The wonders of technology. Same shit I said about a fic that I published a year ago. This is something that has been part of my imagination for a while. This is partly inspired by a song of DKM. I don't know why but the song was stuck in my head today.

And because I wanted to write some stuff out before I focus on En route, now, it is time for this fic. Been a while since I wrote on this. Btw. This has some extras added to it.

I was thinking of posting this small part on my fic Comforting a rough heart but I have decided against it.

I was first thinking about making this a fic focused Kerlongsj and his possible son (no, not Anaton) but when I listened to those lyrics, I figured I could use it somewhere else.

Still, this is not spoilers. More like a big what if scenario and looks from the death.

Tonight my son, I'll heed the call If you're to live, then I must fall

Ryuuin would freely admit that those words where he had been living by. Ever since his wife started on those experiments on Kizuna, he had seen what those things could do to him. He wasn't happy.

Frankly, he was horrified by what those things could do. That Tabane did those things as well, it made him even sadder He had seen what the Infinite Stratos were and how the fight between them and the Heart Hybrid Gear only caused damage, hurt and pain to those around them.

His daughter. Dear God, Reiri. He hadn't been around Reiri in a long time. She had grown up to such a beauty. She had become so much like her mother. Luckily for Ryuuin, only in appearance. Not in her mind.

No, Reiri hadn't been anything like Nayuta and Ryuuin thanked the Gods for that. He was happy that he had entrusted her to Kerlongsj. That Flemish Devil. The older Japanese man had never seen someone who took family more seriously.

Family wasn't who you died for. It was who looked after and who you protected. Now, Ryuuin had seen what happened to Kizuna. Good friends around him and women as well who loved him.

He had yet to see what those guys have been doing and how they helped him out in the matches between them. How Ichika was a good friend for him and how he looked after him.

Much like that Flemish man. Mattheus Adjzof and that young protege of his, Joel Pearce. He wasn't interested in getting in between the girls that he had foreseen Kizuna would become close to. Brothers in arms and brothers in blood. Like he and Kizuna were. The group grew and he was happy to see that his little son had grown so much. Reiri and Chifuyu couldn't choose a better man to look after them. And for that, he was happy.

The fight that showed Kerlongsj and the shock on how familiar Kizuna and Ichika greeted him. It showed that Ichika and Kizuna had been good men. They liked Kerlongsj, even with the knowledge of who laid in their sister's bed. They had been happy to see their sisters had a good man looking after them.

And even so, they weren't the ones who could talk about morality in that matter.

Kerlongsj had joked around and he had promised Kizuna and Ichika that he would look after them. Especially with the events that happened between them. Normally, it wasn't wise but in Kerlongsj's case, recourses were enough and he could protect those around him.

He could look after them as well. They were his little brothers as well.

Ryuuin had walked between them and he had seen how happy Kizuna got. He saw the fights that he had been in and the women, monsters, being and Gods he faced.

While it was something to be happy about, there was just something about having guys around. Kizuna wasn't the only one who had females left and right. Ichika had proved to carry his legacy as well and women of every sort had fallen for him as well.

Mattheus had also attracted his fair share of girls who had some sort of feelings for him.

When two opposites met, the most beautiful things could happen. And when the world of Vatlantis learned of the world of the Hackers, two opposites met and the most beautiful things happened during the days. A world filled with women met a world that had mostly single guys.

Kizuna wasn't a part of that. He had his own girls and when the things calmed down.

You had years later and he had waited anxiously at the bed of Aine. And Ryuuin looked down to see the face on the grandson that had been born.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked in the face of Azalof.

"Come on, man. We have to go back. Party is over."

"A pity. I would have loved to stay."

"This ain't our world. It's theirs." The two left. But not before he turned to see Kerlongsj walking away with two young boys on his arms. They had blond hairs like Azalof but their eyes were blue and brown Much like their mothers. He was happy his son had this life. And that he didn't die for anything. His legacy would live on and Anaton wouldn't be forced to take care of those boys.

They'd have their father.

And their shadows would be by their sides and they would always together as one.

I hate this. I forgot my Ipad with me so I don't have much else to work with. It sucks as my laptop isn't great to sit in bed but hey, I wanted to post something. Stories Told will have those omakes. Just two more weeks.

Saluut.