Sariel-Thage: I know this chapter wont explain much but it give a bit more insight on what is going on.

radiobrain walker: Ezeiru has a big role later on. He is very important to the plot.

CluelessLeaf: Sorry I got real slow lately. Something had happen that made it impossible to do any work. I am hopefully back to updating at least once a week. Cant make promises but the story is not dead so worry not.

Nayomi-Kiiroibara: Still no explanation for the black butterfly scenario in this chapter but I promise it is coming. Super-natural part is starting though!

izzy1229anime: I am glad you are enjoying the story and I apologize for the really late update hope you continue reading it!

Everyone: I want to apologize for the very long delay in the updates. Something had come up among other things that made it really difficult to continue this story. Ryelu had moved so he was not going to be able to edit story but due to an event, wont go into detail ^_^, I was unable to write anyway. I promise I am back now and updates should happen once a week at least.

Chapter Ten: Nightmares of the Past

The darkness enclosed around him. Desperation fell over Len as he started reaching out; trying to find any signs of an escape. A temporary feeling of relief was quickly shattered as he felt a wall only finding it to enclose around him. He quickly felt trapped; finding he was now in what seemed like a small 3x3 room.

Len gasped, breathing quickly as he frantically felt around the small room before letting out a scream. He hated confined spaces; the feeling of being caged. "Someone!" He yelled out, his voice shaking. "Anyone please!" Len now found himself pleading to the shadows not knowing if anyone could even hear him.

He jumped as a loud, deep chuckling emanated about the room. Chills ran down Len's back as his eyes darted about the darkness trying to make out anything or anyone; the small space, he knew, more than likely carried nothing. He found himself reaching into the air only banging his hand against a low ceiling.

"Please… someone! Anyone! I don't care! Let me out of here!" He screamed again as he felt a burning sensation in his eyes… he was on the verge of tears.

Len jolted in shock as the room shook a bit before presenting a pressing nauseating feeling. It dawned on him he was in an elevator, but to where, he was unsure. He let himself slide down the side of one of the walls and wrapped his arms around his knees protectively. Fear and anxiety rested heavily on his shoulders as he simply waited for whatever destination he was to arrive to.

Minutes passed though in the dark cold silence it felt like hours. A loud bang, almost what sounded like a car crash, caused Len to jump up. The elevator seemed to stop as the sound of what seemed to be a car door could be heard opening. Len inhaled inwardly and held his breath.

"Mama!" a child's voice emanated in the elevator. "Mama please! Wake up!" The voice continued. Len could feel the fear in the child's voice. It was all too familiar…

"Ma… Mama?" The child's voice said shakily. Len closed his eyes, imagining the scene.

A black car slowly being blanketed in snow. A child stood by the front passenger door desperately trying to pry it open though the damage was too severe. "Mama please!" The child pleaded to an unconscious woman in the passenger's seat.

The woman stirred a little, lifting her head to look at the child. Despite the extensive damage she sustained all she found herself doing was smiling. Her hand lifted slowly and touched the cracked glass of the window. Green eyes watering up as her eyes met the boy's eyes. "L-listen to me…" She began before forcing herself closer to the glass.

The child gasped as he placed a hand on the glass across his mother's; his ears waiting for instructions. The woman could only smile as she watched him. "Take… Take your sister… somewhere safe. Make sure… Nothing happens to her. Okay?" She instructed the best she could with her fading voice. It appeared the boy understood though as he moved to the back seats from where he crawled out and started wrestling with things in the back.

Not too much longer he managed to pull another child from the car. Her white dress dappled with blood though did not appear to be too damaged. He looked back to the passenger window and saw the woman as she appeared to sleep. Taking a deep breath the boy shifted the girl to stand a bit though had trouble. "I'll… I'll come back for you Mama!" He stated. "I promise!"

Everything went black as Len opened his eyes. The elevator started moving again as Len found himself sliding down the wall again, fighting back whatever emotions was trying to come out.

"He never went back though, did he?" the dark voice from before called into the room, causing Len to look up. "The boy never completed that promise. And he broke another as well."

Len found himself looking down. It was true. That boy did break two promises. The elevator stopped again as the sound of banging echoed. His eyes once again closed and the snowy wasteland reformed itself in his mind.

The boy from before banged helplessly and weakly at a door; his other arm barely holding onto the girl he took from the car. "H-help…" He cried out though his voice was hoarse and dry from the cold. "Some… one…" He stammered, finding himself falling to the ground. The child seemed to use whatever strength he had left to move next to the girl and grab her hand. "I'm sorry…" he murmured before looking back to the door, some miracle it opening.

Everything shot black again as the elevator started moving again. Len opened his eyes, seeming to have an overpowering since of tiredness fall about him.

"He thought he found sanctuary, but he was wrong. That place he took that dear girl too…" The voice said almost in a snide tone. Len leaned his head back against the wall as he listened. He knew it was true.

"That boy was quite the sinner, no?" The voice stated sarcastically. "The things he did there."

Len looked about the elevator yet to no surprise still only saw darkness. "How was I suppose too know… the hell I had taken us too…" He whispered.

"Ahaha! I suppose it would have been hard to predict. Despite the events… you were always so…'willing'." The voice cooed. "Love is hard, isn't it… Even worse… When you're caught in the middle of betraying someone you love…"

Len gave a painful look. "That wasn't my fault… I didn't… want to do any of that…" He found himself trying to defend himself but couldn't shake off a guilty feeling. "I tried to explain myself and what happened… but by the time I go to him he had already-"

"Hung himself?" The cold voice cut him off. "How unfortunate. First you betrayed him, then you murdered him. Your poor beautiful wings slowly painting themselves black with sin. You sinful child."

"Sinful?" Len found himself questioning. Was any of his actions actually sinful? His mind quickly got to work trying to piece whatever information it could together. What actions would have not been sinful?

"You lured someone to love you, spent all your time with them, leaving her alone. Along with this you preceded in a rather erotic act in front of the very one you loved causing his heart to shatter resulting in his death. Sinful, yes." Coldness ran through Len as the voice said this; his mind unable to deter the truths and the lies.

He reached for his head, everything pouring back into him. Memory after memory of hell. Things he wanted to forget found its way into his mind. The voices of the past soon began echoing about the elevator as it began to speed up..

"I love you… I will always love you."

"I know you will. One day we'll leave here forever!"

"Rin too?"

"Of course! Can't leave your precious sister here, silly."

Len gave a shocked look at the voices. Fragments of his memories?

"S-stop it! It hurts! Leave me alone! K-Kazaki… I'm sorry…"

"Len?"

"Kazaki! Please… Don't look at me!"

"Ahahaha! How shameful. Caught in the act!"

"…. Forgive me…"

Len grabbed his head, his eyes clenched shut. "Stop it! I don't want to hear this!" He pleaded.

"Kazaki… is dead?"

"Mnn, your little stunt the other day drove him to suicide."

"But… But I didn't want any of that!"

"Betrayal is betrayal Len. It's what he saw it's how he interpreted it. You-killed-him."

"… I.. killed him?"

Len found himself grabbing his head tighter, tears streaming down his face. "I didn't mean too!"

"Kill Rin?"

"Yes. End her suffering of this hell."

"I… I can't do something like that!"

"You want her pain to stop, don't you?"

"Well yes… but isn't there another way?"

"No. You have to kill her. It is the only way to get her away from here."

"I… I understand…"

Len shook his head before bringing his forehead to his knees. "Shut up! Shut up! Just shut up!"

"Len? What are you doing? Please! Put that down!"

"I have to save you, Rin…"

"Len! please I am begging you! You're not being yourself!"

"Myself?"

"Len… If you want to save me... please do so in a way that won't separate us…"

"…Run away…"

"What?"

"We're going to run away…. Now… come on…"

Len clenched his teeth shut before screaming. "I had no choice! I couldn't do it! She's my sister, I could never kill her!"

The elevator came to a violent stop causing Len to slam against the floor. The walls and ceiling crumbled away as a dim red light filled a new room.

Len sat up slowly as he tried to take in his new surroundings. His eyes caught an alter on the other side of the room, a ritual dagger laying on a table next to it. Before too long Len stood up to get a better look only to gasp as he saw Rin laying across the top of the altar.

He quickly moved to her and gently tried to shake her awake. "Rin! Rin wake up!" He called but got no response. "Why…"

"Save her, Len. Get her out of hell." The dark voice stated from the shadows. "Just take the dagger… and save her…"

Len's breath became shaky as he eyed the dagger, slowly reaching out to grab it. "Save her? Can this really?" He questioned as he pulled it up to his chest and shifted next to Rin.

"Of course it will…"

Len took a deep breath and held up the blade. His eyes wondered over his sleeping sister's form before he took aim. Before he could bring the blade down, however, a blue light illuminated the room. Calm, strong arms, seeming to find their way around Len and pulling him close.

"Len… This is not the way…" a familiar voice whispered gently in his ear.

Len felt his body and eyes get heavy, dropping to the ground and everything around him shattering.

A loud scream shot out in a large room as a man grabbed his head, blood could be seen pouring from his eyes. "God dammit! Son of a bitch!"

Another man looked to him, his features almost appeared menacing amongst the dim candle flickers. "What happened… Were you able to get to him?"

"Gah! Fuck! No! Some person shrouded in a blue light pulled him out! I was so close!" He shrieked, standing up. "I failed you, I am sorry!" He stated despite his obvious pain.

"Oh, believe me, it is quite alright. We can always try again later..." The man stated as a smirk crossed his lips sadistically. "Things will go our way… soon… believe me."

To be continued-

A/N: Okay. I hope this not confusing to anyway. Haha I am sure it was. I torture Len as usual but the questions should soon be answered. Some of them at least! Please r&r!

~Haname Yukina

Ryelu's Notes: Okay. I am sorry for my absence. Moving was a bitch and it took me a bit to get my internet back up. And don't worry, the event Yukina is talking about is nothing bad. It's fairly good actually. Just a bit hard to explain. Hope you all enjoy chapter 10, though I must say it is long overdue!

Please Read and Review, we greatly appreciate it!

~Ryelu