Kiyotaka?" Ayumu asked, approaching his brother, "Why are you here?"

Kiyotaka chuckled, "Why do you think I'm here, Ayumu? I'm here to show you which path you need to choose."

"Which path I need to choose? What are you talking about? Kiyotaka, I don't need your help!" Ayumu shouted, then he noticed something in his brother's arms, "What is that..." Ayumu gasped as he realized what Kiyotaka was holding.

"Yes, little Hiyono...what is her last name? Narumi or Hilbert?"

Ayumu shook his head, "What does it matter, give me my daughter!"

Kiyotaka chuckled again, "The Blade Children have a cursed fate, Ayumu. You haven't changed that yet. Leave before they kill you. The Blade Children will only bring you pain." With that Kiyotaka took out a knife, the one Kousuke always carries with him, and stabbed Hiyono in the chest. He dropped the lifeless baby to the ground, "Let this be a warning." Were the last words he said before Kiyotaka disappeared into the shadows. Ayumu only stared, horrified at what had happened. Finally he snapped back to reality and ran over to Hiyono, checking for a pulse on the tiny neck, he found none.

Ayumu sat straight up in his bed, panting, sweat dripping down his forehead, "Just a dream." He thought to himself, "It was just a dream." Nonetheless, he got out of bed and walked into Kanone's room where Hiyono was and silently walked over to her crib. She was sound asleep and despite having always heard that you should never wake a sleeping baby, Ayumu picked her up. She was silent for a minute before she started crying, which relieved Ayumu, at least when she was crying she was still alive.

This, however, alerted Kanone who was a very light sleeper and he was at Ayumu's side in a flash, "Ayumu? What is it? What happened?" Kanone asked worriedly, looking from Hiyono to Ayumu and seeing nothing wrong.

Ayumu was on the verge of crying, though, "Why couldn't I save her?" He wondered, "Am I that bad of a father?" Ayumu let the tears flow and Kanone immediately took Hiyono from his arms and placed her back in her crib, then turned to hug Ayumu.

"It's okay, Ayumu. What happened?" Kanone whispered.

Ayumu just shook his head and tried to push Kanone away, but the Blade Child held Ayumu to his chest, whispering into his ear. Ayumu sniffed once more and then answered, "I had a nightmare." He said, realizing how childish that sounded.

Kanone didn't think anything of it and just hugged Ayumu tighter, "About what? Hiyono?" He asked, leading the teary-eyes boy to his bed.

Ayumu nodded, "Kiyotaka was there, too." Ayumu told him.

Kanone flinched at the name, but shook it off, Ayumu needed to be comforted right now, "What happened?" Ayumu hesitated, but Kanone prodded, "Ayumu?"

Said boy nodded his head; he didn't want to say the words out loud, but knew that Kanone deserved an explanation, "He...he told me that I needed to stay away from the Blade Children, that your fate was still cursed and that I couldn't do anything about it." Ayumu recalled, "And then he...he killed Hiyono, telling me that the Blade Children would only cause me pain." Ayumu broke down after saying this and Kanone held him even tighter, gritting his teeth.

"But how?" He wondered, "How could Ayumu know that we're still cursed? How could he know of our true fate? I haven't told any of them, not even Eyes." Kanone shook his head, wondering why Ayumu had dreamed of Kiyotaka telling him this.

"Kanone?" Ayumu asked timidly, looking up at his former lover. Kanone looked down questioningly and Ayumu continued, "Am I that bad of a father that I couldn't even save my own daughter?"

Kanone shook his head and quickly kissed Ayumu, without thinking, to silence him, "Don't ever think things like that, Ayumu. You're already a wonderful father. Everyone has these fears, I've had them, but I know that whatever happens, we'll both be here for her and that nothing in this world could stop either one of us from protecting her." Kanone was lying, to himself and Ayumu, a little bit, once again reminding himself that no one could save her or the other Blade Children from their fate, but Kanone would try his best.

Ayumu nodded but the tears were still coming, though at a slowed pace. Kanone saw this and kissed Ayumu again, a little more passionately than the first time; still trying to convince the boy that everything would be alright. Ayumu hesitated at first, but then gave into his grief and kissed Kanone back; he wanted to forget that he ever had that dream, and he knew Kanone could do that. With that silently agreed on by the two men, Kanone laid Ayumu down on his bed and began undressing him. Of course, not before throwing a blanket over Hiyono's crib; she didn't need to be seeing this.

Right about that time, Kousuke was bounding up the stairs to his new home, followed by a very annoyed Eyes. He had been right, taking Kousuke along was a big mistake. All the other Blade Child did was mooch off of Eyes' luxuries while he was there, and then complain when he had to go with Eyes to the actual tour part of the tour. He sat in the first row, glaring at the pianist the entire time he was playing; after all, he could be getting drunk off his ass right about now, but Eyes felt that security might have a problem with that. The tour had ended early simply because Eyes couldn't take anymore of the redhead and Kousuke and him both agreed that Kanone would have a fit if Kousuke came back alone one week before Eyes did. Kousuke walked up to the door and then realized that he didn't have a key. he turned and chuckled at Eyes' annoyed expression, "After you." He said, moving so that Eyes could let them in. Kousuke was excited that he got to see Ayumu a whole week earlier than planned, he knew Ayumu would be surprised, too. Kousuke walked into the room that Eyes pointed out would be his and Ayumu's. Kousuke walked into the room, happy to see everything put away and the covers ruffled, signaling exactly where Ayumu was. Or, at least where he should have been. As Kousuke crawled into his new bed, he felt around for his boyfriend but came up with only covers. Confused, he walked out into the living room/kitchen area where Eyes was still taking off his shoes, "Have you seen Ayumu?" He asked, looking around.

Eyes shook his head, and seeing Kousuke concerned expression he asked, "What is it?"

"He's not in our room. The bed is unmade which leads me to believe that he was in there, but he's gone now."

"Did you check the bathroom? Or maybe he went in to check up on Hiyono." Eyes offered, a bit annoyed that Kousuke hadn't thought of these things yet.

Kousuke grinned and disappeared. A second later he reemerged and shook his head, "Bathroom's empty."

Eyes glared, "And my room?"

Kousuke looked back towards Eyes and Kanone's room,"Well the door was shut and I didn't want to just barge in on Kanone."

"You could have knocked, honestly Kousuke, you're not that stupid are you?" Kousuke chuckled, he hadn't thought of knocking. Eyes just sighed and led the redhead into his room...and froze in the doorway, his eyes must have been deceiving him. Kanone...and Ayumu...together. He shook his head but quickly stepped out into the hallway, a dazed Kousuke staring at the closed door as well.

"Was that...but how...why...they..." Kousuke went back out to the living room and sat down on the couch, followed by Eyes who was shaking his head in denial. Finally Kousuke spoke, "How long do you think they've been..."

"I don't know." Eyes answered quickly, not allowing Kousuke to finish his question.

"What should we do?" He asked next.

Eyes sighed, how could Kanone do this to him? And Ayumu to Kousuke? Eyes shook his head again, "I don't know." Then hearing a door knob turn, he yanked Kousuke to his feet and pushed him outside, grabbing their shoes and jackets.

"What was that for?" Kousuke yelled.

"Keep your voice down." Eyes snapped, "I don't want them to know we're home yet. We'll confront them later, but if this was a one time thing, I want to give Kanone a chance to come forward with it. You should do the same for Ayumu."

Kousuke exploded at this, "Why the hell should I give him anything?" He yelled, ignoring the glare from Eyes, "He's cheating on me, I don't owe him anything!" Then the words sunk in, "Oh god, he's cheating on me. He doesn't love me. He probably never did." Then Kousuke's attitude changed from extremely pissed to apologetic, "I'm sorry, Rutherford."

"Sorry? For what?" Eyes asked, suspiciously.

"I'm not really sure anymore...if Ayumu ever loved me. But it's very clear that Kanone loved you. So I'm sorry."

"What makes you so sure that Ayumu never loved you? And that Kanone doesn't still love me? We have no idea why..."

"Does it matter why?" Kousuke asked, a little angered again, "And Ayumu...Ayumu only ever said yes to me after Kanone broke his heart. And even then he wasn't even sure if he even liked me...he just wanted to forget about Kanone."

Eyes suddenly felt sorry for Kousuke; he was so unsure of Ayumu's love for him. Eyes could see it so very clearly, but he couldn't be the one to convince Kousuke of that, it would have to be Ayumu, "Listen to me, Kousuke. I know that Ayumu loves you, just as Kanone loves me. Just give him a chance, do you really want to ruin such a good thing over misinterpretations?" Eyes knew he was trying to convince himself of this just as much as he was Kousuke, but he also knew he was right; what is there was just a huge misunderstanding? He wouldn't lose Kanone over such a thing.

"How could that be misinterpreted? I think it was pretty clear cut what was going on!" Of course, Kousuke made a good point.

Eyes shook his head, "Do what you want then, just know that you could really screw this up for yourself." With that Eyes walked through the door...

...and face to face with Kanone, "Eyes?" Kanone asked, a little confused. But then smiled and wrapped his arms around his husband, "You're home early? Why?" He then pulled back a little, arms still around Eyes' neck, "Is there something wrong?" He asked slightly concerned, but completely relieved that he had decided to get dressed and that Ayumu had already gone back to his room.

Eyes shook his head and then glared at Kousuke, "I couldn't take anymore of him." Eyes replied.

Kanone just laughed, "Was he really that bad?" Eyes simply nodded and Kanone looked to Kousuke, "Ayumu's in your room, you should go in and see him; he's had a rough night."

Eyes thought he was going to have to hold Kousuke back from beating Kanone's face in, "Yeah, I got a front row seat, thanks!" Kousuke screamed in his head but just grinned and nodded, "Okay, goodnight you two."

Eyes simply nodded and Kanone smiled, "Goodnight, Kousuke!" Then to Eyes, "Let's go to bed, I'm sure you've had a long day." Eyes nodded and the two went to their room.

After a few minutes of silence, Eyes couldn't take it any longer, "Kanone?"

"Hm?" Was the response he got, even though the older boy was wide awake.

Eyes sighed, "We need to talk."

Ayumu was laying in his bed, not really happy about what he had done, but not regretting it either. Then Kousuke came in and he thought he was dreaming again, "Kousuke? What are you doing here?"

"What's wrong, not happy to see me?" Kousuke asked, regretting not just sleeping on the couch for tonight.

Ayumu shook his head and curled up to Kousuke as he laid down, "Not at all, I'm just surprised to see you back so early. I'm glad you are though, I really missed you." Ayumu kissed his boyfriend before laying his head on the other's chest, "So...why are you back so early?"

Kousuke tried to wrap his arms around Ayumu, but couldn't get the image out of his mind, "Apparently some pianists can't take being with me for two weeks."

Ayumu laughed at this, "He does know that you're living with him now, right?"

Kousuke grinned at the thought, he seriously doubted Rutherford had even considered this aspect of it yet. Then remembering why he was so upset, Kousuke loosened his grip on Ayumu, "Ayumu?"

"Yeah? What is it?" Ayumu asked looking up to his boyfriend.

Kousuke sighed, "Sorry, Rutherford." He thought, "I just can't hold out." He then turned to Ayumu, "We need to talk."