"Look here," The man pulled out his phone and showed the 5 of us the profiles of the missing kids he mentioned earlier. I felt my blood run cold...they were pictures of all of us....Kaito, Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, Keeboy, Miu, Angie, Korekiyo, Kirumi, Gonta...and the five of us. Tsumugi wasn't even on the sheet and it made sense...because she was the mastermind---so I'm not even sure if we knew her from before...

It said in the article that we were all taken when we were roughly around 14...so that must mean we are all about 17 now...

"I'm going to call the police to let him know you 5 are here!" Hajime yelled before his kid slowly waved their hand out to me.

"Here! Y-you can come home with us a-and then you can meet papa," They said with a wide smile. I smiled back and let the small child take my hand.

"Good idea Go-go," Hajime said as he slowly motioned towards us to walk back down the road with him. We quickly exchanged glances worried that this person could be another person who just wanted to trap us somewhere...It was a possibility, but I hoped that something like that godforsaken game we were trapped in won't happen again...to anyone.

"Ah, sorry, this is my daughter Go-go," He said, turning back to us with a smile.

"You kids must be pretty scared from being missing for 3 years and coming back....I don't want to interrogate any of you because you must have been through hell and back to get here," He said gesturing towards our wounds. My grip on Shuichi's hand tightened as I felt the pain and realization of what we had been through to get out of that place. He smiled and gently placed a kiss on my forehead. I immediately blushed because I was worried that this father would be all judgemental and shit-

"Well it's nice to see some other people in my community around," He said, giving the two of us a smile. Shuichi blushed harder than I did.

"You mean you-" I started before his daughter cut me off.

"Yeah! Papa and Daddy love each other and you must be the same with this blue beauty!" She exclaimed with stars in her eyes. I laughed a little bit at this and Shuichi only covered his now red face.

"Y-yeah, my husband Nagito is at home. Me and Go-go went on a walk around the forest today, I already texted him to let him know you are all coming over." He said with a soft smile. I think I have heard that name before...

"You mean Nagito Komaeda right?" Himiko said, grabbing the attention of Hajime. Hajime blushed and moved his hand to the back of his neck.

"Ah, I didn't know any of you knew him--how do you know him if you don't mind me asking," He said as he started walking with his daughter's hand in his own. We all followed behind him and I think all the others felt the same weight come off of our shoulders. It felt nice to be in the presence of someone so nice...and some one who happens to be in the community like me and Shuichi.

"Yeah, I met him once after a show because he was able to see through my master's magic...so I know him," She said, looking to the side timidly. Tenko gently rubbed her shoulders.

"I'm sure your magic is just as great as his! And I'm sure we will be able to find him so you can show him all the things you have learned!" Tenko said, making Himiko smile.

"Thank you," She was blushing and hid his face by lowering her hat over her eyes. I remember when Shuichi would do that all the time...it was annoying to me, but it was also adorable so I let it slide~

"So, how did you know it was us?" I asked, moving to a more serious topic. Hajime looked over his shoulder at me for a moment before he turned back to see the path in front of him.

"Nagito and I used to both go to Hope's Peak...so when the news went out that 15 students from our high school went missing we tried to help all we could to find them...Chiaki and some of our other classmates from that school tried to help as well, but we never had any luck...I was just beginning to think we would never be able to find you...." He looked down for a moment. I felt the sun beating against my back and it made me feel a little sleepy because of how warm it was against my skin.

I could tell Shuichi noticed this when my head fell against his shoulder. "Hey, if you are tired I can carry you," He said quietly into my ear. I smiled at the request and let him slowly pick me up in his arms. He held me against his chest like a toddler, with one hand under me and the other one holding my uppar back.

"But Nagito kept telling me not to lose hope, and I guess he was right about that yet again," He said with a small laugh before his daughter added.

"Yup! Daddy is super smart!!" She said before jumping up and down a bit.

"She is so cute," Tenko gushed looking down at Go-go. Go-go just smiled and winked at her.

"Daddy says I'll always be his little angel!" She said with a small laugh. Maki smiled at this and I saw it out of the corner of my eye. It made me happy that she was able to smile.

"You are right about that! Because you are just so cute!" Tenko said again as Go-go let go of her father's hand to go and grab Tenko's hands.

"Do you want to be friends?" She asked looking up at Tenko with pleading eyes.

"I would love to be your friend! I will always be here to protect you!" She said rusting her hair before she picked her up. Go-go giggled as Tenko held her against her chest as Go-go's head rested against her shoulder.

"I want to protect you too!" She said again. I saw Shuichi looking at her foundly and it made me blush a little bit...maybe one day me and him can get married...and then adopt a kid together. Sure it can be a lot to handle...but with Shuichi by my side I can do anything.

"What were you thinking about?" Shuichi asked with a teasing look. I blushed before stuttering out a response.

"I-I was just thinking about you and your stupidly cute face~!" I said teasing him back. The look in his eyes told me he was ready for a challenge. Oh you want to go~!

"But you were blushing pretty hard, and that could mean that-" I cut him off by kissing his neck gently before gently sucking on some of the skin. He flinched under me before I pulled away with a laugh.

"Ah~ Silly Shumai~!" I teased before gently kissing his lips. "I was just teasing~" I said again before he whispered back.

"I know that," He looked away for a moment. I was going to say something but he just held my face against his shoulder. I groaned into the fabric and felt him laugh. I frowned at this and went silent.

"So, are you guys planning on going back to Hope's Peak?" Hajime asked the two of us. The girls had all started walking ahead of us with Go-go leading the way. They were all joking around and laughing together and it made me feel content. We made it out. We are out of that place now, free to live as we choose.

"I don't know actually...I think maybe finding the people close to us that we left behind is going to be the first thing to do before making any decisions." Shuichi said, rubbing my back, making me shudder against him.

"I see, so do you remember anything about what happened before you went missing?" He asked, making Shuichi pause.

"I don't remember much...just little memories that didn't make much sense." He said, making Hajime pause for a moment.

"I see, maybe with the police and some of your relatives, you can get your memories back." Hajime said as a small house could be seen in the distance.

"It's over there!" Go-go yelled before running down the hill to her house. The other girls followed her behind with small laughs and giggles. I even saw Maki smiling and laughing along with them.

We walked the rest of the way to his home. The grass was kind of noisy from the slight wind running through it. I smiled at the feeling of the wind in my hair combined with the warmth radiating from Shuichi. When we got to the front porch Shuichi set me down besides him. I still held onto his hand, because it felt weird not holding his hand. Like something was missing...

"Here," Hajime said as we all gathered around the front door. He pulled out his keys before he opened the door. Nagito was standing in the doorway, he looked familiar to me..but I still couldn't tell why.

"Kokichi!" Nagito yelled before moving over to me and pulling me into a hug. I was confused and hesitantly hugged him back.

"Nagito?" I asked before I smelled his scent and immediately remembered the memories I had with him. My eyes went wide before I really hugged back.

"Nagito! I missed you!" I yelled hugging him tighter. I could feel some tears on my shirt from the taller male hugging me, but I didn't let it bother me. Because Nagito was right here in front of me!

"I missed you too!" He exclaimed before Hajime put a hand on his shoulder.

"How the hell do you know him?"

-Here is the next part! Thank you all so much for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-