I really couldn't wait to start this story so you probably should expect multiple updates. Also, Hikari will not be EXACTLY like Nai but I'm making her pure and innocent because she'll have to heal a lot of hearts so…Hope you're happy =))))) onwards. OH and annoying as it is I still need to do this.

DISCLAIMER : I don't own Karneval or any of the characters in this story except my OC Hikari so creators of Karneval rest assured.


"Huh? What did you just say?" I hear him asking me. While I stay frozen in the middle of the room, he already began searching the place. He turns to me after cursing and closes his eyes in annoyance. I then remember and my eyes lit up. Putting a hand behind my back and one to my chest bashfully, because the shackles are still kind of restricting my arms, I ask.

"Oh, are you going outside? I want to leave this place too. You see, I have an important person I need to find and I really should-"

"Yeah, yeah, quit your yapping. I'm not interested in your life story." He cuts me off while opening an eye and, seeing something he deems interesting, widens it. He starts to approach me slowly and I fix him with a questioning stare.

While he walks he shows me a seemingly predatory smirk.

"I will get you out."

A smile makes itself present on my face and just as I'm about to thank him for being so kind, he reaches in front of me. The sudden close contact is overbearing for me so I try to back away self-consciously, but he doesn't stop his advance.

His front is suddenly crushing mine and heat is coming to my face. My left hand is now stuck between us and I can feel his chest through his black shirt. I've never been this close to somebody in my life except Karoku. I don't know how to react and so I stay still, unable to move, feeling like my body is about to catch fire.

His warm breath fans my ear and I feel a pressure on the hand behind me.

"With the condition that I get this bracelet."

His hand is already on Karoku's bracelet, examining it. I nod quietly and tell him in a shaky voice.

"But...this is Karoku's. So if you ask him and he says its okay then you can have it."

He doesn't seem to notice my discomfort and smiles next to me.

"Then you got yourself a deal." He covers my right ear with his left hand and presses the left side of his face to my left side, not letting me see what's going on. I suddenly feel faint. I hear a dull sound and, when he lets go of me, without his support I collapse.

Before I hit the ground I feel the same two pair of arms holding me up bridal style.

"Whoa there, what happened?" I then notice my shackles have been broken and cling to his neck. When I lift my face, bright red and greyish blue eyes clash. I feel heat rise to my face again.

What is happening to me? Why am I feeling this way!

"It seems that you already made your first conquest." A voice resonates throughout the room. The same woman from before is staying in the doorway, expression calm.

He shifts his body to face her and she asks.

"Are you Circus?" Her eyes are searching, curious. Then she seems to reach a conclusion.

"No, you couldn't possibly be…Maybe just a petty thief?"

The boy doesn't seem too shocked by those words. He puts me down, supporting me with one hand and with the other raising a gun and pointing it at her.

"And what if I am?" My neck snaps towards him so fast it feels like I might've broken it. My eyes widen and I look at him.

Is he…really a thief? Isn't that bad?

The woman shifts minutely

"Fine, run away." Is her soft reply.

I feel confused. She's just going to let us go? And it seems my companion feels the same.

"Huh?" Is the only thing he manages to muster.

Then, to our amazement and horror, the woman's head starts to spin and the emotionless mask shifts into a crazed grin. We recoil from the shock.

"Let's play a game of tag. But…" Malicious intent is seeping from her. Her arms elongate and take a sickly greenish colour.

"I'll catch you in no time!"

I hear a "What the hell" from next to me and look at him. He seems to understand he can't damage that…thing, so he lowers his gun and our eyes met again.

I am being picked up, but this time we're moving at fast speed. I feel anxious about this whole situation and shift in discomfort.

"Hey, you still can't move can you? Stop being a nuisance and stay still while I take us to safety." He tells me while my vision blurs. I close my eyes in fright.

A warm breath tickles my ear, while I hear a soft growl. "Hang on to me." Were the words I hear before I cling to him. Another explosion resounds in front of us and I decide to keep my eyes shut.

We stop, but I still won't open my eyes. I'm being lowered to the ground and a rough hand cups my cheek.

"You can open your eyes, we're safe for now…" A soft voice says. I open my eyes and his face is right next to mine. I widen my eyes while he does the same, both from different reasons. Before anyone can do anything, I gasp rather loudly from embarrassment and fear? I don't know anymore. The next second his hand is on my mouth.

He seems annoyed and blocks my body with his, almost in a protective manner.

He's trying to keep me from being seen by covering my body.

"Don't say anything. Don't make a single noise. They'll hear you. Calm down." He then frowns.

"How am I going to put up with you?"

Seeing him so displeased, I make an effort to calm myself down by examining my surroundings.

We're hiding behind a wooden box of some sort in a dark room. The calm, however, passes quickly when I hear footsteps and see a sudden light flowing through the room.

"Found them." A man shouted from outside the room while shooting at us. Fire shots have been exchanged between the boy and the man until we hear the same woman from before coming towards us. She seems to be talking to that guard, but the chatter suddenly stops. I feel him stiffening beside me.

Not being able to take the pressure anymore, I lift my head above the box, but I see nothing.

Footsteps approach us again, and in the doorway appears the creature I've feared, holding the same guard that was shooting at us before. We are looking at her, utterly terrified.

"Really, I should know better." She speaks in that haunted voice while lifting the man's neck to her mouth.

"I have to eat properly for me to have my speed."

Then we both witnessed with our eyes wide and mouths hanging wide open a bloody sight.