A/N: All right, so back to school! I'm sure everyone's excited...okay not really, but I like to keep optimistic about other people's feelings about school.

I'm sure you're all so very happy, this is the final chapter in the main story! Whoo! I actually knew when my story was going to end for once! After this is just an epilouge, although I'm not quite sure how long it's going to actually end up being. At first I thought it was going to be really long, because I was going to have tons and tons of stuff to say, but now...I'm not so sure.

I doubt I'm going to do anything more with this concept story-wise, but if I were, I know I would not do a sequel, but a prequel. Feel free to tell me how you feel about that.

As always; read, review, and enjoy.

Fye's eyes opened. It was white, very white. Everything around him was pristine and sterile. As real substantial thoughts began to come to his mind he realized he was in a hospital. It looked just like it did on T.V. He didn't like it, it reminded him too much of the room he had been in when he had first woken up as Number 685.

He pressed his hands against the crunchy mattress and tried to push himself up. Pain shot up his left arm and a small sound of pain escaped his lips. "I would not push my luck with that. Lie back down."

Fye breathed in deeply through his nose and slowly lowered himself back onto the uncomfortable mattress. "So, what are you doing here Kamui?"

"I'm on watch."

"Watch?"

"Yeah, Ashura was here watching until about an hour ago when Clow came and said that if he didn't sleep he'd collapse. Your pathetic excuse for a lover hasn't been here at all since they brought you in. That shows how much he loves you, doesn't it?"

"Hm, perhaps, but his coming all the way to the government and risking his own life shows it even more. Wouldn't you say?"

Fye heard Kamui click his tongue in annoyance, "Point taken."

"What about the children?"

"Them? I don't know. Everything got so jumbled after Kurogane screamed in my ear to come here that you're lucky I've been able to keep track of Ashura, and he's been here most of the time you have."

"How long have I been here?"

"A little over two days."

Fye frowned as he stared at the bleached white ceiling. "That's a long time to be asleep."

"Yeah well, luck like yours takes a long time to settle in, and let me tell you, you're lucky."

"I realize that. I mean, the chances of surviving what I did to myself were only..."

"Fifty-fifty. I guess Lady Luck really likes you."

Fye turned his head to look at Kamui, "Yeah, some days it's the nice Lady Luck and others it's the Lady Luck that drags you through the mud." Everyone had good luck and bad luck, but sometimes it seemed like he had the extreme of either one.

"I suppose they both come with the terri..." Kamui's words halted for a moment and he leaned forward, examining Fye's face. "Territory. Fye?"

"Yes?"

"Can you see out of both eyes?"

"Just fine, why?"

"Hold on," Kamui stood to his feet and went through a door, coming out a second later with a hand-mirror, "Look at your eyes, I didn't notice it before, but when you look straight at someone, it's almost creepily obvious." The teen held the mirror in front of Fye's face and as Fye stared into it he realized what Kamui meant. One eye was its normal blue, but the other remained the abnormal gold that only F.A.I. possessed.

"Weird, my computers are supposed to be gone."

"They are, that shot to your arm surprisingly didn't break a bone, but it sure as hell shut off your systems. Perhaps the single golden eye is a reminder? A remnant that would show up no matter what?"

"I don't know, but I do suppose I'll just have to get used to it."

"I suppose."

The door opened and a small head stuck its way into the room. A small squeal of excitement was heard and the girl Fye had named Sakura dashed into the room, "You're awake! Syaoran! Papa's awake!"

"He is?" The boy looked into the room as well, a ghost of a smile creeping along his lips. "He is. How do you feel?"

"Oh, fine, fine." Fye waved his good arm at the children, "But what do you mean "Papa"?"

"Papa as in Papa."

"When did this happen?"

"While you were asleep. Kurogane told us to call you that from now on."

"Where is Kuro-puppy? Is he here? I want to see him."

The children looked at each other and nodded their heads slightly, "He's in a room having the bandages on his shoulder changed. He said he would come by later."

"That's right...he did get shot. Is he okay?"

"Just a flesh wound. He wasn't even admitted to the hospital, they just took out the bullet and cleaned up the wound."

A warm smiled spread across Fye's face and he fully relaxed against his pillow, "I'm so glad. Will he be here after his bandages are changed?"

Syaoran shook his head, "No, he said he had things to do. Later he said."

"Pathetic excuse for a lover..."

"Shut it Kamui," even though the blond told him to be quiet, Fye's heart sunk. There were more important things to Kurogane than coming to see him. He didn't really need to see Kurogane much, just a minute or so would have been nice, a simple exchange of words. He did suppose that what he had put Kurogane through for the last little while was too much for anyone to bear. He probably needed to think on what he was going to do now. Fye couldn't blame the man for having second thoughts, if that was the case.

"I think I'm going to go back to sleep."

"Do you want us to sleep with you?"

Fye gifted Sakura with a small laugh, and placed his hand on her head, "No, the bed is too small. Play with Cousin Kamui while I'm asleep."

"And just why am I their cousin?!"

"Because. You're one of Ashura's children now, aren't you? Ashura is my uncle, and that makes you my cousin, thus making you their second cousin, but second cousin Kamui is just a little bit too long for a loving title..."

"That makes the most absurd sense in the world."

"Ah, but it does make sense."

"Just...go to sleep."

"You'll play with Cousin Sakura and Cousin Syaoran?"

The teen grit his teeth, "...Yes..."

"Good." Fye slid down in his sheets, pulling the sheets up to his nose. He didn't feel very good, and it wasn't his arm. He wanted to see Kurogane, but now he wasn't sure if Kurogane wanted to see him. Fye knew what Kurogane had said back when they were at Ashura's, he knew that Kurogane had risked himself to save Fye, but people's minds could easily change, he'd seen it happen time after time.

"Papa, keep your hands off the paper!"

"No way," Fye held the morning newspaper up out of Syaoran and Sakura's reach. "This is the first time I've really been out of that hospital bed in days. I want to know what's going on in the world."

"But can't you read the paper tomorrow?"

"No...what's the point of reading it tomorrow when I want to know what's happening today?" The blond leaned against the counter while the receptionist went to file his paperwork in the hospital's database.

"Can you at least skip the first page?" Sakura pulled against Fye's dusty, black jacket.

"Why?" As he always did, Fye placed his hand on Sakura's head in a loving fashion, "What's so bad about it?" One golden and one blue eye scanned down the page in question and his cheerful demeanor disappeared. "They're...public?"

"Publicly clearing out." Kamui pushed at Syaoran's head to make the boy move forward so he could stand next to Fye. "Apparently they lost Fei to some 'tragic accident' and they no longer have any motive or leadership to move forward. The other F.A.I. heard about it yesterday, they're all at the complex drinking their heads off."

"Not even Kyle would lead them? Kyle was..."

"Kyle was a loyal goon and a royal bastard. Wasn't he one of the people who abused you on a regular basis?"

"Yeah, but...his abuse wasn't quite the same...anyway, I always saw him at Fei's side, so I always assumed..."

"Kyle was loyal, and he admired Fei. It got him high up there, but in the end Kyle's a follower, he could never run that place like Fei did."

"Hm...I suppose. So, they were supposed to have disbanded years ago, why would they be publicly clearing out now?"

"If I had to guess, I would say it's because of you."

Fye blinked at turned his head toward Kamui, "Me?"

"You. Whatever you did, which I assume includes killing Fei, must have scared them. Not only that, but you destroyed your computers. No F.A.I., suicidal or not, has ever intentionally destroyed their computers own their own. To top it all off, you escaped, something not even I, who tried almost every day, could achieve. I'd say that sends pretty clear message. Them publicly doing this must ensure that the news gets to you somehow, and in a way, them disbanding is a white flag of surrender. You won."

"Really?" Fye wasn't sure that was it at all. The government was pretty complicated, could it really be that simple?

"I think so. I can't be sure, but by now I think I know how they work. At any rate, this means that we won't have to deal with them anymore."

"True, but I do have to buy that rental place a new motorcycle...we left theirs behind."

Kamui shrugged, "Shouldn't be much of a problem for someone who gets pay like yours."

"Not so sure. I have hospital bills, and two children to take care of so I have to move out of my apartment. There's a ton of things; although you are paying for my car bills."

"I know, I know. I wrecked your precious car. It was for a good cause."

"Yeah, still, you break it, you buy it. At least that'll be one expense off what I need to pay now..."

"I still wouldn't think you'd have any problems, considering your line of work. Even if you did, you have Kurogane."

"Not really. I don't think he's here anymore. He never came to visit me, and Sakura says his house was full of boxes when they visited." Fye looked at the ground, lowering the newspaper to his side. There was a pain in his stomach when he thought of Kurogane. His stomach knotted and moved around making him feel nauseous. It really seemed like Kurogane was going to leave him, just like that, without even a word.

Fye blamed himself, he should have never gotten Kurogane involved in his work after their meeting. It was his greatest mistake. He may have gotten answers, but he was losing his most precious person. Again.

"Whatever it is, you'll sort it out. You're you. You have a knack for that."

"Yeah." Fye turned around, setting the newspaper down and taking the papers that the receptionist had for him. "I suppose I'll keep living. Kamui, do me a favor? Go flag a cab? Sakura, Syaoran, and I need to get back to my apartment."

"Sure, but I want to borrow the kids before you take them."

"Where are you taking them?"

"The complex. I mentioned the children there, and they all want to meet them."

Fye glowered down at his old partner, "You said they're all drinking down there."

"Yeah, but they're not going to hurt them, and I won't let them drink. They're way too young. As am I. I promise I'll bring them back tonight, I'll even take Fuuma with me so I won't accidentally lose one. It'll give you a chance to set up your apartment for them."

Kamui's words were true enough. Fye's apartment was still a mess from the last time he had visited it, and it was most certainly not suitable for children. "Fine. Take them, but I want them home by six!"

Kamui gave the smallest of eye rolls, "Like you'll be home by then..."

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Come on you two," Kamui held his hands out to Syaoran and Sakura, "Let's go flag a cab for your Papa while he signs out."

The two children smiled and went along with 'Cousin Kamui' disappearing from the building while Fye stood at the counter and signed several papers, making sure to not hit his still bandaged arm.

When he was done he set the pen down, picked up the practically empty bag that held his belongings, and went outside. He found that there was no cab waiting, and Kamui, Syaoran, and Sakura were all gone. He sighed, supposing that he had made the cabbie wait too long and went toward the curb to flag down another.

A hand firmly gripped to his arm, "And just where do you think you're going?"

Fye's eyes widened. He knew that voice. It was a voice he hadn't heard since before he'd woken up in the hospital. "Kurogane?"

"Fye, what's wrong? Since the day you invented your nicknames for me, you've never called me by my full name unless you were angry with me..." Fingers reached out and gently stroked his cheek. Fye shook his head and looked to the person who held onto him, "You look like you're about to cry...are you sure you're okay?"

"Kurogane...you never visited me. Sakura says you're moving. What am I supposed to think? What am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to think?"

Kurogane sighed and wrapped his arm around the blond's waist, bringing him close, "You're supposed to say, 'it'll be okay'. You're supposed to think, 'he said he wouldn't leave me and I believe him'."

"I'm not so positive..."

Kurogane chuckled, "I've noticed. Oh, and before you can degrade yourself further for something I know you will, I think the mismatched eyes make you look more rugged. I like it." Kurogane grabbed to Fye's chin and pulled him up into a gentle kiss. "Now, since my not visiting and my house being prepared to move must make you wonder what I was doing..."

"Indeed, but I'm just glad I was wrong..."

"Well, why don't we just go and find out what I've been up to...and get you something to eat. I swear you've lost at least five pounds since I last saw you."

"Of course I have, high metabolism and hospital food don't mix."

"So, where should we stop?"

"Some fast food place."

Kurogane rolled his eyes as he began to pull Fai away from the side of the street and toward his car, "You get out of the hospital and all you want is some reheated hamburger."

"Kuro-sama, I've been in the hospital, it gives you practically nothing to eat, and what it does give you is so healthy even a health nut would puke. I want to eat something that will clog my arteries just by smelling it."

"Fine. You can have it your way, because today is your day." Kurogane opened the passenger side door and allowed Fye to slide in before he shut it again.

"We've been driving for a long time Kuro-chan..."

"Don't worry, we're almost there. Is this area at all familiar to you?"

Fye leaned against the window, his eyes gazing out at all of it and then he slowly nodded. "When I was in that building, I got some of my memories back. This is near the house that my parents lived in for that last holiday season."

"Wrong."

"Wrong?"

"Well..." Kurogane took one hand off the steering wheel and rubbed the back of his head, "You're not wrong, but you're not right. This is the area you and your brother grew up in. This is your hometown."

Fai frowned at his boyfriend as he leaned back in his seat. "What are we doing in my hometown?"

"You'll see." Kurogane turned down a street and the car glided along the road until he came to a sudden halt in front of the house Fai could vaguely remember from his memories. This was it. "It's really..."

"Yes."

"What are we doing here?!"

A tap on the glass jerked Fye away from looking at the house and looking out the window on Kurogane's side, "Uncle!" From the other side of the window Ashura smiled and nodded, motioning for Fye to get out of the car. Quickly Fye unbuckled his seatbelt, opened his door, and clambered out of the car, "Uncle, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I did say that next time you visited that I would show you everything that is yours. You haven't exactly visited, but Kurogane came and asked me if your family home was still yours." Ashura held out a set of keys and shook them so that they made a faint jingling noise. "It is still yours. You can do with it whatever you want. Keep it, sell it, trash it, I don't care, because I know that you'll do what you feel best."

"And the rest of it..."

"Is inside the house. I naturally could not keep everything that was supposed to be yours, relatives tend to be a tad greedy, but I kept everything I could, and I will now give it to you." Fye reached out to take the keys, but the man pulled them back, "In exchange for a hug from my beloved nephew Yuui."

Fye shook his head slightly and then came forward hugging his uncle. "I must have made you worry, huh?"

The elder man laughed a little as he returned the hug he had asked for, "It took Clow, Fuuma, and Sorata to pull me away from your bedside. You are very loved by both the living and deceased."

As the two pulled away Ashura dropped the keys into Fye's hands and patted his shoulder. "I have to go now, but you must call soon, okay?"

"Perfect. I'll see you soon Uncle." A heartwarming smile spread over Ashura's face as he nodded and walked away to his own car. As he drove off Kurogane finally opened his door and pulled himself out of his own vehicle.

"So what do you think?"

"What am I supposed to think about what?"

"Do you want to live here?"

Fye frowned, twirling the keys in his fingers, "Why?"

Kurogane shrugged slightly, "My house is too small for four people, and if my house is too small, your apartment is way too small. You seemed to grow up very well here, I thought it would be a good place to bring those kids."

"What about your job? This is really far away from where you work."

"Doctors can adjust to any working area. This is near another city, I'll find something."

Fye frowned even more and stared at his keys, "So, you really want to do this..."

"Only if you want to."

Fye sighed, "Why don't we check out the inside?" The blond turned to go to the front door but Kurogane's hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"Wait."

"Hmm?" Fye gazed over his shoulder, "What's wrong?"

"There's something I want to ask you...before we keep going."

"Okay." Fye turned around and looked directly up at Kurogane's eyes. They were worried, almost sad. Fye couldn't help but wonder what in this or any other world would give Kurogane such a gaze. "Shoot."

"These last few days, even though I didn't visit you like I should have, I've been thinking about you a lot. I thought about how much...I love you. I thought about how much I loved Yuui, I realize, I could have moved on if Yuui left...I did move on after Yuui left, and while I thought of him often, I was okay. I wasn't okay with you leaving. I don't think I could have gone on. I was willing to give up my life when I went to get you. I can't...even bear the thought of not having you anymore..."

Fye made a sour face and tilted his head to one side. What was Kurogane getting at? "I love you too Kuro-pup."

"Do you really?"

"Yes. More than anything. Do you want me to prove it?"

"I guess in a way that's what I'm going to ask."

"All right, I'll do anything." Fye smiled sweetly, reaching up with one hand and touched Kurogane's cheek. "Really. I'll do anything."

Kurogane took Fye's hand from his face and pressed a small object into it. As Fye opened his hand to look at the object his eyes widened. It was a small black box...a box just the right size to hold a ring. Fye's eyes rushed up to Kurogane's face, then the words came, "Will you marry me?"

Fye didn't open the box. Slowly, as if he didn't even know it was happening, the box slipped from his hand. As it hit the ground Fye lunged forward, wrapping his arms tightly around Kurogane's neck and his lips firmly kissing the taller mans lips.

As he pulled away a single word was breathed out, "Yes."