A/N: Hello, I do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading.

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 Eight: A Tribe's Truths

Shion's POV

I was scaling a Cliff with Rat below me before I stepped on a rock that was unstable. I dug my nails into the Cliff since the Serum the Scientists gave me make it easier to do that. I dangled with my right hand to see if Rat was okay before he asked if I was.

"I'm fine I did this to see if you were, whether a small cut of not I'd rather not cause it" I told him before he sighed shaking his head. I continued climbing down without the rocks since it was easier to make my own.

When we got down I followed Rat along what looks like a Tar Pit. "Where are we going?" I asked him tugging his hand since I grabbed it at some point. "Don't resist Shion" he told me and I nodded.

Time Skip: Ten Minutes Later

We were brought into a Cavern with a pathway surrounded by water. When we were stopped a familiar voice asked Rat why he returned.

"He sounds familiar" I said before he told me to ask him his name. I shook my head and told him he has something to ask so he should first. "What do you know about No. 6? It isn't for me specifically" he asked.

"Forget about No. 6 Rat, even if it is for someone else" the man spoke making me clench my jaw. "I won't be free as long as No. 6 is around, I'll destroy it if I have to" Rat said making everyone laugh.

I heard rustling and rocks moving against rock and fabric. There are more people here than those who are laughing. He said that Rat won't be able to kill a Demon making me chuckle lightly.

"You only say that because you were the one who created No. 6 and watched it's demonic transformation" he said making me look at the man again. "Mr. Akamori?" (1) I asked making the man's barely visible figure jolt.

"Amaririsu? Is that you?" he asked me and I nodded before the people who had a hold of us let go. "It's been so long, I see you've gotten out of No. 6, with help from Nezumi of course" he said before he was brought into the light. "Come here Amaririsu" he told me before Rat said I might bite, or hurt him.

This made Akamori chuckle. "That's not in Shion's programming Rat" Akamori said making me flinch slightly.

"I didn't mean it like that Shion, I know you don't remember any violence" he told me with a frown. I shook my head at him though. "It's fine besides I can see some violent things now" I told him making him smile sadly.

"Could you take your clothes off Amaririsu?" he asked me before I looked at Rat. He looked at me and motioned for me to walk forwards, in other words it was okay.

I did so taking off my jacket and under shirt. "I mean all your markings Shion, I want to see if they're all back" he told me. I looked back at Rat who seemed a bit confused.

He nodded before I slid my jeans down as well. "Seems all of them are there, I guess Elyurias does have some use, for the Saffron Tribe's last remaining member that is" he said making me frown.

Karan's POV

I heard Yoming say that there was a plague, where people have died of unknown causes. He told me that he has reliable contacts, some say that witnesses are detained by authorities for questioning but aren't seen again. He said that No. 6 takes everything that inconveniences them.

Mentioning my son, Shion, in the process. I couldn't tell him that Shion isn't my blood son or that he hasn't always been under their influence.

Shion's POV

I ran to Rat when I saw he was having another episode. The Wind came again. "Come on Nezumi please hang in there" I said careful not to touch his hands which were on his face.

I was holding him to my chest before he had actually fallen and I could feel the coldness of his skin. "Please don't do this again Rat, can you get some water here Akamori?" I asked him and he nodded.

I gave him the water telling him to drink it slowly, his throat was red despite being cold. I touched his hand sighing in relief when they gradually returned to his normal temperature. "Did you hear the song again?" I asked him and he nodded.

Akamori asked what song it was before he looked at me with confusion. "If you don't know the name or type then sing it" I told Rat smiling.

I helped him stand up since he wobbled when he tried. He smiled at me before I let go making sure I can catch him if he falls again. He righted himself before he started singing.

Near the beginning the water in the pool started reacting. It started glowing.

I looked around at the beauty to see that there were more people here than the ones who were laughing. The particles from the water rose surrounding the whole place. It started changing colors throughout the song to.

When the song finished it was too easy to catch him when he fell. "You haven't sung that song in a while Nezumi, don't over exhaust yourself" I told him smiling worriedly.

Akamori said that Fate had brought Nezumi and I here, together again. "I honestly don't care about saving Safu since I know she'll only come to me with no real reason. But I do want to keep Nezumi away from as much danger as possible" I said before he nodded.

"You're very different with Rat than you are with anyone else Shion, it's refreshing really" he told me with a soft smile. He asked me if saving Rat, keeping Safu away from me but out of danger, and the truth can be connected.

"Yes, Safu is the Vessel or Reincarnate of Elyurias, Rat is hurting because of Elyurias' song, and the truth revolves around Elyurias" I said. He nodded before he spoke. "Do you want Rat to know who you were in No. 6 or do you not want him to know at all?" he asked seriously.

"What's in the past is in the past but he'll find out eventually" I said and he nodded. "We had decided to build Utopias in the six habitable areas left over by the many Wars.

As you could've guessed by now they were sort of gilded, No. 6 is anyway. The others had wanted to create a program to keep those who disobeyed out of the way. They had created the Warchild Program" Akamori said taking a breath.

"Without this Program the City grew at an alarming rate which had been the basis for the Program. I had been too immersed in my Ecological Research when I had found the Mao Forest.

It was a beautiful place before the Wars and I was surprised to see it still around. One of the Tribes was the Saffron Tribe, named after a flower that had extraordinary healing powers. Could even turn back time so you could be young again.

I had met the other Tribe however where they worshipped the God Elyurias, one who had taken form of a Wasp. I had never heard of this great Sovereign, the Fountain of Youth I had, so I was caught up in Research.

Research concerning her and nothing else. I had sent a wide report on Elyurias to the higher ups without thinking but I won't make an excuse for what I had done. I had almost been killed and ended up here before that could actually happen.

If I had known they would do what they did after I would've taken the children of the two Tribes with me so their parents wouldn't worry. No. 6 was interested in the power Elyurias has and the Forest Folk/Elyurias Tribe worshipped her as they stayed neutral.

No. 6 had put the Warchild Program into action before they rummaged through the Forest to find her. They had never seen or heard the legend of the Fountain of Youth but when they found it they found a boy as well. The boy being the son and heir of the Saffron Tribe and Fiancé of the son and heir of the Elyurias Tribe.

They had burned down the Forest from end to end to find Elyurias killing both Tribes. Rat and yourself, Shion, were the only survivors" Akamori said smiling sadly at Rat and I.

"You were protected by the Saffron's power while Rat survived for one reason or another" Akamori said before Rat spoke. "I don't really remember this Elyurias" he told him before Akamori spoke again. "She's been calling you, that's what that song was Rat" I said making him look at me.

"If you don't hear it in a while or sing often you'll likely kill yourself, the Wind does the same for Singers" I said and he nodded. "The reason I had mentioned a third option.

The corrosion of the wall surrounding No.6 was because I'd rather you not feel guilty for a mass killing" I told him. I saw he was shocked before I smiled softly at him. Akamori asked me to come forward so I did.

He asked me to decipher his Research showing me a thin blue Data Card. I asked why he was giving it to me. "My ancestors are from the Saffron Tribe as well Amaririsu, this is how I knew about the Fountain of Youth" he told me before I took the Card.

Karan's POV

"The founders had started flexing their authority eliminating those with this Warchild Program of theirs" Yoming told me but I stayed quiet. I already knew about all of this anyway.

He asked me if I find the truth about No. 6 hard to believe. "No I just have nothing to say" I told him, more than anything I want to leave this place as well. He told me he's had loved one taken from him by the City.

He showed me a picture of his Wife and son before his arms were around me. Honestly until he spoke and said that he understands my feelings so much that it hurts, I had been too scared to move.

"Shion isn't my blood son, he's more a son to me than a blood son but he isn't" I told him before I spoke again. "You don't know how it feels Yoming but the reason I am over here now is because that's not a way to make up for before" I said looking at the ground. "Join us, all the people there have had someone precious taken from them by this gilded Utopia" he told me walking past.

Shion's POV

I could tell Rat was upset before I spoke, I only got his name out however. He asked me if I want to know why he hates No. 6.

"It's because the people within are ignorant due to the walls around them" he told me making me smile from my spot two meters from him. "We should get something to eat don't you think?" he asked me. I nodded happily as I followed him.

Scene Change: Home

I walked in after Rat to hear Dog Keeper say that we're rather late. "Hello Dog Keeper, Rikiga?" I said confusion in my tone at Rikiga since I didn't think he'd be here.

He grabbed my shoulders almost forcefully making my whole body tense before Rat spoke. "You're scaring him Rikiga" he told him before Rikiga realized I was tense. "You should have told us that you were going to No. 6" Rikiga told me before I shook my head.

"It's Medical Supplies for Rat in case he has another fainting spell" I said before Rikiga glared at Rat. I growled at him when I saw that before he backed down waving his hands in surrender.

I heard Rat ask Dog Keeper why she told Rikiga. "The Correctional Facility is too big for me to handle by myself" she said as I sat down next to Rat. Rikiga asked in a stern tone what they plan on doing.

I glared at him for his tone towards Rat and Dog Keeper. "Shion and I plan on infiltrating the Correctional Facility" Rat answered before I went to make food.

He said that a special organization resides there and that they hold the key to the Cities destruction because without them the structure falls. Rikiga said Rat wasn't going to provoke him before Dog Keeper said he can leave. "And you're okay with this?" Rikiga asked before she said she made up her mind.

I saw Rikiga was conflicted when he looked at me and then cursed as he sat down. "So we're going Rat?" I asked him and he nodded making me smile at him.

A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 5:38 P.M. on December 8, 2016.

1) pretty sure it means red forest.

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