Hmm, I see people don't like Justin, is that correct? It couldn't be, he's such a wonderful person! Yes, that was sarcasm... You know me, though, I can't make things peaceful, it's against my religion! No, I dont really have a religion like that, but I am in the process of making one. Anyone want to join? Either way, enjoy!

Polaris18: Oh, harsh words. Justin ruined the entire chapter for you? Even though he kind of was the entire chapter, but still...Aw, don't be so hard on Kanone, the poor boy's confused! Technically, Justin did have him first...Well, it's not cheating until they have sex, which they won't (don't worry, I wouldn't make Kanone that much of an ass). You don't hate me, you love me, remember? Hmm, I don't know if I'll get to that part this chappy, but it'll be there. Well, not that exactly because Kanone wasn't really lying, he does love Justin, but other aspects will play into it...you'll see. If it's not in this chappy, it'll be in the next one where he makes his decision. You'll read it, and you'll review it. Why? Because if you don't, I'll stop posting chapters! No, I won't really, but you'll still review. Oh, right, thanks for reviewing!

BadLuckGoodLuck: Yeah, Justin isn't the best character in the fic. It only gets worse, too, just wait! Heh, don't worry, would I keep Eyes and Kanone apart for long? Hmm, would I? Who knows? Thanks for reviewing!

A/N: Why are you all so pissed at Kanone? Sure, he's kissing someone who isn't Eyes, but that's no reason to hate him...He's just a little confused, put yourself in his shoes. Oh, and imagine that you love Justin instead of wanting to rip his head off. Don't worry, Justin will make it quite easy for Kanone to make his decision later on.

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Justin and Kanone emerged from the bedroom, the latter taking his seat in the living room while the former answered the door. Sure enough, Jack was there, looking quite frantic, "Is Kanone here?" he asked, wondering what Chase had done.

Justin nodded, "He's in the living room, waiting for you." he informed the older one, who was in said room in an instant.

Everyone stood as Jack entered the room they had been in, and he looked around, "What happened?" he asked Kanone.

The latter sighed, and explained everything once again, this time to Jack. When he was finished, Callia had had enough waiting around, "Well, what are we going to do?" she asked, impatiently.

Kanone shook his head, he honestly didn't know where Chase could have taken Eyes. The ringing phone disrupted the silence, and Justin moved to answer it, "Hello?" he asked, "Where are you?" this caught everyone's attention, assuming that it was Chase, "I see. Yeah, he's here. I'll tell him right away." he hung up the phone, and frowned a little, "That was Chase." he confirmed the group's suspicions, "He said he took Eyes to the hospital."

Callia's eyes widened, "Why would he need to go to the hospital?" she asked anyone who could give her an answer.

"It is likely that Eyes hasn't yet recovered fully from his operation." Ayumu said, "Has he gotten hurt lately? Anything that might have set it off?"

Kanone cursed himself, "We need to go, now." he said, leaving no room for arguement, not that anyone was going to argue. He had assumed that Eyes would be alright when he left, "I should have stayed." he thought, a pang of regret running through him. While Eyes had been in the hospital, he was here, completely clueless.

Justin's frown deepened, "Do you really have to go?" he asked, upset that Kanone was leaving so soon.

Their eyes met, and Kanone sighed, "I'm afraid I have to. You understand, don't you?"

Feeling the glare of about everyone in the room, Justin was a bit afraid to say no, so he nodded, "Yeah, I guess." Kanone nodded, and turned to leave. If he had to say goodbye, it might be too hard to go. As his hand rested on the doorknob, Justin's voice stopped him, "Wait." he said suddenly.

With a bit of trouble, Kanone turned to look at him once more, "Don't ask me to say, please." he silently begged, "I have to go to Eyes, he needs me right now." Kanone was far from wanting to leave with everything up in the air like this, but he really did need to see Eyes.

Fortunately, Justin didn't ask him to stay. In fact, it was quite the oppoosite, "I want to come with you." he stated.

Kanone was a little suspicious of Justin's motives, but wasn't about to deny him, "Alright, you can ride with Jack and I."

Kiyotaka and Jack exchanged glances as their cars and lives were being scheduled for the next however many hours. Kiyotaka looked to Ayumu and Callia, "I guess that means you two are with me." The two nodded, and the group headed out.

In Jack's car, Kanone was riding shotgun, and Justin was in the back. Well, actually, he was leaning over Kanone's seat answering the endless amount of questions that Jack had for him, mostly about Chase, "So, how's Chase been acting?" he asked, trying to get more information on him. If the other man really was trying to turn his life around, then Jack wanted to give him whatever credit he deserved. Of course, the best way to find this out was by asking Justin.

The younger one smiled, "He's been really great lately. I never thought I would say that about Chase, but he really had been a lot nicer these past few days."

Jack smiled at hearing this, "Does he know your names?" he asked. That had been one of the major issues with them. Chase had always referred to slaves as simply that, a thing to serve your every need. He had never treated them as real people, and felt absolutely no remorse for anything he did.

Justin nodded, "Well, kind of. He's only ever taken an interest recently, and there are a lot of people there."

"He's trying though?" That was a big indicator to whether or not he really wanted to change.

Another nod, "Yeah, he knows my name, and a few others, and he apologizes every time he gets one wrong. It's actually a little funny to see Chase apologizing."

Jack had to stop himself from slamming on the brakes when he heard this, "Chase was apologizing?" he thought, "Maybe he really is serious about this." He smiled to himself, it would be nice to have Chase back.

At the hospital, Kanone was the first one out of the car and inside. He practically ran to the receptionist's desk, "I need the room number for Eyes..." he trailed off, not knowing what last name Chase would have given.

The woman stared up at him, "Last name, please." she said.

Kanone sighed, "I suppose look under..."

"Kanone." called a voice from a nearby hallway. Kanone looked over to see Chase standing there, "Come on, he's...What are you doing here?" he asked, seeing Justin among the group.

Kanone smiled at the receptionist, "Nevermind, thank you." he then walked over to join Chase, the others following clase behind, "Where is he?" he asked.

"He's right down this hallway, but what is Justin doing here?" Chase asked, not mad, just confused. Kiyotaka had failed to mention Kanone and Jack's relationship, and as far as Chase knew, the two were complete strangers.

"We can talk about that later. Right now, I want to see Eyes." Kanone told him, not leaving room for any more questions. Chase nodded, and led the six down the hallway to Eyes' room.

Upon entering the room, Kanone saw only his lover in the bed. Ignoring everything else, he quickly walked over to him. He choked on his words, and opted for simply stroking the unusually pale boy's soft hair. Those blue eyes that had been so vibrant and stunning were now simply tired and faded. When they revealed themselves from behind the youngest one's eyelids, Kanone nearly cried at how dull they were, "Kanone?" Eyes asked, leaning into his hand, which stroked the side of his face.

"It's okay." Kanone whispered, finally finding his voice, "I'm here." he assured the silver-haired boy. Eyes smiled at this, and Kanone swore he saw the blue eyes brighten just a little, "Are you alright?" he asked, still extrememly worried at the sickly appearance of his boyfriend.

Eyes nodded, "I'm fine." he told Kanone, though he knew it didn't sound very convincing. He really was feeling much better, especially since Kanone had gotten there, but this attack had brought a lot of fears to his attention. What if they kept coming back? What if there was no permanent cure for him, and he kept getting worse and worse until he finally died? He was scared, that was for sure, but physically, he felt fine.

Kanone understood at least most of this, and nodded, "I'm glad." he whispered, leaning down to kiss his forehead, "I'll be here as long as you need me." he added, hoping to chase away some of the fears he knew Eyes must have.

The latter smiled, but wasn't sure what all Kanone could do for him. Obviously, he'd be there for support, but what if all the money and love in the world wasn't enough to fix him? Looking to the rest of the group, his eyes fell on his mother, "Love your hair cut." he said, half way between smiling and smirking.

Despite the depressed mood, Callia glared, "Don't push it." she warned, "Or else you'll be in here for a whole other reason." Then, her face softened, and she went to hug her son, "I'm glad you're alright." she told him.

Only Kanone smirked at this, the others were simply bewildered that the boy's mother would say something like that at a time like this. Seeing that Kanone knew what was going on, though, they all accepted it. Eyes turned his gaze to the group once more, and this time saw Justin, "Who are you?" he asked, looking to Kanone for an explanation.

Instead, Justin approached Eyes, "I'm Justin, Kanone's old boyfriend." the blonde introduced himself.

Eyes knew exactly who he was the moment he said his name. Kanone winced as he saw the two exchange glares, and never thought that having them in the same room would be a bad idea. Well, he couldn't be right about everything, now could he? Kanone turned to attempt to explain the situation, "Justin wanted to come along." he started, then realized this would be near impossible to explain with the others in the room.

Jack got the hint, and turned to Chase, "I think we need to talk." he said, and Chase nodded, following the older one out of the room.

Callia decided to try and lighten the mood, and tapped Ayumu on the shoulder, "Tag, you're it!" she said, running out of the room.

Ayumu looked from Kanone to Eyes to his brother, confused, "Did she just..."

Kanone smirked, "Yes, she did. Now, you'd best go after her. Unless, of course, you want to be beat by a girl."

What little pride Ayumu had in him moved his feet, "Like hell I will!" he claimed, and went after Callia.

Kiyotaka simply sighed, "I suppose I should go make sure those two don't kill each other...Or someone else." he said, and left to do just that.

Finally alone, Kanone turned to Eyes, "So, why exactly is he here?" the latter asked, still not comfortable with Kanone being so close to someone he had missed so much. It wasn't that he didn't trust Kanone, just that he knew Kanone, and that the boy had little self restraint when it came to certain things. He didn't want to find out the hard way that Jusitn was one of those things.

Kanone shook his head, "Honestly, I'm not sure why he wanted to come." he confessed, then looked to Justin for a better explanation.

Justin just smiled sweetly at Eyes, not fooling anyone; they could all see the jealousy and contempt he felt towards Eyes in that smile, "I simply wanted to meet the boy who replaced me." he explained.

It took all of Kanone's willpower to not immediately deny this statement, and simply sighed, "I couldn't wait for you forever." he said, coming to his own defense against a statement he didn't agree with, but need to appear as though he did. He honestly didn't know which one he wanted more, and seeing Eyes like this, he couldn't make his decision now. He needed to wait until he was sure the silver-haired boy would be okay on his own if he decided to stay with Justin, "Besides, for all I knew we would never see each other again." he added. This statement recieved a glare from the blonde, and he quicky tried to smooth things over, "Though, I had never planned on getting together with Eyes." he explained, "It just sort of happened." Of course, saying this got him a hurt look from said boy, as if to ask if he were really just a mistake.

Kanone sighed, this was going a lot worse that he thought it would. So, he was extremely grateful for the distracting yell that Callia provided, "Get back here, you dirty cheater!" she yelled, and flew into the room behind Ayumu, who was both laughing and trying to keep ahead of the crazy woman. While trying to slow her down in any way he could, Ayumu rolled a wheelchair at her. Of course, when she recovered from her fall, she sped up even more at a scarily fast pace.

Seeing Kanone, he grinned, then realized he had run himself into a corner. Turning around, he saw Callia blocking the only exit, a dangerous smirk on her face. Ayumu watched her every move, and just as she ran at him, he jumped out of the way, and dashed out of the room, "I could use a little help!" he told Kanone on his way out.

Forgetting completely about the situation he had gotten himself into with Justin and Eyes, Kanone laughed as Callia turned to him, "You'd best not interefere if you don't want to be in that bed with him." she said, then paused, "Or...maybe if you do, I guess it depends on what you're doing..."

"Mother!" Eyes shouted, horrified that his mother would say something like that. Even if she knew about the two, she certianly didn't need to talk about it. Of course, Callia probably did.

"What?" she asked, confused as to what she had said wrong, "Oh, right!" she exclaimed, and ran out of the room. She had given Ayumu way too much of a head start.

Kanone sighed, "Apparently Kiyotaka isn't doing his job of monitering them correctly." he observed, "I suppose I should go try to control her before she breaks something...or someone." Suddenly fearing for Ayumu's wellbeing, Kanone followed Callia out of the room.

This, of course, left Eyes and Justin all alone. The latter turned to the hospitalized one, "Listen, I couldn't care less if you love Kanone or not." he began, "The truth is, Kanone is mine, and I will not allow you or anyone else to come in between us. So, you can take whatever you feel for him and choke on it because if you get in between us, I'll do a lot more than put you in the hospital." With that, he turned and stalked out of the room, leaving a bewildered Eyes to think over what he had said.

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Hehehehe, what will poor Eyes do now? Next chappy, we'll find out what happens with these three, if Chase and Jack end up getting together or not, and who won that game of Tag! Review (yes, polaris, this means you, too)!