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Chapter 1

Alice's pants, echoed around in his ears. The two rounded around a corner into another alley.

"What now Oz? They won't find us here" Alice fought for breath after running through the entire marketplace.

"What about Break"

"What, the stupid Patriot? No, there's no cupboards" Oz chuckled inwardly despite the danger going on outside.

"How about Sharon-Chan?"

"Didn't she say she was staying at home? And anyway she would need to know where we were to follow us with Eques right?"

"Hai Alice-sama you're absolutely right!" Oz smiled. He was really proud knowing that Alice was getting smarter every day. Alice blushed. Oz rarely called her "sama".

"A-arigato gozain mashta" she stuttered.

"Okay, we need to find the alley where I found Phillipe" Oz reviewed.

"Where's that?" Alice asked. Of course! How could he be so stupid, she wasn't there when he'd met Phillipe.

"Umm… it's the place where we first started looking for Gil's hat…" Oz remembered. It felt like so long ago, he wished he could go back to that way. Killing illegal contractors, working for Pandora when they didn't even know he existed. And most of all, where he could live with Alice without knowing the real truth behind her memories. They could've even had the 'happily ever after' the Sharon-Chan teaches Alice about.

"Oz… hello? OZ! Snap out of it!" Alice looked at him with concern in her eyes. No other chain would ever worry about their contractor the way Alice did. Everything about her was bright. Like a sun, but of course, one he could never touch. He realized he'd used that analogy so many times, but nothing else seemed to fit her so perfectly. Oz smiled once again with one of those huge fake smiles that he pulled out of his bag of emotions.

"Oz I can tell that's fake" Alice's eyes narrowed as if examining him. He knew that it was pointless to try and fool Alice but he knew that if he tried, it would keep Alice happy knowing that he was just trying to protect her, like he always did.

"Let's just go, the sooner we get it over with, the sooner we get it over with. Also less pain, it's easier that way…" oz felt the smile slip from his mouth. The young couple navigated their way to the small alleyway awaiting their destiny…