"You have some big shoes to fill."

The new recruits shifted anxiously in their seats, looking from the ceiling to the floor to the walls- anywhere but directly at Yukihina. He had a sort of sneaking presence that could still be interpreted as murderous during the first few meetings, though he'd hardly had occasion to kill a man in years.

Heike watched with some mild amusement from the wall in the corner. Four new faces, all anxious but determined. He thought that this would be a good bunch. It was the first that he had picked himself (with some help from Rui, Ogami, and Kouji), and he couldn't have been happier with his decision.

The thing about being unable to age was that, while your body stayed the same, your mind grew old. It had been some years... Some decades coming, but Toki had left the Code:Breakers. "You'll protect Nenene for me anyway. I've got bigger things to deal with." he'd said, as the reporter on the television behind him shuffled her papers and announced his appointment as Prime Minister. "Can't really run around wiping out evil anymore, but I guess if you're ever in big trouble you can't handle then you can give me a call."

His departure, while not totally unexpected, set off the rest. Rui renounced her title, stating that it was time for her to retire. (But of course she could still be counted on if the Code:Breakers were in a pinch.) Ogami left next. He would still burn evil, he said, but not as Eden's dog. Heike raised an eyebrow at that, but chose not to say anything. Though it had been decades, and he had reformed Eden back into the thing that he'd first imagined- the thing that it always should have been- old grudges were difficult to dismiss. His first impression of Eden had been a positive one, but the same could not be said for Rei.

Heike had remained, and though he had regained a great deal of power with the return of his Eden, he retained his title as Code:02. Those who knew of how much power he really held were few and far between, and those who would have guessed amounted to an even smaller number. His behavior and predilection for public readings of pornography tended to throw curious agents off the tracks.

He was surprised to find that it was a little lonely now that the others had renounced their numbers in favor of names, but at least he had not been entirely alone in his stagnancy.

Yukihina turned from the assembly of newly-minted Code:Breakers to the impressive set of desks in the back, reached over, and dragged Yuuki (still snoring lightly) into the air. "This is Code:01. He will be accompanying you on your first few missions. If you have any questions, ask him. If he is sleeping then ask Heike. Do not try to wake him up." Yukihina dropped Yuuki back behind the desk. "Heike can give you your briefing. One of you can carry Code:01 along with you. Do not wake him up."

There was an audible snort of amusement from the new Code:04, and Yukihina couldn't help but grin. They had yet to learn that he did not waste words, and that there were some things that were worth repeating.

He watched them file over to Heike, glanced back over the desk to ensure that Yuuki was still sound asleep (and he was, still clutching a Nyanmaru doll to his chest just as he always would when they'd first met), and took his leave. He was scheduled to have drinks with Kouji and Rui, and it wouldn't do to be late.

A/N: Thank you guys for sticking with me over these two years! I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for all of the support and the reviews- I know I don't reply to them, but I appreciate and read every single one, and every time I see I have a new one my heart just skips a beat I'm so happy!

It's been a fun ride. I don't know if I'll write any C:B fic after this (tbh I'm surprised I had this much in me) but we'll see. Maybe I'll finally write those crossovers that I've wanted to write with it forever! (Like Magi characters as Code:Breakers, and the Code:Breakers in Attack on Titan universe- Though I make no promises ahaha)

Once again, I love all of you lovely readers! Happy 100!