One more chapter, and this will finally be my longest fic. My word count is already over 100,000 words. HoTwB only had, like, 80,000 or so, and Trust is still only at 50,000 (it's still a baby). Anyway, I'm an idiot, and forgot to respond to the reviews for Trust, so I'll do that in the next chapter of that fic. As for this one, let's get to it. Enjoy!

freya kurenai: Hmm...nope! Heh, so I see that we have yet another hp fan. I'm not a major one, but I will probably end up going to see the new one (most likely via my brother). Well, it's not exactly Callia, but she does find out. As for that last little prediction, I won't comment on it quite yet. Mostly because I'm not sure what's gonna happen. If she does, though, we're all certain it won't work, right? Thanks for reviewing!

CeTe: I'm not quite sure who was listening yet. I'm torn between a few people, but I guess I better figure it out! Heh, maybe if Eyes intercepts Callia when she finds out (because we all know it's gonna happen whether we want it to or not), then she won't be able to kill Kanone. Though, I'm not even sure Eyes telling her it's okay will be enough to calm her down when she finds out. Thanks for reviewing!

alpha2nd: Heh, you're beginning to understand how I work. I give you this false sense of security, and make you think everything will be okay, then I ruin it all! Yay, I'll let Chase know he has a supporter. You're welcome for the update (and for shoving you off a cliff...anytime!), thanks for reviewing!

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After Eyes and Kanone finished talking and...making up (wink, wink), the former went outside to check on everyone working while the latter headed to the bathroom to clean up. As he turned the corner to head upstairs, he nearly ran into Jeremy, "I'm sorry, Jeremy." Kanone apologized, smiling, "I didn't see you there." He was about to continue on his way, but noticed there was something off about the younger boy, "Are you alright?" He asked, now concerned by the usually talkative boy's silence.

Said boy looked up at Kanone with a mixture of fear and confusion on his face, "I... I heard you and Eyes talking." he began.

Kanone understood what he meant immediately, "I see. Perhaps we should talk about this." he suggested. Jeremy hesitated, but finally nodded. Kanone smiled faintly, "Follow me." he led Jeremy up to his room so they could have some privacy, and closed the door behind him. Kanone turned to the younger one, "What exactly did you hear?" Jeremy, however, was too afraid to answer the question. He would have never thought before that Kanone would hurt him, but if he did that to someone he loved, what would stop him from doing the same, or even worse, to someone he wasn't that attached to? So, instead, Jeremy stayed silent, looking down at the floor. This confused Kanone, who sat down next to the boy on his bed, "I suppose you heard what I did to Eyes?" he asked. Jeremy responded this time with a slight nod. Kanone sighed, "I suppose I should explain, though I'm not sure it would do any good. I wasn't myself exactly, and I had had a bit to drink."

"I understand." Jeremy said suddenly, stopping the explanation, "My old master used to drink a lot, and he would get violent like that."

Kanone nodded, "I want you to understand that I will never drink again, and that I would never hurt you, Eyes, or anyone else in this house unless I had a perfectly good reason." Jeremy nodded, but secretly wondered what Kanone considered a good reason. This question, however, didn't go unanswered, "The only reason I would ever hit anyone here is if I wound up in a situation like with you and Mike, and I promise you that I will never do what I did to Eyes again. Do you understand?"

Jeremy nodded, and looked up to Kanone, smiling, "I knew that something had to be wrong. I knew you wouldn't just do that for no reason."

Kanone faltered, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that what I did was okay, just that I won't do it again. I've payed for what I did to Eyes, though I'm not sure it was a harsh enough punishment. I don't want you to be afraid of me, Jeremy..." Kanone trailed off to look at the younger one.

Jeremy simply shook his head, "I'm not afraid of you, Kanone. I know that you know what you did was wrong, so I have no reason to be afraid of you." With that, Jeremy scooted closer to Kanone, and leaned into him, "I still trust you as much as I ever did. I was just a little shocked to hear that you had done something like that, I would have never imagined you were even capable of that."

Kanone wrapped an arm around Jeremy, and pulled him closer, "I'm glad to hear that, and as far as everyone else is concerned, I'm not capable of doing such a thing because they don't know about it. I'd really appreciate it if you didn't mention this to anyone, especially Callia."

Jeremy nodded, "I won't say a word about it, I promise."

Kanone smiled, and kissed the top of Jeremy's head, "Thank you." Jeremy only returned the smile, and Kanone continued, "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower. You're sure you're okay with this?"

Jeremy nodded, "Yeah. If Eyes can forgive you, then I can, too." Kanone just patted the boy's head, and led him out of the room.

Once Kanone had disappeared into the bathroom, Jeremy turned...and ran right into Callia, "Oh, sorry, Callia, I didn't see you there."

Said woman smiled down at the boy, "That's quite alright Jeremy. So, what were you and Kanone talking about?"

Not thinking, Jeremy answered, "Just a little problem between him and Eyes." He, of course, forgot entirely who he was talking to, and his eyes widened as soon as he realized what he just did.

"Problem?" Callia asked, "What kind of problem?"

Jeremy laughed nervously, "It's nothing major, just a little accident on Kanone's part. You know those two, always arguing about something or another."

Callia wasn't buying the act, and crossed her arms, "Jeremy, what aren't you telling me?" When she got no response, she pressed, "I have every right to know about my son, now tell me."

"Kanone made me promise not to, though." Jeremy objected.

"Well, then, I'll just go ask him about it." She replied, heading towards the bathroom.

"No, wait!" Jeremy called after her, stopping her in her tracks, "You can't ask Kanone because then he'll know I told you something."

Callia smirked at the boy, "If you tell me, then Kanone will never have to know about it. I'm not going to do anything, that's between Eyes and Kanone, I just want to know."

"Well, if you're not going to do anything about it, then why do you want to know so bad?" Jeremy asked, looking for any way to get out of this.

"Because I'm Eyes' mother, it's my job to pry into his personal life." Callia explained.

"What if he doesn't want you to, though? It is his privacy, maybe you should respect it."

"I should pry especially if he doesn't want me to. As for respecting his privacy, I do, but there are always exceptions to the rules." Callia informed him.

"Like what?" Jeremy challenged, hoping like hell that Callia didn't have a real answer.

Unforunately for the boy, she did, "Like I really want to know!" She whined. Jeremy only stared at her, "What? I said there were exceptions, I didn't say they were good ones!"

"If you're that curious about it, then ask Eyes." Jeremy suggested, "Not Kanone, though, he can't know that I told you."

Callia sighed, defeated, "Fine. A whole lot of help you are." WIth that, she went off in search of her son to pry the information out of him. Once she was gone, Jeremy sighed, relieved. If Callia ever found out what Kanone did, they might end up ne person short at the dinner table. A mother in general was scary to mess with when it came to her children, but Callia was on a whole other level. Jeremy was just grateful he wasn't Kanone right now.

Callia finally found Eyes walking around outside, talking to random people who were taking a break, "Honey? Can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked, as sweet as can be.

Eyes, who had been listening to a story the guy next to him was telling, looked up at his mother, "Sure." he turned back to the man, "I'll come back later, and listen to the rest." he proomised. The guy nodded, and Eyes stood to follow his mother, "What is it?" he wondered out loud.

Once they got to a private spot, Callia turned to her son, "Honey, is there something you want to tell me?"

Confused, Eyes shook his head, "No, what are you talking about?"

Callia sighed, of course he wasn't going to just come right out and admit it, "Is there something that Kanone did that you might want to talk about?" she wasn't even sure what Kanone had done, but she knew it was something bad if Eyes wouldn't even tell her.

She saw her son freeze at hearing this, and his icy. blue eyes widened in suprise, "How did you hear about that?"

"I just heard Jeremy and Kanone talking about something. I tried to get it out of the boy, but he wouldn't tell me, and he asked me not to ask Kanone about it. So, I came to you. Now, explain to me why it is that Jeremy knows about this, but I don't."

Eyes shifted around for a second before looking Callia in the eyes, "Wait, Jeremy knows?"

Callia nodded, "He knows something that he won't tell me."

Eyes sighed, he knew why Kanone didn't want his mother knowing. If Callia found out that Kanone raped him, Callia would most likely try to injure or even kill Kanone. Then again, Eyes couldn't exactly not tell her. She is his mother, and she does deserve to know. Still, it wouldn't make telling her any easier, "You're right, Kanone did do something, but we've fixed it, so there's no reason for you to know because it will only upset you." That was the truth in some form. It would upset her, and she really didn't need to know for that reason, and that Eyes loved Kanone and didn't want him dead or hospitalized.

Callia smiled, "I won't get upset, I promise. I just want to know what happened that's so major that you won't tell your own mother about it."

Eyes hesitated, "You promise?" Normally, if it was anyone other than Kanone, Eyes wouldn't have paid attention to a promise because he didn't trust others to keep them. This was his mother, though, and he had learned his honesty from her.

Callia nodded, "Of course I do. You know better than anyone that I'm good for my word."

"I know." After all, that was the only reason he was even considering telling her this. Eyes took in a deep breath, and preapred to tell his mother what had happened, "You know that Kanone went out with Jack?"

Callia thought, and then remembered Eyes briefly saying something along those lines, "Yeah."

"Apparently they went out drinking for six hours, and when Kanone got home, he...he wasn't acting like himself." he closed his bright, blue eyes at the memory.

"What did he do?" Callia asked, noticing that her son was about to bail out on the idea of telling her, which he was very close to doing so simply because he didn't want the memories.

That would be unfair to his mother, though, so he continued, "He seemed alright at first, but he was a lot more direct than I'm used to him being. Then, when I tried to get him to leave me alone, he...got angry. That's when he..."

Callia was actually leaning in towards her son, in hopes of hearing every bit of emotion he was putting into his words. Also, because he was whispering all of this, "He what?" she asked, softly, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Slowly, those trademark, brilliant, blue eyes opened, "He raped me." he answered, and quickly shut his eyes again, not wanting to see the shocked expression on his mother's face.

The hand on his shoulder tightened it's grip a little, and he could hear her gasp as his words registered with her, "He...no." she shook her head in denial, "Kanone woudn't do that...he's..."

"You're right." Eyes agreed, "He wouldn't do that, but he was drunk."

"And you're accepting that excuse?" Callia demanded, trying her best to keep her promise. She would have never expected Eyes to tell her something like this though.

"I never said I accepted it, but we've worked it out." Seeing that his mother wasn't buying it, he continued, "There's nothing to worry about." he assured her, "Kanone has promised me that he won't drink again, and there's no other reason he would ever hurt any of us."

Callia continued to stare, "And you believe him? Just like that, you're buying it?"

"I'm not buying anything." Eyes objected, "I trust Kanone, and I know he would never break a promise to me. He loves me, and you need to trust me."

"I do trust you, honey. It's him I don't trust, not anymore."

"Well, I do trust him, and if you trust me, then you should trust my judgement. I know you're going to say that I'm blinded by love, or something like that, and you're right. I am in love with Kanone, but do you honestly think that I would love someone I didn't trust?"

Callia sighed, "I just don't want to see you hurt, Eyes. I lost you once, and I refuse to let anything take you from me again."

Eyes closed the gap between him and his mother, and hugged her tightly, "Nothing will ever come between us again, and Kanone knows that better than anyone. He's the reason we're together now, and he would never try to rip us apart."

Callia sniffed back a few tears, "I know, I just hate that he hurt you. Regardless of whether or not he ever does it again, he did do it this time."

"I know," Eyes whispered, "but he's given us so much. I'm not asking you to forgive him right away, it took me a while to come to terms with it, too. I'm only asking you not to let it affect you too much because I know that, eventually, you will forgive him, and I don't want you doing anything you're gonig to regret later on down the road."

Callia shook her head, "I won't say a word about it, and I'll try to go on like nothing has happened, but I can't promsie that it won't affect me."

Eyes nodded, "I suppose I couldn't ask any more than that." he released his hold on her, "Thank you for not getting too upset about this."

Callia smiled to the best of her ability, "I did promise, didn't I?"

Eyes smiled back, "You did." he agreed, then grabbed her hand, "Come on, I'm starving."

Callia laughed, "That's because you slept through breakfast, you lazy bum." Eyes simply chuckled at this, it wasn't like he could disagree.

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You know it's bad when your mom is calling you lazy. Of course, everyone I know calls me lazy (especially my mom). Oh well, at least I finally got through this chappy. I wasn't sure how I wanted Callia to react to the news, and I'm still not really sure. I have been told that Eyes is going to get put through hell and high water in someone else's fic (I'm not telling which one, though...you'll just have to read them all to find out!), and I was told to take it easy on him, so I decided to not have her freak out. Though, there's no promises for when she runs into Kanone again...review!