The train made a deafening blare as it clattered along its way.

Two occupants in a car near the back sat quietly.

The girl stared out the window for a long time.

"Hagi?"

Said man looked up from the paper he was reading. "Yes?"

"Do you remember…what happened the other day? The day when we left the Zoo."

"…I do."

"That all happened because of my blood. Didn't it? I know it's my fault, and Diva's too."

Hagi clutched at the paper in his hands. "Saya."

"I want you to promise me one thing. I want you to promise me when this is all over you'll…"

The train gave another deafening blare.

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Saikou bokuto no semetai ENERUGI-

Konbatsu

Kaikizu

Konkouse

Kairo

Teitaion!! Teitaion!! Pope, saa!

KURASSHA- in the sky

Shinto, shinri, nozorokoshi, kairou

Woa...

Nani ga sakujii no mama de

Namida osareta no ka

Maimo ni ton de itta KAKERA o

Togashiteku, togasu!! Pope, saa!

KURASSHA- in the sky

Shinto

Shinri

Nozorokoshi, kairou

Nani ka ga sasarete

Dare ka ga warau

Aa

Shunpase choupende kakou raiu

Topasen mabose kekou RAION

Kono sekai ni eien nante

"Modai dai!"

Hitotsu datte aru wa zuganai yo, sou daro?

Nandou mo sukui agete mo

Kake ni omonde yuku yo

Saishou ni mita man ma no IDEA

Ichitteku, tomaru!! Pope, saa!

KURASSHA- in the sky

Shinto

Shinri

Nozorokoshi, kairou

Nani ka ga sasarete

Dare ka ga warau

Aa

Shunpase choupende kakou raiu

Topasen mabose kekou RAION

Kono sekai ni eien nante

"Modai dai!"

Hitotsu datte aru wa zuganai yo, sou daro?

Aa.. woa.. woa...

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Riku and Hagi watched children play games out on the street. They stayed back in the shadows.

Riku sighed. "I don't think we do a very good job."

"Hmm?" Hagi looked over at him.

"We're Saya's chevaliers. But…here we are, and…here she's not."

"I see."

"We're as useless as regular humans right now." Riku mumbled with his eyes closed and his arms crossed.

"That's quite true; however, we cannot just up and leave. They will come after us, and we do not have all the details of Saya's circumstance." Hagi looked back to the street.

"I understand." Riku huffed and pulled a lock of hair out of his face.

Kai stood in the doorway behind them. His hands clenched.

Riku didn't even think of himself as human anymore, or had he stopped when he realized what he was? Kai was not sure. A part of him didn't want to be.

"All we know is that Saya has no plans of killing Diva. But the red shield and Kai do." Hagi continued.

"You think Saya would hate them forever if they knew she wanted to stay and killed Diva anyway?"

"It's very likely."

Riku nodded and sighed again. "Still wish we could go with her. All of this is so boring."

Hagi allowed himself a small chuckle.

Kai frowned and went back inside.

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'Saya?'

'Saya?'

'Saya!?'

The girl jerked up in bed. Nathan, Solomon, and Diva stood staring at her. "Uh…what is it?"

"You were talking in your sleep Saya." Solomon answered.

"I…was?" Saya ran a hand through her hair.

"Yes." Diva muttered with an upset expression. She was the only one out of the three not looking at Saya with worry.

"You were saying that boy Kai's name." She went on.

"I…" Saya looked down at herself. Her hands were shaking. She couldn't clearly remember her dream. But she remembered feeling a small wave of fear.

Diva 'hmph'-ed and walked out of the room.

"Mm…don't mind her dear. I'm sure it's just a side effect." Nathan came to her side and ushered her out of bed.

"Um…yeah." Saya allowed herself to be steered out of the room. Solomon followed in silence but with a thoughtful expression.

Saya sat heavily at the small table outside. Her breakfast was set before her. She wasn't hungry, but she would at least try.

Solomon said his goodbyes and headed off to meet Amshel. Nathan sat opposite Saya.

Diva stood under a clutter of trees and began to sing.

Saya's appetite seemed to diminish even more but she still kept eating. She had grown very uncomfortable around Diva since Amshel had taken the two out of her stomach.

They sat in a small blue and white basket.

Nathan said she was still quite cranky and it would take some time for her to be almost her usual self.

Diva crouched down to the basket. "How are you feeling my babies?"

Saya gave a small uncomfortable jerk.

Nathan hummed to himself. "Now that the next generation has been born I really don't see why the red shield continues to fight. It's quite pointless."

"It's a fools chance." Saya muttered.

"Ah…how very true. If there is any kind of chance humans will take it." Nathan laughed to himself.

"Humans are such silly creatures." Diva mused. "Don't you agree Saya?"

"Yes."

"How could you have even stood to live with them so long?" Diva sat in the grass beside the basket.

"I honestly don't know." At that moment Saya was glad Riku was one of them.

He wouldn't be bound by human un-pleasantries, by human selfishness, by human greed. He was free in a sense. Free from the world and its binds. And that made Saya happy.

It was only Kai now that was the problem. He would never understand them, never want to become one of them, and because she respected that…she had saved him from it.

Once this fight was over, she could at least be with a family she knew would always be there.

"Saya…come over here." Diva called from place on the ground.

Saya stood and walked over to them quietly. As if they were simply sleeping and not wrapped in those hardened shells. "Yes?"

"Listen. Sit down here and listen." Diva motioned her down.

Saya stooped down onto her knees. "For what?"

"Can you hear it? If you listen hard…can you?" Diva whispered.

Saya listened hard. All she heard was the small rustle of the trees occasionally and Diva's soft breathing. Then it came to her.

Small thumps. Little heartbeats. Baby heartbeats…

Diva smiled. "You hear it?"

"I do." Saya whispered. They were so loud but soft at the same time. Those tiny little heartbeats…those tiny little heartbeats that she helped into the world.

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"I can't believe this!" Riku whispered harshly. He scrubbed back and forth as hard as he could. "We get stuck with cleaning duties."

Hagi hummed to show he was listening as he cleaned the windows.

"This sucks." Riku went on. "I don't see Mou doing anything!" He shouted at the open door.

"Stop complaining and work!" Was the reply.

Riku grumbled as he went back to cleaning the bathtub. "Wonder what Kai is up to. And Saya for that matter."

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"Ugh…look at this mess. It's not such and easy job to repair all this stuff!" Nathan shouted.

"I'm sorry Nathan. But it's James' fault! He came out of no where!" Saya answered back as she stood leaning against a nearby pillar that happened to still be intact.

James glared at her from his place on the ground. "I thought she was going to hurt Diva with the way she was acting lately." Was his excuse.

"Oh piffle! You'd just love an excuse to pick Saya off so you can have more attention!" Nathan scowled down at him.

"Are you alright?" Diva looked at Saya with a worried expression. Saya nodded. "Just a little bruised. I don't think I'm the one you should be worried about though."

Diva nodded as she looked at James. "You could have hurt my babies James, I think you already know that…don't you?"

"It was not my intention. I just thought…" Nathan cut him off. "Oh save it! It's called a hug James! I'm sure you've heard of it! That's all Saya was doing and you know it!"

"Mm…clean it up James. Before Amshel and Solomon get home." Diva went over and carefully took the basket back inside.

Saya grunted as she touched a tender spot on her ribs. "I'm going to go lay down. I feel dizzy." She limped back into the house after Diva.

"Well…what a fantastic job of ruining things you've done James. Oh well…just clean it up." Nathan walked off.

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"This is…kinda scary but cool at the same time." Riku muttered as he looked at the sunset then down at the very far away ground.

"Yeah." Kai muttered.

Riku had finished his chores a while ago. Kai suggested they take a fun trip on the lift. Riku felt out of place being around Kai and Hagi wasn't around.

He had gotten used to Hagi's company, and in that time he had become alienated to Kai's.

"Listen Riku, remember what I said about re-opening dad's bar once we get back to Okinawa? Do you remember?"

"Yeah." Riku ran a hand through his hair. It was becoming a habit.

Kai handed him a colored key. "Here."

Riku looked at it oddly. Then stared at the one Kai held up. "You recognize this?" Riku shook his head. "It's the key to dad's bar."

"Oh."

"I want you and Saya to be there with me to re-open it."

"I see." Riku turned and looked back out the window with a plain expression. 'I just don't think Saya and I will be going back to Okinawa.' He thought sadly.

Kai stared at him for a long time before looking out the window himself.

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"Saya."

"Hagi…"

"Yes?"

"I want you to promise me one thing."

"What is it?"

"Promise me when this is all over you'll…you'll kill me. With your own hands."

"Saya."

"You're the only one I can ask. So promise me."

"I promise…that I will protect you until the last day, and…if death is your wish on that day…I will fulfill that wish." Hagi proclaimed with his eyes closed and a calm expression.

"Thank you…Hagi." Saya gave a soft smile.

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I hope you like it. Finished it in a few hours today. Right after my newest Bleah story.

Sorry for any mistakes, but nobody is perfect. thank you for your time =^.^=