Disclaimer: Not mine, never were, never will be.

Author's note: Sorry for the long wait but I just had the worst year of my life. In short, mom got really sick, friend stabbed me in the back (way of speaking of course) and I made my finals on pure adrenaline. My life is starting to come together again (yay) so I hope I'll have more chapters for you soon. Once again sorry bows gomen nasai.

Now, On with the story!

Raphael went to his room after taking care of Michael's wounds. There he found Uriel and Gabriel.

"How is he?" asked the angel of water.

"He'll be okay, Michael has high endurance…" Raphael heaved a sigh. "I still can't believe it, I should have tried to stop Setsuna,… I couldn't even protect my best friend… He ripped open his stitches to get Belial out of my house before I got back… and this is how I repay him… by letting him get hurt."

Raphael had his head bowed down. He didn't look up until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Uriel was standing next to him.

"It wasn't your fault Raphael, it was nobody's fault. No one saw it coming, not even Alexiel."

Raphael considered the silent angel's words.

"I guess so, it doesn't make me feel any better though."

By now Gabriel had gotten up as well.

"In the morning you go to Michael and ask him, I'm sure he doesn't blame you at all."

"… yeah, I will, thank you Gabriel."

Both Uriel and Gabriel nodded and left the room. Raphael undressed and got into bed.

/ I'll go talk to Mika-chan tomorrow, Gabriel is probably right./

--------------------------------------------

Setsuna was sitting in his room, the door was locked, he had already checked. The tears still hadn't stopped streaming down his face, but now they weren't just tears of pain, but of guilt as well. He had attacked Michael… Michael who was already hurt, Michael who couldn't have helped Sara if he had been on the balcony, Michael who would now need even longer to recover, which meant it would take longer for them to take out the C'adhozian… and that meant there would be more victims. Setsuna let his head hit the wall. He was so stupid sometimes.

--------------------------------------------

A dark figure walked through the halls of Alexiel's house quietly. His step certain and fast he walked up to the room of Michael. He opened the room a bit and looked inside at the sleeping redhead.

/ He looks so peaceful, just like he hasn't been hurt at all./

The person knew better, Michael HAD been hurt and pretty badly at that, his wounds would have taken weeks to heal and now Setsuna had attacked him in a violent daze induced by sadness. He looked up when he saw the redhead stirring.

/Better leave./

Michael opened his eyes just in time to see a black cloak disappearing behind the corner.

/I thought I sensed someone watching me. But who was it… maybe… nah, not likely./