Whoo, 50 chapters! This is the one you've all been waiting for, too. Well, at least for the past two chapters...Yep, it's the one where Chase and Jack finally have that much anticipated talk, and who won that game of Tag? Oh, and Kanone tells Justin off! Heh, much fun to be had, so enjoy!

freya kurenai: I don't know what that thing was about, ask polaris, she sent it to me. Lol, tug of war, that could be fun. It would be even funnier if Callia won. Thanks for giving me an idea for Kiyotaka and Ayumu, and thanks for reviewing! Oh, and merry christmas! Did you see that author's note in the beginning of chapter 47 of this fic? If not, go check it out!

CeTe: Lmao, no way, Kanone is so mine! Oh...you killed him. Damn, note to self: do not try to steal Kanone from Eyes. Hell, he might be mine, but I'm not trying that! Heh, thanks for reviewing!

Happy people: Heh, don't worry, I'll do a lot more than make him jealous. Oh, yes, he will suffer dearly for coming in between these two, don't you worry about that. thanks for reviewing!

Polairs18: Lol, you act like you're above the reviews. Yeah, you probably shouldn't ask about that. In all honesty, I don't know where it came from, ask Callia. Oh, damn, you people are mean to Justin. I never knew you could hate a fictional person this much. I feel like I just lit a ton of dynamite on fire when I put him in the story, and now there's all these explosions and death and violence...Oh well, thanks for reviewing!

A/N: Just to let you all know, Justin is modeled after my brother, whom I love very much. So, when making your voodoo dolls (polaris) or going on a homicide mission (CeTe), make sure you get the right Justin! That's all.

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Jack and Chase had snuck into a hospital room to talk, and Jack had taken a seat on the bed while Chase stood. The latter looked to the older one, waiting for him to say something, which he finally did, "So, how have you been?" he asked, trying to start a conversation. The truth was, he really didn't know what to say to Chase. He didn't know whether he should be forgiving or angry or just put the past in the past. So, when in doubt, go for the small talk.

Chase noticed this, but was never one for small talk and decided to get to the point, "To tell you the truth, I've been through hell these past few days." he admitted, "Ever since I asked Eyes to help me straighten up, I've been working my ass off to do so."

Jack smiled, "I've heard you changed a lot." he told him, "I've got to say, I'm impressed." Chase looked up, liking what he was hearing, "I don't know where this inspiration to turn your life around came from, but I can't say that I don't like it."

Chase smiled faintly, "It was seeing you again." he confessed, "I realized how lonley it was without you always by my side. We used to be inseperable, but I can't even remember the last time we were together." he shook his head, clearing it of all the memories, "It got to be too much, and I decided that rather than living with this torture, I would try and get you back."

Jack really wasn't suprised by Chase's words, but he was still touched by them, "So, where does that leave us?" he asked, deciding that it was time to get down to it.

Chase shrugged, "That's completely up to you." he informed the other man, "All I can tell you is where I stand." Jack waited for Chase to continue. It was very likely the younger one's next words would make Jack's decision for him, "I know what I've done, and I'm willing to pay for that." he began, "I love you too much to push you away any farther, though. I'll do whatever it takes to get you to forgive me for everything I've done, both to you and everyone else." he looked up to Jack, "So, where does that leave us?" he asked, hoping he'd said the right thing. If he hadn't, then he knew there was a chance that he and Jack might never end up together because all he could offer Jack was the promise that he would change.

Jack hopped off the bed, and walked over to Chase. He lifted the younger one's chin up with his hand to bring their faces inches away. He searched Chase's eyes for any hint that he might be lying, or that he had no intention of keeping the promises he made. All he saw, though, was fear and hope; fear of rejection, and that small amount of hope you always have whenever you spill your heart out to someone. Jack smiled, "That leaves us right about here." he said, then leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on Chase's lips.

Chase felt very lightheaded for a moment, trying to comprehend that this was actually happening. When he regained his senses, he hesitantly put his hands on Jack's shoulders. He didn't want to push it too far, but right now all he wanted to do was throw the older one on the bed. Jack smiled into the kiss, and wrapped his arms around Chase's body, pulling him in. Chase sighed a little into the kiss, and decided he could be content now just to be in Jack's arms.

As the kiss wore on, Chase decided that it was time to take control of it, and slipped his tongue along Jack's lips. The older one started at the sensation, but complied willingly, opening his mouth for Chase to explore. Despite him being younger, Chase was very experienced, and quickly had Jack nearly melting into the kiss. The two didn't seem to care that they were running out of oxygen, and they probably would have kept at it until they blacked out, had it not been for the person banging on the door.

Chase broke the kiss, about to kick whoever's ass had interrupted them, when he saw who it was. Unlocking the door, Chase smirked at the other boy, "Hey, Kanone, we're a little busy right now. Think you can go bug someone else for a few minutes?"

Kanone, however, didn't even register Chase's words, "Have you see Eyes?" he asked, looking back and forth between the two men.

Jack noticed the frantic state of his friend, and appeared by Chase's side, "Not since we left." he told him, "Why, what's wrong?"

"We can't find him anywhere." Kanone told them, "He's not in his room, and his doctor said that he didn't have any checkups in another part of the hospital and they didn't move his room." He looked down at the floor when he was done talking, "I left them alone." he thought, "I should have known better. Eyes, where are you?" he had to keep himself from letting the tears fall that were stinging his eyes. He couldn't cry now, he needed to find Eyes.

Chase placed a hand on his shoulder, "Relax, Kanone, we'll find him." he assured the boy, "Do you have any idea where he might have gone, or why he might have left?"

Kanone hesitantly nodded, "Justin." he said, "I think he might have said something to Eyes."

"What?" Jack asked, now worried about Eyes even more.

Kanone shook his head, "I don't know, but I'd like to find both of them. If I know why he is gone, then maybe I can guess where he went."

The two nodded, "Well, let's go, then." Jack suggested. Without another word, the three split up in search for the two youngest ones (by the way, Justin is 16, so a year older than Eyes and 2 younger than Kanone).

After assuring that Eyes wouldn't interefere with him and Kanone anymore, Justin went off to find his soon to be boyfriend. He knew Kanone couldn't get over him, no matter how hard he tried, and he was sure that Eyes would break off the relationship entirely for fear of his life (me thinks Justin might be underestimating Eyes). With him out of the picture, there would be no reason for Kanone not to come running back to him (hmm, underestimating Kanone, too). He knew that Kanone had left to go after the brat's mother and Ayumu, so he headed in that direction. Soon enough, he came across Kiyotaka, "Hey, bastard, where's Kanone?" he asked. He had never liked Kiyotaka, and the feeling was mutual, he was sure.

Kiyotaka glared at Justin, "He's looking for Eyes." he informed the younger one, "We all are, what the hell did you do to him?"

Justin tilted his head to the side, "I didn't do a thing to your precious Eyes." he said, bitterly, "Now, if you could point me in the direction of Kanone..."

Kiyotaka came up to Justin, and grabbed him roughly, "If you did anything to hurt that boy, you will not live to see tomorrow."

Justin smirked at him, "Is that a threat?" he asked, cockily. In any other situation, he would probably be terrified of Kiyotaka, but Kanone would never let him touch Justin.

"It's a promise." Kiyotaka corrected him, then leaned in even closer, "Don't think that Kanone doesn't feel the same way, either. If you did or said anything to Eyes, you'd best come out with it. Now." it wasn't a suggestion, it was an order.

Justin lost his smirk and glared, "I don't see how that's any business of yours." he said, breaking out of the grip, "I don't have to explain a damn thing to you, and if you don't tell me where Kanone is, you'll only make it harder on everyone."

Kiyotaka turned his back to Justin, "Even if I did know where Kanone was at the moment, I wouldn't tell you." With that, he walked off in search of Eyes.

Justin glared, a lot of help he was. Turning, he saw Kanone turn the corner at the other end of the hallway. Their eyes met, one smiling, he other glaring. Kanone headed towards Justin, while the latter strolled towards the former, "Hey, Kanone, what's..." he was cut off as he reached Kanone, by the older one grabbing him and slamming him into the wall, "up?" he finished, "Ow, what the hell, Kanone?"

"That's what I'd like to know." the older one spat, "What the hell did you say to Eyes?" Justin was about to give him the same answer that he gave Kiyotaka, but Kanone continued, "I swear, if you lie to me, I'll make sure you suffer for it." he said, showing Justin he was not in the mood.

Justin struggled under the grip, but grinned nonetheless, "I simply told your little boyfriend that he didn't have a chance against me." he said, smugly, "From the rumors I've heard, it seems that he paid attention and took off." He swore he could see steam coming off Kanone's head, "What's the big deal, you're going to choose me anyway." he told Kanone, "Who cares what happens to that little brat now?"

That was the last straw for Kanone. He kneed Justin in the gut, and released him, watching as he sank to the floor, "It seems you've been mistaken." Kanone told him, kneeling down, and grabbing Justin's hair, yanking his face up to meet with Kanone's, "You see, I have no intention of doing anything with you any longer other than making you pay for whatever you might have done to Eyes." Justin opened his mouth to object, and Kanone punched him, "I'm not done yet." he informed the younger one, "Also, never ever talk badly about Eyes to me again, or you won't get off so easily next time, understood?"

Justin, having finally caught his breath, took this time to interject, "Why do you like that brat so much?" he asked, "You loved me long before you even knew he existed."

Kanone's glare intensified, if that was possible, and he backhanded the boy, "What did I just say?" he asked, "I loved you at one point, I won't deny that, but what you've done here has crushed any and all chance of us ever getting back together. You used to be the sweetest boy in the world, but you've changed. You're certainly not the one I fell in love with, and I'm personally disgusted just looking at you." With that said, Kanone stood, "You really screwed up this time." he informed Justin, "Don't think it ends here, either. If you're lucky enough to have Chase take you back, don't expect that he'll be as generous as he has been. Hell, I'd expect how he treated you before to be kinder than what you're going to go through."

Justin said nothing, simply watched Kanone walk away, "That's it?" he thought, "That's all I get? After all I did for him, I get bested by some brat? Some damn stray that Kanone felt sorry for, so he took in?" Justin shook his head, this couldn't possibly be how it all ended, "Have I really changed that much? All I ever did was love him, why was that so wrong?" No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't find anything wrong with what he had done. With a little effort, he stood, "I'm not the one that's changed, Kanone has." he finally convinced himself. With that decided, he walked (well, kind of limped, actually) out of the hospital.

Kanone sighed, it had taken a lot to hit Justin. He was right, he had loved him very much, "He's the reason I can't find Eyes, though." Kanone reminded himself, "He deserved a lot more than I gave him. If he's got any sense in his head, he'll leave now and never come around here again." Kanone honestly hoped that was he case. He didn't want Justin hurt or dead, he just wanted him to see where he went wrong. Perhpas he would simply forget about everyone here, and start a new llife somewhere else. Though, knowing his personality, that wasn't very likely, but maybe Kanone had given him a wakeup call.

Shaking his head, Kanone tried to rid himself of his tiredness. He had been running around, worried out of his head, ever since he had heard the news that Chase had taken Eyes. It had only been a day, but it felt like forever. So many things had happened, and it was getting late. He wanted nothing more than to just to find Eyes, take him home, and go to sleep. He knew that he wouldn't accomplish anyting in this state, and decided to lay down for just an hour or two. He felt horrible sleeping while Eyes was still missing, but he knew that there were 5 others looking for him. If he was in this hospital, they would find him.

He reached Eyes' room, and couldn't think of a better place to get some sleep than his boyfriend's bed. Entering the room, his breath caught in his throat at the sight, "Eyes?" he asked. There the missing boy was, sitting up in his bed, staring at his hands like nothing had happened.

At hearing his name, his gaze snapped up to see Kanone standing there. Instead of brightening his dull, sad blue eyes like Kanone had thought he would, his presence seemed to depress the boy even further, "You don't have to explain anything to me." he whispered, choking back his tears, "Justin explained everything to me already, and I hope you two will be happy together." he finished. He knew that it would be impossible to forget about Kanone, and nearly unbearable without him, but he only wanted to make Kanone happy. If that meant being with Justin instead of him, he would just have to accept that.

Kanone didn't know exactly what Justin had said, but his heart nearly broke when he heard the pain-filled words. He quickly strode over to the silver-haired boy, and pulled him into a tight hug, "Don't you ever say a thing like that again." he whispered, tears threatening his own eyes, "I don't know what Justin told you, but I have no intention of leaving you for him." Eyes tilted his head up to look at Kanone, "I love you, Eyes, and I don't ever want you to think any differently. No one in this world will come between us, how many times do I have to tell you that before you'll understand?"

Eyes just shook his head, "I didn't know what to think. I know how much you loved Justin..."

"Shh." Kanone quieted him, "Don't say that horrible name again. He's gone, and no matter what anyone ever says, I don't love him anymore." Kanone ran a hand through his boyfriend's soft hair, "I only love you."

With those words, the dull eyes brightened nearly to their normal, vibrant selves in almost an instant. It seemed as if all his troubles had been lifted with those simple words. Eyes leaned into the hug, and sighed contently, "I love you, too." he told Kanone. Soon enough, the younger one was fast asleep, and Kanone laid his head back down onto the pillow. He watched as Eyes instinctively rolled over on his side, and reached for the body that should have been next to his. When he found nothing, he opened his eyes and looked around for Kanone. When his gaze finally found what he was looking for, he gave Kanone a 'what are you waiting for?' look.

The latter smiled faintly, and crawled into the small bed with his lover, "Well, it's not home." he thought to himself, and looked down as Eyes settled into his arms. Then another thought occured to him, "Eyes?" he asked.

"Hmm?" Came the muffled reply.

"Where did you go?" Kanone asked, "We looked all over for you."

Eyes looked up at Kanone, a little confused, "I only went to the bathroom." he explained.

"Oh." was the only response. Having taken care of that, Eyes snuggled back into Kanone's arms, and Kanone smirked. When he thought about it, he wouldn't want to be home right now if Eyes was still here, "Not home at all, but much better." he added, then carried out his original plan of sleeping.

Callia and Ayumu had put their game of tag on hold until they found Eyes, "Where could he have gone?" Callia asked for about the 176th time.

Ayumu did what he always did when she decided to ask the question, he shook his head, "I don't know, but maybe you should concentrate on looking for him instead of complaining about not being able to find him." he suggested.

Callia sighed, "Maybe he just went for a walk or something." she suggested.

Ayumu sighed, "If he went for a walk, someone would have found him." he pointed out, "We've been through this place at least twice by now." Which wasn't an easy feat, the hopsital was bigger than it looked.

"Well, maybe someone found him, and he's back in his room." Callia said, hopefully.

The boy shrugged, "Could be, maybe our looking is completely pointless." he said, "Why don't we at least head that way and check?"

Callia nodded, "Oh, I forgot..."

Ayumu tilted his head to the side, "Forgot what?" he asked.

Callia grinned and tapped him on the head, "You're it!" she yelled, and raced off towards her son's room.

Ayumu went off after her, "You cheater!" he called after her, "Get back here!"

Callia turned her head to stick her tongue out at him, "All's fair in love, war, and tag!" she reminded him. Ayumu just laughed to himself at this, and concentrated on catching the crazy woman.

As Callia reached Eyes' room, she froze as she peered in the little window. Ayumu reached her, and tapped her, "Gotcha."he stated.

Callia turned to him, a smile on her face, "No you didn't." she corrected him.

Ayumu looked at her, completely confused, "What are you talking about?" he asked, "I just tagged you."

Callia nodded, "True, but this is home base." she informed him.

"What, since when?" he asked, thinking she had started making up rules without informing him of them.

She laughed as she slapped the back of his head, "Idiiot, haven't you ever heard of that saying, 'home is where the heart is'?" Ayumu continued to stare until she motioned to the window that looked into Eyes' room, "Look."

Ayumu peered inside, and smirked at the sleeping boys, "I guess you win."

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So, did everything go as you wanted it to? Justin got his ass kicked, Chase and Jack got together, and Callia won the game. Hmm, what to do now? Review! Oh, and for any of you who missed the author's note in the beginning of chapter 47 of this fic, go check it out. It's my christmas present to all of you!