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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Ritsuka awoke early the next morning feeling well rested for the first time in quite a while now. He let out a silent yawn and stretched his arms widely, trying not to wake the beautiful blonde still sleeping next to him. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and gently climbed from the large fluffy bed before rustling through the dresser drawers to find something to wear for the day. He grabbed a pair of his normal black jeans and a baby blue long sleeve shirt to wear underneath his sweater. He then made his way down the hall and into the bathroom to quickly get dressed with enough time to make it to school. Once he was dressed and had his bag packed, he walked down the stairs and toward the door and on his way down he ran one of his hands through his soft hair and quickly realized that he had forgotten his false ears. He then quickly ran back up to the bedroom and grabbed his ears and tail off the dresser before running back down the stairs, trying to put them on as he did. He then stopped in the entry way to fix his ears and get them on straight; once satisfied, he finally opened the door and began his fast paced walk to school.

By the time Ritsuka got to the school building, he pulled out his cell phone to check the time and saw that he actually still had fifteen minutes before the first bell rang. He was then finally able to take a moment and catch his breath and he leaned against the brick wall that ran around the perimeter of the school building. He then decided that he might as well use this time to try and get started on his new research project from Saiyuri. He flipped open the small phone that was still clasped in his hand and dialed a few numbers.

"Hello?"

"Hey Yamato."

"Hey Ritsuka-kun! How are you doing?"

"I'm fine; I have had a lot going on though, which is actually what I'm calling you about."

"Ok Ritsuka, what can I do for you?"

"Well I was wondering if you and Kouya would have some time to talk later this afternoon."

"Yeah we are free today, do you want to meet us somewhere or come over?"

"Let's meet at the café that you took me to after we first met."

"Ok, what time?"

"Well I am supposed to have class until four but I am going to skip cram school, so let's meet there at two o'clock after regular classes are over."

"Ok Ritsuka; Kouya and I will be there."

"Thanks Yamato."

"Anytime Ritsuka."

*click*

Ritsuka then flipped the phone closed and put it back into his pocket before heading up to the classroom as he heard the first bell rang. As he walked through the halls he slowly began to realize that none of the other students were even giving him a second look. This was something completely foreign to him; he was so used to people making small whispers and gestures as he passed by but today it was like no one even saw him or remembered that he had come to school not too long ago with no ears. He then finally arrived at his classroom and did his best to brush off the weird way that the other students were ignoring him. When he went to push open the classroom door he was stopped by the faint sound of laughter; he looked all around him but saw no one and assumed that he was hearing things and then proceeded into the classroom. He silently made his way to his seat right as the final bell and all the other students scrambled to find their seats as well.

The rest of the school day was rather uneventful and actually seemed to go by quickly to Ritsuka. It seemed like no time at all before the final bell was ringing and all the students were filing out of the room. Ritsuka was the last the gather his things and get up from his seat as he always was. On his way out of the classroom he stopped in front of his teacher's desk, tucking his hands tightly into the pockets of his sweatshirt.

"Hey Sensei…"

"Is there something I can do for you Ritsuka-kun?" His teacher then looked up from her papers with a smile that he hadn't seen from her in quite some time.

"I was just wondering why everyone was acting so strangely today."

"What do you mean?"

"Well after what happened last week I thought the other students would at least still be whispering things about me but everyone has been acting like nothing happened." Shinonome then gave Ritsuka a rather perplexed expression at his odd statement.

"I'm sorry Ritsuka-kun…I don't follow you. What happened last week?" Ritsuka was now equally confused by the fact that his teacher had seemingly forgotten all about him showing up to school without ears. He then again heard a faint giggle that was seemingly coming from nowhere and that's when something finally clicked in his brain. He quickly tried to recover the conversation by putting on a smile.

"Oh um never mind Sensei, it was nothing really."

"Are you sure everything is ok Ritsuka?"

"Yes I promise Sensei." Shinonome then gave her favorite student a very relieved smile.

"Ok." Ritsuka then returned her smile and continued walking toward the door. "Oh and Ritsuka, make sure you tell Yukio and Yayoi that I said hello the next time you see them." Ritsuka then turned his head around to smile widely at his teacher.

"Will do."

Ritsuka then exited the room and made his way toward the main entrance of the building. Once he stepped outside and made sure he was outside of the large gate he let out a long sigh before continuing to walk towards the café where he was meeting the Zero girls. After only just beginning his walk, he subtly looked all around him to make sure that there was no one else around him.

"I didn't know that you were going to be watching me this closely Saiyuri." His statement was met with that small familiar girlish giggle.

"Well I wanted to make sure you were alright." Ritsuka was finally starting to get used to the odd sensation of hearing the girl's voice either surround him or seem to be whispering right in his ear. As he continued to speak with the hidden girl, he never stopped walking and gave the appearance that he was talking to himself, not wanting to make any possible passersby aware of her presence.

"Well I am fine."

"I can see that." Ritsuka then walked in silence for a moment before speaking up once again.

"Hey Saiyuri…"

"Yes Ritsuka?"

"How did you know about what happened last week at my school? And why did you erase everyone's memory of it?" The girl let out another small laugh before answering.

"Well the night that Sasuke and Reiki showed up on my doorstep, they told me all about their battle with you and how you handed them their asses on a silver platter and I was immediately fascinated with you. So the next morning, I decided to follow you and that was the day you forgot your false ears. I thought it was kind of funny at first but after you went into your classroom I could hear some of the other children saying awful things about you and I didn't think it was right, so I took care of it for you." Ritsuka couldn't help but to let out a small chuckle at this.

"Well…serves them right then. But…I still can't have you going around erasing everyone's memories; somebody is bound to notice something eventually."

"Ok Ritsuka, I promise I won't tamper with your classmates' memories anymore."

"Thank you; Now I'm headed to meet some friends that used to attend the academy and they are very keen so I think it's best if you don't shadow me."

"Aww you're no fun!" Ritsuka could tell that she was just being playful and laughed at her pouty response.

"You will survive."

"Yeah I suppose I will. I really should get back to babysitting Sasuke and Reiki anyway; the last time they tried one of those spells of yours, they almost blew up my barn." Ritsuka then began to laugh loudly as he imagined the determined red head and his Sentouki trying and failing at the new spells.

"Yeah you might want to make sure they are still alive."

"Yeah; well good luck Ritsuka, I'll be seeing you soon." Ritsuka then let out a small scoff.

"Yeah but I'm sure I won't be seeing you." This made the girl's laughter completely surround the boy.

"You are finally starting to catch on Ritsuka." Then with one last giggle she was gone.

Ritsuka then continued his walk in silence until he arrived in front of the small café just on the outskirts of downtown. He walked up to the small outdoor patio and saw the female duo already seated at a table talking amongst themselves. He then calmly approached the table with a smile.

"Hey Yamato, hey Kouya." The blonde then whipped around in her chair with a huge grin at the sound of his small voice, while Kouya gave the boy a small friendly wave.

"Hi Ritsuka! It's so nice to see you!"

"It's good to see you too Yamato."

"Please, have a seat." Ritsuka did as he was told and pulled out one of the empty seats at the table and promptly took his seat. "Would you like anything to drink Ritsuka?"

"No thank you, I'm fine."

"Ok then. So…There was something you wanted to talk to us about?" Ritsuka's attitude then shifted to a much more serious one and he decided it was best to just cut right to the chase.

"Yes…I am looking for information on a fighting unit called Fearless." This statement caused both girls to gain very serious expressions and Kouya was very quick to inquire further.

"Why are you looking for information about Fearless?" Ritsuka was a little put off by Kouya's slightly cold and scary tone but he knew he had to try and come up with a convincing lie.

"Um…I just came across the name while at the academy training one day and I wanted to know more about them. I tried to dig into the academies files, but I was never able." Kouya then looked over to her Sacrifice with a tense expression and Ritsuka could tell that they were trying to decide whether to tell him what they knew or not. After a short moment Yamato gave Kouya an approving nod to let her know that she could answer the boy's questions.

"What do you want to know about them Ritsuka?"

"Well, as much as possible honestly."

"Well Ritsuka…While Yamato and I were still students at the academy under Nagisa, everyone always heard the rumors about Fearless. Nagisa and Ritsu were always talking about them; according to them, they were the best unit to ever come from the academy. Every one of the students saw them as idols…they were everything that Ritsu told us a perfect unit should be: bonded, strong, obedient, adaptable, and most importantly undefeated."

"Wow…they sound pretty impressive."

"Yes…they were." Kouya's tone then made an unexpected shift to a very sad one.

"Were…?" Kouya was silent for a moment as her face began to grow bright red. Yamato quickly noticed this and began gently rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her and decided to continue on for her.

"I'm sorry Ritsuka…this is hard for both of us but for Kouya especially; she looked up to fearless ever since she was a small child." Kouya then cut back in after she was able to get control of the rage building inside her.

"It happened about two years ago…we got called to Ritsu's office and he asked if we would like a chance to actually meet them. I…I couldn't believe it, me…meeting the infamous Fearless, it was something I never thought to even be possible considering at the time they were already in their thirties, off living their own lives and were more of a legend around the academy. So we obviously jumped at the opportunity but that's when that asshole told us the details…he told us that they had gone rogue and that they were out running around looking for battles against younger less experienced units just for fun. He told us that…we were to apprehend them alive or dead." Ritsuka was in shock at this story; he had no idea how well known Fearless was and he really had no idea that Kouya looked up to them so much.

"What did you do?" Kouya then clenched her fists tightly as she remembered everything that happened that day.

"That was the first time I stood up to Ritsu…I told him to go fuck himself. We refused to accept the mission; I didn't believe a word he said about them and there was no way in hell I was going to actually try to face them…even if I wanted to, I knew we were no match for them."

"So neither one of you thinks that Fearless was actually doing that?"

"No…I know they didn't do any of that crap that Ritsu said."

"How can you be sure Kouya?"

"Because…I might not have ever met them or known them but I knew everything about their battle style, their morals, even how strong their bond was to each other; it always showed in the way they battled. They would never go around hunting innocent kids for reason."

"Well…Surely Ritsu sent someone else after them then."

"Yes he did…" Kouya then fell completely silent and looked down into her lap as if she couldn't find a way to bring the words up and out. Yamato then placed a small hand on top of one of Ritsuka's and gave him a very solemn, slightly apologetic expression and he knew that something bad was coming.

"Ritsuka….after we turned Ritsu down…he sent Seimei and Nisei." Ritsuka's eyes then grew wide and a furious flame of anger quickly began to build inside him; he hated that Seimei was still finding ways to hurt him even from beyond the grave.

"Damn…Yamato, do you know if they were successful?"

"Yes, they were able to capture Fearless." Ritsuka's stomach was now tied in knots at the question he was afraid to ask.

"Did Seimei capture them…alive?"

"All we know is that they were alive when they were captured and they were taken directly to Ritsu and Nagisa. They haven't been seen or heard from since then and to this day no one knows why Ritsu really wanted them, not even Seimei knew. But whatever the reason, it must have been important."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well the entire school went into lock down the moment that Beloved arrived with Fearless; none of the students knew why we were in lock down, except us. We were able to sneak out of our room to investigate but we didn't get very far until the guards caught us; all we were able to see when we got to Ritsu's office was Fearless both on their knees in his office…and there was blood on the floor and on Ritsu's hands. Then we overheard him order them to be locked down in the lab and that was the last we ever heard of Fearless."

Their conversation was then stopped cold by the extremely sudden appearance of huge dark storm clouds that quickly filled the sky with darkness and large bolts of lightning. Things then went from odd to extremely bad when all of a sudden there came a deafening clap of thunder that shattered all of the glassware on all the tables in the café. Kouya quickly latched onto Yamato to protect her from the shards of glass while Ritsuka threw his arms quickly in front of his face in defense. The blonde then huddled in closer to her Sentouki as she looked all around panicked.

"Kouya what's going on?!"

"I-I don't know." They all three then heard a loud yet faint high pitched scream somewhere off in the distance. Ritsuka then immediately knew what was going on and began to panic as well.

"Kouya, Yamato! You guys should go home. Thank you so much for talking to me and I promise I will give you a call later, but right now you need to leave." His tone was audibly hurried and shaky so both girls gave him a quick silent nod before quickly getting up and walking away from the café, Yamato still tucked safely under Kouya's arms.

Ritsuka then looked up into the sky and watched as the clouds grew more violent and knew that he had to do something. He then quickly got up and ran as fast as he could away from the café and toward a small pocket of dense trees that was only a block away. He was running so fast that it was only a minute or two before he arrived in a small clearing amongst the trees where he finally stopped and began calling franticly in all directions.

"Saiyuri! Please calm down! Stop all this! I told you not to follow me!" His screams were only met with furious cracks of lightning and booms of thunder. "Saiyuri please!"

With that last plea, a large bolt of lightning struck a tree only a few yards away from him forcing him off his feet and into a tree behind him. He was now really getting scared and knew that he had to find a way to calm her down before she started going on a full rampage. He was so focused on calming the furious girl down that he didn't even notice that he had been calling to Soubi the entire time. The next thing he knew, the clouds were beginning to wane and the lightning had stopped all together. He then stumbled to his feet and was quickly met with the sight of his tall Sentouki holding onto the small girl by the collar of her shirt so that she was completely off the ground, kicking and squirming desperately trying to get free; Ritsuka then could not have been more relieved to see his Sentouki.

"Soubi put me down now!"

"Not until you calm down." Ritsuka then rushed over to where Soubi was standing with Saiyuri in hand.

"Soubi, thank you for coming but you can put her down, I think she has calmed down a little bit." Ritsuka then shot her a stern gaze to ensure that she did in fact calm down.

"Ok." Soubi then gently placed the girl back down onto feet and she was quick to brush herself off and take a couple of very deep breaths before addressing the small boy in front of her.

"Ritsuka…I'm sorry. I know you told me not to follow you but I just couldn't help it, if those girls knew anything I needed to hear it for myself….but I didn't expect to learn so much. I guess I let my emotions get the better of me slightly."

"Slightly?" The girl then blushed slightly, now embarrassed at her outburst.

"Ok…a lot. I'm sorry…I hope you are ok…" Ritsuka couldn't stay mad for very long and wrapped his arms gently around the small blonde.

"It's ok Saiyuri, I'm sure that was all very hard to hear so I understand why you are upset and I am ok; but from now on you need to learn to control your anger. If you really want to find out what happened to your parents then things might get worse and you need to be prepared for that."

"I know…." Her voice was now consumed by sadness and it was heart wrenching for Ritsuka to hear so he released her from his arms and gave her a small grin.

"But don't give up hope yet. As of now we know they were alive when they were captured and knowing Nagisa, there is a good chance that they may still be alive and at the academy somewhere." Saiyuri then began to try and be optimistic and returned the boys smile.

"Yeah, you're right Ritsuka. Thank you." There was then a small silence before Soubi tried to move things along.

"So Saiyuri, judging from this little outburst I assume Ritsuka has gotten more than enough information, so what is our next step in this plan." She was silent for a moment to gather her thoughts before replying.

"Well…I think I need a little while to myself to process all this and fine tune the next step. So let's meet again in the park tonight at nine o'clock and I will give you the details then."

"Ok. Sound good to you Ritsuka?" The boy gave his Sentouki a silent nod and before either one of them could look back to Saiyuri, she had already vanished. Ritsuka then let out a very long sigh before throwing his arms around the tall blonde, burying his face snuggly into him.

"Thank you for coming Soubi…" Soubi then gave a smile as he placed a gentle kiss on the top of his partners head.

"I will always come when you call Ritsuka. Always."

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