A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading. I wrote this chapter and to chapter number five for the Anniversary of my Uncle's death.

Disclaimer: I do not own No. 6 or its characters only the Shion or Saffron Tribe. In this I only own the Poems mentioned that are a part of Shion's past

Chapter Three: Hesitant Questions

Shion's POV

I looked around Rat's Home smiling at all the books that were here. Bookshelves and Bookshelves of books. I turned around hearing a squeaking noise before I saw an Albino Rat on a book.

When he noticed me watching he got off so I walked over with a smile. I opened the book recognizing the words from the book before I saw the Rat on my left shoulder.

I smiled at the Albino when he nodded, I had asked if he wanted me to read it and that was his answer. I read the book in monotone because I have no connection nor relation to what the book is saying. I heard Rat say that he was impressed by the flatness of tone I used.

I looked at him looking at his face as soon as I saw he didn't have a shirt on. He said I'd make Macbeth cry before I closed the book petting the robotic Albino Rat.

"The few books we were allowed to read had nothing to do with Classic Literature but Karan did read me a book once" I said placing the book down on the table. "Karan had read me 'The Happy Prince' when I was younger and put under her care" I said before he recited and acted out a scene from it. He laughed when he was done saying that a story of Hypocrisy and Complacency is fit for someone who doesn't know of true Tragedy.

I took a breath getting his attention as he tied his hair in a ponytail. "Do you know this one? I bet you won't" I said before I spoke again.

"Blood the color of fire,

Fire the color of blood.

Fire burns till nothing but red

and slivers of silver in the black smoke,

Billowing high, remain"

"Would that be considered a Tragedy or just a story a child wrote of a home being burned in front of them?" I asked before I spoke again. "There's also another one to" I said before I spoke again.

"Muddled vision of fire bright,

Screams of friends,

Of family,

Of those cherished by your being.

Shimmering water surrounds you like a barrier,

As you watch your home burn down.

Do you do nothing, watch as everything disintegrates.

Or close your eyes and forget

Your mistake"

I said before I asked if those were considered Tragedies before I went to take a bath leaving him confused. When I entered the Bath I looked at my reflection in the water before I saw the black mark. I touched the mark really hoping it won't hurt soon since I don't want to have to ask Rat to help me with it.

He's done too much for me and he doesn't even remember me. When I got out of the Bath I asked Rat if he would be able to give a message to Karan somehow. He asked why when I should know it's dangerous.

I didn't answer and instead looked at the Bookshelves before he told me to forget it making me look at him. He said that memories, regrets, and extra baggage will break me eventually making me sigh.

"How does that make anything better by the way?" I asked him before he said that it would put her in danger. That I threw the Bracelet away because it was dangerous. "I threw the Bracelet away because you told me to Rat, just because you forgot doesn't mean I have to" I said before he asked what I was talking about again.

"I don't want to tell Karan I'm safe, she knows that, I want to tell her something else" I said before he looked away from the book and back at me. "Might I ask why you came for me though? You already repaid me for even being there that day" I said before he came up to me grabbing my collar.

"You saved my life four years ago that's my reason for doing it, besides how would I know that being there was repaying you?" he told me before I voiced that he was right earlier. "You were right when you said you were taller than me" I said making him confused before he let go of my collar asking why I have to be an airhead. I do that on purpose to diffuse a situation if I think it will work, with Rat it works very well.

He sat down on the bed before I heard a squeaking, turning my head I saw a blackish brown Rat on my left shoulder. "Are you the one who told Rat to save me? I've been meaning to thank the little one" I asked him before he squeaked and went over to Rat.

"It was this one" Rat told me before he said they were equipped with a number of sensors and had managed to see my situation. "They look very real and act like it to" I said before he said that he's been using them for years. He's been trying to find No. 6's Achilles Heel making me look up at him.

"Have you noticed anything weird involving Wasps while you've been snooping around?" I asked him before he turned about to go to bed as he said that was my specialty. He stopped though to ask about my hands before I looked at them sighing in annoyance.

"Man I knew this would happen, why so soon you annoying Wasp?" I muttered dryly before I realized something. "You could've come from my Coworker while I was unconscious or was this my punishment from four years ago?" I asked out loud before Rat asked what it was. "The Phenomenon that I was talking about was this.

Wasps infecting humans in No. 6 before the human host ages, cripples, and dies not long after the black marks show" I said worrying him. I felt a pain in my neck before I gripped it hearing Rat ask what was wrong feeling his hand on my right shoulder.

"Just my neck, I know this is probably troublesome since I haven't mentioned this before but could you cut it out?" I asked him as my legs gave from the annoying bug. "We don't have any Anesthetics here" he told me making me shake my head as I got up and walked over to the bed. "Anesthetics and anything similar won't work on me, side effects of being able to turn off my Nociceptors for thirty minutes to an hour" I said seeing he was surprised.

"You have till then to cut it out without me feeling any pain" I said before he got to work. When he was done he told me to rest and I did so thanking him before then.

Time Skip: When Shion Woke up

I wondered where Rat was when I woke up before I sat up. The room was dark so that meant he wasn't here before I got out of bed to search for him. I picked up an Oil Lantern walking to see if I can find him.

When I picked it off the Table I walked past a Mirror and from the corner of my eyes I saw something I didn't think I would ever see. I looked into it holding up the Lantern.

I haven't seen this hair and eye color forever and the pink marks I haven't seen in a while either. I wanted to see if the whole mark was back before I put the Lantern on the ground taking off my shirt and pants. When I saw the bandages I groaned from how much longer I have to wait til I see if they're there.

I took them off and to my happiness I saw the same marks. I heard the door open before I turned to see Rat.

He told me that the red marks are only on my skin making me smile brightly. "I know that thank you Rat, thank you so much" I said before I felt tears go down my face from happiness. I realized I was on the ground when he asked if I was okay asking why I was thanking him when he mentioned the marks.

"This is how I used to look before I was taken to No. 6. I didn't think I would ever get my hair and eye color or even my marks back" I said before I gave him the Lantern when he was looking around. "Why would you not have them in the first place? What do you even mean by being taken to No. 6?" he asked me before I looked around.

I heard the Albino Rat squeak on Rat's shoulder as he lit the Lantern when he put it on the Table. He asked me if I was hungry since the Rat said we should eat making me smile.

I heard him laugh as my stomach growled loudly before I felt my cheeks heat as I looked away. I watched as he made the food before I asked what he was making. He said it was Classic Macbeth Soup before I asked what that was, he said something like an Incantation making me laugh slightly.

He held out a bowl to me before he said I should try it. I thanked him before I did so telling him it was really good with a smile.

After we finished eating Rat handed me a plate with a Pupa on it making me sigh in relief. "I'm glad the Wasp was in the early Pupa Stage when it was cut out, I would've died if it reached the end" I said before he asked how I knew it was a Wasp. "Parasitic Wasp but yes still a Wasp, it came out of Yamase's neck and I'm guessing it entered my body some days before or when I was unconscious" I told him.

Despite wanting No. 6 gone I don't want the people dead, they may have destroyed my home and family and allies but I can never wish someone dead. "I've been helping VCs since I was seven and unless I'm killed or on supervised assignment I'm not allowed outside of No. 6" I told him before he started laughing hysterically.

I took a Knife from my pocket when calling his name didn't work. I sliced a piece of his hair off his ponytail stopping his hysterical laughter. He didn't see me have the knife but he knew something flashed over his head.

"Did you just do something Shion?" he asked me and I sighed before I shrugged. "Better than splashing water on you, calling your name wasn't working" I said before he looked confused.

"Hysterics is exaggerated emotions, such as laughter, like you were doing" I said before he sighed sitting back down. He said he was laughing at how funny it is making me scowl before I asked him if he wants everyone in No. 6 to die. He said it's a riot because the City only accepts those who are completely submissive.

He asked if I was one of them. "You forgot the letter I showed you four years ago didn't you? Until yesterday they didn't come to a decision on what to do with me" I said before he seemed confused.

He told me that I'm a deviant as well before I nodded looking at the ceiling with a smile. "I love anything natural, I barely like anything made by humans" I said looking back at him after I said it. "No. 6 took me from my home and did something I don't like one bit but I blame the people who were actually there" I said before I saw Rat lay on the bed opening his book again.

"Despite not liking what they did however I wouldn't wish them dead, just for them to see how it feels but only a taste and nothing more" I said before he asked me what exactly they did. "Nothing that concerns you but if you tell me yours I'll tell you mine" I said before he said that the people out here aren't even considered human to the 'Holy City' making me frown.

He said that they dump their garbage here so that they can prosper making me sigh since I know he's right but that doesn't mean he should wish them dead. Rat said that he doesn't remember any case like it out here and that he's heard of suspicious deaths labeled as accidents. I sat down holding the crystal that hides the Detonator.

He realized what he said before he sat down on the Table in front of me putting his hand on my head. He said he wasn't trying to make me feel bad before I shook my head smiling sadly.

"I never liked hearing how people want other people to die so much that it brings a smile to their face, that people label a death as an accident when it isn't" I said before he smoothed my hair. "I don't know much about this place specifically just the Forest where I used to live but I'd like to know" I said looking up at him. "Would you mind showing me or at least telling me?" I asked him with a small smile before he said that he's surprised I can say that straight-faced.

"Follow me" he said and I did so happily as I stood up before we walked outside. I smelled the air smelling everything there before I noticed a Wasp on the ground.

I picked it up before Rat said it's an ordinary Paper Wasp and I nodded. "Wasps and Bees hibernate during the Winter because of the cold and the fact it's hard to find food" I said before I continued. "During the Winter it will be the same for the Parasitic Wasps.

They'll hibernate in Winter but in Spring they'll all hatch at once when they're mature enough to move about" I said worried for Karan. I love her as a mother figure despite only calling her 'mother' when people are around.

I heard Rat whistle bringing me out of the thought process before I looked over to him hearing him say that he likes that idea. He compared it to a Spring Festival before he asked me the Festival name for the date No. 6 was founded. "The Holy Day, I don't really like the name but hey fits the image" I said before he said something.

I didn't want to listen so I didn't but when I heard 'filling the skies with screams' a motion picture went across my vision making me grip my head. I didn't want to see my Forest burning down around me, I didn't want to see my family fighting those from No. 6 while I was safe in the middle of a pond.

I felt a hand on my shoulder before I looked up at Rat who said we have to go now and to not worry about the past. I know he doesn't remember so I didn't bother having hope that he does. After a while we walked into a rundown Hotel hearing Rat tell me we're here.

I heard growling after Rat said this was, and still is, a Hotel. Hearing a Switchblade being drawn I shook my head with a sigh before I sat down.

Rat said not to do that before I saw a German Shepard walk towards me still growling. I smiled at the Dog before he stopped, his ears pulled back and whimpering. I held out my hand before he jumped at me licking my face as I petted his fur.

"Hey buddy, I know you're just protecting this place" I said before he stopped licking me. His tail was still wagging before I saw Rat looking at me.

I moved to a crouching position before I smiled at him hearing a laugh from a woman on the stairs. She told Rat to put the 'thing' away after she welcomed us. I stood up asking Rat who she was before he told me that he's Dog Keeper.

I walked behind Rat as he followed Dog Keeper, I looked into the rooms seeing Dogs around a few people. It seems she holds this for money and rents the Dogs for their natural body heat.

I heard Rat ask about the information before hearing Dog Keeper say that the money is paid up front. I was confused about that but didn't ask, I wasn't here when Rat asked about the information and it's his information. We walked into a room before I looked around hearing Dog Keeper mention a pile of 'goodies' that Rat wanted her to look into.

I took the slip of paper she held out taking out my crystal surprising them from what I had. "It's Karan's handwriting" I said before I unscrewed the other end on the crystal.

The Detonator is the smaller but wider cone on the crystal while the longer cone side has money in it. I opened that part and gave Dog Keeper three gold coins. "Is that enough or do you need more than that?" I asked never looking up.

"You sent a message to Karan didn't you Rat?" I asked him before he said that his Rat was only passing through. "Thank you" I said before I thought about finding a cure for the people in No. 6.

They don't need to die, I just have to destroy the wall. I think Rat realized what I had thought since he said if I still want to save No. 6 in the end then I'm his enemy making me roll my eyes at him. "Are you an idiot Rat?" I asked him before I saw his eyes widen.

"Never betray you, never leave you, always be with you, do what it takes to keep you alive, I decided that years ago and I'm not going back on it" I said smiling at him.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 6:04 P.M. on November 30, 2016.

I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading, see you some other time today.