Chapter one
"Kurama! Do you remember me?" She yelled to him from the front gate of the school.
"Ummm..." He looked around quickly. "I'm not Kurama here... I'm called Minamino Shuichi. No I don't believe I know you." He added.
"Don't worry. You will soon." She promised. "Meet me at the pachinko parlor after school. I've missed you and I want you to remember me... although I'm not sure how you forgot. I mean you no harm. I don't even want your friends! Just a talk. I won't even be armed. Will you come?" Kayama pleaded. She had to restore his memory. If she didn't...
"I'll meet you. But I want to meet you at a place of my own choosing." He answered after a moment. Always the quick thinker.
"Fine. Where?" She had to prove...
"I don't know. i will let you know before the day is through. You should get to class." And with that he walked away from her.
Kayama stood there for a moment. Running a strand of blue tainted black hair between her fingers, she thought whether it was better for her health that she had approched him in the first place. Then the bell rang and she ran in a fury to her class. She needn't have worried: she made it to class before the end of the bell.
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Six hours and a torturous bit of boredom later, Kayama sat on the front steps of the school. Kurama hadn't left yet and he hadn't given her a place for their meeting. Out of boredom, she pulled out an ornate dagger, silver with an impression of a beautiful naked woman sitting at her vanity looking in her hand mirror on the hilt.
After contemplating it for a minute or two,she took it and slid it across her palm, creating a red line. Balling her hand into a fist she let the blood run onto the ground.
After a few seconds, a larger pool began to form. It became a pool of black liquid in which she could see herself.
"I don't know where we are supposed to meet."
"WHY NOT!" The voice shook the black liquid. "I told you where to tell him to meet!"
"He wants to chose the place. I have to let him. He won't remember until he trusts me and I don't want any nasty distractions. I can't let you accompany me."
"Fine. I give you permission." At the end of those words the liquid disappeared as though it were never there.
"And you expect me to trust you?" Kurama appeared from the shadows.
"I had no intention of letting him follow us in the first place. I need your help."
"How do I know you aren't lying?"
Kayama paused for a moment. Then she took off her necklace and handed it to him.
"Destroying this destroys me." She looked down and immediately regreted her choice. I fhe didn't trust her...
"Fine I believe you. Come with me." He turned and headed back into the school.
Kayama took a deep breath and followed him. She had a bad feeling that he had something up his sleeve and it didn't bode well for her.
He silently led her to the gardens in the back of the scool. Crap! I forgot about that. She found herself thinking.
"Talk." He said turning to face her.
"Okay. My name is Kayama. A long time ago, before you disappeared, we were... good friends. Some stuff happened and... I had to be sure no one knew where I was..."
"What happened? There's no need to be afraid. Aside fom the fact that you're a demon I don't know, I have no reason to harm you."
"I can't tell you that right now, and to tell the truth it doesn't matter right now. I made it so that when seperated from me against your will your memory would fade. Now I need your help to get away from my siblings."
"Your siblings?" Kurama didn't look like he was buying it.
"Look. It doesn't make sense right now but that's why I need to restore your memory."
"Just tell me what happened."
"Okay." She took a deep breath. "I am only a half demon, but that's the part that makes me stronger. My half brother and sister are stronger though. They control everything that I do..." She stopped and sniffed the air. When she caught the sent she paled and looked at Kurama with wide eyes.
"Can we go somewhere else? We never know who is here, especially since the teachers stay late. I don't want someone to wnader into our conversation." She hoped her voice sounded as strong as it felt.
After a moment, Kurama understood.
"Okay. Follow me." He led her out of the school.
"How far can they follow?" He asked quietly so only she could hear.
"Thirty kilos. But they can't go near water. You don't smell that?" She asked. The stench of her siblings was strong enough to choke her, and almost did now that she had left their company for a whole day.
"No. It may be too thin for me to smell."
"Where are we going?"
"To catch a bus. We can take it to the resevoir. I want to help you. Assuming that you need help."
"Good." She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Kayama! What on Earth are you doing here? I thought I told you to be home on time today!" Kayama went rigid and stopped in her tracks at the sound of Vicky's voice behind her.
"Come here." Involunarily, Kayama turned and wlaked back towards the tall girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. There was a flicker of light that moved from the center of kayama's forehead off to the side under her hair.
"Never disobey me again. I'm sorry. I do apologize if my sister bothered you at all. We'll be going now." Vicky turned away and after another flash of moving light, Kayama followed. Before turning she mouthed something to Kurama: Help me!
Kurama still had the necklace Kayama had given him. He opened his hand and looked at it. Chances are she was telling the truth. In which case, he had to help her
