A/N: This is our joint Code: Breaker fanfiction, which strictly follows the anime, not the manga. Feel free to leave reviews if you enjoyed and/or want to leave constructive criticism, as they are greatly appreciated; however, please refrain from flaming. That said, enjoy.

Chapter 1

Family Reunion

"Hey, Sakura-chan!" Aoba chirps, catching up to Sakura so that they could walk from school together. "Do you want to go to karaoke tonight?"

"I have to work at the bakery tonight," Sakura answers, sighing outwardly. "How about tomorrow? Tomorrow's my free day."

"Oh, that's right! Okay, then tomorrow at eight, right?" Aoba suggests, and after Sakura nods she adds teasingly, "Maybe we could invite Yamato, too~"

She wiggles her eyebrows suggestively, and Sakura blushes at the act, quickly replying, "We're just friends, Aoba-chan, you know that."

Aoba just giggles at her friend, and when their paths to their destination separate they head in different directions, waving goodbye to each other. Sakura then heads to the local bakery for her shift.

The bell rings, signaling the last customer of the day. Looking up, Sakura notices the boy Aoba had mentioned earlier that day – Yamato Saito – stroll inside the bakery.

"Oh, hey, Sakura-chan!" Yamato says, a warm smile evident on his face, as well as his beaming chestnut eyes that you could see the sun through, and soft, silky, short ebony hair that framed his face nicely. He was a very tall, lean individual who was quite attractive. "I just came by to get some muffins for my grandma."

Sakura hands him a small rectangular box containing muffins, smiling back at him. "That's kind of you," She comments, though he did this every so often. She prepared herself to ask him to join her and Aoba for karaoke the next day, and although they were close friends she still found herself to be a bit nervous. "Anyway, um, Yamato-kun, are you doing anything tomorrow? At eight?"

Yamato smirks playfully at hearing this and says jokingly, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were asking me out on a date."

"No, I-I'm not!" Sakura answers quickly, knowing how much of a tease Yamato was. "… I mean, only if you want to, at karaoke with Aoba and I."

Yamato smiles, "Sure, I don't see why not."

While walking home, Sakura was thinking about her date with Yamato and Aoba scheduled for the next day. It was every so often that she, Aoba, and Yamato would go somewhere together, whenever they all could. She was glad that she and Yamato had become friends, and incidentally he was the one who helped her after, well, after the Code: Breakers had all left her.

Out of nowhere, she thought, He's done more for me than Ogami ever did. I wonder if Ogami would be jealous. She immediately stops walking and shakes her head, Where did that come from? She hadn't thought about Ogami for a while, or any of the Code: Breakers for that matter, especially since it had been two years since she last saw them. She remembered being terribly sad that Ogami never said goodbye to her. Even Heike bided her farewell; Heike! She couldn't stand Ogami, but she couldn't avoid the fact that she missed him.

Sakura scoffs, shaking her head again, thinking that she had to stop thinking about the past. She figured she would never see Ogami, or any of the Code: Breakers, ever again. She decided she'd put those "trivial" matters aside, and focus on the present.

Suddenly, Sakura felt something pinch the side of her neck, and although she became immediately alert and turned around, putting her guard back up, drowsiness began to take over her. She lost the strength to stand up, and she found herself falling. Her vision became blurry, and just before her eyes closed shut she saw three figures standing before her, watching her fall.

"You idiot, you probably killed her." Sakura heard a quiet, subtle voice say angrily. "Knowing you, it'd be no surprise if you couldn't even inject her properly, dumbass."

Another voice that was slightly higher-pitched answers furiously, "It's not my fault! You probably chose the wrong girl, or gave me the wrong vaccine or something!"

"Leader told us she's the one, so she is. No questions asked." The other guy retorts, answering exasperatedly yet composed.

Sakura's consciousness slowly came back to her, and she began to realize that her movements were restrained; in closer inspection, it seemed as though her hands, arms and legs were tied.

"Stop arguing like spoiled little brats for once! You two idiots didn't even notice that the girl woke up!" A well-composed, low-pitched female voice chides.

The three kidnappers all turn to look at Sakura, who had indeed fully woken up and regained her consciousness.

"W… Where am I?! Who are you people?!" Sakura shrills, furrowing her brows as she struggled against the ropes tying her hands and legs together.

Leaning against the wall and crossing his arms, a black-haired, fairly tall man with brown eyes says, "Do you really think we're going to answer your stupid questions?"

Sakura recognizes his voice as the first voice she heard when she woke up.

"Hibiki's right. Don't ask stupid questions, little girl." The female says.

"You know, you don't look that much older than me."

The older woman with bright, long crimson hair, amethyst glaring eyes, and tawny tan skin glared in response. She was noticeably taller than the two boys she was with, and in addition to all that she was very pretty, though she seemed like the type who didn't take crap from anyone.

The blonde-haired, green-eyed man cackles in laughter, "She sure got you there, Izumi. Baka~" He says, extending the "a" in "baka". He was somewhat the same height as Hibiki, though noticeably much more… energetic.

"You keep quiet, Renzo!" Izumi booms, punching the said Renzo.

"Are you really the ones who kidnapped me?" Sakura asks in disbelief, raising a questioning eyebrow.

Picking at his nails, Hibiki retorts sarcastically, "Are you really the one who couldn't defend herself, or even notice that we just walked up behind you? Are you really the said "Karate Black-Belt"? Ha. Don't make me laugh."

Sakura pouts at hearing this, remembering that when they were about to kidnap her, she was lost in thought thinking about Ogami. She felt her cheeks heat up; I always have to think of that stupid idiot at the worst moments, don't I? Why am I still not over him after all these years?

"T… That was different! I was thinking about… something!" Sakura blurts out, stuttering. "Wait, how did you know I was a black belt?"

"That doesn't matter." Hibiki answers, raising an eyebrow. "And what exactly were you thinking about? Your Code: Breaker boyfriend?"

Sakura's eyes widen at the statement, but right when she is about to object and question how he knew all of these things about her, the door to the strange room goes flying.

She then heard the words, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and the steel hammer of justice of – Sakura-chan?"

Yuuki jumps when he hears Sakura's name, and exclaims in complete surprise and delight, "Nyan-chan!"

He then leaps off the roof and heads to the building where Toki was. Ogami just stood there, trying to remember who was this "Nyan-chan" Yuuki mentioned. "Nyan-chan… Who is that? Wait… Sakura?" After remembering this, he immediately follows Yuuki.

"Toki? What are you doing here?" Sakura asks in disbelief.

"I could be asking you the same –" He was interrupted by Yuuki falling from the roof, hugging Sakura.

"Nyan-chan!"

"Yuuki?"

"Hn, it's been a long time, Sakurakouji." Sakura hears a voice say behind Yuuki.

Sakura's eyes widen at the sound of the voice, the voice that her mind wouldn't let her forget. She tears her sight away from Yuuki to see Ogami standing in the doorway.

"O-Ogami?" Sakura says softly, stammering and stumbling around her words. The feelings had returned – the heart-hammering, the hand-sweating, the nervousness, the lump in her throat.

"What a sweet family reunion. How touching~" Renzo sarcastically states.

Hibiki then adds, "I see you brought your Code: Breaker boyfriend."

Ogami raises his eyebrow, and asks, "What?"

Sakura answers quickly, causing her to stutter, "N-Nothing! For-Forget about it, Ogami!"

"Whatever." Ogami responds, then says, "Nonetheless, you must be eradicated."

He looks at Renzo, stretching his arm to him and starting his blue fire, beginning to recite his Code of Hammurabi. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and evil for ev –"

Ogami widens his eyes in surprise when his blue flames suddenly extinguishes. "What?"

"What a nice little trick. Have you been working hard on that?" Renzo sarcastically says while smirking. Hibiki suddenly grabs him with one hand and Izumi with the other before they all suddenly disappeared. A faint female voice could be heard saying, "See ya losers" before that.

"What just happened?" Toki asks with a blank expression.

"So, Sakura-chan, what were you doing there with them?" Toki questions, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, they kidnapped me. And, now that you mention it, they injected me with some weird fluid." Sakura replies thoughtfully.

"They chose you of all people?" Toki asks.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sakura demands, a bit offended. "Wait, what do you mean "chose"?"

Raising his finger a-matter-of-factly, Toki starts to explain, "Well, you see –"

Shoving Toki on his shoulder, Ogami whispers without Sakura hearing, "We're not supposed to tell her."

Toki, a bit irritated that everyone had been interrupting him all day, whispers, "Whatever".

Sakura just shrugs, dropping the subject since she was tired and just wanted to go home, turning the corner in the direction of her house.

"Nyan-chan, your house is this way!" Yuuki advises, pointing in a different direction.

"Did the injection make you forgetful or something? Or did you just become this forgetful without me?" Toki asks jokingly.

Giving a small smile, Sakura says, "No, my house is this way now."

The Code: Breakers give each other questioning looks, but follow her anyway. When they arrive, expecting to see a noble family mansion, they see a crappy apartment building instead.

"What is this dump?" Toki asks bluntly.

Ogami punches his shoulder and glares at him.

"What happened, Nyan-chan? Are we at the wrong place?" Yuuki asks, worried.

"Nope! This is my new home." Sakura says with a fake smile. "This is what I can afford from working at the bakery. But I'll see you around; I have to go now and I can't invite you over since I still have to do some homework and study. Bye!"

She walks away and heads toward the apartment building.

"What happened?" Toki asks no one in particular, baffled.

"It's none of our concern." Ogami says, while walking away with his hands in his pockets.