Chapter 4-Awareness

Silent descended from the private jet as Sir Takei left her to their home. He took the entire luggage as she was left with her own personal business. As she stood outside the airport, she was greeted by a warm embrace from behind her legs. A small boy of the age of seven smiled happily. She turned around and picked him up into her arms. He hugged her neck. Her cold face loosened to a slightly affectionate expression though without a smile. The unemotional woman hugged him back as she saw a shadow left. He left.

The boy let go as he stared at her, longing to see her for quite some time. With his soft brown black hair, soft pale skin, large emotional eyes, and somewhat rosy cheeks, he smiled again, warming her cold and injured heart slightly. "I've missed you so much, Noona (Older female sibling or cousin to a male)," he replied. The small boy was wearing a yellow long sleeved shirt with an aqua striped in the middle with a panda zipper that was zipped up to his neck, white pants, aqua sneakers, and a panda decorated bracelet on his right wrist.

She only nodded as she slightly smiled in a futile attempt as it only resulted to a sad frown. They stepped into a limo as she let him down on the ground. They held hands. This small cheerful boy was Itsuki Kaoru. It was the afternoon where the sun was setting. Itsuki's head rested against her arm. All during the trip, she stared at him. He's been alright. Thank the Gods. They arrived to their destination as they got off. The destination was a large mansion painted blue. It was beautiful. The entrance was surrounded by the sides with white pillars, gold-rimmed windows on the doors, and a doorbell where it was decorated with a phoenix, cross, wolf, and wings. The doors opened as Sir Takei welcomed them. Itsuki jumped up towards Sir Takei with a gigantic hug. "Sumchan Takei (Korean word for uncle on father side, if the uncle is related)!" shouted Itsuki with great enthusiasm. Sir Takei grinned as he returned with a greater loving hug. After that, he was set down.

The three rested in the comfy abode. Itsuki had a room right next to Silent just in case. Sir Takei's was on the floor right below them. Later having dinner, Itsuki was now resting soundly in his blue bouncy bed. Sir Takei was in his room, browsing through security and technology magazines. Silent was in another room where her home office was. She was typing and scanning through programs, websites, and reports. All of her business was finished as it was two o'clock in the morning as she stared out the window as the sun was rising. A wince was shown on her face as the past events overwhelmed her with pain and misery. Hope and despair show the same face. If this is true, then I will not take a chance with faith and trust so lightly. She closed her eyes as her left hand grasped the arm of her chair tightly.

Meanwhile…

A loud ring from a red phone one an oak desk rang through the brick wall office. RING! RING! RING! Chaos picked it up and answered, "Hello?" "WHAT?" he yelled through the communication device. He, Loki, and Lidia rushed to Fayons' home as a threatening and confused expression was plastered on Chaos's face. The three were led to a room where laid Iris. Seri was at her side, crying her eyes out. Chaos slowly approached the unconscious Iris as he set his firm grip on Seri's shoulder. "It's alright. I'm here," he said to the little girl as she clung to Chaos, crying into his now soaked shoulder. She replied, "The doctor said that Iris Uni (Female older sibling or cousin for another younger female) was knocked hard on the head and has amnesia, for the second time."

Loki and Lidia escorted Seri outside the room so Chaos could be alone with Iris. He held her soft hand. The first time she had amnesia was when she was eight and fell head first from the second floor window. It was because Chaos was trying to defend her from other kids that thought Iris was too weak. A kid with black hair pushed him as they were cornered against an open window. Chaos accidentally pushed Iris out the window. Her memory was regained shortly after a month, spending as much time with Chaos. But now her memory might be lost permanently though there was still hope.

Iris's eyes fluttered opened as she sat up. Chaos smiled with great joy as he whispered, "Iris!" She turned to him and said, "Um, hello." She fell back against the headboard from feeling lightheaded. He helped her rest. He was told over the phone that someone was chasing her in the airport from her trip to France and pushed her down a long staircase. The person was never caught, unfortunately.

After a month,

Iris regained at least a basic grasp of every person she knew and saw in her present life. She was always seen with Chaos as she held onto his arm. He was glad that she was alright and her memory was coming back piece by piece. Though the status of Fenris was never mention to her.

The preparation for the Dragons' Golden Ember Ball caused frenzies everywhere. The ball was just two days away. Lidia and Iris went into a mall so they could be away from all the hectic. Their friendship was better than before from the conflicts they used to have. Lidia just bought her dress after her cell phone rang. She had to leave early because of her training was scheduled early. Iris waved good bye and walked around. She was capable to get around. As she walked around, she hummed with her eyes closed. Then she bumped into someone as she landed on her butt. Her eyes opened and saw a girl with gleaming black.

"I'm so sorry," she apologized as she got up and helped the woman up, "Are you alright?" The woman pulled away from her gently as she patted the dirt from her clothes and nodded. Inside of Iris's heart, she felt something familiar as she saw the woman. "Miss Silent, are you okay?" Sir Takei exclaimed as he ran to her. He was busy looking through the magazine stands for the latest security systems catalog until he noticed Silent was knocked over. Silent stared as she saw Iris. Iris laughed nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck. "Um, hi. I'm Iris Irine. And I'm so sorry," she said in a sincere tone. Silent just nodded and Takei said, "It's alright. She is Silent and I'm Sir Takei." She just blinked as she stared at the two, guessing the muscular man was her bodyguard or something.

After an hour or two, Iris invited for a coffee at a café nearby as an admission for forgiveness. They accepted, well, Sir Takei did as he thought Silent could at least make a female friend for at least five minutes. Though Silent was just…silent and wasn't angry at Sir Takei for what he did. Iris exchanged her phone number and email address as an offer to have a conversation whenever Silent was bored. She nodded and gave her hers. After ten minutes, they departed. Iris went home by cab and thought this was pretty lucky day. Silent and Sir Takei went to pick up a cake for Itsuki and pick him up along the way.

Iris entered the massive manor and walked through the gardens. Still humming her song, she saw Chaos on the patio, reading papers. She hugged him from behind and both had laughed. She didn't tell about the meeting of Silent and Sir Takei to Chaos. Their bond was closer and more pleasant. The next day was more frantic than any other previous day. The final decorations and preparations for the ball were being set while Chaos was being fitted for his suit, after a long period time trying to make him stand still. Of course, Iris and Chaos were going together since they were to be wedded for the sake of the Fayons and the Dragons' Golden Embers being allies. Lidia and Loki were going alone since both were stubborn to choose a date since Lidia was waiting for Loki to ask her and Loki didn't want to go at all.

Meanwhile,

The mysterious racer reappeared in the office. The shadowed figure came back into the gloomy work place. "You'll be given a dress to attend to the Dragons' Golden Embers' Ball. Say nothing to anyone. After the orientation ceremony is over, wait at least half an hour and leave without a trace. Is that understood?" he alleged in a stern voice. She nodded and walked out as he waved his hand to let her exit. The dark figure picked up a phone and dialed a number. After hearing the dial tone end, he said, "She's accepted it." The other end of the line just hung up. He called another number and heard a dark, strong voice say, "What is it?" "She's accepted and the other one has received the news," informed the dark individual. The voice said, "Good." The line ended.

The girl rode off to her suite on her jet black motorcycle. Her motorcycle was just black with no images except the stars along the sides. It faded with the night quite well. As she closed the door to her home, she saw the delivered dress on a chair. It was a black dress. It was long and fitted her form perfectly. It had a circle with diamonds encrusted along it. It hung around her neck. A pair of black high heels was set right next to the outfit. She loved her job as a smiled was plastered on her face.