Disclaimer: Must I say it everytime. I don't own GW. Please don't sue me.
Author notes: Gomen nasai to those few who actually are still reading this! It's taken me awhile to get the rest of the chapters out ne? Well here's chapter four! Hope you all enjoy reading it. This and chapter Five are going to have a HUGE revision sometime so just look out for that ne? ^_~ Don't forget to review!!
Chapter Four- Stranger's EyesTalia groaned softly feeling someone put a wet cloth over her forehead. The princess opened her eyes looking at her mother. Then winced and quickly shut her eyes.
" Talia I know you're awake." The Queen laughed.
Don't. Move. Maybe. She. Doesn't. Reaaallly. Know. Talia thought.
" I really know you're awake." The Queen sighed.
Talia glared at her mother. " Fine fine." She muttered trying to sit up. The blonde alien immediately laid back down as a lovely wave of nausea slammed into her.
" So why did you go out there?" Talia's mother asked.
Because I wanted to. Talia thought. " No reason."
" Oh really?" The Queen raised an eyebrow. " Alright. Who was that human boy Five and Three found you talking to?" She asked.
Note to self: Smack both of them hard! There's no way I'm gonna get out of this place again. Talia thought mentally pounding her head on a wall.
" Alright. I won't ask anymore. But watch out for your father, dear. He's on a warpath. Took me a day to calm him down enough to talk reasonably." She said.
Talia gulped. " Great." She winced.
The queen smirked. " That's what I said. Get better soon okay? You've already been out for a two days." She said before leaving the girl's chambers.
Talia sighed looking at the ceiling of her room. This sucks. She sighed.
" Oh, right how silly of me to forget." The queen said laughing while walking back into the room. Talia blinked and looked at her mother.
The queen smoothed back her blonde hair, looking into the mirror. " It seems that the message we've sent out to some of the human's space colonies have been received. They're saying that they will side with us in this war." She said.
" And go against their own kind?" Talia asked, feeling mildly disgusted at that bit of information.
" Yes, it seems strange. But they said that we could wipe out all their forces if they seem to act rebellious in anyway." The queen said. " Also one of the last secret human mobil suit organizations have said that they'll join up with us. And on the same terms as those three colonies."
" Don't you find this disturbing?" Talia asked.
The queen shrugged. " I do, yet your father and the human's both say. That they don't like the way this planet is being run and would love to change it forever. Something about a perfect utopia ..but it just turned into blah blah blah blah blah after about ten minutes of it." She said.
Solo and his friends better figure this out soon. Talia thought listening to her mother explain the situation further.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" Your really ready?" Kim asked looking at the cobalt blue eyed girl.
" I'm fine! Good god stop worrying so much!" Ikiiki muttered watching her Gundam get loaded into the carrier.
" I mean, you all could get caught. The people would kill you if they found out that there's still mobil suits around." Kim argued.
" We won't get caught." Yusuke said stepping up beside Ikiiki. " I'll make sure of that." He said.
Kim shook her head. " I still don't want, only you two going this alone. So many things could go wrong!" She said.
" Truly Kim you're acting like a worry wart." Nishou yelled looking up from the computer she was sitting at.
" Yea, she's right. Go take a chill pill. We've got a schedule to follow if we actually want to test this out. And we're going to miss our opening." Ikiiki said.
"Can't you take Kazen with you too!?" Kim asked.
" If we bring anymore than two. Those colonies will pick up the Gundams." Yusuke said. " And this is Kazen where talking about here." He sweatdropped.
" Oh right." Kim also sweatdropped.
"Besides, this adds a new twist to the mission." Ikiiki grinned.
Kim sighed. " Okay, I'll trust you all. But if anything goes wrong, tell us immediately!" She said.
Ikiiki nodded and boarded the carrier.
" Don't worry to much. Space can't be that dangerous." Yusuke smiled before joining Ikiiki on the carrier.
" Oh but it can, Yusuke. It so can be.." Kim sighed watching the carrier prepare to take off.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Kazen closed the book he was holding and walked over to the braided pilot sitting in front of a computer, in the Garden's library. " Wazzup?" He asked.
Solo blinked looking away from the screen. " Just checking out student records. I sorta bribed Ikiiki to show me how." He said before going back to rapidly typing on the keyboard.
" Why?" Kazen asked.
" I met this girl two days ago." Solo said. Kazen raises an interested eyebrow. " And she said she lives here, but I can't find her school records, or medical files at all." He said.
" What's her name." Kazen said.
" Tanya."
Kazen sat down in a char next to Solo, his lanky form stretching to look over Solo's shoulder. " Hmm… I dunno then. Did she tell you anything else?" He asked.
" That she was new to this area. And it was the first Garden she'd ever been in. " Solo replied.
Kazen sweatdropped. " Well that didn't help out much." He said.
" Your telling me. I also…sorta asked her out to the Festival." Solo said sheepishly.
" Let me get this straight. You met some girl a few days ago. You all talked for a little while. And you asked her out without even knowing who exactly she was? No last name no nothing!?" Kazen said.
Solo sweatdropped. " Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." He said.
" That girl must be pretty dang cute to just make you lose your mind like that. " Kazen said.
" She is." Solo grinned. " Wonder if she'll even come on Friday."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" What do you mean I can go anywhere anymore!?" Talia demanded looking at her father. I have a date on Friday!! She thought.
" I meant what I said. You are confined to this room until further notice." He said.
The princess got out of her bed and stormed over to her father. " You can't do this! You just can't lock me up in this ship like some kind of animal." She said.
" I don't think of you as a animal, Talia. It is just to dangerous to go out onto that planet." The king said, looking down at his daughter.
" But you still can't do this! If you want me to rule this planet some day, I must know what it's like! Nobody knew I wasn't of their race while I was there! They really aren't all that bad father!" Talia protested.
" What has gotten into you lately!? All you do is go against my wishes now. Your going to get yourself killed Talia if you continue with this. Besides it is to late to go back. You should remember that our home world was destroyed yes?" The king said.
Talia bit her lip. " But that doesn't mean you have to kill thousands of lives just to get another home for us. We are doing fine living on this ship." She said.
"But we can't do this forever."
" I know that! Why won't you listen to me!" Talia yelled, her cheeks flushing in anger.
" Because." The king turned away from his daughter. " You are just a child." He looked back at her. " And a stupid one at that. I cannot believe you'd go and side with those humans."
" And you are a fool!" Talia said smacking her father. " Get out of my chambers! You are no longer my father King Iolite! I am only the daughter of Queen Natina!" Talia yelled. " You are just a greedy man, fooling my people that what you are doing is right! May I also remind you that all your highest advisors are human too! Do you think of them like you think of the rest of their race. Are you just going to kill them after you claim this planet as your own, just using them as pawns on your little chess board of war!? I surely hope that are not your intentions Iolite, because if they are I will tell Four and all of them what your up too!"
" And remember this King, When I step up on that throne. Your lies will be made known!" She shrieked.
King Iolite glared at his daughter. " I hope that, For your sake. That you are just delusional from your sickness right now." He muttered before turning on his heel and storming out of the room.
Talia sat down on her bed, not believing what she'd just declared. " But it's also the truth…." She murmured.
"Yesh girl you sure did twist his crown the wrong way." Two said from the doorway.
Talia looked up at the smirking braided man. " But maybe it got him thinking?" She asked.
Two shrugged. " Who knows, I just feel sorry for Queen Natina now, Oi, is Iolite gonna rant to her." He said.
" Mother always has her earplugs ready though." Talia laughed.
Two flashed one of his infamous grins. " So….since your all stuck in here. You want me to sneak ya sumthin from the kitchen?" He asked.
The alien princess's eyes lit up. " Oh, oh! Those lil pastry things with the chocolate fillings!?" She exclaimed.
" Of course." Two replied. " I'll be back in a sec."
" Two?" Talia called after the chestnut haired man.
" Eh?" He said looking back at her.
" Before, like, you were living here. Do you remember like what your life was like?" She asked.
Two scratched the back of his head, looking mildly confused. " To tell you the truth, I don't remember a damn thing. I don't think the others do anyway." He said. " Why you ask?"
" You just remind me of some boy I met, while I was out." She said softly.
Two chuckled. " Princess you're blushing." He said before walking out.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" Uh oh" Ikiiki said simply.
" What?" Yusuke asked looking over at the cobalt blue eyed girl.
" Someone's following us…I don't think they're friendly either." She said.
Yusuke sweatdropped. " Kim jinxed us!" He exclaimed.
" You sure the Gundams are hidden under the floor right?" Ikiiki asked.
" I watched the TPH put them down there. We should be fine if anyone tries to poke around." He replied.
" I swear, I'm at this Garden for three days and I'm put on a carrier with two Gundams and thrown into space, where I get chased by some damn ship." Ikiiki sighed.
" You're telling me." The Chinese boy said.
" We can't outrun them, and it doesn't look like they're just following us…But the question is who the hell are they?" Ikiiki said typing on the keyboard in front of her rapidly.
" Carrier to Garden! Garden come in!" Yusuke yelled into the intercom. Ikiiki pulled out a pistol and handed it to him.
" I'm going to land this thing, there's a colony right over there." She said gesturing to the screen. " You keep trying to get the TPH or someone else."
Yusuke took the pistol and set it down next to him on the desk. " Carrier to Garden!" He called again
" Yello?" Hotoki said.
" This is Yusuke. We've got a problem where's Kim?"
" Umm…." Hotoki said, " I think she's out guy stalking."
Yusuke just about fell out of his chair. " Oh wait! No she's here hold on." The red haired girl said before screaming. " KIM! That Yusuke dude wants to talk to you!"
" Uh-oh" Ikiiki said again.
" Uh-oh? Why uh-oh? Uh-oh is not good word!" The worried voice of Kim demanded.
Someone's firing at us!" Ikiiki yelled forcing the carrier to lurch to the right.
Yusuke gripped onto the desk station to keep from falling out of his chair and into the wall, while Ikiiki wildly steered the carrier away from the beams from the ship behind them.
" Well get away from that area!" Kim yelled.
" Don' t you think we've tried that?" Ikiiki growled in annoyance, she jerked on the controls suddenly, sending the carrier speeding forward towards the open landing deck of the colony.
" Yusuke!" She yelled.
Yusuke pulled the headphones off his head, ignoring the worried shouts from Kim. " What!?" He asked.
Ikiiki was unfastening her restraint to the chair. " The carrier's gonna crash into the wall at the end of this runway." She stood up having freeing herself from the restraint. " We need to get as far back as possible!" She yelled.
The carrier had already entered the landing deck, and was skidding past confused works on the metal floor. Sending sparks at them also.
The carrier slid over to the right wall, still going as fast as ever towards the end of the runway. This sent Ikiiki sprawling out onto the floor, Yusuke face first into the desk he was standing in front of.
" Come on!" Yusuke yelled after regaining his balance. He half helped half picked up the brown haired girl, and started hauling her to the door in the back of the cockpit.
Yusuke pounded on the panel opening the door that lead to the cargo hold, where both their Gundams where safely hidden.
Both teenagers looked back over their shoulders a wave of dread waving over them. Ikiiki eyes got wider as time seemed to slow down and the carrier slammed nose first into the wall, she didn't even notice Yusuke push her though the door and throw her to the ground; using himself to cover the cobalt eyed girl.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" Yusuke!? Ikiiki!?" Kim yelled into the headset. All she got was a static reply.
Three of the TPH members watched their employer continue yelling into the headset. Until Kumori stepped up next to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
" I'm sure their okay Kim, I wouldn't worry. Ikiiki's not the kind of girl that'll let herself die so vainly. And Yusuke's wouldn't either." He said.
" I heard an explosion." Kim whispered…..
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" So we haven't heard anything for three days ne?" Misora said quietly looking at the frantic redhead.
" No! Gods what could of happened!?" Kim said pacing the length of her office.
" I wouldn't worry so much. Both of them are pretty well on their own." Solo said.
Merian stopped pacing with Kim and looked at Solo and Misora. " How can you be so calm!?" She demanded.
Solo sweatdropped. " Well uh…" He shrugged. " It's a talent, I guess."
" We could send out a missing persons report." Niji suggested.
Kim shook her head. " No good. The headmaster would find out, causing more trouble than you'd imagine for you and Nishou and the others." She said. " I should be gone from the Garden now, and if Kain finds out I'm dead."
" Okay, missing persons out. So, I say we wait a few more days until going after them. Besides, the Festival's tonight." Kazen said, then winked at Solo. " I'm sure some people would hate to miss that."
All four of the people in the office looked at Solo.
" What!?"
All four shook their heads, sweatdropping.
" I agree with Kazen." Niji stated. " We shouldn't worry to much. I'm sure they can handle themselves."
" Same here." The others chorused uncertainly.
" Seems like it's the only thing we really can do at the moment." Kim said. " Kazen's right, we can worry about this tomorrow, I guess. Well at least you can. I'll worry for all of you tonight."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*" Good god this is boring." Ikiiki muttered watching the door, like she had been doing for the past two days.
" Well, you did shoot at least twenty-five guys before they actually got to you. I took down about fifteen. Maybe they're still deciding what to do." Yusuke said looking at the blue eyed girl, sitting against the wall of a barely furnished room. He sighed and sat down in the chair.
Ikiiki winced and laid back down on the cold floor. " I would have gotten more if they didn't shoot me." She growled.
" What'd you expect them to say. ' Oh of course you can crash your carrier into our colony, kill at least five workers while you're at it. And gun down the rest.'" Yusuke asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Ikiiki shoot the dark brown haired boy a death glare. " No." She winced again. " I just wish they haven't of had to shot me. And broken my arm." She complained.
Yusuke got up from the old chair he was sitting in and knelt down to the cobalt-eyed girl. " You need to stop moving." He said ripping off another part of the bottom of his shirt. The Chinese boy silently thanked his logic for deciding to wear one of his long shirts. " That wound reopened again."
Ikiiki snorted. " I don't know what's worse. That gunshot wound or your first aid." She said.
Yusuke snorted mocking Ikiiki. " I don't know what's worse either, your complaining or my boredom." He said. He then wrapped the strip of cloth around the brunette's stomach, covering the other blood soaked strips that were placed over the gun wound, and knotted it firmly keeping the pressure on the wound.
" Someone needs to come soon." Yusuke muttered, sliding next to Ikiiki and resting his back against the wall.
The cobalt eyed girl looked at Yusuke her eyes suddenly serious and clouded with confusion. " Why…" She asked. " Why are you doing this?"
" What? Sitting on my butt?" Yusuke laughed. " Well I can't really help that. I'd rather not sit on my head thank you."
Ikiiki shook her head. " No I mean you know, with me being injured and all. I mean I've been like a bitch to everyone especially you." She said. " I even gave you a black eye." She said softly.
" Which has healed after numerous ice pack treatments, mind you." Yusuke said. "Besides, you haven't felt pain until you've fought Merian when she's pissed off. Not that she can beat me up. I'm stronger...just..yea.."
" Besides, not everyone in the world hates your guts." He recovered, lookingdown at her. " I certainly don't." (Author: WAFF!!!! Translation: Warm And Fuzzy Feeling.)
Ikiiki started to say something but the Chinese boy held up his hand silencing her. " You should rest." He said. " I'll start thinking up of a way for us to bust out of this place. And you'll need to be fully recovered when we leave."
The Japanese blue eyed pilot sighed, yet didn't protest against the boy's command and was dead asleep in minutes.
Yusuke looked down at the girl, mildly relieved that she'd complied without putting up a fight. Yet worried because that probably meant she was getting weaker. Ikiiki tried to hide it from her face, but her voice was dripping with pain. He hated to see the brunette like that, but there was noting he could really do.
Hell, it nearly killed me when I saw her get shot. Yusuke though. He frowned. Oi, Ikiiki why do I feel that I must protect you like I do Merian? He asked silently.
Why do you seem so important to me? Even know I've only known you for such a short time. Yusuke gently brushed the Japanese's girl's bangs away from her closed eyed. I don't doubt that maybe this feeling could be…love? But no matter what it is. I'll protect you, you and Merian. The few important things in my life, whoever made the statement about ' love at first sight', was dead right.
" I'll protect you." He whispered before kissing Ikiiki's forehead tenderly.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*(AN: The rest of the chapter seems slightly odd....To many mountain dews for this author I guess...)
Solo sighed scanning the crowded ballroom once again. Sitting on the top of the stairwell, the braided pilot dressed in a pair of black slacks and a long sleeved black shirt he hadn't really dressed up at all. In fact, he was dressed as he usually does.
Solo glanced at his wristwatch again. 9: 15… She's late. He sighed again. Tanya had told him in her last e-mail that'd she would be here by nine o'clock. The violet eyed boy had been talking though the Internet to Tanya, after the day they had met. She had told him that she was staying at her parents friend's house until she got better. Which she did after a two days.
Solo had spent long hours talking her to about whatever popped into the teenage boy mind. That was usually followed by Tanya saying that he was a funny boy, and laughing about his strangeness.
" Hey Solo! Your mystery girl shown up yet?" Kazen asked plopping down next to Solo. He shook his head trying to get his platinum blue hair out of his eyes, then sweatdropped as his bangs just fell back into place.
" Not yet." Solo sighed.
" Well, that's good." Kazen stood up and drawling a glass bottle from his pocket. " Because she's over there, standing by that wall."
" And you now just told me!?" Solo sweatdropped standing up.
Kazen faintly hiccuped. " Well, you never asked. And I wanted to talk to this 'Tanya' For a second." He said.
Solo raised an eyebrow at the blue haired boy. " Gimme that!" He said snatching the bottle out of his hand.
" Shh!! It's lemonade." Kazen laughed winking.
(AN: *points at the PG-13 rating and also winks)
" Oi," Solo sweatdropped and handed the bottle back. " Don't get to drunk man." He said before jogging down the stairs and moving though the mass of teenagers trying to get to the other side of the ballroom, muttering apologizes as he ran into someone or other.
" Whatcha doing Kazen?" Misora asked tapping the blue eyed boy's shoulder. She was dressed in a short light blue dress and had her hair up in a low pony tail.
Kazen waved his hand at Misora, signaling for her to stay quiet. " I'm spying on Solo." He said.
" Why?" Merian asked coming up beside Misora, dressed in a simple gray Chinese dress, with her hair let down.
" Because he's meeting a mystery girl!" Kazen drawled, looking slightly flushed in the cheeks.
" Ooooooh." Both Misora and Merian said, they hid behind the table with Kazen, watching the brown haired boy walk up to a girl.
" Uh….Hey!……." Solo stammered looking at Tanya. " Pretty….you…..tonight…" Yet in this case pretty might have been an understatement. Tanya had donned one of her lesser formal gowns which was a short royal purple, that fitted her figure perfectly. The dress actually was quiet plain, yet very few women could wear it as well as it was worn now. She had ankle high black boots on, and her blonde hair was hanging lose around her shoulders, with forget-me-nots woven in here and there.
" You…too…." She laughed. " So….me…..late….not….right?" She asked mimicking the boy's stuttering.
Solo nodded. " No…..time….on…."
Meanwhile Merian, Misora, and Kazen where sweatdropping at the broken conversation, between swigs of Kazen's ' lemonade'. " I don't" Kazen hiccuped then continued. " Believe he's stuttering like that."
Merian was busy chugging another bottle that Kazen had brought out, so she didn't reply.
" He's just nervous…No worries. He'll come around…" Misora giggles.
" They shouldn't be just standing there….that's injushtish y'know." Merian said. " We should help y'know?" Apparently the 'lemonade' had a faster affect on the Chinese girl.
" Do you have the feeling we're being watched." Solo asked, looking around warily.
" We've been found! Scramble!" Kazen cried before trying to get up, but fell back down before he could get anywhere. " On the other hand…..nevermind…" He laughed.
Merian and Misora just sweatdropped.
" Hey I know." Solo said brightening up. " C'mon let's go dance!" He suggested.
" Ahh…..noo.." Tanya shook her head.
" Why not?"
" Because I sorta…Well, I can't really dance." She said, looking embarrassed.
Solo grinned. " That's fine! I'm a good teacher." He said before grabbing the blonde's hand and escorting her to the dance floor.
" Yes!" Merian cheered softly. " Go Solo!" She looked at the blue haired boy. " You gots any more of that 'lemonade'?" She asked.
Kazen was looking mournfully at the ninth and last empty bottle. " Nope."
" IIIYAAAA!!!!! INJUSHTISH!!!" The Chinese girl cried.
" OI, not so loud Merian." Kazen complained. " Besides you had the most out of all three of us.." He glared at the black haired girl.
" C'mon I think I saw some ice-cream at the food table." Misora said standing up.
" Hn, not a bad idea." Kazen said
" Viva la sundae!" Merian yelled joining the other to in the parade to the food table.
" Next time we don't give her any." Kazen whispered to Misora, who nodded sweatdropping.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*A seven year old Yusuke Chang sat on a pale hospital bed next to his six year old sister.
" Mommy and Daddy are going to be okies right?" The little black haired girl asked turning her innocent tear filled eyes to her older brother.
" I don't know." Yusuke said.
" But…" Merian said.
Yusuke shook his head. " Merian. I don't remember anything." He said.
" Nothing?" Merian asked.
The young Chinese boy sniffed shaking his head again. He felt so utterly lost, but he wouldn't cry. He had to be strong for Merian, no matter what happened.
Both children looked up, slightly startled as the door opened. A doctor dressed in a white lab coat walked in and knelt down next to the bed.
" I'm sorry I have to tell you two this." The doctor said before sighing. " But that colony was completely destroyed. There's no way your parents could have survived."
Merian went rigid behind and gripped a little harder onto his left arm. Yusuke blinked not really knowing what to say or do.
" Your parents are as good as dead. If the explosion didn't kill them, surely the lack of air in space did." The doctor said.
" No!" Merian cried." That's a lie! Daddy was strong and so was Mommy! They're not dead! They couldn't be! Mister you gotta be wrong!" She yelled.
" I'm so sorry this had to happen to you both at such a young age." The doctor said shaking his head sadly.
Merian burst into tears sobbing. " Mommy….Daddy…" She whispered.
" We're going to have to send you both to an orphanage." The doctor said, then continued to explain on about what would happen to the two Chang children.
Yusuke hugged his sister, who was still crying in more pain than any child her age should. The dark brown haired boy stroked Merian's hair back trying to give a little comfort, or maybe just ease her pain.
Because Yusuke didn't remember anything, he didn't feel any pain about hearing that his parents where dead. He didn't remember his parent's name's, what they looked, acted, and sounded like. Just nothing, a blank. For a short while after he woke up, he didn't even know who he was. After talking to Merian for a short time, she had told him that she was his sister and what his name was. But Merian just thought he was confused, not that he lost his memories.
" It'll be okay Merian.' He said softly. " We'll make it though. At least you still member Mommy and Daddy." He said. Envying his sister for a second because she did.
He didn't…..
And that was that….
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Yusuke jolted awake from a semi-peaceful sleep, he looked around the room quickly before sighing and running a shaky hand though his shoulder length dark brown hair.
I hate that dream. He thought
Ikiiki stirred in her sleep, still resting her head on the Chinese's boy's lap. Yusuke frowned noting that the cloth he had put over the brunette's wound had already soaked thought.
Not good. He thought, preparing to tear his shirt again to make another bandage, then sweatdropped noticing that not much of one of his favorite shirts was really left. So he just took it off.
He tore off another strip and covered the other cloths. Someone has got to come soon. He thought slightly worried.
" This is the room." A man said from outside the door.
" Whoa… talk about predicable. " The brown haired boy sweatdropped, before shaking Ikiiki gently.
" Gah, I feel like shit, you better have a good reason for waking me up Yusuke." Ikiiki complained sitting up.
" Shh…Someone's out there." Yusuke said.
" Great." Ikiiki muttered. She drew out another gun and handed it to Yusuke. " Use it if you think it's right." She said.
Yusuke boggled. Okay! Where the hell does she keep these things!? Bra space!? He thought nodding and taking the gun, he slipped it into his back pocket.
I suggest you be cautious in there. Those two killed thirty men before we where able to capture them." The man, probably who was a guard said.
" We'll be fine." A monotone sounding voice said.
" You can be dismissed for now. We'll call if there's any trouble." A lighter sounding female voice said.
Yusuke was busy racking his mind for a plan, but didn't hear the door open. Or the gasps from the woman and Ikiiki at the same time.
Eh? What? He thought looking up at the door.
The Chinese boy blinked looking from the man and the woman standing at the door to Ikiiki, who's face had paled remarkably.
……They…look almost like…The brown haired boy thought. Almost like….family!??
