Sorry about taking a while to put the next chapter up. Work's been crazy.

Waking up early in the morning, Shin gave the Date family another call. He was suprised when Seiji's little sister picked up.

"Hey Shin. Seiji's out training with Ryo and Shu." She said.

"Can you get one of them, please?" he asked.

"Hold on."

Shin was lying on his bed with the news on. He had been drinking water all morning. Oddly enough, his small fight was caught on camera. No one could make out faces, but it gave him a quick laugh.

"Shin, what's going on?" Ryo asked.

"You guys coming?"

"Yeah. We'll be there in a day or so. Touma's getting a flight as well."

"Great. Can you guys try to get my passport before you leave? I sort of don't have it with me."

"How's London?"

"Raining. I've already been in a fist fight with someone. It's on the news at the moment." Shin grinned.

"Good going. Already getting in trouble and you don't have a passport. What have you done with the real Shin?"

"The guy was working for the bad guys. They're watching me." Shin defended himself, "I'm just going to hide out in my hotel room until all of you come."

"Good thinking. You have a number we can reach you at?" Ryo asked. The sounds of paper could be heard.

Shin let him know the room's number, and got the flight information. He soon found himself watching a Monty Python marathon for the rest of the day.

Waiting for their connection in Frankfurt, the trooper trio was stuck with watching news. There were some pictures of a bomb that went off in some Italian city.

"You'd think they'd add some color in here." Shu spoke about the airport.

"Shu, just enjoy your pretzel." Seiji interrupted, having already decided that the warrior of rock was the worst person to travel with by any means.

Shu grunted, but took the man's advice about the breaded snack. Ryo was passed out, with his head resting on Seiji's shoulder. The blonde would check to see if his friend was drooling, and luckily, he wasn't. Apparently, the one that Seiji was hoping would be sleeping was loudly munching on soft bread.

"Shu, could you chew any louder?"

"I could, but Ryo looks like he had a rough flight."

Seiji rolled his eyes, "We all did. Eleven hours on a plane is rough."

Shu finished the pretzel, "I wonder how Touma is doing on his flight?"

"Probably sleeping like a baby. I feel bad for the attendant that has to wake him."

"Hmm," Shu said, standing up, "I think I'm going to get another one of the kassebretzel-things."

"Have fun." Seiji sighed, looking at the TV.

Two and a half hours later, the trio was finally at Heathrow. They were scanning the crowd for any familiar faces. Finding that it was hard to locate Shin or Touma, they headed to a shop for dinner.

"You three are blind or you've forgotten what we look like." They heard a voice from behind. The three turned to see a long haired blonde in shorts and flip flops and a red haired bearded man in a nice brown suit.

Shu made a fist, "Well maybe if you didn't look like a hippy Touma, we would have seen you both."

"Didn't save seats for us." Shin commented.

"We can move." Seiji answered, getting up, "By the way Shin, you look less like Freddie now."

Shin rubbed his face, "I'm getting used to it too."

"Yeah, you look like Walker Texas Ranger." Touma then wondered why he was getting strange looks from his friends, "What? It's a TV show."

"Speaking of looking funny, you and Seiji could be brothers." Ryo laughed, "What's with the new hair color."

"California surfers."

Shu and Shin looked surprised.

"You are going into water, freely?" Shu spoke.

Touma laughed, "You're jealous that I have all the free time in the world between classes to do something outside."

"Well, it's not as hot at California." Shin spoke softly, "You will freeze in shorts and a tee shirt."

"I have other clothes. I'll just change later."

After a few years of not all being with each other, the five enjoyed their later meal together. Everyone had something new to tell each other.

Despite his new looks, Touma was easily passing his classes. He had taken up a few hobbies that no one had ever thought he'd do, like surfing or guitar, but he also kept some of his old ones too. He was able to go to baseball games every week with his new friends. Seiji knew that he was doing something else outside of school and surfing with them, but didn't bring it up in front of the others. He was more interested about the girl Tenku was taking about. Her name was Carla, and she lived with her mother and four year old son Hector. Knowing his friend, he playing with a kid was completely unlike him. But Touma went on about the boy.

Ryo had worked his way into the new professional football league. He wasn't starting yet, but he talked about how great it was going to be playing the sport. When asked about playing in front of a lot of people, Ryo just shrugged it off. He said that he was getting used to ignoring crowds.

Seiji and Shu didn't really have much to say. They were still doing the same work as before. Seiji's Grandfather had lessened his thoughts about the others. The warrior of Korin then had more time to focus on his teachings and the wedding. He was patiently waiting for Nasuti to return from New York to do the wedding.

Shu was still himself. He was working more in the restaurant since everyone else was gone and busy. He said that his mother was bringing girls over to introduce them to him. Shu kept saying that he wasn't interested yet.

When they all turned to Shin, he just frowned. He didn't really have anything new, besides fighting spirits hell-bent on destroying things.

"Oh, Yayoi gave me this." Seiji said, handing him a letter, "Sorry."

Shin looked at the envelope, and tucked it away for later. He had a feeling that taking off without saying anything was going to catch up on him soon.

Heading back to the hotel, Touma and Seiji took one room while the remaining three took Shin's. After everyone settled in for the night, Shin took the letter out in the bathroom.

Shin-kun,

I am not sure what to say other than I am disappointed that you didn't call before leaving the country. When I heard you had called, for Seiji only, I felt like you had forgotten about me. I was so worried about you after the accident in the bay.

Shin noticed that she didn't sign it. He rested his head in his hands, to let the heartbreak come out. There was going to be so much to fix when he got back to Japan.

Just so you know, Frankfurt International Airport is boring to walk through, and the real word for what Shu ate is 'Käse Bretzel' or a pretzel with cheese on it. They're alright if the cheese is warm.