Alex was set in the middle seat of the blue dodge. Love ran around to the other side and got in, putting the key in the ignition as Mashiro and Hiyori got in. "Alex-chan I can't believe you're finally with us!" Mashiro exclaimed, clapping her hands as she sat next to the teenager. Alex ignored her, looking out the windshieled as they began to drive off, passing the door they had come out of. Shinji, the other weird people, and her own family were speaking with smiles. What were they talking about? Love turned a corner, heading down an old highway with lots of curves. It was almost as if they were going at a hyper speed, making everything blurry.

They drove quietly for about half an hour, only stopping because Mashiro had to use the restroom. Hiyori looked out the window, bored of being in a contained area. Her eyes caught onto something strange, and she jumped out the truck. "Hiyori!" Love called, but the girl had already gone, over on the other side of the parking lot. "I suppose you want out too, huh?" Alex turned her head, still overly exhausted, the antidote doing its job to knock her out to ease her of the pain. Love opened the door and helped her out, keeping her next to him as they traveled across the pavement. Hiyori was talking with a man about Love's height, laughing. Alex frowned, the man looking her up and down with a grin. "Hiyori we don't have time for this." Love said, grabbing the girl's shoulder. She tried to kick him, but he threw her in the air and towards the truck. Awestruck by the strength of the man, Alex didn't fight back when he led her to the truck."That was your..." a person ran by on the main road that caught Alex's attention.

She jumped, racing away from Love at a high speed, rushing up a hill after her friend. "Wait!" she screamed, but her friend looked at her with disgusts.

"Do I know you?" she asked, stopping to get in Alex's face.

"W..What?" Alex hadn't been expecting that. Her friend stared at her with angry eyes, the urge to fight written in them. The sound of a truck stopping behind her made Alex want to cry. This was her last chance. It was now or never. She would go with never. Mashiro wrapped her arms around her.

"I was so worried! Your just like Grim-san! Don't ever run off like that again Alex-chan!" she wailed, dragging her to the car. Alex could feel tears in her eyes as she watched what had been her life be covered up by Love's large body, then gone when he turned back around. She was set back in the middle of the truck, and buckled in so she couldn't jump around. She could feel her eyelids becoming heavier, but she wouldn't give in. Without realizing it, she had begun to fall sideways against Love, unable to hold her body up anymore. Love glanced at her through his sunglasses before gently shoving her upwards.

Nearly another hour later, they arrived at a split level house. Alex found a sudden burst of energy as memories flashed back to her. She started to cough, ribs and lungs aching for some odd reason as she remembered her first year of life. This was where her mother had kept her. Everyone got out of the truck, helping her stand on her weak legs as they looked at the building. It was olive green, surrounded by large trees and an ocean behind it. 'I would rather die than be here!' she thought, and found herself being carried once again into the building. Inside, Shinji was sitting on a yellow couch. He jumped to his feet and let Love place Alex there. It was just in time too, for she had literally finally fallen asleep as they entered the building.

"Thanks ya three." Shinji said with a small smile as he looked at the teen. "Her mom said it herself, it was only a matter o' time 'fore she lost control and severely hurt someone." Love walked off, and Mashiro followed. The only one still standing in the room with him was Hiyori.

"I don't understand what they saw in her. She seems weak to me." Shinji looked at his friend.

"Seems weak to ya? Did you not see her try and fight us off when we got her?" he asked. Hiyori grunted and walked off, Shinji following into the stairwell.

"Do you think Grim knows she here?" Hiyori asked her partner as they reached the top of the stairs, looking at a tightly closed door that was sure to be locked. Shinji ushered her forward to the study.

"Of course he knows she's here. All of us are back, and we aren't the best at hiding our reiatsu ya know." he said as they entered the room full of books. He glanced at a section, and noticed that about half the books were gone. 'Grim-san is doing something, but what?' He smiled as he plopped onto the chair. "Besides, it's not like he wouldn't find out when he goes to get his favorite book now would he?"

Alex woke up feeling normal, as if nothing had happened, yet her mind told her otherwise. It was dark, and it smelled dusty all around. She stood up, walking around the large room filled with yellow furniture. There was a kitchen, which she was quick to avoid, to her right, and a hall leading to stairs in front of her. She walked towards the stairs, fingers tracing the designs on the railing before setting a foot on the first step. "You're up already?" a voice she had never heard in her life before. Something about it drew her in though. She turned to see a boy maybe a little older than herself standing tall behind her, book in one hand. There was a stirring sound above her, and the guy looked disgusted.

"I didn't know I was on a schedule." she said, voice like it always had been, testy, and stubborn. The boy's nose crinkled. He had to be at least six foot, and was muscular. He had white spikey hair with three blue bangs falling on his forehead, narrow eyes that seemed to look right into her, and a devilish grin tha tmade Alex want to shrink down. This man in front of her was the image of war.

"And I didn't know I'd be dealing with a psychotic chick AND some shinigami that doesn't know how to do shit." he said, setting the book on an end table and walking forward. Alex froze up, not knowing what to do. He stopped next to her, and a cold chill passed over her. It was only a split second before her continued on his way up the stairs, ignoring her completely.

'Who is he calling psychotic?' she thought before turning to go up the stairs. In front of her was Hachi.

"I'd leave Grim alone for now. This isn't the best time to bug him." he said, blocking the entire stairway. Alex sighed and moved out of the way, going back to the couch and watching out the window for any sign of real life. Not this, weird, cranky dream.