A/N: Thank you to those who support my story, you guys are awesome! Also thanks for catching that mistake in the earlier chapters, I went back and fixed that.

Gareki backed quietly away from the door, as to not be heard, and hurried back to his room. Once he was safely inside he closed the door and leaned against it, breathing out a sigh. Was Nai really as doctor Akari thought? Could such an innocent child be a device to destroy Circus? Was Nai doing this intentionally? Gareki thought about the questions throughout the night and didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning.

"Time to get up, Baa" said a sheep that looked exactly like the one from the other day. Heck, they all looked liked the one from the other day. Gareki felt so tired that he couldn't even muster the strength to be mad at the little thing. His body felt three times worse than last night. Sure he was considered fit due to living in the 2000 district where you had to fight to live every day but the training he went through yesterday was brutal. Jiki showed no mercy in kicking his ass and expect him to be ready for today. "Report to the cafeteria for breakfast, Baa." The sheep turned around and walked out, leaving a half-awake Gareki still laying on the bed.

Gareki grabbed pancakes and eggs from the buffet table and headed over to the table where Nai and Yogi were waving him down. The sight of Nai made Gareki pause for moment as he remembered what he had overheard last night.

"So what you're suggesting to me is that Nai could also be a spy?" Hirato casually asked.

"We can't rule out that possibility," Akari said seriously. "When they made him human they could have wired his brain so they can have mental contact and he could feed them information."

Taking a good look the niji, Gareki saw how his eyes lit up when he talked, the natural smile that spread across his face when he listened and the way his head tilt when he was trying to understand something. Gareki smiled to himself, 'What was I thinking, I'll decide on my own if Nai is a spy or not. Who cares how he was made, it's how he is now that counts.' He walked over and sat down next to the two "kids."

"Oof—" The wind was knocked out of Gareki as his back collided with the floor for the twentieth time that day. They were only two hours into training and Gareki was getting his ass handed to him in hand to hand combat yet again. Slowly pushing himself into a sitting position, he took a deep breath into his lungs that were demanding some much needed oxygen. He had always considered himself a decent fighter but against a trained member of Circus, he might as well be doing nothing.

"How many times must I tell you to keep your stance otherwise you'll end up as you are now," Jiki said, quickly losing his patients. "I even gave you the order in which I would attack you and you still refuse to listen." He glared at Gareki and was met with an equal glare back. "Let's try it again and this time—"

"All Circus fighters please report to meeting room A. Repeat, all Circus fighters please report to meeting room A, " said a voice over the loud speaker.

Jiki sighed, "Well I guess that ends today's training, looks like we there's going to be another raid. Feel free to continue practicing. Hopefully tomorrow will have better results than today." Jiki mumbled the last part to himself as he walked out the training room door.

Gareki walked back to his room after spending a long day practicing. Jiki had left around ten in the morning, leaving Gareki to freely practice on his own. He had divided his time between practicing shooting techniques and practicing his stances for hand to hand combat. He went into his room and closed the door behind him before falling onto the bed, feeling just as sore as yesterday. It was already 9 pm and strangely Gareki didn't feel tired.

The Circus members had left for the raid at noon that day, leaving only Nai, Gareki and the sheep aboard the ship. Yogi had told him that they would be back no later than two hours but it was already nine o'clock and they still had yet to return. He couldn't help but wonder why it was taking them so long. As he was thinking there was a soft knock on his door.

Gareki got up and opened his door. "Nai?"

"Um, could I come in? I was feeling lonely and Yogi isn't here so I thought I could talk to Gareki..." the shy niji said. Gareki sighed but stepped aside to let him in. Nai perked up and ran into the room, jumping onto the bed. Gareki walked over and sat down next to Nai on the bottom of the bed. "I-I'm kind of worried about Yogi, Tsukumo and the others. I wish they would come back already..."

"There's nothing to worry about, there is a reason why Circus is the number one organization," Gareki replied, easily hiding the fact that he too was worried. Admitting to the fact that it was unnatural for them to be gone this long would only worry Nai further, so he kept his thoughts to himself.

Nai spent the next few hours in Gareki's rooming talking about nothing in particular. Once it reached 11 pm Gareki decided it was time to get to bed. "Alright Nai let's get some sleep, you should head back to your room."

"Ok," Nai said as he hopped off the bed. He went to the door and watched Nai go into his room and shut the door. Just as he was about go back into his own room a movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. As far as he knew, him and Nai were the only ones on the ship and that shadow was far too tall to be one of the sheep.

Walking down the hall where the shadow had disappeared Gareki stopped one of the sheep that were walking by. "Hey, are there any other people on this ship besides me and Nai?"

"No, Gareki and Nai are the only Circus members aboard the ship," the sheep replied.

'So who was that then?' Gareki thought as he continued down the hallway. Once he reached the end, he saw the shadow once again and chased it. After taking many turns Gareki ended up almost back at his own room. 'It's like I took one big circle.' Gareki paused a moment to catch his breath and looked around. 'The only thing that is of interest down this way would be...Nai's room!'

Nai walked back into his room and sat down on the bed. Grabbing his pillow off the top of the bed he hugged it tightly to his chest. 'I wish I could sleep in Garek's room but I know I will just bother him,' Nai thought as he hugged the pillow tighter. Nai was about to lay down and go to sleep when he heard his door open.

"Gareki...?" Nai said as he turned toward the door.

"Hello Nai, do you remember me?" said a very familiar voice that belonged to the person he held most dear. Nai looked up at the person who was standing in his doorway. His light blue hair fell over a white bandage that was wrapped around his head and his blue eyes stared intently at Nai.

"Karoku?"