Ryūko was currently walking down the park and as she did she let out a sigh. "Walk through the park, could he have been anymore vague," Ryūko said irritated as she continued to walk.

"I'm sure Zero has his reasons," Ryūko heard a voice say inside of her head throwing her off guard slightly. "Are you okay?" Hideo asked inside the females head.

"Y-yeah, just forgot that you were with me. I'm not used to it yet," Ryūko said as she continued to walk down the path that lead through the park.

As she did she heard slight mumbling. "What's that?" Ryūko asked to herself.

"Only one way to find out," Senketsu said looking at the female that was currently wearing him. Ryūko nodded hearing this and began to walk towards the source of the sound.

When she did she saw [Name] leaning against a tree and it seemed like he was asleep. "Is he . . . Sleeping?" Ryūko asked looking at the male in front of her.

"Yeah, he always liked places like this, and if what Zero said is true then he probably doesn't trust the others anymore so sleeping somewhere like this is probably a lot easier for him than sleeping around them," Hideo said inside of Ryūko's head. "I have an idea," Hideo once again said.

"What is it?" Ryūko asked aloud as she looked at the ring on her finger.

"Go over to him and lay next to him. Make sure your hand is touching his," Hideo said inside of her head. Ryūko sighed hearing this and looked at the male in front of her. She then began to walk over to him and sat down next to him. The seemed to tense up slightly and Ryūko placed her hand on [Name]'s like she had been told. When she did she noticed that for whatever reason [Name] seemed to relax slightly. Ryūko then noticed that ring started to glow green slightly and she could see a thin red thread that seemed to come from nowhere attached to the back of [Name]'s neck.

"A life fiber?" Ryūko asked as she looked at the thread.

"I guess that explains why he's been acting this way," Senketsu said as he looked at the string in front of him. Ryūko then looked at the male and sighed she had guess that her mother was controlling him somehow but seeing it with her own eyes somehow brought her peace of mind.

"What do you think Hideo's doing?" Ryūko question as she once again looked at the ring that was on her hand that was still glowing slightly.

With Hideo

[Name] found himself in a white void. A place that somehow seemed familiar to him. "It's nice to see you again," [Name] heard a male voice say. When he turned towards the voice he saw a male with long black hair and bright blue eyes staring at him.

"Hideo?" [Name] questioned as he looked at the male. As soon as he said this even more questions started to fill the male's head. "HOW DO I KNOW THAT NAME?! HOW DO I KNOW WHO YOU ARE?! I'M CERTAIN I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE yet," [Name] began only to fill a hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay, everyone forgets things from time to time. So why are you at the park? You know the attacks tomorrow and yet you're spending your time here instead of at the base with the others," Hideo said looking at the male.

"It's . . . It's because of that girl, Ryūko," [Name] said looking at Hideo.

"Ryūko Matoi, I'm sure you have some sort of feelings towards her," Hideo said as he sat down. He looked at the male and [Name] repeated his action.

"Yeah, when I'm around her I get this strange feeling. It's hard to explain but when I'm around her my heart starts beating faster. I get more nervous and this all while I know that she's the enemy!" [Name] said looking at the male in front of him.

"I know the feeling," Hideo said looking at the male. "You know you should hate her but instead you find yourself wanting to hold her, kiss her, and give yourself to her right?" Hideo said looking at the male.

"Yeah and the worst part is I don't know why. I know that she's the enemy and that I should hate her with every fiber of my being but I just can't. I can't bring myself to hate her. Hideo what's wrong with me?" [Name] said looking at the male in front of him.

"Nothing's wrong, with you. Like I said it's okay to forget things from time to time. I'm not allowed to say much about this but I can say that she is someone important to you. There are times that you simply can't trust logic. That's the time you need to trust your instincts," Hideo said looking at [Name].

"I guess but since have instincts ever helped us? They almost always lose when it comes to them facing logic," [Name] said looking at the male in front of him.

"Not true look at the twins, they came from a poor family and from what they told me were treated like dirt. The only reason they stayed is because they thought it was the right thing to do. However the moment they stopped thinking and started listening to their instincts things just started to go their way. Think about all the stuff they've been through, finding us, dealing with Zero's experiments and surviving two wars. They listen to their instincts and it's like no matter what you throw at them they just come again," Hideo said looking at the male in front of him.

"Easy for you to say, you always had a plan in advance," [Name] said looking at Hideo.

"You'd think so but no I actually didn't. I handled things as they came my way. I went into everything without a plan. So trust me when I say sometimes logic isn't always the way to go. Just listen to what your gut, and heart tell you. Anything else and you're over thinking it," Hideo said looking at the male in front of him.

[Name] nodded hearing this and closed his eyes. When he did he found himself under the same tree that he had fallen asleep under. However when he looked around he saw that he had someone beside him. When he looked at who it was he saw that it was Ryūko. [Name] was about to move until he noticed that the female beside him had also fallen asleep.

[Name] looked at the female for a second until he noticed that the two of them had been holding hands. [Name] felt his face heat up slightly seeing this and looked at the female beside him. When he did he remembered what Hideo had told him and sighed.

He then reached down and picked the female up. When he did he began to walk down the streets with her in his arms. "If I remember correctly her house was this way," [Name] said as he walked towards the direction of the house that he used to live.

When he found the house he sighed and walked into the hole the he had created a few days ago. [Name] then gently place the female on the bed and looked at her for a second. When he did leaned down and kissed the females forehead. When he did he heard what sounds like a string that was under tension and on the verge of snapping. [Name] stood up hearing this and looked around.

He sighed seeing that no one was around and once again turned his attention back the female. When he did he noticed the ring on her finger. "The decay ring," [Name] said as he looked at it. [Name] began to reach for the ring but once again stopped when he remembered what Hideo had told him.

[Name] sighed when he thought of this and gritted his teeth. However the male sighed in the end and took his hand away from hers. "It might protect you in the fight against Ragyo. . . So I'll let you keep it," [Name] said as he looked at the female. [Name] then began to walk away from the building.

"I don't know who you are to me. . . But I will protect you . . . Even if it's from Ragyo," the male said as he thought of Ryūko.