"Why do you always take so long!" Gen sighs as Miya finally emerges from the apartment door and walks down the stairs taking her time to add on to his annoyance. He can't help but stare and slightly gasp as she slowly makes way down the stairs. Her hair is styled differently today making her look more put together and giving her confidence of her appearance.

"We're going to be late…" He stutters and puts his hands in his pockets and puts on his blank expression. Miya doesn't say anything as she takes out a piece of paper from her bag and stares at it for a long time without saying anything to Gen. He looks around noticing the awkward silence and looks over to find Miya still looking at her paper. By now his curiosity is tugging at him to at least peek over.

"What is that?" Gen finally says too curious to hold it in any longer.

"My homework…" She stutters sounding distressed. He notices the paper is blank and realizes she didn't do any of it. He smirks slightly making her look up at him.

"Why are you pushing yourself so hard to go to school?" Gen adds. Miya looks into his eyes wanting to tell him some of what she remembered about the abuse, but thinking maybe it's best to stay quiet. The last thing she needs right now is to feel judged…or even worse pitied on; though it's kind of too late for that. She knows Gen doesn't really care for school as it's just a cover for his mission here. He's supposed to play a student incase Yoshimori and Tokine need assistance during the day.

"I already told you…" She mumbles slightly glaring at him. He puts his hands behind his head again. When all of a sudden a familiar voice calls for Miya, which startles the both of them. They turn around to face Kenji walking towards them with his school bag in hand and a huge friendly smile on his face. His face expression seems to drop as he looks over towards Gen.

"It's that Shishio kid…" Kenji thinks to himself and tightens his grip on the handle of his bag. Gen stares at him blankly as he approaches Miya with a fake grin.

"Miya I was wondering…if you wanted to hang out later today?" He adds with a slight blush on his face. Miya can't help but find this adorable. She side glances at Gen who looks bored as he stares at the boy before him. Miya agrees with a slight smile, noticing Gen's face twitch. It was only for a second, but it was definitely there and Miya had caught it. What was he thinking about? Well it didn't seem to matter to Miya. It's not like she cared what he thought, at least that's what she told herself. Kenji offers to walk her to school while side glancing at Gen who starts to walk off ahead of them with his hands behind his head. Miya stares after him, while Kenji waits for her reply. He knew something was there and it was bothering him, but he didn't care. He wanted to be the one to walk Miya to school.

"Miya?" He repeats again studying her face. She nods her head slowly finally snapping out of her thinking, before smiling at him. Though smiling still felt a little awkward for her.

~::.::.::.::.::~ A few hours later~ ::.::.::.::.::~

Miya struggles to stay awake as she stares at the board before her. Gen sits in the seat next to her as usual, but still not a word said between them. Miya feels herself falling to the side and puts her hand on her head to keep herself up, shrugging it off and looking down at her paper. She wasn't sure how much of this she could handle and she felt like herself again, though she just didn't know what Yoshimori and the others were talking about when they asked if she knew a Kaguro. The name did seem to cause a sting, and then her headache would come on again.

Miya slowly falls to the side again with her eyes closing. Gen puts his hand on her shoulder catching her and causing her to awake again. She looks over at him as he shakes his head.

"Gen…" She stutters before the bell rings causing her to jump slightly. As they walk out of class Miya fidgets with her fingers looking around, anything to avoid Gen's gaze.

"Don't you have a date to go to?" He cuts in making her stop in her tracks as he continues to walk off past the gate of the school. Making her feel a sudden feeling she can't explain, almost like disappointment. She shakes her head in anger and rolls her eyes suddenly feeling a cold rush as she feels a hand land on her shoulder. Kenji stands there with a strange grin on his face as he asks her if she's ready to go.

"Where are we going anyways?" She cuts in suddenly wanting to go home instead.

"You'll see just follow me."

…...

"Did you sense that too Yoshimori?" Tokine adds as the three meet up.

"Huh?" Gen adds feeling left out.

"Yeah…I don't know where it came from, but it was definitely around the school."

"Where's Miya?" Tokine adds looking towards Gen. He looks to the side in a calm manner adding that she's on a date. Tokine's eyebrows rise for a second as she puts her finger on her chin.

"She is very pretty I guess…so I could see why…" She says softly. Yoshimori starts to tease Gen about it and then Tokine suggests they investigate around the school.

…...

"What would you like to order Miya?" Kenji cuts in. Miya puts down her menu never being in a restaurant before. It wasn't fancy or anything it was casual and she liked the aura of the scenery but there was something bothering her and she just didn't know what it was. Maybe it was because of the way things were going. How Kenji suddenly had a romantic interest in her and would constantly throw notes at her during class. His crush was definitely obvious, but Miya only saw him as a friend. And then there was Gen. The way he looked at her made her feel annoyed, yet get a sick feeling in her stomach and it was irritating her more and more each day.

"Um… this…?" She says pointing to a picture of a banana split.

"Aww Miya that's a dessert…" He adds slightly smiling. Miya looks at him as his smile turns into a slight grin and he looks down at his own menu. She sighs and puts her cheek on her hand leaning on the table while he points to something delicious looking. Miya nods while looking out the window and notices a figure in the shadows of an alley way watching her in a black hoodie. She sits up straight staring at it until Kenji grabs her attention again. When she returns her gaze it's no longer there. After a few more minutes Kenji finally orders for the both of them. Miya tries to enjoy herself, but it just doesn't feel right. Kenji continues to ask her simple questions, though she gives him bland simple answers not wanting to give out too much information. He finally makes his way up to a personal question.

"So are you and Gen… you know?" He adds.

"I know what?" She says rather coldly. He slightly turns red while repeating himself avoiding her nasty glare. "No. That's not it at all…"

"You're lying."

Miya's head shoots up as she stares at him with disbelieve. The voice he just spoke in didn't sound like him at all. The voice was so hostile and deeper and sent an eerie feeling. He looks at her confused as he scratches his silky brown hair. She could have sworn that was him talking just now…or was it just imagination? When the food arrives he begins to eat joyfully ignoring her constant staring. Miya can't seem to shake off what she thought she heard. Not even paying attention to her meal. Suddenly sensing something isn't right here.

"Something wrong?" He asks sounding so innocent Miya used to find adorable but now…she wasn't sure anymore.

"I want to go home…sorry….Kenji," She gets up and reaches out to grab her bag. But Kenji's hand suddenly grabs onto her wrist in a tight grip.

"I'll walk you home."

Miya stares at him wide eyed trying to speak but no words can come out. His face only inches away from hers as he wears that mischievous grin. She tries to shake his hand off, but he won't let go, only tightening his grip. When the waitress starts to walk over Kenji gently lets go still grinning. They pay their tab and slowly start to walk out with Kenji gripping onto her arm as she tries to speed up to get out before him.

"Kenji what's wrong with you?" She snaps as they step out.

"Huh? What are you talking about Miya?" He adds almost sounding sincere. She continues to stare at him as they come closer to an alley way. She attempts to slap him, but he stops her hand before it makes impact with his face.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Miya stumbles back feeling her wrist start to swell. Such incredible strength that it seemed like he made her blood stop flowing to her hand with just that tight grip of his.

"Don't forget what I did to you. You have a reason of being here and it's time to quit playing the dumb amnesia girl!" He snaps. His voice sounding even more different than before. A voice so familiar that she can't only tremble at the sound. He tilts his head slightly looking into her eyes.

"Kaguro….?" She mumbles sounding shaky suddenly remembering Yoshimori and the others asking about him. As the name is said Miya suddenly remembers the days back when they would train and the harsh treatment she would receive. How she wanted to get away so badly, but there was no escape. She feels her hand fly up in a form of a fist and punches him in the side. He jumps back still grinning.

"Close," He says. On the outside still appearing as Kenji, but his voice sounding like Kaguro.

Before she knows it he grabs her from behind in a tight grip. His arm wrapped around her neck pulling her into his chest as he takes something out of his pocket.

"Let me go!" She snaps and with her hands starts to hit him in the stomach furiously.

"This will make you remember."

He stabs her neck with an injection of some strange liquid, making her let out a cry for help that turns into a cry of pain. Suddenly she feels an intense pain throbbing from her neck, causing her to feel dizzy. He starts to walk off and turns towards her once more.

"Don't forget you're nothing but a murderer. A monster. You don't belong here and you never will."

"Shut up!" She shouts standing back on her feet glaring at him." You're wrong."

With great intensity she starts to charge at him with a fist, but quickly feels her energy draining. He kicks her in the stomach before she even reaches him and then slams her to a wall. As she stands there with the wind knocked out of her and still feeling dizzy he makes his starts to walk slowly towards her with a blank expression. Just when his fist is about to make contact with her again someone stopped him. With Miya's vision slowly fading she makes out the back of Gen's head as he stands in front of her. And then it goes dark.

~::.::.::.::.::~ A few minutes later~ ::.::.::.::.::~

Miya slowly opens her eyes feeling herself being swayed side to side. She feels her chin being supported by something warm and when she finally comes back to it she finds that Gen is carrying her on his back.

"Whaat…what happened?" She mumbles into his shoulder.

"Huh? Your friend is fine now," He says softly looking back her. She stares at her hands which are locked around his neck not quite understanding what just happened to her. He then explains that he was possessed by an Ayakashi and they've experienced something like it before with a prince. Someone was trying to impersonate him. Miya feels even more puzzled as she remembers Kaguro's voice, and feels her head and neck stiff and sore. But Gen mentions they handled it already and Yoshimori disposed of it.

"Oh…" She says quietly while resting her head on his shoulder, too drowsy to keep it up. He studies her face as she suddenly looks more distressed then before. "Kaguro….must have had a messenger," she thinks to herself.

"Gen…" She whispers. She suddenly remembers how he showed up just in time before being punched in the face. And opens her eyes again to make eye contact with him. "Thank you."

"Don't start crying on me now…" He says with a smirk trying to keep his cool.

"What makes you think I'd cry for you…jerk…" She snaps back. He laughs softly before looking forward again. Miya feels her eyes start to get droopy so she leans her head more onto Gen's head. He looks at her surprised at first and then notices she's already fast asleep again.

~::.::.::.::.::~ Meanwhile~ ::.::.::.::.::~

"It's been done…" A figure stands before Kaguro bowing his head. He smirks and puts on a dirty grin.

"What are you going to do now Kaguro?" Aihi adds walking towards him with an interested look on her face.

"Now we wait. This will unfold once we get there and then all we'll do is watch."

In the meantime Baku prepares to transfer the princess over to the sight in a few days.