"Oi! Idiot! Don't just run off like that!" A certain green-eyed brunette called. Sakata simply turned to the shorter male as he smiled, "It's fine! There's nothing dangerous here anyways~" That of course led Urata to smack the petite boy on the arm.

"How mean~"

"Your fault."

"Oi, focus you two." Amatsuki said as he shook his head. Honestly, to him those two seemed to always stick together, even though they were technically from a different group. Yet he couldn't help but smile seeing Urata open up a bit towards someone. Most times, he was actually quieter than Soraru himself.

He sighed before looking over to the rest as he sighed, feeling glad that at least the rest seemed to be doing okay. But something had caught his eye, which was a certain dark feathered angel who had his hand on his cheek. He walked over to him with a worried expression on his face, "You alright?"

The albino blinked before giving a soft smile, "Yeah. I'm fine! I thought I felt something haha." Being the motherly figure he is, the brunette only shook his head, not buying any of it.

"Mafu-kun, it's alright to say something if there's something bothering you." He explained while the other showed him on what seemed to be a barcode, except only this time... The albino's cheek had black little growing markings. With a confused look, Amatsuki started to wonder, "Where did you get those?"

"He had those for a little while, but those marks weren't there the last time we saw it. It was just the barcode itself-"

"And so you didn't mention it?"

After Soraru gave a nod, Urata had stopped everyone's tracks. As he examined the area around them, he soon shook his head while turning to the group behind him. "Sorry, I thought I saw something. Let's keep going." He said, walking on as the others followed meanwhile Soraru stayed in the back in case of any problems.

"Better not be lying tanuki." The ravenette muttered.

After a while, the group spotted a cave. And almost immediately, Sakata walked near it as he beamed an excited smile. "Look!"

Looking over, inside the cave was glowing with shiny colored crystals. The group had then started to walk inside, admiring the beautiful area while sticking together. "Amazing... Back where we live, we don't have these type of beautiful caves." Luz said, gently picking up a silver colored crystal in his hand. Closely examining the crystal, he looked over to the knight who was currently looking around the illuminated area.

"Hey, you don't think any of these are the same like the one Suzumu took right?" The ravenette simply looked away as he let out a sigh, "No. Its not. And besides, I just want everyone else to enjoy their time here before we go back to looking for Suzumu." He explained, eyeing the happy looking group in front of them. The lavender-eyed male simply gave a nod before leaning on the cave wall.

The two were watching everyone enjoying their time. Sakata was pestering Urata meanwhile a certain masked male was handing out cookies to everyone. It would sometimes go from a very calm area, to a chaotic one from the energetic group.

"Oi! Nqrse! Mafu! Get down down from there!"

Looking down at the motherly brunette, the two males giggled while sitting on a tall flat crystal pillar with a smile. "But it's nice up here~" Nqrse said in response as he playfully kicked his legs into the air. Sakata looked up as he tilted his head, "Eh? How did you both get up there so quickly?"

Urata only crossed his arms as he shook his head at the red-head, "They have wings, idiot."

"You're mean Uratan~"

"I said to not call me that!"

The two only stopped before hearing some small laughter from the two males above them. "You two would actually make a nice couple~" Nqrse commented, revealing his white wings as he gave an innocent smile despite the short brunette glaring at him. It was like the pink-haired male wasn't scared at all really. Turning to the lord behind them, he pointed at the two angels, "Oi! Luz can you get those two to get down from there?!"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Luz then gave an awkward smile, "Because I love them too much. I kinda don't want to ruin their fun."The male said, casually walking over to look at some of the different colored crystals. Smiling to himself, he realized that he was starting to remember some of his older memories from his childhood. Just seeing his own reflection from the crystals reminded him of his own father, the previous lord.

"Father! Father! Mother?! Mafu...?! Where are you...?"

"Luz-san~"

Returning from his thoughts, he turned to see a smiling pink-haired male and an albino next him. The two were waving their hands in front of their lord before Luz gave a smile and ruffled the two male's head in a gentle manner. Though the slightly messed up looking barcode on the dark angel's cheek bothered him, he tried looking past it. But then had a concern expression as he sighed before trying to put on his regular chill smile. "Why don't you two go ahead and join Sou and Eve? Maybe you four could enjoy some cookies together." The male said before the two friends gave a nod.

"Alright then, c'mon Mafu~"

"Worried?"

"Ah, Kashitarou." The brunette smiled before leaning on the wall next to him, "I couldn't help but notice something seeming to bother you." The lavender-eyed male simply looked over at him again, "No... Its just that- Nevermind, why don't we go ahead and get everyone together. Maybe we could all collect crystals to take home." Luz suggested. And to be honest, it wasn't a bad idea to Kashitarou at all. It would be a good opportunity for everyone after all.

"Eve~ I want a cookie too~"

"Eh? Didn't I already give you one already Sakata?"

"Please~?"

Unable to say no, Eve took a cookie from his bag and handed it to the red-head with a smile under his mask. Though they ended up seeing Luz and Kashitarou walk towards them to join in on the fun. "Would you guys like to pick out a crystal so we can all remember this place?"

"Sure! I don't see why not~" Mafu said, standing up with a smile.

Nodding at the given response, Luz then went to ask the same to the three males who appeared to be discussing about something. Or well, mostly of what seemed to be Amatsuki scolding both Araki and Soraru. Chuckling at the sight before him, he decided to walk over to them anyways.

"Sorry to disturb, but would you three like to join us?"

"Sure! Let me just finish giving these two my lecture and we'll be sure to join!" Amatsuki said with a smile, though the smile seemed to scare the lord quite a lot internally. Slowly walking away, he went back to inform the rest of the three males. And even if it did actually take a while, at least the lecture didn't last as long as most of them expected it to be. Making sure everyone was there, Kashitarou now had let everyone look for their crystal.

Or at least the perfect one they each wanted.

Taking their time, they each looked to see which crystal was the perfect shade they wanted. And most importantly, one they thought was worthy of reminding them of this day they were in this very cave. Feeling satisfied from finding the perfect one, they soon came back together to each show off the crystal they had chosen. And being the proud motherly and fatherly figures of the group, both Amatsuki and Kashitarou made sure to equally share their live towards every crystal. And to be honest, the crystals each of them had chosen had their own unique shades of color. Resembling each one of them well.

"Araki! Your crystal looks so nice!"

"Thank you, yours looks really nice too Nqrse." The other replied with a small smile. Looking to see everyone else's, he couldn't help but see everyone's happy expressions with what they had chosen. But where had he seen those familiar expressions before?

"You choose white this time Mafu?"

"Yep! Isn't really nice Soraru-san?"

"It is."

"Alright then, I suppose it's time for us to start heading out." Kashitarou said, smiling down at the group in front of him. The swordsman gave a nod, "Agreed. If we don't head out soon, who knows what Suzumu could do..." Soraru's words started trailing off before reminding himself of Lon. He really did hope their leader was alright on her own. Especially at a time like this.

Actually, he just really hoped everything would turn out alright. How things are were starting to concern him, even though he enjoys having fun with the group. All he wishes for all this to be over with. And he's very sure that he wasn't the only one wanting this. But wishes don't always seem to come true or earn easily. For now he'll just see how fate will turn out to be.

Hello everyone~ I'm back again! I hope you've all been having wonderful days and nights and as well as staying safe. And since I got tagged again, I decided that I'll make a separate book just for tags so it can be easier for me. But I hope this chapter was okay. Anyways, thank you everyone for reading this and I'll see you all in the next chapter!