Hi everyone! This is my first No. 6 fanfic so I hope everyone's in character and not too ooc. A quick thanks to my beta reader fullmetalangel3265 who is awesome.

Ok on to the story!

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In the narrow streets of The Lost Town in No. 6 two teens walked in awkward silence.

"It shouldn't be this awkward," Sion thought to himself as he eyed Safu. He knew he had managed to ruin the mood, but he didn't know what to do about it. She had asked about what happened four years ago and Sion wasn't sure if he wanted (or could) tell her.

"Think of something to say!" Sion thought to himself frustrated, "This shouldn't be so hard!" It used to be easier when they were younger, when Sion was still in the Honors program before Nezumi came into his life…

"Cheer up!" he finally said, breaking the silence. "You finally passed the selection test and will be studying abroad at No.6!"

Safu's downcast expression changed as she looked up. An amused smile crossed her lips.

"You're jealous, aren't you!" she accused teasingly.

"Yep, sure am!" Sion said, smiling back, thankful she no longer seemed down.

"Liar"

Her smile was gone again, replaced by a scowl. Sion wished he could tell her that it was true, wished he could explain how he felt but that connection was broken. It was like they came from different worlds now. Would she even understand? Safu opened her mouth, probably to explain why Sion was lying, when there was a crash from overhead. Both teens looked up to see an old man fall from the sky in front of them.

"Hey!" Sion gasped, running over. "Are you ok?" The old man didn't answer. His eyes were closed and from the way he was breathing it was clean that he was out cold.

"We should report this," Safu said, reaching down for her bracelet. Sion stopped her. Something didn't feel right. He couldn't explain it, but he felt like he knew the man from somewhere. This situation somehow also felt similar to the one four years ago…

"We should bring him back to my house," Sion said. Safu opened her mouth to argue but then saw the look in Sion's eyes and closed it.

"Alright then," she said. "I'll take one side, and you take the other." The two of then heaved up the old man and carried him quickly down the street.

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"Oh my!" Sion's mother gasped as the teens hobbled in with the unconscious man. She rushed over and helped them bring him in the back of the shop.

"He fell from somewhere," Sion explained. "Probably from the roof of a building. We don't know if he's hurt or not…" Karan quickly rushed over and brought the first aid kit.

Despite falling, the old man didn't seemed to be injured. Other than a few bruises and cuts he didn't have any internal bleeding or broken bones. As Karan took care of him, Sion looked at the man more closely. Now that he had time to properly look at the man he started to notice that, despite his white hair, the man didn't seem that old. He didn't have any wrinkles and his skin looked smooth. Sion guessed the man was probably in his early twenties.

"What a strange tattoo," Safu gasped. Sion's eyes shifted from the man's face to his chest as his mom unbuttoned his shirt to take care of the cuts on his chest. Tattoos were unusual in No. 6. The government frowned upon them, and only the elderly or those who just entered No. 6 ever had any. The man's tattoo was different from the few others Sion had seen. It was red and coiled around the man's body like a snake. Sion shuttered.

"That should be good," Karan said, buttoning up the man's shirt "Sion, can you get a blanket and a pillow? I also need to know what exactly happened."

Sion went and got the items. After the man was all set he and Safu explained how they found the man.

"Sion, are you sure this is alright?" Karan asked worriedly, "You didn't report this. If he turns out to be a criminal…"

"I haven't heard anything about an escaped criminal," Sion said quickly. His mother's frown deepened. Sion looked down at his hands.

"It's not like last time." He whispered, "No one seems to be searching for him…." He could tell by the silence him mother wasn't convinced.

"Last time?" Safu asked, looking from Karan to Sion. "Has something like this happened before?" Before Sion or Karan could answer the man on the ground groaned loudly and opened his eyes. Sion was startled to see that they were dark red. Karan came over and knelt next to the man.

"Are you alright?" she asked gently. The man looked over at her blinking.

"Uhhh, yeah I think so?" He said, giving a small smile. "What happened?"

"That's what I would like to know." Karan said. The man thought it over.

"I was returning from food shopping when I heard singing…." The man said, rubbing the side of his head. "I must have put down the food somewhere and followed it…It was so familiar…." He trailed off looking back at her. "So how long was I out?"

"Only a couple of hours," Karan said.

"Oh, that's good!" the man said more cheerfully, "He won't be worried then!" Safu and Sion shot each other looks. Nothing about the man's story made much sense. For starters neither of them heard any singing before the man had fallen. Also the man wasn't wearing an ID bracelet, nor did he really look like he came from No. 6. His story that he was going shopping did not seem to add up.

"Well, I better get home." The man said, pulling off the blanket and sitting up.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Karea asked worriedly as the man winced as he stood.

"I'm fine!" He said finally getting to his feet. Karan, Sion, and Safu followed him to the entrance. The man opened the door and froze. His small slowly fading from his face replaced by a look of pure terror.

"What's that doing there?" he asked, fearfully pointing to No. 6's wall.

"The wall?" Karan asked, confused.

"It shouldn't be there," The man muttered, turning around. "When did it-" He froze mid-sentence, his eyes resting on Safu and Sion.

"Oh no," he gasped falling to his knees "No, please no." he grasped, trembling. "I can't be here…This can't be happening…"

"Are you alright?" Karan asked alarmed. The man didn't seem to hear here.

"If I'm here…" The man said, staring at the floor, "No, this has to be some sort of dream…. This can't be real…I can't be….it can't happen…" He looked up at Karen. "Mom, please tell me, we aren't still living in No.6 right?...I can't be in the past."

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