A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading. I wrote this chapter and to chapter nine for the Anniversary of my Step Cousin'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 Seven: The Lying Trip

Shion's POV

I finished washing a Tan Border Collie who stood shaking her fur dry. "That's cold you know" I said before I heard Dog Keeper speak. She said I was getting use to the job making me smile.

"Thanks! That means a lot Dog Keeper" I said making her blush. "That wasn't a compliment!" she yelled regardless.

I was chuckling at the three Blue Great Dane Puppies. "Oh they're so cute" I said picking one up and petting his stomach. The others started barking as well.

"They're so beautiful Dog Keeper" I said before I asked if he wanted to be washed. He yipped happily in response before I started laughing as the others jumped on me making me fall backwards.

They started licking my face before I got them off of me gently. "Once I'm finished here I'm able to meet Rikiga right?" I asked her. "And not before then!" she yelled since she was farther away than before.

I started washing an Albino Siberian Husky seeing the Puppies lick the water before I got an ovalish bowl filled with water. "Drink this little ones, you'll get sick if you drink that water" I said before they yipped happily.

They lapped at the water and I continued my job. I heard them whimpering so I looked over at a window and saw Nezumi.

Karan's POV

I was at the Center City to see if my son was right. That anyone who's no longer in No. 6 or is no longer of any use outside of Government Occupation disappears. When I told the man Safu's ID Code he said that she does not exist in the records.

I moved out of line so the man behind me could go. I clenched my hands since it turns out Shion was right.

Scene Change: Park

I heard two young children running behind me. I turned around when I heard the young girl ask the young boy to go look at the pretty flowers. I smiled sadly at how blissful they are here despite this place looking like a Utopia.

An elderly woman asked if she could sit next to me and I nodded with a smile. "Yes of course you can" I said politely.

She said the Weather was lovely and I couldn't help but to agree. She apologized for disturbing my evening but I shook my head. "You're not I promise" I told her before she explained why she sat here.

It was because I looked lonely. She put a hand on my left wrist asking why I seemed sad.

"My son never liked it here, a place that reminds him of a Utopia but no one has anything to really do despite that" I told her before she asked what happened to him. "Nothing he just seemed so sad" I said before she nodded. "I don't understand his reasons because this place feels like Heaven" she said and I tried not to laugh at the truth.

Heaven is a place where good people are supposed to go when they die, a place to feel safe despite the life you lost. Shion was dead when he came here, he was so full of emotion the day he was brought here.

But after a week or so all of it left, he became apathetic, like a robot only obeying orders. She said it was like a Utopia. I finally laughed at the words she was saying.

She asked why I was laughing at what she said but I just shook my head. "If I told you you would get into trouble" I told her smiling.

I heard Yoming tell me his Car's parked out front grabbing my arm. He told me to get in so I did. When he was driving on the Bridge I asked him why he did that.

He said that she may have been working for the Authorities. If I was assumed to be a Decenter I would've been taken to a Correctional Facility.

I pretended to be oblivious, answering his questions truthfully but absentmindedly. He said he's been investigating No. 6 for a while now. For his wife and daughter I'm assuming.

Shion's POV

I was walking with Rikiga who apologized for not being able to get everything. "I want to see if I can make a Serum before Spring, I knew it would be difficult though" I said smiling.

When I saw he wasn't walking anymore I turned around to see him crying. He said I was a nice boy. He walked up to me grabbing my collar with both hands telling me I have to worry about myself to.

He asked if I was getting enough to eat and I nodded. "Rat's been making sure I eat the food I make for him" I said before he said that I must be lying.

Said that Eva would only make me eat moldy bread before saying I'm wasting away and my clothes are filthy. He looked around before he found what he was looking for. I looked to where he was looking to see a Thrift Store.

Time Skip: Fifteen Minutes Later

Rikiga held up a white Cowgirl Jacket with pink Tassels asking if I want it but I shook my head. "I'm good Rikiga" I said before an older woman asked if he was getting something for his girlfriend.

Rikiga said it was for a poor neglected child gesturing to me making me sigh. She said I was an adorable looking young man asking if I was Rikiga's son but I shook my head smiling politely. "No I'm not ma'am, I'm not neglected or poor either" I said glaring at Rikiga making him put the jacket away.

"I don't need any clothes" I finished before Rikiga said the Winters are harsh here. I sighed when Rikiga said something that made the woman scramble for clothes.

The scrambling made her pick a garment that made the pile fall. I kneeled down seeing Safu's white jacket. I smiled at this as I picked it up.

Rikiga thought I liked it and asked if I did but I shook my head. "Nope I just knew Safu was in trouble and this proves it, her jacket" I said holding it up to him.

"Are you wanting to save her or do you have high reservations about doing so?" he told me before I shrugged. "No conditions at all, I just don't want to" I said before he nodded. "Where did you find it by the way? I knew she would be in trouble for being a Vessel for Elyurias but still" I asked her before she spoke.

"Dog Keeper smuggled it from a Correctional Facility" she told me and I nodded thanking her. "Rikiga can you buy this for me?" I said and he nodded with a smile.

Nezumi's POV

I walked out of a building. I was spacing out apparently. That's what Dog Keeper said when he walked out of an alley.

"What do you need? Do you have the information or not?" I asked him. She said that we have a problem peaking my interest but I didn't show it.

"Shion showed up giving me a Gray Coat I had smuggled last night, said it was Safu's" she told me and I nodded. I was worried now. 'Would he leave?' I wondered in my head.

I walked asking what she's doing here if it's only about that. She asked if I wanted information on the Correctional Facility for that reason.

"Shion's mom sent me a note, asking me to save her and keep her away from Shion" I told Dog Keeper. "Wouldn't it be better to keep her there then?" she asked but I shrugged. "No idea really but hey she might get out somehow and then she'll try and find Shion" I said walking again.

I stopped walking however when she said I do care about Shion. "It's not that, Shion doesn't like Safu at all.

Apparently she'd be coming here and since she was taken to a Correctional Facility No. 6 would then come here" I said before I heard her hum. It was to let me know she was listening. "He's going to No. 6 without telling you" she told me making me stop walking again.

"It's not for Safu but for Medical Supplies and Equipment" she told me before I asked what for. "Something about fainting spells, pale and stone cold skin, and such" she told me, my eyes widened and I knew it.

'It's for when I faint again' I thought my heart skipping a beat at the thought. "Was he going to get anything for a Serum?" I asked hearing her say no. I was about to say something but stopped when I heard footsteps ahead.

Shion's POV

'I finally found him' I thought happily before I saw he was talking to Dog Keeper. "Rat!" I called when I saw him looking my way.

"What are you doing here Shion?" he asked me before I smiled at him. "I was worried because you were later than normal coming home" I told him. I could tell he was shocked.

"I finished Dinner just to realize you haven't come home yet so I came to find you, come on" I said worriedly. I grabbed his left wrist with my right hand pulling him before I heard him yell that I don't have to pull him.

Scene Change: Hillside/Home

I opened the door seeing his eyes go wide at the table where a Salad, Cherry Cake, and Soup lay. "I wanted to do something special since I have to work late tomorrow" I told him. He nodded eyes still wide.

"No kidding! It looks like a Feast" he told me making me smile. "I hope that's good news" I said and he nodded with a smile.

I was sitting on the couch with Rat to my right. I took a bite of the Cherry Cake and surprisingly it was good. I voiced this before Rat asked if I made progress on the Serum yet.

"No, I'm working late tomorrow so I can get the necessary supplies. I said the third option was the wall which I already told you how I was going to destroy it" I told him.

He nodded chuckling softly making me smile. I saw Nezumi, Winter, and Autumn on the ground wanting food before I took a slice from the pan. I gave it to the Rats who squeaked happily.

"This was also to thank you Rat" I said getting his attention. "Karan says that when I came to No. 6 I was fit with emotions, after a week I had none at all.

I was apathetic with everything. When I met you again however I was overjoyed, sad, relieved" I said before he asked about now. "Now I'm more than overjoyed, I get to live with you again, even if only for a little while" I said smiling.

"I hope I never get to see Safu again, that I never have to go back there again" I said. "I'm actually able to have emotions outside of No. 6, I got to see how other people live, see sadness, poverty, death, life, struggle.

I was able to express emotions by crying, yelling, visible anger, smiling, laughing, fear for a loved one. All those emotions that I couldn't see or express since I was taken to No. 6" I told him. We cleaned up the food when I told him all of this.

"Who would you accept an offer of sex from if it's not Safu Shion?" Rat asked me before I chuckled at him as I sat down. "Answer for everything, always you" I said before I smiled at him.

"Sorry if that was a bad choice but it is the truth" I said seeing him look down at the ground. I stood up making him look at me. "I have to get ready for work tomorrow, you saw me eat so you don't have to ask" I told him smiling.

I bent down lightly touching my lips to his before I stood back up again. "Looks like you stole my first kiss Rat, though I know I didn't take yours" I said before he asked me a question.

He asked what it was for. "I already said a thank you, and a goodnight" I said before I waved at him heading towards the Bath. After I had finished I put my coat on.

I know he's wanting me to stay but I know he won't. I was heading to the Western Correctional Facility which has a bunch of Equipment.

Despite it being called a Correctional Facility it's a Lab on phenomena outside of No. 6. I know that's where Safu is but honestly I don't care. I just won't bump into her unless I have no other option.

I was able to make it before Nezumi ran up my body to my right shoulder. "What are you doing here Nezumi" I asked him before Rat spoke.

"He's going to be your guide since you don't know where Dog Keeper is at" Rat told me making me sigh. "I said I was going to get supplies didn't I? For a Serum" I asked him and he nodded walking up to me. "I want to be able to get it without help, without you getting hurt" I told him before he punched me.

My head went to the right, besides that I didn't move at all. "That was a goodnight kiss Rat so I don't know how you would think I was looking down on you" I told him smiling slightly.

"The 'Serum'? It's actually a Cure isn't it? To stop Singers from dying painfully" Rat asked making me nod and smile. He took my left hand with his right before taking something out of his pocket. What he took he put in my hand.

I saw it was a letter so I opened it. It said that mom wants Nezumi to save Safu and keep her away from me.

"I thank you for this" I said before I took his right wrist pulling it behind him as I did the same. "Payback for before, by the way I don't need your protection. I know the truth but I want to hear it from the source.

Since we met again you haven't said a single bad thing about me until you mention that gilded City. About how I 'lived' in that City" I said.

"I wasn't living in that City Rat, I wanted out of there, I wanted to be here, in what you call poverty" I said before he told me he knows that. "Out of everyone in that City I met you, you saved me and taught me that humans are willing to help others" he told me making me smile. He said that it changed him that I was the only one who ever tried.

He apologized for not telling me what he was going to do, but he made me promise something. That there will be no more farewell kisses and lies.

He asked if I promise as well before I smiled (1). "Of course I promise Rat, just keep yours and I will mine" I said before I saw the Sun rise. "I'm glad you'll be with me to get the stuff at the Experimental Lab Rat" I told him looking at it when he did.

"Safu's in the Correctional Facility that's also known for it's experiments on phenomena that occurs outside of No. 6" I said before he looked at me. He asked why Safu would be there. "The Wind talked to her as well, she's the Vessel of the God the Forest Folk worshipped" I said surprising him.

"You want to know why specifically that I hate No. 6 right?" he asked me and I nodded. "Follow me then" he said and I did, I was about to take his hand like before but I don't know how he'll react so I didn't.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 7:59 P.M. on December 7, 2016. My sister had decided to ask me to push her and her friend around in a Recycling Bin with two back wheels, no front wheels. And when I did I got eight extra bruises, dropped it on my foot twice. The second time my foot was swollen, had two bruises, and the edge of my big toe where the nail and skin meet started bleeding. She still asked me to push them. I did after I took a shower and because of that almost hurt them when I dropped it forwards.

1) the same smile as in the cover photo.

I do hope you like this chapter and will continue reading.