Review of Last Chappie: He was expecting to see Ryou, dressed up to meet him and happy to fall into his arms and give him lots of kisses. What he saw, though, was nothing like what he hoped. His jaw dropped open, his arms fell to his sides, the groceries fell and he felt his heart snap. Ryou was standing six feet from the door, wrapped in Zack's arms and kissing him. Dee was horrified.

Ryou pulled away violently from Zack's kissing. What strength he had not had before was represented when Dee had come in. Horror was written throughout Dee's face and try as he might, Ryou was not able to find the choking words that remained dorment within his throat. So, stupidly, Ryou stood speechlessly in his darkened livingroom. Zack was the first of them to speak up between them.

"This might seem a little awkward." He said airily as if Dee had walked in on nothing more than Ryou and Zack playing Poker instead of kissing. "But it should not come as such a surprise, Dee. Ryou just... he couldn't resist."

"What" Ryou demanded, his voice unfortunately having little more volume than a shocked whisper. His eyes opened wide drastically as he stared at Zack. Dee remained speachless.

"God knows I tried to reason with him, Dee. But he just would not listen. He insisted on kissing me.""How... how could you" Ryou asked, his voice still vacant due to his confusion. "I... I did nothing wrong. Dee" He turned to face his black-haired angel and saw that his emerald green eyes were sparkling with tears. Ryou felt his chest clench; just looking at his lover made his heart break. "Dee... I..."

"Why" Dee muttered. That statement seemed to put an end to Ryou's life. His lungs felt like they had collapsed and his heart seemed to stop beating. His whole body felt numb and lifeless but he still had to endure the cruelty of seeing and watching Dee's sorrow. Dee was so distraught that his body seemed to shake as he still cried. "I... I loved you, Ryou. How could you... do this..." Ryou was struck speechless. He did not believe him! Out of everyone else in the world, Ryou thought that Dee loved and trusted him over anyone else. That's what he had said. That was what Ryou felt everytime they had slept together: entire love, devotion, trust and loyalty.

Zack was the one who did not improve the situation. He stood there, convincing Dee that the kiss had been entirely Ryou's idea. "I tried to stop him." He reitterated. "I believe he said something like 'Dee's not here, so what does it matter if we kiss?'"

"YOU BASTARD" Ryou screamed. He had broken through his unemotional casing and his whole body seemed to be consumed with fire. He had never felt so much unbred rage since the first time he had confronted Leo about murdering his parents. Even the fury he felt back then was nothing to what he was experiencing with Zack. Instead of freezing up like he had with Leo, Ryou's eyes shined like a vengeful youkai as he lunged at Dee's cousin. Raising his fist back, he punched Zack in the jaw hard enough to send him reeling backwards. Caught off-guard, Zack accidentally bit down on his tongue as Ryou struck him. Ryou got blood on his knuckles and stood, shaking in hatred. Zack had never expected Ryou to attack him as he had and his eyes shown true to that statement as he stood, gaping unexpectedly at him. "Don't brainwash Dee! You know damn well you caused this, you prick" Despite Ryou's determination to stand up for his lover and defend himself against the accusations placed against him, Dee interrupted.

"I give up, Ryou." Dee spoke quietly still crying but desperately trying to hide the fact that he was. "If you want to go around seeing other people, then maybe it's time we put an end to this relationship."

"Dee" Ryou's voice caught in his throat as his vision blurried from the tears in his eyes. Dee quieted Ryou's desputes otherwise, shaking his head to silence him.

"I don't blame you for this." Dee said, tears still streaming down his face and his lower lip trembling. Ryou felt his entire body slowly being ripped apart and stretched out at every angle. He could not stop the pain from consuming him in its entirety. Feeling himself get weak through his despair, Ryou fell to his knees. Dee continued. "But I see now- if you need more time to realize what I mean to you, maybe we should not be together." Dee then left the apartment still sobbing. After he left, Zack snuck out as well. Ryou fell to his hands and knees and shook with depression. Nearly three minutes after the two of them had left the company of the light-haired detective, Ryou raised his head to the ceiling. Unable to contain his sadness any longer, he screamed out"DEE!"

Out on the sidewalk, Dee knew Ryou was screaming his name. Unable to forgive him, it still took all his will- powering strength to keep from going back inside to the man he loved.

Scene change

Zack made his way into a local Starbucks down the street from Ryou's apartment. There, he asked for a mocha latté and then made his way to a table in the back of the café. He sat at a table, opposite another customer who was hidden behind the night edition of the New York Times. Zack waited several moments for the person behind the newspaper to notice him and when he did not, Zack cleared his throat loudly. "I'm here." He stated.

"I can see that." The newspaper reader responded. The person lowered the newspaper to reveal that he was a man- and not just any man, but Commisioner Berkeley Rose. Folding up the newspaper and placing it on the table beside him, he lifted his cooling cappachino to his lips, blew lightly over the top and took a sip. After doing that, he placed the cup of java back on the table and raising his eyes to meet Zack's. Zack felt a shiver run down his spine.

"You're really creepy. Has anyone ever told you that" A sadistic smirk crossed Berkeley's face and he nodded his had.

"I suppose." Brushing aside the subject of whether he was creepy or not, he got straight to the point. "Did you do it"

"Explain that to me." Zack said monotonously. "'It' meaning kissing Ryou, or the 'it' meaning ruin the life of one of the best friends I have ever had"

"Chose one." Berkeley responded impatiently.

"Both." Zack replied.

"Good." The somewhat-sadistic smirk returned to Berkeley's lips. He reached inside his pocket and then removed a menilla envelope. He placed it on the hard surface of the table and slid it across to Zack, where he accepted. When Zack tried to take the envelope, Berkeley would not let go. He looked at Zack over the rim of his spectacles and threatened"You better not be lying to me. You will pay dearly if I find out you are lying."

"I'm not." Zack snapped, getting extremely annoyed. With a defiant movement, Berkeley let go of the envelope and let Zack have it. Zack picked it up and placed it in his jacket pocket. "You're worse than a mob boss." He snarled at the commisioner. Berkeley chuckled.

"I suppose a mob boss and I have some things in common. We'll both stop at nothing to get what we want."

"Even if that means destroying a relationship" Zack asked.

Berkeley shrugged as if breaking the spirits of both Dee and Ryou was a trifle matter. "I want Ryou. I'll get what I want, Zack. I always do."
Zack stood to leave and, before he did, he glared down at the sitting commisioner and growled"Bastard." before walking away. The insult seemed to have little effect on the spirits of Berkeley, since he smiled and picked up his newspaper once again. Ryou would be his and he cared nothing of what happened to Dee.

The Next Day...

Ryou was still in a state of despair when Bikky and Carol came over. Although they both had school, they had decided to skip. Bikky had invited Carol over since he knew that Ryou was working. They were in for a rude awakening when they got to Ryou's apartment.

"So that's the whole thing."

"Wow" Carol said. She was amazed. "You seriously saw it? Didn't you get scared with the razor-blade killing machine" Bikky had a grin across his face. Shaking his head, he stated proudly,

"Nope"

"Wow" Carol was impressed. She laughed when she saw how proud of himself Bikky was. "I can't believe Ryou actually took you to see that! He's so cool"

"You have no idea how much begging I had to do, either" Bikky smiled. It was then that Bikky and Carol reached the door and went inside Ryou's apartment. They were met with trash and dirty laundry, a smelly place and darkness.

"Oh my god..." Carol said, shocked at the new contour. Looking around, she finally turned to Bikky. "Are you sure we have the right apartment" Bikky was once step ahead of her and was looking at the number on the door, compared to the number on his key.

"It... says so..." Bikky said.

"Well, this definately does not look like Ryou's place. Look at it! It's a mess"

"I know." Bikky said, confused as well.

"Oh. Hi you two." Came a familiar voice. Bikky and Carol turned to see Ryou. Ryou looked the same as he always did but something about him was very different. He was not the same Ryou. He was sadder. He was more worried and upset. He looked and felt as if his spirit had been damaged. But on the outside, he looked like regular old Randy Ryou MacLean.

"He... hello." Carol said uneasily.

"Hi." Bikky seemed uneasy too. They both did not know why, but they spoke as if they had to be very quiet; as if speaking too loudly would break and shatter the already-crushed Ryou. Carol and Bikky waited in preperation for Ryou's outburst at them skipping but, to their surprise, it never came. Ryou hardly registered the fact that the two of them were standing in his kitchen and glancing uneasily at each other. Bikky was the first to say anything else to Ryou. Stepping foward apprehensively, he inquired"Ryou, uh... why aren't you at work" With Ryou's back turned to the two children, he shrugged.

"Didn't feel like it." He replied. Bikky and Carol exchanged horrified glances. Didn't feel like it? What was wrong with him? Ryou would not skip work because he did not feel like going.

"Did something happen while I wasn't here" Bikky asked concerned. "Did Dee do something to you" At the mention of Dee's name, Ryou collapsed onto his knees on the floor. Bikky rushed to his side. "Ryou? Ryou"

"May... maybe I should go." Carol said, feeling slightly uncomfortable. She backed away towards the door and then retreated. She knew that she could do nothing for Ryou and that he would feel better if she was not there.

Once Carol had left, Bikky turned his attention back to his guardian. "Ryou, what's wrong? Come on, tell me." He reached out his hand and touched Ryou's shoulder lightly. It was then that Ryou lifted his head to look at the little brat. Bikky saw the detective's eyes swimming in tears. Before he even knew what he was doing, Ryou had his arms wrapped around Bikky and was sobbing into his chest. Bikky froze due to Ryou's breakdown.

"I love him, Bikky." The detective mumbled while he sobbed. "I love him so much! It wasn't my fault. It wasn't..." It was then that Ryou's voice became incoherent to Bikky as he continued to sob. Bikky placed his arms around Ryou and tried to comfort him. He did not know what had happened, but he knew for a fact that it had something to do with Dee.

I AM SO SORRY ABOUT NOT POSTING THIS! It has been on my computer and completed for a long time. Gomen ne! I just keep forgetting. But it's here now. Please review! And the story will get better! Naruto promises! Ja-Naruto-senpai