A/N: OMG! tomorrow is the new chapter! i can't wait! so this prompt request is a very good way to remind us what was in the last two of chapters so hopefully this prompt will be good enough for you all even though once again we don't what really happened. enjoy ^^


16/07/2015 – "Mana D. Campbell, it's all your fault" / Blame

Mana was running on a road in a field of wheat, his heart hammering loudly, drowning every other sound. His feet hit the ground, creating another set of rhythm besides his heart.

Please be safe. Please be alive.

An hour ago he was waiting for Neah and Allen back in their safe house since he was pretty much useless in battle. He helped with planning and distracting but when Neah left for the last two Noah, Road and Adam, he was rendered useless. Allen told him he would watch over his little brother, but he still felt horrible to inflict his little brother with the burden of finishing it. It has been an excruciating wait, but then he felt his heart miss several beats and he nearly passed out from terror.

The only possible conclusion from this was that something happened to Neah. That his little brother needed his help. And so he shot out of the safe house and ran to where his legs carried him, hoping his special connection to Neah would lead him to his little brother.

That place was their real house. He nearly paused in disbelief; even though the safe house was near their home, they decided not to get near the place so as to not raise suspicion. But nonetheless, if his legs carried him here, there is a reason and he sure hopes it means that his brother is here.

He paused near the house and looked to his left when he felt an unfamiliar presence. There, near the tree his little brother so loved to sit on and listen to the wind, hovering over a familiar woman stood a full impish man with long pointed ears and a strange tall top hat.

That man radiated evil and anger and he froze. Then slowly his eyes fixated on the woman and widened.

Mo… mother?

The usual bound hair was now down, framing her unusually pale face and dull eyes. The dress was dirtied and she was barefoot. But the worst was the trail of blood from her mouth.

She was dead.

The impish man turned to him, showing an inhumanly large grin that took all of that monster's face except for a nose and glasses. Mana felt a lone tear fall from his eye as he took in his mother's dead body and the monster's grin turned sinister.

"Now everything has gone back to the way it was…~3" And then Mana realized who that man is.

The Earl!

His heart skipped a beat and all color drained from his face.

What about Neah? Allen? What happened to them?

"Mana D. Campbell," The Earl stated, his body seeming to turn misty. Mana took a step back, how did he know his full name? Neah promised him he had never told the monster their last name. Round spectacles glinted knowingly.

"It's all your fault~3" With that Mana turned around and fled, knowing he has to find his little brother. To save what family he has left.

Mother… Neah… Allen… His heart cried for his dear people that he might never see again.

The Earl's crazed laughter followed him all the way back to town. Mana's legs running faster than before, hoping to beat time even for a second. To win against the Earl's victory.

But it was not to be.

He rounded a corner to see his little brother slouching against the wall, a pool of dried blood staining everything and anything. Neah seemed to be simply asleep but the blood ruined the peacefulness of the scene.

His knees went weak and he collapsed onto them, tears falling freely from his face now.

Why? Why Neah? Why his little brother?

He dragged himself to his brother and uncaring toward the blood staining his clothes he wrapped his arms around Neah and brought him into an embrace, crying loudly into the slashed shoulder.

If only he was stronger. Faster. If only he hadn't let them go out on this suicide mission. If only…

Neah… Neah… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry, Neah…

"Found you…" Mana jumped and his body stiffened at the Earl's voice. He slowly turned around to face the monster his brother failed to save. The Earl was still grinning, but his eyes seemed sad and that what mostly stunned him.

He killed my little brother and he is sad… it's all his fault…

"It's all your fault…" The Earl growled and Mana bit his lip. "If only he didn't have you he won't have turned his back to me…

You brought on this tragedy!" He bellowed and raised his arm. Mana squeezed his eyes shut and held his little brother closer to him, ready for his impending death.

A strange but familiar language was spoken and Mana was reminded of the song he and Neah composed and Allen loved to sing on their carefree days. White exploded behind his eyelids and he felt himself float, Neah being snatched away from his grasp.

His eyes snapped open and he tried reaching out to his little brother. "Neah!

NEAH!"

He crashed into hard surface and lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a strange place with wooden houses and strange drawings on signs.

Where is he?

He slowly rose to his feet and looked around him. People he recognized as foreign to his homeland, from the Far East probably, were strolling around, speaking to one another in a strange language.

One woman seemed to sense his distress and approached him, smiling sweetly. He regarded her oriented black hair and colorful flowing robe dress that stopped at her feet, which she wore with socks and a strange sandal that the heel was in the center of it. She seemed to ask him something but he couldn't understand a word she said.

He nervously scanned his surroundings. He couldn't see the Earl, but then he couldn't see his brother as well.

He froze. Neah is gone. He can't find his little brother anywhere. Where is he? He needs to find him. He needs to find his little brother while avoiding the Earl and the Noah.

I need to go.

He turned from the confused woman and ran away, determined to find his lost brother.

'It's all your fault~3'

I will correct my mistake.

'You brought on this tragedy~3′

Wait for me, little brother. I will find you.

Don't worry. Just keep forward until we meet again, Neah.

I love you, little brother.