Warnings: het, yaoi, Crawford POV, OOC, mild language

Ratings: pg-13

Disclaimer: Not mine, just borrowing them. I promise that when I am done I will give them back in the same condition that I found them.

Pairings: Nagi+Tot, Ken+Yuriko, Schu+Omi, Farfarello+Yohji




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If I were a religious man I would believe that the gods are out to get me.

Life of late has been even more trying than usual. That idiot Takatori has lost both of his sons and is becoming increasingly more irritable, more impatient. He wants things to go his way immediately, he wants me to find the people responsible for the death of those two delinquents and kill them. Something that I cannot do, and yet if I am less than thorough in my efforts I endanger the lives of my own team.

The future is destabilizing, and I am not entirely certain how to fix it. The only think I can think of is to keep all major players alive and as sane as possible, with a little luck things might even out.

Siberians list is sitting on my desk, not that I still have a use for it. We know for certain what Schuldigs 'remedy' is, and finding out was about as traumatizing an event as any of us could imagine. But really, who would have thought that the chipper little brat was the key?

I wish we had.

Schuldig has been fluctuating between overwhelming joy at finding his balance, painful guilt at having delivered the teen to his abusive brother, confusion that someone so outwardly happy must become such a large part of his life, and despair at having possibly already destroyed any chance of ever forming a relationship.

He spent a few hours last night searching carefully through the boys mind, trying to find out why they match so well. I do not know what he found, but if I were to judge by the sounds of breaking furniture it could not have been good.

That emotional roller coaster is wearing us all out and I fear what will happen if he isn't snapped out of it soon. I know that he has something planned; I just hope that I can work it into a coherent plan that won't annihilate our chances of survival.

As if Schuldig weren't enough, I also find myself forced to deal with Nagis growing feelings for Tot and Farfarellos ever increasing fascination for Balinese.

Why did my teammates have to choose now to fall in love?

We do not have time for this. Estet is getting closer to discovering our secrets, it is getting harder and harder to hold them back and we cannot afford to be weakened or distracted.

Things are quickly coming to a head, the next few weeks are absolutely vital and everything seems to be unraveling around me.




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Hello Siberian, how is Bombay doing?

Of course I want to know. You four are important to the future.

We cannot be obvious, the elders are not stupid and they are far too close already.

The elders, the council of overpowered lunatics who run Estet. They must never find out what I am trying to do. If they do we all die.

Yes, as a matter of fact I am more concerned about our lives than the fate of those innocents you lot champion. That is why I am a villain and you are all heroes. Now quit yammering and listen to me.

Schuldig has found what we have all been searching for, but it is beyond his grasp. You four must be careful, he is going to do something drastic and I am not yet certain of the consequences.

Good luck, you are going to need it.




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I hope he really can get them to listen, the flashes that I am getting are of pain…..for all of us. Something is coming, something that I have not anticipated, something that I am incapable of stopping because I cannot see it.

Things are changing faster than I can adapt to them and for the first time in a long time I feel helpless.




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Notes: Writing the way Crawford talks feels so…..stiff and unnatural. No conjunctions? Nooooo!!! Just hope it's not boring people too much. As per usual, all comments and criticism are more than welcome but flames will be used to scare my cat away from the kitchen sink!

Kasra: There might be something, but then there might not be. You'll just have to keep reading to find out!

He knows about Yuriko because he's been watching them since the second episode, for reasons that you already know because you have read Confessions!

Yes, there are definitely some really unpleasant things coming up. Some of them will be dealt with in the Schu sidefic and some in future chapters.

Misura: -Laughs-

If the reader wants a wedding then a wedding she shall have! But it's gonna be a while before I get to that.

Whee! You're always such a boost to my ego! And as I told Kasra, there might be something countering him. You'll just have to wait and see.