This chapter signifies the end of Revelations but there will be a sequel whenever I get a chance to do one. Hope you like it.

Chapter 7:

Ryo sagged forward unconscious, all of his energy spent. He welcomed the inky darkness that claimed him; knowing it was only the healing power of sleep that was calling to him.

Touma darted forward to catch the raven-haired man but Shin beat him to it.

"It's okay, Touma. He's fine. Just used up all his strength forcing that creature out of him."

Touma nodded as he bent to retrieve his clothes. Putting them on, he looked at Shin and Ryo. Shin was still cradling their fallen leader in his arms. Crystalline tears were making tracks down his pale creamy skin. "Shin? You all right?"

Shin nodded absently. "I-I just thought that we were going to lose him, Touma." Shin looked up at Touma's midnight eyes. "I mean he's the one that holds us all together. If it weren't for him, who knows where we would be? Probably still in our resting places where Arago first sent us."

Touma knelt beside the aquatic Trooper. "Look, Shin. You said it yourself, he's fine, at least physically. And as for losing him, well that's never going to happen as long as we each love one another. So for now, let's not worry about it. We need to get him out of this room, preferably off the second floor. Seeing as it is partly demolished."

Shin nodded in agreement as he looked around the room in wry amusement. Slipping his own clothes on, he went to the only dresser still standing and pulled out a green short sleeved shirt and another pair of jeans as well as Ryo's night clothes. Slipping the soft sweatpants on Ryo's unresisting form, he turned to the blond who was still not looking at the three of them. "Seiji?"

"Hai?"

"It's ok for you to turn around now."

Seiji blushed slightly as he turned toward the others. "You sure he is all right?"

Shin looked down at Ryo and smiled softly. "Yes. Can you carry him downstairs?"

Seiji looked at the other two and nodded simply. Bending over, he scooped Ryo up in his arms and headed out the door. Carefully, he maneuvered his way down the stairs and placed Ryo gently on the couch. Touma and Shin were not far behind him.

Shin placed Ryo's clothes at the foot of the couch before heading over to the other sofa.

At that moment, Shu stepped out of the kitchen with Nasutei. Looking over the four exhausted Troopers, he sighed. "Everyone all right?"

"Yeah Shu. We're fine for now. Have you seen Byakuen?"

"Im here, Shin."

Shin nodded absently. "Good, watch over him will ya? I think I need some sleep." And with that said, Shin laid down on the other sofa and fell into peaceful oblivion.

Touma and Seiji looked at each other and with mutual consent headed for the den. They needed to talk.

Nasutei looked at the two young men fast asleep in her living room, then at the two who were heading toward the den before finally settling on Shu. "So, you going to tell me now what the Hell happened upstairs, and why my house is practically destroyed?"

Shu sighed. 'Why me?' "Nasutei, look. Things got a bit crazy around here for a bit. Another Wyvern has been attacking the guys and it finally got to Ryo. Ryo is the one that destroyed most of the upstairs." Shu noticing that Nasutei's face was beginning to darken with fury, hastily added, "but it wasn't his fault. The Wyvern was controlling him, but now Shin and Touma have managed to drive the Wyvern out with Seiji's help. They all just need some rest."

Nasutei put her hands on her hips and grimaced. "Do I even want to know how Touma and Shin managed to get the Wyvern to leave Ryo alone?"

Shu shook his head.

"I didn't think so. Well at least it's over." Seeing Shu's look, she said more cautiously, "it is over, right?"

"I don't think so Nasutei. I just don't think so. The two Wyverns we have faced off against seem to be lackeys of some sort. I don't think that we have even seen the tip of the iceberg yet."

Nasutei threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. "Just great Shu, and let me guess, we have no idea when or where they are going to strike next, do we?"

Shu shook his head again as Nasutei rolled her eyes.

"I am not even going to have a house to live in once this is over, if they keep insisting on fighting you guys here in the house."

Shu grinned. "Well look at it this way, you did say you wanted to remodel."

Nasutei gaped at Shu in astonishment before a giggle escaped her. Soon turning into a full out laughing fit as the two of them went into the kitchen to fix a very late dinner. No one had eaten anything since that afternoon, before all the attacks began to occur.

Shu settled down on one of the kitchen chairs while he watched Nasutei fixing dinner. She wouldn't let him help, said he would eat everything before it was cooked or something. Shu had to grin at that comment. Thinking to himself, "at least things don't appear to be really bothering her." He never even realized when he fell asleep sitting there.

Nasutei heard a soft thump and when she turned to look, she saw Shu was fast asleep at the table. Shaking her head, she was tempted to wake the other up but decided against it, at least until she left the kitchen. Putting the potatoes on to boil, she slipped out to the living room where her new laptop sat. Bringing it back into the kitchen, she turned it on and booted it up. Hooking it up to the phone line, she began to do a search for anything that could relate to the Wyverns that were attacking her family. That was what each of the Troopers were to her, family. Even though she knew that Ryo loved her, she also knew it was more important for him and the guys to remain close, and she fervently wished that they would. She also hoped that Ryo would not be left out of the developing relationships.

Nasutei had a pretty good idea of what occurred to force the Wyvern to leave Ryo alone and she just hoped that those two knew what they were doing. But she would have to talk to them later, since Shin was asleep and Touma well Nasutei knew what he and Seiji were doing. Slowly she shook her head and prayed to whatever deity that was listening that no Wyverns would attack anytime soon because if they did, there was no way the guys would be able to stand against them as exhausted as they were.

The smell of food gradually woke Shu up; groggily he blinked at Nasutei who was rapidly typing on her keyboard. "Nasutei?"

Nasutei raised her eyes to meet sleepy blue ones and she smiled at the earth Trooper. "Shu, dinner is done if you would like to try and wake the others. I have had it on warm now for about an hour."

Shu blinked at her. "I've been asleep for an hour?"

"Nah, longer than that. You were out even before dinner was done. I guess you have probably been asleep for about two hours or so."

Shu blinked some more at her before sighing. "Have you tried to wake the others?"

"Nope. I didn't want to interfere with Seiji and Touma's conversation nor did I have the heart to wake up Shin and Ryo when they seem to be so at peace. But they need to eat and I have something to show you guys anyway. So could you try and get them up?"

Shu sighed and was about to get up when he decided to try something. Calling softly to Shin's mind and then to the others, he said "dinner is ready guys."

Shin mumbled in his sleep, trying to bat away the offending thought but Shu was persistent and so with much groaning Shin dragged himself off the couch and into the kitchen. He glared at Shu who smiled innocently at him. Plopping ungracefully down in a seat, he grimaced at the gritty feeling in his eyes.

"Where's Ryo?"

"Still sleeping. Leave him be, Shu. You know he's totally exhausted."

"But . . ."

Shin raised his head and glared at Shu some more. "I said no, now drop it and don't even think of bothering Seiji and Touma. They haven't been asleep for very long."

Shu grinned playfully as he pulled Shin towards him. Kissing him softly on the lips, he said "I bet they were otherwise engaged, ne?"

Shin blushed crimson at the innuendo. "Shu!!!" he said incredulous.

"Oh come now, little one. You and I both know they needed to make up."

"Yeah, but you don't need to be so flippant about it."

Shu smiled some more. "You know, you're cute when you are upset."

Shin sputtered as he felt Shu kissing him again. The two of them forgetting that Nasutei was in the room with them. A soft cough brought them out of their haze as they tried to figure out the source of the cough. Shin locked eyes on Nasutei and turned bright red. "Nasutei, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were in here."

"Obviously," she said with a quark of her lips.

Shin's blush deepened.

"Oh come now, Shin. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm just happy you guys are working out your relationships, but don't forget that one of you is the heart of you all. You need to make sure you stay connected with him or you will lose this fight with the Wyverns."

Shin and Shu looked at Nasutei in interest. "You sound as if you know something."

Nasutei smirked. "I do. While you were all resting, I was doing some research on the net and in my grandfather's old files. What I found was interesting to say the least."

"Well, what did you find?"

Nasutei shook her head. "No, this should be told to all of you at once and since you guys seem to think the others still need to sleep, this can wait. However, you two are going to eat. Shin, you look like death warmed over, so no arguments."

Shin nodded meekly. He didn't feel that good. The past couple of days were taking their toll on the empath. Sighing, he took the plate Nasutei offered him and ate every bite. Feeling full, he and Shu headed back out to the living room where Byakuen was standing guard over Ryo. Settling down on the floor, Shin wrapped up in a couple of blankets and promptly fell back asleep.

Shu watching his love, grinned as the little imp went back to sleep. He never even got any pillows. Shaking his head, he headed for the hall closet to get a few pillows down from it. Carrying them back, he placed one under Shin's head before he, himself slid into dreamland.

Nasutei smiled as she put the leftovers in the refrigerator and then shut her laptop down. Heading for the living room herself, she leaned back against Byakuen who watched as she too fell into a dreamless sleep.

Byakuen sighed, knowing instinctively that all of his charges were fast asleep. He sent his senses outwards hoping to locate any threat to him and his charges and felt reassured when he didn't get a response.

Across the dimensions, Rubeas growled. He was the one sending out his pets to test the Troopers and yet another had failed. Grimacing, he watched as the object of his affection made love to another man. "That blue-haired one must die for touching my Seiji!!" Rubeas's face twisted into a mask of pure hatred as the image shifted again to the household falling asleep. Cursing, he stood and swatted at the image in the mirror. The mirror crashed to the floor in hundreds of pieces and yet, the image remained before eventually fading to black. Rubeas didn't care that his viewing mirror was smashed, he could always get another. In fact his room was filled with them, every where you turned you would see a mirror displaying yet another world. What he did care about was the 24 hour lag time between what the mirror projected and what was actually happening. Swivelling on his heel, he decided that if he wanted things done right, then he would have to do it himself.

Traversing the dimensions was easy for the Wyverns. They were an ancient race that had long ago discovered how to view different worlds but it had taken them several more millennia to learn how to transport to those worlds and now finally, Rubeas was to have his wish. He had been watching the blond for many years and was truly enamored of the blond's abilities. He wanted that power for himself and he would have it! Gathering his thoughts, he looked into the only other viewing mirror that led to the world in which he wished to go, and instantly, he disappeared into the slipstream. A few minutes later, but what had felt like hours, Rubeas found himself kneeling in lush vegetation. A stream gurgled nearby and trees towered overhead. Birds who were merrily chirping instantly quieted as if sensing his ill will. Rubeas noticed none of this as his mind was set on a single purpose, making Seiji Date his own.