AN: Chapter 12, START! Not much to say here, except this: I'm gonna spell Yuji's name as Yuji now. It's just easier. Just read and review!

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Everyone had a problem of some sort. Yuji had just left Shana, without explaining why. Aoi had been kidnapped by Tak Radé. Hecate and Kazumi had been moping on Aoi's kidnapping. Wilhelmina, Margery, Khamsin, Sophie and Lianna were still waiting for the letter from Outlaw. Everyone lost something important. A "bug". A feeling you want to just vanish. Unfortunately it just doesn't work that way.

In Yuji's room, Wilhelmina, Margery, Shana (plus Tiamat, Marcosias and Alastor), were discussing what had happened to Yuji Sakai the night before.

"Why would he just leave like that?" Wilhelmina asked.

"Unexpected." Tiamat stated.

"Like we didn't have enough to deal with." Margery said with a frown.

"I have a feeling this all relates to Bal Masque somehow," Alastor stated. "but I still don't understand what Tak Radé could do with the Darkness Spirit. What are they planning?." Alastor then recalled Silim's words.

"Tak Radé is a group made shortly after Bal Masque was made. I believe they are trying to acquire the same goal as them. I'm not entirely sure what Bal Masque's goal is though."

"But," Shana said. "I've never heard Bal Masque ever mention Aoi. Infact, I haven't even heard of the title, "The Darkness Spirit" until he showed up at our school.

"Good point." Sophie said, walking into the room, accompanied by Lianna. "It doesn't make sense for Bal Masque to just add a whole other factor into their equation." She continued. "Bal Masque would've came after Aoi ages ago if he was important to them."

"Indeed." Wilhelmina stated. "Is it possible the God of Deceit was incorrect about Tak Radé's relationship with Bal Masque?"

The room was silent for a second.

"Y'know. Let me tell you a story, about Aoi's past." Sophie stated, out of nowhere.

Before anyone could reply, She had already started talking.

Chapter 12 - Gin, The Silver Goddess

"Hey Aoi! Wanna come play with us?" A small, cute green haired girl said. "Simple game of tag."

Aoi looked at the green haired girl. "Emerald. I don't understand what that means. "Simple game of tag."?"

"Geez, Where's your common sense?" Emerald asked sarcastically.

At this time, Both Emerald and Aoi were about 8 years old. Aoi had no idea of what the Humans did in their lives, due to being born in a lab. Of course, he doesn't know that yet. He believes his parents died in the Great Flame Haze War.

"Alright." Emerald said. "Just take your finger like this.." She said, lifting her finger up into the air. "..and poke the other person anywhere on their body with that finger." She continued, poking Aoi's arm. "Your it!" She exclaimed. She and a couple other boys and girls ran off, leaving Aoi standing there.

"Uh.. What now?" Aoi asked himself. "Do I.. chase them? What does it mean to be it?" Aoi ran off in the direction the kids ran off to, hoping for an explanation. He saw a boy first. "Hi." Aoi said. "What does it mean to b-" Aoi was cut off when the boy ran off in the middle of his question. "What?" He asked himself. He then saw Sophie walking towards him.

"Heya Aoi!" Sophie exclaimed, full of energy. "Whatcha doing?"

"Not really sure." Aoi said. "Playing "tag" I guess."

"Who's it?"

"I am." Aoi said.

"Oh. Then you should be looking for people now, right?"

"Is that what it means to be "it"?" Aoi asked.

Sophie stared at Aoi for a second. "Clearly you don't understand the game." She said. "Ok, listen up. When your it, you are on a.. "scavenger hunt". You have to find any kid, and poke their body. That person is "it" and begins to tag other people. You CAN be tagged multiple times, So you should run away after tagging someone." She said. "You got all that?"

"I guess." Aoi said "Alright, Thanks, Sophie." In case your wondering, Aoi doesn't where the clothing he wears now. He wears blue shorts and a orange T-Shirt with an big red A on it. Pretty casual.

Aoi ran off in search of kids. The next kid he found was a girl. Aoi managed to chase her into a corner, and tagged her soon after. He then ran off, but his leg was grabbed by something. "What?" He exclaimed.

The girl grabbed onto his leg. "I'm it, huh?" She said.

'What on earth?' Aoi wondered. 'How random..' 'Are things like this normal around here?'

Suddenly a Fuzetsu was cast. Aoi, Emerald, and all the other kids playing tag were frozen stiff. Aoi's Fuzetsu Chamber has not been created yet, So he cannot move in the Fuzetsu to get there. The girl that grabbed Aoi's leg was the only one moving. "Human souls... This one looks so tasty.. Hmm? ...So White...So Black...! I don't understand... His soul... His destiny.. It's so... bright... yet so... dark. This makes no sense. But... if I eat it... I bet I'd get some superpower!" The Girl exclaimed. The Soul started sucking at Aoi's soul, Aoi completely helpless to stop her. Aoi seemed to be vanishing, and he would've vanished, if it wasn't for... The Soaring Dagger.

"Yeah yeah, I know what your thinking." The Writer of Anime Fictions, (Me), said. "Pretty random for Aoi's leg to be grabbed like that. Sorry if it feels rushed to you, I have a brain fart going on right now. I wanted to get done with Season 1 before Christmas simply so I can have a nice little Christmas episode, but I'm not sure if that'll happen. Hopefully next year.. or maybe I'll get some sort of Flashback Chapter again to have some kind of Christmas moment, since in the situation everyone is currently in, It is difficult to pull a Christmas Party or anything right now. Just go and keep eating your popcorn and enjoy the chapter. If you don't have Popcorn currently then... Oh well." The Writer of Anime Fictions threw a piece of popcorn into his mouth, and then started choking on it.

Suddenly, Daggers stabbed at the girls hands and extended into swords, Allowing the swords to sink deeper into her skin...

The girl screamed. "STOP IT! STOOOOP IT!" She yelled out.

"Man, Your a weak one!" Sophie exclaimed.

The Girl kept screaming until finally, she disappeared with flames..

"She didn't really make much of a mess..." Sophie said. "I could clean this up in seconds."

Sophie raised her finger up, and all pieces of the city, as little there may be, that were destroyed in what you could barely call a "fight", returned to their state before the fight. The Fuzetsu disappeared once all pieces were in the correct spot.

"Huh.. Sophie? What are you doing here?" Aoi asked.

"Huh?" Oh, Nothing important." Sophie replied.

Emerald walked by them. "Oh, Hi Sophie." She said.

"Hi, Emerald." She said.

"So how many people did you tag yet, Aoi?" Emerald said.

"O-.. huh? I just had an image of someone in my mind but.. It's disappeared... I guess zero." Aoi said.

"Wow. You're bad at this, aren't you?" Emerald replied, mockingly.

"I guess so." Aoi said. He touched her arm right after saying it. "Your it." He said. He ran off.

"No fair, The games over!" Emerald exclaimed, running after him.

Sophie looked at the two. "Kids. I can see a bright future coming from those two."

"What exactly were we supposed to learn from that?" Margery asked.

"I guess I should've said it sooner but.." Sophie stopped talking for a minute, Then continued. "That girl was from Bal Masque."

"How do you know that?" Lianna asked.

"Well... I knew she was a Denizen before she chose to make her move. We fought a while before her confrontation with Aoi, a day ago to be exact, and I ended up sparing her life after she swore to never hurt the humans. She ended up not keeping her promise. She seemed to be mostly after Aoi though.

"What was her name?" Wilhelmina asked.

"That was something I wanted to keep a secret but... Might as well.." Sophie said. "Her name was Gin. The Silver Goddess."

Hecate walked into the room, already having basic knowledge of what they were discussing. "Gin." Hecate said. "So the mother of Kira and Karin?"

"Yeah." Sophie said. "Why?"

"I saw Gin. 197 years ago. If Aoi wasn't all that old when Gin died, Gin had to have died 313 years ago. Which is impossible, If I were to have seen Gin, one hundred and ninety seven years ago."

"That isn't possible." Wilhelmina said. "If Sophie's story is completely accurate, Gin had to have died then and there. You must have seen an imposter."

"No." Hecate said. "Silver Hair, Black Eyes, tends to overreact, correct?"

"Yeah..." Sophie said, starting to doubt what she clearly remembers.

"Just a question." Shana said. "How exactly does this help us with our problem?"

"Well.." Sophie said. "In our "truce", Gin mentioned something about the.. Mamoru Yubi." Sophie continued. "She said Bal Mas-"

Hecate stopped what Sophie was saying by kicking putting her hand over Sophie's mouth. "I don't appreciate you letting people know the intention of my lord." Hecate said coldly.

"But.."

"No."

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"Okay." Sophie said.

Hecate stared at Sophie, and then before walking out of the room, She said something. "Outlaw sent us the letter."

Suddenly, there was a smile on everyones faces.

Author's Note: Yay for 1,576 words on this chapter. For older readers, If you haven't already seen the edit of Chapter 1, read it. It'll explain the "Writer of Anime Fictions" title and all that. Fire lord, Don't worry, Your OC comes into place next chapter. Sorry if you guys were disappointed that Aoi wasn't physically present in this Chapter. At least I put some questions in your head, Or at least, I should've. I'd be surprised if you don't have a question of Gin being sited in two different time periods. Sorry if Hecate was a little rude this Chapter, but hey, Getting back into Character at least. Hecate be Scary.