Sorry if it took so long!

This chapter is all about Akari's past... And who is this "Alyssa" girl... Hehehehe... Enjoy!

A 10 year old girl with black hair and green eyes sat beside a tree hearing the birds chirp. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. But the silence broke when a familiar voice disturbed her.

"Akari-nee! Akari-nee! Come here! I have something to show you!" Alyssa, Akari's 7 year old sister, shouted.

Akari sighed and stood up. She went to Alyssa, and saw her staring on something behind a leaf.

"What is it?" Akari asked.

"Look." Alyssa said as she dragged her sister's face in front of the leaf.

Akari saw a butterfly trying to get out of its cocoon. Alyssa and Akari watched carefully as the insect tried to get out of it.

Once it's out, a butterfly with red, orange, black and white wings appeared.

"Wow! It's so beautiful!" Alyssa exclaimed.

Akari just stared at the butterfly. It was indeed, beautiful. The wings of the butterfly look like flames. She then turned to Alyssa.

She smiled and said, "Yes. It is."

Then it started raining. They both ran inside and abandoned warehouse and got in a secret passage. When they got out, it revealed: The Dark Clan Headquarters.

"Hello Akari, Alyssa." A tall, dark man said.

"Hello Father." They chorused.

"Nya~" said a small kitten behind the man.

"Mr. Cat!" Alyssa exclaimed as she hugged the cat tightly.

"Nyyaaa!" the cat shouted, a little painful from the tight hug.

Akari rolled her eyes "Alyssa, don't hug that creature. You don't know where it's been…"

The black cat hissed at her.

"Don't be too hard on Mr. Cat, Onee-chan…" Alyssa said.

"How's your day, girls?" the man asked.

"It was fine, the usual." Akari said.

"Ok now. Go to your rooms first. Then let's eat dinner." The man said.

Akari and Alyssa obeyed.

When they got in their rooms, Akari was busy reading a book, while Alyssa was jumping in her bed. Their beds were separate; Akari's on the right side while Alyssa on the left side of the room.

"Your bed would collapse you know?" Akari said.

"I'm just pretending to be the butterfly earlier! It was so pretty!" Alyssa said.

"Akari-nee?" Alyssa asked.

"Hm…" Akari raised an eyebrow.

"Will I be as beautiful as the butterfly when we grow up?" Alyssa said.

"I don't know. Let's just see about that…" Akari said.

"When I grow up I want to be just like you, Akari-nee!" Alyssa exclaimed.

Akari gasped she looked at Alyssa "You don't have to be me. You are perfect just the way you are. I love you, Alyssa." She said.

"I love you too, Akari-nee!" Alyssa said as she hugged her.

Later, they ate dinner and went back to their rooms. Akari tucked Alyssa in and said "Good night."

"Akari-nee, if I die, will you miss me?" Alyssa asked.

"Why are you asking that kind of question?!" Akari said.

"I'm just asking…" Alyssa said.

"Well, stop asking me those kinds of things!" Akari said.

"Well, are you going to miss me?" Alyssa said.

Akari sighed "Of course I will. And I will never let that happen. I will protect you no matter what. I will protect you with my life. I promise you." She said.

"It's good to hear that. I love you, Akari-nee…" Alyssa said closing her eyes.

"I love you too… Alyssa-chan…" Akari said kissing her temple.

3 years passed and Akari was 13 and Alyssa was 10.

Alyssa was walking from the store. Akari asked her to buy groceries, `cause she's too busy with her duties in the Dark Clan.

"I must get home. Akari-nee must be getting worried about me." Alyssa said to herself while carrying a bag of groceries.

It suddenly started raining. Alyssa opened up her umbrella, and continued to walk. She passed by a dark alley and saw a dark figure lying down the floor.

"Hello? Anybody there?" Alyssa called.

When she got nearer, she saw a boy lying down on the floor.

"Hello? Who are you? Are you alright?" Alyssa asked.

The boy turned to Alyssa and opened his eyes. Alyssa looked at him. A boy about the same age as her older sister, with wild brown hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a ripped shirt and a blue shorts.

"My name is Alyssa Hakade. How about you?" Alyssa smiled.

The boy just turned away from her.

"You seem lost. Want to come with me? Come on!" Alyssa said.

The boy looked at Alyssa. He walked up to her, he's skinny and has bruises all over his body. "My name is Aaron. Aaron Fukui." He said.

"Aaron Fukui? Cool!" Alyssa said.

The boy smiled. Alyssa grabbed his hand and led him to her "home".

When they reached the warehouse, they got in the secret passageway and got in the Dark Clan Headquarters.

Aaron eyes widened. He has never seen such a surrounding.

"Alyssa! Alyssa is that you?! What took you so long?" Akari said.

"Sorry Akari-nee. Is just that I was helping this boy, and lost track of time." Alyssa said as she pointed to Aaron.

Akari stared at him, he looked at him from top to bottom and he got closer to him.

"Who are you?" she asked leaning closer to him.

Aaron blushed. He looked at Akari's sea green eyes.

"Where do you come from?" she said.

"I-I-I… uh… I…" Aaron stuttered.

"He's name is Aaron Fukui. I found him lying in the alley a while ago. Can we keep him?" Alyssa said as she cast her puppy eyes on Akari.

"You what?! Are you stupid? What if you got hurt?" Akari said.

"Hey, I'm safe am I? Come on, he seems harmless. Please Akari-nee?" Alyssa pleaded.

"No!" Akari said.

"What's all the commotion?" said a tall dark man from behind.

"Father!" Akari and Alyssa said.

Aaron just stared at their "father". He looks like Death himself. Aaron shivered.

"Who is this boy?" the man asked.

"He's name is Aaron. I found him in an alley a while ago. He looks homeless. Please can we keep him, father?" Alyssa begged.

"We do have an extra room in the house, so, of course he can stay. Right, Akari?" the man asked raising his eyebrow at Akari.

Akari clicked her tongue. "Ok Fine. As long he doesn't cause any trouble." she said.

"Yey! Can I call you Aaron-nii (Brother Aaron) now?" Alyssa said.

"Hey! I said he can stay, not be a part of our family!" Akari said.

Alyssa laughed. Akari rolled her eyes.

"Come with me." Akari said to Aaron. Aaron followed.

Akari led him into a room with blue walls and a bed. "This will be your room. There are extra clothes for you in the closet. And take a shower will you, you stank." She said.

"T-t-thank you. M-M-May I know your name?" Aaron blushed.

"Akari. Akari Hakade. And that squirt you're with earlier is my sister, Alyssa. Listen, if you need anything just come to me. Our room is the second to the last room in the hallway. I'm going to come for you before dinner. You can explore the room while you're waiting. See ya." Akari said as she left.

At first, Akari is really pissed off about Aaron living with them, but soon, Akari started treating Aaron as a friend.

Soon, Aaron gained interest on Akari. He's always staring at her and blushing whenever she's around.

"I think Aaron-nii likes you!" Alyssa said one day while the three of them are hanging out.

"Oh really?" Akari said.

"What? N-no! T-t-that's impossible! What are you saying Alyssa-chan?" Aaron said, sweating.

Alyssa continued teasing Aaron while Akari just sat there, in daze, she doesn't care if Aaron likes her or not. In fact, she doesn't care if anybody likes her or not. She only cares about Alyssa.

While growing up, Aaron turned out to be quite a handsome guy. Every girl (well, not everyone) wanted him, and every time he walks down the street, there isn't one time that a girl would drool at him. Others in the Dark Clan would say how lucky he was, but he only likes Akari.

A few months later, they met a boy named Makou Tachibana. He is smaller than the two but one year older than them. He has spiky black hair and golden brown eyes. Akari kept on teasing Makou and treating him like a little kid, but Makou just didn't mind her, even though he already wants to kill her.

Makou noticed that Aaron likes Akari. Aaron soon told him that he has a crush on Akari since the beginning, which only cause 3 days of nonstop teasing by Makou to Aaron.

Aaron wanted to confess to Akari for a long time, he just couldn't do it.

But 4 years passed and a tragedy happened…

Alyssa. Strapped in a chair. Cuts and bruises all over her body. Blood dripping everywhere. Beside her were tools that were used for operations in the hospital.

"Let me go! I demand you to let me go!" she screamed.

"Tell me first, my dear Alyssa, how did you got out of my memory spell?" asked a voice from the darkness.

"You. For all these years, we trusted you. We treated you like our real father. And that was it! You kept the truth from us! How dare you… HOW DARE YOU! For all these years, living on our own true enemy's roof? CURSE YOU!" she shouted.

"I never knew you were this clever, Alyssa. I thought your sister will have the upper hand. But she's just too naïve, to dumb, to… stupid." The voice said.

"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT? AKARI-NEE IS A GOOD, KIND, AND STRONG SISTER! YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS DUMB AND STUPID!" Alyssa said.

"Calm down, Alyssa. Now that you know my secret, it's time to pay the price, eh?" he answered while a trigger of a gun being pulled.

"YOU'LL NEVER KEEP YOUR STUPID LIE TO MY SISTER FOR THAT LONG! SHE WILL FIND OUT SOON, I'M SURE OF IT!" Alyssa screamed.

"Goodbye, my dear Alyssa…" the voice said as he fired the gun at Alyssa.

*Boom*

"Take care… my sister…" were Alyssa's last words before she collapsed into a pool of blood.

Meanwhile in the outskirts of Shizume City, Makou, Aaron, and Akari were hanging out as usual.

"What's taking Alyssa so long? She said she forgot something at the headquarters, but now its 5:30 p.m.! Where is she?" Akari said.

"She probably needs to use the bathroom?" Makou asked, laughing.

"Makou…" Aaron said angrily.

"What?" Makou said.

Then Akari's cellphone rang.

"This must be her." She said.

She grabbed her phone from her pocket and answered the call.

"Alyssa, where are you?! We've been waiting-" but suddenly her face was pale and she fell down to her knees.

Makou and Aaron looked at each other.

"Akari-chan? What's wrong?" Aaron asked.

"Ok… Ok… I'll be right there…" she said as she hangs up.

"Akari-chan?" Makou said.

"It can't be… IT CAN'T BE!" Akari shouted as tears flowed out of her eyes. She suddenly started crying.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! NOT ALYSSA!" she cried.

"Akari-chan! What's wrong?" Aaron stood up and ran to her. He knelt down put his hand in her shoulder.

"Aaron!" she said as she hugged him in the waist. She cried and cried.

"Akari?!" Aaron blushed madly.

"Alyssa… She's… She's…" she said.

"What? Alyssa's what?!" he said.

Akari looked at him, tears in her eyes. She hugged him tightly and put her face in his chest.

"Alyssa… is…dead." She said.

Aaron gasped. Alyssa's dead? No it can't be… He remembered the first time Aaron met her… In the alley… The day she saved his life.

Aaron held her chin, lifted it up and said "I'm sorry…"

Akari hugged him and cried. Aaron hugged her back. Makou just stared at the two, but he's also sad.

He looked up to the sky, it was calm and peaceful. The sky has strips of red, orange, yellow, and white. It was beautiful.

He said, "Goodbye… Alyssa-chan."

It was the day of Alyssa burial. Akari wore a black long-sleeved top and black pants. Since she hates dresses.

Soon, everyone left except Akari. Her eyes were hooded all through the day. She never said a word.

Aaron went up to her, but was stopped by Makou. Makou shook his head and they left.

Akari was never the same. Ever since that day, all she do is eat, sleep, and drink. Her calm smile was replaced by an angry scowl. Her bright eyes, whose always been full of life, been swapped by a scary snake-like eyes (the eyes that the user wants the person staring at him or her to stone).

Meanwhile, her father is watching her. He smirked then suddenly disappeared in the darkness.

It was night time. Aaron was awakened by Akari's screaming and moaning. He heard a few things crash below. She was drunk. Again.

He glanced at his watch 1:11 a.m.

He sighed and shot out of bed. He put a shirt on (since he always sleeps shirtless) and got out.

He saw Akari in a table. The table if full of empty wine and beer bottles, and a knife.

"Hey, shouldn't you be sleeping at this hour?" Aaron said taking a seat next to her.

"Why should I fucking care?!" Akari said as she took a sip.

"Akari. Stop this." Aaron said.

"Stop what, Aaron?! Drinking? Staying up all night? What?!" Akari shouted.

"I couldn't stop Alyssa dying! I should be the one dead, she should be the one alive! You hear me?! I should be dead! I promised that I would protect Alyssa with my life, and did I keep that promise? NO! Instead, she died. She died right on the spot! Damn this. Damn this life!" she yelled.

"I… I can't… I can't go on… I might as well kill myself right now!" Akari shouted.

By hearing the words kill myself, Aaron snapped.

"Akari! Can't you see? Can't you see your situation right now?!" he said.

"What do you mean?" Akari said.

"God has given you another chance to live. Aren't you happy about that?! Alyssa's death is just a trial… Just a trial, Akari. And you, you just wasted your time drinking, eating, and shouting?! If Alyssa would see you right here, right now, what she would say?" he shouted.

Akari stopped. She stared at him.

"What would she say?!" Aaron said.

"She would… take away all of this, throw it in the dumpster, burn it, and we would argue about it every day…" Akari said as she smiled a bit. A tear fell out of her eye.

"You're right. It's just that… Alyssa is my life… I loved her with all of my heart. I just couldn't accept that she would just die…" Akari said calmly.

"Thank you, Aaron-kun." She smiled at him causing Aaron to blush a little.

"Hey can't you see I'm sleeping here? What's wrong with you?" Makou shouted from above.

"Sorry about that." Aaron said.

"Save your argument for the daylight would you? Yeesh." Makou said as he went back to his room.

Aaron and Akari laughed. Akari felt calm. She hadn't laughed for a long time.

"I better go sleep now." Akari said.

"Yeah, me too." Aaron said.

As soon Akari turned away, Aaron called out to her.

"Hey, Akari-chan…" he said.

"Hm?" Akari raised an eyebrow.

Aaron looked away and blushed, "N-Nothing… Good night."

"Night." She replied.

From afar, Master Ahriman watched them closely. He clenched his fists. But he took a deep breath and smirked.

"Well, time for Plan B." he said.

A few weeks later…

"So you're saying that this man, Mikoto Suoh is the cause for Alyssa's death?" Akari asked.

Akari was called to Master Ahriman's room because he wants to tell her something.

"Yes. I just found out last week." Master Ahriman said.

Akari's aura suddenly burst. She clenched her fists, "Where is he?!" she said. "Where is he? I'm going to burn him to bits!"

"Now, now, Akari-chan. This is the third King you're talking about… If you kill him, this may cause serious trouble to our Clan. Wait for the right moment, then you can stab him anytime you want." He smiled devilishly.

Akari clicked her tongue, "Fine. What do you want me to do now?" she said.

"Go now. You have duties to do. Goodbye, Akari-chan." He said.

"Goodbye, Father." She replied as she left.

When she left, Master Ahriman laughed manically.

"She's so stupid. It's impossible to kill a King! But she is the Princess, even when she kills him, she will get killed as well, and I have a double score! This plan is brilliant. And it's because of one little girl."

He laughed as he picked up a picture of Alyssa and burned it with his aura.

This what really happened before Alyssa died:

"I must hurry. Akari-nee will be very worried if I don't get back soon." Alyssa said to herself while she digs up her closet for something.

"Damn it, where is that stupid jacket?" she said.

She keeps on digging and digging when she finally found her jacket. But something caught her eye.

It was gleaming. When she found it, it was a necklace with a mini Sword of Damocles of the Red King as a pendant.

Suddenly, Alyssa's head began to fill with lost memories. Her face grew pale and her eyes widened.

"It can't be… Don't tell me… Mother… F-father!" she said.

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared behind Alyssa, and covered her mouth with a piece of cloth. Alyssa suddenly felt sleepy and collapsed. When the dark figure laughed maniacally.

Sorry if you hate it! And sorry if it's too long… I just want to make it interesting… More secrets to reveal! See you next time! Review pls… Just don't be too harsh on me… :) See ya!