"This is the first and biggest room Emily-chan. It hasn't been used in while, though." Yuki said.

Emily entered the dark room and looked around. It was big, indeed, and had white walls. It was quite clean, after all. What got her attention was the big window. She went over and stared at the night sky. The sky she used to see every night. Her sky. The one that made her feel safe, home. She closed her eyes.

"It's perfect." She said. Naoki stared at her, wide eyed.

"Don't you wanna see other rooms?"

"No. This is perfect."

"Ok, I have the key. Here you go, Emily-chan." Yuki said, handing her the key. "Now we need to go shopping."

Emily went ahead, and Naoki whispered to Yuki. "You noticed who lives next door?"

"How could I not?" she answered, smiling.

The 3 shinigamis arrived at a store.

"Um… excuse me for asking, but how much money do you have, Niagra-san?" Naoki asked.

"…I have this." She answered, showing them a credit card they immediately recognized.

"Hirako-Taicho gave you his credit card?" Naoki asked and Emily nodded. "Do you have any idea how much money you have in your hand?"

"Err…. Nope!" she said, smirking.

"Over 20 000 000 yen." Yuki said.

"Nice! And he told me not to bankrupt him." Emily said, laughing.

They bought everything and she moved in by midnight. Yuki and Naoki wished her goodnight and left.

Before she closed the door, she noticed a familiar presence. "Shinji!"

"Ah, hey! You moved in next door?" he asked.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I live here." He said, stopping in front of the next door.

"Oh, really? Then I guess we're neighbors. You can drop by later. I'm going to bed at about 3."

"Sure. I wanna see what you did with my money." Shinji said, entering his own room.

~~~~~~~~~Shinji's POV~~~~~

I decided to pay Emmalin a visit at 1 o'clock. The door was open, so I slowly entered. As luck would have it, just then the bathroom door opened and she came out, wearing nothing but the towel around her body. And she looked damn good like that. Her hair was still slightly wet, reaching her shoulders. She was holding the towel with her left hand. Her eyes went wide when she saw me. Dammit! I must've been staring.

"Shinji? You're blushing." She stated. Wait, what? "Haven't you seen a woman like this before?"

"Of course I have. Even with l…"

"I didn't ask you details. So, please!" she said. She went over to her bed and motioned me to sit. I think I was still blushing. Hell, I might have seen many, but none as hot. Or uncaring. Wait a second…

"You don't mind me being in the same room with you when you're dressed like that?"

"Umm… " she seemed to think for a while "…no."

"Ok." I was staying with my back at her. She was getting dressed.

"Done." She said, putting the wet towel over my head.

"Nani? Hey, it's wet! Dammit!" Here goes my hairstyle . Of course she started laughing. Fine! Be a bitch!

'She's just havin fun!'

~~~~~~Normal POV~~~~

Shinji hooked the wet towel around her neck, unbalancing her thus Emily fell on her bed, near him. She was still laughing like mad. "Did they give you free drugs at a store?"

"No! I just enjoy playing like this!" she said, locking eyes with him. He saw rather dreamy look in her eyes: one he knew too well but didn't like. "Though I drank a few bottles of sake and Ying refuses to clean my bloodstream." 'Bastard.' "Anyway, do you like how I redecorated? I think I'll paint the walls, but it's no emergency."

"Yeah, quite a nice room you got here. Why this one?"

She pointed towards the window. "I sleep better if I can see the stars and the moon. Also, it's big, nice…"

'And close to him.'

'Shuddup! I'm not that drunk!'

"Really? Then you must sleep good outside." He said, longing next to her.

"When I was Senkai, I slept inside only 2-3 times. We finished a mission, took the next the same day. Until evening we were gone."

"Before or after the 10 years of hiding?"

She sighed. "Both. But before was awful."

"How come?" he regretted asking her that question. Her eyes darkened. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." He quickly added. She looked him in the eyes.

"There's a lot to tell, so I won't reveal everything tonight." He nodded. "Basically, we were turned into weapons during the academy years. Orders from the Central 46. We had no feelings, we didn't care about anything but to fulfill our duties as Senkais, or human weapons as we were called. We were usually sent to kill traitors. Do you know what was the last mission before the hiding?" Shinji nodded.

"The 15 traitors." He said in low voice. "You guys refused to fulfill the mission, but we weren't told why."

"Why?" she smiled sadly. "The 15 traitors were children whose parents were traitors. The oldest was 8. Most were about 3-6 years old." Shinji's eyes widened.

"You… were ordered to kill kids?"

"Yes. When we saw them, we decided to protect them. We did so for 10 years, then left them with someone we trusted. Our sensei."

"You had a sensei?"

"We kinda found him. He's stronger and wiser than me. And really old. He taught us how to control our powers... I should've stayed more. I still can't fully control them. He created the 10 seals especially for me. After 10 years, he told us to go back to Soul Society. Just like that. And we obeyed. We came back. They didn't trust us right away. They placed us in divisions. I ended up as the Captain of Division 0. My brothers shared the positions of Vice-Captain and 3rd seat. The Central46 started trusting us once more and chose us as their leaders. That's it. You know the rest I guess."

"One thing. Why are you called Senkais? Like the Senkaimon?" she laughed.

"No! Geez, no! Senkai was the family name Andrew and Adrian shared as twins. As for the gate… I think it was built by their gramps."

"Oh! So you called yourselves the Senkais, right?"

"Yes." She looked at the clock on her desk. He followed her glaze. 2 o'clock.

"Maybe I shoul go... it must've been a long dy for you..."

"I only need 2 hours of deep sleep per night. I'm a Senkai, after all. But if you're tired...Good night."

"Good night."