I looked as he sat up, rubbing the back of his head. I noted regretfully that he grimaced, as the wound I had so carefully bandaged, was stretched. He looked at me, still slightly groggy, and his brow furrowed slightly. The meaning was clear. "Who are you? And where am I?"

"Hisaye," was my absent reply; I knew I would have to explain everything soon. Perhaps, even, now. But that was to be expected. It's not like he could have many memories of that night. At least, it would be best if he didn't. "And you are outside, somewhere in the country outside of London." Might as well get it over with.

He looked slightly troubled at this, but that, too, was to be expected. I would wonder what the heck was going on if I woke up somewhere that I wasn't, with a stranger I had never even seen. "Erm…why?"

I sighed. So much for a little time to figure out what I was going to say. "Surely you remember the 'monsters'? You were injured during the fight, and I happened to be close by, so I brought you here." I noticed his expression and answered his unasked question, "The people you were with are fine, they got away."

He closed his mouth and nodded. As if this was no surprise to him, which it undoubtedly was. A new question appeared in his eyes then, but I couldn't figure out what it was. So, of course, I was forced to let him ask it. This would probably lead to more in the long run. "How'd you get me away without them getting both of us?"

My left shoulder came up in a shrug before I released it. "I guess you could say I'm like them, in a way." I wasn't sure on how much he knew, so I would take it easy. He would either be surprised, the likelier of the two, or be completely nonchalant. For all I knew, he could have just happened upon them with his buddies. This, I doubted. But one could never be too sure. I had found that out the hard way, many times.

The boy's eyes widened and his lips parted slightly. "Y-…you're a chiropteran?" he stammered, definitely surprised. "Like Saya, then." I don't think I was meant to hear the last part, so I chose to ignore it, and nodded. His expression darkened suddenly, and I frowned. And people thought girls had mood swings.

"Are you Diva's Chevalier?" My upper lip curled back in a silent snarl at the mere thought. I was far older than she, or Saya, and Diva, especially, disgusted me. I'm sure my face showed the entire range of my feelings, because he drew back and put his hands out in front of him. "Easy, it was just a question."

I forced myself to smooth my face back into an expressionless state. He didn't know about my loathing of the pathetic excuse for a 'queen', it wasn't his fault. In fact, I supposed, it was logical explanation. He obviously knew Saya, so he would probably think that I was a chevalier, and Diva's at that.

He smiled tentatively at me, "I'll take that as a no." He seemed to release some tension now that he was sure I wasn't. Well obviously he shared my distaste of at least one of the sisters. Good riddance. Diva was nasty, not even worth the title she had been granted. But it was too late to make difference. In the end, though, she would be destroyed. I would make sure of that.

I gave him a half smile in return, "Good. Now, would you mind telling me your name? You do already know mine." Or one of mine, but he didn't need to know that. Besides, I thought it was fate's cruel little joke that that was my most well known name. Why? Simple, it meant eternal blessing. I was eternal, or had the potential to be, but as for a blessing…that was disputable.

He answered fairly quickly, and held out his hand to me. Now his smile was a bit more solid, as if I wasn't dangerous to him anymore. "Kai." I took his hand. I had, of course, heard of him. It was hard not to know anyone involved with the chiropteran war, as I liked to call it, there were so few of them. Humans were even rarer. "Now, how long have I been out?"

"Two and a half days, but that was a pretty serious wound. You're probably lucky I came along." Him and his friends. Guns might work if you just needed to kill one 'monster', but for four of them and only two humans, there was no chance. That's why my weapon of choice was a set of twin scimitars. One for each hand. I had found over the years that blades worked better than projectiles. "So, how long have you been in on 'our' secret?"

"You mean you're like…? Like both of them?" He seemed slightly puzzled, as if this made no sense. But then again, to him it probably didn't.

"You could say that….though I do pride myself in being much older than they." Yeah, that's right; I was from the previous generation. I guess I could be considered their aunt. Lucky me. Except, you know, not exactly. How did I survive? Even I don't know that. Especially, since I don't have any Chevaliers of my own, anymore. Obviously.

"So you were alive when SAYA was?" I supposed he must be referring to their 'mother' so I nodded. "But that… that's supposed to be impossible…?" It was almost a question, as if he wasn't sure anymore what was truth and what were lies. Good, he was learning.

I laughed a humorless laugh once, "It would seem that it isn't. Or else I would not be here, and neither would you." I sighed once more, leaned back, until I was lying on the slightly cold ground, and closed my eyes.

Just then I smelled something on the breeze and my eyes snapped open; my hands were already reaching for my weapons. "Looks like we have company." Too bad for us, it wasn't of the pleasant variety.