"Well...I have questions about exactly how you know me...and yet..strangely how I know you for some reason." Akio said tilting his head as he looked at how Steven had her own bangs covering her eyes at this point. Though even if he may had lost his memories, he still knew at least enough that he was still a partial demon as he saw how she bit down onto her lower lip. "Hmm?...are you okay Steven?.." he asked tilting his head a bit more to look at her eyes and realized that her eyes were turning more and more darker red. Seeing this, his own eyes widened up a little as he took one step back. "Wh..wh..whats going on?...S..Steven?" he asked as he began to remember a few memories of Steven turning into a demon before as his head suddenly felt like it was about to rip open as he held onto his head for a moment shaking it again. Ahh..!! What the hell!!? Whats going on with me?! he thought as his demon contiously pushing the memories back into the seal so that he wouldnt remember.

When Akio had finally stopped having those headaches from trying to remember his memories, he heard what Steven said about if he didnt have anything else to say she'd leave. Unable to really say anything at this point considering how mad she was, he lowered his head a little. "I....I do..dont know anymore...I..I feel like I know you, but yet..everytime..I look at you--" Right as he was about to finish his sentence, she walked away causing him to keep his head down as he only turned just to look at her walk away; a deep frown appeared on his face as he clentched his fists tightly looking at her walk away. Why do I feel like I know her?... he thought as Akio suddenly heard his demon chuckling from within his head. Serves you right..Akio, this is what you get for betraying our deal. his demon said toward him as Akio didnt remember the deal they had made to each other either as he tilted his head still frowning curiously. Deal?....what are you talking about...deal? he thought as his demon just contiued to chuckle devilishly without telling him at first. Tell me!! I demand you to tell me! he thought as the demon just grinned sighing a little. Its not like shes going to forgive you anyway...so might as well..You broke our deal for letting me out...so I sealed your memories away, now that you know. Hmph. It wont even matter since like I said..she wont forgive you. he said as his demonic chuckle became a laugh as Akio stood there with his eyes widened up in shock, his memories still werent back so he didnt know exactly still who Steven and Satoko were, but still at least now he knew that he once knew her for some reason.

When Akio had finally found out the truth that he once did know Steven, he looked back behind him seeing as how she was completely gone. This time he clentched down onto his fists tightly as he clentched them until his palms began to bleed; losing his memories was even worse than death, basically a person's memories were always more important than their own life, without memories a person might as well be a walking corpse. Damn you!..Damn you!!! Give back my memories or I'll kill you!! Akio thought as he began to scream his lungs out from how angry he was at his own demon for putting this kind of punishment inside him. When the demon heard his threat, it just simply laughed shaking its own head. Oh?...your going to kill me?..and how are you going to do that?...you know..I'm part of you. You cant kill me without--...w..wait! wh..what are you doing?! the demon thought as he stopped laughing in shock when he saw how Akio had grabbed large broken up metal shard from the ground pointing it right at his own neck, the demon and Akio were in one body, and technically in a way they were also one soul, so if Akio were to die. Than so would the demon. It doesnt matter now...even if you dont give me back my memories..if I die...it doesnt matter who forgives me or not...theres no purpose on living. he thought without any regrets as he was right about to stab it right through his own throat killing him instantly when the demon stopped him. Wait!! a..a..alright alright! Slow down there!! I..I..I dont want to die yet!, J...j..just give me a sec....there. your memories are released now, put the shard down. the demon thought unlocking the memories just enough so that Akio could remember all his memories, slowly Akio shook his head giving a little grin. "Good demon." He said with a soft smile looking around once more seeing as how Steven was no where to be found at this point. "...S..Steven?!...Steven!! Satoko!!" he yelled out wondering if they were still even nearby.

Having no idea where Steven and Satoko were at this point, Akio began to panic as he ran around the campsite trying to find her this time. With his memories mostly all back, it made him remember everything that had happened to him; there was no doubt about it that the shield he had seen before the explosion was by their own daughter. "Please!! Steven!! Satoko!! Wh...where are you?!" he yelled out once more trying to find them as he had suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest feeling as if something just broke. Falling to the floor he began to cough up a little blood, even though he may had been protected by Satoko's shield when the explosion happened, it still hurt his internal organs quite bad to even do such a spell as that, and now with him panicing trying to find Steven and Satoko, along with the anxiety of being scared he wont find them wasn't helping the wounds. "Steven....Satoko..." he said weakly this time, slowly forcing himself to stand back up and begin to limp a little around the camp site rather than run anymore since he didnt have the strength.

Steven wasn't sure what to do anymore.Suddenly she heard satoko's voice in her head.Mother go to Father he needs you.Steven then stood up and headed towards where Akio was.When she saw him coughing up blood she hugged him tightly."Im sorry...."She said as she hugged him tightly as she began to cry."I don't want to loose you but..but i think i already have."She said hugging him tighter."i wish i wasn't so stupid but...but i know where we can go to live until we find a new place to live.My Gran's house is in the forest and she is my birth mother's mother."

Akio stayed on the floor as he contiued to cough up blood from how much pain he was still in. All of sudden when Steven came up behind him, hugging him, Akio's eyes widened up in shock as he turned his head slightly to the side only to find out that she was back crying and apologizing to him. With a little frown he wrapped his own arms around her arms holding her closely. "Dont be sorry Steven..th..this isn't your fault...i..its mine...for being so angry.." he said with a little whisper looking back down at the floor remembering how he had lost control and destroyed the whole city due to himself giving the demon within him his own soul. "I'm sorry...f..for everything...I've hurt you so much...a...and yet...I...I have no way to make you better...sometimes I dont even think..you should be with me." he said once more unable to keep his own tears from staying in any longer.

At first when Steven had told him that she'd love the new child coming up anyway no matter who the father was going to be, Akio felt a little more sad as he thought that to her it didnt matter whether the father would be Kouja or him, it made him feel as if it didnt matter anymore. So he simply let her take his arm around her shoulder as they began to slowly make their way to her grandma's house. The whole time they walked he stared over at Satoko only a few times as he mostly stared at the floor unable to even feel right in the head anymore.

Though when Steven and Akio had finally made it to her grandma's house he kept his head down the whole time they talked, strangely he didnt even blush when her grandma had called him a 'handsome' man, the real only thing that had caught his attention for the moment was hearing how Steven called him her 'husband'. Just hearing that, he couldnt stand it anymore as he began to cry turning his head away so neither one of them could see. He just let them take his body upstairs to the bedroom, laying him on the bed as Akio turned his whole body around so that he was facing the wall while he cried. I cant believe this....I....I shouldnt even be with Steven anymore...s..she deserves better than me. he thought clentching his fists till he bled once more through his palms. Just thinking about the possiblity that when they had tried to make love a second time the genes that Kouja injected into her, werent wiped out by Akio's own genes scared him so much. He didnt want Steven to have Kouja's kid, he couldnt stand the thought of it as he bit down onto his own lower lip slowly causing little spikes to begin to grow out of his shoulders from turning into his demon once more.

Even after Steven had held onto his hand, and told him to calm down. Akio still contiued to get even more frustrated as he began to clentch his other hand still causing blood to come out of his palm as he began to bleed from the bottom of his own lip from him biting it with his demon teeth. Though the only thing that even slightly calmed him down was when Akio heard that if Steven was going to have Kouja's baby she would've been in pain, though she felt no pain. Even if it may had calmed him down only a little, he was still angry at the thought of still failing to save her and even if the possiblity was now higher that it wasn't Kouja's kid, there was still a chance. "Steven....I'm sorry...but take Josh...as your new husband, I cant stay as yours anymore....I can never protect you...and..Josh..hes a nice guy, hes strong too." he said unable to stop crying let alone stop his transformation of becoming his demon once more.

Just hearing that Steven didn't love Josh and she'd only love him. Akio couldnt stop frowning as his eyes widened up as she hugged him tightly, unable to say anything at all Akio was slowly able to calm down as he began to wrap his own arms around her hugging her right back. "Steven...i...I could never...let you be alone..I...I'll stay with you." he said with his own voice just above a whisper.

Feeling how Steven hugged him even tighter, Akio frowned a little deeper as he kept his arms on her hands. "I'm sorry...Steven..even if you dont forgive me...I..I just want you to know...I..I'm sorry.." he said with his voice just above a whisper as he felt her lips against his, he simply closed his own eyes turning a bit around hugging her back, kissing Steven's lips back passionately.

Nodding a little at what Steven said at first, Akio kept his arms around her tightly as he was still frowning the whole time they were talking with one another; he felt so stupid for what he did to her, he knew she cared and loved him so much, but just knowing that Kouja had placed his own genes inside her and almost causing her to have his child made it so unbearable that everything in his head went haywire. "I....I'll try..not to do anything else stupid like that again...Steven.." he said still holding onto her hoping that he wouldnt end up going into that sadful depression ever again.

Hearing that Satoko missed her father, Akio looked over to the side of the bed for a minute as he smiled seeing how she was sleeping peacefully next to him. "I'm sorry...Satoko.." he said leaning over giving her a gentle kiss onto the forehead, he didnt want to leave his daughter all alone as well as not leaving Steven, he just felt that originally that Satoko could've grown up forgetting about him. All of a sudden hearing that Satoko was the one who protected him, and Steven. Akio looked back at Steven in shock as he frowned deeply. "So shes the one that put up the shield?" he asked in utter shock looking back at Satoko for a moment.
When Steven leaned over kissing both Akio and their daughter, he looked back over at her with his head tilted to the side. "Aren't you going to get some sleep too?" he asked curiously.

Just the thought of having Steven right next to him while he slept with Satoko on the bed while she didnt go to sleep, caused Akio to begin to blush quite crimson as he smiled nervously while a nod. "Um....o...okay.." he said stuttering for a moment since he was so embarrassed, suddenly though, when she told him that Seri was Steven's mother's birth mother, meaning that she was going to be his grandma too, his face turned even more red as he turned to the side in hopes of hiding his blush, just looking at Satoko while she slept. He was really happy to know that now, he actually had a real family with a grandma especially since he never had a grandmother before, well at least not one he ever knew about.