Akira … o _ o Really didn't expect anyone to like my filler chapter, was almost afraid to read the reviews X D. YOU ALL GET EXTRA CREDIT. ; D

King: You're always afraid to read the reviews D : (

I do not own Switch or any of the characters. If I did, it would be major yaoi time. - o - All I own are King and the story line. Although I doubt I even own that. So I own King. o. o Yah.

----- 5 days later -----

In Paris, France, an elderly woman walks through the halls of a hospital terminal. The walker she uses creaks slightly as she moves, her breath coming out hard every few seconds. White wisps of hair cover her hair.

She stops, as a soft music comes throughout the halls. She looks up, the song bringing back a lost memory of a younger her, a dance, the beautiful dresses, the music….

She begins to head in the direction of the music.

It takes her a while, but she finally reaches the room. The white washed walls are met by a low tan carpet. Near the middle of the room, a young boy sits there, in a wheel chair. A wire connected to a machine measuring his heart beeped silently.

In front of him, slightly leaning against him, is a wonderful cello producing beautiful music. Elegy, by Adam Hurst. This boy could play it well; it was obvious he had played a while.

A nurse stood close by, checking up on him.

The woman wondered why someone so young and healthy looking was in here. But, as some of his hair moved to reveal a bit of a bandage wrapped around, she noticed.

He was like her.

His memory was fading, slowly.

He looked up, his beautiful emerald eyes catching hers. A smile lit up his face, and she took it to mean she could stay. She took a seat in one of the chairs, and waited until he was done with the song.

Once he was done, the nurse came and took the bow and the cello, replacing it with a marker and a pad of paper.

The old woman clapped. "You play wonderfully. Who was your teacher?"

The boy held up a finger, before writing on the paper. He held it up. The woman admired his neat and precise handwriting, before reading the message. 'My brother. He was the best. At least, that is what everyone tells me.'

"Everyone tells you?"

'I've forgotten him.'

The woman could simply smile. "What is your name, child? You seem around the age of my young granddaughter. I seem to forget what she looks like, but I remember her age."

This boy tapped the marker on his chin, before writing.

'My name is King.'

The name seemed familiar, but she ignored the nagging urge to ask further. "You are here because of your memory. Is that why you cannot speak? And, from that chair, this old coot is suspecting you cannot walk."

King smiled, nodding, before writing again. 'You are correct. And, yes, I am here for the operations. Hopefully, I will be… normal one day.'

The woman laughed at this. "What is normal, to be exact?"

King laughed as well. 'Yes, exactly the question. What is normal?'

"Tell me your story, King. I would like to hear, even though I may not remember."

King sighed, and wrote. 'My story is not one for any ears.'

"Why do you say that?"

'I am no saint. In fact, I have just committed another sin, miss. So, please, do not ask again. I want to restart my life.'

".. Sin? Have you prayed to God?"

'I haven't prayed in so many years. I do not think I should start now.'

"Why?"

'God surely does not want to hear the confessions of a murderer.'

The woman's lips became a thin line. "Tell me, King. Who did you murder?"

King bit his lower lip, as he wrote slowly.

----- 5 Days Earlier -----

Kai and Hal arrived at the warehouse, along with the police. Hal led the way, staying a distance away from the 'frontline', as the armored men flung open the door, and went in silently.

Silence ensued for a few seconds, before gunfire became a music in the air.

The two males stayed behind, having their guns at the ready, before they went in behind them.

Just as King had promised, there were people waiting for them.

They were going to fight to the death, and it was unsightly apparent.

The two hid behind a box filled with a certain piano, as gunfire rained around them.

Their target was simple.

Find Tobari, and take him in.

With that, Syndictive would come undone.

Hopefully.

Kai looked around a corner, and had to quickly go back behind the box, as shots were fired at him.

"There are so many here!" He complained.

Hal nodded. "This isn't our target place, though. When there's an opening, make a run for it, okay, Kai?"

Kai nodded, unsure of it.

Hal noticed the uncertainty in his younger partner, and kissed him lightly. "Don't worry, we're gonna get through this, okay?"

A slight blush passed over the redhead's cheeks, as he simply nodded.

Once the gunfire had seemed to stop, Hal and Kai moved.

On their heels was the hot lead coming from the guns.

But they still made it.

As they exited through another door, Kai leaned against a wall, still shaking.

Hal could simply laugh at him.

"W-what?! That was scary!"

Hal shook his head. "Nevermind."

He looked around, at the narrow hall they were done. He began to walk down it, followed by the redhead.

They seemed to walk forever.

And ever.

Kai was starting to wonder if they would ever find the ending. But, soon, they came upon a door.

It was small, for the wall it occupied, but it was important, judging from the old sign that hung limply from it.

Hal slightly pushed on it, the door automatically giving way. He looked back at Kai, motioning for the younger to follow close behind.

They opened the door, and Hal almost wretched.

It was like a small operating room, a mangled body on the slab. The eyes of the young child were still wide open, hazed over. Blood splattered the walls and the table, along trickling down the boy's lips.

Rage boiled in Hal's veins.

"What is it, Hal? What's that smell?"

Hal turned around and covered Kai's eyes. If this could be a trigger, Hal didn't want to find out. He began to move around the table, so they wouldn't disturb anything.

Soon, they were out of the room, and in another hallway. Hal sighed.

What was with that?

He hoped he'd get his answer.

Kai could simply stare at Hal. "What was in that room?"

"… Dead pigs."

Kai thought of this for a second, before sticking out his tongue. "Ew."

Once again, they continued down the hall. Repetitive, no?

Again, they come to a door. It was a simply white wash door, seeming to have recently been painted.

With a frowned, Hal took out his gun yet again, and slowly opened the door.

It led to the outside.

All that for nothing, right?

Wrong.

Hal looked on at the bodies on the ground. They were members of Syndictive. Each one was shot in the head.

It confused him, and made him think they had committed mass suicide. But…. The bullet holes he could decipher through the blood were HUGE.

Kai covered his nose, and back up against the wall, breathing heavily. Slowly, a few pictures flashed in front of his eyes…

Quickly, Hal grabbed Kai, and pressed him to his chest. "Don't look. Relax, Kai… Just relax."

Kai's eyes were still wide, as he grabbed onto Hal's shirt. "Nngh…" He managed out, although it wasn't really something.

He was finally relaxed, and Hal let him go. They began to walk down the stairs that led to the ground below.

Once they were down, they began to weave through the bodies. Hal looked up into the sky, at the sunny day. All of a sudden, from a roof a bit away, something caught his eye.

It was only there for a second, but it had still caught his eye. It was long, and narrow, black with a red bow tied on it.

A barrel?

How preposterous.

What idiot would tie a freakin' bow on a gun barrel?

It was probably just his imagination.

Soon, they made it past all the bodies.

But they had no idea where they were going now.

They just walking along the path, hoping to find something eventually.

They came upon a small forest. Hal really didn't want to, but…

King had told him to keep following this trail.

So, he had to trust the kid, even though he hadn't trusted him one bit before.

He looked back at Kia, and motioned for him to follow.

Kai did so, as they entered the small forest.

'Just keep following the forest.' King wrote on the whiteboard, before erasing it.

Hal frowned at this. "Forests are dangerous, King. How can I trust you?"

King looked up at him, and tapped the marker end on his chin, thinking of that. It annoyed Hal that the damned kid couldn't even find one rational reason why Hal should trust him.

Finally, King began to write on the whiteboard again. 'Because, you can trust me. That's simply it. But, be wary of Kai. I have not put in the calculations of what will happen to him.'

"Cal.. calculations?!" This made Hal's blood boil. "What, is this all a game to you?!"

King smiled, and laughed slightly, before writing. 'That's right. A big game of chess. And my opponent has changed, as well as some of the roles of the pieces. Pawns are no longer expendable in this match. Because there are none left.'

Hal tried his best to not make any noises, but it was hard with all the loose leave and brush around. Kai was having an even harder time than he was.

Hal stopped, as they came to a slab of stone. It was rounded at the top, as it stuck like a reminder out of the ground. Weather seemed to have made most of the words disappear. He wondered whose grave this could be. But it didn't matter right now.

They continued on.

Hal became lost in his own thoughts, as he continued on.

The only thing that caught his attention now, was a muffled cry from Kai.

Quickly, Hal turned around, and pointed his gun at the assailant who held Kai in a head lock, a gun pressed to the younger male's temple.

Tobari gritted his teeth. "How did you know to come here? No, I know. King told you, didn't he? Well, it makes my job easier you both came in here. That damned girl took so many of them out…"

Hal was confused. Girl?

"Just let him go, Tobari, and we can go peacefully."

"No, no we can't. I know what was going to happen, ever since King began to go soft. There was no longer any room for him in this place, and that's why I did what I did. But, to think he'd still have allies, that kid has some deep roots, I gotta give him that."

The gun pressed even closer to Kai's temple, as Tobari's grip around the redheads neck also tightened.

Kai struggled. "Let me… go!" He said through his teeth.

"No can do, boy. You're my ticket out of here."

"I won't let you get outta here, Tobari! You're under arrest!"

One of Tobari's eyebrows raised. "I don't think so, Narc."

He cocked the gun, making Kai and Hal's eyes widen.

"Try anything, I'll shoot your partner."

"Let him go Toba-"

"You'll let me go on the count of three, or I shoot him."

"Tobari, just let him go, no one needs to be hurt-"

"One."

"Tobari, come on! We can work out a deal here, just-"

"Two."

Hal's eyes widened. "Don't do it, Tobari. Just don't."

Tobari smiled. "I'm sorry. But I'm not gonna sympathize with you."

What?

Tobari's finger found the trigger.

Hal's eyes widened. He had to help Kai.

He had to..

He began to run forward.

But it was too late.

The shot was heard all around the forest, as it echoed.

"KAI!!"

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