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~A Moonlight Dance with A Demon~

~Chapter Six: Rise Old Friend, Return of the Shadow Fighter~

            "No, it can't be."  Cloy gasped as she gazed at the masked face she had often dreamt about two years ago. "Y-you… you were dead.  I saw you go down with the dark gundam two years ago."

            The figure shook its head and said "No, not when your body is made of nothing but DG cells.  But thanks to Kyoji, that changed."

            "What do you mean?"  She asked.  But before he had the chance to answer she saw blood coming from his head and many other places.  "Oh Schwarz, your hurt badly."  She gasped as she ran over to him to examine him.

            "You were always a caring and gentle woman."  Schwarz Bruder sighed deeply as his eyelids drew heavy under the strain of running for two years and just being under the strain of a battle. "But I don't know if I have much time left on this Earth."  He looked up to the stars out the window and added "I just had to make sure my old friend made it though this."

            "No, don't talk like that.  You're going to be fine."  Cloy said in a determined voice as she started unbuttoning his coat.  "Kyoji, wake up honey."  She said over her shoulder.  She knew it wouldn't work really but she could always try.

            "Oh honey, just five more minuets.  I bet it's not even six yet."  Was all she got in response.

            "Kyoji honey you need to get up and help me."  She said.

            Kyoji yawned and tried opening his eyes, but to no avail.

            "Schwarz is alive." She then said and Kyoji bolted up out of a sound sleep to see his old friend sitting in a chair with blood smeared all over him. 

            "What happened? How is he…?"  He trailed off.

            "Please, I'll explain all later."  Schwarz said with a wave of his hand. "First I must rest.  I am afraid I can't stay awake much longer."

            "Schwarz, since… since the gundam fights are over, and it would make more sense.  Could you take your mask off?  I promise it'll help."  Cloy asked gently while taking his hand.

            Schwarz considered her request for just a moment, and then nodded.  The mask was caked with blood from his head.  Cloy pulled it off with ease and what she saw took her aback just a little.  She saw blond spiky hair and a young face.  One that reminded her much of Kyoji.

            "How is this possible?  I remember distinctly that when I defeated you with the dark gundam you were much older Schwarz."  Kyoji said looking him strait in the eye.

            Schwarz looked back and said "Old friend, you are the scientist.  Think about it.  When our bodies became fused in the gundam, so did are DNA.  When we defused into two separate bodies, our DNA took back our own traits.  But also copied a few of the others into our own.  Because you are so much younger then me, my DNA copied that trait into my body.  I am now 25 instead of 45." 

            "Yes, that would explain what's been happening with me lately.  To tell the truth, I've been acting like you."  Kyoji said in truth.

            Schwarz smiled, the kind of smile Cloy had fallen in love with with Kyoji, and said "Only the good one's I hope." 

            Kyoji smiled and nodded and while taking Schwarz's hand said "Only the good ones." 

            "Alright, if you two are done reminiscing about the wonderful traits you don't have, I must get Schwarz to bed.  He is exhausted."  Cloy cut in.

            They both laughed heartily, Schwarz still loved her, and he couldn't deny that.  But his friend Kyoji loved her more, and was faster on the gun then he was.  He smiled at her and said "Thank you.  As I said, you truly are the most caring woman I've ever met."  He kissed the back of her hand and let Kyoji lift him up off the chair and took him to an extra bed in an extra room in his brother's home.

            "We can tell Domon about Schwarz tomorrow."  Cloy whispered to Kyoji.  He nodded and carefully laid Schwarz down, where Cloy proceeded to strip him of his soiled cloths and clean his wounds efficiently.

            Schwarz was happy to be back in the hands of a woman.  He always had a weak spot for women, especially this woman.  He sighed deeply, but softly enough so she couldn't hear him other wise she would just slap him and say he was getting soft. 

            He noticed a hand mirror near by and picked it up to look at himself.  "I have gotten younger haven't I?"  He said aloud.

            She smiled a little and said "Yes you have.  If I weren't married to Kyoji and didn't know him, I wouldn't mind chasing you around the block a few times."  She smirked when he looked up at her and finished wrapping his ribs.

            "What's going on?"  Cloy heard a sleepy voice ask behind her.  She turned around and saw Rain standing in the doorway.  "Who's this?" she asked.

            "Oh, hi Rain."  Schwarz said with a wave.

            "Uh, Rain I don't know how to tell you this but…. This is Schwarz."  Cloy said turning to face her.

            "Oh ok."  Rain said and went to turn around.  But it must have just registered with her because she fainted.  

            Fortunately Kyoji caught her before she fell and Cloy couldn't help but comment. "You were always good at catching woman when they fall." 

            Kyoji said nothing and sat her in a chair and started to fan her a little.  They were able to finally wake her up and started to tell her the whole story…. So far as they knew.

            "Oh, who did this to you Schwarz?" she asked as she helped Cloy take care of him

            Schwarz was in heaven at the moment with two women taking care of him, so he didn't hear the question.  But he was soon pulled out of his little world when Rain asked again. "Oh, I don't think you all want to know."  He replied.

            "No, go a head and tell us."  Cloy said as she took care of a stomach wound.

            "Well, Ulube Ishikawa.  You see, I thought he was dead up until a few months a go.  I went looking for him and… well… found him.  As you can see."  He replied

            Rain nodded and said "Well don't you worry. We aren't going let anything happen to you again." 

            Schwarz was loving this.  "Too bad, though, Rain is engaged and Cloy is married." He thought

            Cloy noticed this look in his eye and decided it would be good for Schwarz to start… seeing other women.  She didn't dare mention any of this to him or Kyoji and his brother.  She knew they would want their little grubby hands in the pie and then it would be all messed up.  She had seen Kyoji at work as a match maker. To be frank, he sucked.

            She smiled and said "Well, don't you worry. You're going to be perfectly safe here with us." 

            He smiled charmingly and said "I know. I'm not worried."

            She smiled a little and stroked his head a little and said "Rest.  I'll bring your food up to you in the morning."  He nodded and laid back and shut his eyes.

            She looked over at where she had set Kyoji after he was getting a little tired and found him asleep like a little baby.  She sighed and went over to wake him. "Good night Cloy."  She heard Rain say as she went to leave.

            "Good night Rain."  She said back and sat down next to Kyoji. "Oh Kyoji honey.  Its time to get up to go to bed." 

            "Oh, but I don't wana."  He groaned. 

            She put his arm around her neck and said "Come on sleepy head.  Time to go to bed." 

            He barely walked with her and when she got him to bed he literally collapsed onto the bed and passed right out.  "Oh honey, you must be very tired."  She sighed as she tucked him in.  She then heard her son crying and thought to herself "My work is never done" and went to tend to his needs.

            She walked back into the room Schwarz was resting in and got Kiy out of his crib and started to rock him.  "He is beautiful." She heard a husky voice say.  One drowned in drowsiness.

            She smiled and looked to Schwarz saying "Yeah, he's my baby boy."  She sat down in a rocking chair and let him eat as she rocked him back to sleep.

            She heard Schwarz's lion roar of a yawn and smiled a little. "You'll never change Schwarz Bruder."

"And neither will you Cloy O'Conall." Schwarz said back as he looked at her then laid back and added "and I am distinctly happy for that, because Kyoji picked the right woman." 

            She blushed a little and kept feeding Kiy and rocking him until he was just as sound asleep as his father.

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OK, here is chapter six. I hope you all like it.  R+R and you'll make me so happy.  Thanks to my readers The Four Random Ones and ColREHogan.  I appreciate your support.  Thanks again.

Chapter Seven: The Difference Between Men and Boys