Well, we're almost to the end of this sequel and I'm actually not looking forward to it! I've been enjoying having you all so much, that I just want to be selfish and keep you all in a nice cozy blanket with me so we can continue to enjoy these adventures together! ;(

MissAnimeMiss – I had a great holiday, thank you! Hope you enjoy this chapter because a lot of shit's about to go down! ;)

Halloween Witch – Hmm, I would love to answer your question but I can't because it would ruin the story. ;)

Akakocat – I watched the last episode with tears in my eyes! Although, I found that I was left hoping more would have happened and slightly disappointed, but it was a decent ending for the series considering the amount of time they had and how many episodes there was. As for the story, I'm so glad you're enjoying this! Hopefully what I do next won't deter you! ;) Also, I'll definitely check out your works! :D

As I forewarned in the last chapter, shits about to go down so be prepared! ;)


BREAKING POINT – 11

Revelations


"Captain!"

Munakata turned to look behind him as all of the Scepter 4 special unit ran towards him and Zenjo. His eyes landed on a worried Awashima as she rushed over to him, her eyes flickering to the ground in front of him to see a large puddle of blood as Tenkei Iwafune lay there still with a small grin on his face.

"You won?" Awashima looked up at him urgently, worried about what the condition of his sword would be for having the burden of killing a King added onto him.

Munakata shook his head, "Not quite, but he's down for a while," He shot a glance back towards the fallen Gray King before looking down at Awashima, "They've all arrived and are down there as we speak."

"Should we follow?" Awashima looked at him.

Munakata shook his head, "We will continue to support the entrance and make sure they are able to make a clean escape," He looked back and watched as his other clansmen stood in waiting, "We are Scepter 4, after all. It is our duty to maintain order."

"Sir!"

Awashima smiled, "It's good to have you back, sir."

"I'm no longer your captain, Miss Awashima," Munakata smiled.

"You're still our King," She looked up at him, "And we, your clansmen."

Munakata was about to reply when out from the corner of his eye, Eri came into view with Hana.

"Reisi," Eri looked up at him with a small smile, "I have some good news for you."

"Oh?" He turned to her, reaching out to touch her cheek when she approached him, "What might that be?"

Eri closed her eyes to savor his touch for a moment before looking up at him, "Your position has been reinstated."

"Is that so?" His lips quirked into a grin, "It didn't take him long to figure out he'd made a mistake."

Awashima rolled her eyes, "Sir, you're becoming cocky."

Munakata chuckled, "My apologies."

. . .

"There!"

Blake and Shiro watched as Mikoto used his power to obliterate the final door standing in their way where Nagare and the slates were. Not far behind him stood Kaori, watching his every action intensely.

When the smoke cleared, all eyes landed on the young and talented Green King.

He was standing by himself in front of the slates, free of his binds and the wheelchair he usually used was nowhere in sight, "I would say welcomes are in order, however you are all uninvited guests," His eyes landed on Kaori, "Aside from you, of course."

Kaori narrowed her eyes, as well as Mikoto as he stood in front of her, "I'm your opponent, not her."

"Very well then," Nagare smiled, his eyes closing as he continued to feel amused by the Red King's assured tone, "Let's begin, shall we?"

Mikoto moved first, sending a powerful wave of red energy surging forward towards Nagare.

The Green King grinned in delight, easily bouncing the red bullet off to the side as he began to manifest his own energy. Without warning, he shot forward to challenge the Red King but was bounced back by Kaori, who had rushed to get in front of Mikoto and smirked at him.

"You think he's the only one you'll be fighting?"

Nagare caught his footing and looked at her, "So you've decided to turn on me, have you?"

"I was never with you," Kaori looked at him, "Even when you released me in this body, I was never with you."

The Green King closed his eyes with a smile, "That's too bad," A green current of electricity cackled around him as he unleashed his true power, "I have now been connected to the slates, so you may find it more difficult to use that annoying ability on me."

"Why don't we test that theory out, bastard?" Her black eyes narrowed as her lips pulled into a smirk.

Without warning, Mikoto was the one who shot forward and aimed his fist at Nagare. As his fist collided with the air surrounding Nagare, the power between the two clashed and sent huge shock waves ricocheting back towards the others. Blake and Shiro easily blocked the waves of energy as they crashed against their personal shields while Neko coward behind Shiro to avoid being hit. Kaori on the other hand, stood there and used the black energy to encase her body in a protective circle around her to avoid being damaged from the power.

"It seems you've gotten stronger since the last time you challenged the Gray King," Nagare mused, "However, it's not enough."

Mikoto grunted as Nagare slammed his fist forward, aiming to hit him in the abdomen but was blocked by what looked like black flames. With narrowed eyed, Nagare flung his hand passed the Red King to aim an attack at Kaori but was cut off when Mikoto grabbed him and swung him around so he landed on his back. Nagare exhaled sharply and looked up as Mikoto's fist came crashing down on his jaw, causing his head to sharply jut to the side.

"You kidnapped my wife and child," Mikoto spoke dangerously low and in a cold tone, his glowing red eyes narrowed sharply at the man beneath him, "And you think I'll stand by and let you hurt her? Think again. I'm your only opponent here, Nagare."

Nagare couldn't brace himself as Mikoto mercilessly slammed his fist down against his face again. There was a sickening crack that followed the contact, when Mikoto was shot backwards as Nagare exerted some of his power to knock the Red King back a few meters away. Having recovered quickly, Mikoto shot forward as Nagare rose to his feet. He met Mikoto's blows again and managed to block the aggressive assault, halting Mikoto's movement as he gripped his fists in his own hands. The two stood there at a deadlock, both trembling as they fought to gain the upper hand.

"Give it up, Red King," Nagare looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes, "You won't win this."

Mikoto smirked, "You keep telling yourself that," It took Nagare off guard when Mikoto pulled back, bringing the Green King forward to deliver a swift blow to the head with his own forehead, "I've been waiting a hell of a long time for this moment, so try to keep it entertaining for me."

Nagare was thrown back towards the wall across the room as Mikoto cracked his knuckles before giving himself a relieving pop when he gave his arms a quick stretch. Before he could go meet the Green King with another round of harsh blows, a hand caught his arm and forced him to look back.

Kaori was struggling as she gripped his arm, "Mikoto," His eyes narrowed as he looked to see one of her own orbs was now chocolate brown, "Don't overextend."

"I won't," He assured, knowing the few seconds Kaori managed to pull through was the only reprieve he would get until this was all settled.

Blake rushed forward and looked at Mikoto, "We're going to start, so if you keep him busy we'll do what we need to do," She looked at Mikoto, "We're going to destroy the slates, so get all that pent up rage out now because once Shiro goes into that phase, it's all going to be gone."

Mikoto narrowed his eyes but nodded nonetheless, letting his feet move on their own as he walked across the room towards Nagare.

"No," Kaori narrowed her eyes, "You're not allowed to destroy those slates until I have been granted freedom. If you do that, I'll be stuck in this body!"

Blake frowned, "Well, that was nice of you to tell us before all of this!"

Shiro walked forward, "What is it you need to do?"

"I want to kill Nagare," A shudder wracked down her body, causing Shiro and Blake to narrow their eyes at him, "I also want the Red King to stick his hand through my chest~"

Blake went wide eye, "It's you."

Kaori's lips pulled into a cruel smirk, "I'm surprised you didn't figure it out sooner," The voice was chipper but malicious, "Long time no see, Shiro."

"How long have you been in her body, Colorless King?" Shiro narrowed his eyes, "Hiding away from us until this moment?"

Kaori giggled, "I've been hiding in her body for only a short period of time, as her current invader is rather pushy and aggressive," She began walking towards the two warring Kings, "Since I couldn't cause the fuss in Red clan that I had been instructed to do, I figured this is the only other way to bring that pompous bastard down."

Blake's eyes went wide, "You want Mikoto to kill you so he takes on the burden of killing a King," She shot forward, "Like hell I'll let you do that!"

Kaori smirked and shot forward before Blake could reach her, rushing towards the battle as Mikoto and Nagare exchanged several shots of the others aura. A gleeful expression crossed Kaori's features as she landed smack-dab in the middle, looking towards the Red King as he rushed forward to deliver a powerful hit to Nagare.

Before he could stop himself, Mikoto's fist collided with Kaori's body as his aura tore through her chest cavity.

Mikoto...

. . .

"It's been a long time since I've seen you come back to the bar this mad, love," Kaori frowned and sat beside Mikoto, rubbing his arm gently in a comforting manner as he remained still to allow his anger to subside, "Want to talk about it?"

Mikoto looked at her, reaching up and stroke her cheek with the tips of his fingers, "He killed his wife, Kaori," She tensed at his words, "That bastard took pleasure in killing his wife after he raped her."

"Mikoto..." She leaned forward, pressing her forehead in the junction of his neck and sighed deeply.

The Red King pulled her close, "I enjoyed every minute of it," He closed his eyes, replaying what had just happened as he watched the man's body burn into nothing, "I thought about you at that moment and almost lost myself."

"That's different," She pulled away only to look up at him, "You'd never lay a hand on me that way."

He shook his head, "Not by my hands, Kaori," He leaned down to press his forehead against her own, "I don't know what I'd do if you were taken and I found you the way we found that woman."

"Don't think about that, Mikoto," She reached up to cup his cheek gently in her hands, "Why don't I go make you some tea and then I'll go make you a hot bath?"

"Not right now," He said quietly, "I just want to hold you for a little while longer."

. . .

"Kyra!" Reina panicked as she watched Kaen's body glow in that black casing they'd been told about when it had happened to Kaori, "Is this a bad sign?"

Kyra rushed over and frowned, "What the hell is happening?"

Rin and Kian both watched and exchanged worried glances, "Do you think something happened to Kaori?"

"I hope not," Kyra bit her lip, "If something did, we're all in trouble if Shiro and Blake can't get Mikoto under control. I hope Tatara is there to talk some sense into him, too..."

"Munakata's there," Keirsten looked at the girls, "I just got a text from Eri saying that he's going to go down and join the rest of the Kings to see what's going on."

Kyra looked at her, "He's there?"

"Mm," Keirsten frowned, "So is the Colorless King."

"What?!" Reina and Kyra yelled, "That prick, he was hiding this entire time waiting for an opportunity like this."

"Guys!" Meira came rushing down the stairs, "Its Anna! She's unconscious!"

. . .

"Sukuna," Yukari looked around as he walked the halls where the Red clan had already been down and destroyed, "Are you down here?"

There was a grunt followed by a painful yelp as Yukari followed the sound and soon found himself standing directly above the young teen, "Those bastards..."

"It's over, Sukuna," Yukari sighed and watched him, still holding his own injury as he watched Sukuna slowly push himself to his feet, "They've won."

Sukuna glared, "How can you say that when our King is down there fighting with them all right now?!"

Yukari frowned, "We need to get out of here," He looked up and noticed the ceiling was trembling under the force of the Kings down below, "Tenkei is dead."

"What?!" Sukuna yelled, outraged.

Yukari looked down at him not willing to tell him he'd met with Tenkei and was instructed to get everyone out, "We need to tend to our wounds and mourn our Kings," His tone was stern and left no room for argument, "Now, Sukuna."

. . .

Mikoto stared down as the color from Kaori's cheeks slowly faded to a pale, lifeless color. Her eyes, now void of the intruder's colors were hollow and brown. She felt heavy against him, and could feel the strength holding her body up failing as she began to fall forward. When it finally occurred to him that the only thing holding her body up was his arm still embedded in her body, he felt a sickening shudder rush down his form and immediately ripped his hand from the inside of her chest.

"Mikoto!" Blake and Shiro watched as he reached forward to catch Kaori before she hit the ground, "Damn it..."

His body was still as he held her cooling form in his arms, his eyes wide and filled with guilt as he stared down at her, "Kaori..." His hands closed around the fabric of her clothing as he fought to keep himself grounded.

Nagare stood still, watching as Mikoto held his fallen wife and felt a pang in his chest at the sight. His eyes wandered over to the other two Kings, noticing Munakata had also joined the fray and was staring at the scene with wide eyes.

It was the very first time anyone had seen the Red King shed a tear, as they watched him curl downward towards Kaori's form as he held her tightly against his chest. He knew he was supposed to be the one to end their lives in order to finally release the black power inside of her, but it still didn't make it any easier after the deed had been expectantly completed. It was like his dream where he watched his wife lose all the life in her body, only this time the pain was a lot worse than he could have imagined.

"This is bad," Blake bit her bottom lip, "He killed a King and he put down whatever that thing inside of Kaori was..." She looked at Shiro, "What's going to happen now?"

They all watched as what looked like red electricity cackled around him, but he paid no attention to it as he mourned the loss of his lover.

Wasn't she supposed to wake up now? None of this had gone according to plan, and now he was left with an empty shell that he would eventually have to discard.

He'd decided that he would burn her. He'd burn her body inside a casket and leave no traces of her ever being there.

It would be the single most difficult thing he'd ever do in his life, but it had to be him.

Several of the Red clan members had felt the change in their own power, but with Tatara being the closest he ran towards the area he knew they'd all be and went wide eyed at the scene.

"King," Tatara frowned and rushed forward, but was caught by Kuroh, who had recently joined the small group and was watching the scene before him, "King! Kaori!"

Mikoto looked over at him with sorrowful eyes, "Get the others out of here, Tatara."

"No," He shook his head and struggled against Kuroh's hold, "She said she needed to go by your hands and that's what happened! She'll be alright!"

The Red King slowly shook his head, "No, she's not... She's gone."

Tatara felt his heart stop as he watched his King close his eyes, "Mikoto! Watch out!"

Blake and Shiro rushed forward to try and stop her while Tatara managed to break free from Kuroh's grasp, but it was too late.

With a twisted smirk, Kaori's arm shot up and pierced through the left side of Mikoto's collar bone, having been pulled away just in time before she could do any major damage.

It was Nagare that intervened.

"You prick," She spat, looking back at him, "You really want this to be your turn? Fine by me," She was on her feet in seconds and ruthlessly attacked Nagare, who managed to dodge and block all of her ferocious swings aimed to put him down.

Blake ran over to Mikoto and kneeled down beside him as Tatara held Mikoto in a sitting position, "We need to get him out of here," She looked at Tatara, "Can you do that?"

Mikoto grunted and narrowed his eyes towards his wife and Nagare, "I want that thing out of her body, now."

"Do it," Tatara looked at Blake, "Do it and get it over with."

Blake frowned, "If I kill her, you know what will happen."

"It doesn't matter at this point," Mikoto's voice was weary but strained, "She's not my wife anymore, so what does it matter if she forgets everything."

That broke Blake's heart, "Mikoto," With a sigh she slowly rose to her feet, "If I do this, you can't hate me."

"I won't," He paused his words to spit out a large amount of blood that had pooled in his mouth, "We can't leave her like this."

Shiro stood behind them as he activated his sanctum, pushing the limits of his Weissman level to its breaking point. Nagare looked over to him sharply and protested, but he could do nothing as the ceiling exploded to allow the sky to be viewed from the very bottom of his underground base.

Hovering above them was the Silver King's sword of Damocles in its deteriorated state, leaving all of the jewels representing all of the other six Kings to slowly fade as the blade cracked beyond repair.

Nagare's body was engulfed in a green current as he surged forward, attempting to stop the Silver King but was cut off when Kaori lunged at him and caught him by the waist. Using the black energy of her body, she consumed the Green King's energy and smirked as the two hit the ground with an audible thud.

"This is it!" Kuroh held Neko back, protecting her as they watched the silver Sword of Damocles come crashing down towards them.

Nagare struggled against Kaori and tried relentlessly to get to Shiro but it was too late. He could only watch as the sword pierced the slates, immediately cancelling each other out and causing a beam of blinding light to rise to the sky towards all of the other swords. The minute the light touched them, the Gold, Red and Green swords began to disappear one by one.

"It's over," Shiro fell back as Neko caught him, cradling him against her chest, "Finally."

Nagare and Kaori slowly pushed themselves up as they watched the light to the slates dissipate, her eyes slowly closing as she looked calm, serene even.

The Green King smiled small, "Despite this falling out of my favor, I feel... Satisfied. Happy, even."

His eyes landed on Kaori, who seemed to be glowing as she smiled to herself. There was a moment, only briefly, that the two looked at one another before the light left Nagare's eyes and he finally fell forward for the final time.

Kaori watched him, her now chocolate eyes filling with tears as she reached up to brush her knuckles under her eyes, "Why am I crying?"

Munakata walked over to Blake and looked down at her, "So, this is it?"

"Yeah," She sighed deeply, "It's over."

Off to the side, Tatara helped Mikoto up to his feet with one of his arms over his shoulders and helped him as they made their way over to Kaori. Amber eyes watched as she pushed herself up off the floor and onto her knees, taking in the sights.

"Kaori?" Tatara tentatively called out, "Are you alright?"

Kaori turned around and looked back at the two, "Hello?" She looked at Tatara and then Mikoto, "You're injured?"

Before she rose to her feet, she collapsed from exhaustion as Mikoto broke free from Tatara and caught her. Blake and Munakata made their way over and looked at them.

"We need to leave before this place collapses," Blake sighed, looking back at Shiro as Kuroh hoisted him up into his arms, "You good?"

He nodded and held up his hand, sending the lilac colored hand shooting up to grab onto a support beam as Neko grabbed onto his neck, "I'll get these two out, will you all be good on your own?"

"We will," Blake waved him off, "Just get Shiro and Neko to safety."

Kuroh smiled and pulled against his power, sending the three up into the air as they made their way up the giant hole leading to the top.

"Alright," Blake looked down at Kaori, "Time to get you home."

Kaori looked at her, "Home?"

Munakata's eyes narrowed, "She's lost her memory?"

"Is appears so," Tatara frowned, "But, King was the one who did it?"

Blake sighed, "We need to deal with this after," She looked at Mikoto, "You need to get your wound taken care of, and Kaori needs to be seen by a doctor."

"You're right, you need to all leave," Tenkei's voice drew all their attention as he slowly made his way over to Nagare's still form, his hand cradling his injured side, "I've issued our clan to detonate bombs around the facility in a matter of minutes so I'd get out now."

Blake looked over at him and frowned, "What about you?"

"I'll be staying here," Tenkei chuckled before leaning down to pick up Nagare's body, "I think this old body of mine has lived long enough. I've seen my fair share of things to know when it's time to throw in the towel."

Mikoto stood up as he held Kaori to his chest, not caring if his wound was bleeding profusely while Tatara offered to help him. Blake walked over to them and followed as they made their way to the exit while Munakata cast the Gray King a long look before turning around, following everyone as they all made their way to the surface.

Tenkei watched them and sighed with a smile, "Look at them, Nagare," He looked at the smiling face of his surrogate son, "Things may not have gone the way you wanted, but it's safe to say that all ended up well in the end."

As the sound of explosions began to set off, Tenkei closed his eyes and relaxed for the first time in years as the building began to fall around him.

- x -

"So, what did the doctor say?" Reina asked urgently, biting her bottom lip as Blake entered the room.

Blake looked at everyone, "Well, the hole in her chest has healed but it left a scar in between her breasts that will be there permanently. As for her memory loss, they couldn't find anything neurologically wrong with her," She looked over to Mikoto, who sat silently after being released when the nurses stitched and bandaged his collarbone, "He's prescribing her some sort of stimulant and has labeled this as a case of amnesia. Anything we can do to try and jump-start her memory is highly recommended."

Kyra looked up, "What about Anna?"

"Anna is alright," Blake smiled, "She's awake and has been asking how everything went. What about Kaen? Kyra told me that Kaen was affected by the black flames when Kaori went down?"

Meira looked at her, "The black disappeared shortly after it manifested," She looked down at the twins, "Do you think it's connected to her?"

"Maybe that's why she woke up?" Kyra asked, "She wanted to see Kaen for a reason, so maybe she was using the black power inside of him as a way to come back?"

"That's a possibility," Blake said, "Either way, we should all be thankful that everyone is alright."

"Agreed," Tatara smiled.

"When do we get to see her?" Kyra frowned, "Both of them."

Blake turned to Kyra, "Anna will be released as soon as the nurse gets to her room to unhook her IV and as for Kaori, I can't be sure. She's apparently got a guest right now, so I don't know when the doctor will allow any of us in."

"A guest?" Munakata asked.

Eri and Awashima looked over at her as she shrugged, "He wouldn't tell me who it was, only that it was someone she knew."

Mikoto's eyes narrowed as he looked over at her, "Can't you find out?"

Blake looked at him, "I'll do what I can."

. . .

Meanwhile, in a room off to the far side of the hospital much farther than where the clans were waiting, Kaori sat up against her pillows while she watched two individuals argue over something that had nothing to do with her.

"Excuse me, but," Kaori pulled their attention away from their argument to her, "Why are you two arguing over a video game?"

Sukuna looked at her and frowned, "You don't remember?!"

"Not exactly, no," She blinked, "What am I supposed to remember?"

Yukari looked at Sukuna, "She's not going to remember everything from before without some encouragement, Sukuna. You'll have to be a little more patient and understanding."

"Fine," Sukuna pouted, "So when do you get released?"

Kaori looked at them and smiled, "In three days, but I don't know exactly know where I'm going to go."

"You'll be coming with us," Yukari returned her smile, "So we can take care of you like we did once before. It was a final request from Tenkei."

Kaori frowned slightly, "Final request? As in, a final wish before death?"

"Unfortunately," He nodded, sitting down at her bedside, "He was quite fond of you when you were with us, so he asked for Sukuna and I to make sure you were alright and to stay with you until you don't need us anymore."

She reached forward and tentatively touched his arm, "Thank you."

Sukuna walked over and stood off to the side, "We missed you when you went away."

"Sukuna," Yukari grinned, "Listen to you being all sentimental."

The boy's cheeks flushed, "Yeah, yeah!" He ignored Yukari and took a step closer, "What I meant to say was–"

"You can sit up here with me if you'd like," Kaori smiled, opening one of her arms to invite the young teen to sit with her, "Don't be shy."

Sukuna stared at her for a moment before hesitantly joining her, crawling up beside her and leaned against her, "Don't you dare say a word, Yukari..." He glared over at the grinning male, pointing a accusatory finger towards him.

"I wasn't going to say a word," Yukari sat back with his arms crossed over his chest.

Kaori smiled softly and held Sukuna to her, enjoying the comfort of holding the young boy so close to her as if she was meant to hold a child.

"You really do look beautiful when you're happy," Yukari smiled watching her, not noticing that Sukuna was falling asleep when a knock on the door pulled his attention away, "Yes?"

Kaori and Yukari both went slightly wide eyed when Blake walked in with a curious looking Anna, "Hello?"

"So it was you two that came in," Blake narrowed her eyes slightly, "Can I have a moment alone with Kaori, please?"

Yukari stood up and stepped to the side to block Kaori from Blake's view, "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to allow that."

"Excuse me?" Blake glared, "My family owns and runs this hospital. Don't think that I won't have you removed if you don't let me see one of my close friends."

"You're threatening me?"

"I am."

Kaori frowned, "Can we please not fight," They both turned to her, "Yukari, it'll just take a moment."

"Alright," The look she was currently giving him made him give in, as he walked over and picked a sleeping Sukuna up from her side and carried him outside of the room only after exchanging warning looks with the former Gold King, "I'll just be outside if you need me, Kaori."

She smiled and nodded, waiting as the door closed before looking at Blake and Anna, "How may I help you?"

"This lovely little lady here wanted to come and see you," Blake smiled at her, "Her name is Anna Kushina. You two knew each other very well before you lost your memory."

Kaori blinked and looked at the beautiful young girl, "Really?" She smiled and pat the spot beside her opposite to where Sukuna was sitting.

Anna smiled brightly and made her way over, climbing up to sit beside her and took her hand as she usually did, "Are you alright?"

"I think I am," Kaori returned her smile and tilted her head slightly, "How about you? You're in a hospital gown so did something happen to you?"

"I passed out," She answered, "But I'm better now!"

Kaori smiled softly, "That's good."

Blake walked over and sat down on the chair beside he bedside, "How do you feel, Kaori?"

"Well, I wish I could put faces and names together," Kaori sighed, absentmindedly running her fingers through Anna's long silvery strands, "I keep feeling like I'm missing something it's driving me insane."

"Unfortunately it's going to be like that for a while," Blake frowned, "I wish there was something we could do for you."

Kaori looked at her and offered her a calm smile, "Its fine. Maybe this happened for a reason," She sat back and sighed contently when Anna leaned against her and laid her head against her shoulder, "The doctor told me that a woman named Blake Tadashi was setting me up in my new living arrangements after I'm released. Is that you?"

Blake nodded, "Yes, ma'am! I figured having some time to yourself in an environment that was calmer and quiet compared to where you would have been going," She smiled, "I hope you don't mind?"

"Not at all. In fact, that's very kind of you," Kaori looked at her, "Where was I supposed to go?"

With your husband and family back to HOMRA... "Well, you were supposed to go with close family friends, but they decided that giving you some space would be more suitable at this point in time," Blake glanced at Anna as crimson eyes watched her closely, "They asked if they would be able to visit often, though."

Kaori nodded, "Of course. Can you tell me some of their names?"

"Maybe another time," Blake and Kaori both looked over to see Yukari entering the room, "I'm sorry but, your visit has to come to end now. The doctor will be here shortly."

Blake narrowed her eyes at him but stood up nonetheless, deciding she was going to make a personal visit with Kaori's physician after he'd met with her, "Fine," She looked at Anna, "Come on Anna, let's go back to the others."

Kaori smiled small as she let Anna go, watching as she scooted herself off the bed and went over to Blake. There was a moment where she looked back at Kaori and gave her a longing, pained look before taking Blake's hand and walking out of the room with her.

Yukari watched and gave Kaori a sympathetic smile, "I'll explain that all to you after, I promise."

She nodded, "Thank you, Yukari."

"Of course," He said smiling, leaving her alone for the time being as the doctor walked in to do another examination.

In the hall, Yukari and Blake stood facing one another as Sukuna and Anna stood awkward behind the two adults looking at one another.

"I don't know what it is you think you're doing, but you need to lay off," Blake narrowed her eyes at the swordsman.

Yukari met her gaze with his own, "It was a final request from Tenkei that I be her guardian until she no longer needed my help, so I will be there by her side until the day she remembers who she really is."

"Your assistance isn't necessary," Blake bit back.

"I believe it is," Yukari replied right away.

Sukuna glared up at Blake, "You know nothing about what she was like when she was with us, so how would you know what she needs or what she doesn't need?!"

"She's married to the Red King," Blake glared back, "She wasn't married to Nagare, so why are you both so attached to her? She's not your Queen."

Yukari looked down at her, "She could have easily become one of us if you'd of left her in our care for just a little while longer," Blake flashed him an angry glare, "However, I know that we never would have truly won her over. She's in love with him and once she remembers that, Sukuna and I will back off gracefully."

"So what you're saying is, that you're going to protect her and nurture her until she regains her memory all because the Gray King asked you to?" Blake's brow rose, "What's in it for you?"

His brow rose, "Nothing."

"I see," Her eyes narrowed as she looked down at Sukuna, "And you?"

He huffed and crossed his arms, "She was like a mother figure to me."

Anna looked at him, "She is my mother," Blake and Yukari both looked at her slightly shocked that she spoke, "You can't take her away."

"Excuse me," The doctor walked out of the room and looked at Blake, "All is good and she'll be ready to leave ahead of schedule."

Blake looked at him and smiled, "Everything is ready for her whenever you're releasing her. Shiro and I are personally escorting her there," Her eyes flashed to Yukari, "When are you discharging her?"

"Tomorrow morning," He signed the paper on his clipboard and handed it to one of the nurses that entered Kaori's room, "I'll need a family member or husband to sign her release forms."

Blake nodded, "When you go back to the waiting room with the entire crew, ask for Mikoto Suoh. He's Kaori's husband."

"Thank you, Blake," The doctor smiled and excused himself to go and talk to Mikoto.

Yukari looked at her, "Perhaps we can come to an agreement."

"Oh?" Her brow rose.


Welp, my computer died and the Word document wouldn't retrieve what had auto-saved, so then I had to re-type everything. Boo!

Either way, I rolled the dice with this one and decided to just go with it. I hope it met expectations! :D

Aside from that, what didja all think of that sneaky Colorless King? I figured most of you would figure it out even before I really made a huge reference to him, but maybe, JUST MAYBE I managed to shock one of you! Who knows? ;)

Only two chapters left, so I will most likely post them one after the other. :)

Also, I'll be updating Pieces of Me and Irreversible shortly!

I love you all sooooo much! :D

~ Kayori, out!