Kairi: Here's a little poem to explain why I didn't update this half an hour ago…

Little Miss Kairi sat on her bed, happily typing away
Along came a spider, who dropped down by her laptop, and scared Miss Kairi away

Lillith: -snickering-

Kairi: Laugh it up, but I am deathly afraid of spiders… Especially when I'm sitting in the dark and I only see it because of the light coming off of the laptop's screen…

Lillith: -still laughing-

Kairi: -sighs- Oh well. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, because if I did, it would have lasted much longer… and a random girl in the crowd would have pointed at Lazar and yelled 'Periwinkle-Head' for everyone to hear. (Group joke.)

Lillith: I'm not sure I want to know…

Kairi: You don't. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.


Exactly one week after the werewolves had attacked the castle, Crow made up his mind. He didn't even have to say anything when he stepped into Devlin's room that day. The black-haired man just smiled and told Trudy that he'd be back later, and that she should finish packing soon. She gave him a strange look, but shrugged it off and headed into a different part of the room as Devlin waved Crow over to the balcony, a strange, dark green light announcing the unfurling of his wings.

"Come on. We're gonna need a little different setting," he said as the orange-haired human walked over. "Don't worry, I won't drop you," Devlin added. Crow gave him a look, but held onto Devlin as the black-haired man got up onto the balcony and jumped, spreading his wings wide and letting the air catch them.

The two men were flying towards the mountain range behind Castle Silas when Devlin spoke up again. "You're sure about this?" he asked Crow. The orange-haired man nodded.

"Yeah. I thought it over a lot," he replied. Devlin smiled and nodded.

"Alright… Thanks," he said. "Oh, and you'll be seeing a lot of me for the next few weeks, unless you want to try to figure out magic on your own," he added playfully. Crow laughed.

"That's fine," he informed the black-haired man. Devlin grinned and angled down for the ground as the two prepared themselves.

Meanwhile, back at the castle, Kalin, Jack, Yusei, and Akiza were trying to corner a certain someone… With Jack having much less success than the other three, mostly due to the fact that every time he turned around, he felt like he was being watched.

And then Lucian showed up. "Hey… that's that girl's scent. You trying to find her?" the silver-haired man asked. Jack scowled, but nodded, and Lucian sighed and shifted into a wolf, then set off, Jack on his heels.

A few hours later and after inquiring with an extremely gifted psychic named Sora, who was, at that time, masquerading as a lazy kitten, the five of them concluded that the mysterious woman was no longer on the grounds. Jack sighed in frustration, but then Leo and Luna ran over with a paper.

"Huh? What's that, guys?" Yusei asked, being the first to notice the paper. Luna handed it to him.

"People all over Neo Domino City and Satellite are going missing! Martha sent that after Rally and Blister both disappeared," her brother explained. Lucian was about to say something when he noticed someone standing nearby.

Had it not been for the golden hair streaked with copper, he would have believed her to be the woman they were searching for. And certainly, her scent was similar, but she wasn't scent-carrying, and she definitely wasn't staring at Jack. Her eyes were locked on the letter in Yusei's hands, that, if she were a vampire, she would be more than capable of reading from that distance.

Except, she wasn't a vampire. Not by her scent, at least. Lucian wasn't quite sure just what she was, as he'd never smelled this particular scent before. And then, before he could bring her presence to the attention of the others, she vanished.

Lucian let out a surprised cry, catching the attention of the others.

"What's wrong?" Akiza asked. Lucian blinked a few times.

"Well, nothing, it's just… where could she have gone?" he wondered, still staring at the area where the woman had been. Yusei crossed his arms.

"She?" he asked. Lucian shook his head to clear it and turned back to the group.

"Yeah. There was a woman over there staring at the paper Yusei's got. If she'd been a vampire or demon, I could understand why, almost, but her scent was really strange. And she looked almost identical to the woman from before, but her hair was gold and copper instead of black and purple," he explained. "Strangest part is… the moment I made up my mind to go over there and start questioning her, she disappeared."

Yusei gave him a strange look. "Just disappeared?" he repeated. Lucian frowned.

"Well… not exactly 'just disappeared'… More like vanished and left a little dust behind in her place," he replied, thinking back to the woman disappearing. Sure enough, his memory had revealed that as she disappeared, an almost golden dust took her place, too fine to be noticed immediately.

That had Yusei even more confused than before. And then Jack did an extremely quick roll-call, for reasons he didn't feel like explaining to anyone else. "Hey, where's Kalin? I thought he was here just a minute ago," he wondered.

Kalin was, at that moment, sitting in a tree quite a ways away, having no more use for the illusion he'd had running about the castle to keep people from wondering where he was, then following his scent trail and finding him. After all, unless the wolves could fly, they wouldn't be able to track his scent now.

"Yusei's heading back to Neo Domino tomorrow with Akiza, Halldor, Andre, and Broder. They're planning on leaving Jack and the others here," a woman's voice informed him. Kalin looked down and raised an eyebrow.

"Knowing Jack, that won't do any good," he stated. The blonde smiled.

"You're right, it won't," she stated. Then her expression became more serious. "And… We're going to need your help. Kiara's gotten herself captured by one of our enemies. Aegyl are renowned liars, unlike Fae or Angels. I hate asking favors of you like this…"

Kalin sighed. "It's the least I can do for you for taking care of my family, especially after…" he trailed off. The woman's frown deepened.

"The High Council got her, Kalin. She's gone. Barring any extreme cases of idiocy on Danté's part, though, the rest of you should still be fine," she told him. Kalin sighed.

"Right, because the High Council really believes that all… how many of us are sane?" he grumbled. The woman chuckled.

"Well, let's do a quick headcount. You and Odin are the eldest, followed by Reighn, then Valkyria, then Matthias, and Aerith is the baby of the family. So… six, not counting Danté," she said. Kalin sighed and pulled a locket out of his coat. On the inside, there were two pictures. One was of a blue-haired woman and a white-haired man holding two identical boys. Kalin was in his mother's arms, his twin brother Odin in his father's. On the other side was a picture of all eight family members, with eight-month-old Aerith in his nine-year-old arms.

He closed the locket and looked up at the sky. "I need to go visit them again," he muttered. The woman crossed her arms and leaned against a nearby tree.

"Reighn and Aerith are on Auldrant right now. Valkyria and Matthias are with Danté on Archadia. I'm not sure where Odin is, but he can take care of himself," she stated. Kalin chuckled.

"And here I used to think I was the responsible twin. After becoming a Dark Signer, I think I proved that I was wrong," he said. The woman raised an eyebrow.

"It's possible for someone born in a different world to become a Dark Signer?" she asked, surprised. Kalin sighed.

"Apparently. Although most of my memories of my childhood were missing when I became one… That might have been the reason," he said quietly. The woman nodded, but didn't speak. "So… any idea where Kiara is?"

"Why, Kalin! You ought to be able to put two and two together," the woman admonished him teasingly. Kalin laughed.

"Let me guess. She went missing in Neo Domino as well," he said. The woman frowned and nodded.

"Yeah. Last I heard from her, she was trying to find Carly and get him to where Jack was. I think she was trying to put her own fears to rest," she said softly. Kalin frowned.

"Why was Kiara here anyway? I'm lucky Odin's hair ended up growing out darker and I lost the damn accent, or she would have recognized me," he said. "She recognized the description of him, that's for sure."

The woman crossed her arms. "I needed another Watcher familiar with the area. Kiara's dimension might be a few years ahead of this one, but it's relatively the same, so she was the obvious choice," she replied. "Kalin…"

"Don't worry," he told her. "I'll find your sister."


Kairi: So, Reighn and Aerith belong to my friend and beta Tony. Valkyria, Matthias, Danté Nelenor-Kessler, and Odin belong to me. Ravine Antares-Kessler (Kalin's mom) belongs to my friend Winx. And Kalin belongs to whoever owns Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. So yeah, talk about a dysfunctional family. (Reighn and Aerith won't show up in this story due to being in 'A Spatial Tear', but I'm going to try to have the other four living members of his family pop in once or twice.)

Lillith: So…

Kairi: Reviewer Responses… or rather, Reviewer Response… Really, only one review? –sighs-

FiriningShootingStar- Yup. Well, this chapter was pretty much a filler… but next chapter has a few things happen… Including a guest appearance by our main antagonist. (Not that you'll be able to figure out which of the four or five characters it is. 'Cause I'm sneaky like that…)

Lillith: Please, please leave a review.

Kairi: And then we will see all of you this Saturday.