A/N: Heh... Sorry this is a day late. Again. Well, anyway, lets go to the reviews!
raspberrysorbet -- Yeah. I'm not good at doing that kind of tension when I'm dealing with a couple I want to see together, so...
Pooch -- Of course I love to keep you guys guessing! And you'll find out which it is... At some point. I'm not sure when...
MisoGirl -- She was there with the others in the library, I just forgot to mantion her. Florette took he aside to talk to her and give her the other Jewels she had used in her last life.
neko56 -- I'm really glad that you think I'm doing such a good job, it makes me feel really good.
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raspberrysorbet -- You'll find out, I promise! I'm not sure how long that will take though...
It was Saturday night and everyone had decided to have a night out. This time they had decided to go to Stardust and were all currently rollerskating. Genai had found a pretty girl that he was, at the moment, flirting with. She was probably about three or four years older then him, but she didn't seem to notice, or she didn't care. The others weren't sure which it was.
Giving him a coy smile she invited him outside. He took the invitation without hesitation and they left out the back door. Chrono, Shader and Sebastian exchanged glances, then shook their heads and discreetly followed Genai, knowing he was about to get himself into trouble. Curiosity got the better of the others and they followed as well.
The woman led him to a back ally. He was too distracted by the sway of her hips as she walked ahead of him to sense the danger he was walking into, so it came as a surprise when several Devils melted out of the shadows to surround him, their arms morphed into swords.
He swore. They laughed. Then froze as a bone chilling voice reached their ears.
"Very clever Melissa. But maybe you should have thought it through a bit better."
"You remember?" She asked in a shaking voice.
"As of a month ago."
As the silence stretched while the voice observed them from the shadows the would-be assassins grew increasingly nervous until they were shaking so badly they were ready to collapse on the ground. Melissa knew the stories of what he was capable of doing and had even witnessed it first hand. She was no match for him and every Devil here knew it.
There was a sudden explosion of speed and motion to fast for anyone to follow as Chrono came out of the shadows and took out three of the eight surrounding Genai. He stopped abruptly when one of the surviving Devils took Joshua hostage. The Devil was standing in front of Genai. He didn't generally get along with Joshua and found him to be extremely irritating, but even so, he didn't wish anything bad on the boy.
The entire room
was lit green as he stood upon a carpet of corpses surrounding a tall
dais on which lay a decapitated woman's body. Standing beside the
body was – him. He had a different hair cut, his eyes were sown
shut and he was a full Devil. But it was him.
"Where am I?"
He asked his Devil self.
"In
Pandemonium's chambers." He answered, "The room you were born in,
and the room you helped to kill her in."
"Who's
Pandemonium?"
"Our mother."
Genai frowned at the Devil in front of him. He was of low rank and wouldn't be worth the effort he was about to put into killing him. He didn't know where he stood in regards to Chrono as yet, didn't even know if he believed any of what the purple haired Devil had claimed had happened. For now though, he would stay with him and the others since there was no way for him to find Aion anyway.
Mentally reaching into the core of his Spirit he pulled his power to the surface and in an exhilarating rush morphed into his true form. The others sensed or saw the transformation and either smirked or swallowed nervously.
"Drop him." Genai commanded the Devil in front of him, using a tone to match Chrono's most frightening.
The Devil dropped Joshua and Genai ran him through. He turned to dust before Joshua had the chance to turn around and see his former captor. Genai morphed his hand back to normal. Joshua stared at him with a neutral expression for several moments before breaking out into a broad grin.
"Well, at least now you know why you don't like me!" The younger teen exclaimed.
"You remember too?" Genai asked, surprised.
"Yeah. Sort of. Just certain details. I was kind of losing my mind – literally – so I have a lot of holes in my memory..."
"Ah, whatever." Genai said dismissively as he morphed into his Human form, "We should get home. It's late."
"He's right." Chrono agreed, also shifting to his Human form.
"Well, at least the rest of us didn't have to fight." Sebastian said as he came out of the shadows and into view.
Genai gave a small start, then glared around.
"Did everyone follow me?"
In answer to his question the others stepped into his line of sight. His shoulders slumping, Genai sighed and silently started heading home. The others tried very hard not to laugh at his reaction.
Remington had asked Ctanna and Helen to bring their children to see him on Tuesday between classes. He had also asked Shader, Genai, Rizel, Satella and Viede to meet him at that time. It had been a three days since Genai had regained his memories. Unfortunately, Viede and Rizel had yet to remember. Both groups exchanged glances with each other as they met outside the principal's office, everyone wondering what was going on, then, shrugging, Ctanna raised her hand and knocked on the principal's door.
His voice sounded from within, "Come in."
They opened the door and, closing it behind them, went over to stand in front of his desk. All the curtains were drawn shut and the lights were out – causing the room to be so gloomy that more then one of them tripped over something or other on their way over to the blond and blue eyed man. Curses rang out.
"Sit." He said calmly, gesturing to the chairs in front of his desk as they reached him.
Everyone except Genai – who opted to lean against the wall – sat in the proffered chairs.
"Ewan-?" Helen started to ask the ex-Minister why he had asked them to come when he said, "I imagine that you've all noticed the spies."
The group gave confirmation to that in various ways. In the case of the teens they either grunted or snorted in a 'no kidding' manner.
"I did some poking around to find out who sent him. And, well... He isn't a Pursuer."
More cursing. When they were done Ewan continued.
"I don't know why, but Aion – judging by the incident last Saturday – wants you four-" He gestured to Genai, Viede, Rizel and Shader, "Dead."
Genai's expression darkened. So Aion really had been the one betrayed them? Damn that bastard, he was going to pay.
"Maa... Maybe it's because-" Shader started, only to be interrupted by an angry Genai as he pushed violently off the wall and slammed his fist into the brick wall, making Ewan wince as cracks spread out from his fist.
"I don't give a damn what his reason is! If he's so willing to kill his own allies-!"
"Genai." Chrono interrupted firmly over his shoulder, "The reason always matters," He turned to Shader, "But speculating on it right now won't do us any good." He turned back to Ewan, "You were saying?"
"Thank you." The principal said with a nod just before pulling out some thick folders and handing one to each of them, "This is everything I was able to dig up on Aion's movements over the last seventy eight years. I would like you guys to take a good look at this information and see if you can figure out what he might be up to."
"No promises." Genai grunted.
"Even so."
A/N: Well, how was that? Did you guys like it? Hate it? Was it kinda "eh"? Please let me know!
