The room was quiet. So painfully quiet. No one dared to say a word. I thought about breaking the silence myself but before I could do that, the elevator said its signature 'pling' and reviled no other than Eisuke. Everyone turned their heads toward him while he walked over to where Soryu and I stood.

"Eisuke…"Soryu angrily said as he glared at the other male. If glares could kill, then Eisuke would have been dead by now…

"Soryu." He simply answered. "What are you doing here?" Eisuke crossed his arms across his chest.

"Cut the crap, Eisuke. What the hell is the meaning of kidnapping _ like that?!" Soryu's voice was no longer quiet. "She dosen't belong to you anymore. You hurt her, Eisuke."

"I want her back." Was all he said.

"She doesn't want you back." Soryu had put himself in front of me, as if to shield me from Eisuke.

"That is not for you to decide, Soryu."

"Eisuke, I-" I tried to speak up but I was interrupted by Eisuke.

"I know that you still have feelings for me, _. I know I screwed up but that's in the past! I've changed, I promise." Eisuke's face was full of remorse, and I could see that. He had dark circles under his eyes, probably because of lack of sleep. He really looked like a mess. Maybe he has changed…

"Eisuke…" I gave Soryu a little push in the back so that he would move. I needed to face Eisuke. I couldn't hide anymore… I needed to face him...

"Eisuke, she is over you." I could see that Soryu was starting to get angry. It warmed my heart how much he cared for me, but I can't let this go on.

"Why don't we let _ decide who she wants to stay with?" Eisuke suggested. "_ will stand in the middle of the room and we'll both stand on each side of her. She can then walk over to whoever she wants to stay with."

"What?" Soryu looked at him with shock written all over his face.

"Um, excuse me?" I couldn't believe my own ears. "Listen, I'm not some sort of stupid dog that has to choose who I want as my owner. No one owns me! I'm not a dog, I-"

"But, Koro-"

"Not now, Ota!" I yelled at him.

"I don't want to-" but before I could finish that sentence Soryu and Eisuke had already placed themselves on each side of me with about 7 feet between themselves and me. "Oh ok, so we're really doing this even though I said I didn't want to?" They both gave a little nod. Oh my god… This is so stupid… I looked over to Soryu. He gave me an expression and even I couldn't read.

"Choose." The word that came out of Soryu's mouth sounded so cold. This wasn't like him at all. His eyes that once showed kindness was now ice-cold. Soryu… why are you like this? I thought you cared about me…

"I know you still have feelings for me, _." I was brought out of my own little bubble of thought when Eisuke called out for me. "I regret everything. I should have never cheated on you. I had everything but I lost it. I still love you, _. I really do." I have never seen Eisuke like this before. He's being so honest… "I could make you happy again, _." I looked over at Soryu again. His face still showed no emotion. It's like it almost disgusted him to look at me. I looked down, I couldn't bear to look at him anymore. He had changed, he looked so cold… so full of hate and disgust… And with that I had made my decision.

I slowly turned around and started walking towards Eisuke. As I did I could hear the whispers of the other bidders and also from some of the Ice Dragons that were still in the room. When I reached Eisuke, I stopped and took a deep breath before I said what was truly on my heart.

"Eisuke. You hurt me." I took at little break. "You broke my heart. And I can never forgive you for that…" Tears began to form in my eyes. "I don't want to see you ever again. Goodbye, Eisuke." I quickly turned around and walked towards Soryu. The tears that had threatened to fall was now streaming down my face, blurring my vision. When I stopped in front of him I just couldn't hold back anymore and before I knew it I had practically jumped into his arms. "Soryu…" I whispered his name.

"_..." he whispered my name back as he hugged me tighter to him. I continued to cry into his chest and he just let me.

"I've made my choice…" I looked up at him hoping that he would get the hint. And he did.

"Let's go home, _." He eased his hold of me, turned around, and gave Eisuke a quick look, a look that Eisuke simply nodded to, before he took my hand and lead me home. To our home. Eisuke had now understood that not only had Soryu won the battle… but also the war.