Ritsu entered the dining room where Usagi-san, Ryuu, Haitani, Shinobu, and Nowaki were already enjoying their meal. Ritsu's mouth watered as sudden hunger assaulted him, he felt like he hadn't ate in ages and the scent of the food was delicious.

Haitani was the first one to notice him. "Ritsu!" He called out happily until he saw his bandaged neck and came running to him with concern. "What happened!?" He cupped the back of his head as he gazed at him lovingly.

Everyone was up from the table and slowly making their way over to him wondering what was going on.

"Who attacked you?" Shinobu asked trying to push Haitani away to expect the wound himself.

Miyagi explained about the poison in his system. "I believe this happened because the poison does it's best to destroy its host so in the end it gathers all of its strength and threw it at him. But Ritsu managed to beat it." Haitani looked proud at him.

"Ritsu, how did you come in contact with this poison?" Usagi-san asked.

Ritsu explained about the Rouge that accidently grabbed Chiaki and shifted back at the Hotel with them.

"So Chiaki was poisoned too?"

Ritsu nodded.

Haitani angled his head gently to the side. He loosened the bandages to view the marks around his neck. Everyone went wide-eyed. "Who did this!?" Haitani asked. His eyes were glowing red with anger.

"The dark gray haired man with glasses," Ritsu answered automatically.

Miyagi frowned. "You didn't tell me this." He wondered how a man was able to sneak into Ritsu's room without alerting the guards. There were trained assassins who fought in many wars, there was no way anyone, either Rouge or Vampire could enter this place.

Ritsu shrugged, "He's an illusion from the poison, I never seen the man before, and yet he has been stalking me since yesterday."

Usagi-san turned to Miyagi, "What does this mean?"

Miyagi thought about it for a moment. "Is it possible the mind is warning Ritsu?"

"Ah, I see where you're getting at." Ryuu nodded.

Ritsu frowned as he recalled what the man said earlier. "He did say to remember him until we finally meet face to face."

Miyagi nodded. "The human mind is an incredible thing. That's why I admire humans, their subconscious minds know more than their conscious minds. Yours is warning you about this man."

Haitani held him tighter. "Don't worry Ritsu; I'll make sure you won't be alone with this man." Everyone nodded in agreement. This warmed Ritsu's heart, these guys only met him yesterday and yet they would do whatever it took to ensure his safety.

Ritsu smiled.

Shinobu frowned. "How is it your so calm about this Ritsu?" If he was in his shoes he would be freaking out.

"I don't know. I'm just happy to be away from the poisoned."

"You don't have to worry about that Shinobu," Miyagi reassured. "It's the after effects of the poison. The poison is like a large weight on Ritsu's shoulders so I could see how happy he is now that it's off."

Ryuu came up and touched his neck.

Ritsu frowned as he felt cool air caress his neck numbing the pain. Ryuu took his hand away and smiled. "There you go. Good as new."

Ritsu reached up to touch his neck to find it completely healed. Surprised, he looked at Ryuu, "Thank you."

Ryuu smiled. "My pleasure," Haitani thanked his father and took the rest of the bandages off.

Haitani led Ritsu to the dining table where everyone else followed.

"Are you sure you are alright Ritsu?" Haitani asked still concerned.

Ritsu smiled at him. "I'm fine. Never felt so good in my life actually." Haitani smiled at his enthusiasm, he looked so cute.

Ritsu enthusiasm gave everyone smiles as they enjoyed their breakfast together. Misaki placed glasses of blood for Ritsu and Hatori to drink. Ritsu eagerly drank his and Hatori warily watched his.

Ritsu looked at Nowaki. "Where's Hiroki?"

"Hmm? Oh, he had to visit the King today. Misaki took him."

"Do you know what about?" Usagi-san asked.

Nowaki shook his head. "He only said it was urgent." Usagi-san only nodded and went back to his food.

"Ritsu you still want to go out with us?" Ritsu looked at Misaki and Shinobu who were excitedly jumping in their seats.

"Where?"

Misaki grinned. "That's our secret!" He turned to Hatori. "Would you like to join us too?" Hatori hesitated. "Come on Hatori! You will have loads of fun!"

"Alright then."

Misaki clapped in excitement. Ritsu saw that Usagi-san smiled at Misaki's excitement. He really wanted to know if Usagi-san was only looking out for Misaki because of Misaki's brother or for the fact that he was really in love with Misaki.

"Are you guys going where I think you guys are going?" Ryuu asked.

"Yeah!" Misaki said. He wanted to take Ritsu and Hatori there so that they could both enjoy themselves today.

"Then count me in."

Shinobu smiled at Ryuu. "The more the better," He turned to Miyagi. "Will you come?"

Miyagi shook his head and kissed Shinobu's forehead. "Some other time, just the two of us." Shinobu blushed.

"I'll come too!" Haitani said.

"In that case we will train now before you head out, knowing you guys you'll take forever." Nowaki says. He turns to Ritsu. "Would you join with us again Ritsu?"

Ritsu nodded.

"How about you Hatori?"

"To train?"

"It'll be fun Hatori." Ritsu encouraged.

Hatori smiled at Ritsu. "Alright then."

-Hatori

Hatori gasped hard as he sat next to Nowaki on the blue mat. His Karategi was clinging to his skin from the sweat he worked up and his hair was in his eyes.

The sun was completely out today, shooting rays of light down on Irelands Sea and land.

"Here," Nowaki gave him a glass of blood which he eagerly drank down. Misaki and Shinobu were great fighters indeed, Hatori thought.

"You did really good out there. Did you train before?" Nowaki asked him while he it was Ritsu's turn to fight Misaki and Shinobu. He admitted with admiration that Ritsu was doing better than he did as he dodged and threw either Misaki or Shinobu across the room.

Both men always had a look of surprise on their faces which Ritsu grinned to.

"I've taken Karate classes before." But not like this.

Nowaki smiled. "You have given them a good challenge."

"Not as much as Ritsu is doing now."

Nowaki nodded. "He trained with us yesterday." It was no wonder Ritsu already knew what to do without Nowaki's instructions.

Hatori watched as suddenly Ritsu disappeared also; alarmed he looked around the room. "What happ-"

Ritsu landed on his back, his legs still in the air. He blinked a couple of times before he laughed. Misaki stood over him grinning. "You took me by surprise Ritsu! That was awesome!"

Shinobu landed beside them as well. "You almost had him."

"That was amazing!" Ritsu gasped out, Misaki gave him a hand to pick him up from the ground.

"How did you do that?" Misaki asked.

"I don't know. I just had the urge to join you guys and I guess instinct took over."

Hatori watched in amazement. The first time he saw Ritsu he was a timid thing always hiding behind Takano.

But now he looked strong and happy.

Like he belonged here.

Nowaki stood up. "That's all for today. Ritsu make sure you drink before you head off." Ritsu nodded. Nowaki turned to Hatori. "You should drink more too." Hatori nodded as he stood up to join the others.

His muscles felt achingly good as if his body craved for this, he should have done this sooner if he knew that it would clear his mind. He followed the others to the showers.

Hatori was the first to finish his shower and went outside the dojo to take a deep breath. The highland air cooled his lungs, he laughed softly somehow really happy to be out. Back with Takano he had to be careful not to destroy everything with his freakish strength, it was irritating to do so but here he felt free.

When he was first shifted here with Misaki he was amazed by the view of Ireland. He read many stories of Ireland's magic and now he knew that they were right. He was glad to be experiencing it right now.

If only Chiaki was beside me right now. Then it would have been perfect for him.

"How are you doing Hatori?" Shinobu asked as he up from behind.

"Good," Hatori paused as he thought about it more. "And not sure."

Shinobu smiled. "If there's anything you want to talk about I'm here, alright?"

Hatori nodded. Takano pictured these guys differently. Cold heartless bastards? Not in the least. "I know Chiaki finally accepted me…a little." Even though they were together his heart still belonged to Hayate. He knew that and it pained him.

"Don't ask for so much Hatori." Shinobu warned.

Hatori sighed. That's exactly what he'd been doing. He wanted all of Chiaki's love. He didn't want to share.

"Know that no matter what Chiaki would always love Hayate. Don't ask him to forget about him."

Hatori stayed quiet.

"Imagine yourself in Chiaki's position. He entered a life where he had no choice but to leave Hayate in order to protect him from himself and when he finally had control of himself he found out that many years had passed and Hayate was dead."

He would have gone crazy if he lost Chiaki like that.

"One night while he was drunk he said how he soon found out that Hayate believed him alive and searched for him for years."

Hatori winced. How could he ever compete with that? Hayate loved Chiaki so much that he spent the rest of his life searching for him?

"I thought you said you didn't know so much about this."

Shinobu smiled, "I didn't know you very well." He shrugged. Hatori understood, he was only protecting Chiaki. "Now I want to hear about you. How are you doing?"

Hatori hadn't really paid attention to himself. "Like I said I feel good after that work out."

Shinobu nodded. "Your body creates too much energy your first year because your body is under going through many changes. Too much pent-up energy causes irritation. So it's good for you to do this on a daily basis. Anything else?"

"The senses are too keen. I could barely concentrate."

"Ignore them and soon they would go away." Hatori reluctantly admitted that he was thirsty. Shinobu nodded. "That's because you new-born's need to drink at least every two hours. I'll tell Misaki to take a cooler with us so that you and Ritsu could drink while we are out there. And Hatori anytime you're thirsty don't keep it in. Tell us."

Hatori nodded. "Fine."

Shinobu smiled. "Good, now come on. We'll get you and Ritsu some glasses of blood before we leave." Shinobu guided Hatori inside.

-Ritsu

Ritsu gawked at the expensive sports cars out in the front yard waiting for them.

A red Chevrolet corvette, a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, an Audi Q7, a Lamborghini, and many more he had no names for, were parked for the others to chose from.

Ryuu carried a cooler to the back of the Range Rover. Shinobu grabbed Hatori and took him to the Chevrolet Corvette. Haitani waved at Ritsu as he entered the Audi Q7, he was also carrying a large bag. Ritsu wondered what was in there.

Misaki pulled him over to a Lamborghini. "You're coming with me."

"You know how to drive?" Ritsu asked disbelievingly.

"Of course." Misaki grinned. He opened the scissor door for Ritsu to climb in. Ritsu liked the interior, the black leather seats, and the technology it presented.

Misaki started the engine to a purr which impressed Ritsu. Misaki grinned. "Usagi-san gave this to me as a birthday gift."

He could tell that Misaki really loved this car. "It's a beautiful car Misaki." Misaki nodded as he put the car into drive and went out the gate first. They drove out in the highland fields for a few minutes until they entered a forest.

Ritsu started outside with wonder as they entered an alcove of trees up the mountain. He could see how the sun tried to peak its way to them over the leaves giving the forest a beautiful glow. He watched as deer's walked with their young, how they passed small rivers, and wolves running with them for a minute before disappearing into the forest.

Misaki looked over and laughed at his expression. Ritsu was against the glass like a little kid.

Ritsu smiled at him. "It's amazing."

Misaki nodded. "Wait till we travel around the world. You'll be speechless Ritsu."

He already was just by Ireland's nature. After a few more miles they stopped at a dirt road beside the road. Misaki parked and got out.

"Come on Ritsu we are almost there."

The others parked next to them and got out. They went on the dirt walkway into the forest. He looked at Misaki wondering where they were going. Misaki only smiled at him.

Ritsu frowned as he heard water crashing into something. What was that? As they got closer it got louder. They crossed a wooden bridge and Ritsu froze.

Ritsu's eyes widened as he spotted a waterfall.

"Here we are!"

Ritsu watched as Haitani walked on to a small house a few feet away to put the bag down. Ryuu put down the cooler next to the bag and took off his shirt. Ritsu looked to Haitani and Shinobu as they did the same. "We're going to swim?" Ritsu asked excitedly.

Misaki grinned. "Yes!"