It was too bright. Kisa opened his eyes only to close them, wincing at the pain he was now feeling from the light in the room. Trying to lift his arm he found he could not move it. Obviously he was not in those chains but rather on something a bit too soft and on his back. Opening his eyes again, all he saw was white. White room, white sheets, even glancing down he could see he was wearing white clothing. Where am I?

He turned his head to left, whimpering slightly at the uncomfortable pain in his neck, and saw a bunch of equipment, including a bag of clear liquid that was connected to a tube that was going into his arm. Explains why I could not move it. He heard someone cough and turned to his right and gasped. There was a mop of brown hair with the face buried in his arms. The soft snores indicated the man was asleep. Kisa was so shocked and after everything it seemed so unreal to him that the man would be here.

Tears started forming in his eyes. "Yukina?"

The noise must have been loud enough because Yukina moaned softly before lifting his head. Rubbing his eyes, he opened them and gasped when he saw Kisa. "Kisa." Yukina pounced, hugging him tightly while missing the tubes. Kisa smiled, feeling the warmth from his body. He lifted his hand without the needle and hugged Yukina back. "I missed you. I missed you so much."

Kisa blushed. "It hasn't been that long." The look on his face said otherwise. "How long?" How long did he stay a spirit before Yukina brought him?

"Almost four months." Kisa gasped. "Misaki? How's Misaki?" Is he alright?

Yukina smiled, grabbing his hand. "I kept my promise. He is here in Aessa along with Miyagi and Shinobu."

"Miyagi and Shinobu?" Those two could not be here, they were fallen angels. Yukina then went on to explain what had happened at the school and that the two were allowed to come back to Aessa since Misaki would not part from them and Isaka could not lose Akihiko. Kisa was surprised to hear it was Maeno who was behind all of it, a bit hurt since he respected the man, but happy to know that Miyagi and Shinobu were allowed to start a new life up here. "So everyone is fine?"

"Yes. Misaki actually should be visiting some time today. He comes here everyday. He's missed you a lot." Kisa smiled; he wanted to see him. There was a silence between them. Yukina brushing his thumb over the hand he held. Kisa just watched him. He tried pulling away but Yukina had a tight hold. "It's been too long."

"This is what you get for liking a human."

Yukina chuckled, "I'm ok with it." He kissed the hand. "I love you."

"…You too." Kisa looked away, ignoring the continue laughter. Kisa noticed Yukina's eyes change to a certain look that he knew too much. "Can't you wait until after I'm off a hospital bed?"

"But Kiiiiiissaaa, it's been forever since I last touched you." As if to show him, Yukina wrapped around his waist and started kissing all over his face. From his eyelids to his forehead even to his nose. Wrapped in the moment, Yukina moved to his neck. "Yu..kina." Kisa held in the moan as Yukina sucked a certain spot. "Stop."

"I love you. Kisa, I love you." Kisa was taken back by the shakiness of his voice. "I'm so glad you are safe. I was so afraid when I could not find you. I was starting to give up, I'm sorry for that."

"It's not your fault I attracted bad luck."

"But I should have stayed with you! I should have let you pass on right then so you weren't left alone unprotected as a spirit."

"You meant well." It hurt Kisa to see Yukina beating himself up. It was not his fault that Kisa decided to stay. Even after…after… why did Kisa need protection? "I'm so glad I choose you." "Please don't dwell on it. I'm here now right?"

Yukina smiled. "Yeah, your right." He reached up and kissed Kisa on the lips. It was wonderful. Kisa felt himself get hotter than before. He opened his mouth to let Yukina's tongue explore, moaning. He figured they should stop, especially when Yukina's hand started sliding under his shirt, but soon found himself melting into his embrace. I don't want this to end.

"HE'S UP." The two broke apart and turned when they heard Shinobu shouting from outside. Footsteps that resembled elephants stampeding were heard. Kisa grumbled but laughed, "So much for peace and quiet." Yukina kissed his cheek.

The door was thrown open to Misaki's wide eyes. "Kisa-nii?" He started tearing up.

Kisa smiled. He felt like his whole world was back together when seeing the young man. "Hey Misaki." Misaki charged over, jumping in bed and wrapping his arms around Kisa, burying his face in his chest. Kisa chuckled and held him back. He was glad Misaki looked the same. Next was Shinobu who ran in on the other side, avoiding the tubes, and hugged Kisa by his neck. "Shinobu."

"Someone's back from the dead." Miyagi commented and soon the rest of Emerald was piling into the room. Kisa narrowed his eyes at Miyagi's joke. "Real funny."

He laughed. "Good to see your sense of humor is still there." Shinobu pulled away to stand by his mate but Misaki was still holding on. Kisa patted his back. "Misaki?" Misaki lifted up, still crying but smiling. "I missed you so much Kisa-nii. I was so scared I'd never see you again."

"Dummy." Everyone laughed when Misaki pouted. "Don't be so mean."

"It's good to see you awake. Any later Misaki would have had a panic attack." Akihiko spoke up. Kisa looked to him with a smile. Even after everything Misaki was safe in the end thanks to these men. He owed them a lot. "It feels good to be awake."

"How are you feeling?" A brown haired man stepped forward. Kisa did not recognize him. "Oh right, you probably do not know me. My name is Hiroki. I was in Emerald but now I work with Miyagi." Kisa nodded, remembering Yukina mentioning that there was a new division made. "Let me take a look at your vitals for now."

While Hiroki was checking his temperature and heart rate, the other members Kisa had yet to meet introduced themselves. There was Nowaki, Takano, and Ritsu who Kisa vaguely remembered being at the apartment when they discovered him. Misaki and Shinobu started telling him that he and Shinobu sort of kidnapped Ritsu to show them around Marukawa, to which Takano gave an irritated look that SHinobu mimicked. "Everything checks out. All we need is to get your weight back to healthy and you should be fine."

"I could go for a cheeseburger." Everyone laughed. "Does this mean he is okay to walk around?" Yukina asked.

Miyagi walked forward. "It will probably feel weird at first. It looks like you were not being fed down there. Angels can survive without food but it does make you weak. Before he leaves though we need to question him. Kisa, do you remember anything the last three months?"

Kisa thought about it but nothing came to mind. "Nothing." Everyone looked unsettled. "What?" He grew worried when Misaki had a sad face. "What happened the last three months? Wasn't I on my way to Aessa?"

Hiroki sighed, "You were kept down in the Underworld, a place for demons."

Kisa gasped. "Why was I there?!"

"A demon kidnapped you when you were at your apartment." Yukina growled. "I'm sorry Kisa, if I had not left you or allowed you to pass on, it would not have happened." Kisa was still stuck on the fact a demon took him. He could remember none of that. He does remember being in his room looking at a photo album and next he was somewhere dark.

Really dark.

So dark it was suffocating.

Chains held him down.

And that voice. That voice that kept calling him by his first name. That haunting voice. "…ii…Kisa...Kisa-nii…KISA." Kisa was back in the white room and looked to see his hand grabbing Misaki's arm, holding him in a tight grip. "Kisa-nii?"

Kisa let go, feeling bad from the red mark he left. "Sorry." Yukina was standing up.

"You remember something?" Kisa nodded. "A lot of darkness, chains on me, and a voice kept talking to me."

"What was he saying?"

"He kept calling me by my first name and that he's been watching me for some time." Yukina looked to be getting angrier and angrier.

"Was there anything else?"

"You're perfect for our plan." "No." Kisa was staring at his hands. "Nothing else." "This is what your life should be."

It was quiet when Miyagi grabbed his shoulder, smiling. "It is good to see you Kisa. We know this is difficult and if you remember anything else please tell us. There is a problem where demons steal souls from Earth and you are the first angel we have recovered." "Three months and your light is barely diminishing."

"What does that mean?"

Hiroki shrugged. "We don't know yet but it can't be good. For now just never go anywhere alone, which I don't think we will have that problem." He eyed Yukina anad Misaki. Misaki smiled. "It will be great Kisa-nii. I can show you all around Marukawa and there is a pretty garden around here and…" Misaki gasped. "You can fly with us!"

"Whoa now Misaki, let's get him walking first before he get him flying. Besides we still need to figure out if Kisa even has wings."

"What happens if I don't?"

"Then I won't be the only flightless angel." Ritsu smiled. Takano chuckled, kissing his cheek. "But its fun carrying you around." Ritsu blushed and stepped away. Kisa wanted to ask about the wings but a memory of black wings stopped him. If he still had those when they checked, would they cast him away? And what exactly did that man want with him?

"Hiroki, Miyagi." Nowaki and Takano moved aside as another man Kisa did not recognize came in. "Isaka-san wants Mitsuhashi in the boardroom."

"Now?" He nodded and looked to Kisa. "Hello, my name is Asahina, I am assistant to the leader of Marukawa. You will have your own audience with Isaka-san tomorrow. He figured you would like a day to regain your strength." He said that fast.

"Uh thanks."

"Let's go." Miyagi, Hiroki, and Ritsu left; Hiroki allowed Misaki to stay with Kisa so he could alert them of anything else. "So what do you do in Mistuhashi?" Misaki smiled and went on a whole rant about his duties and new abilities.


Miyagi was on edge. If Isaka was calling then it was to talk about Kisa and from what they got from him in the room, they were far from saving him. "Greetings Gents, I see our newest member is up?" Isaka greeted as they sat down.

"Everyone else is in there seeing him." Ritsu replied.

Isaka nodded and then grew serious. "So? Was he truthful?" What they five in the room did not tell anyone is that a charm was placed on the room, by Isaka's request, to alert them if someone was lying or not. Not even Misaki knew. All three had a sullen look. "Well…"

Hiroki sighed. "He mostly was telling the truth but he is also hiding something."

"Not so much that he is hiding something but more like he does not know if it happened or not." Miyagi added.

"What do you mean?"

Miyagi thought for a moment. "I think Kisa is scared of what happened and I feel he is aware if anything is out of the ordinary we will take precautions." Meaning Kisa will be scared to be taken away from Misaki again.

"I want to see where Kisa was being held." Hiroki chimed. "It was true he was in chains and in the dark but there is something more with the voice he heard and he started lying when we asked if there was anything else he saw."

"You think something else could be there?"

"It's a possibility. I also want to speak with Haitani about Kisa's glow. He said it was starting to diminish before we saved him."

Hiroki rubbed his head. "That will be difficult. You should know there's no simple visit to the Underworld. I guess I can allow the three of you to go if someone from Emerald goes too."

"We can get Nowaki and Taka…" "Not Takano." Asahina interrupted. Ritsu looked confused. "Why not?"

"He and Haitani hate each other."

"How come?"

"The two have always had some sort of rivralry when they became angels but one time they destroyed a building. The capital first offered the position as leader of the Underworld to Takano as a way to regulate the demon's activities but after going on a mission he turned down the offer and Haitani got it."

"That was the mission Takano met you." Ritsu gasped. "I'm the reason he did not become ruler?"

Isaka nodded. "After that the capital even stated that if Takano and Haitani saw each other again the two would be arrested. Akano had to be out of the castle when he went down."

"Damn." If the capital got involved then it had to be serious. "So Takano cannot go down with you. I would take Akihiko. He is going to be awfully lonely for the next couple of days if Misaki is going to cling to Kisa." Everyone started laughing. "You make a point. Alright then I will send word to Haitani that you will be going down there early tomorrow morning."

"I'm kind of curious how the Underworld looks like." Ritsu voiced as they walked back to the room. "I have not had a chance to see a lot of Aessa."

"It's not as bad as people say. The demons are still, demons, but I have met a few sociable ones."

Miyagi started snickering. "What?"

"I am just imagining you telling Takano who you are going to meet." Ritsu froze, his face going blank. "Ah shit."