Alrighty, latter 2! Thank you so much to Sirup The Rising for reviewing!

Kind of a filler chapter, this time. Just trying to set her up just right in the Twilight Mansion! More to come in the next few chapters~

Just saying, 'Latter' means before she lived in the Twilight Mansion, and when the formers come, 'Former' will mean while she's living in the Twilight Mansion.

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Latter 2

"She's a monster! She sneaks out, gets into fights, and comes home all beat up, and just expects us to help her out! I can't take this anymore!" screamed a woman's voice.

"Shut up, Miyake! She can hear you!" whispered the hushed voice of a man, trying to calm the woman.

"Ah, who cares? I just want those damn Zweilts to come pick her up or something! Isn't she important to them?"

"Miyake, Takashiro-sama said they would come and get her when they were ready. She's only a child."

"She's ten!"

"And she's troublesome. And that damn Takashiro-sama is being so troublesome, too! 'We'll take her when we're ready.' he says. It's been five years! Shouldn't she be training to control those 'powers' Takashiro-sama says she has?"

"Miyake! Calm down. When the time comes, we'll give her to the Zweilts and Takashiro-sama, and get our money."

"Che."

I awoke with a start. Just a bad dream… It was only a bad dream.

I opened my eyes and saw white.

Was I dead?

"Ah, so you've awaken," came a male voice off somewhere to my left.

"God…?" I asked, thinking it wasn't exactly I thought his voice would sound like.

"Haha, no, girly, you're closer to God than I am. I'm Isuzu Fujiwara, doctor of the Giou family."

Now that was a name that made me bolt straight up, gasp in pain, and fall back onto the pillows.

No wonder I had that bad dream. The Giou family? If this was the same Giou family I was thinking of, I needed to get out of here. The Giou clan was the clan that sent me to hold my own, in its own way. Those 'Zweilts', and that 'Takashiro' guy, and their money. That's what made my parents kick me out. Or, at least, that's what I wanted to think.

"Get me out of here! I'll be fine! Just let me get back to my life and whatever!" I cried, not even bothering to look at the man beside me, sitting up slowly, as to not push my luck in the pain factor.

"No! You just woke up! Please, lay back down!" came the voice, and I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I whirled around, and was met with the sight of a man with long-ish black hair, to his shoulders, and glasses, covering dark eyes.

Naturally, I screamed.

He looked like he hadn't slept in days, and I was already on edge, not to mention he worked for the Giou clan.

Duras…

I blinked, as I realized it was the man's voice.

This girl, I sense a Duras' presence on her. I knew she was a bit weird. That damn Tsukumo, not telling me anything, just to 'take care of her'. Where the hell did he find her, anyways? It was like she had just gotten the snot beat out of her.

Strange visions passed before my eyes. Pages of books talking about Duras', webpages, and other things talking about the same subject, myself laying on a bed, blood coming from a cut on my temple and the corner of my mouth. A handsome man with silvery hair and beautiful eyes. I lay back slowly, trying not to strain my abdominal area, which seemed to be the cause of the pain. I breathed in and out slowly, taking deep breathes, letting the oxygen flow to my brain and slow my heart.

"Feeling a bit better?" he said, removing his hand from my shoulder slowly, as if wondering that when he did, I would bolt.

"Yes."

"Good. I'll get you some water, you just rest, okay?" he said soothingly, voice showing concern, but laced with the worry that I might make a run for it. I swear, people and thinking I would run the second I got the chance.

I nodded and looked around the room interestedly. There were the usual doctoral things; a desk, cluttered with pages, books, pens, pencils, a computer, complete with a stool. Also around the room were stacks of books, just like on the desk. Dang, this guy reads a lot. Lucky. I watched as the dark haired man came back, a cup of water in his hands. He handed it to me and said, "Drink."

I complied and drank, and it was then I realized how dry my mouth, lips, and throat were. This water tasted like heaven.

"Oh my god," I said.

"What?" the man replied, looking a bit scared.

"That was the best thing I've had in a while. Clean water," I said, raising my brows at the glass before me. "Thank you, um…"

"Fujiwara. But, just call me Isuzu. Everyone else does."

"Alright, Isuzu-san." I may be uneducated, but honorifics were a must.

"What might your name be, miss?"

I looked at Isuzu skeptically. Like I was just gonna give him my name, psh. I had just met the guy. But…

"I did give you my name," Isuzu said, raising his brows, waiting for my answer.

I sighed.

"Yamada. Yume Yamada."

So, let's see, what have we learned it this chapter?

A lot more than you might think. ;)

I love my little Yume. She's pretty awesome. You'll get to know her better in later chapters, this was just a peek into her past and attitude.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and are anxious for a new one!

Keep on keeping on!

~NaMa6