{All that time ago, you said you'd come back...you lied}

A young girl sat a window seat. Her purple hair blew into her eyes as from the slight breeze of the open window. She looked down, she was able to see the entire academy from here. He had told her to stay here when he was away. Gallows manner was a lovely place, she wasn't used to it being this empty though. It was slightly disturbing, but she was okay with it. Her lavender eyes focused forwards. There was a shock of hair, the ocean color that she would know anywhere, it appeared to her that blunette was on his way up. But this was peculiar, as far as she knew he wasn't due to visit. But that would be her fiance, sending someone to check on her while he was away. He worried about her so, and duly in most cases. She took a deep breath, she couldn't fight the feel in her chest. It was tight and there was an unsettled feeling. The feeling pure in all emotion, that something was very and unequivocally wrong. The knock on her door came much quicker than she realized, her thoughts had consumed her it seemed.

*Knock Knock*

The sound echoed around the empty mansion and it occurred to her that something must indeed by wrong. Because Black*Star did not knock at people's houses. He busted down doors. That was just how he was and everyone had come to terms with fixing their doors frequently. This worried her as she made her way over. She had on a black and white corset with a death-skull on it. The skirt she wore was black and red and very punk inspired. She adjusted the leather jacket that was around her shoulders, it was a cropped one that he had gotten her for her birthday last year. She loved it and wore it with every outfit.

*Clomp Clank Clomp*

Her boots were unusually loud on the floor, she didn't know why the flooded in and invaded her thoughts, the sound hollow. They were black with chains on them, her favorite, and very usable in combat. She didn't know why but in this moment she fingered the ring at her finger, it was his, another death-skull. What had inspired her to create the corset that she wore. Her black cross felt heavy on her neck and when she touched it, the usual peace she felt did not come. But the chilling feeling continued to coil inside of her stomach. She longed to touch the infinity shaped burn on her right wrist that was hidden by her bracelet. But she was at the door now, she pushed her hair behind her ear. It was down today, which was an oddity in itself, it was normally in a half ponytail that made her bangs pop out and the varying gradients of purple able to be seen. It covered her eyes when it was down. Even now it still covered the entire right side of her face and she wondered why she was having problems opening the door. It was just Black*Star. She had looked, no one else was with him. Which again presented her with another oddity. Cool metal pressed into her hand as she opened the door. Her eyes flew to his, there was something demure about the ninja in front of her, she invited him in easily and disappeared into the kitchen without a word. It wasn't long before she pressed a cup of tea into his hand and sat on the couch. She had been making it before he came and there was something unsettling about the way he watched her closely. Not perversely, but like she was a china doll. She sipped her tea, folding her legs under her so that it was still acceptable in her skirt yet she was able to hold one leg to her chest.

"How are you Black*Star? What is really going on and what is this fear I feel." Hikari said, the latter words she thought yet could not find the courage to speak. She turned to the lemon and honeyed tea in her hand, and took another sip, this time for the strength to find her words. She was perturbed as she saw the ninja merely sip the drink she had give him, as if he were too trying to find words that simply would not come.

"There is something we need to talk about." Black*Star said, his voice was not at all like his own. There was no condescendance or playfulness to the tone as she and he enjoyed a good rapport. How can I tell her?

She heard a car then and rushed to window to look, it was a taxi, that was odd she thought he simply would have flown home to her. However she saw Liz and Patti get out of the vehicle but not him. Now she was concerned.

{She's Watching the Taxi Driver, He pulls Away}

A confused look came onto her face now. She didn't know what was going on. She saw the looks on Patti and Liz's face and they certainly weren't good ones. She turned to Black*Star then, he sat his tea down, finished and turned to her.

"What is it?" She asked, there was clear panic in her voice now, she hated how high it went but she didn't know what was going on and she just needed to.

"There's something I have to tell you, about Kidd." He watched her eyes drop and he hated him. Hated Kidd for forcing him to do this and for leaving her in the first place.

"What?" Her voice was quiet, so quiet he could barely register what she had said.

"He didn't make it, back from that last assignment, he's gone." Black*Star said sadly as he watched her cautiously. He knew why they had sent him, he was strongest, besides; he was supposed to be there for her.

The sound of the cup shattering is the loudest sound in the room and for a moment she wonders what the vertigo feeling she's having is and then she realizes, she's falling to the ground, overwhelmed in the sheer amount of grief that she feels. But there are arms around her and she's confused, and then she realizes that Black*Star has sunk to the ground with her, she just lays there crying her eyes out in his arms. This can't be real, none of this can be real. But all she knows is that Black*Star is here for her, he doesn't even speak to her, knows he doesn't have to. Just that she needs him, he's there for her in whatever capacity; because he made a promise. HE won't let her slip away, just like Kidd asked him. He'd protect and watch over her, because she needed it and needed something solid to hold on to.

A/N: So this is the first chapter, it's going to be three or four i believe, unless it gets away from me. The lyrics are to Waiting on Superman by Daughtry, which if you haven't listened to it you really should. I'm going to be using them throughout this fic. This is my OC and friends Death the Kid. I hope you enjoyed and please read and review. Also this is Hikari's outfit. You'll have to remove all the spaces from it. www . polyvore cgi / set?id = 126491894