Piercing violet eyes slowly opened, meeting a set of bright blue. Sage gasped as he sat up, hitting his head against the other man.

"Sorry!" He exclaimed, rubbing his head.

"Umm, I don't mean to sound rude, but who are you and where am I?" Sage asked the man as blue eyes danced.

"I'm Cale."

"I see you've met my boyfriend." Sage glanced up at the newest entrant and smiled. A face he recognized. Sage slid out of the bed, and rose to his feet, gasping at the fact that he had the sheer strength to do so. Sekhmet laughed at the boy's confusion.

"Cale is a vampire as well. In our refrigerator, we keep spare animal blood, in case he cannot go out for some reason. We gave some to you." Sage's eyes went wide as he covered his mouth, his face turning bright green.

"Oh gods! I drank blood! Sickening!" Cale shrugged.

"So? You're a vampire, you needed it." He pointed out as Sage shook his head, falling back onto the bed.

"I…. I'm a vegetarian! I don't eat animals, much less drink their blood!" Sage gasped as he heard Cye's scream flood into his mind. He gasped as he covered his ears.

"Cye!" Sage cried out, to the confusion of the other two men.

"Cye's in trouble! I have to go!" Sage leapt to his feet, sprinting to the door.

"Wait!" Sekhmet called out as Sage turned to look at them.

"We'll help you!" Sage looked at them awkwardly, but then smiled.

"Ok, I think I can carry you both." Sekhmet looked at Cale, who looked back in confusion.

"Huh?" Sage laughed.

"You'll see." The two men shrugged as they followed the blonde out of the building. They watched as his head perked up and he looked around for people. After realizing that no one was nearby, they watched in shock as he shifted into a large thoroughbred. He nudged them softly to climb a top him, and stunned, they did so. He took off in a gallop, towards the direction of Cye's cries, the scared riders still abroad his back.

~~~~~

Cye groaned as his cerulean eyes shot open. He glanced around, and realized that he was in a chair, and tied down with chains. Panicky, he looked around for his captor, and came eye to eye with the snow haired man that he had befriended a short few hours ago. His neck was still slightly numb from the bite, and his head buzzed for the lack of blood. Dais had truly feasted on him. Cye had to laugh though, this man really didn't know who he was messing with. Cye smiled, as he used his mind to find the other man.

"Dais, me a dear, un-tie me." He stated in Dais's head, and he could hear the shocked gasp that emitted from the other boy. Dais ran into the room in confusion, as Cye smiled sweetly.

"Hello Dais." He stated cheerfully out loud, as Dais sighed in relief, placing his confusion on his mind playing tricks on him.

"No Dais, it wasn't a trick." Cye stated in the man's mind as Dais nearly fainted.

"Oh yes, now would be a good time to tell you that I'm a telepath, isn't it?" Dais stood, frozen in fear. Cye laughed.

"Well, I also do believe that it would be a good time to tell you that I am not only a telepath, I'm also telekinetic." He smiled as he lifted up a vase into the air, and let it suspend for a moment to add some drama to the situation, before smashing it into the back of Dais head, causing the man to immediately fall to the floor unconsciously. Cye sighed in relief. Now to try to get the chains off. He didn't have the ability to un-do the chains, as he opened every dresser drawer in an attempt to find the key. Cye knew he didn't have much time; unconsciousness would not keep the vampire down for long. Still, he did not want to go to the others for help, that would show how weak and young he really was. No way did he want Sage thinking that he couldn't take care of himself. Glancing around for possibly something to break the chain, he sighed in annoyance. He wouldn't call for him, but he really did wish that Sage were here. Sighing, he once again used his mind to search the house.

~~~~~

"Ok Rowen, why don't you try to teleport us to him again?" Rowen laughed.

"Unless one of you wants to be a witch, we aren't even going to try that one." Kento nodded in agreement to Rowen's words.

"Ryo, being a vampire is hard enough, I prefer not to accidentally blow something up with magic, thank you very much. Sighing, Ryo nodded.

"I guess so. Well, where do you think his scream came from?" Kento pointed down a street.

"That way. These senses say so." Ryo nodded.

"I agree. I know how good my senses are, so let's go that way." Rowen nodded, as they headed in the direction Kento had pointed out.

~~~~~

Cye glanced around, not paying attention to the vampire's body that was slowly rising to his feet.

"Cye?" The auburn boy's eyes widened.

"Uh oh." He stated as he felt and arm enclose around his throat, and he gasped. Visions flashed through his mind.

//flash//

The white haired boy cowered against the other vampires, four others to be exact. Each one was unique in their own respect, he himself has snowy white hair, one had deep blue, one boy's eyes were crimson, one's were maroon, and the last had violet hair that tumbled down his shoulders. The door slowly opened, as a tall brunette in a lab coat entered the room. All the children's eyes widened in fear, as they all whimpered and cowered against each other.

//flash//

The white haired boy hid a younger boy, a tiny blonde who Cye immediately recognized as Sage, to his chest.

"Leave Seiji alone! He's too little!" Sage had to have been only four or five, making Dais only seven or eight. Dais felt the young boy yanked from his hold, as he placed his hands on his hips in protest.

"Rajura, you will not mess with the boy! He is not supposed to come in contact with the other specimens!" The white haired boy turned up his nose in protest.

"And why not? He's little, scared, and all alone!" Dais winced as he was slapped across the face. Sage sat quietly, not making a single noise. Dais watched as Sage was carried away.

//flash//

"Come on, let me come with you Seiji!" Dais exclaimed, as the blonde shook his head.

"I thank you for your help, but I have to leave. Alone."

"But why is it so hard for you to be near another human?"

"Because I was raised to be this way, ok?" Dais sighed in annoyance.

"You can't live your life alone."

"Watch me. As I said before, thank you for nursing me while I was wounded, but now I must go! Being near another human is just a threat to their own well-being!" Sage shook his head as he started to walk away.

"Wait!" Dais called out again, setting his hand on the young blonde's shoulder, and turning Sage to face him. Bringing his lips to the blonde, he pulled Sage to him. The blonde gasped against his lips, as he tried top shove the vampire away. No matter what though, his strength had nothing on that of the vampire. Annoyed, he shifted into a cat, falling to the ground, and bolting. Dais's eyes flashed in anger.

"Damn you Seiji." He cursed, as he turned to walk away.

//flash//

"Dais, I'm leaving." Cale stated, as he turned to walk away.

"No, you aren't."

"Yes I am. I'm sorry, but there is someone else that I truly love."

"No there isn't." Cale rolled his eyes.

"Yes there is Dais."

"He can't have you." Cale looked at Dais in annoyance.

"Yes he can. Why can't you take that we're over?" Dais pounced on the human man, knocking him onto his back.

"Because I won't let anyone else have you."

"Dais, get off me." Cale stated calmly, as Dais shook his head, bringing his lips to Cale's neck.

"What the hell are you doing?" Cale asked as he struggled under the man, shocked at the smaller mans strength.

"I'm making you what I myself am. I think you'll enjoy it." He brought his lips to Cale's necks, digging his canine teeth into the boys flesh as Cale cried out in pain. Carefully, Dais used his teeth to slit his own wrist, as he pried open Cale's lips, and spread them apart, watching the blood drip of his wrist and into the mouth of the other man. Cale had no choice but to swallow. Smiling, Dais climbed off of Cale.

"Even if you're not with me, you will never forget what I was to you. Your creator."

//flash//

Cye gasped out loud. What the hell had just happened? He had just seen Dais's entire life before him! Cye tried to shake away the hold of the other man; at the moment the door burst open, Sage, Cale, and Sekhmet bursting through.

"Cye!"

"Sage!" The blonde ran over to Dais, slamming his foot into the man's stomach. Using his new vampire strength, he shattered the chains holding Cye captive.

"Dais…" Cale stated with a glare, as the two men's eyes locked. Sekhmet simply watched in confusion.

"Cale, it's nice to see you again."

"The same can not be said to you." The blue-haired man retorted, as Dais smiled.

"Uh, Cale, what is he? An old friend?" Sekhmet asked as the man shook his head.

"Old lover." Sekhmet winced.

"Ouch."

"Yeah. He's the one that made me a monster! He's the bastard that stole my humanity and the chance of the normal life I was born with." Cale stated, eyes never leaving Dais's.

"Cye, are you OK?" Sage asked in concern, as he glanced over the boy's wound. He was about to reach out and touch it, when Cye pulled away.

"No, don't! When he bit me, he enhanced my skills! Touch me, and I see your past. I saw his when he choked me…" Sage sighed. Thank goodness he was in long sleeves then. Easily he lifted the surprised boy into his arms, pulling Cye's body to his chest. Cye gasped in surprise.

"Sage, I can walk."

"Not very well though. You've lost a lot of blood. And promise me one thing." Cye looked on in confusion.

"Anything, Sage."

"Don't you ever do that again! You scared the fucking shit out of me! I thought you were dead, I thought that we'd never see you again!" Cye tried to hold back the tears. He did not like being yelled out, even if in a caring way.

"Only if you promise me something as well."

"And what would that be?"

"Don't you ever run away either! You almost got yourself killed or captured!" Sage hung his head.

"How did you know?"

"I checked up on the others through their minds." Sage nodded.

"I'm sorry." Cye shook his head.

"I'd say we're even."

"Fine with me." Sage stated, trying to resist the urge to kiss the auburn boy, for fear of Cye seeing his thoughts, and the full extent of his past. Sighing, he settled on holding the other boy.

~~~~~~

"Sage! Cye! You guys are OK!" Rowen exclaimed in excitement, as he ran into the apartment building that belonged to the vampire. He watched Dais and Cale face off, when finally Cye stopped them.

"Don't fight!" Both men froze and turned to the young boy.

"Fighting will get you no where! Cale, lose your humanity? I think you only gained personality! I mean, what is loss of humanity? You still love Sekhmet, and have emotions, so what is inhumane about you?" Cale sat in loss of words.

"I guess you are right."

"And Dais, an angry lover? If someone does not love you, you should not force and torture them for their feelings. There will be someone who loves you, swear by it. Just because Cale was the one you originally loved…."

"It wasn't Cale." Dais stated, confusing Cye.

"It was Seiji." All eyes turned to the blonde.

"There was nothing between us." He stated as he pulled Cye closer to him. Cye nodded in knowing.

"Well, none the less, there will be someone. Why can't we all just get along? I mean, we could always use more members, right Sage?" Cye looked up innocently at the blonde, who sighed.

"I guess." Looking up, he brought his eyes to meet the three men's.

"Would you like to work with us?" Sekhmet turned to Cale, pleading with his eyes. Cale smiled.

"We're in." All attention came onto Dais.

"I… Ok. Fine. I'll join." Cye smiled in victory.

"Wait a minute, what about housing?" Rowen asked as Ryo glared at the boy.

"And the little thing of getting me back my body!" Rowen blushed in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I forgot."

"Well, we can stay here." Dais pointed out, as the others surveyed the apartment.

"It sure is big enough." Cye stated as Sage nodded.

"Fine, that's a good idea. Now onto the idea of how to reverse the spell, and get me back to normal." Sekhmet presented the book of spells to Sage, who smiled in delight. Setting Cye on the bed, he sat next to the younger boy, and opened the book.

"This is going to take forever." He grumbled as he flipped through the book. Cye smiled, and took it from the boy's hands. He held the book for a moment in pure silence, and finally opened his eyes, which had fallen shut when he held it.

"It's on page 1485, love." Sage smiled as he flipped to the directed page. Indeed, the boy had been correct.

"Ok, I think I get it. I have to counteract Rowen's spell." He rose and walked over to the two men in each other's bodies. Placing a hand on each of their heads, he slowly began to whisper.

"They have been changed forever more,

But being changed they don't adore,

Switch their bodies back in place,

And give them…." He paused to think of a word that rhymed.

"Each a happy face!" He exclaimed through laughter.

"Well Sage, that was a corny poem." Ryo stated, from Ryo's body. Sage grinned.

"Well, it got the job done, now didn't it?" Ryo glanced down at his hands and gasped in shock at the fact he was once again in his rightful body.

"You did it Sage! Did I mention how much I love you?" Ryo exclaimed, trying to kiss Sage who laughed and shoved him away.

"Sorry boy, I'm Cye's."

"Aww damn." Ryo stated in a joking tone, as Cye possessively wrapped his arms around Sage's waist.

"See? He's mine now!" Cye exclaimed as Sage smiled back.

"Well, I guess we better go home and get our stuff if we're moving in here." Sage placed his hands on his hip.

"Excuse me? I'd kind of like to NOT be a werewolf, vampire, and witch! Well, I don't really mind the witch part, but the others I could do without." Cye nodded, unraveling his arms from Sage's waist, as he took the book again. Repeating what he had done before, he handed the book to Sage.

"Page 5937." Sage nodded, read the page, and sighed.

"Rowen, I need your help, and you better not screw up. I can't do this, it has to be another witch." Rowen beamed at the fact that he actually got to help out is doing something.

"Ok, well, let me read first." The boy ran his eyes over the page, reading what he was to do.

"Ok, I got it.

Blood flows through your veins,

In torrents of creatures to most unseen,

It brings you troubles, it brings you pains,

End the horrors of these names…." Rowen finished as Sage began to softly glow a pale green, as he slipped onto the lap of Cye.

"Rowen, what did you do?" Rowen looked up in annoyance.

"I didn't do anything!" Cye smiled, as he ran his fingers through Sage's hair. The blonde sighed in a tired gesture, as he pressed up against Cye's hand.

"I think I'm no longer everything. I'm, really tired. I think being a horse got to me." He yawned as Cye laughed giddily.

"I think you should rest love." Cye stated as Sage nodded, drifting into a light doze a top Cye's lap.

~~~~~

"So, Mia, would you like you go out sometime?" The woman laughed, a blush creeping across her cheeks. Cye rolled his eyes as Sage laughed.

"Well love, you did bring it on. I mean, your entire speech thing about love?" Cye hung his head.

"Oh well. At least he can have someone. I think Ryo was getting scared of the looks he kept getting from Dais." Sage laughed once more.

"Well, come on Blondie." Cye stated, pulling the boy to him to him, and bringing their lips to meet.

"I'd say this is an happy ending." Cye stated as he pulled away from Sage.

"Nah, not at all." Cye looked on in confusion.

"Why not?"

"Because love, it's not a happy ending. It's a beautiful beginning." Sage brought his lips to the smiling ones of Cye, as Rowen, Ryo, and Kento looked on.

"How cute. And I think that Sage is right." Rowen stated as the others nodded in agreement. What a way to end a story. Or to begin one.

~The End

A/N: I actually finished! Oh yeah, go me! Go me! Yeah! I'm so proud! The one that I never wrote I actually finished! Ok, now I have a question to ask (I'll ask it when I finish "The Others" as well.) What story would you want to read? I mean, this one's done, "The Others" will be done really soon, and then I'll have nothing left. I have the sequel to "The Mage's Tale", the sequel to "Through Thick and Thin", a new fantasy one (I have fun with that one!), one where Ryo gets turned into a warlord (Ryo fans, don't kill me! He's still cool!), umm, One that you would kill me for because it's a Sage/Rowen and I made Ryo evil… *Sweat drop*, and a Sage/Ryo one that is set back in the olden times where Ryo is the barbaric leader of an army…. And well, it's interesting, I'll tell you that. Well, just wondering! Well, bye bye and thanks for reading this story!

~Angel of Fire