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This one is a little shorter but you get a bit of interesting information that might start giving you clues as to what really happened 6 years ago.

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Chapter 4- Take it all

A month before Setsuna's birthday- 6 years ago-

"My name is Hayden"

a man of dark skin stood at Setsuna's door, in her dorm. It was late at night, but Setsuna had been up long before this unwelcome visitor had arrived at her door. She sensed him and what he was from miles away. She could never forget the feeling of the crows of her old tribe, and his presence alone brought an old form of dread she used to feel long ago. The difference between these two was clear with only a glance, though in reality they were half siblings. Setsuna's fair, nearly pearl, white skin, looked almost ghostly in comparison to the tan skin of a genuine pure blooded crow demon. The only resemblance one could probably find was the sharp eye's they both had and dark hair; but even then Setsuna's hair was only dyed that color.

"You might remember me as your broth-" Setsuna cut him off

"Yes I remember you Hayden" She glared up at him for he was a foot taller then her,

"but not as any brother of mine."

She gripped the sheath of her sword which she held ready.

His earlier calm face was now twisted into scowl as Setsuna continued.

"As far as I know, I was disowned and banished, so please do not speak to me as if we are old friendly acquaintances"

Normally Setsuna would not be responding with anger like she was doing now, but it was the only thing she could do to push back her creeping fear of the implications of his visit. Something had to be very wrong for one of her tribe- especially him, to come here.

"Just tell me what you want."

She watched him push back his scowl and brought back his mask of calm.

"I'm not here to fight you, but things have changed,"

he hesitated for a moment then continued,

"we need you back."

Present day -

Setsuna had to wonder why the heck the past couldn't just stay where it was supposed to be- in the past. No, instead, on the day she was supposed to be celebrating the day of her birth she had a mini-me Konoka to worry about, who was just waking up.

The only thing she could think of though was God just plain hates her.

"Tifani, I can not do this"

She was on the phone with her just in her bedroom while Rai tended to the little girl.

"Lissa," Tifani paused to laugh at Setsuna's panicked voice "your acting silly you're just taking care of a little girl. It not that hard."

"I'm not good with kids,"she said urgently into the phone "what am I supposed to do with her?"

Tifani sighed,

"find out what happened to her first. That would be good start." she paused

"you do know that this is way too much of a coincidence, right? She has to be related in some way to Konoka. She might even know were she is."

Setsuna closed her eyes for a moment.

"Yes I know."

She put pressure to her eyelids with her thumb and index finger, taking deep breaths to calm her nerves.

"Ok, I'll figure this out." Setsuna opened her eyes, and nodded to herself, now calm and

collected as a retired body guard should be.

"Good," she said, "Me and Corey will come over later, okay? Happy Birthday!" -click-

She held the phone to her ear a little longer 'yeah, some happy birthday. Why does my birthday always have to be so disappointing?'

She put her cellphone in the pocket of her jeans she had changed into, and walked out of the room to greet her little guest. Rai looked up when she saw her coming from her perch on the girls head. The girl wasn't looking her way and didn't seem to notice her as she made her way over slowly. Rai seemed to be saying something to the girl and tapped a tiny paw on her head to get her attention. She caught only the last thing she said as she got in range to pick up what the fox was projecting.

"...and this would be her." making a gesture for her to turn to see her as Setsuna came to stand right next to the couch.

"My master." The girl stared up at Setsuna's face, eyes wide, apparently surprised to see she was pizza girl from yesterday. An awkward silence passed for a moment, until Setsuna realized that had been her cue to introduce her self.

"um... My name is Lissa..." another awkward silence came and she could feel herself frowning trying to think of something else to say to the girl who had just continued to stare, making her feel uncomfortable. There was something about her eye's that was a little unsettling, as to before when she just assumed they were brown. Now having a much better look (and not silently freaking out) she could see the red orange color outlining her iris's. Like wood in the fire place, the flame has just gone out but the timber is still hot with color and glowing. Beautiful, but not what made her uncomfortable.

What did was the emptiness within them, for as beautiful as they were, the life that was there just yesterday was gone.

Setsuna moved to be directly in front of the girl, and knelt down so they were at eye level. She felt immediately protective and the need to make it all better for this girl.

"Whats your name?" She put a gentle hand on the girls knee.

The girl looked at her finally really focusing on Setsuna's face.

"Honotsuki" she said it softly "Konoe Honotsuki."

Though at this point she was expecting this, the confirmation of Konoka and this girl being related still rocked her. She decided to ask later just how exactly they were related and, instead, delved into the issue at hand.

"Ok, Konoe-san," it felt weird and foreign on her tongue to say, especially since she was referring back to Japanese honorifics that she hadn't used in ages "I want to ask you what happened, but first lets get you something to eat. Is that alright with you?" The girl nods in conformation.

"Alright then, I cant cook so were gonna have to go get something. How does McDonald's sound to you?"

This the girl nodded to excitedly causing Rai to lose her balance a bit, her eye's shining again like before, and smiling. Setsuna couldn't help but smile to at how happy she got just from the mention of those golden arches.

"Perfect," she stood back up to her full height "You can use the bathroom in my room." she gestured for her to follow.

"I'll get you a spare toothbrush to use" Honotsuki got up and followed her into the room.

Setsuna walked into the bathroom and switched the light on. The bathroom was simple with only the basic necessities; toilet, stand in shower, and sink. The whole thing was about 2x2 yards. She reached for the mirror above the sink and pulled it open, to grab a new green tooth brush and half used toothpaste.

"Here," she placed them on the sink and turned to Honotsuki "go ahead and use these and wash your face. Just come out when your done, I'll be right in the room, okay?" the girl was now standing in the bathroom as she nodded her understanding. Setsuna nodded back and started to walk out of the bathroom, but was stopped by a small hand tugging on the hem of her shirt. Startled she looked back and down at Honostuki, questioningly, and Honostuki looked up at her and gave her a big smile.

"Thank you, Miss, for helping me" the girl was genuinely grateful, making Setsuna get a bit flustered. She looked away.

"Its-its no problem, really" the girl let go and Setsuna walked out, still just a bit embarrassed from the honest thanks, and let the door close behind her. She sighed out a breath, and walked over to the night table by her bed. She sat heavily on the bed next to it and slowly picked up a face down picture that she had put there last night. It was the picture the headmaster had sent with the letter. A fuzzy picture of Konoka only half turned toward the camera from the waste up, in time square. She traced the outline of her head softly with her thumb. There wasn't much detail in the picture, you could barely even see her eye's, but Setsuna knew it was her. Her heart ached seeing her there. She couldn't even look at the picture before now.

There she was, just walking around Time Square, seeing the sights. Life moved on for her without Setsuna. Maybe somewhere in her jumbled thoughts, she thought that it was a good thing that life didn't have to stop for her, but she couldn't help the feeling of betrayal there in the back of her mind. She needed to know why Konoka left, now more then ever.

She needed to find Konoka.

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