Deceiver: Well…I shouldn't really post this on Kano's birthday...BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'LL MAKE IT UP TOMORROW WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER (hey, it's still 10th of May in other parts of the world when it ends here where I live)…

Please excuse my rush, cheesiness, and OOC moments in this fanfic. It's my first time working on a multi-chapter fanfic that's 100% original and not based off anything.

Enjoy!

[22/05/13 EDIT: Made some changes]

[31/07/13 EDIT: OMG what is wrong with FF?! I wanted to edit the rest of the chapters and change the titles but it won't let me. Sorry for updating this again…but if you want you can read the edited version?

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Chapter 1: His Heart's Last Chance

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I'm fed up with you.

Those words echoed in Kano's mind for the past two years. Her voice sounded more and more resentful every time he rewinds it in his mind, hurting his heart.

Sliding his thumb across his smart phone's screen, Kano scorned at today's date that caught his attention first. That was the reason why he was lying on his bed in his room in the first place. Alone in the entire base even. Shaking off his anger, he browsed through his folders of pictures, and opened the one he wanted. It was an old birthday photo he downloaded onto his phone years ago, a picture of his two best buddies together, staring up at the camera with their bright red eyes while eating Kano's birthday cake. Seto looked surprised while Kano gave the camera a victory sign, and Kido was cowering behind the blond because of the sudden flash at that moment. Ayano laughed at how cute they were together and even teased that Kido liked Kano. Of course, Kano laughed it off and Kido fumed at such a statement.

Kano, really, did have a little kiddy crush on Kido back then, and that grew into loving her. Sadly though, that feeling would never be returned.

Because a few days after Kido declared she hated him, she started a relationship with Seto, ignoring Kano completely since then.

And today they were getting married.

Kano bit his lips, hating his loathsome, cowardly self even more than before. It was his fault that he missed the chance, because he should have tried to break his habit of lying and using his Eyes earlier. But it was no use. With Kido' and Seto's past supports, even the entire gang's, he still couldn't break it after receiving his Eyes 15 long years ago. He was jealous how even someone like Shintaro could control his own abilities easily. But then again, he was a boy genius.

In the end when he heard the news, he just smiled and congratulated them. Everyone, Mary even, thought they were meant to be and they would be happy together. Kano's heart told himself that Seto would give Kido the happiness she needed. The ones made from pure honesty, not from the ones that he tainted with lies.

And to finish off as being the biggest coward ever, Kano acted like he had a very bad flu and could not attend to the wedding. He even deceived them into thinking he could take care of himself while they were gone. He snorted at this. What a perfect Liar he was, he even fooled them that he was ill with his power, and just by touching him was believable! No one had ever achieved such a level of deceiving in the history of mankind!

Sighing, he sat up and stretched. Well, he had waited long enough. Everyone was gone already, because the place where they picked for the wedding was outside the city. It was a flower field, where he, his two childhood friends and the Tateyama family had their annual picnics. On their last picnic, Ayano taught Kido how to make flower crowns and the poor green haired girl cried at not being able to make a proper one. He and Seto tried to cheer her up and Ayano said that there was always next time.

And Kido did it. She made a perfect flower crown for Seto when they went there to plan their wedding.

Kano growled and shook his head from the memory. He had to get his mind on something else. Maybe something to eat? He hadn't eaten anything yet. With that settled, Kano got off his bed and head towards the door. He let out a yawn as he walked out, eyes unfocused for a second before he had to take two sudden steps back.

"Oh, you're finally out? We were about to get you."

Shintaro, in a formal black suit, frowned at him from his seat on the couch as he watched Kano gapped him. He was frozen, unsure what to do for a while before he doubled over and began to cough violent.

"Oh, Shintaro-kun!" he greeted roughly between coughs. "Didn't know…hack! Cough cough! You still here?" he quickly got his Eyes to activate to show how sick he was still. "I hack just wanted some snacks so don't mind me!"

He straightened up just a tad and began to walk away, but before he knew it, he felt the heat in his Eyes disappear in a flash. He froze. What was that? Quickly looking up, he fell backwards to see there was another person with Shintaro. He was the only person who could take away his powers like that, and he was casually drinking a cup of tea as he stared at him with his Eyes.

"Why the hell is he here?"

The man's Eyes turned a brighter shade of red through his thin glasses. He placed the tea down, giving the blond an annoyed glare. "I happened to be your ex-guardian, so of course I can be here and attend to Kido's wedding," Kenjirou stated roughly. "Also, I seem to notice a certain rat is lying on a special girl's date.*"

Kano froze at the words, but cursed under his mouth. Shintaro scratched the back of his head, silent for a moment until Kano finally asked, "Why are you two here?"

Both the older men glanced at each other. Shintaro was unfazed by Kenjirou's Eyes since his was completely off, yet he could still feel something lingering burns at the back of his eyes and mind. The twenty-three year old HikiNEET sighed and got up, walking over to kneel in front of the fallen deceiver.

"Ayano's worried about you."

The mention of his elder sister's name caught his attention. Even after so long, Kano still missed his Ayano's presence. Shintaro sort of helped the Trios since he could pick up the dead girl's thoughts once in a while, saying she was proud of them and wish for their happiness forever in the Never Ending World. It hadn't happened for two years, so it surprised him to hear her name now.*

As a reply, Kano laughed half-heartedly. "So?"

"And because she's worried about you, she's been haunting me. It's getting out of hand, do something about it!"

Kano gave Shintaro a look over, his usual sharp gold eyes dull. "How long has that been going on for?"

Shintaro blinked at him. "For a month."

"And you tell me this now because?"

"Like I said: getting out of hand!"

Kano snorted at the words. "Oh, today it gets out of hand? Why today though!?" he didn't expect he would lash out but it didn't stop either. "No offence, Shintaro-kun, but I don't see any point of you telling me this!"

RING RING RING RING RING RING RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

Everyone in the room had to cover their ears when the sudden sound of a loud alarm rang within the entire building. Shintaro was knocked off his feet, falling onto his butt and making his iPhone tumble out of his pocket. Kenjirou glared at the device on the floor for a few seconds before he and Shintaro yelled, "ENE!"

The alarm instantly stopped, followed by an annoyed huff as the blue cyber-girl appeared on the screen. "Gee, calm down, you two, I was just trying to get Cat Eyes-san to shut up since Master wasn't doing a good job," Ene shifted into her old persona. She glanced up towards the screen, looking into Kano's eyes with her serious ones. "Listen to me here, Cat Eyes-san. You may think you're fooling everyone, but really, you're not." She didn't give the blond young man a chance to reply as she ranted on. "Really, we see you as a wreck with all your constant smiling and jokes. And even Ayano-chan, who is not with us anymore, can still tell you're troubled! Master had been groaning in his sleep from it because of you and her! It's really disgusting to listen to it every night because it's even worse than his snoring! Wait, I'm going off topic here but-"

"The point is!" Shintaro cut in as he grabbed hold of his phone. Both he and Ene gave each other a glare before they turned their attention back to Kano. "The reason we are here and what I'm trying to tell you…what we'retrying to tell…" a second of silence came over him as he tried to calm down to speak softly, "there's still time…"

Kano blinked at them, confused. Shintaro sighed and made himself comfortable on the floor. He looked uneasy, which was not surprising since the black haired young man still had his anti-social behaviours. Trying to push it all down, he went on, "You had all the time in the world to be with the person important to you, yet you're wasting it every single day. Trust me when I say this, you'll regret it once Kido marries Seto. I…I…know I did…"

There was a stiff silence. Kano didn't say anything, but stared at the seventh member of their gang. Shintaro gave him a half-hearted smirk, lulling his head back to stare at the ceiling above. "My time with Ayano…our time together…we can only remember them…but the last moments of us together ended as something that will linger in our hearts uncomfortably." He took a breath in, trying to keep himself talking. "Even though I said goodbye to her that day, I can still feel her. I understand them, because she feels the same. And they're related to you too." He turned back to Kano, and the Liar saw his eyes slightly glowed a shade of red. "We're trying to tell you this, Kano, don't waste your chance."

It just struck Kano to realize that he was speechless. For once, literally speechless. A sigh was heard, coming from Shintaro's iPhone.

"Master's right you know," Ene placed a hand over her heart. "When you love someone…you want to be with that person…But it's horrible to realize it after it's too late…especially when you didn't get to say 'I love you' to that person."

Kenjirou scratched the back of his head in guilt, Kano noted. They found out what the man did to Ene and Konoha years ago and they tried everything they had to stop him. "I'm an immortal being…and I don't even know how long that idiot can live for. We're both in completely different worlds…and there is no way for him to remember our times together." Her voice started to sound thick, yet her eyes stayed strong as she stared at the blond. "I…the fact that I can't 'live' with him hurts, but not able to say that I love him hurts even more. I don't want someone like you who is still alive to miss it."

It was a humourless laugh. And if Kano paid close attention, he could see Ene trying to keep in the tears that were threatening to spill. But when a single droplet escaped, they immediately dissolved into 1s and 0s. Shintaro gazed down at the phone, pity in his eyes.

"Love and regret make you do the stupidest thing, kid," everyone turned around to see Kenjirou coming towards them. His voice sounded gruff as he made his reasoning short. "Trust me; I went down that road before. Not pleasant. At all."

"No need to say it thrice," Ene scoffed at him. Before the scientist could retort, she turned her attention back at the blond with Shintaro. The HikiNEET sighed, staring at Kano steadily.

"There's still time. You still have the chance."

Kano stared at the three of them, his mouth opening and closing as his mask tried to tell him what to do. It was weird, unable to say anything on the spot for once. It actually made it hurt in his chest but what was causing it? A sliver of hope? A crack forming?

…No…

"Nope…" he said, a weak smile forming. "Not going to happen. Kido hates me anyway, so there's…"

"You never know until you become honest," Kenjirou's Eyes flashed again, effectively sealing the Liar's words. Within one second, he and Shintaro hoisted Kano off the floor and dragged him across the room. Ignoring the blond's splutter, Kenjirou told him, "The wedding doesn't start till pass noon. It takes an hour to get there so we can make it."

"Wait, what!? No I'm not going!"

Before he knew it he was thrown into the backseat of the scientist's van, with Shintaro coming in and sliding the door shut. Kenjirou got into the driver's seat and was already starting up the engine.

"Just think about it properly while we get there." And they were off.

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Kiki: …Did I deceive you? Did you all think it was about Kano's birthday? Didn't expect that at all huh? Actual summary of the story will be posted up tomorrow with the next chapter~

*To make things clear, my headcanon affects this fanfic.

1. Kenjiro's eyes, Clarity, can disable Eye Abilities for a while.

2. Shintaro got his eyes from Ayano, but due to her not being a medusa, she transferred more than the Eyes to him. She transferred her feelings and now they're sort of connected from it. Sad huh? Even though he said good bye, Ayano still haunts him.

I promise there will be something better in the next chapter (I can't torture Kano like that on his birthday!). I'm not the much of an angst perso