Epilogue

Written: April 11th 2008

Typed: May 9, 2008

Two Weeks or So Later

Cobalt-blue eyes warily scanned their surroundings, before the young boy slipped out of the alleyway he'd been hiding in. His blue hair was ruffled by the wind as it stirred, and then it stilled.

His shirt and jeans were clean, yet tattered and torn around the ages. The twelve-year-old's skin was almost ivory, showing that it had been sometime since he'd been in the sun.

A frown appeared on his face as he tried in vain to find someone, or something, familiar to him.

"Ian!" a voice chirped before he found himself being nearly bowled over by a seven-year-old boy.

"Bah, Addy!" the blue-haired Ian growled, somehow managing to catch his balance. He gave the younger child a half-lidded look, all though he was exceedingly relieved to see him.

The boy was about half his size, with reddish-black hair and his clothes seemed to be in the same disrepair as Ian's, "I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. It's just different being able to-"

By this point Ian was no longer paying attention to Adrian, his cobalt-blue eyes were darting around looking for someone else. Where was she? Why couldn't he sense her, even back there he had been able to sense her and now he couldn't. What if something had happened to her? If anything had…

"Ian, I'm right behind you," the eleven-year-old girl sighed out, as if catching the thoughts.

"Iya," Ian turned around and let out a huge sigh of relief, "You okay?"

"Fine," the blonde-haired girl assured. It was shoulder length, with just the slightest of curls to it, while her eyes were amethyst though they showed the signs of one who could not see. "What about you two, are you all right?"

"Ya, we're good," the blue-haired boy answered. "I just have no idea where we are."

'Downtown Tokyo, Shinjuku it looks like,' a rolling voice supplied.

Ian directed his attention to the eight-month-old golden tiger cub at Aiyana's side, "Can we get to where we need to be, Kin?"

The tiger gave a nod, 'With luck.'

"Let's go then," Aiyana murmured as she started to walk, direction already known to her…She could feel where they needed to go. "And hope we can find them, and Nee-san."

The two young boys murmured words of agreement as they and the tiger followed her.

The Ronin of Torrent sat in one of the whicker chairs on the porch, lounging and enjoying the warm afternoon sun. His eyes were closed as he basked in the warmth currently being afforded to him. Then all of a sudden he abruptly sat up, a frown crossing his face.

"What's wrong?" Kento queried having caught this out of the corner of his eye. He was currently going over several papers for the family restaurant and working with the information as best he could.

Cye continued to frown as he reached out with his senses, but what had startled him was no longer there, "Dunno. It was something though."

"So, have the Senshi seen anything of Thanos lately?" the Hardrock Ronin asked as he went back to skimming through the papers in front of him.

The Ronin of Trust went back to lounging in his chair, "Nope. No one has seen him since last week when he came to bother us. And, complained because Universe wasn't around."

"Heh, he's starting to seriously bug me with that," Kento remarked with an annoyed look on his face. Before he remarked, "Why come out at all? I just don't get the whole harassing us thing."

"He's not on our side, so he has to do something to entertain himself?" the Torrent Ronin offered closing his eyes.

"Meh, he needs to get-"

"Do not go there," Rowen had appeared and immediately slammed a hand over Kento's mouth having known where the conversation was going. The archer added as an afterthought, "Please."

Torrent's bearer sniggered at this but said nothing to it, merely asked of Sage who had also come onto the porch, "Did you sense that before?"

The blond gave a nod, realized Cye's eyes were close, and then answered, "Yes, I did. But I couldn't tell what it was."

"Me either, and that's what bothers me," the auburn-haired man cracked an eye open. "With the memories back, I know what to look for…Or would be able to identify an out of place energy. That I couldn't identify."

"We'll just have to keep an eye out, that's all we can do," Rowen told the two of them, glancing at his watch. "Meh, I need to get. I'll be late for class."

Kento saw an opening and gladly took it, "Oh, Kayura giving you private tutoring lessons, or are you giving them to her?"

"SHUU!"

The Ronin of Hardrock leapt off the porch with a yelp, as the archer started chasing after him, fully intent on throttling him.

"Aren't you glad to have your memories back?" Cye dryly queried of the swordsman who had slammed his hand over his eyes in despair.

Sage gave a snort, "Ya, thrilled."

The two men could only shake their heads and sigh, before giving up on trying to make any sense of their friends odd behaviors. Hang out with someone long enough, you give up on trying to figure out the method to the madness. Be around the same group of people for over three thousand years?

…Well…Let's just leave that to your imagination.