talk to you
about Karen�

Ace�s
eyes filled with sadness for a moment, then with light and warmth. They turned
sad and distant again a fragment of a second later.

He
bowed his head and smiled a bitter little smile to himself �I love her� he
sighed.

Yutu
waited patiently, sipping his tea.

�But
Spike loves her too and he�s a good friend of mine so I�d rather have him with
her then with me�.Karen that is�She�s such a warm woman and she doesn�t see me
as a creep or a dork or a�.�

Yutu
did not bother to listen to the rest of Ace�s low self esteem�s ranging. A
small light turn on in Yutu�s mind as the slip of the
tongue hinted him of something.

Ace
was like a puppy, falling in love with anyone who showed him any warmth and
care. Spike was his good friend before Karen came along!

Just
to be sure he leaned a little forward, trying to conceal his excitement from frightening
the shy hologram before him.

�Spike,
he�s your good friend?�

�Yes�
there was a small spark in each of Ace�s eyes �he�s very nice, and don�t buy
the whole standoffish behavior, he�s a very nice person under all his lone wolf
crap�I�m sorry about my language�

Yutu
brushed it off, sinking into thoughts.

Ace
trusted him above all others and Ace was before him now. Karen might not know
Spike that well�so Ace was the only one he could ask.

He
turned a sharp gaze at Ace, pinning him with his eyes �And if�.� He rubbed his
chin thoughtfully, trying to form the sentence as best he could �And if you
both could share her�.And each other�.So that no one will be hurt?�

Ace
was silent for a good few minutes, his mind seemingly seizing to function. He
stared at Yutu as if Love offered him a chance to perform a horrible crime.

�Ace?� Yutu had finished his tea by the time Ace stared at
him.

The
hologram shook itself and looked away shyly, developing a harsh blush. He hid
his face as best he could, his blond wig�s fringe falling before his face. �I
guess so�� he mumbled �I mean maybe��

He
straightened his back and resumed his mature behavior �But Spike would not
appreciate it at all� he said, suddenly distant and aching.

�Oh?�

�No,
when I told him about what I felt for Alex he shrugged it off and said �You
didn�t seem like that sort� as if he was disappointed and disgusted with me�

Ah,
a problem. A great ,big, crushing problem. Apparently
there was a solution to their love lock but it�s only
obstacle was not Ace, as it seemed, but Spike.

�I
see�well�uh�you can go now. Thank you� Yutu looked away at the red ball of fire
the sun had become in the west.

Ace
fumbled with his cup a little bit more then shot to his feet and stormed away bashfully.

Yutu
remained on his chair, fighting to focused his mind
while his bladder nagged him more and more.

Vash
neared him placing his empty mug by the two elegant tea cups. �So, what�s up?�

Yutu
didn�t answer him, brushing off the noise to concentrate on the more important
issue here.

�I
have a plan� he mumbled finally after a few moments of silence.

He
stared at the three about to resume their patrol. �It�ll be a bit drastic and a
bit violent but�it�s the only way and he is indeed an obstacle� Yutu glared at
Spike distancing himself from them with his patrol comrades.

Like
a flash, Yutu leaped away from the chair and sped off after the three figures,
making Vash start a chase as well.

Without
warning, without a hint of what�s to come, suddenly Spike lost his vision as
two hands clamped forcefully on his eyes.

�Eh?! What the f�?!�
Spike tried to shrug the intruding Love off of him but found he was suddenly
unable to.

For
a few seconds they stood like that before Love removed his hands and sped away
as quickly as he came.

He
passed by Vash just as the man ran the opposite direction, making him emit a
strange panicking scream and speed backwards again.

Spike
stood bewildered in the chilling early evening air and stared at his two patrol
partners staring back at him puzzled.

He snapped
out of his shock and smiled kindly. Light and happy, he strode towards the
hologram and the woman, joining them and moving on.

As
he walked them along he wrapped one arm around Karen�s waist and another across
Ace�s arm, pulling both to him.

Karen
stared amazed, starting to comprehend what Yutu did.

Ace
stared bewildered and grateful for this flash of warmth, completely clueless of
the reason for Spike�s behavior.

�What�what�s
gotten into you Spike?� he uttered, trying not to sound too alarmed and make
the man stop.

Spike
merely smiled on and embraced them closer to him.

Yutu�s dash moved past the tea table and into the little
cottage�s restroom.

************************

�AAAAAAAH! This is madness!!!!� Jacob slammed the
door of David�s shed as violently as he could, making the shabby structure
shake and squeak with it�s rusty nails and rotting wood planks.

�He�s
stocked up enough clothing here to dress the whole damn city!!� Jacob spat at
the office Noter shivering behind him.

According
to his files Jacob was a farmer with Venus, a horse farmer in the magical daisy
field. But now there was no undertaker to the city and bodies began piling by
the infirmary�s backdoor.

Jacob
was unoccupied enough to be called out for extra hours as an undertaker
replacement.

Marching
past the pile of corpses and into the infirmary, Jacob turned his fury to the
other office Noters and Seiichiro. The Noter who gave him the
message toeing after him with fear. �Is this some kind of twisted
joke?!� he roared at the man and women. �Why do I have to replace David�
he spat, embedding a few words in his language from time to time.

�No,
Jacob sir� Seiichiro rose to his feet, signaling the
other Noters that he will deal with this �we merely observed that you, as a
horse farmer, is the least occupied amongst the farmers. The rest are too busy
fighting the upcoming famine�

The
words �famine� struck a chord in Jacob�s heart, snapping his mind out of his
rage. He huffed a few unmentionable words in his
language and turned to the graveyard again.

Scanning
the pile of corpses he turned another angry glare at Seiichiro who accompanied
him there, covering his sensitive nose with a napkin. �You better get me an
assistant because I never did this sort of things and there�s a whole pile of
it here� he snarled at the wind master.

Brushing
away the use of the word �it� instead of �them� at the dead men and women,
Seiichiro turned back to his office to scan through the files in search of an
assistant for Jacob.

�I�ll
do it� a gloomy voice for a corner deeper into the infirmary came. Fuma, who
had a wound on his shin cleaned and stitched, slowly detached his tired eyes
from his wound to the new undertaker.

Fuma
bumped into a table�s corner violently and received a small gash on his shin.
His indifference towards his body�s needs led him to neglect the wound leading
to its inflammation and spreading.

He
didn�t register the pain of the needle the newcomer Japanese doctor used to
stitch his wounds with no anesthetics.

�I�m
no use to anybody anyway� the young man added with a deep sigh.

Glaring
fire at Fuma, the man who took Jacob�s good friend�s lover from him and made
David go away as well, the new undertaker huffed and puffed battling between
his hatred and his need of help. �Fine!� he barked at last �But you better keep
your head low so I won�t have to look at your face, you remind me of someone
infinitely better then you� he turned his back to his new assistant and headed
out.

Fuma
bowed his head and sighed. The somewhat relieving fact that he was about to
become useful went as unregistered and unimportant as the insult he just
received.

As
he walked in the graveyard, forced to limp a little to avoid putting too much
pressure on his new stitches and get the whole thing opened all over again (the
gash was stitched for the fourth time now, each as unimportant to Fuma as the
other), Fuma noted three figures walking merrily towards the infirmary.

Karen
walked with Ace and Spike at her sides, holding each man�s hand and smiling
like there was a sun inside her belly trying to shine through her skin.

Shrugging
to shake off the nagging feeling of someone finding love while he was still
lonely and miserable, Fuma turned to the shovel stuck in the earth besides him
and yanked it out, starting to dig as violently as his mind raged.

Brushing
off the heartache standing in Fuma�s vicinity, Yutu
watched the trio make its way into the infirmary from his spot by the graveyard.

Vash
stood by him, in the wind�s way again, noting his Love was beaming.

It
made him smile. He was working for a good man.

�And
this, Vash, is what we do, it�s what we work for� Yutu turned to his guardian,
pointing at the trio �the smiles on their faces�

Vash�s smile widened.

(tbc)
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