Cae Nothingness was born Elena Bourica,who had many problems. Whenever Elena was cut,no blood came out;just shadows. And when the shadows stopped, a black hole was in place of the cut. She ran away to Japan,jumping on ships going east and eating or hunting things in the wild. When she reaches Japan,she's attacked by a blonde man. When she escapes,she collapses in front of Kirie Kojima's home. Her parents are explorers and never home for more than a week. When Kirie sees Cae,she brings her inside,bathes her and dresses her. Now Yukinari,Miharu,Koyomi,and Tomoka are at Kirie's house;Cae's head resting on Kirie's lap.

"I don't think she's Japanese. Where could she have come from to have those hideous marks?"

"I don't know,but they don't look like normal cuts."

"Look! She's waking up."

I don't understand the voices I hear. I open my eyes,and raise my head. "Are you okay?" asks the girl of who's lap I was resting on. I look at her curiously. Then my stomach growls and I feel my mouth get full. Before I can do anything,I begin to vomit. Everyone surrounding me jumps back and watches horrified as I throw up blood. The shadows quickly fill the room, and after almost a minute,I stop. And after a short while the shadows disappear.

"Was she throwing up those shadows?"

"Yeah. I'm 100 percent sure."

"But how?"

"They must've put a curse on her or something for her to do that."

"So,she must've ran away."

"I'm gonna get a charm for her."

I watch the girl walk towards me,staring at my mouth. I blow out and see the shadows. She kneels in front of me,fists both hands and puts them over her heart. Then she holds out her hand,a charm in it. I take the charm and immediately,I feel a sting,like electricity going through my body.

"Oh my goodness!"

"What kind of charm was that?"

"Protection charm"

"So those shadows have always been in her body?"

"Maybe."

The lightning jumped in and out of her body. After a while,the lightning formed over her heart. Then she cuddled into a ball, hiding her face. When the lightning stopped,Kirie ran over to her.

I feel something run down my chin,probably drool. I feel someone shake me and see the girl who helped me,the one who gave me the charm. See looks at my lip again and smiles. I wipe off the liquid on my lip and chin and bring my hand up to look at what it was. I see something red. I gasp,blood. I'm purified! I hug the girl tightly and begin to cry.

"Have those shadows always been in your body?" she asks rubbing my back. I nod.

"You understand me!" she asks.

"Now I do." I answer.

"Those shadows preventing you from hearing us?" asked a boy kneeling beside the girl.

"I could hear you,just not understand you." I answer.

"I'm Kirie Kojima." says the girl who helped me.

"?" I ask.

"Well,I guess." answers Kirie.

The blue haired boy kneeling beside Kirie speaks up"Hello,I'm Yukinari Saski.I'm a friend of Kirie." he says extending his hand. First I watch 3 other girls come over to me then shake his hand.

"Nice to meet you." I answer. After shaking everyone's hands and learning their names,they begin the questions. "My name is. . . Cae Nothingness,and I ran away from America."

"Why?"

"'Cause everyone was picking on me for not having blood."

"How did you get here?"

"I came here by boats. Took me a month or two,but I got here."

"Where did you live?"

"I don't remember,actualy. I remember it was hot though."

"Hey,how about we go to Yukinari's house?" asks Kojima-san. I agree. The day is beautiful,warm with a steady calm breeze.

"Yukinari lives next door to me",says Kojima-san as we walk through his front gate. I gaze around the house as Kojima-san pulls me to a couch and sits me down. Then I hear a female voice call Yukinari then his horrified voice. I turn to see the same blonde man is in front of me,smiling just as he did as he chased me.