"Tell me, Kousuke, what other business could you have here. You obviously attacked Eyes because he attacked Ayumu correct? Well, you certainly don't think I would hurt Ayumu, do you?"

Kousuke glared at Kanone," I'm really not sure about that." He said, warily, "And yeah, I attacked Eyes because he hurt Ayumu. But why do you care why I attacked Eyes? Shouldn't you be getting revenge for your boy toy instead of asking questions?"

"You'd do best to watch what you say, Asazuki. I've got no problem killing you if you prove to be a problem." Kanone growled.

"I knew it!" Kousuke exclaimed, "You say you've changed, but you still sound like those damn Hunters!" Kousuke suddenly realized that Kanone was probably not the best person to pick a fight with, "And you never answered my question."

Kanone decided to ignore the Hunter comment, at least for now, "And what question would that be?"

"Why exactly do you care why I attacked Rutherford, it seems like you should be pummeling me into a bloody pulp." Kousuke immediately regretted what he said, "Ok, I probably shouldn't be giving him ideas!"

"Why do you care if Ayumu is hurt? Last I checked you couldn't stand him."

"You really shouldn't answer a question with a question, it's really annoying. And it's none of your business why I care if Ayumu is hurt. You two aren't together anymore. He doesn't concern you, so just back off. "Damn," Kousuke thought, "This isn't how I pictured this going at all. I just suspected he would be pissed and start fighting with me. I've still got a huge grudge against him. He's responsible for everything that has happened to us and Ayumu. I just want to knock him out, but my only chance is a surprise attack. He'd probably even see that coming. I didn't think this out very well."

"So you like Ayumu, is that it?"

"I said back off!" Kousuke was getting defensive, "Why does he always have to know everything? It's really annoying!"

"Does he...feel the same?" Kanone asked, uncertain, "Even though it would probably be for the best, it would still hurt if Ayumu had gotten over me that fast."

"Damn." Kousuke sighed. When Kanone was determined to find something out, he got what he wanted, "He doesn't really know. I think it's because of you...he really likes you." As much as it hurt to admit it, it was true. Ayumu was still in love with Kanone, that's why he was being distant with Kousuke.

"I see..." Kanone said, a bit sadly, buy happily as well. "So he still loves me. That makes me happy, I still care for him as well. However, Eyes...I can't just dump him. I love him with all my heart, what in the world should I do? Give up Ayumu and risk him hating me, or leave Eyes and risk my best friend never talking to me again. And also potentially killing the man I left him for. I suppose it would be best for everyone if..." Kanone sighed, "Kousuke, there's no reason to fight. We'd only be hurting Ayumu, whatever the outcome."

"Whatever." Kousuke dismissed Kanone, secretly happy that the older, not to mention frighteningly stronger and better at fighting, Blade Child had chosen the high road. Kousuke walked past Kanone to the door, "I'd hate to have to fight you, Kanone. But if you are the reason that Ayumu keeps getting hurt, I'll have to do something about it." With that Kousuke opened the door but before he could leave it was slammed shut by Kanone. Kousuke turned to look at Kanone and recognized the look in his eyes. It was like before when they were all younger. Kousuke, Rio, and Ryoko would constantly fight and it would piss Kanone off to no end, even though he never really did anything about it, it still wasn't a good idea to make him angry. That was back when all the Blade Children lived together. Kousuke missed those days, even if Kanone was always glaring at him for fighting with the girls, or worse when he would make fun of Eyes or Kanone behind their backs and got caught. Kanone was so protective of Eyes...it was scary. That was the look Kanone had in his eyes now...that if he wouldn't have been missed by his friends, Kanone would have killed him. But Kousuke wasn't sure anyone would miss him, "'Would Ayumu miss me?"' Kousuke wondered.

Kanone snapped Kousuke out of his thoughts, "Don't you ever say anything like that again, I would never do anything to put Ayumu in danger. Don't you forget you aren't the only one who cares for him, Kousuke."

"I might not be the only one who cares for him, Kanone. But you haven't once said that you love him. I love Ayumu. Why else would I risk coming here, attacking Eyes, and potentially getting my ass kicked by you; maybe even getting killed if you were in a bad mood? I did it for love, the same reason Eyes attacked Ayumu, and the same reason you should have attacked me." Kousuke paused for a moment, "Why didn't you attack me, I thought you would have been a lot more upset than this."

"If you must know, I was trying to get you to leave so I could go see how Eyes was. I'm very worried about him and I don't feel like fighting with you right now. One of us has to be mature here, Kousuke, or else we would all just go around beating each other up, it's barbaric. I honestly thought Eyes was above all this..."

Kousuke had no idea why, but he suddenly felt sorry for Kanone, "H-hey, wait a minute, Kanone. Eyes only did it because he loves you." Kousuke stepped forward and placed a hand on Kanone's shoulder, "We should get to the hospital anyway. We've talked enough for today, but what I said still stands. If you hurt Ayumu again, whether it be indirectly by way of Eyes or directly by breaking his heart, I'll have to make you pay."

"How am I supposed to break up with him without breaking his heart?" Kanone asked, seriously disturbed that he was asking Kousuke for help. "If he loves me as much as you say he does..."

"He'll have me." Kanone gave him a skeptical look as if to say 'why would he be satisfied with you when he had me?', "Hey!" Kousuke complained, "I can be a nice guy, and I think Ayumu really likes me, if it weren't for you he would admit it too!"

Kanone smiled at Kousuke, "If there's one thing that boy has, it's confidence." "Alright, Kousuke, let's go."

Kousuke nodded, "Alright." On the way out Kousuke yelled, "Shotgun!"

Kanone just chuckled and slapped him in the back of the head, "Idiot. Kousuke that only works if there's more than two people."

"Huh? Oh, well. At least I'm sure now that you're not going to lock me in the trunk."

"Why in the world would I do that?"

"Because I know you Kanone." Kousuke pointed a finger at said boy, "And that's just something you would do."

"For your information, I have never locked anyone in my trunk."

"And for your information, I know that's a lie. You locked Rio in the trunk once." Kousuke said, smugly.

Kanone stared at him for a minute, trying to figure out what the hell he was talking about. Then remembering the incident he chuckled, "Kousuke, I hate to tell you this, but I didn't lock Rio in the trunk. She was hiding from you because you had had too much coffee and you were scaring her. Honestly, you were scaring me."

"What?" Kousuke shouted, "I thought...but...Is that why you didn't let me drink anymore coffee for a while?"

"Yes." Kanone answered, bluntly but honestly. When they reached Kanone's car Kousuke was still fuming that he had been cheated out of his coffee for so many years. His rant was interrupted by Kanone telling him to get in the car. Kousuke eyed the trunk suspiciously for a second then got in the passenger side, and they sped off to the hospital.