dark angel

by LucyValkyrie

this is a mary sue story i did five years ago for a school thing, it's really bad but now that i've grown out of the mary sue phase but i always wanted to post it somewhere. so sorry for any mistakes and sorry for any rage induceing moments in this, most of the characters aren't the real characters. a fun game i would play while reading this is 'guess the anime.'

2. Chapter 6-10

ch6. attack of the robots

where I'm I? kira thought looking up at a glass dome that surrounded her. she looked around and noticed a mix of different trees, most of them were palm trees. I'm in japan right? she sighed. she was in a water theme park, alone and she didn't even know how she got there?

a little bit earlier, 3:25.

kira was walking toward the front entrance to the school going home. she had her shoulder bag slung over her right shoulder and her hands tucked in her pockets. suddenly two people hooked their arms around hers.

"target" one of them said.

"captured." the other added. kira looked at each of them.

hikaru and kaoru.

"what the. hikaru? kaoru? what are you?" kira's feet were not touching the ground when she looked down.

"your pretty light?" hikaru stated.

suddenly before kira had the chance to reply a black limo pulled up in front of them. the window slow rolled down "good work gentlemen, bring her to the secret place." the boy had yellow blonde hair and wore black shades to cover his eyes. the boy in the car was takuma.

"ok boss." the twins started to walk kira in the opposite direction of the front gates. the car drove off and out of sight.

kira sighed oh, that's right. she looked around to get her bearings. not knowing where you are is the easy part, it's the getting out that's the hardest part.

"oh kira isn't it wonderful? where in this magnificent water park and were the only ones invited?" someone rested their hand on her shoulder. it was takuma "oh, check those birds, aren't they pretty? I wonder what they're called?" he took his hand away and kira sighed. he sat down and kyo appeared holding his note book as usual. he wore a pair of dark blue board short and he was wearing a dark blue button up shirt, it wasn't done up so it left his chest bear. takuma wore dark red board shorts.

"you're thinking about why you're her. aren't you kira?" kyo pushed up his glasses and closed his book.

"why am I here anyway?" kira sighed. "I've got work to do and things could get messy if I'm not working."

"my family owns this water park and the host club got an invite to check it out." he closed his note book and looked at her.

"you work to much kira. I think it's time that you took a break and relaxed here with us" takuma said. "and you're here to spend your last few days with us until you have to leave, so you can have something to look forward to for when you come home" takuma took a of what looked like wine. "you are coming back right?"

"well yeah I got nothing better to do? and I haven't finished paying off my debt yet. dumbass" her limbs felt like jelly. not because of the training session she had with takuma. it was because of what her guardian might say if she didn't come back. now that is a horror no child should have to go through.

a little bit earlier, 3:45

the twins had carried kira all the way to what looked like a change room? they opened the door and throw her in. she looked around and was face to face with twin girls.

"good morning miss, we have been chosen to help you pick a swimsuit?" they started tearing off her clothes. the twin girls were dressed in maids costumes and they had black hair with grey eyes.

"we've got all our mothers latest designs?" hikaru shouted waiting outside.

"what?" kira looked around and she saw row upon row of swimsuits of many variety's.

"what about this one?" one of the twin girls said handing her one.

the twins could hear everything she said, takuma appeared between the twins outside zeroing on in to listen. "no way am I wearing a bikini?" kira hesitated. takuma fell to the ground and the twins looked at him funny.

"I know?" one of them said, she pull out a bikini bottom that was only a few strings tied together. "this one should suit you well?"

"that's just a few strings, I'm not wearing that! and I said no bikini's" kira pushed away that swimsuit. she didn't even know if she would call that a swim suit? after a ten minutes she finally chose something that was more her style but she still didn't like it. the swimsuit that she went with was a blackish grey one piece with a purple ribbon tied in a bow just below her breast, she wore a purple hair tie that held her hair in a loose, low hanging ponytail. she sighed and started to walk out. "have a good day miss" the twins waved good bye.

"those twins are weird" she said through gritted teeth. kira opened the front door to find no one stood there, she heard someone coming and turned her head to see who it was. takuma pranced with his face turned and his eyes closed so he wasn't looking at her. his eyes opened and his face turned to see her. he gasped and he turned his face.

"um, takuma?" kira asked. "is everything—"

he held out a short sleeved grey hoody and fluoro green and black board shorts "just put this on?" his face was bright red, "a woman shouldn't show that much skin until she's married."

kira tugged at the baggy short sleeve and sighed, her hair was still in its loose low hanging ponytail. "hey kira, think fast!" someone throw a tennis ball at her, her arm shot out and caught the fast flier with one hand. "nice catch?" the voice called. the voice sounded very familiar to kira. it belong to hikaru. funny she thought that it was ryku? or Cory? there the ones who usually do this sort of thing.

him and his brother wore different board shorts. hikaru wore a light green pair and kaoru wore a blue-purple pair. they were playing in one of the many huge pools. both the twins had their hair dyed back to normal.

"hey kira-chan." a high pitched voice called. kira looked in its direction and found honey sitting on top of mori who was swimming against the current pool. how he was doing that no one will ever now? "look kira-chan, no matter how hard we swim we never move" he smiled. all though mori was doing most of the swimming. honey was wearing a pair of light blue board shorts with a pink donut like floaty with bunny's on it. mori had a pair of black board shorts and was swimming really fast.

"hey boss" kaoru appeared behind takuma with hikaru. takuma turned around to face them. "why did you make kira cover up like that?"

"yeah? we were pretty sure you'd be all 'I want to see kira in a swimsuit' rolling on the ground kicking and screaming?" hikaru smiled. how they knew he made kira wear that no one knows?

"no that's not it at all" takuma started waving his arms in the air like an idiot "I was just protecting an innocent little girl from being exposed, and walking around in front of boys."

"ah, boss?" the twins pointed to kira who was taking off the hoody and board shorts. they looked at her with a slight blush. takuma's face went red.

she looked at them "well if I'm going to be here I may as well enjoy myself?" she said flatly.

"hey kira-chan" honey pulled down on kira's arm. "you want to go swimming with me?"

"you know I think I might" kira removed honey from her arm and looked at him. "why do you still need a floaty?"

"oh I don't really" he posed holding onto it "it's just looks cuter that way" he smiled and ran toward mori who was still swimming.

"hey takuma" kira shouted.

"yes my darling daughter?" he replied.

"you said you wanted to know what kinds of birds were here?" she shrugged.

"well, I did?" he said.

"this one is a rainbow lorikeet they come from Australia and this one is." kira started to name all the birds that she could see and pointed them out. she also named the country that they come from. kira had finished naming all the birds and the twins plus takuma looked at her funny.

"what I grew up learning these things, that and once a year I would go out into the forest and survive for a week alone, that was fun?" she shrugged.

"so kira, why aren't you in the water?" hikaru asked appearing next to her with his brother. "can't you swim?"

"I can swim as good as anyone. it's just that I don't go swimming offend" kira shrugged. she ran for the water, jumped at the edge and flipped three times before landing in the as a dive

"wow she pretty good" kaoru said.

"hey boss. she in the water now. you can come out of hiding!" hikaru shouted. takuma stood very far back with his back turned and hands covering his eyes.

"what. I'm coming to save you kira!" he ran for the water's edge. but he stopped as soon and he saw kira laying tin the water. for a second he lost focus and slipped in to the water.

"well. at least he's in the water now?" kaoru said. "hikaru—hikaru?" he waved his hands in front of hikaru's face. he was staring kira. "hey!"

"what?" he looked at kaoru. "sorry. I lost everything for a moment. isn't kira looking hot in that swimsuit?" the twins both looked at her.

"close your mouths. your drawling all over the places" kyo interrupted them. both of them shook their heads and looked at him. kira jumped up to the edge and picked up her clothes.

"well see you guys later" she said. "wait did takuma come back up?" she asked the twins. they just stared at her blank with their mouths hanging open.

"sorry kira" kaoru said.

"did you say something?" hikaru asked.

"obviously you did hear what I said." she sighed.

"I think he's still down there" kyo said.

kira walked to the edge and looked down into the water. "yep. your right he's still down there" she dropped her stuff and dived in. takuma still laid at the bottom not moving an inch. she grabbed his arm and hooked it around her shoulders and swam to the surface. she broke the water and paddled to the edge. she gave takuma to kyo who heaved him up. "well that's my part done" she said getting out of the water.

"he's not breathing" kyo said.

"stand back, this makes number two this week" kira zipped up her hoody.

"number two on what?" kyo asked.

"saving his life" kira clasped both hands together and placed them over the middle of his chest. she nodded and slammed them into his chest. takuma started to spit up water and sat up breathing hard and coughing.

"where did you learn to do that?" kyo asked.

"life savers. I had to play life guard while the teaching kids to swim" she stood up. "ok, I'm outta here?" kira started to walk away, she walked pass takuma when she sore something out the corner of her eye. kira turned to see what it was, the bushes moved and kira ran over to see what it was. her eyes scanning the shrubs.

"how are you feeling takuma?" kyo asked.

"what happened?" he was panting hard.

"my guess is that when you saw kira you fainted and fell into the water. then kira had to drag you out and save your life" he pushed up his glasses.

"oh. where is she now?" takuma asked.

"leaving" kyo stood up.

"leaving?!" takuma repeated. while takuma yelled at kyo the twins noticed kira acting strange.

"is it just us?" hikaru started.

"or is kira acting weird all of sudden?" kaoru finished.

"don't say that!" takuma huddled with the twins "she can't help it if she is being weird or not, and just look at her? isn't she pretty?"

"well I guess she is" the twins said. "and we saw her in a swimsuit!" they sang.

kira shrugged "there's probably nothing there?" she continued to walk away.

"Ahhhh! where do you think you're going young lady?" takuma started to run after her. his arms wrapped around her chest and he picked her up, he started to walk her back. "you're going to stay here!" he put her down and pointed at the ground. this isn't happening? I am actually telling her off? he thought. suddenly a jet of cold water was sprayed at takuma's face.

"hey boss, care for a little water fight? the one how gets shot in the head loses?" someone called. it was hikaru who soaked him.

"and the winner gets to spend one full out with kira on a date" kaoru said

"no I don't feel like it" takuma sighed.

"ok then maybe kira and I can get married?" hikaru hugged kira with one arm, his water gun.

"and then we'll honey moon in Paris sitting next to the Eiffel tower together? what do you say?" kaoru did the same thing as hikaru. kira tried to get out of their grip but it wasn't working. suddenly takuma started to pump up a water gun.

"I say in your dreams?" kira whispered. "and what about this so called date?"

"do you think I would let you evil twins marry my kira. or ever go out on a date?" he turned around and aimed the gun at them "daddy says no!" he squeezed the trigger and a jet of ice cold water shot out. the twins ducked and the shot hit kira in the face. she wasn't overly impressed with his aim?

"ok next. we work on your aim" she said flatly. the twins started to shot at him, takuma dodged their attacks multiple times. kira sighed, she sat down and started to sip an ice cold drink.

"men these guy are such terrible shots" kira said to herself. when kira was first learning how to shot a gun she always used to aim for the head. until her master said too shot for their heart. no. aim for the heart. if you miss you'll still be hitting something important? that was what he said to her. suddenly mori appeared, he was tapping his head to get the water out of his ear. kira looked behind him and saw honey swimming by himself in the I-can-do-it-myself-way. "taking a break huh? what something to drink?" she held out an ice cold drink and mori took it.

"thanks" he started to drink it. kira watched as the twins grabbed two boggy boards and used them as shields as takuma took aim.

"hey that's cheating, you being a cheater. cheater! cheater! cheater!" he shouted as they shot water at him.

"there are no rules boss" they answered.

"that's enough. sideways super shot!" takuma jumped sideways and started to shot at the twins but failed thanks to their block. he stuck his hand out and back flipped, landing on his feet. suddenly he slipped on a small puddle of water and fell on his back. he laid there not knowing what happened and the twins appeared, shot him with their water.

"looks like we win?" the both laughed. "we get to go out on a date with kira."

"no I failed" takuma whispered.

suddenly kira saw something out the corner of her eye again. it was a weird totem pole with a panel that had weird shapes on it. it had a bear on the bottom, then a wolf on top, then a rabbit and lastly it had an eagle with its wings spread out wide sat on the very top. mori looked at her "what's wrong?" he asked sitting his drink down.

"nothing, I'm just going to go and check out that totem pole? catch ya later" she stood up and walked closer to the weird totem pole.

"hey no fair? I slipped" takuma shouted at the twins.

"we did say that there are no rules" they shrugged.

kira couldn't take her eyes off of how weird it was, how it just stood out like it did? suddenly the eyes of all the animals on the totem pole went to a red glow. "Ahhhh! moridiky" honey cried. kira turned around so see a huge tidal wave headed for him.

"honey!" takuma called.

"mitskuni!" mori leaped into action.

kira took a step toward honey when she heard something, she turned to see who it was. but it wasn't a who, it was a what. an almost invisible robot that ran for the forest. it was only a drone that stood seven foot in the air. it was very high tech and not easy to take down, if you can't see it. but kira could, she is the only one who could see them. thanks to her eye condition kira could see things normal people couldn't. in kira's vision it looked like it was shimmering like heat waves in the form of the robot. there was only one thing that was like that. an Eden bot.

kira was forced to make a decision. should she follow the invisible robot and find out what there up to? or should she save her friend?

she started toward the pool, she unzipped her short sleeve hoody and let it fall to the ground. she front flipped and took off her board shorts and left them behind. she was now in her swimsuit that she chose to wear but no one took any interest in it, they were to fixed on saving honey. yes, kira chose honey because if she went after that robot and later found out that something bad happen to honey. she wouldn't be able to live with herself.

kira ran past everyone and neared the pool, it was either honey or the oncoming wave. "honey!" she called diving into the pool. he turned around and her arms engulfed him. but the unthinkable happened, their lips touched and they were in a kiss. they were being sucked under.

"is everyone alright?" takuma asked and everyone nodded. "wait a minute where's kira?" takuma started to scan the water park and located her clothes. but she was nowhere to be seen.

"could kira have gone?" hikaru started

"into the pool to save honey?" kaoru finished, takuma fell to his knees worried about her.

"wow she moves fast." hikaru asked.

"you think, but she moved so fast that I didn't even see her jump in?" kaoru shrugged.

takuma hopped up and lifted his hand in the air "all right men, we have to save honey and our princess kira. who is most likely with him" he pointed to the end of the current pool "that way looks like the safest way, come men. let's go!" he started to run in that direction and was closely followed by the rest of the host club.

suddenly they were surrounded by alligators "there's alligators that way!" the twins shouted as they screamed back to the place where they were before.

"ok how about we try this way?" he pointed to another path and ran in the direction but failed. there was alligators there to. they looked around and were surrounded by ancient bests with shape teeth.

"hey boss?" one of the twins said panting.

"what's with all the alligators?" the other said.

"beats me?" takuma said out of breathe.

"I'll contact the park specialist and have the alligators removed. thanks guys, you gave me some really good information." kyo closed his note book and smiled. the host club was playing guinea pig for information for kyo's fun?

"you mean that we were only here to be your guinea pigs? and now we've lost honey and my sweet daughter. I hope she's ok?" takuma began to get even more worried. "if anything happens to her I'm holding you responsible!" he pointed at kyo.

"relax boss" hikaru said.

"nothing can kill kira" kaoru smiled.

"true, the bullet that she was shot with was no ordinary bullet. apparently it was made with acid which should of killed her?" kyo passed up his glasses "and remember what Redgy said about kira having something far worse than that?"

takuma nodded "but she's all alone?" he winced. "and I can't help but feel worried about that."

"technically speaking but she has got honey with her?" hikaru stated.

"there is one way, someone must have activated the water control system and I believe that they must have gone to the water filter?" kyo pointed to a map that they have never noticed before. "that is a map of the theme park and I believe that honey and kira are here" he pointed to a spot on it.

"right men lets go" takuma started to trudge through the jungle and the others followed.

meanwhile at the other end of the pool. kira bursts though the water gasping of air. forty five minutes underwater can really get you going. honey was lodged under her arm coughed up the water from his lungs, his eyes flattered open "thank you, kira-chan" his voice was weak but she could just hear him as she pulled him out of the pool.

"ok, what happened back there? stay's back here?" she sat honey down and he nodded. slowly, he stood up and kira checked him over to see that nothing is wrong with him. she sighed in relief and they started to head back, suddenly honey was pickup by something that he couldn't see.

kira swiped honey out of the arms of an Eden bot. "what is that thing?" honey said looking at thin air.

"there called Eden bots. no human can see them but I can. now I want you to do me a favour honey" she set him down on his feet and looked him in the eyes "go tell the others to leave this place and tell them that I'm ok to. alright?"

he nodded and started to back away, kira pulled out her black angel and pressed a button so the blade shot out. she started to slash randomly at her sides and the electricity flew everywhere, from what honey could see. he started to head for the jungle that surrounded them.

suddenly from the ground emerged a black shadowy cloud that reeked of death. its face took the shape of a human skull with no bottom jaw and the canine teeth were sharp and vampiric. it's hands were foot long bone claws. his body was nothing but a black mess of death clouds.

the shadow.

his hand lashed out toward honey but kira acted quickly. her arm circled around honey's chest and she pulled him behind her. the shadow's claws ended up stabbing kira though the chest, her blood spilt on honey's chest and some on his face.

"run," kira whispered "run, honey, run" kira started to lift herself up. he escaped into the jungle to find the others, he had tears in his eyes as he ran. he was scared, scared to lose his friend. he pushed on leaving kira to fight the shadow along with the Eden bots. alone.

kira pulled out her black rose and started to shot at the Eden bots. she used her sword to cut through the shadow but it wasn't working. the shadow started to attack her but kira dodged it but got her shoulder sliced. she was pulling moves that she hadn't used in months. she arched her sword high over her head. it was glowing bright with light and she slammed it into the ground. it created a deadly sword slash that destroyed some of the Eden bots

meanwhile. trudging thought the jungle the rest of the host club was halfway thought the maze like jungle. "I've just finished talking on the phone with our police department. they'll be here in a few minutes" kyo hung up and placed his cell phone in his pocket.

"thank you, kyo" takuma said leading the pack. they were hearing all sorts of noises coming from the animals that lived here. the twins hugged each other.

"you don't thing those noises?" hikaru looked out into the forbidden jungle.

"belong to the real thing?" kaoru looked at the other side. "if kira was here she'd know what to do?"

"we miss kira!" the twins cried.

"that gives me an idea?" takuma stopped walking and thought "what would kira say if she were in my position?" he thought about it for a while until he remembered her saying something about it. easy, I just listened and followed the screams of idiots? "that's it."

"so why are we—" the twins were cut off.

"shhh!" takuma warned.

"but we—" they started again.

"shhh! shut it. I'm trying to listen!" takuma held up one finger and the twins zipped it. he could the birds calling, he listened harder and he could hear footsteps. soon what only a few turned into many and they were coming closer. it started to rain. suddenly they were surrounded by guards and each of them was pointing a gun at the host club.

"what the?" hikaru said but before he could finish his sentence one of the guard charged toward them. mori leaped out at the guard and round-the-house kicked him in the head. he was sent flying back and all the guns pointed to him.

suddenly a small boy with honey blonde hair swung on a vine toward them. he kicked the closes one to him and the guard was sent flying into the bushes. he started to swing at the rested of them around until all the guards were down on the ground in pain. the small boy was honey.

"honey?" takuma looked at him funny. honey's back was turned to them and his head hung low.

"we should leave this place" honey turned around and the host club stared at him in shock.

"what the hell happen to you?" kaoru asked. mori ran to him and honey collapsed in his arms.

"are you alright, mitskuni?" mori asked resting his hand on honey's head.

"yes I'm ok" he whispered. "but kira-chan isn't."

"how are you bleeding then?" takuma asked.

honey let go of mori and looked at takuma "this isn't my blood" he bowed his head.

"then how's is it?" takuma asked another question.

"it's kira-chan's. she stayed behind to fight a monster. she told me to tell you to get out of this place and she told me that she is ok." he said, the host club heard a robot coming toward them. honey turned around and he was met with a shredded Eden bot with bits of scrap metal hanging off it. it was trembling like it spent a weekend in Antarctica without a jumper.

"target, detected. must engage" it's voice sounded like static and hard to make out. honey jumped on to mori's back and tried to hide himself as the rest of the host club looked in horror. they could all see the Eden bot because it had its invisibility cloak turned off because of its state to save power. the half dead robot raised its shaking arm that was a laser like gun and prepared to fire it at honey. suddenly a spare-like-pole shot toward the broken robot and stab it through its chest. the robots gun slowly fell by its side and its limbs went floppy. the robot leaned forward as it slowly died. honey jumped off of mori's back and stood beside him.

"what is it?" hikaru asked.

"is it dead?" kaoru asked.

"it's an Eden bot, and yes it is dead" honey answered.

"how do you know that?" the twins asked.

honey sad look said most of it "kira-chan told me!"

"were sorry, sir. we black out and we didn't know what we were doing?" all the guards from before were kneeling down to them.

"what are you saying?" kyo asked.

"well, we were getting ready to help you, but suddenly we were attacked by a kid and he shot us with this little black dart." one of them held out a small black dart. takuma eyes widen.

"could you give me a description of the boy" kyo asked.

"well. he wore a long black trench coat and he had black and bright red eyes. he carried a sword in his right hand. the blade was pitch black and dripping with what looked like black blood" one of them said. another handed kyo a sketch of what he looked. kyo pocketed it.

"those darts can turn you into Tao wielders?" takuma stated and kyo took the dart and examined it.

"say takuma, do you know what these are?" kyo pushed up his glasses.

"there called sinuous darts, there poisonous to kira's cousins and can turn people into Tao wielders. but there ineffective to kira" he explained. the rain pour down heavier now and all the guards gave honey there apologises and left.

"hey boss, who told you about those weird darts?" the twins asked.

"oh, kira did" he smiled. suddenly they hear a blood chilling scream and honey ran off in its direction. the host club followed him saying "honey come back!" but honey did listen, he knew who cried out. he had tears in his eyes by the time he reached her. honey gasped as his eyes fell on her, most of the blood that was on him had washed away thanks to the rain.

kira was on her knees panting. her skin was shredded and the blood mixed with the rain that poured down hard had left it streaming off of her like small rivers. she leaned against her sword, on her knees. when her eyes slowly opened and fixed on honey. her swimsuit was shredded but still stayed together well.

one of the Eden bots tried to attack her, kira grabbed her black rose that laid on the flooded ground next to her. she stretched out her blood covered arm and shot the crazed bot. "I thought I told you to leave?" kira eyes narrowed and she stood up, she was so weak she could barely stand.

suddenly the shadow appeared again in front of honey. honey fell back wards and the shadow raised his claws. kira got there before honey could get hurt, she engulfed him and left her back exposed to the shadows foot long knives. he slashed at kira's back leaving three claw marks from her neck down to her hip. she let honey go and he crawled away into the nearby bushes. but he still watched her.

"honey don't you ever run off like that again. you could get hurt?" takuma yelled at him. honey pulled him down and peek through the bushes at kira, she was slicing through the shadow like she had full strength. but it was working. the shadow clasped kira's neck and squeezed it. he picked her up high in the air, he was draining what was left of her power. but it was good, she had his full attention. and that means that the others can escape without be detected.

takuma wanted to see what he was looking at so he took a peek through the bushes. his eyes widen and he gasped, suddenly he burst through them and run toward kira.

"no taka-chan, you'll hurt kira-chan!" honey reached out to grab him but he missed. the rest of the host club arrived. they took one look at kira and gasped.

"kira, daddy's coming!" takuma shouted. the shadow broke his attention away from kira and focused on takuma running toward her. he dropped kira who was coughing on the ground trying to get her breath back. the shadow arched his claws back. but takuma got there first. he kneed him in the face, the shadow stumbled backwards even though he had no legs. takuma held kira in his arms "are you alright?"

"you idiot. now his attention has turned to you. just get out of here while you still can" kira whispered. the shadow leaped at takuma and screech horribly. takuma set kira down and stood up. "run you idiot. run. get out of here. you'll never make it, you're not ready to take him on yet!"

but takuma didn't listen. it was time to take on his first battle what put to the test what kira had taught him. he stood his ground as the shadow started to lung his claws turned into a blade that surged toward him. kira leaped at takuma, her hands swooped around his neck and he tumbled backwards. kira looked at him to make sure that he was ok. he smiled and hugged her. "you're ok?" a lucky miss.

she stood up as did takuma, she didn't look all that impressed by his decision to fight. suddenly kira's eyes widen as the shadows blade dug into her chest. he twisted them and blood spilt out on takuma's chest. "you idiot. didn't I tell. you to run?" the shadow wrenched out his blade. she fell to her knees.

but that wasn't how she was going to end it. not know. not yet. just a little bit longer. just not yet. she fell to the ground and laid there. was he dead? no that's impossible. she could never die. she wasn't breathing and her eyes were closed. witnessing death was one thing. but knowing that it was one of your friends is much worse.

takuma closed his eyes and turned away. but he could hear her faint trembling breathing. he turned back. she was still alive. her hand flinched. she was alive. takuma breathe out but the shadow swung at takuma. he dodged it and started to block the attacks. "if your awake kira. this would be a really good time to get up."

"get up kira-chan!" honey called.

"getup kira!" he master shouted. she was sitting on one knee panting. she spat out some and swiped her mouth clean. "are you deaf? I said get up!" he shouted again.

she stood up and sprinted toward him again. her fist arched back ready to strike. just before she throw a punch at him his face turned sour. "your too slow!" he slapped her across the face. she hit the wall pretty hard and bladed weapons fell. she covered her head with her hands and balled herself up.

her master walked up to her with a disappointed scowl. "what's the matter with you? your weak. pathetic. not even wanting for my training. let me tell you this kira. do you want to destroy the evil that killed your parents or not?" he turned his back leaving kira to think about it for a moment. "now get up and stop acting like your worthless. your better than this. now show it to me! get up!" she did as she was told and stood up. "good. you have that killer look in your eyes now. use that and fight me!"

she charged for him her fist arched back ready to strike. her master turned around your to sl—" his hand missed her head by inches and she landed her fist into his stomach. the punch was hard enough to knock out a full grown man. he stumbled back as he spit out blood. "hmm. maybe there is hope after all?" he smiled. "but I can't have you going soft on me. now come kira. your still to pathetic and a waste of time."

to anyone those cruel words would have crushed them. destroyed them of their hopes and dreams. not to me. for ages I tried to get one complement from you. for years I've tried to impress you. and that was the one thing that kept me going. that was the one thing that drove me to become this person. you turned me into the person I am now because of your insults. so I thank you "my master." she whispered.

kira stood up and grabbed her black angel. she turned to face the shadow, his eyes black as death. he lunged at takuma again, kira suddenly appeared in front of the shadows course, she stepped aside and cut his claws off. the monster let out a another terrible shriek and disappeared into the jungle in a black mess. kira looked back at the others who watched on as if she was ok. she smiled but kira collapsed to the ground. hands wrapped around her.

takuma.

even though her eyes were close she could hear his whimpers. she felt his tears fall on to her face. she felt his warmth. she felt herself being lifted up and being walked away.

her breathing slowed, her limbs exhausted and her heart to tried to beat . .

her eyes flickered open, her vision still hazy. she had to blink a few times for her eyes to adjust to the bright light. she was in a white room looking up at the ceiling, she could hear the birds chirping outside. she suddenly sat up, she was in a hospital bed. her arms were wrapped in bandages and she wore a crappy hospital gown. she could feel her legs wrapped up in bandages as well. now I know what it's like to be a mummy? she thought. she felt like a mummy.

kira looked at her hand, she noticed a needle in it. slowly still a little bit weak kira pulled it out with her mouth, unable to move her right hand. she touched her head, she had a killer headache from the battle. when her hand touch her head it hurt, she had a bandage around her brow. kira sighed and looked around. she turned her head and looked to her left, her eyes widen.

honey was there.

his arms folded on the hospital bed and his head rested there, he was asleep? kira felt something holding her right hand, she looked to see what it was.

takuma.

he held her hand gently and his arms folded on her hospital bed. he was asleep to. she looked behind him and she saw the twins asleep in two chairs, kaoru rested his head on his brother shoulder and hikaru rested his head on his brothers head. kira looked behind honey and noticed kyo sitting in one of the other chairs, asleep. she looked toward the window and saw mori, awake.

"how long was I out for?" kira yawned stretching.

"three days?" mori turned his head and looked at her. "mitskuni, was worried you'd died." he smiled "he cried all the way here" he looked at honey.

"how long have you been here?" kira asked, this was the first time that kira has ever had a conversation with mori, he would usually say a short or one worded sentence before. or not talk at all. it was almost pleasing.

"three days" mori looked out the window again.

"right" kira noticed a bag on the chair next to kyo. "is that mine?"

"yeah, your friend put it there?" mori answered. kira slipped out of takuma's grasp and started to remove honey from the bed careful not to wake him. she removed the thin sheet and slowly crept out and carefully placed the sheet back again. she rested honey in the exact same position he was in before. she grabbed her bag careful not to disturb kyo and headed for the small bathroom.

"where are you going?" mori asked.

"to get changed? if I know that so called friend he would have gotten my clothes." kira said.

"how did you now it was a guy?" he asked.

"I know these kinds of things." she smiled and walked into the bathroom. she hated the gown she was in. to baggy it could flow up and that isn't the best thing in front of boys. like in this situation?

honey started to move, his eyes flickered open and his head slowly raised up. he started to rub the sleep from his eyes "still tried" he whispered. his eyes opened and he looked at the empty bed. "WAKE UP EVERYBODY, KIRA-CHAN'S MISSING!" he shouted waking up the rest of the host club with a startle.

"what do mean kira's missing?" the twins asked rubbing their eyes and then fixing them on the empty bed.

"my daughter, is missing?" takuma sat up. he was on the floor?

"what are you doing down there boss?" the twins asked.

"never mind that. what happened to kira?" he sat sitting back in the chair.

"they probably just moved her to another room?" kyo pushed up his glasses. he sounded angry and annoyed?

"and they wouldn't tell us?" takuma shouted

"kira just went to change clothes, she'll be out in a minute?" mori interrupted.

"wait, kira just went to change clothes?" hikaru said.

"then she's still here?" kaoru stated, mori nodded. "so she's ok then?"

"wait didn't the doctor say that she'd be out of a two weeks as an estimation?" hikaru asked.

"yes but I think that she's recovered faster than usual?" kyo stated.

"then what is she doing walking around?" they shouted.

the door swung open and in walked a nurse. "oh. I see kira's awake is she? hardly surprising. she was always a quick healer despite her condition" she smiled. the bathroom door opened and out came kira. she was wearing a black sleeveless jacket with bright red strips coming down from the shoulders and a white tank top that showed her belly wrapped in bandages. she wore dark green cargo pants and black combat boot. she wore a black belt and her hair was done up in a high ponytail held there with her bell. her neck was bear and showed off her number thirteen tattoo. at her hands she wore black and red fingerless gloves: the right hand held the red one and her left the black one. her arms were still cased in bandages, the host club gasped, they had never seen her like this before.

"ah, kira please sit down on the bed. I'll take your blood test which you are way over due and check to see how healthy you are?" the nurse said and kira did as she was told and sat down on the bed next to honey.

"what are you wearing?" takuma asked.

"I thought you were asleep?" kira smiled "this is my sweepers outfit. I forgot that I never showed you this."

"nice" the twins gave a thumbs up. the nurse jabbed the needle into kira's arm and took out a good thirty millilitres of blood. she check her blood purser and smiled. after the nurse checked her heart beats, pupils and temperature, she smiled.

"your good to go kira" the nurse packed up her stuff. it was a quick one. "you're in perfect condition as always."

"alright, thanks Debby" kira smiled and hopped off the bed.

honey ran into kira's arms and started to cry "are you ok? dose it hurt?"

kira let honey go and crouched down at eye level with him "not any more" she smiled, honey ran into her arms again "hey it's ok, it's ok. I'm here now" kira had an idea "sekai ," she whispered but sang it.

it was a song her mother used to sing to her every night before she died. the idea worked. honey's arms went floppy and fell weak in her arms. he was asleep again. kira stood up with him in her arms. she laid him down in the bed and smiled.

"how did you get honey asleep?" takuma asked, kira only smiled.

"hey kira," the nurse called, "you have a guest?" the nurse left and in walked and young girl in her mid-twenties. she had light blue eyes and she had lavender coloured hair cut just above her shoulders. she wore a tight red signet top and a white mini skirt. she had platform peep toe red hills. around her neck she had a red heart shaped pedant with a gold rim around it. tucked under her arm she had a cream coloured hand bag.

kira eyes widen "what are you doing here?" but she smiled. good to see an old friend.

"you know this woman kira?" the twins asked, kira nodded.

"she's a friend" she answered.

"I heard you were in town so I was getting ready to come see you and, when I heard you were here I really had to come see you. wow is that a new jacket?" the woman asked, she touched kira black and red jacket. "and is that a new shirt? wow. you disappear for three mouths and you turn up with a new look?"

"err, yeah?" kira smiled awkwardly.

"who is she kira?" takuma said, kira turned around.

"she is one of the best known thief for hire in the country, she's also a nanotech specialist, well, at least I think so?" kira smiled. "her name is rinslet walker. she helped me find out where creed was hiding. but that wasn't the real reason you came to tell now isn't it. you wouldn't come see me unless you had to tell me something extremely important? or want something. so what is it rinslet?"

rinslet sighed "nothing gets past you now dose it kira? creed is assembling a new team. that's why Sven wanted you to come with him on Wednesday, he figured you knew where he was?" she looked closer at kira "my, my have you gotten taller since I see saw you?"

"I think she has?" hikaru said, both the twins were at her side in an instant, they stated to measure them self's against her.

"wow you really have grown taller kira" they smiled messing up her hair.

"gee, thanks" kira said flatly trying to straighten out her hair again, "I'm sorry rinslet but I've got nothing? he's disappeared off my radar ages ago. I don't even know if he's in the country anymore?" she shrugged.

"yep good old kira. you haven't changed a bit. oh and." rinslet started to search though her hand bag and she pulled out a glass bottle and though it to kira "Sven told me to give you this" she smiled.

"thanks, I owe him one" she opened the bottle. it was milk and she been asleep for three days, so she was thirsty and hungry. kira sculled the bottle in twenty seconds or less? "nothing like a bottle of milk to started the day." she smiled "what time is it?"

rinslet looked down at her silver watch. "three thirty in the afternoon" she looked up at kira. rinslet was now an inch shorter the kira "what time are you leaving?"

kira shrugged "I'ono?"

rinslet smiled "see ya there then" she walked out of the room and kira turned back to the others.

"is that milk?" kaoru asked.

"yep," kira said.

"dose your friend always dress like that?" hikaru asked.

"yep" kira smiled.

"are you going keep saying yep to the next question?" the twins asked.

"no. I'll say maybe eventually" she laughed. kira eyes widen and she ran to the window. the hospital she was in was close to the beach.

"what is it?" takuma asked.

"the beach" kira smiled.

"hey why don't we go to the beach?" hikaru asked.

"yeah the beach" kaoru agreed.

"you idiots, kira's not interested in that" takuma sighed.

"actually, I would love to go to the beach. I've never been before" she turned to face them and smiled "who's up for breakfast? I'm starving" kira rested one hand on her stomach.

ch7. day at the beach gone wrong

she was walking toward the music room 3, not late but early for once. she'd slept in class again for the seventh time today. she rested her hands behind her head and smiled. I wonder how I'm going to spend my last day here?

today wasn't just any day, it was the first day of September and her mother's 36th birthday. she smiled, in September her skin glowed brighter, her eyes sparkled with brilliance and her hair was even more glossy and shown with the slightest touch of light. but it always ended with her father's birthday, the 30th of September and his 38th birthday.

in the month an angel of the amoto family was born there appearance changes. they look even prettier or handsomer then thy did all year. so it's September the month kira was born in, even thing about her has change. she stopped walking and heard footsteps running behind her.

"there you are commoner" a very familiar voice said nearly out of breath. commoner was like a nick name for her now and it was one that two look-alikes used offend. kira didn't bother to turned around for reasons she did know.

"we're going to the beach this afternoon and guess who's coming?" another one said.

"me?" kira said flatly, she turned around and hikaru and kaoru stood there, looking at her funny.

"yeah, but first. since your other swimsuit was shredded and we thought that you needed a new one? so we're going to help you choose another one" they smiled. they hook their arms around her arms and left kira up so her feet weren't touching the ground. they run her toward the music room.

"hold on a sec, would ya?" kira slammed her feet into the floor, hammering the twins on their backs. she looked at them as they laid on the floor with their eyes wide open. "I'll meet you guys there. just tell me where we're going and I'll be there?"

"you'll have to ask kyo that" hikaru sat up.

"yeah we have no idea either" kaoru shrugged and sat up.

"but if you guess which one of us is which?" he smiled.

"then you won't pick out your swimsuit" the other one added.

kira smiled, she really started to like this game. and sometimes they make it too easy. "this one is hikaru" she pointed to the one on the left "and this one is kaoru" she pointed to the one on the right. she helped both of them up. yep, too easy.

"how the hell do you keep doing that?" hikaru shouted. he was pretending to be kaoru.

"your still free minded with the way you move hikaru and kaoru was acting too stiff to be you. and hikaru. kaoru doesn't shout when found out either" kira turned and continued to walk toward the music room. they followed her, hikaru kept sneaking glances her. so did kaoru.

they arrive at the front door and just as kira placed her hand on the door handle her phone rang. she doesn't answer it. "aren't you going to—" hikaru pointed at her phone.

"don't have to," she peeked over her shoulder at him and smiled. he blushed a little but not as bad as takuma usually dose. she walked into the music room and walked to the middle podium with the mouse hole to where the protectors are hiding. she looked up and crouched down. suddenly like a spring ready to give in she leapt up to the ceiling. she removed the panel and she was gone. just like that.

"what's kira-chan doing?" honey asked still filling guilty about her getting hurt saving him. still.

"I don't know?" hikaru said.

"hey kyo, where are we going for this beach thing?" kaoru asked.

kyo turned around and smiled "where going to one of my family's privet beaches but takuma said that we had to bring our guests to make it look like were not taking a holiday again."

"that reminds me, where is taka-chan?" honey asked.

"who cares?" hikaru said. takuma was hiding in his emo corner. not knowing why though?

"since kira couldn't choose her own swimsuit?" kaoru shrugged.

"then we will have to choose one for her" they smiled and began setting up manikins with different kinds of swimsuit wear. after setting out the hundreds of water fashions they began to see what they liked best, and narrow it down to one that will look good and hopefully the twins can see her in one way better this time.

the host club was looking though each and every one when kira jumped down. she sighed when she saw them looking at them. there many inappropriate ones. "no this one" honey held one of the swimsuits. it was sea blue with a light blue mini skirt and it had a white collar. "I think that this one will look cute on kira-chan?"

the twins looked at each other. "yeah but this one hind her scars?" they held out a pink bikini with a removable skirt and a long sleeve jacket. both were pink as well.

"scar's? what scar's?" kira said to herself.

"but this one would suit her better?" honey hugged the manikin.

"yeah, but this one really makes her look like a girl and her boobs would look bigger in this one then that one?" they pointed at honey choose of fashion.

suddenly takuma came running out of the blue "stop sexually harassing my kira!" takuma hit both of the twins on the backs of their heads hard.

"so does this mean that where not going to the beach?" the twins coward behind kira still rubbing their heads. knowing that he won't hurt them if there with or in this case behind her.

takuma smiled and rested his hands on his hips. "who said we weren't going?"

"wait a minute. I thought I won which one is hikaru game? why are you guys going through swimsuits?" kira focused on the different swim wear the twins laid out. and most of them she didn't like which was nearly all of them. "got a girlfriend?"

"no. you just didn't hear us correctly" they smiled.

"you see, we knew that you would guess which one of us is hikaru" hikaru rested his arm on his brothers shoulder.

"so we knew that you wouldn't choose a swimsuit." kaoru looked at his brother and smiled sinisterly. so did hikaru.

"but that doesn't mean that we couldn't" they laughed.

"yeah I knew that you would try to trick me into something like that" kira smiled knowing that she was being played. "but I said I would meet you there. but I didn't say what I was going to wear?" the twins stopped laughing. that was when honey grasped kira's arm and pulled her toward him.

"I want to make up for what happened to you when we went to kyo-chan's water park." he frowned, this was the saddest kira has ever seen him. "so I want you to come over for dinner. tonight?" he looked up at her. "is that ok?"

kira smiled and nodded. she held honey's hand "hey, you've already made up for it?" honey looked at her funny. "your safe now, that's all that matters" she smiled but honey started to cry. he ran into her arms and berried his face into her shoulder. mori appeared behind her.

"he never did forgive himself for what happen to you kira" hikaru stated. kira gasped, this was the first time the he had ever said her name. she felt a bit pleased.

"yeah he's been like that ever since you saved him? by the way what happened to your bandages?" kaoru pointed to her hands.

"ah, never mind that" she balled up her fists and handed honey back to mori. "we figured out what was wrong with your guards kyo?" she straighten up. kyo looked at her. "the darts that you gave me were sinuous darts. but we've never seen them before. it uses a different mixture of stuff. so it's either that they've upgraded them or there a different type? Sam's is doing a little test to make sure? and meanwhile I will be doing a science experiment or my own."

"right, thank you for that" kyo pushed up his glasses.

"but that can wait. first of all." she turned to him, "you can start by telling me where were going for this beach thing?" she asked. instead of telling her were there going he handed her a map. not the best thing since she couldn't read a map of shit. "gee, thanks. a map. how wonderful?" she said flatly.

"it's marked out where we are going. meet you there?" he smiled.

kira looked at where they were going. but it wasn't a town. it was a private beach in Osaka. "hey, I did some work there" kira pointed out.

"work where?" the twins asked taking a peek at the map.

"Osaka, nice place." kira folded the map and stuffed it in her bag. "I'll meet you there ok?" she smiled holding up the peace sign with her hand.

"why are we here?" hikaru moaned.

"why can't we go to Fiji?" kaoru groaned.

"do you really think that kira has a passport?" kyo said.

"no? by the way, where is kira?" kaoru asked.

"who cares, can we just go down to the beach now?" hikaru groaned.

a long and interesting school hours later and the host club had arrived at the beach. they waited for kira to get there but she was a no show. so they went to check out the beach to find a waiting surprise.

as soon as the host club looked out into the beautiful blue ocean. they watched as the waves broke in five feet in the air and as a surfer rode them with such grace and it was a she.

"who is that?" hikaru asked as the girl surfer came to the shore.

"I don't know but I'm pretty sure that she isn't supposed to be here?" kyo pushed up his glasses and the girl walked over to the showers and started to wash the sand off of her. the girl wore a tiny bikini that is bright red and white horizontal strips and her hair was dark brown that was done up, before she took it out and her hair fell below the backs of her knees. around her right wrist and ankle she wore a gold shiny bracelet. she turned off the shower water and the left over water sparkled in the sun as it dripped from her body.

her eyes turned toward the gob smacked club and she giggled "hey guys what's up?" she said. her eyes were glowing purple and had thinning slits.

their eyes widen. the strange girl wasn't just anyone, it was kira. the twins smiled and waved to her to come over. "hey kira I didn't know you had a swimsuit?" they shouted.

"you did ask me if I did. you just assumed I didn't" she smiled.

"what happened to you. you know?" they pointed at her body.

kira smiled "there's a lot to learn about girls!" she replied. they walked over to her. "and I have no idea but I think I just healed faster?"

"nice" they stuck up their thumbs as a good sign that they like what she's wearing. takuma noticed the twins talking to a strange girl so he walked over to check it out. "it's like they were never there?"

"what are you guys up to—" his eyes widen when he reached them. "oh I'm sorry we didn't know that we were the presents of such fine beauty? here a rose fit for a princess." he handed kira a red rose. dose he always carry a rose? she thought smelling it.

"thanks. but flattery will get you nowhere with me" she smiled.

"hey boss?" hikaru said interrupting his moment.

"where did you get that rose from?" kaoru shrugged.

"I always keep one on me?" takuma smiled.

"thanks takuma, sorry I'm late but I gotta go get changed. people still don't know who I am and that could spoil a few things I had planned out" kira walked over to her sand covered towel and wrapped it around her still wet body and throw a DJ bag over her shoulder, pick up her surf board, waved good bye. "see ya in a bit?" she trotted off and out of sight.

"is it just me or dose she seem a little bit happy?" hikaru asked.

kaoru shrugged. "who knows. right boss?"

both the twins looked at takuma who face was bright red. he was twitching a little bit. "um, boss are you ok?" hikaru waved his hand in front of takuma's face and kaoru clicked his fingers to make him snap out of it.

"that was kira. wasn't it? . . ." he said slowly.

"ding, ding, ding. boy nothing gets by you" they smiled.

"she was so" he said slowly "CUTE!" he said, excited.

"I guess she was" hikaru shrugged, looking at his brother.

"and where did she get that swimsuit from?" kaoru shrugged. "wait a minute!"

"kira can surf? but she's never been to a beach before?" hikaru exaggerated.

"actually, kira learn to skate board at a young age, and surfing is no different snowboarding either? get the picture?" someone said. they turned to face the being. instead of expecting Redgy there. they met ryku. he shrugged "couldn't resist. so many hot girls, so little time" he trotted off to the edge of the beach. he wore black and white board shorts and his hair was in a low ponytail as usual. his hair shown whiter than usual. his skin glowed a golden brown and his red eyes twinkled.

"something's different about him" hikaru said.

"even though we've only seen him a few times. but?" kaoru shrugged.

"but he looks different today?" takuma whispered.

"sorry I'm late guys" someone called. takuma and the twins looked at who it was.

kira.

she had arrived before and she was back as Tyrone. a plain grey short sleeve shirt and a pair of black board shorts. at her feet she wore black thongs. she smiled. "look I know I was here before but people know me here and things can get weird. but on the plus side. I had to change into Tyrone and spend my last day with you guys." she hopped down from the sand dune, takuma and the twins looked at her funny.

"this is your last day?" takuma exclaimed.

"yep" she said.

"swing it past us again why are you dressed as Tyrone and not as yourself?" the twins asked. kira pointed to the newly arriving guests.

"the guests know me as Tyrone. but if I were to go into town and acted like Tyrone, people would call me kira. and if the girls start to catch on and then find out my true identity" she looked at them

"then you would be able to stay in the host club anymore" the twins said.

"yes" she nodded and walked past them. she looked different here then she did back at kuran academy. maybe because of the sun?

she walked toward ryku and started to talk to him. they seem to get along well. she started to laugh. "is it just me or?" hikaru pointed at kira and ryku.

"dose she look different to you?" kaoru pointed at kira.

takuma eyes widen "her skin is glowing. and her hair if shining. and her eyes are twinkling."

"what?" the twins asked. a small wave broke to shore and the wind picked up and sprayed kira and ryku with water. the tiny water droplets sparkled in the sunlight making their skin making it look even better.

"look at my little girl. isn't she gorgeous?" takuma whispered, eyeing off kira and ryku.

"how do you know that stuff boss?" hikaru asked.

"um well I just noticed that she looked different today?" takuma said.

"it's creepy how you know that boss?" kaoru said flatly.

"it's her last day here right?" hikaru started.

"you thinking what I'm thinking?" kaoru said.

"I don't know what are you thinking?" hikaru started to move closer to his brother.

"I'm thinking that if we make up a plan to get kira to stay here. with us?" kaoru said.

"that's a great idea, but you know she will go?" hikaru said. "but what if she never comes back? then what do we do?"

takuma looked at hikaru and kaoru. "never comes back?" he said slowly. suddenly takuma grabbed the twins shoulders "we can't let my little girl leave!" he warned "we have to do something?"

"ok boss. there's only one thing to do?" hikaru smiled.

"it's to take something precious of kira's and hide it so that she misses it so much that she can't leave and all is good again" kaoru smiled.

"it's a crazy idea but it just work?" takuma let go.

"now let's see, what item should we take?" the twins thought for a moment.

a little bit later and ryku made a fool of himself, as usual. kira sat down under a beach umbrella and sat on a carefully laid out towel. she was trying to draw the beach and all its beauty. except takuma placed himself in the middle of her picture. she didn't mind it. it would make a great picture. but he was with his guests and every time she looked up to get it right. he was with another girl calling her his princess. after a few minutes she gave up trying to draw him in her picture and rested her sketch book next to her and admired the lovely scenery. well, tried to.

"hey Tyrone why aren't you in the water?" a voice called to her from behind. kira turned to see who it was and found three of her regular guests. she smiled.

"I think it's best to watch it from a distance, that and I get sunburn easily." she looked up at each of them.

"oh, well is it alright if we sit here and talked to you?" one of them asked.

"it would be my greatest pleaser. but you have cute swimsuits? you should show them off." kira said, instantly she blushed and turned her head. she had a gift to blush at will, Karratha had once told her that her acting could fool the greatest of critics, "I'm sorry, I said something very inappropriate to you. please forgive me?"

the girls giggled and sat down beside her "you're so sweet Tyrone. hey did you draw this?" one of them pick up her sketch book and started to flick through it.

"wow Tyrone, you're really good" the second girl said.

"could you draw me a picture?" the three one asked.

"I would love to do that for you. after all you are the perfect girls to draw?" kira held out her hand and the first girl placed her sketch book in kira's hands. kira grabbed out a pencil and started she draw the three girls.

the twins started a game of volley ball. hikaru hit the ball to hard and it was sent flying out of bounds. "hikaru! do you have to hit the ball so hard?" kaoru started to chased after it.

"I'm sorry kaoru. I'll get it!" hikaru replied, but instead of getting the ball. he chased after his brother. they ran pasted takuma and gave a thumbs up. they ran pasted kira and looked at what she was doing. they noticed her sketch book. "target found." hikaru said quietly to his brother.

kira finish her drawing, she ripped it out of her sketch book and handed it to the awaiting girls. "here you go, I hope you like it?" she smiled.

the girls looked at her drawing. it was a drawing of them. "OMG! thank you so much Tyrone. it's so wonderful!" they squealed. kira noticed honey collecting what seemed to be sea shells, mori was with him to. she jumped up and walked over to check it out.

"hey honey what are you doing?" kira asked.

"oh, hi tyru-chan! we're hell fish hunting" he smiled, he was back to his normal self again. it made kira a little bit pleased. "and watching you yesterday when you were eating a lot of sea food made me think. so I'm hunting hell fish so you can eat them. since you like it so much."

"I think you mean shell fish hunting" kira smiled. "and I think were at the wrong beach for—" kira looked behind him and saw pink bucket with bunny's on it. and it was full of shell fish. "how is that possible?" suddenly she was surrounded shell fish and crabs.

"hey mori, can you come here for a second!" kyo popped his head up over some rocks. mori peaked at what he wanting and saw the special police hulling buckets of shell fish. "the guards wanted to make it up to honey for attacking him?" kyo pushed up his glasses. "so there doing this."

mori returned to his friend and to his amazement. kira and honey had collected ten buckets full of shell fish and crabs. "isn't this amazing or what?" honey smiled. it made kira smile to.

"yeah, it's going to be great" kira noticed something out of the corner of her eye: a small pool underneath a high cliff. she walked over to check it out. it was a crystal-clear pool with three large fish in it. she smiled and bent down slowly.

"what are you doing tyru-chan?" honey asked.

"fishing" she replied. her hands suddenly lashed out and in an instant she pulled out an arm length fish.

the twins noticed what she was doing. this was the perfect time to snatch kira's sketch book. takuma rested in a deck chair under an umbrella. he was watching kira. "hey boss!" someone called "we got it!" it was hikaru and kaoru returning from there theft. they started to look though the book. there were pictures of black-and-white, ones with colour and some that were fails and unfinished but still looked good.

"wow she's really good" kaoru said.

hikaru looked up at kira. "what she doing?" takuma shrugged.

"beats me" he said.

"aww man, with all these guest around kira can't change into her swimsuit again?" hikaru moaned. "now how are going to see her in one of our swimsuit?"

"I don't know, but isn't she cute?" takuma had his hand behind his head. he turned over so his back was to the twins who sat down. and then, takuma's inner mind theatre began. Kira and I will take a romantic stroll close to the beach just as the sun is setting. kira walked alongside the beach with takuma close behind. she was in a pink frilly dress and her hair was waving in the light breeze. she stopped.

"wow, what a beautiful sunset" she looked out to sea.

"yeah it is" takuma stopped behind her. kira looked up at him and smiled. he looked down at her and smiled. the two locked eyes, and takuma leaned in closer to kira. his arms engulfed her.

"I want this day to last longer. because I'm with you" kira arms closed around him. her head rested on his chest. it was then that takuma snapped out of it.

"oh that would be the perfect day, me and my little girl. together like a family." he whispered, his face was bright red again. it was like every time kira said something nice to him or he just fantasized about her. he would have a happy moment and go bright red. getting excited he started to squirm.

"what's wrong with him?" three girls appeared.

"is he having a seizer?" one of them asked.

"no, he just does this offend" the twins smiled.

"hey honey look what I got!" kira held out three large fish the size of her arm. honey's eyes widen. back over where the twins and takuma was they were just as shocked as honey was.

"where did she get those from?" the twins asked.

"wow fish, where did you get them from?" honey smiled, looking at the fish.

"I caught them" she smiled.

"how did you catch them?" honey asked.

"easy with my hands" kira showed off her hands, still smiling. takuma walked over.

"how did you catch them with your bare hands?" he asked pick up a crab from one of the many buckets full of seafood.

"I can show you if you like?" kira started to walk back over to the pond. she let the fish go and crouched down ready to pounce.

"what are you doing kira?" hikaru asked as he watched from behind takuma.

"fishing" she smiled. her hand lashed out and she pulled out one of the fish that she caught before. she didn't kill the large fish because what use is it to her if it's dead?

"wow, is there anything that girl can't do?" kaoru asked appeared behind takuma.

kira returned with the same three fish that she caught. "got anything that I can put these in?" she asked honey who pushed a large bucket with bunny's close to her. he really like bunny's. it reminded her of one of her cousins. scarily like one of her cousins. kira walked over to the edge of the water and filled the large bucket with water and popped the fish in it. "there."

"hey kira—" takuma started.

"Tyrone" kira said flatly.

"isn't this card, CRABulous?" takuma joked. that's one for the lame joke awards, likely that one would definitely win. luckily no girls were in ear shot of them. but suddenly girls started to come over and check out what they were doing. spoke to soon. "oh hello my darlings. what brings you here?"

"we wanted to know how Tyrone caught those fish?" one of them pointed to the bucket of fish that kira hulled over. suddenly they screamed and ran way screaming "SPIDER!" so did everyone else. except for kira, who doesn't scar easily and takuma who was left questioning himself. suddenly a spider the size of kira's hand creped onto takuma's hand.

"AWW! get it off! get it off! get it off!" he screamed shaking his hand. kira crash tackled him onto the ground to keep him from moving and pinned his ran with the spider down.

"don't move. this is a wolf spider. it's highly poisons and it could kill you if it bit you. they can also run very fast so try not to move, got it?" kira slowly place her hand in front of the spider and takuma laid very still. then he noticed what this must look like to the others. kira had her legs spread out on his chest and her chest was close to his face. takuma tried closing his eyes to try and him from blushing. that didn't work.

the spider was now on kira's hand and she hopped up. she ran for the rock face. she glided up wards bouncing off the small rock and place the spider in the scrub on top. she smiled and back flipped off. she landed on her feet with ease. takuma was still lying on the ground, his face blushed badly and he was shaking a bit, he also had his eyes closed. "wow and you call me an idiot?" someone said behind her. kira whipped around and saw ryku leaning against the cliff face, his arms followed over his chest and his legs cross over. he smiled and winked at her.

"your naturally an idiot. he isn't. I don't think so" kira jerked her thumb in takuma's direction.

"whatever?" ryku sighed and walked away. kira turned back to takuma still lying on the ground. he hadn't moved an inch.

"hey takuma. you can get up now. the spiders gone" she smiled. everyone started to come back over.

"wow, Tyrone is so brave."

"and yet he's so sweet" the girls surrounded kira and made comments on how brave she is and how sweet she is and all that other crap.

the twins stood behind takuma "wow, kira isn't scared of anything."

"that gives me an idea hikaru" kaoru thought.

"and what is that kaoru?" hikaru placed his hands on his hips.

"why don't we play a game, it called 'who can find out what kira's scared of'" kaoru smiled and looked at takuma "you in?"

"that sound like a very bad game" takuma said, softly.

"oh well, it seems like we'll have fun scaring her?" kaoru smiled.

"then that means will have kira all to ourselves" hikaru smiled. both the twins started to walk away.

"wait what are the rules?" takuma said, making the twins stop in their tracks.

"that's more like it" they turned around. "the rules are simple, find out what kira's scared of by sundown."

"wait we want to play to" honey called appearing on mori shoulders.

"and I have the perfect prize for the winner" kyo appeared holding up photos of kira. it was when she was an assassin and a sweeper. it was impossible that to get photos of kira as an assassin because she was rarely seen. and by rarely meaning that she was never spotted. the photos he had must have been the only one's of their kind? And when she was sweeper travelling with Sven and Conner, that was harder because she made sure that known of the photos when online.

kyo started to move the pictures and takuma followed them. "where did you get those? I want to know now! hand them over this instant!" takuma yelled.

"hey kyo-chan where did you get those pictures from?" honey asked.

kyo slipped them into his pocket "I have my ways" he pushed up his glasses. "and let me tell you a little fact about kira. when she was working for crimson. dark angel was known as a guy, not a girl. those who were lucky enough to find out that she was a girl, were also killed seconds later. but there was one man alive today that has seen her. he goes by the name Sven."

later the twins took kira and two guests into an underwater cave. the tide was out so they could walk in it. the twins had hand held flash lights.

leading the way was hikaru "the many people that live her say that this cave is hunted, may people have died in here as the tides come in and drowned it's victims. and if you listen hard enough. you can still hear their voices echoing off the walls. and they take their revenge on the people that come in here, and their souls are loosed forever." suddenly a scary but crappy scarecrow popped up. kira could see the wooden sticks that made its structure. it looked it someone had carelessly placed rags over them to try and make it look scary? it also had a mask on and hikaru made the scary noises that came from it.

the girls screamed. kira sighed "what a crappy made scarecrow" she said quietly. suddenly a bone-like plastic hand dropped on kira's shoulder. now they have the hand trick? man these guys got nothing and know nothing kira thought. the girls ran out of the cave screaming like they saw a spider.

"hey? why aren't scared?" kaoru appeared behind kira. he was the one that put the hand on kira's shoulder.

"ah easy. my cousins pulled a better ghost trick. one that actually worked and would scare you to death. but then the messed it up and I lost interest" kira flicked the plastic hand off her shoulder and looked at kaoru. he held his flash light under his chin. she started to walk away "age seven!"

fear of ghost – fail. but hikaru and kaoru should stick to their day jobs. Age 6.

kira sighed coming back into the light of the sun. she had to take out her contacts because she can't see with them on in the dark. she shielded her eyes with her arm. the girls gasped "so beautiful" they said slowly. kira slipped her hand into her pocket and pulled out a small wooden box. her contacts box. she slipped them in and looked at the admiring girl and smiled. she flicked her hair out of her eyes. the girls dropped to their knees in love with her.

"hey tyru-chan, could come here for a minute?" a high pitch voice shouted.

it was honey.

he was standing on the back of a black special police truck. the guards surrounded him. kira walked over to see what he wanted. she swung herself into the back and stood next to honey. he stuck his hand up in the air "ok special police people. you may close the door!" he said. kira looked at him funny.

the guards did as honey said. probably scared? the door closed and it was pitch black. kira had to take out her contacts. again. a few seconds later "IT'S DARK AND SCARY IN HERE! I WANT TO GET OUT! LET ME OUT!" honey cried.

"honey calm down!" kira wrapped her arms around him to try and settle him down. it didn't work. he started to kick and scream. suddenly a blinding light shot though the opening and kira let honey go. she tried to cover her eyes. the door had opened.

fear of the dark – fail. but honey is claustrophobic. her cousins tested kira with the dark. age 5.

later mori shows up with a white stray cat. he handed it to kira. instead of hoping to scar her she said this. "wow. cute cat. where did you find him?"

fear of cats – fail. but mori is good at finding cats? kira used to have a pet black cat. when she was an assassin. age 10 to 14.

after a whole day of trying to scary kira the twin are on edge "man I'm running out of ideas?" hikaru sat down.

"yeah. it's kinder getting boring now," kaoru sat down beside his brother. they looked out to the beach and saw kira looking in a pond. her idea of fishing was not a normal thing.

"what kind of a heroine is she?" hikaru asked.

"I weird one." kaoru sighed.

"hey you two." someone called. they turned around and saw takuma carrying a bucket. he sat it down behind them. it was a bucket full of snakes. "I found a whole heap of rat snakes. if this doesn't scar her then what will?"

"that's great boss. wait? I didn't know there were rat snakes in Osaka?" hikaru pointed out. their eyes widen. it wasn't rat snakes he was holding. the snakes takuma handled were black snakes. the twins made a run for it. and takuma to scar to drop the bucket, run after them.

kira had moved on from catching fish and was now sitting on a towel under a beach umbrella. takuma tripped and landed face first in the sand. the bucket of snakes speared like paint when it fell from a high place, and landed on kira. they started to slither away. takuma's head popped up to check if any of the snakes landed close to him. he sighed and looked at kira, who was covered in them.

"sorry kira. I'm sorry!" he shouted.

suddenly a defining screech made him cover his ears. when he looked up at kira again. she was holding a large brown hawk. "hey shhh, it's ok. it's only takuma?" kira patted the birds back. it was a beautiful sight to see someone like her easily calm a hawk like that.

"where did you get that bird from?" takuma asked sitting next to her. the snakes went into the bushes, he looked at her and smiled.

"you like her? I found her when she fell out of the nest when she was only a baby. I couldn't just leave her there. so I raised her and yeah. I've had this bird for one and a half years now" kira stopped patting the birds back and rest her arm on her knee. "you want a hold?" she asked takuma.

"ok?" he said slowly. kira took a hold of his hand and stretch it out. her arm that held the bird slowly neared his and then there skins touched. hers felt like the softest silk ever made. his skin felt like rubber from all the salt in the sea. takuma hadn't realised how white her skin is. it made his look slightly darker and had a little bit more brown. kira was no longer holding the hawk. takuma was. she took away her arm and patted the bird on the back and smiled.

"she likes you." she said.

"how do you know?" takuma asked. afraid of the meat eating bird.

"she hasn't. attacked you yet" she took his hand and held it close to the birds back. she started to stroke it's feathers with his hand. when it was ok she let go and takuma was patting the bird all by himself. it was nice to see that the bird like someone else other than her.

she stood up "wait where are you going?" takuma asked. still not too sure about the bird on his arm that could tear him apart in seconds.

"she likes you now. you don't have to be scared?" kira jumped over the snakes that takuma dropped. she picked up the bucket and started to carefully place whatever snake was left into the bucket. she was going to let them go.

fear of snakes – fail. but takuma made a new friend. kira always played with the snakes out in the forest. before she became an assassin. back when she was training. age five through to now.

after letting each snake go kira went down to the beach and started to look for shell fish. the hawk had moved from takuma's forearm to his shoulder. the bird really did like him.

"hey Tyrone. look up here!" someone called. it was a girls voice. kira looked up and saw three girls standing on top of a huge rock. it was in deep water but the edge of it was still at the beach.

"hey be careful up there!" kira replied.

"wow isn't the view up here amazing?" she said, looking out to the city of Osaka.

"well, well, look what we have here?" suddenly two drunken idiots appeared. they both held a bottle of beer. they smelt like a bar and they looked like they just came out of brawl. they came closer to the teenage girls.

"hey you can't be here. this is a private beach" one of the girls said.

"well then?" one of the men hugged her. he had light brown hair that came down to his shoulders and his shirt was unbutton. his eyes were dark brown. "then that means that we're alone?"

"come here!" the other one had black hair cut shorter them the other one. he had glassy blue eyes and his teeth were yellowing. above his right eye brow he had a square band aid. he hugged the other two girls. they screamed. down below kira was just about to pick up a shell fish when she heard there cries.

"hey it's ok. were here now. you don't need to be afraid of anything now" the man with the light brown hair smiled, he toss some hair out of his eyes. suddenly a rock was tossed at him. it landed in the middle of his back, it left a red mark. he turned around rubbing his back. "what the hell?"

"you've invaded this girls comfort zone. I would suggest you leave them alone. what do you have to say for yourselves as men?" it was kira, she glared at them. the man with the black hair lashed out and grabbed the other girl.

"oh, looks like we have an overconfident boy? ok. time to teach him some lessons." he started winded up his fist. kira didn't want to fight, she won't fight unless the other guy makes the first move. he started toward her. there, he made the first move of stupidity. fighting against kira was the worst mistake ever made by anyone. his fist lunged at her face and all she had to do was step to the side. he missed. with quick thinking? or blacking out? kira's hand shot out and latched onto his collar. she flung him like a pitcher throwing a ball toward the batter. he landed on his back in front of the others. kira walked over and placed her hand on her hips.

"you were saying?" she looked at the other guy and smiled "you want to go next?" instead of the reaction of letting the girls go he smiled. suddenly the man on the ground swung up and hit kira in the chest. she cringe but stepped back as the man swung blindly at her. she dodge his very attack like it meant nothing. it was only just a few days ago that she was in a fight. this is just getting annoying. suddenly she was almost on the edge of the rock when she started to fight back. engaging herself in violence is bad. but doing it in front of people from her school was worse. she didn't want to have to use her powers. but the guy that was fighting her had some moves that she'd never seen before. and at that moment she knew who the were.

"had enough yet?" the man with the light brown hair asked. he was still swinging blindly. kira was no longer going easy on him. she place her foot on his shoulder and swung her other foot up high in the air, she swung it back down again. landing it under his chin. she back flipped off and the man was sent in a swirl. he landed on his back. "is that all you got?" he laughed.

kira ran toward him. her hands like blades the started to slash at him. then once he was distracted by her hands she leaped into the air and round-the-house kicked him in the face. he was KO'd. but there was still one more left. she looked at him.

he let go of the girls and they ran for their lives. probably the best thing. after a short battle with this guy the other one started to wake up. he noticed his friend in trouble and he came to his rescue. unable to stop the fight kira decided to let them win. it turned out that there was something about this guys. they tossing her around like a rag doll. "hey Tyrone are you up here?" takuma came at the wrong moment. he had her bird still on his shoulder. his eyes widen.

the man with the light brown hair throw her against a rock. all she could see was black. then he throw her off the rock and into nothing. takuma ran past the drunken men. only to find himself falling. "kira!" he screamed diving in after her. she landed in the water below. it was cold but something started to warm her up. takuma's arms circled around her. for some reason she felt safer in his arms. it felt like that this seemed pretty familiar to her?

he held her in his arms. one under the backs of her knees and the other one held up her waist. kira bird sat on his shoulder again. kira's eyes started to open and she was face to face with big sea blue eyes. takuma sighed in relief. "how could you be so reckless?"

it was like she couldn't talk? the words had gone from her mouth had vanished completely. she opened her mouth "I wasn't being reckless." she whispered as he came to shore. the other host were waiting for them to come back. "it was just those guys. my duty was just to get the girls out of there. nothing more" she hopped out of his arms and rubbed her head. she felt dizzy and she felt herself fall back but takuma caught her.

"what do you mean?" he helped her steady herself again.

"they've gotten stronger?" she whispered.

"know you listen to me" takuma made kira look at him. her eyes glisten in the sunlight. "you could have died. and yet you could of told us something about it? you could have thought things through and told me or any of us?" he sighed and walked off. the bird flew off his shoulder and landed in one of the near by trees.

"hey, take it from us" the twins started. "were happy that you're ok. and we even beat up those guys who throw you off the rock." it sounded bitter at the sound of those guy's. but she smiled.

"you beat up those guys huh? do you know where they are now?" she asked. the twins pointed behind them and the two guys fell to their knees. kira walked up to them. "I should of known" her handed arched back and swiped to piled off the band aid from the black hair guy. there laid the tattoo in roman numerals was the number four. "number four and" she took off the man with the light brown hair's shirt. on his chest, tattooed in black was the number six in roman numerals "number six. what the fuck are you doing here?" she glared at them. out all the people in the world. why did they have to come here?

"you know these people?" hikaru asked.

"there new to me but" kira smiled and turned around to face them. "these guys are the new crimson number's four and six." she jerked her thumb in their direction. she turned back to the numbers. "now you guys have some explaining to do. started talking?" she grabbed both the newly made numbers by the shoulders. they said nothing, they didn't even make eye contact with her.

"I'm sorry. am I not making myself clear?" she dropped both guys and placed a finger on the black ribbon around her neck. close to where here tattoo was. slowly her finger slid down her neck and she bared her number thirteen tattoo. they gasped. "started talking."

"um. well. we—" the guy with the light brown hair was cut off.

"I think I can answer that" someone call. he jumped down from the sand bank and started toward them. he had black gleaming hair and he had deep brown eyes. he wore a periwinkle jacket and a purple dress shirt. he wore black dress pants and dress shoes. around his neck laid a gold chain. he smiled at kira. "good to see you again. number thirteen. or more commonly known as dark angel."

"well. well. look what the cat dragged in. and I go by the name kira now" kira folded her arms. she wasn't pleased about seeing this guy here. "the notorious number seven. you want to explain what these guys are doing here?"

"they were supposed to be doing an assassination tonight? but I guess that they had other plans?" the man grabbed the two guys and started to drag them away. "hope they we're too much of a problem? now wouldn't number one like to hear who we ran into and what you did? wouldn't she?" he smiled and waved good bye.

"who's that?" kyo asked.

"that's Janos hazard. crimson number seven. he says he's lucky and good with the lady's. success rate, zero." kira started to walk up the beach.

"who's number one?" the twins asked.

"saphiria sparks. she's in charge of all the numbers" kira turned to face them. "she tells the numbers to obey what the councils says and all that crap." she smiled. laughing a little.

"wait she's a girl like you?" hikaru asked.

"other than me, she is the only girl."

"it seems that those two people were pretty scared of you kira-chan" honey smiled.

"well yeah, I mean. I was the best assassin at crimson. and I was pretty well known. actually out of all the assassins I was the most well-known and feared" she shrugged. she continued to walk up the beach. "and I did start at age nine!"

after a long car trip to honey's place, kira stared out the window. takuma sat with arms folded across his chest opposite her. "you shouldn't have taken on those guys alone." he moaned.

kira rolled her eyes. "I get it. can you give it a rest now?"

"but you could have gotten honey or mori to help you?" he pointed at them. "honey's is a karate genius and mori is a kendo specialist."

"you're kidding me right?" kira looked at honey and mori.

"it's true." honey smiled. "remember on your first day? when we came in late."

"oh yeah" she remembered. "sorry were late. moridiky had a kendo meeting and I fell asleep."

"how can you be so reckless?" takuma was trying hard to play the bad guy. for some reason. "and that's is why I have decided not to talk to you." he folded his arms and turned his head. kira smiled knowing that he will talk to her sooner rather than later. the car pull to a stopped and everyone hopped out. they walked toward the front door. suddenly it started to rain. kira's head tilted upwards, she loved the rain. to her it meant a new life was born or there is always hope in the most worse times. she smiled. her mother said that to her when she used to stare out the window when it rained.

"hey kira you coming?" hikaru asked.

"no, I think I'll stay out here for a little while!" she replied. the icy rain droplets dripped off her hair. it was raining hard.

"but you could catch a cold?" kaoru said.

"I'll come in soon. ok?" kira slipped her hands in her pockets. the looked at her. thought she seemed happy, she didn't look happy. a shining droplet fell off her face and hit the ground.

"kira" hikaru whispered.

every one sat down at the table. it was a lit with three prone candles with a white table cloth. but the lights were on so they could see. takuma sulked behind a beam looking out the window. the windows started at the ceiling and finished at the floor. the twins sat facing each other and honey played with his bunny.

kira came in with a towel wrapped around her head. it was messy and darker than usual. "I'm going to go change. I'll be back in a minute or so" she disappeared into the hallway.

"ok! hey kira what's up with you and the rain?" hikaru asked.

"when I was a little girl I used to watch it with my mother and father. they said every time it rained a new life was born. but that's just what they told me."

hikaru smiled. "and here I was thinking you were emo?" he smiled. kira through her towel at his face.

"maybe you should learn not to jug people?" kira trotted off. she doesn't hold grudges against people unless they've done something unforgiving.

hikaru looked at takuma and sighed. "well if I'd known her be that depressed?" he jerked his thumb in takuma's direction.

"so honey. what are we having for dinner again?" kaoru rested his elbow on the table.

honey smiled "were having sea food. kira's favourite." his face fell. "but I don't know what she likes so I guess were going to have to play along?"

"oh?" hikaru nodded. "is kira finished getting changed already? I'm hungry."

"me to" kaoru moaned.

"you're not the only one who's hungry" a familiar voice said. they turned around and were looking at kira. in a dress? she looked beautiful. like a princess out of a fairy tale, the host club gasped. kira rested her hand on the back of her neck and the other one played with her dress. "I like stupid, don't I?"

the dress she wore was a pastel pink, it was cut off at the knees and was a little bit puffy around the edge's at her hips. the other half was skin tight. at her feet she wore black ballet flats. her hair was put up in a high pony tail with her bell. and her neck was bare and they could see the number thirteen tattooed on the left side of her neck.

the twins were at her side in an instant. obviously. "you don't actually. here allow us!" they started to steer her toward the table. kaoru pull out a chair and hikaru sat her down. she had gotten used to them by now and she was enjoying their company. everyone there's company.

since the first day coming here she knew that she would have had no chance in fitting in. but now. everything's different. in the time that she's been here kira would have guess rich kids were stuck up and rude all the time. but these guys only come to school just to have fun.

takuma still hiding behind the beam, tried to hide himself from kira. he was looking at her. also blushing, but not as bad as usual. "hey boss you coming?" hikaru asked.

"there about to bring out the food!" kaoru said. slowly takuma hopped up and walked toward the table. kira almost hadn't noticed him sitting there. he sat next to her. she smiled tying to lighten up his mood. he was trying so hard to ignore her. at one point she thought she could hear his thoughts.

"wow kira-chan" honey said. "you look really pretty" he smiled.

"yeah kira, where did you get that dress?" hikaru asked sitting down on the opposite side of the table from her.

"oh this thing?" she looked down at her dress and smiled. "it belong to my mother. I guess Karratha is always trying to get me to where dresses. nothing out of the ordinary?" she shrugged.

"well that explains it." hikaru sighed.

"then where did she get it from?" kaoru asked.

"oh, she hand made it" kira smiled. "she always makes her dresses."

suddenly a row of butlers rushed out of the hallway with a silver platter in one hand. the other carried what looked like a white cloth.

"dinner is served" honey smiled. he sat next kira. they placed the silver platters in front of them and left as quickly as they came. kira looked down at the food. it was the crabs and shell fish she and honey caught earlier on. she smiled and started to eat.

"how can you eat that stuff?" takuma suddenly started to talk to her. again.

"oh I'm sorry. I thought that you weren't talking to me?" kira snapped one of the crabs legs in half and eat the meat inside. it was delicious.

"that's right and I'm still not talking to you." takuma turned so his back was to kira.

"yeah fat chance boss" hikaru interrupted.

"you've already ruined your father-daughter relationship with her?" kaoru added.

"what no I haven't. I'm just strengthening it even more by not talking to her?" takuma snapped.

"how does that work?" they asked.

"it's ok" kira tapped the edges of her mouth. her back was straight like she had perfect posture and her legs folded, when she was younger she wouldn't have done this sort of thing. but this place started to bring up memories and things just happened. she also had great manners. thanks to her teacher/guardian. no not her trainer, but his younger brother Karratha. pretending to be her mother by dressing up as a woman. it looked like a big insult to her back then then but it makes her laugh and sigh now. "he was worried and I don't blame him for it. what I did was kinder of reckless and letting them throw me of that cliff wasn't part of the plan I had going. I mean I could have beaten them but I choose not to. and I guess, I'm sorry for making everyone worry about me. again."

suddenly takuma stood up "I have to be somewhere." he left the table and trotted down the hallway, for some reason.

"that was a good dinner" honey tried to change the subject.

"yes it was" kyo push up his glasses.

kira slowly stood up and walked toward the hallway. "hey kira where are you going?" hikaru asked.

"just for a walk. if I get lost, come find me" she continued to walk down the hallway. suddenly she was swamped by arms. hikaru, kaoru and honey were hugging her. tight.

"your such a worry-wart kira-chan" honey said.

"wow the boss was right" hikaru said.

"you are cute when you worry" kaoru added.

"what?" kira exclaimed. They squeezed her tightly, suddenly she didn't fill so good. maybe she had too much seafood. funny? this never happen before? kira burst out of there hug and ran to the closes bath room she could find. she started to hack up her once was delicious meal into the sink. it took ten minutes before she came out. well that was a good way to waste food she thought coming out. I ran in here so fast I didn't see what room I ran into?

kira looked around and noticed kyo sitting in a chair, drying his hair with a towel. he still wore his glasses and he wore his black jeans but he wasn't wearing a shirt. he smiled at her. kira had to say something. well this is awkward.

"I'm sorry about what happened at the beach, I promise I'll pay for everything" she slipped her hands behind her back. that will get her to stay in the host club longer. that was something that she really didn't want to do.

"well I did have a little trouble separating the twins from those guys." he dropped his towel on the chair's arm and started to walk over to kira. "I had to apologise to those girls with a bouquet of flowers. they were ¥300 000. each. but you can pay me back." he rested his hand on the wall next to her "with your body." he smiled. suddenly he flicked off the lights and grabbed kira's hand. he flung her on the bed and then he was on top of her in an instant. there was no escape. weird this wasn't a thing kyo would do? but he smiled, like the twins usually did.

She sighed "I know you won't do it."

"what?" he looked at her funny.

"because you can't gain anything from it. and if you could what would you do with it afterwards?" kira had learnt that kyo wouldn't do anything if he didn't get anything from it. he smiled and sat on the edge of the bed. she sat up.

"clever girl" he pushed up his glasses. he crossed his legs and folded his arms "and how do you now that I wouldn't do it?" he looked at her.

"well if you were going to do it you wouldn't be able to walk anymore" kira smiled "I've been in the host club long enough to know that you wouldn't do anything if you can't gain something from it. so what would you gain from doing something like that?" she did make a good point.

suddenly the door swung open and in walked takuma holding a bottle of lotion in his hand. "hey kyo, can I borrow some lotion. mines empty" he gasped when he saw kira and kyo on the bed. she could feel the tension in the room. "what the hell are you—" before takuma could even finish his sentence kyo had already picked up his shirt and pushed the bottle of lotion into takuma's face.

"here, take it," he dropped the bottle into takuma's hands and left. "nothing to gain from it. what a answer" he said as he walked through the hallway with his shirt slung over his shoulder.

kira sat on the edge and takuma walked over. "did he do anything to you?" he asked nervously.

"nothing out of the ordinary" she shrugged. taking out her bell and letting her hair fall down.

takuma started waving his hands in the air like an idiot. "you tell me what he did this instant young lady!"

"relax pretty boy. he just needed the right push. to find out what he does to get something out of it. that's all" she shrugged. kira stood up and took a few steps when a crack of thunder hit and she stopped in her tracks. a flash of lightening made kira cover her eyes. it's only the storm outside, she thought uncovering her eyes. it's nothing to be afraid of. just a storm. it's not like that night. You're ok.

"are you ok kira?" takuma rested his hand on her shoulder.

"yeah I'm fine. I'm great actually" she lied. kira was not feeling the best of times right now. another crack of thunder arrived and that was it. kira's rain of courage gone. she coward at the end of the bed, berried her face into her knees and covered her ears with her hands. trying to block out the noises. it wasn't working.

"kira?" takuma bent down "are you scared?"

"scared me? no" she lied again.

the night reminded her of the night of her parents death. and how sad it was to watch them die knowing that you couldn't do a thing to stop it from happening. And it wasn't just sad, it was scary to. She was so close to death, wouldn't anyone be scared if they were close to death at an age as young as that? another flash of lighting and kira saw blood smudged on the walls, floor and ceiling.

"no. there not real. it's only an illusion, there not there" she said. another crack of thunder arrived and kira couldn't take any more of it. "I'm sorry but I have to do something." she ran for the wardrobe and slammed the door close.

"what business could you possibly have in a wardrobe?" takuma started to shout, he walked over to it. "kira are you?" he rested his hand on the handle, "scared?" he opened the door to find kira scrunched up in a tiny ball. he could hear her whimpering quietly. "oh kira."

"do you know what's it's like to lose someone close to you? at such a young age? right in front of you?" kira looked up at him. her eyes were wet. "to lose the people you care about? the people that cared about you? It was so scary for me at that age. Not know what was right or what was wrong. I was close to death for the first time and I was scared. Scared that I was actually going to die. Do you have any idea what that's like? Do you?"

"no I don't" takuma held out his arms. "but I'm here now. and I care about you." suddenly a flash lightening appeared followed by a deafening crack of thunder. she jumped straight into takuma arms. "it's ok. I will protect you." his arms circled around her. she felt a little bit better with him standing there. "no matter what. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you ever again. I promise you that."

she was scared of the thunder because it reminded her of that night eleven years ago. and the room looked quite familiar to her as well. the sudden cracks of thunder were like the gunshots. after that she would start to hallucinate that blood was everywhere whenever lighting flashed. and sometimes she would mistake her friends as the boy who tried to kill her.

a little bit later after takuma calm kira down enough. he wrapped a blindfold around her eyes and made her put ear plugs in. "there now you won't be able to see or hear anything?"

"wow thanks takuma" kira smiled.

"you little pervert." hikaru and kaoru walked in.

"what? this isn't what is looks like" takuma said hesitated.

kira took of the blindfold and looked at takuma in disappointment. "should have known better" kira hopped up. she walked toward the twins. suddenly thunder cracked and kira fell to her knees and hugged her arms. her face was flushed and her eyes wide open. she was shakily breathing out of her mouth.

"what's wrong with kira-chan?" honey walked into the room.

"I'ono?" the twins shrugged. suddenly Redgy walked through the door. "what the? how did you get in here?"

"I always have to accompany kira where ever she goes. even at the beach which I told ryku to watch over her so she didn't do anything stupid. mainly because I had to go do something," he held out his hand to her. instead of her taking it. she hallucinated that Redgy was the young boy who tried to kill her. the black hair and burning red eyes, the black blood streaming from is eyes mouth and nose. she scrambled back and bumped into takuma. she hugged his leg like a little kid and sat behind him staring at Redgy. "what the?"

"what's she so afraid of?" hikaru asked.

"wait is she scared?" kaoru asked another question.

takuma pick her up and started to walk her out. he knew what she was scared of now. he walked her to his room, her arms circled tight around his neck. he laid her down in his bed. he pulled back the covers and placed them over her. "I'll be right back."

Redgy fell to his knees in shock. "what up with you?" the twins asked. "and what's up with kira?"

"hey this is a first from me to. it's was like the night her parents died. she had that same look when I watched her come out of that room. she was so scared. but I saw for myself what she thought was so bad. it was horrible. blood everywhere. and two body's lying down. they hardly looked human. and she saw it all. only hours after their death she'd changed completely" Redgy said quietly. "it wasn't normal for a five year old to be so . . . incomplete."

"what?" the twins said.

"sorry I just talking to myself" he shrugged. "kira used to be the happiest girl you've ever seen. the night she watched her parents die she was so scared that it took the whole night to try and get her to calm down. a mouth later she said her first word. and that was to our master Tyrone."

"wait" kira lashed out and grabbed takuma's shirt. "please don't leave. please" she begged. "please stay. don't go back there. Don't leave me alone."

"then what would you like me to do?" takuma asked playing with her hair.

"please I just don't want you to go. I don't want to be alone anymore." she whispered. suddenly takuma hopped into bed with her. he hugged her tightly.

"why would I want to leave you?" he whispered. this moment would have been bad if anybody found out about it. especially Karratha or Tyrone. but she didn't care. takuma was the only thing that actually made her safe. for some reason, she actually didn't mind him being this close to her.

He's protecting me. I feel safer when he's with me. But I don't know why. He's always hanging around me, making me laugh, making me happy. Being this close to him. It made me feel safe for the first time. I can feel his warmth. Hear his fast beating heart. His hands hold me close to him.

I'm afraid. But now, safe in his arms. I feel as though I am not alone anymore. I feel as though there is someone watching over me. And it's all because of him.

Thank you . . .

at least half an hour later and kira was deeply into sleep. takuma had his eyes closed but he was asleep. he smiled as he slowly played with her hair. my dear kira, I wish I knew what made you so scared. then we could feel the same fear, the same torture, the same love. if I only knew what it must have been like to see those you love fall around you. your all alone aren't you?

when takuma's eyes flickered open but he closed them again, he felt around the bed place next to him to see if kira was still there. there was nothing there. his eyes reopened and he sat up looking down at the bed. she wasn't there.

getting worried he ripped off the donors and raced toward the door. maybe she left already? no, she wouldn't leave without saying goodbye. would she? takuma leaped down the stairs and out toward the dining hall where the other hosts were.

"hey good morning takuma" kira turned around. she was wearing a black and white dress with an apron over it. her hair was down and she wore a white bandanna to hold it back. she smiled at him like nothing was wrong. Why was she dressed as a maid?

takuma however stood gaping at her. he was shirtless but he still wore pants. his hair was a bit messy and a faint blush spread across his cheeks. "kira your—" he started to say.

"hey boss" hikaru smiled.

"kira made us breakfast" kaoru said.

"I think someone slept in" kyo said eyeing takuma off.

"what time is it?" takuma asked coming to the table.

"about ten" kira said giving him a cup of black coffee.

"ten o'clock?" he said in disbelief.

"what's with the over reaction?" she asked. Not like it isn't common or anything.

"takuma has always been an early raiser" hikaru said.

"he never slept in this long" kaoru said.

"which reminds me" hikaru leaned in close to kira.

"where did you and the boss go last night?" kaoru asked leaning in as well.

kira hesitated, "I can't remember." she lied.

"since when do you not remember?" Redgy sat there as well. "you have an unforgettable memory, everyone at the main house knows that."

"well, maybe I just forgot it ok? it's a first for you I know but since coming from assassin to sweeper I tend to forget events" she said. what she is saying is true. since going from assassin to sweeper she has been forgetting a lot of things. But she didn't forget about last night.

"well whatever" he stood up, "you leave within an hour so pack your things." he started to walk away.

kira sighed and leaned over to takuma. "you know, you're not wearing a shirt." she straighten up and smiled as takuma shrank in his seat.

"right. I knew that" he said.

she walked away with a smile, look at how many things I get to tell Sven and Conner about my time here at kuran academy. They'll flip. . .

at least an hour later.

"hey boss aren't you going to say good bye?" hikaru called.

"it's the lasted time will see kira before she leaves!" kaoru called.

Wednesday. the day that kira would leave for her week in Tokyo. takuma was sitting on the front steps of honey's house. he slowly walked over. "hey takuma. cheer up. I'll bring you each something. ok?"

"can you bring me back some cake?" honey smiled.

"if you wanted to have some cake I could make some for you?" kira rested her chin on the taxi's back door. "oh and hikaru. kaoru. thanks for finding my book. I thought I lost it." she held up her sketch book the twins stole.

"oh!" the twins scratched the backs of the necks.

takuma glared at them intensely "you let her have it?" he growled through gritted teeth.

"oh. um. yeah we found that in your room. so we thought you might need it?" they lied. how the hell did she find it so easily?

"here" kira extended the book to them.

"why are you giving it to them?" takuma pointed at them.

"it's not just for them?" kira sighed. "it for all of you to look at." they twins opened the book and a small piece of paper fell out of the first page. takuma picked it up and looked at it. all it had was numbers but he shoved it in his pocket before anyone noticed.

"well. good bye kira-chan" honey waved good bye as the car's engine started.

kira smiled "see ya when I see ya next" the car started to dive away.

"no! wait!" takuma started to run after the car. the twins tried to hold him back. "don't take my kira away from me!"

after a very quiet trip back to kuran academy. the host club remained quiet. until Redgy walked in. he held a note. "kira told me to give you guys this." the twins got to it first. it said:

dear guys

I'm sorry I had to go, a job is a job after all. but anyway, I did leave my phone number with you. it was in the art book I gave to you. just so you know you can call me at any time you want. bye for now. not forever

kira.

"but where's her number?" the twins asked. takuma reached into his pocket and pulled out the piece of that fell from kira sketch book.

"I have it. it fell from her book when you guys opened it." he held up the piece of paper. hikaru swiped it from his hands and started to put kira's phone number in his call list. he placed his phone to his ear and waited. the phone started to ring.

"hello, this is kira, if I'm not answering leave a message" a voice sounded.

"kira hi. where are you?" he replied.

"I'm at the airport?" she said. she looked out the window. the top floor and it wasn't that high up.

"what already?" hikaru voice started to raise. "so who long do you have to wait?"

"not long. our plane just arrived." she said.

"wait our?" he asked.

"yeah? did you think that I was going alone?" she laughed. "well I'll call you when we get to our hotel, you know. since you're the only one who's got the phone number."

"ok bye. I'll send you kaoru's number ok?" he said.

"thanks bye." kira hung up and suddenly she got a text message from him. "wow that was fast" she typed in hikaru and kaoru to their numbers and place her phone in her DJ bag that was slung over her shoulder.

"who were you talking to?" a quiet voice asked.

Conner.

this was the first time kira has ever seen him without his cat. he wore a black turtle neck sweater with his blue scarf. he wore black dress pants and his favourite black sneakers. his usually always dressed this way. his blonde hair came past his shoulders and his dark red eyes looked happy. his skin had gone from pale to a little bit darker since she lasted sore him.

"oh just. one of my friends" kira smiled and shrugged.

"you have many friends, which one are you talking about?" his quiet voice was almost like whisper to kira now. since she has been attending kuran her ears have gotten used to their loudness.

"I think she means her friends from that school she goes to" another voice said with a mouth full of food.

Sven.

holding a bucket full of fried chicken wings. he wore his usual clothes, a white tuxedo and a dark red tie. his dark green hair was covered by his white hat, it had a black ribbon tied around it. one of his eyes were covered by a black eye patch like what the pirates used to wear. his other eye was fine and it was coloured orange. "thanks for buying us food kira" he smiled.

"no problem. but why did you call me?" kira asked.

"we think that Creed is making a comeback? were still not sure about it." Sven spoke more clearly this time.

"what are you saying?" kira asked placing her hands on her hips and tilting her head.

"we mean were getting us back together" Conner said, he still spoke like a mouse.

"you, us, rinslet?" Sven took another bite out of his chicken wing. he looked like he hadn't eaten in days. "by the way where did you get the money to pay for this?"

kira shrugged "I've been busy? you might wanter drop the chicken Sven. we're departing now" kira smiled at Sven's reaction. yep good to see that nothing's changed, kira thought.

ch8. trip to the past

"hey Redgy" hikaru said.

"what is it?" Redgy walked up to him.

"tell us the story of how kira became a sweeper" he said.

"why do you want to know?" he wondered.

"were curious to see how she became one" kaoru said.

"well, my version isn't accurate. But it is based on how kira became a sweeper. Just a different story." He shrugged. "it began with. . ."

the rattling of a necklace echoed though the church. a priest was praying for god to cleanse his sins. "please god. save us from our sins. please god save us from our sins!" he repeated.

dark angel jumped from building to building. the priest continued to pray like his life depended on it. when it did. dark angel came closer. a girl. she wore a black trench coat that ran just past her knees with two dark grey belts around her waist. her black rose gun laid rest in its pouch on her right leg and on her left leg she had a black angel sword missing its blade, or that's what it looked like. she wore faded black jeans and black combat boots. her long dark brown hair flowed as she ran. her shadow ran over the stained glass window as she jumped. suddenly she appeared in the church, her gun pressed against the priest's back.

"wait?" he said quickly, scared for his life. "please don't kill me. please."

"your no longer welcome to haven." the girl said. "and so I have come to welcome you. to hell" she pulled the trigger. the gunshot bounced off the walls. there was no one in here to see him die.

"the way you kill. it's just breath taking to watch." he said slowly. "your power to kill is amazing kira. the actions you take, the sacrifices you make, and it's all in the name to kill. and how nimble you are and how good of a swordswoman and gunwoman you are, it is just so interesting to watch you kill? you never know what you're going to do next?"

before he fell to the ground the girl had left. she was gone. the priest's blood made a small pool on the ground. the girl escaped onto the roof where she met a young boy. his has white hair cut short and slicked back with small banks forming his face. his eyes were cold and a greyish lavender. he wore a leopard print shirt with a white trench coat. he wore black skinny jeans with black boots. his name is creed heartnet. he smiled at her.

the girl jumped off the church and started her walk back home. if only you left me alone? she thought. the boy wasn't much older than her. she didn't care about him for he was useless. she reach her apartment and flicked on the lights. she took off her trench coat and laid it on her double bed. under that she wore a black dress shirt. she opened her mini fridge and pulled out three bottles of milk.

she sat alone on the roof tops.

she watched the people below. her long dark brown hair flowed in the slow breeze. she held a bottle of milk in one hand, half empty. her eyes sparkled purple. all she could think about was what the priest said please don't kill me. please. it's not easy facing up to the world when you're an assassin. to know that you can never start over again with that much blood on your hands? it's awful to know how much people you've killed. but you still obey there every command. what a joke. suddenly she heard a meow and looked at a black cat tapping it's paw and a silver dish.

"there's none left" she said, picking up the bottle beside the cat's dish. the cat ran away into the shadows. the girl's name is kira amotto. suddenly a gentle noise filled her ears. sweet and soft at the same time. and yet familiar to.

kira turned her head to see what it was. she stared at a young boy playing the a bamboo flute on top of the other roof next to her. the roof next to hers was a little bit higher. he was wearing a bright red scarf that waved in the slow breeze. a tanned golden brown sleeveless shirt, it's long baggy sleeves were attached to his arms. he wore white pants that looked like they had been ripped off at the bottom. he also wore a bell hanging from a black ribbon attached to his belt. at his feet he wear black sneakers. he had a dark blue head band around his dark brown hair. he finished his song and he turned to look at her. his eyes wore aqua. he seemed familiar like she's seen him somewhere before.

he smiled "I'll take that" and ran toward her. he jumped the gap in between the two buildings and race to one of kira's milk bottles. he opened it and he started to drank some. his sleeve fell to his forearm when he drank. he breathed out "nothing like a bottle of milk after a song?" he smiled, putting the lid on the bottle.

"so what are you doing up here so late?" he asked. kira turned her head.

"I guess your friends are late or aren't coming, huh?" he looked at the bottle of milk in his hand. how would he know if she had any friends? he looked down at the silver dish "oh god, I didn't drink your cats milk did I?" he hesitated and bowed many times, "oh great kitty I'm sorry, I was thirsty and wasn't thinking straight" he straightened up and looked at kira.

"your just lucky I got here in time or that crow would have peck your head. if you keep looking at me like that." he looked at a black crow sitting on top of a worn out shed full of nothing. kira craned her head to look at it. she didn't see how that was possible? "so are you star gazing?" kira turned her head again so she wasn't looking at him. he smiled "you know. where kinder a like?"

she looked at him funny and he laughed at her reaction. "we both like to watch the stars" he smiled looking upwards toward them. kira looked at him funny again.

"don't give me that look." he rested his hands on his hips. "you're the one who was off guard and let me have one of your bottles of milk. and if you don't keep your guard that crow might peck your head?" the comment sounded very one sided and pointless, like it didn't make sense that it was her fault for something she did do?

kira looked behind her and sore a black crow on top of a shed. highly unlikely that the crow would peck her head? "wow nice gun" he eyed off at kira's black rose. "guess what I had one to and it comes with an accessory." he reached into his sleeves and pull out a hand held the police use and a dagger about the size of kira's fore arm. he posed "I may not like it. but I'm a sweeper." he smiled. "what do you do?"

kira turned her head so her hair covered her eyes. and her tattoo of number thirteen. the boy looked at her with sincere eyes.

"well, see ya around" he smiled and disappeared. kira watched him go. suddenly she felt a stabbing pain in the back of her head. she touched it but there was no blood. "see I told you so" the boy shouted back. ok now that was impossible?

"good work number thirteen" the head chairmen said. kira was in another meeting with the council this week. it was just that time of the year again were all the criminals were at it.

"as you may already know. you have another mission to do" another chairmen stated. "this one will be done in secret. so you can't be seen."

"saphiria will explain your next mission" the third chairmen said. suddenly a young woman appeared behind kira in a bow toward the council. the woman stood up and looked kira. she had long honey blonde hair that ran down her back and ice blue eyes. she had a pink trench coat button up with gold buttons. she had black skinny jeans and black combat boots.

"thank you council" she looked at kira "amotto, follow me" saphiria turned and walked into the shadows and kira followed her.

kira later returned to her apartment, she sat on her bed, drawing. her pet black cat was snuggled up against her back asleep. kira felt tried and thought that the idea of going to sleep was a good. she placed her sword on her desk next to her bed. she shut the window she uses to get to the roof. kira turned off her light, she slide back her covers and fell onto the bed. she pulled her covers back where they were. she turned onto her back and slipped her arms under her pillow. she started to drifted to sleep.

suddenly her eyes flicked open and she felt tiny feet crawl up her back. the feet turned into a light weight mass on the small of her back. it was her cat. her eyes shout and then nothing . . .

beep. beep. beep. BANG!

"who set the freaking alarm clock?" kira moaned, resting her gun on her pillow. the cat had left he back and was licking its front paw on the ground. it wasn't the first time kira forgot that her alarm clock went off on Mondays. she sat up still feeling half asleep. she stretch out her arms and yawned. the cat started to scratch the door. "yeah, yeah. I got it"

kira place her feet on the carpet floor and walked toward the door. she opened it and the cat ran out like it was on fire. she closed the door and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. she carefully place her contacts in her eyes and blinked a few times for her to get used to them again. she pulled back the curtains and the sunlight flooded in. it gave a warm feeling to the small room.

after a nice hot shower. kira got dressed, she scooped up her trench coat and slide her arms in. she slipped the two grey belts around her waist and she pushed her combat boot on. she was ready to hit the streets for another day, she didn't have to work until tonight. she left her apartment and headed out in the streets which are full of people.

a new government has been selected and they were throwing a parade to celebrate his new state. kira walked on. there were mascots of weird cartoon characters and girls dressed to impress with vibrant colour and feathers attached to their clothing. and a white convertible drove past with a man in a white tuxedo waving to the people.

what is a gangster doing in politics? he thought taking a cigarette from his pocket. he wore a white tuxedo with a matching white hat. his dark green hair was more shaggier than usual. one of his eyes were covered by a black pirate eye patch. the other one was orange. he laid a bounty poster on the table. it had the same picture of a man outside waving to the people. I swear I will bring this guy into custody tonight if it's the last thing I do. he had golden brown skin. his name is Sven Tyrant.

"what would you like sir?" a waitress asked. she had light brown hair and blue eyes. in her hair she had a dark red bandanna. Sven smiled waving his silver lighter in the air. "this is a non-smoking zone sir." the waitress said flatly.

Sven's face fell. "right." the cigarette hung out of his mouth. he took it from it and place it back in its packet. he slipped the silver lighter in his pocket. "I'll have a coffee thanks."

kira past the coffee shop he was in. she looked in it but kept walking. her eyes locked with his, but as quickly as she did. her eyes fixed themselves on her target. tonight she will kill him. she walked past the small café. "who is that?" he said quietly.

"here's your coffee" the waitress returned with Sven's coffee. "you know you've been coming here offend. maybe you should take out a tab here?"

he took a sip of his coffee "that would be nice."

"so do you have kids?" she asked.

Sven spat out the coffee he had in his mouth. not because it was hot, but it was because what she said. he turned to face her.

"k, kids?" his cheeks were flushed of their colour.

"ok p. o. p. s" she smiled and walked away. suddenly they heard a girl cry out for help as she was being grabbed two thugs. the waitress rushed over. "oh no you don't!" she started to fend off the guys but that did work. suddenly she was being touched by two thugs. they started to play with her uniform in a bad way. "no please stop that and get out."

Sven couldn't watch any more of them toying with the waitress. he stood up with his white brief case slung over his right shoulder. he walked toward them. "why can you idiots go play somewhere else?" Sven asked. suddenly the punks were up in his face. there were a lot more thugs running around town now because of the new governor.

"what are you going to do about it if we say no?" one of them said. Sven almost throw up from how bad his breath was. but he kept his cool and smiled.

"oh nothing." he slipped a piece of candy into their mouths. their faces started to go red and sweat beaded on their faces. "there special nanotechnology candy that heat your insides to one thousand degree's" the thugs started to drink water. "just kidding. there really chilly candy's that are specially made for me" Sven smiled. "now get out. no one should treat a lady the way you treated these two" Sven sat down and suddenly mountains of food appeared out of nowhere.

"here. thank you for saving me" the same waitress from before appeared.

Sven smiled and grabbed a knife and fork. "just doing my duty as a gentlemen."

"ok I'll just charge it to your tab" the waitress smiled.

"you mean that I still have to pay for this?" Sven looked at the woman who smiled. his face fell "gee, thanks."

after finishing his meal Sven walked toward the party. it was dark and cold, it was so the new governor could get in touch with his people. he walked through the door way and saw the hundreds of people in dresses and tuxedo's. he saw the large banquet, he walked as quick as he could to reach it. despite the fact that he had already ate, his stomach growled of more. the first thing he grabbed was a chicken wing.

later after eating what looked like large plate of different foods Sven looked around and saw the governor. his name is Lib Taylor. he held a small but beautiful girl under his arm. that is his soon to be wife. Sven stared at her for a long time.

he looked around again and his eyes laid on a small boy who was looking at him. the boy stood next to a short rounded man. the boy had yellow blonde hair that ran halfway down his back, it was put in a low ponytail. he has dark red eyes and he wore a black turtle neck sweater with black pants, he wore black sneakers.

Sven smiled and waved his chicken wing in the air at him. the small boy turned his head. Sven's face fell "ungrateful little brat." he took a bit of his chicken wing wondering why a little kid was here. suddenly a glass smashed and everyone looked at a man scratching the back of his head. he was drunk.

"sorry everyone, sorry. butter fingers" he said. Sven turned back to his chicken wing. gee. the security here is tight. I don't know how I'm going to do it, he thought. the governor was about to make a speech. he was surrounded by body guards. one wore weird looking sunglasses, he looked like Cyclops from the X-men. lib smiled.

"I thank you all for coming. and god bless everyone who voted lib for governor" he gave a thumbs up. he went on about how he will make the community a better place. outside kira was walking through the forest that surrounded the huge mansion where lib was giving his speech. she walked toward it. she had no trouble in knocking out the guards with her gun.

the light's dimmed and fell on a girl. "you see this beautiful woman. she and I are engaged. the wedding will be in a mouth." lib said, the girl walked up to the stage where he was giving his speech. she stood next to him and he rested his hand on her shoulder. "and everyone here is invited." all though the hall everyone cheered.

she can't be his wife. she's too pretty to fall for a guy like him, Sven had just finished his chicken wing. he placed one of his cigarettes in his mouth and held his lighter. suddenly he was covered in a brown liquid. the drunk idiot from before spilt his drink on Sven. "oops, sorry." the drunken man said. Sven tried to light his wet cigarette but had no luck. he sighed and walked toward the bathroom.

he took off his eyes patch and his hat. one of his eyes has a special power to see into the future. it was his vision eye, the colour of it is green. he started to wash his face when lib walked in in. as usual he was surrounded by his four bodyguards. each one wore a black tuxedo with a white tie. suddenly Sven vision eye activated: lib was giving another speech. suddenly he was shot by a girl. a girl with purple killer eyes. an assassin. Sven shock his head and placed his eye patch over his eye again. he grabbed his hat and patted it on his head. and walked out behind lib and his guards.

if my vision eye is correct lib will be assassinated in five minutes. so all I have to do is keep an eye on him, Sven thought coming back into the room full of people. I have to focus on how I'm going to bring lib into custody with the time I have left. only two minutes left before lib is assassinated and I'll have no money to pay of that car loan. but how is the assassin going to get in? there's so many guards in here and she wouldn't be able to get out alive. so how is she going to do it?

suddenly one of the many widows opened. unnoticeable by the people below but Sven heard it. suddenly a black flash zoom through the people. she's here. Sven ran in between the people as best he could to try and keep up with her. she was just a black blur racing through the crowd "shit, she'll get to him before I do" he said holding his hat and brief case. "I'll never get to lib in time. gentlemen dash!" Sven suddenly got quicker and he was catching up to the assassin.

using my vision eye really drained all of my strength he thought. and just as he got close enough "gentlemen net" Sven held his brief case over his head and a fish net suddenly popped out. he hit the drunk man who poured his drink on Sven.

"oh it looks like you caught me" the drunken man said. Sven missed.

the assassin appeared behind lib. she knocked out the guards and pinned her gun against lib's back. "what the?" he said shocked.

"your no longer welcome in haven." she said "so I have come to welcome you. to hell" she pulled the trigger. the gunshot echoed though the hall. and just before lib fell, she was gone. she disappeared into the forest.

lib fell to the ground. his soon to be wife's eyes widen and she covered her mouth with her hands. tears welled up in her eyes. "no!" she screamed. she ran to her dead husband. dammit, I'm too late Sven thought. where is she now? what the—

"she disappeared before anyone noticed her come in. what kind of a person is she?" he said looking to the window she came in.

kira walked through the forest unnoticed. "hey, wait up" someone called. kira stopped walking. it was man's voice. "why did you kill him?" he was out of breath. kira turned around. she was looking at a man with a white brief case.

Sven.

suddenly a massive boomerang came flying toward her. she ducked to the side and it missed.

"you bitch!" one of lib's body guards appeared. he was the one who looked like Cyclops off X-men. "I'll kill you!" he throw another boomerang at kira she dodge his attack again. suddenly he thought more, she dodge every single one. he was one of the people from demi god academy. she didn't know him but his power was to create a boomerang. one of them cut her face. kira had enough and grabbed one. she pushed the man up against a tree and boxed him in with his own weapon. she took off his glasses and glared at him.

"you never saw me" she disappeared into the shadows. Sven followed her.

"hey wait up!" he said. he watch her jump up and over a five metre face that surrounded the place. suddenly a young boy appeared behind one of the trees. he wore a white trench coat and had silver white hair slicked back with bang split down the middle forming his face. his eyes cold and purplish grey.

"you sick being, you scratched kira's sweet face." it was creed. he held a samurai sword in one hand. his katana. he took it out of it case and slashed it across the guys neck. blood spilt everywhere. "that should teach you?"

"carp, I lost her" Sven was at the top of the fence by the time kira had disappeared to her apartment.

she was on the roof drinking her milk. her cat next to her drinking out of its silver dish again. the moon was behind the clouds and so were most of the stars. kira looked down at her cat. it was tapping it's paw on the dish. she held out her milk away from it. "no it's my milk."

her cat was pretty smart. it started to put on it's cute face and the more it stared at kira the more she couldn't take it. she hated being stared at. she sighed, "ok you can have the rest of mine" she closed her eyes and turned her head. when she looked back at her cat it was gone. the moon appeared behind the clouds. and she heard a bell.

"so you are a cat lover?" a voice said behind her. she turned around and saw the boy from yesterday. "we never really did introduce ourselves did we?" he said. "my name is neon minisuki" he smiled. "what's yours?"

kira turned her head. so he was familiar to her after all? neon folded his arms "you don't talk much do you?" he appeared in front of her. "why don't you say something?" kira looked at his shirt. neon tilted his head. "what?"

"what's up with your shirt?" kira said.

neon tried to look offended by the comment "you open your mouth and that's all you have to say?" he crossed his arms "I think it's cool?"

"it looks weird" she sighed.

"this is my sweepers outfit. and if you don't like go join the rested of the people down there?" he pointed down to the street.

"ok. whatever" she said.

"hey, check this out" neon reached into his pocket and pulled out a poster. it had a picture of a man on it. he had beady eyes with red markings painted all over his face. he had elf like ears and no hair. "he's going for 1.8 million gold. he's killed at least 16 victims, his name is toga. his hands secrete acid turning his victims to ash." talk about a worst way to die?

"so are you going to kill him with your gun or dagger?" kira asked.

"it's not a sweepers job to kill" he smiled.

"then what's the point in having a gun? or a dagger?" she asked.

"I would only use it if I have to." he said "it's the person who shots the gun or stabs the dagger? and not the other way round," he said.

"but a gun and dagger is a killers weapon?" she protested.

"true. but you don't have to use it just because someone told you to? are you worried about me?" he asked.

kira shock her head. you don't have to use it? kira thought. she held out a bottle of milk to neon "want some?" neon smiled and sat next to kira.

"thanks" he started to drink it. "well I should get going? thanks for the milk!" neon disappeared into the shadows. so he only comes to steal someone's milk huh?

after a long search of where toga might be. neon held his gun and dagger in hand as he opened an abandon ware house. he walked in a few steps before he noticed a girl dressed in a school uniform laid on the ground. her face was like a statues, grey with dust. she slide down a little and her face fell into a pile on the floor. she was dead. "a seventeenth victim?" neon's eyes widen. this is the place.

he saw an elevator and he pushed a button. it wouldn't open. he tried again, still wouldn't open. he noticed a flight of stairs and started to walk up them, gun and dagger in hand. he saw another girl on the on top of the stairs "an eighteenth victim?" suddenly a girl dropped from the ceiling and landed on the stairs behind neon. "a nineteenth?" toga's favourite thing to kill is girls.

suddenly neon heard a sinister laugh from the top. "you will be my memorable one. my number twenty. and you're a boy" it was toga. neon run up the stairs toward him.

"you're going down toga" he shouted.

"you can't hide from me. boy?" toga's voice echoed through the building. neon sprinted down the hallway until he came into a room. half the roof was missing, suddenly a hand shot out of the wall. "I found you" it was toga. his hand started to make a circle for him to get though. neon stepped back as toga came through. he lunged toward neon who dodged his attack. "clever, clever?" toga gave a sinister smile.

suddenly three gunshot filled their ears. neon didn't pull the trigger. the gunshots landed in toga's arm. he smiled "ouch that actually hurt" the bullets turned to ash's and they fell to the ground. they were looking at a young girl.

kira.

she jumped down. "ok. so you survived my bullets" she smiled and pulled out the sword handle. "then let's see how you act with a sword?" she slashed the sword handle and suddenly a blade appeared. it gleamed in the moonlight as did her eyes.

"what are you doing here?" neon asked. kira craned her neck over at him and smiled.

"helping" she turned back to toga "I thought I recognised him from somewhere before? and then it hits me. he has a younger sister that can shot acid bullets." kira held her sword and ran toward toga. neon stood there shocked as he watched kira slash at him.

"what do we do then?" he asked.

kira a little busy pointed to a large plank of wood. "hit him on the head, I'll keep him busy" she ducked and dodged toga's attacks. neon rolled along the ground as toga tried to burn him with his hands. toga had his back turned against neon as he picked up the plank. as hard as he could neon smashed the plank on top of toga's head. he stumbled back and neon walked over to kira.

"nice, think it worked?" neon gave a thumbs up. they looked at toga. it didn't work as planned. kira and neon looked at each other and nodded. toga looked at them, suddenly two feet came toward him. they landed in his face and he stumbled back into the wall. neon dusted off his hands "that worked" he smiled and looked at kira. she hand one hand in her pocket and the other clench around her sword. this was her black angel. the blade disappeared into the handle and his slipped back where it belonged.

later the cops arrived and they gave neon his bounty. kira stood on the roof of the ware house, she was looking at the stars. neon was right, she did like to look at the stars. "heads up" she turned around and suddenly a stack of money flew toward her. she reached up and caught it with one hand, she looked at it. "just to say thanks for the help. you got half and I got half." it was neon.

kira looked at him funny "what's this for?"

"you helped defeat him and so I share my winnings with you." he smiled. "by the way. you never told me your name?"

she smiled. "kira, my name is kira." after kira and neon started work together. kira started not to kill people just because she was told to, instead she let them go. neon told kira that 'it's better to let a person live for their mistakes so that they can rewrite them then let them die. because it's more painful for then to live then to die' she started to smile again. after nine years, she started to smile and she started to laugh. kira took neon's advice for everything. her last mission was to kill a bio-weapon, but it was only a kid. Creed visited kira that night when she couldn't kill the kid the first time. he convinced her to kill the child but she couldn't do it. she left the kid alone and unharmed with Sven.

"morning kira" neon appeared. he was smiling as usual and wearing what he always wore, kira laid in the sun. her hands behind her head, a silver mask over her eyes and she watched the world go by. well was watching the world go by. for some reason she got up early this morning. "you know if you stare at the sun to long she's going to laugh at you. hey why are you wearing that mask?"

"I got sensitive eyes" she laid as still as possible. he always seemed so happy-go-lucky, every time kira met neon he always had a smiled. always. "how do you do it?" she asked.

"do what?" he laid down next to her.

"be happy in the most worse of places? and not to kill?" she asked.

"that's easy" he smiled. "I just know it's the right thing to do."

kira stretch her hand up in front of her face to block out the sunlight. "the right thing to do." she repeated.

kira returned to crimson late. after she had a long talk with neon about what the right thing to do is. saphiria was in a meeting with the council as kira walked in. "number thirteen you have failed your last two missions. let this one not be the same." the head chairman said.

"no" kira said.

"what?" saphiria said "you must obey. dark angel. the council has given you an order, now go out and do it."

dark angel was her code name. it goes with what she says just before she was about to kill. 'you're no longer welcome to haven. so I have come to welcome. to hell.' bang! and just like that, there life ended. kira smiled "have you even heard of a dark angel that obeyed every commend that it was given?"

they gasped. what she said was true. it was the white angel's that only did as they were told. not the dark angel's "but dark angel. kira amotto. you must to obey. that is the law, to obey."

"screw this shit." kira turned and started to walk away "I'm outer here." she craned her neck to look back "for good."

"amotto" saphiria said. kira stopped walking. "that next time we meet. it will be on the battle field."

"whatever" kira continued to walk away. think she made it clear to them that she quit crimson? for good? she felt Creeds eye fall on her in a stare. she tried to ignore him and walked out.

kira met up with neon that night on the roof tops. he was playing his flute was the same tune he was playing before. "do you know any other songs?" kira asked. neon turned around and smiled.

"you like it? I was just messing around with notes and come across it" he said.

"no it wasn't. you're playing the same song your little sister sings all the time" she sighed.

he looked down at his flute. "hey can you play?" kira shrugged and handed him a bottle of milk. "come on have a go? or are you to chicken?"

kira swiped the flute from his hands "yes I can play the flute." she snapped. she placed the mouth piece to her lips and started to play. it was the song that neon played when he first met kira, she played every note with perfection. she took away the flute and looked at him. "see I told you I could play the flute."

kira handed back his flute and he handed her a posture. not a bounty posture but a festival posture. "it's happening tomorrow. wanter come?" he smiled.

"yeah sure" kira took it from his hands and looked at it. it was about celebrating the lost princess's birthday. kira's eyes widen. the festival was to her.

"you seem different? what happened?" he smiled, kira shrugged.

"nothing I can't think of?" she shrugged.

"race ya?" suddenly neon took off running. kira sat there dumb founded. "come on. we're racing" he begged her to come.

"where to?" she asked.

"your house?" neon smiled. suddenly a black flash zoomed pasted him. kira took the lead. "now that's more like it." he chased her. he was catching up then suddenly neon over took kira. but she wasn't a push over. kira leaped in front of him, then neon. it was like watching a tug-o-war. one person would get in front and then the other one would take the lead. kira could see her apartment in the distance. suddenly a white stray cat leaped out of one of the trash bins carrying a dead fish corpse. they neared her apartment and with one finial leap neon was in front.

kira opened the door and walked in. closely followed by neon who was smiling even bigger. kira sat down on her bed and neon looked at her with his big aqua eyes. "what gives you the right to come into my room?" she asked.

"you owe me some Raminea." neon smiled.

"what?" she looked at him funny. she was trying to hide her drawings.

"you see you got in front sixty two times." he held up two fingers. "and I got in front sixty three times. so that makes me the winner" he held up three fingers and on other hand. he smiled and looked out the window. he gasped "wow it's snowing. in September?"

kira's eyes widen. she would of forgotten if he hadn't of said something about it. kira walked toward the window. "it's snowing?"

"hey kira." neon said. "do you know what happen to snow when it melts?"

"wouldn't it turn into water?" kira stated the obvious.

"no. it becomes spring" he smiled. "but why is it snowing in September?"

"I can tell you that" kira smiled. "on the lost princess's birthday it snowed every year. and today is the eighteenth so?"

"so the princess's birthday is on the eighteenth? how do you know that?" neon looked at her.

"because you're looking at her" kira looked out the window at the snow. neon gasped.

"you're the lost princess!" he pointed at her.

"yeah?" she smiled.

"then that must mean that we meet a long time ago, and that's how you know that I had a sister and how you know her song so well and—" he was cut off.

"I thought you were smarter than that?" she sighed.

"and the also explains your eyes" he said.

outside someone was watching them. he clenched his sword. "that demon has put a spell on you kira. I won't let him darg you done. not how close we are?"

Creed.

"shall I take care of the situation?" someone said. he had purple bandages wrapped around his head. some of his long white hair stuck out at the top. he wore Arabic style clothing and he sat on top of a giant bug. his name is sheik.

"no, not when that demon is with her. it is impossible when he is with her." creed walked past him. he wore something different instead of his normal white trench coat with a leopard print shirt. he wore a black trench coat with a feathery edge the showed his chest, it had crises crosses across chest. he wore black jeans with black combat boots.

"where would a good spot be to see the fireworks?" neon jumped from building to building like he was jumping over puddles. he jumped down a gap in between two apartment blocks facing the sea. he placed his hands on his hips. "yep. this one will do just nicely."

kira was fiddling with her trench coat when her cell phone suddenly rang. neon was calling her. she picked it up "hello?"

"hey kira I found us a great spot to watch the fireworks." his voice was load though the ear piece. kira knew that he was smiling.

"ok cool. is that all?" kira asked.

"yep see ya tonight, princess?" he hung up as did kira. it was either kira or princess. he's been calling her that since she told him. and now she was about to see the fireworks in her name. neon waited for kira to find him. he heard a noise and turned around.

"hey you must be one of kira's friends?" neon started to walk toward the person. "man she is awesome?" suddenly the person started to slash at him with a samurai sword. "hey, we can all live in the same world in peace?" neon clasped his shoulder as blood poured out. the person slashed at him more. "what do you want with me? this isn't fair." suddenly three small children ran into the ally. the man walked toward them slowly. "no don't hurt them there just children." blood ran down his face as he laid on the ground.

the guy didn't listen. neon had to do something? that man was going to kill them. he grabbed his gun and aimed at a shiny piece of metal that reflected the man. the shot reflected off and hit the man's leg. he collapsed but to neon's surprise he stood up again. what? I swear he went down? neon thought.

"I'll pay for that you demon!" the man started toward neon as the three children escaped. the man started to slash at neon.

suddenly the man disappeared into the shadows as the three children returned with kira. her eyes widen when she saw her friend on the ground in a small puddle of red liquid. she ran to him and held neon in her arms. "neon?" she whispered.

"you came" he replied in a whisper.

"come on, I'm going to get you here" she said.

"no its alright." he whispered.

"don't say that. you're going to ok. neon. just keep your eyes open ok," she pled.

"all I want is to watch you smiled at the fireworks while I ate my Ramon" he smiled. kira felt the tears well up in her eyes. in the most worst times. he still smiled but this was one of the disaster times. the fireworks started to shot into the black sky. they made big bangs as they exploded.

"and now. you can go back to normal. kira. please come and join me in the fight against evil. let's rid the world of these demons and we will rule the world. together?" a familiar voice said behind her.

"here, kira," neon said slowly he gave her his bell attached to his belt and his flute. "I want you to promise me that you will keep these and that you wouldn't kill another living soul again." he still smiled even though he knew he was dying. "and can you give this to my little sis?" he grabbed his red scarf and handed it to her. "her name is. saya . . ." then nothing, not a word more. his eyes slowly closed. his limbs went floppy. and he breathed his last breath. he died in her arms.

no. not again. please not again she thought. the tears streamed down kira's cheeks like stars in the night sky and onto neon's face. her eyes still wide open and her mouth a gap. she watched someone close to die again. it was like someone was trying to get her by killing those close to her heart. some of the tears streamed onto the ground. and from these tears, sprouted roses. black roses. they were tears of sadness, and at that moment she knew who neon's killer was. her head bowed and she settled neon down gently. she stood up.

"you bastard. I'll kill you!" kira turned around and lunged at him. her black angel in one hand and her black rose in the other. she rarely bring the two weapons out at the same time. but the man who killed neon was at the top of kira's new list.

the man who killed neon was no stranger to her at all. it was a very jealous Creed heartnet. he pulled out his sword and blocked kira's attack. "this is one of my lifelong dream. to spar with you is like the ultimate!" he pulled his sword away and started to slash blindly at kira who blocked every one of them. then she started to fight back. she slashed at him and he held her sword. she glared at him. his eyes widen.

"your eyes kira?" he said "what happened to your eyes? it was that demon wasn't it. your possessed. kira! kira!" suddenly the three children from before were surrounded by flames of an oil tanker. how it caught a light no one will know? now kira had to make a choice. kill Creed? or save the children?

kira pushed Creed out of the block, shot him twice in the heart and ran toward the small children. she decided to do both. she jumped the wall of flames and she gestured for them to come to her, the tanker was about tip over. kira grabbed the three and ran as quick as she could. "run!" they cried "ran!"

she still clasped neon's bell and his blood stained scarf. his flute tucked in her belt. the song he played on his flute when he first met kira played in her mind. the tears streamed down her cheeks like rivers. the song played over and over again as she ran. when they were out of reach from the tanker, kira grabbed the children and hugged them so only she was showing. the tanker fell only metres from them. kira was panting and then she collapsed. the three little kids escaped from her arms. her vision started to faded and become blurry, then she closed her eyes.

"Sven, I found her" a soft voice called.

"nice work Conner" another one said. suddenly she felt herself being lifted upwards. strong hands were wrapped around her waist and under her legs. she was being carried away. that was when she black out.

her eyes flickered open. she was staring at a wooden roof. she felt as if there were a ton of bricks weighing on her chest. she rubbed her eyes, sat up and looked around. she laid on a couch covered by a moss green sheet. her eyes fell on a small boy with yellow-blonde hair tied back in a low ponytail and dark red eyes. he held a small stuffed black cat, he ran out of the room. it wasn't the first time she'd seen this boy.

he was the bio-weapon she had to kill when neon was still alive. he still wore the same black sweeter and black pants. kira's head started to hurt, she placed her hand on her brow, it was wrapped up in a bandage. she felt a square band aid on her cheek. the boy returned hiding behind a very tall man in a white tuxedo and pink apron on as well. he held a frying pan. "relax Conner, she just waking up, she wasn't dead." he said.

kira looked on the table next to her. there was neon's bell and still blood stained red scarf. also his flute, she never noticed it before but his name was carved on one side. "I'm Sven by the way" the man said stretching out his hand.

kira didn't know what to do at this stage. she looked at his hand "I'm kira" she whispered. she placed shook his hand. "what is this place?"

"my hideout" Sven said.

"oh?" kira took away her hand.

"you'll be hungry so I made you something to eat" Sven said sitting the pan down.

"how long was I out for?" kira yawned. this was the first time ever that she didn't wake up grouchy.

"a week." Sven started to walk out the door, he craned his neck. "you should probably eat something?"

"I'm not hungry" kira replied, suddenly her stomach growled. she hugged her belly to try and hide the noise.

"really? I think your stomach disagrees with you?" Sven smiled as he walked out the door. suddenly the kid appeared in front of kira.

"what?" she asked. he held out the toy cat.

"here this is for you" he had a quiet voice. "it was a gift from those children you saved."

kira took the toy from his hands. she looked at it. it reminded her of her black cat she used to have. but she pushed it back in his arms. "you have it. I'm not one for toys."

"oh. my name is Conner." he took back the toy cat, he walked out the door. kira looked at neon's stuff on the table and realised that Sven forgot to take the frying pan back. she took a closer look, in it was bacon. her stomach growled again and that was it. she started to stuff the bacon in her mouth.

"hey Conner what are reading?" Sven asked sitting at the table next to him.

"a book about god" he replied in a soft voice.

"that's a bit advance for you?"

"no it says that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins. it also tells people the right way" he showed Sven the book.

"oh you mean the bible" he sipped some of his coffee.

"the bible?" Conner said slowly. he looked at the book's cover. it said bible on it in gold letters. "what is a bible?"

"it tells you stories of Jesus and what he did. and it tells you other stories as well" a girl's voice entered the room. kira stood in the door way. neon's bell wrapped around her neck. it tinged as she sat down at the table.

"glade you could join us. mademoiselle?" Sven had a cigarette in his mouth.

"one thing you should know about me. flattery will get you nowhere" she said.

"you know about the bible?" Conner asked. his voice was almost a whisper.

"everyone knows about the bible?" kira smiled. suddenly her gut growled again. she covered it up again. it didn't work.

"well, I guess I'll go to the store and get you something to eat" Sven placed his hat on his head. "you want anything while I'm there Conner?"

"book, more books" his said quickly.

"alright, I'll be back in a bit." Sven walked out the door. later kira sat on the couch watching T.V. her hands behind her head. then Conner stood in front of it. he held a necklace. it was a cross with four blue gems in each ends and one in the middle.

kira tried to look passed him. it wasn't working. "get out of the way" she groaned.

"I made this for you." he held out the necklace. "it will help you be good."

"what?" kira said. suddenly Conner tried to put the necklace around kira's neck by force. she blocked his arms "you're not putting that thing around my neck. ok?" Conner tried again to lace it around her neck. "you're a cold blooded killer. just like me." she pushed him off. "always were and always will be."

Conner's face fell, he started to walk away. he place the necklace on the table. he walked out of the room and out of the house. he disappeared into the forest the surrounded them.

half an hour later Sven returned with a book and food. "hey Conner I got you a book on something about calligraphy? I thought you might like?" Sven's voice filled the close to empty house. he walk into the room where kira laid still watching T.V. "where's Conner?"

"I'ono?" she shrugged. not making any eye contact with Sven.

"what do you mean you don't know?" Sven voice started to raise.

"relax, he just went for a bit of a walk. he'll be back in a while?" kira smiled. Sven started walk out of the room. "where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Conner." he turned to face her "what did you say that made him upset?"

"I told him that were both cold blood killers?" she shrugged.

"I'll have you know that killer found you just before that tanker was about to explode, so in a way he saved your life." he walked out of the room. he ran out of the house. "Conner!" he cried.

"you won't find him like that?" kira sighed. she could hear the faint cries from Sven.

"Conner get your butt back here now!" he yelled.

after going over and over in her mind about what Sven said about Conner saving her life she had to make it even. she place her black angel and black rose on her legs. she walked past the table and grabbed the necklace Conner made for her. it hung from her neck as she left the house in search of him. kira has said some unforgiving things. but this topped the charts. how could she say something like that to a child? she knew what neon would have said to her 'you must right the wrongs of a bad situation. go out and find him.'

Conner walked through the forest. it was dark and cold. the words cold blooded killer echoed through his mind. suddenly a high beam shot into his face. he covered his eyes with his arm. suddenly two figures appeared in front of him. "well, well, look what we have here? you don't have to be afraid?" a man held out his hand.

the beams of light shut off and the man that held out his hand to Conner had gleaming black hair, he had dark brown eyes. he wore a black tuxedo with a purple dress shirt and black dress shoes. around his neck rested a gold chain. "so you're the bio-weapon huh?"

"what?" Conner said.

"you're the monster? hardly surprising. your just a kid? how could this guy ever be the bio-weapon?" the man said. Conner arched his hand back. suddenly a reapers blade appeared out of Conner's hand. the blade didn't just came from anywhere. it was his hand. he slashed at the man who stepped back. "so she was telling the truth?" suddenly the man grabbed Conner's un bladed hand and started toward the car parked under a tree. Conner tried as hard as he could to escape his grip. it wasn't working.

suddenly he heard a bell. "a bell?" Conner stopped his thrashing and turned to a figure up in a tree on a branch. it was kira. she pushed her finger toward her lips and nodded. Conner nodded.

suddenly someone hit him in the face. it wasn't Conner. the man's grip around Conner's hand loosened enough for him to get free. Conner ran toward the tree kira was in and hid behind it. "typical, crimson praying on little kids now?" a voice called. suddenly kira appeared behind a tree, her arms folded across her chest.

"well, if it isn't dark angel herself?" the man said. "get out of here, this isn't your fight."

"no way dude" kira smiled "so tell me Janos. what are you doing here? did number one send you here to kill the kid?" kira started to walk toward him.

"I'm supposed to be doing your job of destroying that monster." he pointed at Conner. "but you chickened out and now I'm doing your dirty work."

"I'm sorry. but I can't allow you do that. and he's not a monster" kira held Janos by the collar with both hands. "he's a kid. with attitude." kira let him go and started to walk away. "you coming Conner?" Conner appeared by her side.

"yes" he said. they walked away together.

"you think you can just walk away unclean?" Janos started to laugh. kira pulled out her gun and made a warning shot. the bullet missed but it was enough for him to bring out his claws: a black glove with a broach, it had the number seven carved in the centre in roman numerals. and at the tips of the fingers were cat like claws. each one of them gave out a diamond like thin whip. suddenly he unlashed them.

kira was swift to act. she turned around with her black angel and the diamond like whips circle around the blade. she smiled and what looked like a tug from her arm and Janos came flying toward them. "hit him Conner" she smiled.

Conner arched his hand back and it turned into a hammer. he slammed it into Janos's face which sent him flying. he landed into a tree. kira smiled "hey Conner."

"what?" he said, as the hammer turned back into his hand.

"cut that tree down" kira pointed to a tree. under it was a vehicle and their getaway car. Conner smiled and his hand turned back into the reaper blade. he ran toward the car parked under the tree and slashed at it trunk. "hey Janos."

"what?" he groaned.

"timber" she smiled as the tree slowly started to tip. then it toppled over and on to the car smashing it. it looked a lot like a pancake. "hey do you know how long it takes for someone to walk back to town?

"no" he answered.

"then you're going to find out then aren't you." she turned back to Conner "come on you."

"you're wearing the necklace I made?" Conner pointed at it.

"yeah" kira fingered it "I think I might keep it. don't ya think is suits me?"

"and you're wearing a bell?" he said.

"yeah, yeah, I get the picture" she waved it off. "so you coming or what?" she gestured for him to come.

"yes." he walked alongside her. she placed her hands behind her head.

"by the way I totally saved your life" she smiled. "so that makes us even."

"but I hit him in the face" he said.

"yeah but you didn't do enough to really hurt him," she said.

"what do you mean?" he asked.

"he's the number seven. a crimson number like me." she said.

"um?" he looked at her funny.

"a crimson number like I was?"

"oh." Conner nodded.

meanwhile Janos walked along the road. "why did you park under that tree?"

"well you did say to park there?" his friend said. he had square framed glasses and dark brown hair. he wore a black tuxedo.

"when we get to town. I'm having a beer." Janos moaned.

in another part of the forest Sven was still looking for Conner. "Conner! where are you?" he yelled. but not having any luck he walked back toward the house. he walked in and saw kira cooking a stew and Conner reading the book Sven got him. "what the?"

"oh hey Sven. have fun?" kira smiled.

"we got hungry so we came back. kira's cooking a stew. doesn't smell great?" Conner said.

Sven smiled. "man I'm a glad to see you" he walked in. he sat down next to Conner. "how's the book I got you?"

"great" he replied.

"ok, dinner's ready" kira handed each of them a bowl. "hope you like it?" kira sat down and started to eat. Conner was already tasting it and liking it. Sven picked up a spoon and started to eat. the trio became friends. Sven's gentleman like charm started to wear off on kira because of her attitude but he was nice to all the other girls. despite the fact that kira caused more damage than what she hoped for, Sven is still trying to pay it off. but in the end kira loved both of them as friends and not as people who messed up a lot.

"and that's the story of how kira met Sven and Conner and how she became a sweeper. but we don't know all of the details so I'm not really sure what happened." Redgy said. "now they did have their up's and down's but yeah."

"is that really how kira started?" hikaru asked.

"don't believe me?" Redgy reached into his bag and pulled out the blood stained red scarf neon gave to kira. he placed on the table in front of him. "the truth, speaks for itself?"

"no way. so that actually happen?" kaoru said.

"I never even known that my little girl could have suffered like that." takuma berried his face into his knees. he sat in a corner. "my little girl is so independent on herself that she lived alone for all those years?"

"she's always so happy?" hikaru acted like he was crying.

"you'd never expect that she'd have to see that twice?" kaoru said.

"seriously, why does he do that?" Redgy pointed at takuma.

"he does that offend." kaoru said.

"here you can give her a call if you like?" hikaru handed takuma his phone. he dialled kira's number and the phone started to ring.

"I'm a little bit busy to be talking hikaru" it was good to hear kira's voice again. he heard her gun being fired and the tinging of her sword.

"kira?" takuma whispered.

"takuma?" she sounded surprised

"I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done and that you can talk to me about—."

"you're welcome. is this supposed to lead to somewhere?" kira sounded tired. takuma could hear the tinging of meta still. she was busy "look I love to stay and chat but I—"

"gotta go?" takuma cut her off.

"yeah, look I'll call you when I'm finished ok?" she said.

"ok" takuma knew that she was smiling. "bye."

"bye" as much as kira wanted to keep talking she couldn't. she was in a battle against thieves and she didn't get much sleep last night either.

takuma handed the phone back to hikaru. "what she say?"

"she will call us as soon as she's finished." he sat down in a chair this time. "how did kira become an assassin?"

Redgy smiled "well it all started when she was nine years old . . ."

ch9. old enemies? or new friends?

the phone rang though the empty room. it echoed off walls. hikaru's phone was ringing. "hello?" he said sleepily.

"hey can you do me a favour?" it was kira. she sounded even more tried than usual.

"sure?" he said.

"can you look out the widow toward the court yard?" she asked. hikaru still press his phone close to his ear. he walked over to the window and looked toward the court yard. there stood a young boy. his hair, long and dark brown tied in a low ponytail. his eyes, purple and gleamed in the sunlight. he wore his school jacket undone and his tie hung lose around his neck. but it wasn't a boy. it was kira. she had finally returned after week in Tokyo. hikaru's eyes widen and he dropped his phone on the ground. he ran toward the door. his brother picked up the phone.

"sorry hikaru can't come to the phone right know but I can leave a message?" kaoru explained.

"well that makes sense?" kira sighed.

"kira?" he said.

"well I'm looking right at hikaru?" she said though the phone.

"how can that be possible when you're in Tokyo?" kaoru said.

"I'm actually outside in the court yard" she took away the phone "yes I can see you hikaru and I missed you to."

kaoru had to look for himself. his head peeped out the window and he saw hikaru running toward a young boy. kaoru did the same thing but he told everyone "hey every one kira's back!"

suddenly everyone followed kaoru out into the court yard where hikaru was hugging kira. he set her down and she looked at him. "kira-chan!" honey leaped onto her back. "we missed you so much. it was so boring without you" his grip loosen and he jumped off.

"what?" kira smiled.

"hey kira" kaoru ran toward her. he leaped at her and his arms circled around her. he held her tightly. "you're really back?"

"yes I'm really back and I'm also having trouble breathing" kira struggled to get the words out.

"sorry. man I can't believe it's been a week?" kaoru settled her down

"what are you saying?" kira asked. "it felt like a week to me?"

"it felt like a mouth when you left kira-chan" honey had the biggest grin kira had ever seen.

"yeah it kinder felt like that with me to" she smiled.

"is it true?" takuma walked toward her. "has my darling daughter returned?"

"is he still going on about that shit?" kira pointed at him.

"yep" the twins replied.

"oh it is true. kira has returned to us" takuma swooped kira up in a hug. she knew she'd be missed but not this much.

"so you guys missed me?" kira asked, takuma set her down again. "well that's good. because I kinder missed you guys as well?" she scratched the back of her head. they walked toward the music room 3 asking her question about how was Tokyo, and what she did and others that kira wasn't listening to. she was just happy to be back.

"what are you doing here early?" kaoru asked.

"I arrived last night. I barely slept to" kira shrugged.

they opened the door and her face fell. the room looked so grey like someone striped in of its colour. it never looked grey before. kira walked into the room her hands spread out widen and suddenly as her hands walked over the walls and furniture it turned back into it original colour, the room was happy again. she took in a deep breath "that's better." she smiled.

"how does she do that?" hikaru asked "how does she smile like that?"

"it's ok" takuma swamped her. "daddy's here. you don't have to cry."

"maybe I was gone to long?" kira whispered. she turned to kyo "what's the date?"

"the twelfth?" he answered.

"just checking" kira suddenly felt uneasy and light headed. "only seven more days."

"what such a touchy felling?" a very familiar voice said. it was one that she never expected to hear again. "and yet you still put up with these idiots, kira?" suddenly a figure appeared behind one of the beams holding up the ceiling. he wore a black trench coat with a black feathered edge and showed his chest. his white hair was the same as the last time she saw him, with banks that formed his face and eyes were even more cold and a purplish grey then last time.

kira's body stiffened with rage. her eyes glared at him as he smiled. takuma placed her down. "what are you doing here. Creed?" this was a tone she hadn't used in months.

"so this is Creed, huh?" hikaru asked. he looked at his brother, the two had the same Idea. suddenly the twins leaped at Creed pinning him to the wall. and yet Creed had no idea what he was in for.

"you're the one who killed neon?" takuma walked toward him. "you're the one who hurt my daughter?" he pointed at kira.

"I thought that you—" Creed asked.

"don't ask" kira was quick to reply.

"you're the bastard who made her miserable this entire time?" takuma went on. "but you're the one to kill neon?"

kira's face softened "how did he know that?"

"takuma wanted to know how you became a sweeper. your cousin told us the story. sad but good ending" kyo pushed up his glasses.

"that bastard" kira said. he didn't even need to ask who just to know who told the story. but takuma was bringing out words she had never heard him use before? sweeper words? "what did he tell you?"

"how you became a number, and how you defeated Creed and how you became a number?" kyo said.

"I see" kira started to walk toward takuma and the twins who had creed still pinned against the wall. "last time I saw you Creed was when you were in a wheel chair being looked after by Edna. so I just want to know one thing? what are you doing here?" kira didn't even bother with the whole story. she just wanted to know what he was doing here? and how he found her so easily?

"isn't it obvious?" creed smiled. "you. I want you to join my new team. you're the only one I want."

kira's eyes widen. he couldn't have been possible that he had his powers back? could it have been sure that he had a new team? only one way to find out. kira raised her black rose and aimed it at his chest. "what are you doing kira?"

"science experiment" she pulled the trigger and the gunshot echoed through the room. it hit Creed though the middle of his chest and left a big hole in the middle of it. he started to laugh sinisterly, suddenly the hole closed up in seconds like it wasn't there. the twins plus takuma backed away and hide behind kira. "yep. just as I thought, you've got your powers back?" kira shook her head and walked out of the room. she craned her neck "keep him pinned. I'll be back." she closed the door on her way out.

"mori, go get her back. she isn't supposed to leave yet." takuma asked not tearing his eyes away from Creed. mori walked out. he saw kira standing near the stair case. her arms crossed and her eyes shut. she sighed and looked at him.

"I'm come here to think if you're wondering?" she said in a sad tone. "I don't know how but he got his Tao powers back again? the 'god bless' meaning he can regenerate his body if it is wounded." she turned away and started to walk in the opposite direction mori was standing in. he followed her.

"why are you following me?" kira turned around.

"takuma told to bring you back?" he answered. kira sighed.

"I'll be back in five minutes I just gotta go and tell who's here," kira turned back to the direction she was heading and she slipped on a banana pill someone had purposely laid there. she was doing that offend. suddenly strong hands circled around her chest.

it was mori. kira smiled and mori pulled her up to her feet. he lets her go and she continues to walk away. "if you're going to bring me back you may as well make yourself useful and come along?" she craned her neck and looked at him. he followed her closely.

suddenly she was knocked toward the stair case. a black shadow zipped past mori as he grabbed her, but was pushed and he tumble after her. she felt something on her lips? something soft but sweet. she opened her eyes and mori was kissing her? the two reached the bottom and they were both as shocked as one another, the two parted and were breathing hard.

"ok that, never happened, agreed?" kira said. mori nodded and helped her up. he started to walk back up the stairs and kira followed him. they reached the door to the host club. kira opened the door and walked in like nothing was wrong, or went wrong.

kira looked funny at the twins who strapped Creed in one of the chairs. his arms were tied down and his legs strapped to the chair legs, but he was smiling. why would he smile? "look kira. check out what we did?" hikaru was holding a coil of rope in his hand.

"one question? how did you do that when he has his powers back?" kira asked.

"it was pretty easy? and Redgy said that this guy planned to take over the world? is that true?" kaoru asked.

"yeah but—" kira was cut off

suddenly a black vortex appeared at the far end of the room. a woman came out of it, she has long green hair pulled high in a ponytail. she wore a red under shirt with a long white jacket with tiny rose patterns covering it whole. she smiled. suddenly more people appeared coming out.

the new apocalypse team.

"what the? there's more?" takuma's eyes widen. there new people and some very familiar. not to mention the few Tao wielders that were there from the beginning.

"we're going to need a bigger stick?" hikaru said.

"a bigger stick?" kira asked.

"well we were going to hit him over the head with it?" kaoru said.

"that won't do you any good?" Creed interrupted. suddenly the ropes started to break around his hands. then around his legs, he stood up. "since kira won't come with us if ask nicely? grab her." he looked at her.

suddenly arms wrapped around kira's arms. it wasn't hikaru or kaoru. or even takuma. but it was the death twins she took out a few weeks ago? how did they escape from prison? "get your hands off of me?" kira wriggled her arms. it wasn't working.

"you won't believe the stuff we can do kira" one of them gave a cruel chuckle.

"now we can kill more people. and watch them suffer" the other one laughed sinisterly.

"you gave them spirit water? how could you?" kira glared at Creed who only smiled.

"well I heard that you have my katana? I also came to get it back" Creed tilted his head. "if I know you well enough I know that you've hidden it in a cupboard. something easy and simple and not hard to find,"

"wow. he's good" the twins said.

Creed looked to the table next to the door. it was the one that had his sword in it. he walked over to it and open the top draw. he smiled and pulled out what was in it. "I must thank you for looking after it kira. it's even better then I remembered."

he pulled out the sword and started to play with it. he swung it left to right and right to left. then he pointed it at takuma. "since kira won't come with us, we'll make her. this one can go first?" he smiled sinisterly.

he charged toward takuma, his sword by his side. takuma leaped into the air and flipped. Creed ran under him and takuma kicked him in the back. the others which as if they didn't know what just happened. "kira won't ever come with you?" takuma pointed at Creed.

"ok, this one has some skill? so how about this one?" he pointed the sword at hikaru.

"wait, I will go with you if you leave these guys alone." kira interrupted. takuma looked at her. "I will become the person you won't me to be again ok?"

"perfect" Creed lowered his sword and smiled.

"no kira you can't?" he said.

"it's ok takuma. I'll be fine" she winked at him. the twin girls let go of kira's arms. she turned toward Edna who stood by the portal. Creed walked behind kira and leaned in close.

"you'll be very happy with us. you can go back to the way things were. when you killed. and I will be there for you when you need me" he whispered. that was a person she didn't want to become. not again. not again.

takuma tried to hold back the tears as kira neared the portal. he balled up his fists and bowed his head, he gritted his teeth. she was just gone, he couldn't lose her again "you can't forget about the promise you made to neon?" he said quietly. "why after all this time? it just doesn't make any sense!"

kira stopped walking. Creed held her hand "what's the matter? do you want to be freed?" he smiled. "or shall I terminate these fools?"

"no" kira whispered "I want you to remove yourself from this room right no" she gripped his hand and swung him around. he hit the twin girls and they were sent flying into the wall. they hit it so hard that they made a crack in it. "guys I need you to leave? takuma get them out of here." one to ten. just the way she liked it.

takuma's head shot up. he nodded. "come on men, this way" he pointed to the door. he ran toward it and opened it. the others ran out and takuma looked back at kira. the one last look.

she ran with a metal pole that he had never seen before. he caught a glimpse of a name. but the lighting made it difficult to see it clearly. kira started to swing it from side to side. she was fighting for their lives. she looked at him and rested her hand behind her head. "sorry to bring this out so early takuma. it was suppose too be a surprise?"

"a surprise?" takuma asked. the twin girls ran at her. one was covered entirely with flames and the other one was covered in water. two opposites, two girls, one fight. kira acted like a bullet she twisted the pole and it became two mini sticks. she hit one of the twins in the stomach. then the other one swept behind her and kira swiped it. the twins fell to the floor.

"yeah. your new sweepers weapon." kira smiled "every sweeper needs a weapon or how else are they going to get there bounty?" she shrugged as Creed came for her, kira ran at him. he slashed at her and kira slide on her knees. she jumped up and hit the two sticks together and they became one again. "go get out now!"

takuma slammed the door shut and ran to catch up with the others. they were taking a rest and panting hard. "how. did. she. do that?" hikaru fell to his knees.

"she made them. think that she was on their side. and then she was on our side" kaoru answered. "smart."

"is kira-chan alright?" honey asked squeezing his bunny tight.

"yeah she's ok. she seemed to know what she was doing?" takuma said walking up to the group.

"why do you think she wanted us out of the room?" hikaru asked.

"maybe, she works best when no one is looking?" kaoru asked. there panting had slowed to taking deep breathes.

"or maybe she just didn't want us to get hurt?" kyo pushed up his glasses.

"what do you think she's doing?" the twins asked.

"only on way to find out," takuma stated to walk back to the music room 3. the others followed him. they neared the room, it was very quiet. takuma opened the door.

"by the way boss." hikaru started.

"where did you learn how to do that?" kaoru finished.

"do what?" takuma asked.

"where did you learn how to fight?" the twins said at the same time.

"oh that um—" takuma was cut off.

"he's my apprentice. why do you ask?" kira smiled. she was left unharmed but sat on top of the piled apocalypse. she was drinking her milk and she sat casually looking out the window. she finished off the rest of her milk and jumped down.

"because we've never seen him do that stuff?" hikaru said.

"wait he's your apprentice?" kaoru added.

"yeah didn't you know that?" kira shrugged.

the twins shock their heads. "he didn't tell us anything about it?" kira looked at the piled wreck of Tao wielders behind her. she walked past Edna and touched her shoulder. a white glow flashed and disappeared as soon as it appeared out of kira's hand. she raised her arms in the air and suddenly a huge black swirling vortex appeared above the apocalypse. kira arms flopped down and the vortex consumed them. the portal disappeared into thin air. kira smiled pleased that she defeated them yet again. that was easy? too easy.

kira dusted off his hands and looked at the others. their cheeks flushed of their colour. except takuma his eyes were wide open. "your arm is cut," he ran to her. "sit down and I'll fix it." he pointed to a couch. kira did as she was told and sat down. she handed him the sowing kit Redgy uses. how did she managed to get? he thought.

"think of it as a training session takuma." kira smiled. "let's see how good you are at sewing?"

"but don't we have those at night?" takuma started to pierce her flesh. he felt uneasy about it but he tried to get a hold of himself.

"yeah but you're having one early," kira started to search though her pocket and she pulled out takuma's newly made sweepers weapon. "here, you'll need it for tonight?"

"where are we going tonight?" takuma tied off the knot.

"you're coming with me to the sweepers lodge" she smiled.

"what about us?" hikaru asked.

"you can come to if you want?" she shrugged. "are you finished yet?"

"um yeah I finished a few seconds ago?" takuma handed back the box and smiled.

"wow your pretty good that. I didn't feel a thing?" kira stood up and rolled back her shoulders. "see ya tonight then?" kira walked out and toward the meeting room of the protectors A. K. A. her classroom. she felt her shoulder that takuma sewed up. it felt as if it was healing? she touched it, it wasn't hurting, it wasn't swelling, it wasn't anything? it felt . . . good.

"where is she?" hikaru said impartially. they were waiting for kira to come. but as usual, late.

"hey boss, you hang out with kira a lot? do you know where she is?" kaoru asked.

"I don't actually know where but I think she is coming soon?" takuma placed his finger on his chin. suddenly they heard hard footsteps in the pavement. a figure came running out and closely followed by an enormous lizard like dinosaur. the figure came into the light, it was a girl.

"what the hell are you guys standing there for? run!" she screamed. the host cub were frozen with fear. they have never seen anything like it. the monster stopped running. it's mouth gaped open and buckets of drawl dripped from its mouth and lined with row upon row of needle like teeth. it's snake eyes darted from host to host looking for the one that looked the best. the girl skidded to a stop and she turned around as she heard the screams coming from them. the twins hugged themselves, honey berried his face into mori's chest, kyo hid behind him and takuma just stood there. she sighed. "oh come on seriously!"

she ran toward them, the black angel in hand. she jumped toward the best and slashed him across the face. she was panting from her run but straighten up and took a deep breath. "when I said run. you ran" she looked at the cowering host club.

"kira?" takuma said slowly. "what the hell was that?"

kira flop onto the ground. "you don't want to now. in which to say it's hard to explain. I was walking then I saw it. there special kinds of monster created by nanotechnology with the soul intension of killing me. it just started to chase me so. I ran" she was panting. "sorry I'm late by the way. Karratha wouldn't let me leave and then this thing chased all over town" she sat up. "so what's new with you?"

"so this doesn't happen offend?" hikaru said letting go of his brother. takuma helped her up.

"well sometimes. about once or twice a week? just the usual. in which to say that I get a work out every week and day. I guess that's why I always turn up to school tried all the time?" kira dusted herself off. "shall we go in?" she started to walk down the street to an old looking pub. it wasn't glamorous but it worked. she opened the door and walked in. the room was heated and full of noise and people.

"so this is what a sweepers lodge looks like huh?" hikaru asked.

"it looks like a pub?" kaoru shrugged.

"don't say that you'll hurt her feelings?" takuma hugged the twins. they looked at her.

"were sorry we didn't mean to say that it's a looks like a pub. it looks just fine?" the twins cried.

"are you guys feeling ok?" kira asked. "but it is actually a pub but just for sweepers" she shrugged. "they just modified it so it looked like this."

"wow look at how many posters are up there?" honey pointed at the many that scatted the walls.

"afternoon kira. who's your friends?" a woman asked. she had short dark blonde hair and dark blue eyes. she looked a little bit like a black smith with her creamy brown apron and clothes. she wore a grey head band and was cleaning a glass. a cigarette hung from her mouth, the smoke laid in thick as it left the cigarette. kira sat down on a bar stool next to her as the sweepers circled around the host club.

"hey Greta" she said flatly.

"rough day huh?" she rested her hand on the bar. kira rubbed the back of her neck.

"I ran into another hygor just then." she moaned.

"again? man those things have been coming out more often now?" Greta said.

kira swung and face the others. "and these guys are from that school I go to. so be nice to them. or else" she smiled. the host club slowly crept forward. kira rested her hand on her chin. "which one to choose? which one to choose?" her eyes darted around the room.

"so what do you want?" Greta asked going back to cleaning her glass.

"my usual thanks. what do you guys want?" kira asked as Greta came back with a glass bottle of milk. kira flicked the lid off and took a sip.

"what do you mean?" the twins asked. kira left the bar stool and walked toward the table at the back. she slide across and smiled as she took a sip of her milk.

"you guys can sit here or here?" she pointed to two unoccupied tables. her eyes still dart from poster to poster. she was looking for one that wasn't too easy that takuma could finish it in five minutes and one that wasn't too hard that he would be beaten in five seconds. her eyes widen. she had found one.

from her combat boot she pull out a small dagger and throw it toward a poster. it hit dead centre. "that one is mine!" she stood up and walked toward it. she swiped the dagger away and placed it back in her combat boot.

"that's a bit low for you?" one of the sweepers said.

"oh I'm not doing this one. this one is for my apprentice. that is mine." she pointed to the other end of the room. the one that she was pointing at was three million gold. the one that she had in her hands was fifteen thousand gold. she walked toward takuma and handed him the bounty poster. "here you are. your first job as a sweeper."

"thanks" takuma slowly grabbed it from her hands. "why is it so low?"

"because he's one of the easy ones. now if you will excuse me I have to get the other one?" kira walked to her other bounty poster. takuma looked at it.

"wow. so you're a sweeper now huh?" hikaru asked.

"how long have you been one?" kaoru asked.

"um actually this is my first time here," takuma scanned the poster as kira came back.

"that is the personal information and that is where they were last and that's their name." kira pointed out. she sat down next to him and tohru came over with a note book and pencil in hand. "hey tohru what's up?"

"hi kira." she replied. "so what will it be?"

"I'll have my usual thanks. what do you guy want?" kira asked the others who stared at her funny. "want do you want to eat?"

"oh I'll have what she's having?" the twins said.

"yes that would be great thanks." takuma smiled.

"dose everyone want what I'm having?" kira asked and everyone nodded.

"one filet of salmon with a pot of soy and a bottle of milk coming right up." tohru walked away.

"so what's the deal with this place kira?" hikaru asked. "why are they all scared for you?"

"there's an order. if your with me you're at a high rank here?" kira's hand drooped over the back of the chair. "if your only just starting you're going to need a hand. and as for takuma. people are going to be jealous of you, especially the new guys. since you were trained by me. you rank in the top twenty?"

"really?" he said.

"so what's that then?" kaoru pointed to the opposite wall. kira looked in that direction and focused on a picture. it was her, Sven and Conner. before she even went to school just after neon died. that's why this place was so familiar to her the first time she came here? "that's the picture when I first came here. man, that was a long time ago. about two years now?"

"here you go kira. so who are your friends?" tohru came back with their meals.

"wow this food looks amazing? you must have had three of the world's best chiefs prepare this for you?" takuma asked. tohru looked at kira funny.

"there from a rich kid school that I was telling you about so there not use to the things that we do her," kira jerked her thumb in their direction. "in which to that there not from around here."

"oh, I see" tohru said.

"so your tohru right?" takuma smiled. "how do you know kira?"

"we met ages ago. she has grown a little since I last saw you?" she smiled and walked away.

"she seems nice?" the twins said to themselves.

"hey kira how many can you chug in a minute?" a sweeper asked from the opposite end of the room.

"I'll be back. it's just a game that I play every Friday. nothing to special." kira escaped to the other end of the room and was handed a bottle of milk.

"ready, set. chug."

suddenly started kira sculled the bottle and was finished in ten seconds flat. she was handed another bottle and she sculled that. a minute later and kira had sculled at least nineteen bottles to the others guys ten. she wiped her mouth clean. burp. kira's hands covered her mouth. "oops" she smiled.

she sat down next to takuma again, now she was hungry. she ate at least thirteen plates of her favourite meal and her only meal. "that was a good one. can I get another one please?"

"you eat a lot" hikaru said.

"and more" kaoru said.

"it's because. well. just because I get hungry" kira sighed. "wait no it isn't? it's because of my routine I got going. needs a lot of energy. so the more stuff I do. the more I eat."

"let's see how much see weighs?" kaoru's arms wrapped around kira's waist and left her up. she was as light as a feather "no way she can weigh the same?"

"are you kidding me? I can eat way more if I wanted to. but yeah." kira shrugged. "I didn't do much today as I would normally do?"

"here you are kira." tohru gave kira another meal.

"thanks" she sat it down and started to eat.

"you've got to be kidding me," hikaru's fell dropped.

"she's going back for more?" kaoru rested his arm on his brothers back.

kira wiped her mouth with her napkin. she finished another plate, she walked over to the bar. Greta handed her two bottles of milk and kira waved her good bye. "guys coming?" she walked past the host club with a smile.

"why is she always so cute?" the twins asked quietly, they followed her out.

her hands were in her pockets and her eyes glowed brighter than ever. it was coming soon. kira stopped walking, she closed her eyes. "takuma. your bounty is here." she looked at takuma. suddenly kira started to pull everyone except takuma into an ally. "you guys have to hide here for a while."

"why is that kira-chan?" honey asked. these guys asked a lot of questions.

"because. this is takuma's first time trying to do a bounty hunt. and if we're there he might mess up," kira's voice dropped to a whisper as takuma held his surprise that kira gave to him. it wasn't fully extended and he was ready for battle.

suddenly a man charged at him. his hands were like demon claws that lashed out to him. takuma leaped out of his way and hit him on the back with one punch. the man lunged at him again. takuma block his attack by grabbing his pole and placed it in front of him. suddenly the man let out a horrible shriek for some reason. a blade pierced his chest. it disappeared and the he fell to his knees. his cheeks flushed of their colour. his eyes slowly shut and he fell to the ground. kira walked out as takuma stare horrified at him.

"what the hell?" her eyes widen. people she knew were coming out left right and centre. it was saphiria? "what are you doing here?"

"he was my mission" her sword looked like a pirates. she still wore the same pink trench coat buttoned up. she still looked at same as she did when kira left crimson. she glared at kira. "but what are you doing here dark angel?"

"I'm just hanging out with friends saphiria?" she shrugged. "but I thought I told you to never bother me again? and don't call that! I have a name? you'd think you'd use it?"

"when was this?" takuma scratched the back of his head.

"about four months ago" kira craned her. "before I came here"

"well I guess I should inform the council that I s you. you may not like amotto. but you're getting yourself involved with crimson again by running into us." saphiria turned and started to walk in the opposite direction she came in. kira stared at her as she walked away.

"so that is number one huh?" hikaru stood next to her.

"but what do we do about him?" kaoru pointed to the man on the ground.

"nothing." kira walked in the opposite direction saphiria. "he'll turn to dust now" suddenly the man decomposed into sand. kira told everyone that she was to be left alone so she can live her life the way she wanted to. to live a life without the pain of her past, to live without having to worry about the people closes to her when she missed them. to just be happy and have fun with her friends again.

the host club followed her. "are you alright kira?" takuma asked resting his hand on her shoulder.

"fine. I'm great," kira sighed. no she wasn't. "I'm just tried" suddenly she fell face first to the ground. but luckily takuma caught her. he could feel how tried she is, who weak and fragile she is. he pick her up, her eyes were closed and she was breathing slowly. she wasn't dying, she was sleeping? she has been so tried lately and that she can fall asleep standing up.

"come on. you're coming home with me" takuma started to walk away. the others followed him to the school. it wasn't a long walk, there black limos were wanting for them.

"so boss how long have you been kira's apprentice?" hikaru asked. takuma had carried kira all the way back. he turned around to face hikaru. his brothers arm drooped over his shoulder.

"since you had that fake fight," he smiled and looked down at kira sleeping still. "we have a lot in common?" he said placing her in his limo and hopping in after her. he wide down the window and smiled. "see ya tomorrow?" today was Friday and the host club always goes out and dose something fun. but kira might not be too happy when she wakes up.

arriving at takuma's house, he carried kira into his mansion. one of the maids opened the door for him to go in. he carried her up the staircase and into a spare room. he laid her down in the bed and pulled the covers over her, he took out kira's high ponytail and placed her bell on the bedside table. he smiled and started to play with her hair. she rolled onto one side facing him. she was always a slight sleeper so no one could tell if she just had her eyes shut? or if she really was asleep?

takuma left the room before he woke her. he walked to his room, he pulled back the covers an hopped in. he started to drift to sleep. his room was the biggest bedroom in the mansion.

kira's eyes flickered open, her vision was hazy but it adjusted to the gentle light. someone had closed the curtains so she wasn't looking into the direct light. her hair was out and her jacket was off and laid on the bedside table next to her. suddenly the door opened and takuma came in with open arms. "good morning my little angel." he had the biggest smile ever.

kira's legs slowly swung out of bed and she stretched her arms out. "what time is it?" she yawned.

"about eight thirty?" he sat down next to her and smiled. he leaned close to her. he wore a baggy pale green shirt with a black singlet underneath. he wore white pants and his house slippers.

"what?" kira's eyes widen. "you mean I slept in?" not the fact that she didn't point out that takuma was there, it was like she knew that she was in a different place? suddenly she raced out of the room, hurtled down the stair case, and burst out of the front door. all before takuma had even left the bed room kira slept in. the bright sunlight shone in her eyes. she ran back inside and it was then that she realised that she wasn't at kuran academy, she was in takuma's home. "oh you've got to be kidding me?"

"kira? there you are." a voice called from the stairs. "you ran out of the room so fast I didn't even get the chance to see you off?"

takuma.

"do you mind explaining where I am?" she yawned.

"you're in our families second mansion. it's also where I live," takuma rested his arm around kira shoulders and walked her back, he smiled. was he trying to get her to stay. "when you ran out I got so worried that you could hurt yourself when you ran down the stair case I—"

"yeah well, I completely jumped that?" her stomach growled loudly. oh great now I'm hungry, she thought resting her hand on her belly.

takuma took away his hands and clapped them. "our guest is hungry. get some food here now!" suddenly dinner tables of breakfasts and other food's kira had never seen before appeared before her. takuma pulled out a seat of her to sit in. "princess, please would you sit?"

"um, you know if I could just get I lift into town I could just get something to eat there?" she jerked her thumb toward the door.

"no." he snapped. suddenly the door swung wide open and in walked the host club.

"oh we didn't disturb you or anything did we?" it was honey on top of mori's shoulders. he was wearing a blue T-shirt with light brown cargo shorts and black thongs, he still clutch his bunny. mori wore a cream colour sleeveless shirt with a purple strip down the middle with dark blue shorts and brown sandals.

"hey kira." hikaru said. "what are you doing here?"

"did the boss do something to you?" kaoru rested his hand on her shoulder.

"hey! you can't just barge in here like that? and say stuff like that?!" takuma pulled kira into his arms.

"well you did say that we can stop by anytime?" kyo stated smiling.

"yeah?" the twins smiled. "so we stopped by?"

"you know what?" kira pulled away from him and headed for the door. she opened it and the light flooded back into her eyes. she slammed the door shut. "ok. I think I might stay for a little while?" she rubbed her eyes then looked at them.

"why does she always look so cute?" hikaru said to his brother.

"but if I'm going to stay them I am going to need a change of clothes?" she shrugged. suddenly takuma raced up the staircase and a few minutes later he appeared with a dress. it was pink with a black long sleeved jacket and a white belt around the middle. man what's up with these dresses being pink all the time? she thought.

"here you go?" takuma handed her the dress. she took it and walked back up the stairs again, toward the room that she slept in.

"so boss what are we doing today?" hikaru asked.

"well I thought that we could go out into the world of the commoner but." he looked back to the stairs. "I think kira isn't wearing her contacts?"

"impossible?" kaoru said.

"no. didn't you see the colour of her eyes?" takuma turned back to them. "they were sparkling?"

hikaru wore a red vest over his white long sleeve shirt. he wore dark green skinny jeans. kaoru wore a white vest over a red T-shirt and the same dark green skinny jeans. "so does this mean that we are going to stay in all day?"

"I think so?" kyo pushed up his glasses. he wore a black long sleeve shirt and a blue sleeveless hoody over the top, he wore black jeans. kira walked down the stair with her hands in her pockets. she seemed to be really calm to be found in takuma's house?

"hey takuma." she called. "you got my dress size wrong by a few sizes. I'm not a size six. I'm actually a size three?" takuma, hikaru and kaoru blushed badly.

"I'll fix it! I'll fix it!" he ran up the stairs and came back with the same dress and handed it to kira. he pushed her up the stairs and into the room she was in before. he walked back down to the others.

"so what are we going to do?" kaoru asked.

kira sighed as she looked at the dress takuma gave her, it was different. instead of it being below her knees it was high above them. it wasn't a tight fit but she liked it. well, she had to, it was the only other clothes that she had. she walked down the hallway toward the guys. her hair was out and brushed, that took a while to do. she wore her knee high converse shoes which are also her combat boots. she walked down the stairs, she still felt tried. "thanks takuma but why do I have to wear this again?"

takuma was talking to hikaru and kaoru about what they were going to do. he turned around to see what she looked like and he blushed, he was as red as a tomato. hikaru and kaoru looked at her and their faces were as red as takuma's. "she looks so cute." they whispered.

"y, you look p, pretty" takuma studded. his brow was wet with sweat droplets and his hands were in a ball, he smiled awkwardly.

"thanks" she said. "so where are we going today?" she asked rocking back on her heels smiling. her smiling made her look even more adorable, takuma turned his head so he wasn't making any eye contact with her.

"we were going to stay inside today because you forgot to wear your contacts" hikaru said slowly.

"contacts?" kira place one finger on her chin. "oh silly. I just forgot to put them in. so we can go outside" she smiled.

"so what do you want to do kira?" kaoru asked.

"well let's see?" kira thought for a little while. "I've always wanted to see what people's reaction is to me in a dress?"

"then let's go into town?" takuma started to open the door.

"but your still wearing slippers?" kira shrugged.

"right I'll be back in a little while." takuma raced up the stairs again. kira sighed and opened the front door. she took in a deep breath and started to walk down the front steps.

"well are you coming?" she smiled looking back.

"we're coming. we're coming" honey bounded onto kira's back. "wow kira-chan. you look really pretty."

"thanks honey?" kira sat him down on the ground." you know what I forgot to get?"

"what's that?" honey asked.

"I forgot to get you a cake?" she said. "but I can make you one when we get to school. if you'd like?"

"really you mean you want to bake me a cake?" honey asked. kira nodded and smiled. honey never blushed at kira, their relationship is more a big sister and little brother one.

"so are we ready to hit the streets?" a voice called. "AHHHH! WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER?" you don't need to see who that person is just to know who he is. it was takuma, he ran out and saw kira next to honey.

"is everything ok?" kira asked.

"everything is just fine." takuma bowed his head, his blush came back again. "someone bring the car around. we're going into town."

suddenly a car pulled up in front of them, a black limo. "weird?" kira said to herself. takuma walked past her and opened the door.

"if the princess would kindly hop in?" he smiled, he was holding the door open for her. she jumped up and helped honey to his feet, she walked over to takuma.

"how long are we going to be gone for?" she asked.

"for as long as you like?" he smiled.

"ok?" kira shrugged. "but we have to be back by three. I really have to get going then ok?" kira tilted her head.

"if anything pleases the lady?" takuma nodded. he has never said that to her before in the time kira has known him. but she hopped in the limo anyway. suddenly takuma slammed the door shut.

"so where to?" the drive fixed his eyes on her.

"excuse me?" she asked.

"I still don't know why you continue to hung out with them." that voice, it sounded so familiar to her. "you need to come back with us kira. come back to the apocalypse. come back to me." the drive smiled like the devil.

Creed.

suddenly he appeared in the seat next to her. he was smiling and had his hand rested over her shoulder. kira couldn't move her arms, legs, or even her own body. she just stayed there still, her eyes were wide open and her cheeks flushed of their colour. his hand covered her eyes and she felt his warm breath against her ear. "the darkness. beware the darkness. beware. James" he took his hand away.

suddenly she felt like she was falling. falling into nothingness, the black abyss. all she could feel is herself falling, falling. falling . . .

kira sat up in bed. her hair matted to her brow and her hair wet with sweat, she was breathing hard. just a dream. but it felt so real? she didn't know what the real parts were and the not real parts. she knew that the host club was at the sweepers lodge, that part was real. "I hate dreams."

kira rested her head on her knees. the first sign of a dream is the kira would never sleep in no longer then six thirty. second sign, she would never wear a dress way to high above her knees. third sign, Creed would never be alive in her dreams or warn her about something? kira picked up her phone, five past. "time to get up."

kira would usually wake up at around five and go for a two hour morning jog. then she would come home and take a shower and get ready for school. she would then have breakfast and head to kuran academy for idiots. she was at Karratha's house, she still couldn't get that dream out of her head. it really did feel so real.

today, she felt a lot more rested and had more energy. "you're up already?" a tried voice said, he yawned. it was ryku. his hair was messy and fluffy. his leaned on the doorway, he rubbed his eyes. suddenly he fell face first into the floor. kira laughed quietly.

"rough night?" kira asked.

"you have no Idea?" ryku sat up and yawned. "so what's for breakfast?"

"I gotta get to school. you gotta make your breakfast" she opened the door and walked out. not much of a vampire if you don't drink blood? another day just another day, I really hope that dream will stay a dream she thought. whenever kira had a dream it would sometimes be a vision.

she neared the front gates of the school, hopefully a normal day. kira had a bad feeling that something was going to happen today. she just didn't know what? suddenly an arrow shot out, it just missed her neck. the arrow hit a tree but it wasn't just any arrow. a glass tip arrow. "only one person in the world uses that kind of arrow."

"be thankful I missed" a girl's voice said behind kira. she turned around and saw a tiny child not much older than Conner. she had short blue hair put up in two piggy tails. she wore a dark red hoody unzipped and showed her white V-neck T-shirt. she had denim blue short shorts, she wore a pair on black volley's.

the girl held a bow in one and started to pull out around arrow from the quiver cross her left shoulder. she placed the arrow on the bow string and fired another arrow at kira. this one was aimed at her face. millimetres from it touching her eye kira court it, she took it away and examined it. "nice but you lack one thing, strength."

suddenly the tiny girl fried arrow upon arrow at kira. she ducked, dodged and caught them one by one. the girl tried to cut kira with her bow that had tiny blades on the tips. kira had enough messing around and grabbed the bow. "what you doing here Seiko?"

"James is coming for you kira" Seiko smiled. "and he won't rest until he has you. he'll just keep coming for you. don't underestimate him kira." suddenly Seiko burst out of kira's grip and headed for the gates. kira felt like the dream she, wasn't a dream at all. that's like the warning creed gave only who's alucard? she clutched her heart, her head started to hurt. James is coming for you kira. and he won't rest until he has you. he'll just keep on coming for you. the words echoed in her mind. she swallowed hard. when is he coming? why would he come for her? does he won't to take over the world again? or does he just want to get even with the world again? now nothing made sense to her now.

suddenly her phone started to ring, she took it out of her pocket. "hello?" she answered.

"kira we have a problem." it was ryku? "the apocalypse is back." he sounded just as uneasy as he did when kira left to go to school.

"guess how I already know that?" she said flatly.

"there already there?" he asked. "aw shit."

"no. a little girl called Seiko came and told me." she lied. kira already knew they were coming.

"you're kidding. Seiko?"

"yep. alright I gotta go." she hung up and started to walk toward her classroom. he was coming. it just means that there's another huge battle coming soon. maybe sooner than she thought. or maybe longer and not til the end of the term? hopefully at the of the term. all kira knew was that he was coming. coming to get her . . .

ch10. challenge accepted

"what do you mean you haven't tried commoners coffee?" hikaru asked renge.

"it's the most favoured drink of the host club" kaoru explained.

"well I guess I could try it?" renge said slowly.

"good" hikaru nodded.

"be warned it is strangely addictive" kaoru sighed. "that reminds me."

"hey Tyrone" hikaru smiled resting his hand on kira's desk.

"what do you want?" kira said flatly.

"can you go get us some more commoners coffee. we're running low," kaoru smiled. they were in their classroom. the way they stared at kira was highly uncomfortable to her. she hated being stared at, she thought that they knew it?

today she wore her hair in a low ponytail. that day one of the girls asked her why she had long her? she said I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. I'm a ninja. at first the girls didn't believe her, then kira explained why.

"why can't you buy it?" she asked them.

"because" they shrugged "we don't know where you get it from?"

"fine I'll go and get you your stupid coffee" she moped out the door. "why can't they just get it themselves? lazy rich bastards."

"um excuse me Tyrone?" someone called. kira turned around and she was met with two girls.

"yes?" she said.

"we just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done." one of them said.

"oh it was nothing. why?" kira asked.

"when the twins were little they liked to live in their own world. it was like the whole world evolved around them. but thanks to you they really have come out of their shells and are talking more. so thank you." she smiled. kira looked back into the classroom. she saw the twins laughing at one of the other students jokes. it made kira smile as well.

"think of it as nothing. mademoiselle." kira bowed to the girls. she has been spending way too much time with Sven. after all, he is the reason kira has been acting like a gentleman this whole time.

kira left the school to get coffee. and to make sure that they didn't need to keep asking her for coffee she brought extra's.

"hey kira. we've got a big one for ya" one of the sweepers hung there hand over her shoulder.

"remove, hand, now" she said. he took away his hand and handed her the poster. she looked at it. "that is a lot."

"yeah. we thought that you might it" another sweeper said.

"fifteen million gold. man this guy must have done something bad" she said.

"a serial killer. he's been killing for ten years and avoided all the cops since he was a kid. and since this is your speciality" he said.

"you want to see if I can catch him?" she said flatly. "I'll get right onto it guys. but I need to do some research on the guy first." she stuffed the poster into her back pocket and walked away.

"Rodger quin. Age, forty five. Height, one metre ninety five. Weight, one hundred and three kilos. Eye colour, blue. Hair colour, black. Seems like a hard core guy? Probable not right in the head?" she said as she strolled down the street.

While she walked a group of middle school girls were watching her. They giggled as they stared. She stopped and turned toward them. The tried to avert their looks and tried to silence there giggles. But kira came closer.

"is everything alright?" she asked them.

"um. We were just wondering. You go to kuran academy right?" one of them asked.

"yes" she nodded.

"so, um, are you a first year or a second year?"

"first year. Why?" she tilted her head.

The girls started to whisper excitedly to one another. "hey, we were thinking. Could we hang out with you. Like Saturday maybe?"

"well, I don't think I'm doing anything Saturday" kira scratched the back of her head. "but, we'll see. Anyway, see ya" she waved good bye and left.

It wasn't uncommon. After she swings by the sweepers lodge on a coffee run to see if anything big came up. and the one that she had was the biggest one there. if they were over a million they were top badass criminals wanted to be executed. any lower than a million then they were ok. but as for kira, she could take anyone down with little or no injury.

after a while just randomly picking out coffee jars at the super market kira was on her way back. with a big brown paper bag in her hands that might have looked heavy, but to kira it was as light as a feather.

that should do it for a little while? she thought coming back into the school. she could hear a woman's laugh echo though the court yard. what the? she tapped her ear's. must be hearing thing? after she took one step she heard it again. ok, now I differently heard it that time.

suddenly kira was swooped by arms and she was facing dark brown eyes. "my. my, what do we have here? a lost maiden" it was a girl who was held kira.

she had short dark brown and she wore a uniform kira had never seen before. it has a creamy dark red below the knee shirt and a white dress shirt with a red bow. she smiled and trotted toward the primary building 2 with kira in her arms. she thought that the girl looked more like a boy .

the door to music room 3 swung open and in walked two girls who wore different school uniforms to the other girls. one had long dirty blonde hair with light blue eyes and the other one had dark red hair and brown eyes.

"welcome lost children to our domain." takuma started to walk toward them. the theme of today's cosplay is medieval. he was playing the white knight. takuma draw his sword. "don't worry. your safe now, no harm will come to you my dears. I shall protect you now. we will never let you go." he place his sword in front of his face. "I shall protect you my darlings. for that is what knights do. they protect women and child everywhere, so you must feel privileged now that you're in the care of us" his eyes twinkled with happiness.

"you think that's what a woman want to hear?" the girl with light brown hair said. "don't you think, Kimmy?"

"yes they have no respect for us" the girl with dark red hair said. "and they even called us darlings" she laughed.

"well that's just what I always say" takuma said.

"well you should say something better next time," they flicked their hair.

"look who I found girls" another girl appeared with kira under her arm.

"wow she's a cute one, where did you find this one?" the blonde haired girl said. suddenly she pulled up kira's trouser leg and felt her skin. "wow it's so soft, I have never anything like it."

"and her hair is just like silk" the other girl said touching her hair.

"and not to mention those big to die for purple glowing eyes," the girl holding kira touched her face. "she reminds me of someone very close to my mother."

kira wriggled out of their grip, she pulled down her trouser leg and pulled her hair into a low ponytail. "hold on a minute, would ya? give me some room to breathe" kira started to walk away. that will give me nightmares for a week now. I can handle those guys but chicks like this is a big fat no.

"the answer to your question about where did I find her. it was outside doing slave work to these buffoons" the girl had a posh accent. "these lower life forms have no right to be treating this maiden as one of their kind. we shall have her transferred immediately. starting tomorrow she can be with her own kind."

"say what?" the twins said.

"these guys could be a problem very fast" kira sighed.

"my little girl will never go to a school like yours" takuma said.

"little girl?" the one with brown hair repeated. "oh. how sad. this lovely maiden has already been sucked in. but there is still time to save her."

"you really think so?" the two other girls said.

"hey I made you some tea," kira held up a tray with three cups. "maybe we could sort this out?" if I go with these guys then my plan will be in ruins by the time they leave. I have to play it cool and think of a way out of this.

"oh she is such a dreamer." Kimmy said grabbing a hot cup of tea. she was the one that had dark red hair and brown eyes.

"yes she's perfection" kirimi sighed. she had the dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.

"we must get her out of here as quick as possible. there is still hope for this maiden yet" Benio said. she was the one that carried kira all the way here. I think I might have made thing worse, kira thought.

"what? you will do no such thing. DADDY SAYS NO!" takuma shouted, he was walking really fast toward them. one of the girls throw a handkerchief on the ground and takuma slipped on it. he fell toward them and one of them held out a cup of hot tea. his finger landed in it and within a few seconds, it was burning red hot. he screamed and back away, he sat on the floor and honey started to blow on his finger to try and cool it down. it wasn't working. kira started to walk over and sat next to him, she pulled out a bandage and held his hand still. she started to wrap it around his finger.

"you know. you should really be more careful takuma" kira tied off the bandage. "there, and you worry about me all the time?" she smiled.

takuma looked at his now bandaged finger then back to kira. "do you always carry a bandage?"

"nah. they just had them for free at the purchase of instant coffee. I think it's come in handy." kira shrugged. She cupped her hands around his bandage and blow into the opening. Ice flakes started to cover the bandage. She stood up with a smile. "that should help it a little." she turned to the twins. "I got the coffee you wanted?" she held out the bag.

"about time Tyrone," the twins took the bag from her hands.

"call me kira, since these guys already know what I am?" she jerked her thumb toward the girls.

"oh she's even using those boy words. so tragic" Kimmy moped.

"it looks like that we have to get her out of here before she becomes one of them and is lost to us forever." beno said, hugging kira. "don't worry. we will save you fair maiden."

"hold up one minute. time out!" kira escaped from her arms and waved her arms in the air. "can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" kira was doing well not using her swears in sentences. just a new teaching method Karratha is giving her. "princess should not swear, ever."

"I can," a voice called. suddenly they could hear a powerful motor and then a circle of the floor disappeared. renge a raised from it, she was on a high platform. "there called the zuka club." she held a small tea cup and took a sip, instantly she sip it out. guess someone doesn't like instant coffee? "there a group of girls who think very less of men and what they do. their school is an all-girl school by the way. it specialises in musicals, singing, dancing and acting."

"and how do you know this?" hikaru asked.

"I was going to go to their school but came here instead. I mean what would I do without boys?" she shrugged, she jumped down from the high platform and was at kira's side. "especially the gentlemen like ones." she smiled hugging kira's arm.

"oh yeah that's right. we gave that special room so you could keep an eye on us" kira scratched the back of her head.

"wait did you just say the zuka club?" hikaru asked, renge nodded and let go of kira's arm.

"the zuka club. have you ever heard of such a funny name for a club?" the twins laughed hard. soon they were nearing tears of laugher.

"the zuka club?" kira repeated. "hmm. . ." she placed her hand on her chin and the other one folded over her chest. "why dose that name sound so familiar to me?"

A while later. . .

"saint lobelia girl's academy right? kuran academy's biggest rival." kyo said tightening his tie. he was playing a dark knight.

"whatever," hikaru started to look though the bag of coffee. he sat next to kaoru who was playing a hand held video game. mori was swinging his sword around a little and honey hugged his bunny. kyo sat down next to the twins and pushed up his glasses. then the twins noticed something in kira's back pocket and pulled it out.

"fifteen million gold?" they said.

"hey. that's mine" she snatched it back.

"fifteen million gold?" takuma repeated. "don't tell me my little girl is going out on a big mission or something?"

"what?" beno looked at the poster in kira's hands. "oh my, this is worse than we thought. not only does this fair maiden have to pretend to be one of them each passing day. but she has to resort to this monstrosity. oh the humanity."

"you know you're a little annoying" kira said. "please. I was doing this before I even came to this school. I started doing this shit when I was fourteen."

"fourteen?" the twins repeated. "no wonder you're so good at this."

"but that must mean you've been doing this for more than two years?" takuma asked.

"almost. though it is true that I quit working for crimson at age thirteen I became a sweeper at the age fourteen. so almost two years" she said.

"hey kira." kyo called opening up his laptop. "can you come here for a sec?"

"yeah" she said. kyo turned his laptop toward her and it was a picture of her sketch book.

"your sketch book has sold to at least four hundred thousand yen?" he smiled. "it seems like your very popular today? most of the your stuff has already sold out ."

"what the fuck dude" kira started to yell. so much for not swearing? "where the hell did you get that from?"

"we picked it up" the twins shrugged. "you dropped it and the book was full so we thought that you didn't need it anymore?"

"you thought wrong." she pointed at them. "you could have told me you needed more money? I would have gone and gotten some. all you had to do was ask."

"you should have heard what they said to us beno?" kirimi said.

"what's that kirimi?" beno asked.

"I shall protect you my darling. No harm shall come to you, for I shall be with you." she repeated takuma words in a funny voice.

beno smiled. "you think that's is what a woman wants to hear?" she took a hold of kira's hand and held her tight to her chest. "how about this. I shall never leave you until the day I die forever. we shall go to the ends of the earth together to pick the greatest flower. and I shall love you the way angels should love." beno held kira balanced on one knee.

"you know what I want to hear?" kira put on her poker face.

"what's that maiden?" beno asked.

"footsteps. of you. that direction." she jerked her thumb toward the door. beno smiled and placed kira on her feet.

"we will come back here tomorrow for your answer. maiden." she smiled, it was hard to believe that is actually a girl. beno's hair was cut short and she was pretty tall for her height and flat chested.

"what answer?" kira shrugged.

"if you will join us in the fight against man hood and reclaim the right for woman hood." she twirled out of the room singing. "lobelia." the door shut and kira turned to the others. she didn't look too happy about it.

"it seem that I have some thinking to do?" kira walked toward a window, it opened and she didn't even touch it. she climb onto the edge of it and jumped up, she gripped the edge of the roof and swung herself upwards. she was heading for the roof.

she was actually going to see Sam. he should have something on the fifteen million guy that kira was after.

"is kira-chan really going to go with them?" honey asked.

"probably not. we hope" the twins said.

"no she isn't." takuma held up his hand as the windows shut. "we are going to play them at their own game and make kira stay here. ok here's what we're going to do." takuma pulled everyone in.

on the roof top kira laid in the sun. it was kinder getting cold out but she didn't mind it. she laid there with her hands behind her head and her foot resting on her knee. she had her eyes closed, she took a deep breath and opened her eyes. yes. that's what I'll do, she thought. she had Sam's document scattered around her. she knew that he had something on the guy but not this much.

"that's so crazy it just might work," the twins smiled.

"I have been running the history of the zuka club and I have found something you might want to see?" kyo pushed up his glasses. "kira's mother went to lobelia girls academy. here's a photo of her in the zuka club." kyo handed takuma a full colour photo. it had the picture of kira's mother.

"wow she looks just like kira?" takuma said slowly.

"now tell me how I know that that is kira mother?" kyo followed his arms across his chest.

"ok?" the twins said. "how do you know that that is kira's mother?" they shrugged.

"you see. she was known as the lily and the rose, it was also her marking on her chest. that and she looks like kira. not to mention her name. sayuri amoto." kyo smiled.

"sayuri?" takuma smiled. "what a nice name. queen sayuri amoto."

kira sat up thinking, well not so much as thinking. she had taken her bag with her, she pull out neon's flute and looked at it. "oh neon, you'd know what to do in this situation. but from what I learnt all those years ago. I finally figured out what I will do" she sighed. she closed her eyes and then she started to remember the last words he said to her. and can you give this to my little sis? her name is saya . . .

kira eyes flicked open, saya where have I heard that name before? she thought. she remembered his last name. minisuki. saya minisuki? that name. she remembered hearing that name before? "that's his sister?!" kira stood up. "how could I have been such an idiot to not know this?" she balled up her hands into fists.

after at least an hour on the roof tops kira settled down and sat. she was thinking if she should go to the lobelia girls academy. what life would be like if she were to go to lobelia? she shivered. yeah not going to happen. all she knew was that it was going to be a very long day tomorrow. especially when tomorrow she was supposed to catch the killer.

the next day.

the zuka club walked toward music room 3 where they can get kira's final answer. kira was just about to open the door when they came behind her. "open the door maiden. we can't wait to see their faces when you state your decision" kirimi smiled. kira pushed the door open and there was a curtain splitting the room. they could see shadows of figures behind it.

"what the hell?" kira said slowly.

"kuran!" suddenly a voice sang terribly.

"kuran!" another horrible voice sang out.

"kuran!" then two voices sang like shit.

"kuran!" a very high pitched voice sounded like a shriek.

"kuran!" the lowest possible voice kira had ever heard of sounded.

suddenly the curtains were pulled up and behind it was the host club. dressed in girls clothes. "kuran!" the sang at the same time but that only made it sound worse. they wore long puffy dresses kira hated to wear when she was a kid, and even their hair was long. kira gasped and bowed her head, her hair covered her face.

"what? is this supposed to be some sort of a sick joke?" beno eyes narrowed.

"why no it isn't" takuma smiled, even his voice tried to sound girly? he wore a dark pink ostridge feather at the top of his head, his hair was curly and run down his back. hair extensions. the dress he wore is dark pink and the bottom half was pale pink with a matching pale pink sash around his waist. he wore white gloves that covered his arms, not to mention the fake breast he wore were too low. the makeup he had was layered on a bit thick. "working with kira has made us realise just how helpless we are without her. we have learn that commoners will do anything for free stuff. but now she can live with not only hosts, but with sisters as well. don't worry kira, daddy or I shall say mummy will not let you leave." sister takuma.

"look kira-chan." honey called, even his bunny had a red bow on its ear and a pink skirt tied around it's waist. "I'm a princess" he twirled. his dress was a hot pink with puffy short sleeves. in his hair he had a matching pink bow and it was put up in a high pony tail. he also wore make up. "don't I look cute?" sister honey.

"ok kira," the twins said. "can you guess which one of us is which?" they both held dark red fans. they wore the same king of dress: a mint green with the puffy sleeves hung at their shoulders, the bottom half was split down the middle and revealed a yellow frilly under skirt. the hair was put into two piggy tails and curled. "come on. guess," sisters hikaru and kaoru.

mori rattled a tambourine and kyo flattered a black fan in front of his face. mori wasn't wearing a dress but he is wearing a dark British solider uniform with a fan of ostridge feathers behind him, he looked a bit like a peacock. brother only mori. kira couldn't imagine him in a dress even if she tried to.

kyo's hair was put in a high side pony tail that curled at the bottom. his dress was a dark purple dress with black gloves. in his hair he had a white ribbon. sister kyo.

this day. just got worse. they had reached a new weirdness level. this isn't going to end well at all, is it?

"you think this is funny? look at what you have done to this maiden? she can even speak," kirimi pointed at kira. the room fell silent, then suddenly they heard a quiet chuckle coming from kira. then it turned into a slowly laugh, then it went into a full on rolling on the ground laughing out loud.

"it's way too much for me, I can't take it anymore, you guys look so funny, this never, ever happens when I'm out on missions" she laughed. kira had been trying so hard not to laugh while they explained everything. but she couldn't take it any longer. she just had to let it out "and yet you're doing this for no reason?" she laughed harder.

"were doing this because we don't want you to leave" hikaru said. kira stopped her laughing and he helped her up.

"but do we really look that funny?" kaoru asked. kira's laugh came back again.

"you seriously don't know how stupid you look. no offence or anything but," kira smiled trying to control her laugh. "yes you do."

"do we really look that funny?" honey asked, kira started to laugh again. to her they looked funny because they didn't know what it was like to be a girl, like how to talk and how to walk, how wear the dress and which colour suits. so many possibility an yet they failed. from the age of five kira lived with living barbie dolls. she learn how to be girly but never really took it up as a hobby. it was around the time when she went to demi god academy. her old school.

"just give me a minute to calm down." kira held up her finger and took a deep breath, she straighten up and turned to the zuka club. "I have made my decision. as good as an all-girl school sounds. I think I'm going to stay here. mainly because it would blow me cover if I did go to your school, sorry. but I'm just too well known in japan. and I was always going to choose kuran academy." she smiled.

"you mean you were never going to leave?" takuma asked.

"yeah?" kira turned to face them.

"you got me worried for nothing" he said angrily.

"how would you like it if someone stool something of yours and sold it huh?" kira started to shout. "I'm sorry but I'm staying here" kira turned to the zuka club and place her hands behind her back.

"very well then maiden" beno started to head for the door, she craned her neck back at kira. "we will be back for you maiden. very soon" they twirled out of the room and down the hallway.

"hey wait a second there's—" kira started to say but she was too late, the zuka club slipped on a banana pill. it's like the whole school is filled with banana pills or something? "oh well. can't say I tried?" kira shrugged. the doors shut and she turned back to the host club.

"why couldn't you just say something about it?" takuma sighed "you know you can trust us with anything right? I thought we were your friends?"

"what are you talking about. I wasn't going anywhere and it was my decision to make not yours. and you are my friends" she smiled "and the reason why you guys look silly is because of the colours you choose and the way you look to. the blues would suit blondes better, not pinks. and let face it kyo, no one would wear dark purple with black hair, what you should of worn was a black dress. twins. good job, you're a natural at this stuff. and mori good to see that you're the only one not wearing a dress. now let me show you how a real girl wears a dress."

kira dashed toward the change rooms, the host club looked at themselves. kira returned in one of the most beautiful dressed they had ever seen. "you see, pink is supposed to be worn by brunets, well people had always told me that I could wear any colour and it would still suit me for some reason?" kira gave a twirl. the dress she wore is neither puffy nor straight down to her feet but both. it is fuchsia with the sleeves hanging below her shoulders. her hair was out and two ropes were held back with a huge red bow. around her waist tied a bigger red bow. she didn't wear makeup but she looked beautiful the way she is.

"wow kira-chan." honey ran to her side and played with her dress. "you look really pretty" he smiled.

"thanks honey." she smiled.

"you really do look like a princess." he smiled back.

"where did you get that dress from?" hikaru asked, kira looked at him and he blushed.

"I made it." kira fingered the dress.

"you kidding right?" kaoru asked. "and how does your hair look that way?"

"it seem like every time we see you. you got a different hairstyle?" hikaru said.

"this is how my hair naturally falls?" kira ran her fingers through it. she tilted her head making them both blush. "but I must say thank you for trying to get me to stay. I didn't know that you guys would go as far as dressing up as girls?"

"you look just like your mother." takuma said quietly.

"I look like who now?" kira made a face at takuma.

"you can hear me?" he asked as she came closer, he blushed.

"yeah? but who do I look like?" she asked again.

"you look just like your mother" he said slowly.

she looked at the ground "that's what Karratha says all the time. but how do you know?" kira asked.

"kyo showed us a picture of your mother at saint lobelia girls academy?"

"that's why that name sounded so familiar. my mother was in the zuka club when she went there" kira smiled. "but she kept sneaking over here as a boy to meet up with her friend. I can't remember her name. I guess that was when she met my father to. I guess her story and my story are sort of a like?"

"why is that?" the twins asked slowly.

"because the same thing happen to her when she met my father. he kinder acted like takuma would when he saw her without a shirt on as well?" she shrugged.

"so he was in a host club like us?" takuma asked.

"well sort of, I think? he played the piano and my mother would play her flute" she smiled. "it was like a fairy tale in the end when my father had to marry. and my mother was Cinderella and she was the princess. after that she cut her hair, and by the time I was born her hair was already to her knees?"

"so what's your father's name?" the twins shrugged.

"takashi." she said.

"by the way kira" the twins said. "are you going on the big mission today?"

"yeah. but not til later at night. that when he shows up." she said.

"mission?" takuma repeated. "no! no! no!"

"no, what?" she asked.

"no deadly missions. daddy just wants you to go back to the way you used to be" he suddenly pulled out a big picture of kira at the age of five.

"what the" she started to walk back. "where the hell did you get that picture from?"

"kyo found it and gave it to me" he said.

"I haven't that picture in over ten years" kira said.

"seriously" the twins asked.

"yeah. man that was a long time ago" she said. "wait a minute. what in the world are you doing carrying around a picture of me?"

"um. you just looked so cute when you were that age I just had to keep it" he smiled.

"uh oh. the boss made kira mad again" the twins smiled.

"oops. listen kira I didn't mean to do it, I swear" he started to back away as she came closer.

"you freaking idiot!" she screamed.