Disclaimer: The muses would like to remind everyone that Angel Spirit doesn't own Digimon-only the characters that she herself has created to use in this fic.

Author's Notes: Here's chapter 15 for everyone who's been waiting so patiently. And just to let you guys also know, that this chapter does have a flashback in it from the previous fic 'Eternity', that started this whole thing off…((grins)) I'm not sure if everyone here has read it or not, but if you haven't, it's no big deal…but I think that by now, most people reading this fic have read Eternity, and will probably remember this little scene that I'm going to be putting in…

Oh, and before I leave you guys completely here to read said chapter, there is one thing that the muses of this fic have been wanting to say to all of you fabulous reviewers:

To: The Reviewers

From: The Muses

WE KNOW THAT KOICHI IS KOUICHI AND NOT KOICHI. Angel Spirit does plan to go through and edit/revise some of the past stories written, just because she feels the need too, and she also plans to change Kouichi's name so that it is properly spelled. We are grateful (and so is Angel Spirit btw) that you guys have been pointing that out, and your messages have been clearly received-so thank you all! Kouichi's name will be spelled that way for the rest of this fic and for all other fics that are being plotted out for the future as well. So thanks again, but please, for the muses and the author's sanity, say it no more (but do continue leaving reviews-they really do help encourage the author, and make her smile even if she's been having a bad day!)

Sincerely,

The Muses

So with that said and done, I must say that you guys are really awesome for sticking with this fic, and I do promise that starting with this chapter things will start being explained more as this fic is heading towards the end. For all reviewers, there will be responses and thank you's at the end of this fic…((huggles all reviewers))---and I if I have misspelled anything here, will you guys still let me know? I've gone over this chapter with a fine tooth comb I believe, (Giggles…and yes, Kouichi's name is spelled right!) but when I go back to edit this fic when I'm done I want to know some things that might not catch my eye right away. Thanks!

Rating: PG13

Warning: As always slash/yaoi ahead with small hints of Yuri…feel free to hit the back button if you don't like that kind of stuff.

Pairings: Takuya/Kouji, Taichi/Yamato, Kouichi/Izumi, previous hints of Ruki/Juri and Rei/Katsume

Time Setting: Five years after Eternity-the first story in this two story ficlet

Forevermore

Author: Angel Spirit

Chapter 15: Revelations Begin

The nightmares were starting to come back to haunt him. But this, time they weren't the same ones that he had used to have-the ones where Takuya would leave him over and over again, that horrible night continuing to constantly replay itself in his head…

But those nightmares had long since stopped-especially now with the fact that he and Takuya were finally together again.

No, these nightmares were different now.

And he had had the first one the night after Kouichi had been found stabbed in an old, abandoned dormitory building by Alec and Rei, with the word 'Checkmate' having been written with his own twin's blood on the wall…

But these nightmares that he had weren't about that at all.

Once again the nightmares had to do with something that happened about five years ago…it was an incident that Kouji had almost forgotten completely…

Kouji didn't know where to run...didn't know who to turn to. He found it hard enough to keep the tears from falling from his eyes-luckily though, the day had presented itself with some rain, so the water falling from the sky mixed in with his tears.


A part of him was hurt...angry...and the other half was sad and confused. He had thought that once he had gotten together with Takuya, it'd all be perfect...and it all had been perfect. Up until today...up until this morning when they'd had a pretty bad argument-no, it wasn't an argument, it was a down and outright fight between the two of them...and Kouji had thought that once he and Takuya had officially gotten together and told each other their feelings, that they wouldn't fight like they had once used to-and this morning had certainly been one of those fights. Kouji wasn't really sure how it got started...but he sure knew who had finished it. His jaw was still sore where Takuya had punched him...hard.


And then he'd ran...not watching where he was going or caring who he had ran into...he just ran. He had to get out-to get away from Takuya.


He choked back an angry sob that threatened to come through-he couldn't even remember what the fighting had been about...and now he was in a part of the city that he rarely went into-it was a part of the city that anyone with a right mind wouldn't go into.


Slowing down his run into a hesitating walk, Kouji decided to turn around...and when he did, he bit his lower lip as he was greeted by some boys-much older then himself-and taller too-staring down at him.


"Hey, now look at what we have here...Isn't he a pretty thing?" It had to be a gang...that was all Kouji could think of, and the guy who had talked, looked to be the leader of it. He had only two other guys with him at the moment-but Kouji could probably count on their being more. Kouji didn't say anything as the group of guys laughed heartily and eyed him up and down...suddenly Kouji felt very self-conscious. He'd never felt this way around Takuya or any of his other friends...but the way that these boys were looking at him, made him feel as though they could see right through him. He gulped, and one of the other boys noticed and gave a low chuckle as he stepped forward, next to the leader.

"Oh...he looks a little nervous...what is such a pretty boy doing in a place like this?" He snarled, a mad grin appearing on his face and Kouji realized that the question was meant for him...and all he could do was shake his head.

"Does the pretty little thing have a name?" The leader asked, leaning toward him...and Kouji wrinkled his nose a bit...he smelled alcohol on the guy's breath. Were they drunk? And if they were...Kouji shuddered.

"I think we've got a mute on our hands boys!" The other boy who had spoken a few minutes ago roared out, and Kouji realized a couple more had joined them, laughing as the leader reached out and stroked Kouji's long blue/black hair for a minute-he recoiled at the touch, closing his blue gray eyes...more laughter followed.

"Do you want to know what happens when people like you step into our territory pretty boy?" Kouji felt his head shake at the leaders question, and then more laughter. The leader reached over and untied his ponytail, causing his hair to fall, and when Kouji opened his eyes he saw several of the others who had joined the once-small group nodding in approval.

"Damn...you are a pretty thing...who would let you wander into a place like this? And since you're in our territory now, we'll take your company..." Something about that didn't sound right to Kouji...in fact, it sounded very wrong. The leader reached out to touch him again, acting as if to pull him forward, but Kouji stepped back, a snarl suddenly appearing on his faces and causing many of the other gang members to look taken aback for a minute.

"Leave...me...alone." Kouji heard himself snarl, and the leader grinned.

"So, the lone wolf does talk." Kouji froze...what on earth had made the leader call him that? He felt his hands ball up into fists at his sides and his eyes darted around-he had to find a way out of there...and an idea struck him.

"And so now the lone wolf will find out what happens when he enters a territory belonging to a pack of wolves...suppertime." The leader sneered, and several of the other boys crowded in around him...but as they made to grab him, Kouji realized his chance...they'd left a very small opening in their circle that was rapidly closing in on him...and if he didn't act fast, he would be in so much more trouble then he was in now.

"I think you'll have to wait to eat...this wolf has got another pack." Kouji growled as he leapt quickly through the small opening, barely managing to make it out of the circle and rolling to a stop feeling smug. Not for long though, as he heard the gang leader cry out in rage, and sent several of the other boys out to grab him and 'bring him back.' Kouji dashed back the way he had come, wanting to see any other kind of life besides the scumbags that were chasing him.

Eventually he rounded the corner that he knew would get him back to the main street-and when he saw the subway, he dashed down the stairs, not caring if the gang was still following him or not. The subway held people in it-loads of people-and while he wasn't a big fan of big crowds, if the gang was still following him, he'd be able to at least loose them in the crowd.

Slowing down as he maneuvered his way through the evening rush of people trying to get home, Kouji took a moment to look behind him, and sighed...they weren't following him anymore...he was safe.

A gasp could be heard in the room as Kouji sat up quickly, glancing around the familiar living space to make sure that he really was where he was. Still feeling a bit shaky Kouji looked down toward his left, and saw that Takuya was still sound asleep.

Wondering what time it was, Kouji moved his arm across Takuya's body to the clock on the bedside table that was in between his bed and Takuya's. Turning the clock so that it faced him, Kouji softly smiled and shook his head. They'd nearly slept the whole day away.

He heard Takuya groan softly beside him, and his left arm reached out, as though it were searching for something. Takuya was lying on his stomach, face turned slightly onto the pillow he used, so that he wasn't smothered by it. His dark brown eyes slowly fluttered open as he realized that he hadn't quite found who he was looking for, and glanced up to see Kouji still glancing down at him.

"Hey…what time is it?" Kouji snorted softly at Takuya's sleep filled question.

"We've pretty much slept all day, it's about seven thirty now…and hello to you too by the way." Takuya grinned as he managed to sit up, and completely took Kouji by surprise as he pulled him close and kissed him long and hard. Allowing his tongue for entrance, Kouji softly moaned into Takuya's mouth. It was times like this, when Kouji wondered what kind of drug he had been on earlier to have not wanted Takuya back.

When they pulled apart again, both boys were breathless, and Takuya was grinning like mad as he pulled Kouji close once more.

"Mmm…I think I can do that again." Kouji chuckled as they kissed again-one kiss leading into another. However, they were interrupted when someone knocked on their door, and they had to pull apart once more.

Takuya at some point earlier, had managed to flip Kouji over onto the bed, so that way Kouji was pinned underneath him. The brunette softly cursed as the person at the door knocked again, and Kouji grinned as he ran a hand through Takuya's tousled brown hair.

"Go on…whoever it is, is being most persistent. It's probably Rei or Izumi." Nodding, Takuya kissed Kouji once more before sliding off the bed and grabbing his shirt as he quickly pulled it on before the door knocked again.

"I'm coming, I'm coming…Jesus…" He muttered, and when he opened it up, Takuya found that Kouji's guesses from earlier had been correct, as Rei was the one out of the two who was standing in the hallway, a piece of paper in her hand…and her body was trembling, her dark brown eyes wide with fear and her face looked as pale as that of a ghost.

"Rei? You alright?" Takuya asked, as Rei only shook her head and clutched the piece of paper in her hand tighter.

"Takuya? What's going on?" Having heard Rei's name, Kouji had also slipped out of bed and pulled his hair back into a loose ponytail, as Takuya hadn't quite gotten his shirt off yet-so he was still decently dressed.

He got up close to Takuya and wrapped his arms around him as he peered over his shoulder. When he saw what Rei looked like, he instantly pulled away from Takuya as concern for his best friend quickly took over and he reached out, pulling her inside while Takuya softly shut the door behind them.

"Rei, what's wrong?" Kouji had never seen Rei as shaken up as she was now-well, save for the time when Katsume had so abruptly left her, but still…it usually took something pretty heavy duty to freak her out so badly. But with everything that was going on recently, it wouldn't take much to shake any of them up at the moment.

"I…" Rei licked her lips, as though she was quickly pondering over what to say next, her hands still trembling as she slowly straightened out the piece of paper in her hands-which, turned out not to be a piece of paper at all-but a small envelope.

"I found this slid under…under my door…when I woke up a few minutes ago. I…I know who's going to be next…oh god, I know who's going to be next…and this time it really is my fault!" She stammered, closing her eyes for a moment as she tried to collect her thoughts while her breathing hitched up a notch.

"Rei, what's in the envelope?" Kouji asked gently as he reached out and lightly squeezed her shoulder, letting her know that he and Takuya were there for her.

Hands trembling fiercely, Rei managed to open the envelope as she pulled out a piece of paper and then motioned to Kouji to open his hand. He did so, and faced it so that his palm was upward, so that the object still in the envelope could fall safely out of it and into his hand. When the smooth object hit his hand, all Kouji could do was stare at it, wondering for a few minutes why it looked so familiar.

It was a silver ring, with a small diamond set as the stone in the middle of it. The reason why it looked so familiar, was that Rei wore one exactly like it. In fact, as Kouji quickly glanced down at her hands he saw that she was wearing it now.

Takuya drew in a sharp breath as he had seemed to figure out exactly who the ring in Kouji's hand belonged too, at the same time that Kouji himself had.

"What does the note say Rei? Rei, what does the note say?!?" Kouji hadn't meant to sound demanding, but it seemed to snap Rei out of whatever daze that she'd fallen into, as she shook her head to clear it.

"It basically says that 'I'm dangerously close…'" Rei took in a breath, as she held out the note for Takuya and Kouji to both read.

"You're dangerously close, and now someone close must in turn pay the price." Takuya softly read out, as Rei nodded and wrapped her arms around herself as she continued to explain.

"And then Katsume's ring fell out. I…I don't even know where she is, or how to contact her, or…or…gods…she doesn't know what's going on here, and I…I don't want her to get hurt." Rei ended the last few words in a whisper, as the three of them just stood there for a few minutes as they digested the information. It was Kouji who finally spoke next, his voice filled with determination.

"We've got to find Katsume. Rei, she hung out a lot with Ruki and Juri, right?" She nodded, still looking quite miserable as Kouji looked at Takuya and they nodded at each other, both thinking the same thing.

"It's not that late. We can probably pay a visit to Ruki's dormitory and see if they're there." Takuya murmured, as he moved to go put on a pair of jeans and a clean shirt, while Kouji did the same.

"I'm coming with you guys." Both of them turned to see Rei suddenly looking just as determined as they felt, and Kouji nodded.

"Right. You know Ruki and Juri a little bit better then we do anyway. So let's go and find our missing friend." He said, as he slipped into his shoes and grabbed his coat, waiting with Rei by the door until Takuya was ready a couple of minutes later.

Katsume Monroe sighed tiredly as she rubbed her aching temples and tried once more (failing miserably by the way) once again to get any images of Rei Ashia out of her head.

Why in the hell had she fallen so hard for the girl?!? She wasn't supposed to have…she was supposed to have done her job, like any good employee would've done, and called it finished. But no…Rei Ashia had to capture her heart-and steal it too.

And she had to go ahead and play around with Rei…so that in the end, she broke her heart…and it wasn't even supposed to have been her heart to break to begin with. What kind of a god awful person was she? Sighing irritably, she grabbed her half empty coffee mug, and took a sip-making a face as she realized it had gone stone cold long ago and that she was nowhere near finishing off the paper work that she'd needed to have had completed hours ago. Hence, the reason why she was still here at the ungodly hours of the night.

She had meant to have it done-really-but…Rei kept on coming into her mind, and the petite brunette was slowly but surely starting to take over it. Forcing the tears away, Katsume pushed back her chair and headed into the small convenient kitchen that was nearby as she started making another fresh pot of coffee-dumping the old stuff out at the same time.

As she did so, she glanced at her hands for the first time-realizing that it was the first time in quite awhile that she wasn't wearing the ring that she usually wore claiming that Rei's was hers-and vice a versa. It looked-wrong.

"Stupid career…stupid father…" She muttered, hearing the pit-pat sounds of the coffee dripping it's way slowly into the coffee pot that she had placed back onto the machine-and then continued listening as it rapidly grew into a fast trickle as it started to warm up a bit more.

"Stupid traditions, and stupid homophobic coworkers…" Katsume hadn't heard anyone come in and so when the sudden movement had sounded from the doorway and allowing their presence known to her before she could continue her mumbling, she jumped-her cheeks and the bridge of her nose quickly turning crimson…more from anger then anything else.

"You. What the hell are you doing here, I know you went home hours ago-why bother coming back? And don't tell me that you were concerned about me!" Her voice was pitched higher then she'd expected it to be, but at this point in time, she didn't give a damn. She took a fresh mug out of the cupboard above her, and effectively slammed it on top of the counter-not hard enough to break, but hard enough for it to do what she had intended it to do, as it caused the taller-and much older-person in the room with her to jump slightly.

"Katsume, you know that by now I'm used to your anger. And that I'm really doing this for your own good. I don't want you throwing what could very well be a potential career away for…love…a love that you know might very well be a big mistake…if only a figment of your imagination." Katsume growled low, and it didn't effect the man standing before her, once so ever.

"I do love her! I love Rei! Don't you dare question that…ever! Just because you found out that my mother didn't love you, and in the end you realized you also didn't love her-that it was all a façade just for me, doesn't mean that you think that I'll make the same mistakes! Somewhere along the way, I know that I did a bad thing by falling in love with a person who I shouldn't have. But if you ever met Rei, you'd know just as well as I do the reason why I love her so much!" Her dark green eyes were narrowed at the man she called her 'father', as he sighed and rubbed a hand over his face.

"Katsume…if you'd just done your job in the first place, we wouldn't be going through this-I wouldn't just be having you doing desk work now. If someone else had been Captain of this force, you'd have been fired a long time ago." Katsume snorted as she finished pouring the freshly brewed coffee into her mug.

"Then fire me already. Fire me, so that way I don't have to deal with anymore of this bull shit and I can go back to Rei-and live my life the way that I want to." Her father snorted, and shook his head as he crossed his arms defiantly over his chest. The power struggle between father and daughter had officially begun.

"You know that I can't do that Katsume-I don't want to do that. I'm not willing to give up on you…ever." Now it was Katsume's turn to snort, as she took a sip of her coffee…black, just the way she liked it…even Rei knew that-her father didn't. Still didn't after all these years, as she saw him raise an eyebrow as she took a few more sips. The bastard probably thought that she liked lots of cream and sugar in it, like her mother had. She had bad news for him-she was nothing like her mother.

"Oh dear, my homophobic father doesn't want to give up on his precious daughter because he's already given up on his wife and devotes his own life to slaving away on the force, to forget about his own problems of life; and wants his lesbian of a daughter to do the same so that she can forget that she is lesbian because she has fallen in love and that someone who wasn't supposed to has stolen her heart and-" She didn't get to finish her sentence, as the sound of a heavy slap echoed across the room, and a stunned Katsume raised a hand to clutch her aching cheek. She'd forgotten how hard her father could hit…and if she had been angry earlier…she was pissed now.

Snarling in retaliation, she grabbed her hot cup of coffee of the counter, and flung it at the man who still had the nerve to call himself her 'father'. He cursed as the hot liquid splashed down his front side, and she took that as her cue to leave.

"You're a jackass, you know that you sorry son of a bitch?!? You've driven away your wife, my mother-and now you're doing the same thing with your daughter. Life is going to eat you up, and then spit you back out in hell, and I hope that you enjoy it there! And I know that you can't fire me-that you don't want to fire me, you bastard. But you know what? You can't keep me from quitting." With that angry speech said and done, Katsume stalked out-only stopping at her so-called cubicle to grab her black trench coat before heading out the door. The trench coat was the only thing she needed…but she could've even left without it. It wasn't as important to her, as getting back to Rei was.

She had been so stupid…

"She's going to hate you, you know that right?!? After you've explained to her why you left her, and telling her all your little lies-you know that you flat out lied to the bitch, right? Your so-called 'lover' sounds like the emotionally unstable type…the people who don't trust other's all to often. Makes me wonder why she was able to feel like she could trust you." Her father's cold voice stopped her from walking out completely. And she slowly turned around, her dark green eyes narrowed in anger and spite…and yet…he had a point. But she wasn't going to allow him to see that.

"She might hate me, yes…but…Rei might let me explain as well. And Rei's only 'emotionally unstable,' as you call it because of what her father did to her-little do you know, she and I have a lot more in common then your pathetic brain knows. And she's a hell a lot stronger emotionally then you think she is." The elder Monroe's lips curled into a tight, evil looking smile at his daughters retaliation.

"So go back to your tramp-but don't come crawling back here and seeking refuge when she denies you access." Katsume growled dangerously, as she turned, her trench coat billowing out fiercely behind her.

"Trust me you selfless bastard, I won't." The sound of the door slamming was so fierce, that it almost fell off it's hinges…almost.

"I honestly don't have any ideas of where Katsume is Rei, I really wish that I could tell you-really." Ruki declared, and Juri just looked flat-out nervous. Rei narrowed her eyes at the two, anger starting to take over…this was getting old really quick. She could tell that the two girls that she and Katsume had befriended not too long ago, were lying. But what would it take to break them?

"Katsume's in danger-I don't know if you two know just how much danger she is in, but I promise you, that it's the same danger that put both Kouichi and Yamato in the hospital, and probably the same dangerous position that Kouji's been in for quite awhile." Both of her friend's faces paled before her, and Juri now looked more like a ghost. Rei almost smiled-almost. At least the two now knew what she meant-and while she hated being brutally honest about it, this was one of their very few chances of making sure that nothing happened to Katsume, and Rei wasn't about to let it go.

Sure, Katsume had stomped on her, and left her heartbroken-but…a part of Rei-a small part of her-still hoped that there was some explanation that she'd be given as to why…an explanation that she could accept, and she'd be able to forgive Katsume. How desperately she wanted too…

"Please you two-I have the feeling-for some odd reason, I don't know why, that Katsume must have confessed more to at least one of you then she ever did me. Please…" Rei wasn't sure what caused one of them to finally break, but they did, and Ruki sighed as she shook her head and stepped forward a bit so that she could place her hands onto Rei's shoulders.

"Rei-what I'm going to tell you next I really don't think that I should-because Katsume Monroe is probably going to personally hunt me down…but…if you're right…then I don't really have much of a choice." Ruki nervously licked her lips, and glanced over at Juri for support-who nodded and placed her own delicate hand onto Ruki's own shoulder. Rei spared a glance at Kouji and Takuya, as signs of hope started to slowly show itself in her eyes.

Would they be able to find Katsume before disaster occurred?

She certainly hoped so.

But what Ruki started telling Rei, almost caused her to faint…and if Kouji hadn't came up real quick and placed an arm around her shoulders Rei was positive that she would've.

"Rei…Katsume…isn't really the Katsume you know…she…she's been living a lie I guess you can say. She's…she's not really a student here at Shibuya U…well, at least not technically. I don't know all the details Rei, but I'll tell you the one place where you might find Katsume, but you're going to want to tread lightly. If she'd be anywhere, it's going to be at Shinjuku Police Academy. Or quite possibly, at the actual Police Station here in Shibuya-if Katsume ended up having to deal with her father. He's a royal jerk-be careful, I somehow don't think that from the way Katsume was talking about him, that he was too happy with the fact that she was defying him…because of you, because she loved you-still does. You have no idea just how much it broke her heart to leave you Rei-but she didn't want to put you in danger with her father. He's one of those secretly hidden masterminds, you know?" Rei only shook her head-she didn't know. And it felt like there was a lot more to the story then what Ruki was telling her-the puzzle was still not complete.

"Ruki, I'm not quite understanding what you're telling me here-what in the hell does Katsume's father have to do with Kouji's stalker, her leaving me, and everything else that's been going on?" She felt like screaming, and pulling on her dark brown hair, but managed to keep the frustration she felt inside.

It was Juri who finally broke the uneasy silence that came after her question, and what she told them next suddenly made quite a few things click into place as the puzzle finally slowly started coming together.

"Katsume's father is the Chief of the Shibuya Police Force…he's also the head master at the Police Academy on the outskirts of West Shinjuku-where the Academy is based." Once again, Rei felt like she was ready to faint at the shocking news. But try as she might, she felt her eyes closing quickly, as the floor rushed up to greet her-feeling strong arms catch her, as a worried Ruki and Juri called out her name…but she was no longer aware of anything going on around her.

"REI!" Kouji-with Takuya's help-barely managed to catch her as she suddenly and slowly started falling, her eyes quickly closing as her breathing quickened a bit.

"Rei? Rei, are you okay?" She had given no warning that she was going to faint, and even Ruki and Juri now stood over her, worried expressions on their faces.

"I think I told her too much…" Ruki murmured as they helped Kouji and Takuya place Rei gently onto Ruki's bed. They'd decided that Ruki's and Juri's dormitory was the safest place to talk-and most private.

"We need to know where Katsume is now Ruki!" Takuya exclaimed, managing to remember why they were there in the first place. Ruki bit softly down on her lower lip, her dark amethyst eyes deep in thought before she gently shook her head.

"I-I don't think that I can help you out with that-she didn't even really tell Juri and me where she was going to be going-just that she had to leave and figure things out before anyone else got hurt. I think that she somehow felt responsible for all that was going on around here." Kouji shook his head.

"How could Katsume feel responsible for the fact that I have a stalker? It just…it doesn't seem…right…she's not responsible…no one is." As Kouji admitted this, Takuya let out a small smile and wrapped an arm around Kouji's waist as he drew the raven haired teen close to him.

"You've finally come to your senses, that this isn't your fault either?" He whispered, and Kouji felt a shiver of pleasure rush down his spine as Takuya gently kissed his neck. He fought to keep himself from moaning as he heard Juri giggle.

"Y-yeah, I have…I just…don't see the reason to blame myself…the fault lies in the p-person who…who…gah, Takuya!" As Kouji cried out, even Ruki joined in with Juri's giggles as Takuya suddenly realized that they had an audience, and lifted his head up as he started to blush like mad.

Kouji chuckled as he shared a quick kiss with Takuya as their lips met briefly before coming apart and Kouji managed to pull himself out of Takuya's embrace-as much as he wanted to be there, they still had work to do.

"PDA! PDA!" A soft voice exclaimed, and the four of them glanced down to see that Rei had awoken at some point during Takuya's and Kouji's 'Public Display of Affection' moment, as she had now claimed it, and Kouji grinned as he sat down on the bed next to her.

"Hey-you okay? You kind of went out on us without any warning." Rei nodded, and sat up a little bit with his help.

"Yeah-I think I'm going to be okay…I'm just really worried about Katsume, that's all-and from what I just found out…no sooner do I think that I've got that girl figured out, and she does a 180 degree turn on me and is a complete and total mysterious stranger once more." She sighed and rubbed her temple with her fingertips as she gently shook her head.

"I just don't get her-"

"It's because you weren't ever meant to 'get' me…and I'm sorry if I've hurt you that way. I'd say that I wouldn't do it again, but I'd be lying. But I can be here for you now-if you'll forgive me for being the jackass that I've been." The new voice caused everyone to jump slightly, and Rei's eyes to open wide at the figure who suddenly stood in the doorway. No one had heard her come in-but that was just the way she was.

"K-Katsume?!?" Even Rei seemed shocked to see the blonde girl standing where she was-dripping wet from the pouring rain outside, her long blond hair in a wet, tangled mess behind her-but that seemed to be the least thing on her mind-as her dark green eyes were currently focused on Rei at the moment…and Rei felt herself blushing. But not before she felt a certain anger that was immediately directed toward the blonde.

"You'd better have a really good explanation as to everything that has happened-and don't think that I haven't noticed your sudden change in last name either Katsume-just who are you?!? Katsume Ebina, or Katsume Monroe?!?" She growled out, her right hand clutching in a tight fist.

Kouji glanced over at Rei in concern, and then back up to Katsume-he'd truly, never really seen Rei as pissed off as she looked right about now. And yet, at the same time, he hadn't seen Katsume looking so miserable-in fact, it was one of the first few emotions besides anger that Kouji had seen Katsume display.

"Rei…I knew I couldn't keep on hiding forever…and it's Monroe-not Ebina. Ebina…Ebina was just my cover name. But as my cover's pretty much been blown now, I can tell you the truth-and I fully intend to do that before things get too out of hand. Kouji, Takuya-Ruki, Juri-you guys all might want to sit down for what I have to tell you…"

TBC

Ending Note: Bwahahahahahahaha…((gives mischievous look to audience))…evil enough of an ending for you guys? ((winks)) Don't worry, I'm working on chapter 16 as well as the next chapter to Confessions, so this next time around when I update again both this fic and Confessions will be updated together. And if you're looking for a little bit more to read Takouji wise, I've got a New Years Takouji fic up called 'Fate'…otherwise, I'll see you all in either Confessions, or chapter 16.