Ok, well, I've kind of got this song running through my head right now, and well, I realize it's country. So sue me. Wait... don't sue me... you wouldn't get anything, and I don't really wanna go to court. Anyway, "Leaving October Behind" belongs to the Sons of the Desert, and really wasn't supposed to be used in this fic (I'd been listening for my novel) but since Johnna and Blue keep getting confused in my head, I've decided to use it for this too! Also, I'm cutting out some of the lyrics that make no sense to this fic, so if you know the song and wonder what happened, there you go. And any characters that aren't mine hopefully aren't butchered too badly in here.

//The autumn leaves they rush outside my window
Like they've got something so important they must do//

Blue sighed as she sat in the bay window that was in her bedroom, holding the picture of her, Mateo, and Damian. Those were her guys, no matter what she tried to believe. Mattie had been there from day one, and he had supported her through her first pregnancy, and raised the boy with her.
Damian was a good kid too. She really did admire how well he handled himself, and how he could so easily slip back and forth from bishonen to human, depending on the situation.
He was much better than the girl, anyone could plainly see that. As much as Kaos persuaded her to try to punish the chibi Ken that attacked Alissandra, and put her in the infirmary, Blue couldn't do it. Heck, after the fight, the boy even evolved to the inbetween state of the chibi and the Kaizer- he was now the young Emperor, so Blue just blamed the attack on the fact that he was ready to evolve.

//I struck a match to light the furnace in the hallway
I could smell the summer dust burning in the vent
It's just another thing that brings your memory back to me//

Mateo sat in one of the guest rooms of the AC gym near the fireplace, trying to warm himself up. This was actually a rare occasion for the master of cold and ice attacks from the HV gym, but it was more theraputic than anything.
He loved the fireplace that Blue kept in her bedroom. She was always cold, so she kept it lit almost all the time in the winter.
Mateo chuckled to himself as he lit a cigarette. It was just another way that they were so alike. He knew that was why she couldn't be with him constantly, but Mateo was not one to change. Then again, neither was Blue.
"Mattie?" Ele whispered as she knocked on the door. The bishonen tossed his cigarette in the fire as she opened the door. "Do you want to talk? In English?"
Mateo sighed as he stared out the window. "Oui."
"That's not English." Ele smiled as she walked over to the window and sat down in a chair facing him.
"Yeah, I know." He sighed again. "Here we are again Ele. She's going to do something so stupid, and I know I'm going to forgive her for it."
"Mattie," Ele sighed as she pulled a bottle of Jack Daniels from the dresser drawer, as well as two glasses.
"I don't drink Ele, you know that." He smiled as he looked at the gym leader pouring the glasses of whiskey. "Besides, if I would drink, you know it would be gin."
"God, I swear if she didn't have that psychic ablilty, I'd swear she was a female version of you."
"I think that's the problem, cher." Mateo shook his head as he lifted the glass to his lips, downing the contents in one gulp. "We are too much alike. We're too damn stubborn to admit to our mistakes."
"Maybe you need to be the one to open up."
"Cher, that would be like Wufei opening up to someone. It just won't happen."
Ele smiled. "Well, you're opening up to me, and I could just go back and tell Kitty everything you said."
"I know you won't do that though." Mateo pulled another cigarette from his pocket. "May I?"
"Whatever." Ele sighed as she watched the blond bishie take a few drags, hoping the combo of nicotine and alcohol would get him to open up even more. "I do want to tell you that Kitty called, again, to let you know that Ali was attacked by a chibi Ken who was ready to evolve."
"Alissandra deserved it, I'm sure."
Ele just smiled. He and Blue were just too much alike. "Could you let me know what happened for her to bring Kaos back?"
Mateo nodded, allowing the cigarette to dangle from his lips. "He brought Damian home, like you know, and I lost it. I really thought D was his, and I couldnt' handle that. Madame proved to me that Damian was mine, and I tried to just forget that Kaos was living there. Somehow, he ended up taking my place with Madame." He sighed. "She's so stupid at times. Anyway, she had Ali soon after, and Kaos was absolutely sure that she was his kid, so I left them alone. But she's not his kid, and he doesn't know that. Damian tipped him off to that fact, but he's even more stupid than Madame, so he'll never figure it out."

//If I live in the past, there's no future
I'm looking forward to leaving October behind//

"Blue, you've got to make up your mind one of these days." Kaos whispered in her ear, hoping to wake the gym leader up.
"I don't know K. I can't just get rid of Mattie and Damian though."
Kaos sighed, folding his wings behind him. "Doll, I don't want to be on hold forever. Besides, Mateo and Damian made their choice. They left. They don't want to be around you doll."
This was too much. Here was this fling from her past telling her that the relationship she had with Mateo was nothing?
"Get out of here." She growled, the psychic energy around her flaring up as she stood to face Kaos.
"Doll, you're losing it." Kaos whimpered as he backed away from her.
"NOW!" She screamed as she sent a blast of psychic energy towards the demon, knocking him backwards and pushing him out of the door.

//It made me cry when I told her all about us
But they say there's nothing wrong with me
It just takes time//

Mateo hadn't left the chair by the fireplace since his talk with Ele the night before. He knew what he had to do now. First, he would go back to the gym and see if Blue had decided to marry Kaos. If she said yes, he would go back to the wild. Hell, he had survived as a chibi and champion level evolution out in the wild, so an ultima had better be able to live in the wild. If she said no, then he just might have a chance.
"Matt?" Hotura smiled as she and Damian entered the room. "Are you doing all right?"
"As good as could be expected Tura." He sighed as he looked up at his son. "Damian, if your mother marries Kaos, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go be a travelling trainer or something."
"Good boy." Mateo nodded as he leaned back in the chair, hoping to hide the tears that were slowly forming in his sapphire eyes.
"Wait." Hotura glanced nervously between the two. "We could put a stop to this. We're all strong enough, and I'm sure I could convince Daddy and Tousan to help."
"Your Tousan and Daddy aren't going to do anything." Mateo snapped. "I have to go back there, alone, and see what she wants to do with her life. No matter the decision she makes, I'll let you know son."
"Papa?" Damian ran over to his father, kneeling down in front of the bishonen. "What are you going to do."
"I can't say Damian."

//All things work for good
Has become my favorite verse
I've been told that they would
But when the nights get cold
And the leaves turn rust and gold
That's when your memory hurts.//

Blue staggered up the steps of the stable area where PB lived. She had just left the infirmary, where Jyou had told her that Ali wasn't doing too well, and may not even make it through the attack. She was still unconscious, and no matter what healing attacks that Blue or Jyou used, nothing seemed to work. After a bottle of gin, and a little vodka, she decided to visit her friend.
PB would know what to do. She was the sane one at the gym. She could make this all right once again.
"Dude," Blue slurred as she opened the door and walked in the small tv room. "Where the hell are you?"
In a few seconds, she heard a faint, 'I'll be there in a minute' coming from the bedroom.
"Did I wake you up?" Blue smiled as PB walked out of the bedroom wearing a dark blue robe.
"Yeah."
"Do you want me to leave?" Blue asked as she stretched out on the couch. "I don't want to be a bother."
PB sighed as she sat down on a chair. "You've never been a bother. So what's up?"
"I told Kaos to leave today, Ali's dying, and Mattie and Damian are still at Ele's."
"Wow." PB sighed again. "I go to town one day, and this place falls apart. What happened with Ali?"
"A ready to evolve Kaizer candidate attacked her, and none of the other chibis stopped him, and since Kojiro was out with me, and Kaos was out doing something, he pounded her pretty good."
PB laughed. "She probably reminds him of a Miyako."
Blue just glared. "Don't ever say that again." The blond stared intently at her nails, which she recently painted black. "So now I've lost everything but the gym. Any suggestions on how to get it back?"
PB nodded. "Yeah. Call Mateo and tell him that you're sorry."
"I don't think he'll forgive me again." Blue stood up then walked toward PB's bedroom. "So where's this picture you took of Felicia and Graf at the invitational?" Blue stopped dead as she stared in the bedroom.
Kaos stood there, looking in the mirror and trying to fix his hair.


Mateo dropped his cigarette to the ground, stepping on it as he stood outside the Heighton View Gym's doors. This would be the final time he talked to Blue about the issue of her and Kaos.
As soon as he entered, he knew that something was horribly wrong. The Jyou's that Blue kept were running frantically from their beds toward the infirmary, and the only other lights on in the building were in PB's living quarters.
In no time, he was running next to one of the Jyou's, where he learned that Alissandra's condition had turned for the worst. The chibi was choking on something, but there was nothing visible that could be hurting her, or so they concluded.
That left one answer to what was wrong with the girl. Blue and Kaos were fighting. He left the Jyou's side and ran through the gym to the second floor apartment where PB had lived the entire time she had worked at the gym.
"Oh my God..." Mateo trailed off as he stood in the doorway, watching Blue and Kaos attacking each other.
"What the hell happened!?" He yelled to PB, who was watching in horror as the two fought.
"She came up here drunk, and saw Kaos here. She just flipped out!"
Mateo folded his hands, wishing he hadn't been so close to the fire all day. It was going to take a while to generate a powerful enough cold attack to stop them. "What was Kaos doing up here?"
"Visiting." PB whispered as she looked at the ground.
"So that's what they call cheating now!?!" Blue screamed, taking to the air and sending another psychic blast at the demon.
Mateo couldn't resist the urge to laugh. "It doesn't feel so good, does it Madame!" No sooner than he finished speaking, Kaos was frozen in a sheet of ice from his attack.
"No, it doesn't." She growled, walking over to Kaos. "So what should we do with him Yama? You up to a real battle?"
Mateo smiled as he walked up to them, lighting another cigarette. "Non. I think the loss of his precious little Ali will have him torn up enough."
"What!?!" Kaos screamed, but was soon silenced by Mateo placing his hand on Kaos's face, freezing him again.
PB walked over to the two. "Ali's dead?"
Blue looked up at the celing, her eyes still illuminated from her battle. "Yep." She turned to face PB. "What I want to know is why in the hell you would do this to me. I trusted you man."
PB turned from her. "I don't know what came over me."
Mateo shook his head, grabbing his trainer's arm before she could attack her assistant. "Madame, this isn't the time for such things. Let them prepare the funeral for Ali. We have to go get Damian, then we can figure out what to do with them."
Blue nodded. "You heard the man."


Damian wasn't too sure what was going on when he saw both his dad and mom walking toward the AC gym. Blue smiled as he leaned over, kissing her forehead before knocking on the door.
"Welcome back." Ele smiled as she looked at the two. "And I think you've finally did something smart for once in your life Kitty."
"I've heard that a lot recently." She smiled as she walked over to Damian, hugging the boy. "Alissandra died last night, and Kaos and PB are probably going to be moving out, or aren't going to be affiliated with the gym anymore honey, but running the barns. We'll be back to normal."
The seventeen year old didn't really know what to say. "What about you and dad?"
"We're fine." Mateo smiled as he walked over to Blue. "I know this isn't the most appropriate timing Madame, but est-ce que vous m'épouserez?"