The "fusion fic" challenge ended, but the characters had more to say. Betaed by Eliza and Rune.

Two members of Schwarz wait for him in Aya's room, the youngest and the madman. He doesn't have his katana, but he's killed with his hands before.

"Nobody's killing anyone today," Dionysus says flatly. Cerberus doesn't look up from Aya's face. "We're here to bargain."

"So you say."

"I could make you trust me."

"Why don't you?"

"My Ruka's dead," Cerberus interrupts. "Muraki can't have this one."

He brushes hair from Aya's temple, gentle as a brother. Dionysus' eyes burn her favorite color.

"You understand vengeance. So do we. Yours for ours."

That he trusts. "Tell me what you need."

~END~