"She said that she'd show me some blood." The lotus girl pouted. Staring down below at Lo Fwa's broken body. Flowers sticking out from the hole in her chest and face. "She went a little overboard though. That girl."

Allen and the knight on the other hand were fighting hard. Allen's bulky sword did well to guard against the giant hammer. Allen was sweating really hard. These are hard to use! Allen realized. Why is this blade so abnormal? I've never tried using such a big and bulky sword before! But it's a part of me. There wasn't even a stub where his left arm was. It's not like I can throw it away. I can only fight with this abnormal sword because that is the me right now. He quickly slashed at the knight. The sword rested on the knight's wrist. It was the one attached to the hand that held the key.

"Do you think that you could cut my armor with that?" he mocked. But this isn't reality. Allen thought of what Lo Fwa had told him earlier. It's not my strength that I'm using. It's my soul. I will cut him in one swing!!! He gripped the handle tightly and sliced the knight in half. He continued to slice hand hack away at the knight. The hand holding the key went soaring out the window. The knight had disappeared. Allen quickly restored his left arm.

It's so quiet. I can't hear anything.

Lo Fwa still rested in the bed of flowers.

All I can hear is my own breath.

The sound of inhaling.

The sound of exhaling.

For so long, I couldn't hear those sounds.

The holes disappeared and she was her true self. Glasses and all.

These are the sounds of being here.

She began to cry. She sat up and looked around. The abandoned key was resting nearby.

Allen was running in the halls. Searching. He finally happened upon the lotus girl sitting in a windowsill.

"What happened? You have blood on your hands. Where are the others?!" he gripped her shoulders.

"It's their fault for being weak!" she glared through her mask. "If you don't like losing, then become stronger!"

"What did you do to Lenalee?!!?" he demanded.

"This is a dream after all. We can do whatever we want. Your princess has already opened her eyes and is sipping tea without a care."

"Why are you always deliberately hurting people!?!?" Allen turned and saw Lo Fwa, without the holes, walking down the hall, key in hand. She went through the door to the study hall.

"She's gotten the key." The lotus girl smirked. "Seems like she'll graduate." Allen ran after her into the study hall room. Inside was not the normal study hall room. The only thing that existed was a large door with a single slot for a key. Lo Fwa opened it and the doors began to open into complete and total darkness.

"Are you fine with this?" the lotus girl asked. "If you take away the key, then you can graduate."

"I couldn't. It's Lo Fwa's now." Allen stated. "It's her key. Not mine. It's not my turn yet." Then Allen realized something. "You won't do anything, will you?!? If you think that you can take that key from her……"

"I won't! Yeesh!" Lo Fwa turned to look at the two who were watching her. "I'm not interested in the key or graduating." Lo Fwa smiled and waved as the doors began to close. "But I already know what's waiting for us on the other side." The door shut with a loud bang and Allen awoke.

"Good morning, Allen-kun." The nurse smiled. "It seems that someone graduated today."

That person's name………

I don't remember it……..

"You must have dropped out fairly easily." Allen said to Lenalee.

"Yes. That cat-eared girl took me out with one slash with her sword."

"I wonder who she is. She's so strong. I don't understand her." Allen set some books down on one of the desks in the study hall room. But he quickly pulled them back.

"What's wrong?" Lenalee asked.

"I just felt like this was someone else's seat. Is there anyone that sits here?" he asked.

"Really? I don't think so." Lenalee tilted her head cutely in confusion. A chill ran down Allen's spine as he examined the chair.

Allen quickly burst into the Judo room and began to open and search frantically through the various empty lockers.

"What are you doing?" Kanda asked. He had only just recently walking into the locker room.

"This locker. Do remember who used it?" Allen asked. Closing the empty locker door.

"No."

"And this one, do you remember?!?!" Allen pointed to another locker. "How about this one?!?!"

"I've forgotten. Why is this suddenly bothering you?" He asked.

"They're all empty!!!!" Allen yelled. "The memories are gone too!!!"

"They've been leaving gradually. Or did you just realize this now?"

"Where did everyone go?" Allen clutched his left arm with his right.

"They've graduated." Allen looked at Kanda. "Someday you'll graduate. Even me. We'll be going there. No one will remember us. And I won't remember you." For once, Kanda showed emotion. He looked sad.

"Why did you say something so cruel?" Allen asked. Ready to cry.

"Because I love you."

"But I'm normal." Allen clutched his arm even tighter. "I've told you so many times. Are you stupid?!!?" He ran out of the locker room with a big blush on his face. Kanda's identical sister watched the secretly white-haired boy leave.

"Allen-kun! There you are! I've been looking for you!" Allen had already run far away from Kanda before Lenalee spotted him. Allen pulled her into a warm embrace.

"Please say something. Anything." Allen pleaded. Still hugging the olive haired girl.

"I really love you, Allen-kun." She hugged him back.

"Take a look at that!" One girl pointed out to her friends.

"Again?!! Those two aren't really keeping a secret."

"Must be so nice to be in love with each other. I'm jealous."