After finishing Blood Plus this week; I decided that I definitely had to write an after-story fanfic for HajixSaya, seeing as they're so cute. A friend of mine is also helping me write this so if some parts are written in a different way then others; it's probably due to the fact that my friend will write certain parts or chapters in this story. Also, because I am going by the end of the anime with this fic; I warn fans that this fic will be happier then the actual anime was. I believe that Haji and Saya deserve a happy ending and that is exactly what I'll give them.

Also, I took Diva's children' s names from Wiki because that's the only site I could find their names on.

Title means "The Reason I'm Here Now" in Japanese. I took that title from one of the endings in the anime D Gray Man.

Disclaimer: Blood Plus and it's characters all belong to the original creator.

Chapter 1: The Awakening

"Nankurunaisa. Live for today, but look forward to tomorrow."

Those words were the last words he spoke to her. The last words that slipped from his lips as the opera house was blown to smithereens with the bombs released by the military in attempt to slaughter the remaining Chiropterans.

Haji...don't go...

Saya suddenly heard her own voice in the pitch darkness that surrounded her. It had been the first time she heard the echo of her voice since a long, long time ago. Well...maybe it wasn't so long. It had only been six years since Saya had fallen into her thirty-year slumber once more; and in that time, she had slept quite peacefully in the Miyagusuku burial building. Unlike when she was awake a few years ago; she harbored no dreams of Chiropterans or murder. Nor any dreams of violence or death. No, she had had just a quiet, peaceful, dreamless sleep in those six years. How nice. She had needed that after the painful fight with her twin sister Diva. However...there was still something missing.

Oh yes...Haji...Haji isn't here. I miss him...

Saya heard the echo of her own voice once more. How strange she would hear it now, out of no where. It was true though. She missed Haji. She wanted to see him. And perhaps not just Haji, but Kai, David, Julia, the twins, Lewis...everybody. She missed her friends and family. She missed her life in Okinawa. She missed so much and she so badly wanted to live. But that was impossible. At least, at the moment it was.

"...er here!"

Saya felt her body jolt in surprise from inside her cocoon when she heard an unfamiliar voice sounded from outside the burial building she slept in. Odd...never before had she been able to hear anything from outside her cocoon during her slumber so...why now?

"...ai!...ya...in there...co...o...!"

Who's there...?

"Kanade and Hibiki, wait up!"

That voice...it sounds so familiar. Could it be...?

Outside, Saya heard the sound of two children who must have been the ones known as Kanade and Hibiki,

"But Kaiiiiiii, we wanna see..."

Kai? Kai is outside?

Then Saya remembered something else. Kanade and Hibiki were the names given to Diva's children after they saved the babies prior to the last fight. Kai must have brought the children to the building to say hello, despite her initial slumber. That was so much like Kai, Saya thought as she continued to hear the kids' screams from outside and Kai's strict shouting, telling them to calm down.

Heh...Kai and my nieces sure sound like they're having fun. How nice...

"Tell your aunty hi, you two." She heard Kai tell the children.

Both girls replied with a eager "Hello Aunty Saya! Are you sleeping well?"

How sweet...

Saya then stopped stirring in her sleep and drowned out Kai and the children's voices as they said goodbye to her; indicating they were leaving. One last thought crossed the Chiropteran Queen's mind just before she lost all consciousness once more,

Kai, Kanade, Hibiki...I wish I could live with you...

~xXx~

"You went to visit Saya again? How could you, Kai? You should have come visited me instead!" Mao spewed at the handsome man sitting across the table from her in her usual nagging voice.

"Sorry," Kai groaned, rolling his eyes; obviously already fed up with her little princess act she always had when she was around him, "I just thought it'd be nice if I took the twins to Saya's resting place to say hello on our way to the supermarket. It wasn't really planned; we just did it on an impulse."

"HMPH!" Mao crossed her arms and lifted her chin in a snooty manner, as she always did when she wanted to act upset with the boy she had had a crush on for many years.

"Come on, give the guy a break, eh?"

Kai and Mao looked over to where the familiar voice had come from only to see the news reporter known as Okamura standing in the doorway of Omoro.

"Hey, welcome to Omoro." Kai greeted with a smile as he watched Okamura wave a hand and take a seat at the counter, "What brings you here?"

"Ah, you know. I just wanna expose the twins for what they really are." Okamura smiled,

Kai's smile immediately fell, "You what?!"

Okamura grinned, seeing that Kai had taken the bait, "Hey, I was just kidding. Have a sense of humor, huh?" The black-haired Japanese man playfully patted the young adult on the back.

Apologetic, Kai bowed and ruffled his hair in embarrassment, "Sorry...I'm just kind of over-protective of those two. They've kind of become like my own daughters, you know? If they were to learn about what they are or if anyone else found out..."

"I understand." Okamura smiled in understanding, silently telling Kai he didn't have to explain himself. Saya's brother nodded in thanks and went to get Okamura a drink.

"Here you go." Kai said, handing the reporter a glass of wine,

"Hey, where's mine?! What, you get something for this idiot and not for me?" Mao pounded her fists into Kai's shoulder resulting in the man flashing a look of disgust at the girl.

However, at the sound of the door to Omoro opening once more, the rich girl ceased her actions and followed Kai's eyes over to three people: a tall gentleman with blond hair, a woman wearing glasses, and a small child clinging to the woman's leg. Kai rose a brow in amusement at this,

"Wow, everyone from the past is just showing up outta the blue today. What's up, David?"

"Hello Kai." David returned a smile as he, Julia, and their son took seats at one of the tables in the room.

Kai was about to get drinks for the family but stopped when he heard the jingle of the door opening once again,

"Damn..."

Okamura grinned at the hunched-over Kai, "Wow, you've really made Omoro popular since reopening it. I'm sure your sister would be impressed."

Kai ruffled his hair and mumbled something before going over to greet the two men that had just entered. Unlike David and Okamura, these men were unfamiliar to Kai.

The young Miyagusuku son went to open his mouth to speak but both men marched passed him and took seats at the counter, talking. Kai sweat-dropped at this and decided to go back behind the counter to get the soft serves for his customers.

As Kai grabbed two glasses from a shelf above the sink; he began to hear gossip from the two new men. At first, the gossip seemed to be nothing more than worthless chatter. However, a moment later Kai felt his eyes nearly pop out of his skull when he heard one of the men say something unbelievable,

"You're lying, Iko-san. You saw a naked girl with long black hair just lying outside a family crypt?"

"Sure did," the man known as Iko replied, "I believe it's the Miyagusuku crypt. My friend is buried there so I went there earlier to lay some flowers on his grave but when I got there...a nude girl was lying right outside the building, face-down. I couldn't believe it myself at first..."

Kai felt a large lump form in his throat at their words,

'A girl...with black hair...lying outside the Miyagusuku crypt...?'

The young bar owner ceased his thoughts so he could listen in on more of the mens' gossip,

"If she was lying face-down and naked, why didn't you help her?" The first man asked, looking at Iko in suspicious,

'I tried to but when I attempted to help her up, she looked up at me with these creepy red eyes. It totally freaked me out."

At suddenly hearing the sound of glass break, David and Mao shot up from their seats and ran over to a distraught Kai,

"Kai? What's the matter?" David touched the younger man's shoulder and tried to get a look at his face but was unsuccessful.

Meanwhile, Mao grabbed a dust pan and swept up the shattered glass, "God, could you be any more clumsy? How do you expect to run this place if you just drop glasses like this?"

Kai, who remained silent, suddenly leaned against one of the counters which alarmed his friends.

"Hey, what's wrong with him?" asked Okamura.

"David...?" Julia rose from her seat, wondering if Kai needed medical attention. David looked back at his wife with a look that showed he was just as confused a she was.

"Hey...Kai!" Mao pushed David out of the way and grabbed her crush by his collar, "Snap out of it! Answer me!"

After staring back at the girl for a second, the brown-haired man grabbed Mao's hands, pryed them off, then pushed passed David and the others and proceeded to run out of Omoro.

As he rushed out the doorway, Kai shouted back, "Watch the bar and the twins for me!"

"Kai?!" He heard the annoying girl cry but her voice disappeared as his legs carried him away from Omoro at the speed of light.

Kai continued to run and by the time he had reached one of the beaches close to Omoro, he realized that he should have just rode his bike.

"Tch...oh well. I've got to get to the family crypt now!" The man could feel beads of sweat pouring down his face as he picked up more speed, sprinting as fast as he ever had down the streets of Okinawa.

Eventually, he made it to the large and long stairway that led up to the Miyagusuku burial grounds. Sighing but still determined, Kai began climbing the stairs at a fast pace,

'It couldn't really be true...could it?' He thought in between his gasps for breath.

A girl. Black Hair. Red eyes. Lying naked outside the Miyagusuku crypt where he had brought his sister after she went into her slumber once more. There was no way...it couldn't be. She was suppose to sleep for thirty years. No, Kai had to see for himself.

On the last few steps, Kai's legs slowed down greatly but he finally made it to the top. The man stood, hunched over again, trying to catch his breath. Then, he looked up...

The twenty-four year old immediately felt his mouth drop open and his body freeze up. As he stood there for what seemed like forever, Kai reluctantly moved his lips to speak but only one word,

"S-Saya...?

There, on the ground lying in front of where the man had said she'd be was a naked Saya. Her hair had grown much longer since the last time Kai had laid eyes on her. Other then that though, from what Kai could tell, his sister didn't look that different.

"Saya...?" He greeted again as he cautiously made his way over to the girl and removed his jacket so that he could cover her body.

Kai's heart nearly jumped out of his chest when he saw Saya lift her head. Her eyes were indeed, wide open. It was true although Kai didn't have any clue as to how it was possible...

Saya had woken up.

Authors notes: First Blood Plus fic so if the characters are OOC, I apologize. Haji will appear in the next chapter so yay~ Oh and as for the spelling I chose for Haji's name...I know some spell his name with a G instead of a J, but I decided to just spell it with a J. It's easier for me to remember. Thanks for reading guys and please review!