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Strays	By : Shuichi77 Category: +G to L > Loveless Views: 1752 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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The rest of the school week was surprisingly normal and mundane. Ritsuka accidently made the mistake of falling into a comfortable routine of going to school, coming home, having diner, homework then off to bed. This routine was in fact very short lived as the weekend came up on Ritsuka faster than he had anticipated. Before he knew it, he was waking up in Soubi's arms in the early afternoon of Saturday. He opened his eyes slowly and decided to just enjoy the warmth and comfort of Soubi's strong arms for a few minutes longer before sitting up and yawning wide. The sudden wave of cold air from Ritsuka moving caused Soubi to very quickly follow suit, jerking up to a sitting position to make sure that his Sacrifice was still right by his side, safe and sound.

"Good morning Ritsuka." Once assured that his partner was still there, Soubi gave him a warm smile as he stretched his arms high up in the air.

"Morning Sou-chan." Ritsuka happily returned his smile and gently threw his small arms around Soubi's neck and placed a small kiss on his cheek. Soubi then let out a small chuckle before climbing out of bed and giving his whole body one last stretch.

"So, would you like to visit the academy today or wait until tomorrow?"

"We should probably go today; I know Saiyuri is anxious to learn more and I am curious to find out what the rest of her plan is."

"Alright then. I'll go make us some breakfast and then we can get going."

"Ok."

Soubi then walked over to the closet and slipped on a tight black shirt to match his light blue jeans before exiting the bedroom. After Soubi had left, Ritsuka sluggishly made his way out of bed and wobbled his way down the hallway to the bathroom. He decided that he would take a quick shower before breakfast so he reached into the shower to turn on the faucet before slipping out of his large baggy pants and shirt that he had slept in. While he was waiting for the water to get warm, he took a moment to admire himself in the mirror. As he stared at himself, he saw his name printed so clearly across his chest and he noticed that small scattered cracks now covered every letter. He gently traced each one with his fingers and couldn't help but to smile. He had come to truly love this name and everything that it stood for; even though it wasn't normal or perfect, it was his name, a name that he shared with the person that he loved and that was something to be truly happy about. He then moved his hand to run his hair through it uninterrupted. He was now finally getting used to not having his ears and even though he was still a child in age he was beginning to feel like an adult, and he couldn't be happier. He gazed at himself until his image faded away as the hot water began to cover the glass in a thick layer of condensation. The fog was enough to snap him out of his daze and he climbed into the shower and let the warm water wash over him. It was only ten minutes before Ritsuka shut off the water and stepped out of the shower, wrapping a large fluffy towel around his torso and rubbing another ferociously around his head. Once his hair was no longer dripping water, Ritsuka made his way back into the bedroom and slipped on a pair of boxers, his usual pair of tight jeans and a fitted long sleeve shirt. He then headed back down the hallway, stopping by the bathroom again to hang up his wet towel, and then made his way down the stairs and into the kitchen. As soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs, Soubi turned around from the stove with two plates in hand already fully loaded with eggs, bacon and toast.

"Just in time." Soubi then placed both plates down on the table and sat down, followed by Ritsuka.

"Thank you for breakfast Soubi."

"Of course." They both then wasted no time in indulging in their breakfast in a peaceful silence. They were both smiling as they ate, hoping that this comfortable routine would soon be something they could settle permanently into. Despite the blissful moment they were enjoying, the duo finished their food quickly and it wasn't long before Soubi was scooping their plates off the table and carrying them to the sink as he always did. Ritsuka watched on as the tall blonde quickly washed their plates before turning around to face him while leaning rather beautifully against the counter with his arms crossed perfectly.

"So are you ready to go then?" Ritsuka gave a small smile and a subtle blush and simply gave his Sentouki a nod. Soubi then made his way to the entry way to put on his coat with Ritsuka close in toe before they were off on yet another trip to the Seven Moons academy.

After another peaceful drive, they soon arrived at the academy that was again a bustle of students and activity. Soubi soon found a place to park the car and Ritsuka was beginning to get more and more excited just to see his friends again. As soon as the car stopped, Ritsuka quickly made his exit and waited anxiously for Soubi to do the same. He stood somewhat patiently by the driver's side door until he heard a wonderfully bubbly voice call to him from a distance.

"Ritsuka-kun!" Ritsuka quickly whipped around to see his tall pink haired friend waving fervently to him from across the courtyard with her Sentouki smiling and waving right along beside her.

"Yuiko! Yayoi!" Ritsuka's face immediately lit up at the sight and ran over to them leaving Soubi behind. Once he finally reached them, he threw his arms around Yuiko and hugged her tightly.

"Hey I'm here too you know." Ritsuka gave a small chuckle at the sight of Yayoi pouting as he crossed his arms.

"It's good to see you too Yayoi." Ritsuka then released Yuiko from his grasp and turned to wrap his arms around Yayoi, who graciously returned his hug with a smile.

"So what brings you here today Ritsuka-kun?" Ritsuka then released Yayoi to turn and address his pink haired friend.

"Well Soubi and I came to see you guys."

"Oh?! Soubi-san is here too?"

"Yeah, he is just being slow." Ritsuka then felt a large hand placed gently on his shoulder and he looked up into blue eyes.

"Slow am I? You are the one that went running off." Ritsuka simply smiled up at his Sentouki and gave a small laugh.

"Hi Soubi-san!"

"Hello Yuiko-kun, Yayoi-kun." Yuiko then dropped her smile slightly and turned back to Ritsuka.

"So did you just come for a visit or is there something in particular that you need?" Ritsuka then gained a very serious expression before subtly glancing all around him at all the students and teachers wandering about the courtyard.

"Well yes there is something in particular we came to talk to you about but is there somewhere else we can go and talk? Somewhere that's safe."

"Hmmmm…ummm…" After seeing Yuiko struggling to think, Yayoi placed her hand delicately in his and decided to cut in.

"Yes, we can go to the garden. No one ever really goes down there and it's far enough away from any of the school buildings that no one would even know we are there."

"Sounds good; I remember that place, I think it's really pretty anyway so that works."

"Ok."

Soubi and Ritsuka then followed closely behind Yayoi and Yuiko as they led the way down the small gravel path through the foliage that led down to the garden area. Ritsuka still remembered this area from when he first found out that his friends were attending the academy and was sure that it was indeed a safe place to discuss Saiyuri's plan. After walking along the path for a few minutes, they all arrived into the small clearing in the trees where the large wooden gazebo sat. They made their way down the slight decline where the path ended and filed into the gazebo before each pair sat opposite each other on the benches that lined the inside of the gazebo. Once they were all settled in Yayoi quickly got straight to the point.

"So, what is it that you need to talk with us about Ritsuka?" Ritsuka took a deep breath and was silent for a moment before answering.

"Well I have a favor to ask of you."

"Ok, what is it?"

"I need a blueprint of sorts of the academy. I need you guys to try and draw me an outline of as much of the entire campus that you can, as detailed as you can." This was not at all what Yayoi was expected and he and Yuiko both became rather puzzled at this.

"Why do you need something like that?"

"It's for…a friend. The less you know the better." Yayoi was a little hesitant at that answer but he trusted Ritsuka enough to be content with it.

"Well that's something that we could probably do fairly easily, but why can't Soubi draw one up for you since he used to attend the academy?" Soubi then cut in to answer this himself with a rather solemn expression and a hint of sadness in his tone.

"In all the time I attended the academy, I only ever really saw two rooms: Ritsu's office and his private room. So I wouldn't be of much help." Yayoi picked up on Soubi's gloomy tone and immediately moved on from that subject.

"Ok, well aren't you friends with the Zero girls too? Why can't they help?" Soubi again took it upon himself to answer this question.

"Well the Zero girls were never technically students, they were Nagisa's creations and were really only used for missions so they never really attended lessons here. They were allowed to live off campus as long as they lived within ten miles."

"I see. Well then yes, we will help you with that. Yuiko and I should be able to get you a blueprint drawn up relatively quickly." Ritsuka was extremely relieved to hear that his friends were so willing to help him and he couldn't help but to smile wide.

"Thank you Yayoi."

"No problem Ritsuka. Is that all that you needed?" Ritsuka was silent for a moment and his smile quickly faded.

"Well…there was actually one other thing."

"Well what is it?" Ritsuka then shot Yayoi a very serious gaze.

"We need information…" Yayoi's curiosity was now fully peaked and his ears were now pointing straight up.

"Could you be a little more specific?"

"We need information that is being held in Ritsu's office and in Nagisa's lab." This truly shocked both Yuiko and Yayoi.

"What?! That's far too dangerous Ritsuka! If we got caught sneaking around in those places there is no telling what kind of punishment we could face."

"I know it's dangerous and I understand if you don't want to do it." Yayoi then let out a long sigh and tried to calm down from the initial shock of the request.

"It's not that we don't want to help you Ritsuka but it is impossible anyway. Ritsu is a recluse and almost never leaves his office since his blindness; and Nagisa has been on full lock down in her lab for some reason." Ritsuka let out a small giggle at that last statement.

"She is still in lockdown?"

"Still? How did you know about that?"

"Well long story short, she kidnapped me a while back and tried to kill me so she could pair Soubi with another Sacrifice. When Ritsu found out he hacked her budget and put her in lockdown." Yuiko then suddenly burst out in near tears at this.

"She tried to kill you Ritsuka?! Are you okay?!"

"It was a while ago, I was fine. Don't worry Yuiko, I was rescued quickly." Ritsuka then tried to give her the most reassuring smile that he could which calmed her down slightly.

"Ok Ritsuka-kun…" Yayoi then slipped her hand back into his and tried to comfort her before readdressing Ritsuka.

"We can get you your blueprint Ritsuka, but I'm afraid that getting the additional information just won't work."

"I understand and thank you again for your help." Ritsuka then slowly stood from his place feeling a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to do more for Saiyuri, but he ultimately knew that this was a possibility and he couldn't blame his friends one bit for their decision. After standing, Ritsuka took a few steps toward leaving the gazebo but his hand was delicately grabbed by Yuiko.

"Ritsuka-kun, wait…" Ritsuka immediately stopped and turned right back around and sat back in his place, wanting to give his friend his full attention.

"What is it Yuiko?"

"It actually wouldn't be impossible to get the information you're looking for." This quickly alarmed Yayoi and he began to panic slightly, knowing that she would do almost anything for Ritsuka.

"Y-Yuiko, what are you talking about?!" Ritsuka was now also very intrigued and tried to dig delicately deeper into her statement.

"Yeah, what do you mean Yuiko?"

"Well…Nagisa Sensei is on lockdown but she has to leave her lab to teach the class for the first year Sacrifices and since we got pushed up to advanced classes, my free period is during the class she teaches. The class is an hour and fifteen minutes long, so that is more than enough time for me to sneak into her lab, get whatever you need and be gone before she gets back." Ritsuka was a little surprised that Yuiko had already put so much thought into this idea and was so confident; confidence was never something she was particularly good at.

"That's a really smart plan Yuiko. Do you really think you could pull it off without anyone seeing you?" Yuiko then gave Ritsuka a big warm smile.

"Of course I can. Our dorm is in the same wing as her lab anyway so it wouldn't be that out of the ordinary for me to be around there." Yayoi was now gritting his teeth at the idea. He couldn't deny that it was a pretty solid plan and he knew she could do it, but he still wasn't completely comfortable with putting his Sacrifice in a situation like that. He then turned to her with a sour face hating to admit that she was on to something.

"Well…that is indeed a fine plan Yuiko but how do you suppose we go about getting into Ritsu's office?" Yuiko was then silent for a short moment as she tried to think hard on that problem.

"Well, I do have an idea…but I don't know if you will approve Yayoi." Yayoi was now genuinely scared as to what this plan could be.

"W-what is it…?" Yuiko then turned away from him to face Ritsuka to tell him her idea.

"Ritsuka, do you remember Breathless?" Ritsuka was actually slightly happy to hear that name. Even though Breathless had tried to capture him twice, he actually liked them both outside of battle.

"Yeah I do."

"Well I am good friends with both Ai and Midori but we don't really see each other very often, so I don't think Ritsu Sensei knows that we are friends."

"Ok….I don't understand how that helps one of you get into Ritsu's office…"

"Well normally Ritsu Sensei almost never leaves his office unless there is something big going on, but on the weekends and holidays most of the security officers are off duty so Ritsu Sensei tends to any fights or rule breaking. So I was thinking that maybe Yayoi and Ai could start a fake fight and that would cause Ritsu to leave his office to come break it up, then I could sneak into his office." Yayoi did not like the sound of this idea at all and suddenly shot up from his seat in defiance.

"No! Yuiko you can't do that! I can't risk you getting caught; I could never forgive myself if something ever happened to you…" Soubi then finally decided to step in and he stood from his place and took a few steps to be standing right in front of the long haired boy that was now shaking and fighting back tears. Soubi then gently placed a hand on his shoulder and gave a warm smile.

"Yayoi…you have grown to be truly great Sentouki. I know that your deepest strongest instinct is to protect your Sacrifice at all costs but you also have to trust Yuiko and her own strength. You can't always keep her from everything and hide her away from the world to protect her, but the important thing is that you will always be there to protect her if the need arises." Yayoi was truly moved by Soubi's words and finally let a few small tears run down his cheeks.

"You're right Soubi-san…." He then turned to Yuiko and took both of her hands in his. "I do trust you Yuiko and I know you are strong and can handle yourself. If you think you can do this, then I am behind you one hundred percent." The pink haired girl then stood from her place and wrapped her arms around her Sentouki's waist pulling him in for a tender kiss that made him blush wildly.

"Thank you Yayoi. I love you and you are the best Sentouki I could ever ask for." Ritsuka and Soubi both let their friends have a moment before Ritsuka cut their scene short.

"So, you really think you're up for this Yuiko?" She then gave him a big smile and a thumbs up.

"Yup! No problem."

"I'm glad." Yayoi then quickly interrupted.

"Oh! Ritsuka, what exactly is it we are looking for anyway?"

"Well like I said, I can't tell you too much but…we are looking for anything in any of their files pertaining to a unit by the name of Fearless."

"Hmm…never heard of them but at least we know what to look for now." Yayoi then gave Ritsuka a genuine smile before taking Yuiko by the hand once again. "Well…you two wait here and we will go give this a shot."

"Ok. Please be safe, both of you."

"Will do."

With that, Yayoi and Yuiko made their way back up the gravel path leaving their friends to sit and wait in the gazebo. They walked hand in hand with determined smiles on their faces until they reached the courtyard and Yayoi stopped suddenly and turned to his Sacrifice.

"Are you ready Yuiko?"

"Mmhmm. Let me go talk to Ai first and let her know that we are faking so she doesn't cry or try to kill you something." Yayoi couldn't help but to let out a small laugh at this.

"Ok." Yuiko then scanned the crowd until she spotted the short pink haired girl and then sprinted off to meet her. Yayoi watched on as Yuiko pulled her and Midori aside and whispered something to them. He was slightly relieved to see that they both gave her a smile and a nod before she came running back towards him.

"Ok, they said that they will play along whenever we are ready."

"Alright. You stay here until Ritsu comes outside then slip in the side door over there. I will keep him out here as long as I can but try to be as fast as possible and if anything at all goes wrong just call to me and I will be there."

"Ok." Yuiko then leaned down to give him a small kiss on the cheek for luck. Yayoi then put on a very determined grin before taking a few bold steps out into the very middle of the courtyard.

"Hey you!" He fully extended his arm and pointed directly towards the pink haired girl on the edge of the courtyard. Ai whipped her head around in all directions and then silently pointed to herself. "Yeah you Ai!"

"What do you want four eyes?!" Ai called to him from her place with a coy tone.

"Ha! I may have four eyes but at least I can protect my Sacrifice! My record makes you look like a pathetic first year that can't even master simple two syllable spells!" Ai then stormed her way to the middle of the courtyard to be face to face with Yayoi while the other students began to gather around the commotion.

"You silly boy. You may have a good record here at school but you haven't even been on a single real mission. Midori and I have been on ten! You are the one that acts like a first year!"

"Yeah right. How many of those missions were successful huh?" Ai then crossed her arms with a frown.

"That's none of your business loser."

"That's what I thought. I feel sorry for Midori to have such a Sentouki." Ai then shot him a fiery glare and took a few large steps backwards.

"That's it! Why don't we just settle this once and for all then?!"

"Bring it on! I can take you all by myself!"

"Fine then! Midori!" There was then a short pause in the yelling as Midori came running to be by Ai's side. "I declare this to be a battle of sp-" Her words were quickly cut off as she was jerked completely off the ground by the arm.

"That's enough from both of you."

"R-Ritsu Sensei…." Ai was now cowering in his grasp as she spoke and Yayoi took this chance to give a quick glance over his shoulder to see that Yuiko was no longer where he left her. Once he knew that she was gone, he then knew that he had to keep Ritsu there as long as he could.

"What is the meaning of all this Yayoi? And where is your Sacrifice?"

"Uh, um…I just thought that Ai could use some….constructive criticism on her battle technique; and I sent Yuiko to our dorm, I didn't want her to be here if Breathless became violent or anything." Ritsu then rather roughly set Ai back down onto her feet.

"Breathless, you know that it is clearly against school rules to engage in unauthorized battle on campus."

"I-I know Sensei…It's just that Yayoi started it."

"I don't care who started it, the rules are absolute. Honestly, you should like a child." Ritsu's tone was now icy cold and extremely scary.

"I apologize Sensei. It won't happen again." Ai quickly bowed in respect completely forgetting that the man she was bowing to was blind.

"I sincerely hope that it won't. You are seniors now and I expect much more of you."

"Understood Sensei." Ritsu then turned back to Yayoi feeling sure that Ai understood her mistake.

"Yayoi, I also expect much more from one of my top students than to go around instigating pointless squabbles."

"I am sorry Sensei; I just let my emotions get the better of me."

"Well…normally you would both be subject to severe punishment for this but seeing as this is the first offense for both of you, I will only give you this verbal warning."

"Thank you Sensei." Ritsu then let out a gruff scoff before turning and walking back toward the front entrance of the building. This made Yayoi panic slightly and he quickly whipped completely around to look for Yuiko. He let out a long relieved sigh when he saw her standing at the opposite end of the courtyard with a smile giving him a thumbs up. He then gave Ai and Midori a sly smile before running off towards Yuiko. As soon as he reached her, he threw his arms around her and hugged her tightly.

"I'm glad you are ok Yuiko. That was really fast though, I am impressed." She then gave him a big smile with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"I told you I could do it."

"So then you were able to find something?"

"Yeah, it wasn't much though."

"Well it's better than nothing. Let's get back to Ritsuka." Yayoi then took Yuiko by the hand once again and led her back down the gravel path. As soon as they emerged out of the foliage, they both completely froze when they saw Ritsuka straddling Soubi's lap in the gazebo with his arms wrapped around his neck, locking their lips tightly together. After getting over the initial shock of the sight, they slowly walked over to the gazebo and Yayoi gave a loud cough to alert them of their presence. Upon hearing it, Ritsuka immediately almost jumped off of Soubi and his whole face went bright red.

"Oh uh…hey, uh…sorry about that…" Yuiko then let out a small laugh at her very embarrassed friend.

"It's ok Ritsuka-kun." Yuiko then entered the gazebo and took a seat followed by Yayoi.

"So how did it go? We heard a lot of commotion."

"It was kind of fun sneaking into Sensei's office actually."

"Well that's good Yuiko, but were you able to find anything?" Yuiko then became slightly more serious and her expression had a hint of sadness to it.

"Well I went through his files and I was able to find something but it wasn't very much."

"Well something is better than nothing I suppose. What did you find?"

"It was weird actually, he had a whole file titled 'Fearless' but it only had two pieces of paper in it. The first was an apprehension report and it said that they were being charged with harboring a fugitive. Then it said that Beloved was sent to apprehend them and that was it."

"Harboring a fugitive? That's interesting. What was the second paper?"

"It was an incident report. It basically said that Fearless was apprehended after strong resistance and minimal damage to both units. It said that they were given a preliminary interrogation that yielded no information and then they were sent to be held in the R&D labs for more interrogation."

"That was it?"

"Yeah." Ritsuka was then silent for a short moment while he took in all this information.

"Well it's a start and I'm betting that there will be more information in Nagisa's lab. Do you still think you will be able to do that Yuiko?"

"Yeah no problem. It'll probably be easier than sneaking into Ritsu Sensei's office actually."

"Well that's good. Thank you so much for this Yuiko." Yuiko then gave him a big smile that Ritsuka was happy to return.

"Of course Ritsuka. I'm not sure what you need all this for but I am just happy I can be useful to you; and I hope that Nagisa Sensei gets what is coming to her for trying to hurt you." Ritsuka's smile then turned into a slightly sinister one.

"I have a feeling that she definitely has something coming her way." This caused smiles all around and the atmosphere almost instantly lightened. They were all truly enjoying the moment until a loud bell rang throughout the campus that caused Yayoi to quickly stand from his seat.

"Well that's the curfew bell so we have to get back to our dorm." Yuiko then stood as well to be right by his side.

"Aww I hate curfew!" Ritsuka and Soubi then both stood and gave small chuckles at the pouting pink haired girl. Ritsuka then stepped forward to give Yuiko one last hug.

"It's ok Yuiko, we will be back soon. We still need that blueprint and information, so I am sure we will be seeing you again very soon." Yuiko then gladly squeezed him back with a smile.

"Ok. It was really good to see you Ritsuka-kun; you too Soubi-san." Soubi gave the girl a gentle pat on the head before turning to give the same to her Sentouki.

"It is always good to see the both of you. Make sure you keep taking good care of each other." They both gave Soubi a firm nod before briskly walking back up the gravel path and out of sight.

"You ready to go Ritsuka?"

"Mmhmm."

Soubi and Ritsuka then leisurely made their own way up the path and back to the car. They both climbed in and began the drive home once again. The drive was now becoming completely normal to Ritsuka, so much so that he had almost every turn and landmark memorized. Ritsuka wasn't exactly happy that this drive had become so normal but he was thankful that the more they drove this route, the shorter and shorter the trip seemed. This time it seemed like only five minutes before they were pulling up in front of their home. No matter how long or short the drive seemed however, Ritsuka was always so happy to pull up in front of the beautiful house that he was lucky enough to call home.

"Ritsuka? Are you coming?" Ritsuka then suddenly realized that he had become completely lost in his thoughts and had been staring blankly out the window of the car. Once he came back to reality he gave Soubi a small chuckle before climbing out of the car to join him.

"Sorry, I was daydreaming." Ritsuka then heard an unmistakable giggle coming from across the street and he turned around with a small smile. He was finally getting used to the constant shadowing by his new friend. "You don't always have to be so mysterious you know. You could always come knock on the door or something like a normal person." Ritsuka's playful tone was met again with laughter as it usually was.

"Well normally I would but seeing as I am in hiding right now and trying not to be seen with you, I figure it best not to just come waltzing up to your door."

"Alright good point. Well I am guessing you came to check in on how our visit went?"

"You got it!"

"Are you going to just continue hiding in the trees or would you like to go to the park or something?"

"Well I actually need to try and keep it short tonight; I really can't leave Sasuke and Reiki alone for too long anymore." Soubi was a little intrigued by this and decided to inquire into it.

"What do you mean Saiyuri?"

"Well to make a long story short, the two idiots tried casting one of those weird spells of yours and it backfired."

"Backfired? Are they alright?"

"Yeah they are ok. They said it just gave them some sort of static shock or something. So I just don't want to leave them alone to destroy my house or anything."

"I see. Well I am glad they are alright; they are very lucky that they weren't hurt."

"Yeah, they are still idiots though. But anyway, how did it go Ritsuka?"

"Well my friends said that they will be able to draw a blue print no problem and Yayoi was in art club so it should be good and he said they should have it pretty soon."

"That's great! Anything else?"

"Yes actually, Soubi was right when he said I should let my friends decide what they can and can't do. Yuiko was happy to take on the challenge and was actually able to get into Ritsu's office while we were there." There was then a short silence before a series of small whooshing sounds that Ritsuka could now recognize as the sound of Saiyuri moving through the darkness; so he wasn't surprised this time when her voice sounded much closer than before.

"Really?! Did she find anything?"

"Yes. She found out that your parents were being charged with harboring a fugitive and confirmed that Beloved was the apprehending unit. According to the documents, they were brought in after putting up quite a fight and interrogated by Ritsu but gave up no information. They were then sent to the labs for further interrogation. That was all she was able to get out of Ritsu's office." Saiyuri was again silent for a moment before speaking again.

"Harboring a fugitive….that must mean me…" Ritsuka hated hearing the sadness dripping in Saiyuri's voice and he did his best to stay strong for her sake.

"It's not your fault Saiyuri, don't give up hope yet. Yuiko said that she will have no problem getting into Nagisa's lab and I am sure that that is where we will find all the information on your parents."

"You're right Ritsuka, I won't give up just yet." Ritsuka was happy to hear the tone in her voice slowly begin to return to normal.

"Good."

"Well I really should get going. Make sure that you tell your friends thank you for me and I still hope to meet them soon. Have a good night boys!"

"You too Saiyuri."

Ritsuka then picked up the faint sound of the girl trailing off into the distance and he turned to Soubi with a rather sad expression.

"Soubi…Do you think her parents are still alive?" Soubi gently wrapped the small boy in his arms and nuzzled his nose into his thick black hair lovingly.

"I can't say for sure but if they are, we will find them and we will rescue them."

"But what if they aren't…"

"Well then…Saiyuri will at least find out what happened and get the closure she needs; and you know what?" Ritsuka then gave a small sniffle from the cold and pulled his face from Soubi's chest to look up at him directly.

"What?"

"No matter what happens Saiyuri will be ok and she will be happy again….and that is all thanks to you." Soubi then gently lifted Ritsuka off his feet and began carrying him towards the house as he snuggled firmly into his chest.

"I love you Soubi."

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