A/N: Not much to say here, except….bishies totally rock! Thank you. And now back to your regularly scheduled fic…..

KousukeAsazuki: It's ok….Oh, it's so sad your connection keeps cutting on you. Damnit, I wanna chat. …and you're slacking on updating, connection or no. Don't let that stop you, damnit! …And don't let it stop you from going to see the new topics I posted in my forum, either! Or from reviewing for "breaking the habit"…..Yeah…that "is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all" saying is so old…but true. Stop telling Ayu not to listen to me! Grr!

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Eyes returned to his penthouse suite expecting to find a giant mess left by none other than Kousuke, but to his surprise, the place was just as he left it. "Rio actually managed to keep him in control." He said aloud, partly from shock. He sauntered across the room, shedding his shirt and discarding it on the couch as his made his way to the shower.

The walk home had been pleasant, but the weather had been just a little bit annoying. Eyes was none too fond of the heat and considered it to be one of his greatest weaknesses. Not only did it slow him down, but it also clogged up his thought process, something that he hated. Anything that slowed him down even the slightest bit took away a vital edge that could cost him his life.

He was almost to the bathroom when a knock on the door made him stop, silently cursing whoever it was and hoping that they'd come back later. He took a few more steps toward the bathroom in hopes that he wouldn't be bothered, but a louder knock sounded on the door, irritating him. Sighing, he turned, putting off the shower for the time being to see who had the nerve to annoy him. He moved quickly to the door, unlocking it and opening it to stare at Kirie Tsuchiya; the watcher of the Blade Children.

"Took you long enough to open the door." The woman huffed as she walked in, followed closely by a young brunette-haired boy. "I brought you some ice cream. It's hot out, so I thought you might need it." Kirie smiled, taking the mint-chocolate chip out the bag and placing it in the boy's freezer.

"Thank you, Kirie." Eyes nodded, eyeing the young child. "Who did you bring with you?" he asked.

The kid smiled. "Hello, Mr. Rutherford. It's nice to finally meet you." He said, as politely as he could.

"Oh." Kirie looked back. "That's Klein. He's the kid of a friend of mine. I'm watching him for the day. Did you introduce yourself, Klein?" she asked the boy.

"Yes ma'am." Klein nodded.

"He's a cute kid. Polite, too." Eyes noticed, liking the child already.

"Thank you." Klein smiled.

"Yeah, his father raised him well." Kirie smiled as well. "But aside from that, I just got the news that your friend, Ayumu is hospitalized. What are you going to do?" she asked.

"What is there to do?" Eyes sighed.

Klein looked at the two as he took a seat on the couch, listening intently.

"You can do a lot of things, Rutherford. Ayumu has always been the Blade Children's 'hope', or so Kiyotaka claimed. Aren't you going to stick up for that hope? You could take revenge on the person who did this to him."

"That's impossible." Eyes said quickly. "When I visited little Narumi, I decided it best not to bring up the situation, so I neglected to get a physical description of his attacker. And besides, revenge will get us nowhere. All we can do is be on our guard lest whoever did this decides to go after the Blade Children next." He explained.

"I see." Kirie said, after thinking about it. "That's some good judgment you've got there. It's always nice to be prepared."

Klein turned his attention away from the conversation and pulled out an ipod, putting the headphones on and turning up the volume. The music blared from the device, and Kirie frowned, walking to the boy and taking the headphones out of the boy's ears.

"Honestly, Klein, what did your dad say about this?" she scolded the boy as she turned the music down.

Klein rolled his eyes. "…Don't listen to it so loud, or you'll ruin your hearing…" he sighed as he was handed the ipod.

"Hm." Eyes looked at Klein. "He's right, you know. But all parents are that way…they're only looking out for you." He stated, rubbing the boy's head.

"And you shouldn't be listening to that kind of music anyway." Kirie huffed.

"There's nothing wrong with listening to Avenged Sevenfold!" Klein frowned.

"It's horrible music for a boy your age!" the Watcher argued. "Next thing you know, you'll be getting tattoos and piercings, and joining some weird punk rock or Goth cult."

"That's cool." Klein smiled, placing the headphones back on. "I like Goths."

"Ugh…there's no use even trying to reason with you." Kirie sighed. "Well, take care of yourself, Eyes. I need to get this child back home."

"Alright." Eyes nodded. "Don't give Kirie a hard time, understand?" he looked to Klein.

"…Yeah. Ok." The brunette nodded, getting off the couch and following Kirie to the door.

"Enjoy your ice cream." Kirie smiled as she walked out. "And don't let Kousuke get to it."

"I won't." Eyes said, watching the both of them leave. He closed the door, locking it once again. Hoping there'd be no more interruptions, he made his way to the shower.

A/N: Ok, I know that this really didn't make sense, but it was necessary to introduce a few important things. One of them was Eyes' second biggest weakness (aside from Kanone and wanting to be loved and all that. And no, it wasn't the ice cream!). The other thing was to introduce (my recently-made OC) Klein, who is a HUGE part of this fic, believe it or not. The third thing was to kind of recap Ayumu's predicament and how it could affect the Blade Children. Klein's' comment about the Goths were important, too….it'll be useful later on.

Just to make this chapter a bit more exciting, I'll leave you all with a little trivia. Who is Klein's father? (If anyone can guess, I'll do any pairing you suggest, and give you a basket full of cookies!) Good luck! And ciao!