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The next morning, as the sun came up, the rooster made its way up on top of the house roof and crowed at the sun. Flare opened up his eyes. He turned his head to the left and saw Mei Ling sound asleep beside him. Both were still naked under the sheets. Flare sat up and looked around. He looked through the window to saw that it was morning. The ray of sunshine had met Flare's face and he smiled at it. "Morning, sunshine." Flare down to see Mei Ling awake and smiling at him.

"Good morning, Mei." He responded. "I could've sworn you were sleeping a moment ago."

Mei then sat up facing him. "Well, I was asleep. But then I could feel your warmth in the bed, so…" Mei blushed.

Flare chuckled. But then that chuckle began to turn into a frown. Mei was able to notice it. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Mei… there's something I gotta tell you…" Flare had begun to say.

"What is it?" she asked in concern.

Flare's eyes had met hers. "Do… you like me?" he asked.

Mei blushed after hearing the question, she responded by laying him down on his back then pressed her bosom onto his chest. Their lips made contact and her tongue had slipped through his mouth. "Mmm." She moaned. "Yes. I really do."

"Oh." His eyes moved to the left.

"What's wrong?"

"There's something I gotta tell you. It's important."

"Are you with someone else and you're just using me?"

"No… it's not like that at all."

"Are you in some sort of trouble?"

"No. I'm not in trouble… there's something that's been troubling me for a little bit. I came to the capital to stop this tyranny, but look what I'm doing." He said.

"What do you mean? Did I do something wrong?" she asked as she leaned up.

"No. It's not you, it's just me. I need to get this straight off my chest." Flare hesitated a bit. "Mei, I—"

"Shh…" Mei placed a finger over his lips. "If it bothers you that much, then you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"It's not that I want to, but I have to." He hesitated to say it for a few seconds. "I'm… I'm the Minister's biological son!" he said.

Mei was left speechless. "W… what?" Mei is aware of the Prime Minister's misdeeds and his terrorism towards the entire Empire. When Flare told her the news, she didn't know what to do next.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you when I had the chance. You can even hate me if you want to…" Mei had stayed silent as Flare talked. She had finally made up her mind. Instead of scolding him or kicking him out for being the Minister's bastard son, Mei decided to embrace him with a few tears in her eyes. She then grabbed his face and placed it near her bosom. "I will love you. No matter what." She whispered into his ear.

"Even if the whole world was against me?" he asked and she nodded. "If I had more than one…"

"Definitely. I can see it in you. You're strong, kind, brave and you help people. You have fire powers, but you use it to help people instead of hurting them. That's why I fell in love with you. And it's not just me, but other people will see that in you. They will see the goodness inside of you. I believe you can change the Empire for the better." Mei said. In that moment, Flare done something he has never done in front of another person. He openly cried in front of someone. "Shh… it'll be alright." She said in a soft tone. Mei then lied on her back and Flare is now crying over her.

"Mei?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you so much." Flare thanked her. Mei then let out a tear.

Twenty minutes later, Flare is taking a shower. He stood in the shower as it ran, and the only thing he could think of was Mei's words. 'Mei. I won't let you down. I won't let anyone else down for that matter. I will change and save this Empire.'

Ten minutes later, Flare was dressed up and ready to go. Flare had breakfast and green tea. After he was done, he walked to the door.

"Wait." Mei walked over and gave him a goodbye kiss. "Please come back when you can."

"I will. I promise." Flare said.

"When you do, I'll make you more of that green tea." Flare responded smiling to her and she smiled back. Flare had left her house and went on her way.


Twenty minutes later, Flare had left Chinatown and walked within other districts to find Seryu. 'Alright, I need to find Seryu. She should be around here somewhere.' Flare had entered an district with a poor economy. "Uh oh. I think I'm lost." He looked around for a little while. He tried asking people directions, but most wouldn't answer and others didn't know. 'Well, no one would answer me directly. If I was Seryu, where would I be?' Flare looked up at the buildings and that gave him an idea. 'If I can't search low, then I'll search high.' Flare climbed and jumped onto a building. "That's better." He looked at the scenery trying to memorize where he was. He then looked from behind and spotted the upper levels of the capital. "There's the capital!" he said as he looked up. 'Now I just gotta jump and—' He was then cut off by a scream. "What the?" he heard the scream once again. He knew he had to help those who are in need. He's an Imperial soldier. So he forgot about the walls and ran towards where the scream was. 'Is this a robbery, or a murder?' He ran to a dark alley where he found two older guys harassing a little girl. The girl has Periwinkle matching colored hair and eyes. She was wearing a poor raggedy brown dress with a pink ribbon tied to her waist, and a pair of brown boots.

One of the bullies had had the girl pinned to the wall strangling her. "Go ahead and scream, no one will hear you! In fact, no one is coming to rescue a refugee like you!" Bully #1 said.

"Please… let me go…" the girl pleaded.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Flare asked the two bullies.

Bully #1 dropped the girl and walked up to Flare. "What, you're gonna do something about it?"

"This girl is a refugee from a poor country. She could be a spy or a traitor." Bully #2 said.

"So could I, but you don't see anyone tryna pick on me. Come pick on someone your own size?" Flare said.

The two bullies pulled out their weapons. One had a knife and the other one had brass knuckles. "It's your funeral!" Bully #1 charged and started swinging at Flare with his brass knuckles, but Flare had easily dodged. 'He's throwing sloppy punches.' Flare then punched Bully #1 in the face sending him flying to a wall, knocking him unconscious. Bully #2 charged at him with a pocket knife. Flare quickly grabbed a nearby trash lid and was able to disarm and protect himself with the knife, then side kicked Bully #2 in the face causing him to be knocked unconscious.

Flare then turned his attention to the girl. "Are you hurt?" he asked and the girl shook her head no.

"Thank you for saving me." She said.

"Don't say that." Flare said leaving her confused. "No one is safe at all. By the way, what are you doing in these parts? And where are your parents?" he asked.

"They're gone. I'm… the only one left." The girl said as she started to cry.

Flare bent one knee facing her. "Hey, I know it's tough out here, but you have to be strong."

"That's what another person told me." She said.

"Another person said that?"

"It was a girl. She had long pink hair and a pink dress." She said.

"!" This caused Flare to remember the time he encountered Mine and Sheele. 'It couldn't be the one with the gun. If that's the case, no ordinary citizen would help a refugee out like this. Only outsiders usually help outsiders out. Now that I know if she really did that for her, that means…' he thought. "Are you from a foreign tribe?" he asked and she nodded.

"How did you know?" she asked.

"To be honest, I'm not from capital. I came from a far away village." Flare said. This made the girl happy meeting someone not from the Empire. "Do you have a name?" he asked.

She nodded. "My name's Periwinkle."

"I'm Flare."

"Flare. Nice to meet you!" she said with a bright smile.

"Now that's out of the way, let's get out of here. Before someone else shows up." He said.

"I can't… everyone will see me and start picking on me again." She said as she worried how people are going to treat her.

"Trust me. I'm not going to let that happen. I'll deal with them."

Periwinkle looked at the unconscious bullies, then looked back at Flare. "Okay!" She had climbed onto his back.

"Let's go." After that, Flare took Periwinkle out of the dark alleyway and into the light. After that, they ventured through the district. Some people had started to notice her. He can hear people talking about her. 'The nerve of these people. Can't anyone just welcome anyone with open arms?' Flare kept walking.

Periwinkle's stomach started grumbling. "I'm getting hungry."

"Don't worry. I'll find a place for us to eat. It won't be far." Flare looked around to find a place to eat.

"Flare!" someone called his name.

'Wait, I know that voice!' he thought as he turned around and saw Seryu running towards him. He quickly placed Periwinke down. "Seryu!"

She quickly jumped and hugged Flare. "It's nice to see you!" she said in excitement.

"You seem happier than usual." Flare said grinning.

"Yes! The emperor had acknowledged us for taking down evil, and now he wants to promote us!" she said. "Bark!" Koro barked in excitement. "Koro and I were planning on going out today, and then I saw you and-" She then noticed Periwinkle standing next to him. "Aww, who's this little cutie?"

Perinkle blushed a little. "I'm Periwinkle." She said.

"And how old are you?" Seryu asked.

"Eight. I'm eight years old." She said.

"Nice to meet you, Periwinkle. I'm Seryu Ubiquitous, an Imperial Guard of Justice! And this is my partner in crime, Koro!" she said proudly. "Bark!" Koro barked.

"A doggy!" Periwinkle yelled as she started petting Koro.

Flare and Seryu watch Periwinkle pet Koro. "How are your new arms, Seryu?"

"Oh these? These arms are working just fine now. I've been getting them to do what I want. My doctor is the one who gave them to me. He's been talking to the minister to give me—I mean, US special missions." Seryu corrected herself. "Dr. Stylish, that's his name anyway. He gave me extra weapons to use against that evil Night Raid!" Seryu said in an excited manner. But we can talk about that stuff later. What have you been doing?" she asked.

"So far, I've been just making friends. About fifteen years ago, I rescued Periwinkle from bullies." He said.

"That's great! Defending the innocent and stopping evil!" Seryu said happily.

"Sure, right." Flare looked around. "Hey Seryu? Where do you wanna go?" he asked.

"Hm? What do you mean?" Seryu asked in confusion.

"I remember what you said when I was in the hospital." Flare recalled.

"Oh! The date!" Seryu said particularly blushing. "You see. I never thought it would be today and all..." Seryu turned away blushing, while twiddling her mechanical thumbs.

"I get it. Some other time then?"

"N- no! We can have it right now if you want!" Seryu face was flustered.

Flare chuckled after seeing her face red. "It's alright. I didn't mean to you all flustered."

"Oh." Seryu had taken a deep breath and the red on her face was gone.

"So, where would you like to go?" he asked again.

"I… umm." Seryu took a few moments to decide where to go. "I know!" A working light bulb appeared over her head as she thought of something. "There's a pastry shop in the upper levels. It's in one of the nicest districts of the capital. Then we can go to a workshop filled with cute plush animals. Then there's a clothing store we can go to. They have pretty expensive dresses I can't wait to try on."

'Did she just say expensive dresses? How much money do you think I have?' Flare thought as he looked at Seryu. His legs were shaking a bit.

"That's sounds great! Can I come too?" Periwinkle asked as she got on Flare's back again.

"Of course you can!" Seryu grabbed Koro on one side and grabbed Flare's arm and started running. "Let's go!"

"Ah, Hey, wait!" Flare said trying to get her to slow her down. Flare noticed Seryu's arm was starting to loose itself. "Seryu, your arm!" Seryu stopped and noticed her right arm has loosened. "The stores are just opening. They're not going anywhere this time of day." Flare said catching his breath. It is currently Nine o' Clock.

"Sorry, I just never been out with anyone before." Seryu looked down at the ground, thinking that Flare is scolding her.

Flare saw her expression. "No, I wasn't trying to be mean, I was just looking out for you. I just want you to take it easy. We can still go to stores." He said smiling.

"Oh. Okay." Seryu said looking up to Flare.

Flare and Seryu walked in the streets casually like a normal couple, except with a little company. It was actually peaceful around this part of town. They went into different kinds of shops as it was some kind of field trip. The first place they went to was the toy shop. What Flare had noticed was that Seryu had a soft spot for plush animals. It was a build your own animal workshop that Seryu and Periwinkle indefinitely enjoyed building them, while Koro would just eat the cotton.

The next place they went to was a pastry shop filled with goodies. Seryu had a big appetite that Flare didn't know about. Seryu ate chocolate sweets, Periwinkle ate a strawberry shortcake and Koro… ate everything else inside of the store. Seryu was short on cash to pay for the food that Koro ate, so she had no choice but to rely on Flare to pay for it.

The next place they went to was an all female spa. Seryu and Periwinkle had a makeover, their nails and toes polished, got their hair done and relaxed their bodies inside of the hot springs while Flare was stuck outside watching Koro.

The next place they went to was a clothing store where they can get all pretty expensive clothing. For the next two hours, Seryu and Periwinkle tried on a number of dresses. Flare could tell they were happy with that. Flare also paid for the expensive clothing.

The next place they went to was a photoshop. The three took photoshoots together. Flare and Periwinkle took a picture dressed as animals. Seryu and Periwinkle took one photo dressed as cops and robbers. Flare and Seryu took a picture dressed as a wedded couple. The wedded couple picture was Seryu's favorite. It is now one o' Clock in the afternoon, and Flare and Koro were carrying the gifts he bought for them. They had just finished shopping for the day.

"That was the most fun I've ever had!" Periwinkle said happily. She had on a cute red dress with a big black bow on her back.

"Same here!" Seryu laughed. "What do you think, Flare?" Seryu asked him. She then noticed something was weird with Flare. "Something wrong?" she asked in concern.

Flare snapped out of it. "Huh? Oh, did I startle you?" he asked.

They stopped walking for a moment. "You haven't said anything in a while. Is there something bothering you?" Seryu asked as she leaned her upper body close to him.

"Not really, but I want to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Do you like me?" he asked.

"Of course I do! How could I not like you? You're ne of my best friends!" Seryu answered cheerfully.

Flare blushed a little. "Well, it's better to tell you now then later, right?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Seryu asked confusedly.

"Yesterday, I met another girl yesterday. She invited me to her house. She didn't mind if I was with other girls as long I was with them too. Last night. We uh-" Flare said with honesty, but he fears he had said it too soon.

There was nothing but silence for a brief moment as the wind blown. Seryu's face was covered with shadow and her hair had blown over her eyes. "Tell me, Flare." She said with a low voice. "Is she evil?" she asked in a dark manner.

"N-no! Not at all!" he said as a few small orbs of sweat started to form on his face. 'Where is this dark aura coming from?'

"I see…" Seryu said with a low voice. Her mood had went from dark to light in a matter of seconds. "Well then! If this is a competion, then I'll do what I can to win you over!" Seryu said with a confident smile.

'I was prepare to be chewed out, or even attacked. But Seryu is a different story. But wait, she just asked me if Mei was evil. What did she mean? Did she mean evil as in Night Raid?' he thought.

"By the way, thank you for telling me that. I had a feeling that other girls would like you as much as I do." Seryu said.

"Are you really okay with this?" Flare asked as he looked at Seryu.

Seryu nodded. "Trust me, I won't lose you to anybody! Not even to this little cutie!" Seryu referred to Periwinkle which caused her to blush and giggle.

"Wow. Thanks. That's actually grea—" Someone had bumped into Flare, knocking some boxes down. "Hey, watch it!" Flare yelled at the guy.

"Whoa! Sorry about that!" Tatsumi said acting embarrassed as he turned around. Flare got a better look at the guy. He had medium length brown hair and green eyes. He wore a large white jacket, a tanned sleeveless sweater over a white button collared shirt. He also had blue jeans and brown boots. Tatsumi then noticed Seryu was on his right. The sight of seeing Seryu made his stomach turn a little. He has not forgotten how she captured Sheele. He quickly turned around so they won't see his face. 'Oh no, it's Seryu! The bitch who attacked Sheele!' Tatsumi gripped his fist and gritted his teeth in anger. 'Calm down, Tatsumi. Remember what bro said. It takes more than passion to survive. Don't throw away your cover over some temper tantrum!' He tried to restrain himself and calmed down a little.

As Tatsumi's back was turned, Flare took the liberty of looking at Tatsumi's sword. It was really the Imperial Arms, Demon Armor : Incursio. Flare had noticed a weird looking eye on the sword. 'This is a weird looking eye. Wait a minute…' Flare then realized what it was. Incursio's Eye from the book Father Christopher gave him. 'That must be it! Incursio! I've heard in the reports that there was a man who defected from the Imperial Army who wielded Incursio named Bulat. It's supposed to be some kind of living armor… but what's this guy doing with it? Is he a rebel spy?' Flare wondered. "!" He then sensed anger coming from Tatsumi whom is trying to suppress it. 'That anger moments ago. Why did he just get angry all of a sudden? Was it by meeting Seryu? If so… did she do something to piss him off?'

"Wait, I know you. You're Tatsumi!" Seryu said.

Tatsumi turned to see Seryu again. "S-Seryu… U-Ubiquitous!?"

'So this guy is Tatsumi. The weird guy I've heard about since coming to the capital.' Flare recalled. "You know this guy, Seryu?" he asked.

"I do. He was lost in the slums over a week ago, and I was able to help him find his rendezvous spot." Seryu said proudly.

As they talked, Periwinkle got a good look at Tatsumi and remembered something. "I remember you." She said.

Tatsumi looked down to see the little girl. "You do?"

Periwinkle nodded. "I do. You helped rescue me with that pink girl in an alleyway." She recalled.

"Pink girl? What pink girl?" Seryu asked.

"!" Tatsumi gasped. 'Shit! It's that orphan Mine and I saved a while ago!' Tatsumi then looked at Seryu. If Seryu finds out about Mine, she's gonna find out I'm apart of Night Raid, she'll kill me and my cover will be blown!' he thought nervously. "No, no. You must got me confused with another guy." Tatsumi tried to trick her.

"Are you sure?" Periwinkle asked.

'He's lying.' Flare could sense Tatsumi's lies. 'So, he was there as well. The pink girl she brought up must be the one I fought in the park.' He started to put the pieces together.

"So how you been, Tatsumi?" Seryu asked.

"Oh. I'm just looking around, enjoying the capital, trying to make money here and there for my village." Tatsumi replied.

"So you're here to support your village here too, huh? That's what I'm kind of doing." Flare said.

"Wait, you're not from the Empire too?" Tatsumi asked Flare.

"Oh, Tatsumi. I haven't introduced you two yet. This is my boyfriend, Flare." Seryu said as she latched on to his left arm.

'So this is Flare. The one everyone's talking about. He's the guy that can use fire. Just as Mine said. I need to act cool.' Tatsumi thought.

"Thanks to him, we were able to capture evil together. Hopefully we can bring the purple girl to justice!" Seryu said.

"!" Tatsumi gasped after hearing her talk about Sheele. 'Just stay calm, stay calm already!' Tatsumi tried to suppress his emotions again.

Flare could sense Tatsumi's anger again. 'His anger rose up again. What's this guy's deal?' Flare thought as he looked down. "!"

"?" Tatsumi looked a Flare. "What is it?"

"Hey Tatsumi, I'm not gay or anything, but your zipper is down." Flare informed Tatsumi.

Tatsumi then became flustered. "Ah! How embarrassing!" He then turned around and zipped up his pants again. He sighed. "Thanks, Flare. You're a life saver." He said as put a hand on his head. "Oh yeah, I just remembered!"

"Remembered what?" Seryu asked.

"I have to meet a few of my friends at a tavern." Tatsumi said nervously as he pointed west.

"Do you need help getting there?" Seryu asked.

"No, no. I know my way around this time. Bye!" Tatsumi quickly dashed off.

"Nice seeing you again! Good luck finding your friends!" Seryu said waving him.

"Hey, Seryu?" Flare called her.

"Hm?"

"Didn't you find it strange how he was acting?" he asked.

"Not really…" Seryu placed a finger on her chin. "Come to think of it, he never acted like this when we first met." She recalled. "Oh yeah, we should still go to a café before it fills with people." She and Periwinkle started walking while Flare looked back at the direction Tatsumi left. "Flare? Is everything alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine. Now where is that café you were talking about?" he asked as he walked with Seryu and Periwinkle.

"Oh. It's this way." Seryu pointed.

"Ok. Next stop, the café." Flare said.

"Yea!" Periwinkle cheered.

As they walked, Flare couldn't help but think about Tatsumi. 'Tatsumi. You may have fooled a lot of people, but you can't fool me. The way you acted as if you were in a real rush… you were trying to run away from us. The way you acted as you met us and we the way we talked about Sheele. You wanted revenge, didn't you? I know who you are now. You're part of Night Raid… right Tatsumi?'

Tatsumi put on his white hoodie and blended into the crowd to make sure no one noticed him. 'I can't believe I saw Seryu again, after what they did to Sheele, I can't stay mad at her. I mean, I'm happy Sheele's still alive though. If bro had never told me to stay calm, I woul've blown my cover a while back. And that Flare guy. The boss told me to watch out for him. I can't get burned by him. Tatsumi thought as he ready to leave the crowd.

'I don't know why, but I have a weird feeling. The next time we cross paths again… it will be. On the BATTLEFIELD!' Both Flare and Tatsumi thought at the same time in different areas.


Author's Note : In this chapter, I used the girl that Tatsumi and Mine saved from bullies in episode 3. I randomly named her Periwinkle because it's the closest color she has. As I've said before, I tend to give minor characters bigger roles in this story.

For the first time ever, Flare had met Tatsumi after hearing a lot of things about each other. Flare knows that Tatsumi is aprt of Night Raid after their first encounter and Tatsumi knows what Flare looks like now. I want to make a start of an epic showdown in the future between them. Also I've started a harem.