Kinda short, me thinks, but VERY important.



Ayumu was depressed. It had been a week. A week! A week since he and Sora had had their first night of... intamacy.

And now he'd hardly seen the junior in a week. He was always running off, always said he was busy... And it hurt. It hurt terribly, because this was what Ayumu had been fearing all along. That Sora would wake up one day and realize that Ayumu wasn't worth it. Ayumu felt that he should have known that this happiness wouldn't last.

('I'm going to go to work now,') Ayase's voice said in Ayumu's head. Ayase didn't bother to wait for an answer; Ayumu had spoken to no one in three days, since the last time Sora had been home. Sora had called and left messages for the younger boy, but Ayumu had not been available, and so contact between Ayumu and his mate had been non-existant. ('Alright then...') Ayase ruffled Ayumu's hair affectionately, and then left for work without another word.

Ayumu just curled up into a tighter ball.

"We're close," Inui said, looking at Sora, who was just waking up from the effects of their last test. They'd been at this for a week, and since the last three days had been a three day weekend for Sora, they hadn't stopped for more then two hours at any point since Friday. Sora looked at him expectantly, waiting for Inui to tell him the newest theory. He was tired, and he wanted to go back to Ayumu. He missed him terribly.

"We've already discovered that you do not naturally have the DNA of a positive in your blood" Inui stated, matter-of-factly, "And so simulating the earthquake that originally caused most of the adult positives you know to change will do nothing." Sora frowned, feeling impatient from lack of both sleep and Ayumu. "However, The thing that really makes a positive a positive is an extra chromosome somewhere in their DNA. This is a type of trisomy, and though trisomy can normally have crippling effects on a human body, in this case it merely changes things, understand?"

Sora didn't, but nodded anyway. He didn't care about what Inui did, as long as it worked.

"And so, if we extract some of your DNA, change it, and then replace it, it will probably turn you into a natural positive."

"Probably?"

"It might also have a negative effect."

"... And you have the ability to do this?" Sora asked.

"I do."

Sora nodded, "Then let's do this."

Yasuo was quite content, yes he was. Sure, is legs were falling asleep, and, alright, he had to pee really, really bad, but still... He was feeling good. Kaito was sleeping on his legs.

Yasuo was skipping school today. Partially because he couldn't move without waking Kaito, and since Kaito didn't have school today... Needless to say, Yasuo wasn't goin gto let an entire day with his lover go by, without taking advantage of it. He just hoped that his parents didn't find out. Yeah, he was already in trouble with them over the last time he had skipped school to go see Kaito.

Yasuo smilied, thinking about that time. That had been real fun. He had spent an hour freaking Kaito out by showing up outside his classroom at random intervals, making him yell out and get in trouble. Oh, but then Kaito had gotten mad at Yasuo... And that had been no bueno...

He looked back down at his sleeping love and smiled. Even the bad times were worth it though. Definitely worth it.

Adrian McClain was quite bored, really. He clicked a few buttons on his laptop, but no new information came to him. It was all things that he'd known for over a week now. About Bade, about Ryan, and about the other 'positives', as they so quaintly refered to themselves. But, he figured he had enough information anyway. Enough to know where all of them were at all times, and which would put up the least amount of resistance. And who would no doubt come after him, if they were taken. And that was all he had been asked to do, really. He was just waiting now, until the person who had asked him to do the job showed up, so he could deliver his information and get payed.

Right on time, a black ferrari pulled up to the school, and the door opened to him. He slid into the car and promptly handed over the information to the sneeky-looking businessman waiting for him. The man grinned maniacly as he looked over the papers.

"Do you know how long I have been waiting for this?" Adrian rolled his eyes. Of course he knew, how could he forget, when this insane man ranted about that everytime he saw him? "Twelve years," the man continued, not noticing how Adrian rolled his eyes, "I've waited twelve years. More then twelve years, really. The first wave we sent out was a flop. Only a handful changed, and none of them had proper offspring. And then the next batch came, over thirty years later, but all them were sealed off, those bastards, but the group after that... They were the right ones. They were the ones that managed to do it, and now, twelve years later, it's finally time. Time to harvest the natural offspring."

Sora slowly opened his eyes. He remembered watching Inui fiddle with his DNA under a microscope, and then, after 18 hours, Inui finally had found what he was looking for. And then had injected Sora with the changed compound. He couldn't remember anything after that, so he assumed he had passed out.

He sat up groggily, rubbing his head. It was pounding, and his entire body felt tired. He looked around slowly, noticing that Inui was not in the room. And it was dark outside. How long had he been asleep? He shook his head, and immediately regreted it, feeling dizzy. He lay back down and closed his eyes, hoping that it would ease the pain in his skull.

He was soon awakened by the movement of someone entering the room. He opened his eyes to be met with an emotionless looking Inui.

"You're awake," The scientist remarked calmly, the slightest smile --or was it a smirk?-- coming over his face.

"Yeah," Sora grumbled. "My head feels like it just split in two..."

Inui chuckled. "I know."

Sora looked at him hopefully. "Well?"

"See for yourself," Inui answered. He held up a small mirror so that the boy could see his reflection.

Sora gasped.


Okay, for those of you (and I certainly won't name names) who usually miss the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) foreshadowing, go read the second to last section again. If you've forgotten Adrian McClain, go back and read the last section wide Bade and Ryan in it. Okay? Good. He's VERY important. Trust me.