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The party was coming to end as the school bell rang to release the students for the winter break and Ritsuka was saying his goodbyes while Soubi gathered up all of his gifts. After everyone had said their goodbyes, all of Ritsuka's friends filed out of the classroom leaving Soubi and Ritsuka alone with Shinonome sensei, and once Soubi had all the gifts gathered he looked over to Ritsuka to silently let him know that it was time to leave. Ritsuka gave him a nod and began walking toward the door with Soubi close in toe. Before reaching the door, Ritsuka stopped in front of his teacher and gave the woman a warm hug that caught her a little by surprise.

"Thank you again sensei, this was a wonderful birthday." She gave Ritsuka a warm smile as she gently returned his hug.

"You're welcome Ritsuka. I'm so very glad to see you happy." She then released the small boy and turned to look at Soubi. "Take good care of him Agatsuma-san."

"Of course."

The duo then made their exit and began their walk home with all of the various boxes held safely in Soubi's arms and the small teddy bear grasped tightly in Ritsuka's hand. The walk seemed unusually quiet to Soubi, so he looked over to check on his Sacrifice and saw that he had his eyes fixed on the ground with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Are you ok Ritsuka? Did you not enjoy your party?" Ritsuka replied with his gaze never leaving the ground.

"No...The party was great. I just wish that all my friends would have been able to come."

"All of your friends?" There was then a small silence as Soubi thought for a moment on who could have been missing. "Oh, you mean Saiyuri-kun?"

"Yeah..." There was then a very odd gust of wind that whisked through the air.

"What makes you think I wasn't there?" Ritsuka's face immediately lit up and he lifted his head in excitement at the sound of the disembodied girlish voice that came carried on the wind followed by the girls signature giggle.

"So you did come!" Ritsuka couldn't help but to yell out and whip his head in all directions even though it looked as though he was talking aimlessly into the air.

"Of course I did. It's your birthday, I wouldn't have missed it. I was in the tree outside the window. I'm sorry I couldn't come in but you know, being in hiding and all, I didn't think it was a good idea."

"It's ok. I'm glad you came, even if you were really just stalking from the trees." This caused Saiyuri to laugh loudly and even made Soubi chuckle slightly.

"But I must say, it is nice to finally put some names to faces." This puzzled Ritsuka slightly seeing as Saiyuri wasn't actually inside the room to hear any names.

"How are you able to know their names if you were outside?"

"Well when you have been lurking about and observing from a distance for as long as I have, you learn how to read lips pretty well." Ritsuka then gave a sly grin.

"Oh I see. Ok then, if you are so good then who is who?" The girl giggled slightly at this, loving a good challenge.

"Well let's see…The pink haired girl is one of your friends that goes to the academy, Yuiko; and the smaller boy with long hair is her Sentouki, Yayoi."

"That's pretty impressive…but how did you know that Yayoi is her Sentouki? I don't think we talked at all about that kind of thing."

"I can just tell. Sentouki's have a certain way about them." Ritsuka then looked over to Soubi with an inquisitive expression, silently asking if this was true.

"She is right; you can tell a good Sentouki just from their demeanor."

"Like what Soubi?"

"Well I'm sure you didn't notice but, Yayoi has been quieter than normal because he is constantly scanning his environment for signs of danger while keeping a close eye on Yuiko as well. He also makes sure that he is never too far from her and can pick up on her slightest mood changes and reacts to them accordingly." Ritsuka took a moment to think back to the party and he realized that Yayoi was in fact doing all of those things.

"Hmm interesting. Soubi….Do you do all those things?" The blonde looked down at the boy with a large smile.

"Of course." Ritsuka returned his smile before turning back to talk seemingly into thin air.

"Anyways, please go on Saiyuri."

"With pleasure. The very cute flat chested girl is Kouya and the blonde one is her Sacrifice, Yamato. The other two odd little boys are Youji and Natsuo and for some reason I can't tell which one of them is the Sentouki. Now that I think about it….I got a weird feeling from all four of them. Who are they exactly?" Ritsuka was quite surprised that even with all of her knowledge Saiyuri didn't know the Zeroes of all people.

"You really don't know who they are?"

"Nope."

"The girls are the first generation of Zero and the boys are the second."

"Oh! Those are the Zeroes?"

"Yeah, so you do know them."

"No but Reiki is always cursing them for some reason." Soubi then felt the need to interject at this statement.

"Well that makes sense."

"Oh? Why is that? Because I would love to know what the big deal is, Reiki really hates them."

"Well as you know, Sasuke and Reiki were Nagisa's very first attempt at the perfect fighting unit."

"Mmhmm…"

"Well the Zero girls were her next attempt and the boys are her most current attempt; and unlike Sasuke and Reiki, they were all altered so that they cannot feel pain. So it is safe to assume that Ageless has an inferiority complex toward the Zeroes."

"Can't feel pain? Hmm…remind me not to ever get on their bad side. I don't think I like the idea of fighting something that can't feel pain." Soubi then gave a small scoff at this as he not so fondly remembered having his hand nailed to the ground.

"Yes, I highly suggest avoiding battle with them if you can."

"Duly noted. Oh! Which reminds me, have you been able to figure anything out about Sasuke and Reiki?"

"Well I can't seem to find any connection between their behavior and the failed spell, but I'm going to continue looking for safe measure."

"Thank you Soubi."

"It's not a problem. I hope they are doing well."

"I don't know if I'd say 'well' but they are alive and I finally got them to stop fighting most of the time…but I probably should be getting back to them. But I do have a gift for you Ritsuka so meet me in the park tonight so I can give it to you." Ritsuka perked up once again at this.

"Ok, I think we will have something for you too."

"Great! It's a date then. See you boys later." There was then another large gust of wind and Ritsuka took that as the girl making her exit.

By the time they finished talking with Saiyuri, the boys were just arriving at home and Ritsuka quickly made his way up to the door while Soubi followed calmly behind. Ritsuka was quick to unlock the door and slip inside before shedding off his coat and shoes. He then made his way over to the kitchen table and sat down in one of end chairs with his teddy bear now seated in his lap. Soubi followed not too far behind and slipped his shoes off in the entry way before walking over to the table and setting down the assorted gifts. As soon as the gifts hit the table, Ritsuka immediately grabbed the large manila envelope that Yayoi had given him; he was extremely anxious to examine its contents and planned on wasting no time.

"Would you like anything to eat Ritsuka?"

"No, I'm not hungry." The boy shook his head fervently as he replied and was already untying the small thread that held the envelop closed.

Soubi could tell just how anxious Ritsuka was and decided that he probably was best to go ahead and investigate, so he pulled over another chair from the side of the kitchen table so that it was right next to Ritsuka's and sat down so that they could look on together. Ritsuka then looked over to his Sentouki for support, which he found in the form of a small smile, before opening the envelope with slightly shaky hands. Once open, he slowly pulled out a small stack of papers the first being a large blueprint with a small note paper clipped to its corner that read:

Ritsuka

I was able to map out all of the buildings on the campus with as much detail as possible. I also went ahead and marked what each room is. Rooms marked with a C are classrooms, O's are offices, B's are bathrooms, S's are storage, the two T's are the training fields, the L is Nagisa's lab, and all the rooms marked with an X are rooms that I don't know what they are or what their contents are…no one knows.

Yayoi

Ritsuka and Soubi then looked at each other with rather impressed expressions before looking back to the blueprint underneath the note. They were both very surprised to see just how large and intricate the entire campus was and they were even more impressed at just how detailed this blueprint was.

"It seems Yayoi really did a very good job." Ritsuka gave a firm nod at this.

"I told you he would; he was the best one in the art club at school."

Ritsuka then took a very deep breath before setting the blueprint aside and once again looked to Soubi for comfort before even daring to look at the page underneath. After receiving a small smile from the blonde and a tender hand placed gently on his thigh, Ritsuka let out his breath and he and Soubi both looked at the next page. It was another large sheet of paper but this one only had a few lines typed on and it had an odd grey tint to it causing them both to assume it was a photocopy.

Interrogation report

As transcribed by Nana Saotome

Interrogating party: Nagisa Sagan

Subjects: Fearless. Sentouki, Hideki Kazuka and Sacrifice, Noriko Kazuka

Interrogation method: Electric shock

Ritsuka already couldn't believe what he was reading and looked up from the page to the blonde with a mortified expression.

"E-electric shock?" Soubi let out a small sigh before responding.

"Yes, it is a particular favorite of Nagisa's. The person is hooked up to probes, collars, or anything that carries a current and Nagisa delivers an extremely painful shock whenever she feels like."

"That's horrible….did she ever…do that to you?" Soubi gave an expression that was an odd mixture of pain and relief.

"No, I was never so lucky." Ritsuka was admittedly saddened by this statement but didn't want to pry any deeper at the moment so he simply turned back to the pages in his hands. He took another deep breathe before turning over the first page onto the table to reveal the next page and he and Soubi began to read warily.

Interrogation Report:

Nagisa: Well well, it's good to see you again Noriko.

Noriko: I wish I could say the same.

Nagisa: That's not very nice Onii-chan. That hurts my feelings a little.

Noriko: Well you just had my husband and I kidnapped, so I wouldn't call this a happy family reunion.

Nagisa: Well if you would have just handed over the girl when we asked then you wouldn't be in this situation.

Noriko: I would never hand her over to you!

Nagisa: And that is why you are here; so let's start with something simple shall we? What is my darling niece's name?

Noriko: *laughter* Even with all of your resources and all of your money you couldn't even find her name? You really are a very poor scientist Nagisa.

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: Well you didn't exactly make it easy by destroying all of her birth records!

Noriko: That was the point.

Nagisa: Well her name is irrelevant anyway. Where is the girl Noriko?

Noriko: What makes you think I would ever tell you?

Nagisa: This.

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: If you really won't tell me then fine! How about you Hideki? You have always been the one to brag so tell me…why is that when I sent my people back to your home they insist that there is no building there?

Hideki: *laughter* You are right about that Nagisa, I do enjoy boasting when boasting is due. Right as your dogs were dragging us away, I enchanted the house.

Nagisa: Enchanted?! What do you mean Hideki?!

Hideki: I enchanted my home so that, until the day of my daughter's twenty first birthday, only those with Kazuka blood will be able to enter or even see Kazuka manor. And on that day that the enchantment breaks…she won't be taken so easily.

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: That really is a pain Hideki. But I can promise you this; if she takes one step outside of that house…I'll be there. If not, then you better believe that on her birthday I will be there to greet her; and as her only remaining living family I am sure she will run to me after she hears all about how her parents abandoned her out of shame.

Noriko: She will never believe you Nagisa! She will never go to you so willingly!

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: Oh? Well then I will just have to take her by force.

Hideki: Heh, good luck. She has Kazuka blood in her veins; you can throw everything you've got at her and she will never fall.

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: We will just have to see about that. Well…I will anyway, you'll be dead.

Noriko: Damn you Nagisa!

Nagisa: This really has been a nice visit Onii-chan…but may you both rest in peace with the knowledge that once I have that precious little girl of yours….I will dissect her!

Hideki: You'll have to catch her first.

Electric shock applied

Nagisa: Well this is obviously all we are going to get from them. Send them to Ritsu for termination.

Nana: Yes ma'am

Both subjects sent to Ritsu Minami for execution.

-End Report-

Ritsuka couldn't even try to fight back to large tears rolling down his cheeks as he solemnly set the pages down onto the table. Soubi was even having a hard time fighting back the sorrow but knew that he had to remain strong for Ritsuka, so he quickly pulled the boy gently onto his lap and wrapped him up in his arms. Soubi allowed Ritsuka to sob quietly into his chest for a few moments while he rubbed small circles on his back in an attempt to comfort him. Finally after a few minutes, Ritsuka pulled his head back and wiped the tears out of his eyes and gave his nose a few sniffles before looking up into Soubi's eyes.

"S-Soubi…they really are dead…"

"I know…but we all knew that this was a possibility."

"But it isn't fair! They were tortured just for protecting their daughter! It just isn't fair!" Ritsuka's sorrow was quickly being replaced by rage as everything continued to sink into his mind.

"I know it isn't fair…but it is the truth and we can do nothing to change the past Ritsuka."

"I know…" Ritsuka's mind then drifted quickly from anger toward thoughts of his small blonde friend and he was soon filled with sorrow once again. "Poor Saiyuri…."

"Try not to worry so much about her. This is exactly what she asked us for and I told you before…sometimes the comfort of closure can overpower the pain itself." Soubi then gave a small smile as he thought back to just last night when he was given his own closure and was freed from his own painful past by the selfless boy settled on his lap.

"You are right…I will try not to worry…."

"Good." Soubi then placed a tender kiss on Ritsuka's forehead that finally brought a small smile to his face.

The duo spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and doing their best to focus on celebrating Ritsuka's birthday instead of the disturbing news concerning Fearless. They spent their rare down time together playing board games, watching television and just making small talk. They remained blissfully trapped in this illusion of normality until the sun set and Soubi looked up at the clock on the wall.

"We should get going." Ritsuka looked up from the board game that they were currently playing and noticed that it was almost nine o'clock and let out a long sigh.

"Yeah…" Ritsuka's happy tone made a quick shift to a rather gloomy one as he remembered what they had learned earlier.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm still worried about Saiyuri." Soubi then stood from his place on the floor and extended a hand to the boy still seated on the floor.

"I know you are worried, but it will be alright. We will be there to comfort her and I will be right by your side ready to restrain her in the event she attempts to cause another tsunami." This caused Ritsuka to smile and chuckle slightly as he gently grabbed onto Soubi's hand and allowed himself to be pulled from the floor.

"Ok, let's go." With that the two quickly dressed and were out the door in a matter of minutes, with the manila envelope tucked safely inside Soubi's jacket.

By the time they arrived in the park it was exactly nine o'clock and air was slowly filling with large fully snowflakes. Soubi and Ritsuka quickly found their way to the small picnic table at the far end of the park where they had always met with Saiyuri. As they approached the table, they were slightly surprised when instead of the empty space that they usually saw, they saw the small girl already sitting on top of the wooden table, dressed in her normal worn blue jeans and black hooded sweatshirt, with her legs dangling of its edge.

"Hey boys!" Upon seeing the boys, Saiyuri lifted the hood off her head to reveal her bright blonde ears and waved fervently to them. The sight brought a smile to Ritsuka's face and he rushed over to her and threw his arms around her, while Soubi followed calmly behind.

"It's good to actually see you. You are surprisingly on time today." This made the small girl giggle as Ritsuka released her.

"Well I left a little early today to be on time, it is your birthday after all. Speaking of, I brought your present!" Saiyuri then turned to her side slightly to dig through the small messenger bag that she had placed at her side on the table. Ritsuka watched on with a smile until she finally pulled out a very small red velvet hinged box and extended it out to him.

"Oh Saiyuri! You aren't going to purpose are you?" Ritsuka's tone was overdramatically playful as he took the box from the girl's hand causing both her and Soubi to chuckle.

"I think Soubi would give me quite the beating if I tried something like that." She gave the tall blonde a playful wink at that and he gave back a warm smile.

"Yeah, he probably would." There was then a short moment of laughter from all three friends before Saiyuri became too anxious to wait any longer.

"Well….open it already!"

"Ok ok." Ritsuka let out one last small laugh before slowly opening the box. His eyes then grew wide when he saw what was placed inside. In the box was a thin silver chain necklace that held a pendant of two small silver wings and in between them was a beautiful emerald green gem that had a bright yellow line running through its center. "S-Saiyuri…this is so beautiful."

"I'm glad you like it." The girl then gave him a warm smile and her eyes glazed over slightly as if she was lost in her mind. "It was my mothers." Ritsuka's eyes then shot up from the necklace to meet Saiyuri's warm brown eyes.

"It was?"

"Yes, you remind me very much of her Ritsuka. So selfless and warm hearted, emotional but strong, determined and loving, and fiercely loyal….yes, you are so much like her." Ritsuka was moved almost to the point of tears not only at words being spoken, but at the small loving smile on Saiyuri's face as she very obviously remembered her mother.

"She sounds like an amazing person Saiyuri."

"She really was. She used to always wear that necklace. The stone is a chrysoberyl; they call it the cat's eye gem. Mother always used to tell me that it kept her safe in battle, I hope it will protect you Ritsuka." Ritsuka then stepped forward slightly to catch the girl in another tender hug as he continued to fight back tears.

"Thank you Saiyuri…I will wear it always." He then released her and stepped back to see her smile wide at him.

"I'm glad." The snow then began to fall more heavily and Soubi very much hated to interrupt the tender moment but decided not to delay the inevitable any longer and stepped forward to be right next to Ritsuka in front of the small girl.

"We have something for you as well Saiyuri."

"Oh?"

Soubi then reached into his jacket and pulled out the envelop and held it out to her. Saiyuri happily took the envelope with a smile despite the fact that she knew all too well what laid inside. Soubi then firmly wrapped an arm around Ritsuka as they nervously watched on as she opened the envelop and pulled out the pages. She first examined the blueprint of the school and the note that had been reattached to it.

"Wow! This is really good! Your friend has a really talented hand Ritsuka."

"Yeah, Yayoi is a great artist even though he never actually draws or paints anything outside of class."

"Well this is much better than I expected."

"I'm glad."

Saiyuri then flipped to the next page and Ritsuka and Soubi's hearts both began to pound nervously as they watched the happy glow quickly leave Saiyuri's face. They continued to watch on in fear as she flipped to the next page and her expression grew increasingly grim. By the time she was on the last page, her eyes were full of large tears that began to stream down her red cheeks and Soubi tightened his grip on Ritsuka, just in case. After another moment, Saiyuri silently slid the papers back into the envelop and hung her head low with her eyes fixed on the ground, as the boys remained perfectly silent and perfectly still. Soubi and Ritsuka were then startled when all of the snowflakes in the air suddenly melted and turned into a light rain and a loud clap of thunder ripped through the silence. This sudden weather change sent Soubi into defense mode and he gently moved Ritsuka to be hidden safely behind his back before taking a small step towards the girl seated on the table.

"Saiyuri….are you alright….?" Soubi spoke very cautiously as he took another small step towards her and noticed that she was now shaking slightly and her tears were now falling delicately to the ground.

"I…I-I'm so…happy." This completely confounded both Soubi and Ritsuka causing Soubi to stop dead in his tracks and Ritsuka to rush forward towards her.

"Really Saiyuri?!" The girl then slowly lifted her head to reveal a small smile and tear filled eyes to Ritsuka.

"Yes…I was already sure that my parents were dead Ritsuka….that is no surprise. But now I know exactly what happened and the best part is…they didn't abandon me. They weren't ashamed of me and they died protecting me." The tension in the air then began to slowly let up as Saiyuri wiped the tears from her eyes and she seemed to be returning to her normal chipper self. After a short moment, the light rain turned back into small scattered snowflakes and Ritsuka moved to take a seat on the bench attached to the picnic table.

"Saiyuri…." The girl perked up her ears slightly before shifting her weight to slide off of the table and down to sit on the opposite side of the table.

"Yes Ritsuka?"

"I'm confused about a few things."

"Like what?" The girl then tilted her head sideways slightly causing a small smile to cross Ritsuka's face.

"Well for one…did you know that Nagisa is your aunt?"

"No I didn't actually; but she is not my aunt. The fact that we share the same blood is merely an unfortunate circumstance; she is no family of mine…..and she will pay for what she has done." Ritsuka was actually a little scared for a moment; he knew that Saiyuri could be intense but the tone of her voice alone with that last statement was enough to send chills down his spine.

"I-I see. Anyway…what I am really curious about is how you stayed hidden all these years. Surely you had to have left the house at some point and even now that you're twenty one and the house is visible again they still haven't found you." Saiyuri gave a very sly smile and a slight chuckle at this.

"Well I did leave the house, very often actually; but at that time I had no idea what had happened to my parents and I was still distraught about my condition so I was never really in the mood for human contact anyway. So whenever I had to leave the house, I just stayed hidden and usually traveled in the tree tops; all my training has made me rather agile so it was easy to stay out of sight. "

"And what about after you turned twenty one?"

"I am particularly proud of that one. You see, father told me that Kazuka Manor has been passed down to every first born Sentouki of the Kazuka family for ten generations now and it houses our entire family history. So in order to protect the Manor and our history, each generation has also passed along that special enchantment that protects the Manor from anyone other than blood family; so naturally father taught me the enchantment when I was very young."

"But if you put the same enchantment on the house….then how is it that Sasuke, Reiki, Soubi and I are able to see it?"

"Well after my father's enchantment fell on my birthday I was challenged by a battle unit, that was really pathetic, and after I beat them I questioned them. That's when I learned of the academy and that Ritsu was after me. So I decided that the Manor would need to be protected but I wanted to be able to bring all the battle units I planned on defeating back to the Manor for questioning or memory altering so I created a new enchantment."

"A new one?"

"Yes. It was really difficult but I was finally able to alter the original one so that instead of the Manor only be accessible to those with Kazuka blood, it would be visible to all but only those with an invitation by me could enter the grounds; and I must admit that it was rather amusing to see Ritsu's students curse and scream at my gate when the shield gave them a good electric shock." Ritsuka was truly amazed at the girl's ingenuity and couldn't help but to smile at that.

"You really are full of surprises Saiyuri." The small blonde then gave a large toothy grin.

"Well I have to always stay one step ahead of Ritsu." Soubi then finally broke his silence and stepped forward slightly to be leaning against the picnic table in his usual cool manor.

"Speaking of Ritsu…now that you have all this information, what is the next part of this plan of yours Saiyuri?" There was then a short silence and the atmosphere shifted dramatically as Saiyuri quickly dropped her grin and switched to a gravely serious expression.

"Ritsu Minami has taken away everything precious to me….so I'm going to take everything precious to him." Ritsuka and Soubi both then looked at the girl with very serious focused expressions and after a short tense silence, Ritsuka finally dared to speak.

"What do you mean Saiyuri?" There was then another short tense silence before the girl gave a very dark sinister expression and replied in a bone chilling tone.

"I'm going to take the Seven Moons Academy….and I'm going to kill Ritsu."

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