Chapter 1: I Missed Him

Saya was working on an essay, a long three-page report on the conqueror William of Normandy. It was painfully dull. Kai of course wasn't making it easy with his ridiculously loud snoring. The twins of Diva's were asleep in their cribs and lucky me, I got the diaper duty. I looked up at the clock to see that it was almost midnight. Kaori is probably asleep so she's no help and the library is closed.

I left my room and went down stairs to see if there was anything to eat. It was so peaceful now that the war was over. The war… I slumped into a chair and waited for the microwave to tell me my food was ready.

"Hagi… I miss you. Come back to me," I murmured as the microwave chimed. I got my plate and started to eat. If only Hagi was here. He probably could help me with my essay… and supposed post traumatic syndrome. He could probably take Kai's little "I'm your brother and I know what's best for you" attitude and show him what's what.

"WWWHHHAAAAAAA!!!" I jumped at the sound of the twins as one of them started to cry and started my way up the stairs. Hagi obviously wasn't coming home…

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Hagi couldn't believe the airport. A cello a weapon…well they were more right than they realized, but still it had been a whole year… well actually 369 days, 16 hours, and 52 seconds since he had seen HIS Saya. Heaven only knows what she has had to endure. That psychotic redheaded brother of hers and the red shield breathing down he neck. It was a wonder that she was still the same as she had been way back at the zoo.

I looked up at the sky realizing that it was almost dawn. Saya was probably asleep, or at Omoro sleeping. "I should check the tomb first and see if she is there," I thought as I headed to the coast.

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"Kai we're out of diapers!" Saya looked around the hall for Kai. The twins had cried eight times that night. It didn't help that Kai snored louder than a blow horn.

"Saya! They are probably just hungry." Kai came up the stairs only to stagger backwards as he approached the room.

"Hey Kai. That smell means that they made a stinky and they want you to change them. Irene needs a new diaper and Veronique and I are going to eat." I grabbed the red-eyed baby who squealed in delight and descended the stairs to the bar. Sometimes Kai can be so annoying. I set Veronique in a chair and grabbed the baby food from the cabinet.

"Come on you know you want some." I tried to feed her only to have her turn her head away. "It's not that bad—OH GOODNESS THAT TASTES HORRIBLE" I threw the baby food in the trash. Yeah because if I couldn't eat it how was I supposed to make Veronique eat it. I looked around for some food for her.

"Saya, did you finish that essay of yours for Monday?" Kai came down the stairs and set Irene in a chair next to Veronique.

"No. I reached a mental block last night and with the twins crying so much… It is still just a thought in my mind." I looked over at Kai as he attempted to feed the twins the repulsively nasty baby food. Kai set down the food with that terrible terrible look in his eye.

"I think this might have to do with the loss of Hag-"

"NO! I just had a hard time focusing in on my essay that's ALL!"

"Saya, it has been a year and you need to be moving on. Do you want me to call Julia and—." A large amount of baby food thrown by Veronique hit Kai in the face as the two little girls crawled across the floor toward the wine refrigerator. "Hey you two, don't you dare run away!" Kai ran after the escapees as I grabbed my school bag and headed toward the library.

Kai was right; I missed Hagi so bad that I was getting distracted. I all but stopped listening to music after the Met incident. I ran after any guy I saw dressed in formal attire and I found myself several times roaming the romance novel section of the bookstores. Imagining Hagi as the main male character and myself as well… Suddenly I fell over.

"Oh sorry there Otonashi. I didn't mean to run into you like that." I looked up at Mao as she helped me up.

"It's fine Mao. I was just heading to the library. Are you going to see Kai?" I straightened my shirt.

"HELL YEAH! I want him to know that I support his decision to keep Diva's and Riku's children—". I already knew where this was headed. "…And I know he will come around and ask me to marry him when he is ready. Has he said anything about it?" Bingo.

"Ah…OH I have to hurry up. I'll talk to you later okay Mao. Sorry, Bye." I quickened my pace until Mao was out of sight and made it to the library in record time. I walked inside and grabbed a couple books on French history. I sat down and opened one to the table of contents… It was going to be a long day.

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Hagi was worried. The tomb had been empty; there weren't even the remains of the previous cocoon. Saya couldn't still be awake it was far too late for her to be awake. I looked around the street. Maybe they had Saya at Omoro still and hadn't moved her yet. I headed towards Omoro. It was sunny out and since it was fall the tourists were mostly gone. I saw Omoro up ahead and sped up. The sign said it was closed for the night, but I walked in anyway. I headed for the stairs until I heard voices from the upper floor.

"So what are you going to do with Saya," A female voice was saying. So Saya was asleep. I was far too late after all. Kai was the voice that answered.

"I don't know. She was missing Hagi so bad- I really am glad she's gone. She was furious when I told her to sit the twins. Riku's kids always need changing but Saya- she needs to get away from here and just get her mind off Hagi-"

"They moved Saya away?!" I thought startled that they would do a thing like that to MY queen. I continued to listen as Kai continued.

"Hagi never had much to offer Saya anyway. He was a loud musician who never spoke much and when he did he was like some know-it-all monk. Saya just needs to think past him and move on. I was telling her this constantly while she was here. Maybe she will find a reason to move on while she is away."

"Loud musician… Saya constantly complained of YOUR snoring Kai. Just wait until the 'know-it-all monk' takes Saya back from your clutches" I quickly left before Kai and the woman found me in the bar. I wandered to a hotel and ordered the top floor suite. If I was to find Saya I was going to need to be able to enter and exit easily.

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Saya stepped out of the library. The masterpiece on William was completed and was ready for grading. I hurried home as I notice twilight descending on the city and made it home in time for dinner (EGGS!). Veronique had made a mess of Kai as she and her sister Irene had thrown lunch, diapers, and anything else they could get their hands on at Kai. Apparently Mao hadn't been much help either since she went running home as soon as I entered.

"Saya can you clean up down here while I attempt to wash these two brats." Kai was still cleaning up his face that was covered in dinner as the twins sent up their food battle against each other.

"Sure Kai. You should think about a bath as well the girls need you to be ready for their morning facial." Kai threw a glare at me as he picked up the girls and headed upstairs. I started to clean up the tables and push in chairs when I saw it. A blue ribbon was on the floor. It was too short for the ribbons commonly worn by girls today. It almost looked like Hag-no it wasn't his. Hagi was dead. I slipped the ribbon into my pocket and finished cleaning. "Saya, are you alright? You seem upset." Kai came out of the twin's room.

"Yeah. I'm just tired. Oh, it's your turn to play clean up with the girls tonight. I had enough of it last night." I closed my door and lay down. At least until the phone rang and Kai stuck his head in saying Julia wanted me to come over and spend the night there.

"Are you sure you want me to go." I asked with the front door open.

"Saya, Julia wants a checkup and you need to get out of the house. You're still sulking. So I'll see you tomorrow." Kai shoved me out and shut the door. Julia and David were happy to see me and wouldn't you know it, I was perfectly healthy. I went to the end of the hall of David and Julia's home and snuggled up underneath the sheets. It had been a day…

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Hagi was traveling through the night. Saya, my queen was missing and I wasn't going to ask that useless Kai for her location. I was heading to the location of Saya's doctor Julia's home. It had been so easy getting from the clinic she worked at. All the lights were off in the building as I walked around the house looking for an open window. "Maybe Julia will be more sympathetic and tell me." I thought about it, but then I saw one window on the second floor open. I leapt up to the window and almost fell out of it at what I saw. Saya! She was fast asleep, looking as peaceful as ever. "Well, it's time for me to take you to a safe place to rest." I grabbed her suitcase that was beside her bed and picked her up, cradling her in my arms. I quickly leapt out of the room and flew us both back to the suite I had gotten. I set her in the bed and relaxed into an armchair.

Saya was now safe and sound. Red shield would have to cope without her and Kai could deal with Diva's twins. I closed my eyes and listened to Saya's breathing. She was soothing even asleep. How long he had imagined being back with Saya. She was all that mattered. I listened for a long time until the sun came up. I called for food to be brought up for Saya and settled back down.

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Saya was engulfed in warmth. There was no crying, no yelling just that smell of roses, pine, and man. I opened my eyes to red curtains above my head. This wasn't Julia's home…

"Saya." I looked behind me at "HAGI!" I rolled over to hug him, as his eyes grew wide in surprise. I didn't know what to say. I looked at his steel gray eyes. He was trying to look unemotional, but his face was glowing as he looked at me. He was still the same and as I looked at him I realized just how much I had missed him in the past year. ……………………………………………………………………………..

Hagi didn't know what had made him crawl over into the bed next to Saya. I had only gone in to see if she was still asleep. I wrap my arms around her and watched her toss her in and mumble in her sleep. It wasn't as if she didn't know my feelings. I had told her I loved her at that concert hall in New York. Suddenly her eyes opened, revealing those reddish brown eyes of hers.

"Saya," I murmured as she stared up at the bed curtains. Her eyes widened as she turned her head and looked at me. "HAGI," she all but yelled as she embraced me. I rolled into her arms and held her close. She probably would have killed a human with the embrace she was giving me, but I dared to hope, maybe she was feeling the same emotions I was.

"Hagi, I love- do I smell food?" Saya let go of me and wandered over to where I had set her breakfast. "It's for you," I told her as I straightened up my attire. She started to eat as she told me about her life with Kai and Diva's children. I listened of course, but I noticed how her face seemed to glow whenever she spoke about the children. I glanced at the clock. Nine in the morning, red shield would be upset over my taking Saya, but the fact remains she is my charge.

(Kai's View)

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE!" I yelled into the phone. It had already been a rough night with the twins screaming every five minutes about light or crap or heaven only knows what else. At one point I had had to turn to Mao who rambled on about how great she was with babies.

"Kai, she was here last night, but this morning she and her stuff was gone. We had thought she had gotten homesick and went back to your place. Do you have any idea where she could be?" I scratched my head as I thought about it. "I make a few calls around to see if anyone has seen her." I hung up and glanced at Mao trying to feed Veronique. Nothing was going right today.

"Something wrong Kai?" Mao set down the food and hugged me.

"Saya ran off last night from David's home and she didn't say where she was going." I glanced down at Mao. At least she listened...Sometimes.

"Do you think she was on her way here?"

"I somehow think that it wouldn't take her over an hour to walk three blocks over here," Mao released me and walked back over to the twins.

"Do you think that that one guy Saya was always with back when you guys fought those monsters-"

"You mean Hagi- no he was killed and Saya wouldn't just run off." I slouched into a chair as Mao started to feed the kids.

"Did you see him die? C'mon Kai, I saw how those two were and so did you."

"Even if that's true he would have brought her here or stayed with her at Julia's. I don't know maybe she had to talk to Kaori or something. Watch the twins while I call around and-" Veronique took the moment to throw the food she was being fed at me. Mao just laughed as she agreed and I started calling around. She wasn't at the library and she wasn't at Kaori's home. Lewis said she wasn't at the tomb and David confirmed she wasn't at the school.

(Back to Hagi's View)

"Hagi, do you remember what you told me at the Met?" I glanced over at Saya as she paused the movie we were watching. Her cheeks already turning a deep scarlet. "Oh crap. She going to say she doesn't feel the same."

"Yes," I replied as calmly as possible. She moved towards where I was and hugged my middle.

"I didn't get to tell you how I felt about you." Saya stunned me by grabbing my jacket and kissing me. Her tongue moved into my mouth as she straddled my waist. I deepened the kiss as I carried her of to the bedroom and set her down on the bed. "She better realize what she started."

(Saya's view)

After breakfast I settled down in front of the television and threw in a movie. Hagi followed of course and I was perfectly fine until I found out what the movie was about- Vampire romance. I silently cursed my choice as we continued to watch in silence. Then at one of the unusually frequent love scenes I decided to tell Hagi what I had been trying to tell him all morning.

"Hagi, do you remember what you told me at the Met?" Hagi glanced over at me with his face composed, but eyes wary. "Yes." He was worried. I didn't know how to continue. "I guess I should say I love you too. That doesn't seem good enough though..." I hugged him close and decided to just approach the topic slowly. "I didn't get to tell you how I felt about you," I murmured quietly as I looked into his eyes. I was lost after looking into them and found myself kissing him. He picked me up and started to carry me off somewhere. Reality sped off into oblivion as he kissed me and I laid back and he laid down beside me throwing his shirt and jacket into a corner and ripping my shirt off. I moved my hands up his chest into his hair as his moved down my waist and lowered my shorts and undies down my legs. He kissed me even deeper as he positioned himself between my legs. I started to stroke him as he leaned back. He was hard. He pushed me aside as he quickly undid his pants and revealed himself. I impaled myself onto him as I moved on top of him and started to ride him. Nothing could compare to the feel of him inside.

"Saya!" I looked up at him as he stared in wonderment at me. "Note to self: found better way to say I Love You T-" I lost my train of thought as my body burst apart in ecstasy. Hagi came a moment later as warmth ran through me. I collapsed against him as he gathered me into his arms.

"Hagi, I love you too," I whispered as he held me in his arms.

"I think I should buy us a home so Kai doesn't have to hear all the moaning you just did." I elbowed him as I felt my face turn crimson. "OH CRAP! I FORGOT ABOUT KAI!"

"Hagi, does Kai know I'm here with you?" I asked hoping that he had at least told Kai so that Kai wasn't running around turning to figure out where I am.

"Um..."

"OH Hagi! I better call him now before he freaks too much." I started to move to get up only to find that I was too drained. I fell back into Hagi's arms. Kai was going to have to wait, but it wasn't as if I was in danger or anything... except maybe from Hagi. Yeah it was going to be a good long day.

(Kai's View)

Saya wasn't anywhere. She wasn't at home or school or with her friends. It was already starting to get dark as I drove back towards Omoro. I stopped at a light and glanced around. Where did she go? I looked at some of the high schoolers as they sat in one of the restaurants. It had never been easy with Saya on anything. I drove on towards Omoro as my phone rang. "Probably one of the others telling me to head home to rest for the night." I let it ring as I parked and headed inside.

"KAI WHY WEREN'T YOU ANSWERING YOUR PHONE!" Mao ran into me as I closed the door. I turned around to yell at her and had to do a double take at the sight. Saya and Hagi were playing with the twins.

"See Hagi, Veronique likes you... Don't worry about Irene, she likes Kai too much for anyone else to be able to really get to play with her." Saya glanced over at me only to say a quick greeting and start playing with the twins and Hagi again.

"SAYA WHERE WERE YOU!!!" I was furious to say the least. I had run around all day trying to find HER and make sure SHE was alright and SHE doesn't even care enough to call and tell me that SHE is alright. I started over towards her until Hagi intercepted me.

"She was with me today." The arrogant *** and his calm barely talking ****. Of course he would have her not call all day why talk to anyone when you could just run off. I grabbed Hagi by the neck only to have Saya grab my sleeve.

"I was going to call Kai. Forgive me, I should have let you know sooner instead I got distracted and forgot completely to let you know." Saya looked down as I got even more upset. "DISTRACTED!" What had Hagi and Saya been doing ALL DAY! "Hagi better be ready because he's a dead man!" I moved fist back and prepared to punch the guy's lights out.

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Chapter 2: Kai vs. Hagi (vs. Solomon?)

(Hagi's View)

I walked with Saya back to Omoro after a whole day of...well it had been a long few months. We had spent the whole walk over discussing where we were going to buy a home. It was only four as we walked into the bar.

"KAI I'M BACK!" Saya headed for the stair only to be enclosed in a hug from Mao.

"OH SAYA! Kai has been freaking out all day over you. OH! I'll call him and you can watch the twins- OH...um, you can help Saya watch the two girls." Mao looked from me to Saya, snickered and headed toward to phone to call Kai. Saya started to turn red as she ran upstairs and brought down what must be Diva's twin babies. We spent the next few hours playing blocks with the two. The red-eyed one, Veronique seemed to only want to cuddle up in my arms while the other, Irene seem to just want to throw the blocks at me.

" See Hagi, Veronique likes you... Don't worry about Irene, she likes Kai too much for anyone else to be able to really get to play with her." Saya gave a quick glance over at the door as I too noticed Kai walk in. "SAYA WHERE WERE YOU!!!" Kai started to turn red as he stomped his way toward Saya. I set Veronique down and stopped him.

"Saya was with me today." He was upset, but I wasn't going to let him punish Saya when she hadn't done anything wrong. He grabbed my neck as Saya got up and started to apologize for not calling. Anger was written all over his face as I watched him get ready to hit me. I grabbed his fist as he started to hit me and pinned him down in one moment. He started to yell that I couldn't stay here and that was fine by me as long as he was aware I wasn't leaving Saya's side.

"KAI YOU CAN'T JUST BAN HAGI FROM THE HOUSE!" Saya picked up the now whining twins and headed upstairs. I released Kai after she and Mao had gone upstairs. He straightened himself and got himself a glass of alcohol.

"Distracted huh," He sat down on one of the stools and motioned for me to sit next to him, "Hagi what were you and Saya doing all day?" I thought carefully for a second. He was probably going to explode again if I told him the complete truth so- "We were discussing where we were going to be living." "And also I made her scream my name all day as I made her come a good eight times...after one o'clock."

"Are you going to be getting your own place?"

"We were planning on it. It seems Mao wants to stay here and Veronique and Irene seem to keep Saya up at night." Kai took a sip of his drink and glanced over at me.

"We had Solomon come here the other day." I held on to my rationale at the news. " Yeah, Saya was at school and he came in here ready to grab her and run. I had spent half the day staking out his place trying to make sure that she wasn't there." Kai stopped to take another sip as he stared at me. This was a test. "I guess better you than Solomon." Kai stood up as Saya came down the stairs carrying two large suitcases as she yelled at Kai. "You guess I'm better?! Oh and your just perfect aren't you." I grabbed Saya's suitcases as we walked out into the twilight and headed back to the hotel. "At least Saya will be safe with me."

(Solomon's View)