Hikaru held Rose until the car was out of sight. Then, he let go, knowing she wouldn't chase after the car.

"Charly…" Rose fell to the ground crying. She was scared. Her guardian was injured and could… die. And she couldn't help but feel like it was all her fault.

No, she thought to herself. Charly wouldn't want me thinking like this. He would want me to be strong.

"I'm not a little girl anymore." She whispered from the ground, making Hikaru and Haruhi stare at her in confusion. Kaoru wasn't there, since he had ended up leaving with Tamaki to make sure he got home all right.

"I don't need someone to protect me all the time. I can take care of myself." A small smile played on her lips as she stood up and brushed the remaining tears off her face. "I'm my own person now."

"What the heck are you blabbing on about?" Haruhi asked her. "They should really stick you in an asylum."

"Why don't you just leave? That's what Kyoya told you to do."

Haruhi snorted. "There's no way I'm leaving you alone with Hikaru."

Rose's cheeks reddened. "You and Charly are both horrible, assuming that something like that would happen! Can't two people of the opposite gender be alone together without-"

"My Lord, Rose! That is not what I was talking about!"

"You know what? I don't care what you were talking about! Just leave!"

Haruhi crossed her arms stubbornly. "No."

"Stupid human! Fine! Stay here! But don't come crying to me if something bad happens to you!" Rose stormed off towards the house, unaware that a certain angel was watching from an upstairs window.

"How amusing." She purred. "Humans are so silly." She thought for a moment. "Those two girls would make interesting test subjects though, and maybe I could use the boy as well…"

Rose stormed into the house, more furious than anybody had ever seen her, except for Charly. She plopped back down into her favorite chair and moped. That is, until she heard movement upstairs.

Could I be anymore stupid? She thought to herself once more. I completely forgot about Nicole.

She warily got up from her chair and started walking up the stairs. When she reached the top, she noticed that one of the rooms had a light on and the door was ajar.

Once at the door, she stopped and took a deep breath.

And pushed the door open.

Inside the room she found Nicole sitting on the bed, smiling an innocent smile and looking exactly as she had when Rose first saw her.

"Hey there Rose." She smiled even wider. "That was some earthquake, huh?"

"Who are you and what did you do?"

"Silly. You already know my name. It's Nicole, remember?"

Rose took a another deep breath, trying to control the rage she felt towards this creature. I'm not going to kill her yet. I'm not going to kill her yet. I'm not going to kill her yet…

"You know what I mean. I want real answers."

"I don't have to answer anything." She wore a smirk on her face. "A weak, little girl like you couldn't do a thing to me, a powerful angel."

All of a sudden, her feathery white wings sprouted from her back and a golden circle started shining in the air. It was a dim light at first, but it grew into a blinding light.

She stood up, to give her wings more room. "Ahh. That's more like it. My wings are horribly underused, unfortunately, but I plan on using them a lot more in the near future. Like right now, for example. Now where was I? Oh yeah…" Her golden sword appeared in her hand when she took another step towards Rose.

"It's time to surrender yourself to me, Rose. You wouldn't want to get hurt now, would you?"

Rose pulled a silver sword out of thin air, much like she had that one day in the maze.

"I'm not going down without a fight." With that, she swung at the angel.

Nicole's eyes widened, but she stepped back before the blade could hit her chest.

She swung at Rose, who wasn't quite as lucky as Nicole had been and got scratched on the arm before she could step back in time.

"Got you."

"I'm just a little rusty. Trust me, you're gonna die." Rose hoped so dearly that she was right.

Rose swung at Nicole's legs, hoping to at least mess with her balance. Luckily for her, she succeeded in that.

Nicole swung her sword down to block Rose, but she was too late, and Rose's sword dug into her flesh right above her knee, causing Nicole to yell out in agony.

"Now I got you." Rose smirked and pulled out her sword. It was a deep wound and was bleeding profusely. Rose almost gagged when she saw that her sword had hit bone and unfortunately, the bone could be seen.

Rose took this golden opportunity to swing again, this time at her neck. But to her surprise, Nicole was able to evade her blow once again.

Nicole limped to the other side of the room as fast as she could. "Oh dear. This won't do at all. I'm going to need to fight from the air now."

"In case you haven't noticed, we're indoors. There's no way you can fly in here."

"Then I suppose we'll have to take our fight outside."

"Wha-" But Rose was cut off by Nicole charging at her as fast as her wounded leg would let her. She swung at Rose, who was just able to swing her own sword up from to keep from being hit in the chest.

Nicole didn't try to push Rose's sword out of the way, however. Instead, she pulled her own sword away and swung again and again, pushing Rose back against the window that Nicole had been looking out earlier. Rose was able to block all of Nicole's hits, but that just helped with Nicole's plan.

Nicole gave Rose a sly smile, which Rose returned with a scowl.

"You really shouldn't scowl, dear. It makes you look less pretty." With that, Nicole pushed Rose into the window.

Glass smashed and Rose flew out into the sky. The glass cut her, making little scratches all over her body. Some bled and some didn't. Hikaru and Haruhi looked up in shock at the beaten and bruised girl that was falling quickly to the ground.

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Hikaru watched as Rose stormed off into the undamaged house. He turned and gave Haruhi his best glare.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"Why can't you at least try to get along with her? I'm sure you guys would get along great if you tried."

"I refuse to 'get along' with that demented witch."

"Why can't you at least try?"

"How can you trust her?"

"You're avoiding my question."

"That was my answer to your question. How can you possibly trust somebody that uses weird dark magic to do all sorts of things? Hikaru, what I saw when you guys were transported out of your house will haunt my dreams for the rest of my life. If I were you, I'd forget about them. I'd forget about her and find some way to get rid of them.

Hikaru tried to say something in their defense, but he paused. What if Haruhi was right? What if he really couldn't trust Rose?

"N-no. Your wrong."

"Hikaru, listen to reason. What do you even know about her?"

This made Hikaru pause again. What did he know about her?

"Was that question too hard? Okay. How about this. Where is she from? And don't try to say America.

"Uhh…"

"See Hikaru? You can't trust her. You'll just end up getting hurt."

"Rose wouldn't hurt me." He whispered into the air, hoping so much that it was true.

"Why don't you prove it?"

"The day after they first came here we went into the rose maze. When these weird monsters came out of nowhere, Rose and Charlotte killed them all. When Charlotte's weird dad appeared, they protected us. When Charlotte wanted to kill us, Rose stopped her. Rose wouldn't hurt anyone unless she had to. She wouldn't hurt anyone she cared about. Rose wouldn't hurt me."

Haruhi just stared at him in confusion. "Monsters?"

"Uh-"

"Charlotte's weird dad tried to do what so that you had to be protected by them?"

"Well, you see-"

"Charlotte tried to kill you?"

"More like tried to eat or souls, but yes."

"WHAT?"

"Hehe. Oops."

That's when they heard the crash. Their heads spun up towards the direction of the noise. They looked up just in time to see a silver sword fall out of a girl's hand as she fell to the ground.

"Rose!" Guess who yelled that? Haruhi!… No, it was Hikaru.

There was panic in Rose's eyes, but she remained calm. Instead of screaming she started mumbling something under her breath. Instantly, she slowed down in the air and landed on the ground on her feet.

She looked relieved for a moment, but she tensed up again. "Oh shoot. Now she can fly."

As if on cue, Nicole flew through the window and into the sky.

"Rose, what's going on?" Hikaru asked her.

"Well, it turns out that Nicole is an Angel and wants to kill us."

"You know, amazingly enough, that doesn't surprise me."

"I know right? It's really one of the most normal things that have happened today."

"Okay, now I think both of you need to be stuck in an asylum." Guess who said that? Cause I'm not gonna tell you.

"Sillies. I don't want to kill you. Not yet anyway. First I want to experiment on you. I'd like to get my hands on your royal blood." Nicole pointed at Rose when she said that last sentence. "I'd like to see what happened if I mixed it with normal human blood. But of course it's possible that I would just have to wait a few years to find out." She winked at Rose and Hikaru, who reddened at what was being implied again.

"Why is everyone in this story so freaking perverted!" Rose yelled out to whoever wrote the craziness that consumed her existence. Heehee. That's me.

"Anyway, if you two are done blushing, I would like to get on with business."

"What do you want?" Rose asked her, her blush wearing off.

"I want you to surrender so I can experiment on you and someday eat your souls, and in return, you get to spend the rest of your short lives with me. Isn't that a fair deal?"

"Nobody wants to spend the rest of their lives with you. I'll die first."

"Then that's what your gonna get."

"No, I think that's what you are going to get."

Nicole laughed evilly. "I'm afraid you are mistaken. I have an advantage. I can move about the air while you are stuck on the ground."

Hikaru gave Rose another confused look. "You saved yourself from hitting the ground, so couldn't you do something sort of like flying?" He immediately regretted his words when her face turned sad.

"Yeah, princess. Why don't you go ahead and fly?" Nicole asked in a mocking tone.

"I could… but I can't"

"What do you mean you could but you can't?" Haruhi screamed at her. "Stop speaking in riddles!"

"I MEAN I COULD IF I WAS NORMAL, BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M A FREAK OF NATURE IN MY FAMILY!" Rose looked like she was about ready to burst into tears, while Hikaru and Haruhi looked incredibly confused, but mostly shocked at Rose's sudden outburst.

Nicole burst into maniacal laughter. "Yes! I remember what they called you back in our world! Princess Rose, the fragile rose without a thorn! You came from a royal family with powerful magic, but you were born with so little of it. They said you would gain more as you got older, but you never did. You were sheltered and hidden from the world. Your parents were ashamed of your weakness. You can see souls and communicate with dreams, but everything else only comes in times when you don't expect it, like when you fell. There were other times too. Do you remember that incident when you were in fourth grade?"

Rose covered her ears. "Stop! Please stop!"

"You killed your privet tutor with fire!" Nicole turned to Haruhi and Hikaru. "This girl is a murderer!"

"It's not my fault she was stroking my hair when it caught on fire!"

"That's right. She was stroking your hair and telling you what a good student you were when your hair caught on fire. Enchanted fire, no less. It burned her to her very core."

"STOP IT!"

Nicole laughed her creepy laugh. "You can't make me. I'm up here and your down there."

"If you think I'm so weak, then why don't you come down here and fight me like a real Angel would?"

This seemed to hurt Nicole's pride. "I assure you, little girl, that I am a very real Angel."

"Then why don't you come down here and prove it?"

"Are you challenging me to a duel?"

"Yes. Here are the prizes: If I win, you leave me and my-" She glanced at Haruhi. "-friends alone. If you win… you can take me and do whatever you wish to me, but you have to leave my friends alone."

"So either way, I don't get to experiment on your friends?" She frowned. "I suppose it's fair though. You've got yourself a deal." She flew down and shook hands with Rose, then smiled slyly. "You aren't aware of me and Charly's earlier deal though. As a reward for fixing Honey, which I did, I get fifty bucks and-" She walked over to Hikaru. "-a date with one of the boys in the host club."

Rose's eyes widened. How could Charly have been so stupid as to make a deal like that?

"I'm sure you would enjoy a date with me, wouldn't you, Hikaru?" She put her left hand on his chest and started stroking his face with her right, all the while talking in the most seductive voice she could manage. "We would have so much fun. We could go out to eat and then head back to my place. I'm sure we could find lots of fun stuff to do there if you know what I mean." She wiggled her eyebrows at him, while Hikaru blushed a furious shade of red.

There was fire in Rose's eyes. "What do you think you're doing?"

Nicole stepped back in mock surprise. "Oh I'm sorry. Is he taken?" Sarcasm ruled her voice. "Have you already claimed him in that way? You get what I mean, d-"

"Yes, yes! I get it! Now knock it off with the perverted jokes and let's fight!" Rose definitely looked ready to fight. She was beaten and bruised and in no way resembled a fragile flower.

"Just a minute. The fight can wait. Hikaru and I still have a few things to discuss about our date. Isn't that right Hikaru?" She wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned into his chest. "What restaurant should we go to? I heard a new fancy restaurant opened up downtown. We should go there." Hikaru just stared into space, he was so in shock from what was going on.

"Hikaru. Hikaru, snap out of it!" Haruhi yelled at him. "Rose is getting angry!"

And indeed she was. Rose glared at Nicole with unbelievable hatred. She bent down to pick up her sword, then she lifted it into the air.

The sword, and her hair, caught on fire.

That brought Hikaru out of his trance. He quickly pulled his arms away from Nicole and stepped back quickly. Nicole, who had had her eyes closed while she was in that position, opened them to see what was going on. When she saw it, her eyes filled with terror.

"Shoot, this wasn't supposed to happen." She quickly pulled out her golden sword from thin air and held it firmly. By the way, her wings and halo disappeared, because according to the Laws of Dueling Article 3 Part 2: If the challenger or challenged is an immortal, they will not be allowed to use their immortal form against their opponent(s).

Rose ran at full speed towards Nicole, who just stood there with her eyes wide.

When Rose got to her, she swung at Nicole's neck, but Nicole blocked it. Unfortunately, it came with a price.

"No!" Nicole's eyes widened when the enchanted fire on Rose's sword melted her own. "That was pure gold, and you just melted it!"

Rose smiled wickedly. "Too bad for you. Now, it's time for you to die."

She swung at Nicole's neck again, but she blocked it with her arm. Nicole yelled out in agony as the enchanted fire spread to her arm. She tried patting it to stop the fire from spreading even farther, but it was hopeless.

Rose's evil smile widened, eyes blazing madly. She started swinging her sword at a rapid fire rate, cutting Nicole in all sorts of places, as well as spreading the enchanted fire all over Nicole's body.

Nicole stumbled away coughing and crying as the flames ate her inside and out. She fell to the ground, not able to move any longer.

"Kill me." She muttered in a small voice only audible to Rose.

"With pleasure." Rose lifted her blade, ready to strike at the defenseless target. When she swung down, however, Nicole disappeared and left behind a golden mist.

"HOW COME EVERY FREAKING VILLAIN IN THIS FREAKING STORY HAS TO FREAKING DISAPPEAR EVERY TIME WE TRY TO FREAKING KILL THEM!" Rose yelled this into the air, then looked back at Hikaru and Haruhi, who stared at her in complete shock and horror.

Immediately, the anger left Rose's eyes and her hair and sword lost all of their fire. Unbearable guilt washed over her when she saw them so scarred and terrified. It made her heart feel heavy.

"I-I'm so sorry." With that, all the energy that her body consumed from using all that powerful magic left her, and she passed out on the ground.

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Charly woke up in a white bed in a white room. Everything seemed so clean and white.

"W-where am I?" Then the earlier events came back to him. "Oh yeah. I hope Rose is all right without me." You have no idea, Charly. You have no idea…

He was quiet for a moment, then he heard voices coming from the hallway.

"How is he doctor?" That voice sounded like Kyoya.

"His case is… different." That must be the doctor. "But before we talk about that, are there any family members or friends who would like to come visit him?"

"I only know one of his family members, and she is aware of the situation but is unable to come. The same goes for his friends, other than myself."

"I see. Well then, we should start talking about him now. You see, he has a lot of pain coming from around the rib cage area, but nothing seems to be wrong. We'll run a few more x-rays, but we are pretty sure that he bruised his right ribs. If this is correct, he'll be in the hospital for a few days, then he will be released."

"Thank you doctor."

"Let's go check on the patient, shall we?" The doctor opened the door and he and Kyoya walked inside.

"Hey." They seemed startled to find Charly awake.

"Oh, hello Charly. Are you feeling better?" Kyoya asked him.

"Yeah. Apparently I have bruised ribs though."

The doctor nodded. "You heard that conversation? Good. Then I won't have to repeat myself another time. Bruised ribs is most likely the case, but it could be a lung issue. Either way, you should be out of here in a few days."

"Good. I don't want to be in here for very long." Neither of those things are actually my problem though. I'm not going to find the help I need here. Let's see. Who do I know who could help with my wing problem?

"You know what, doctor? I'm suddenly feeling much better. I think you should let me go now." Feeling better? That was a lie.

The doctor eyed him suspiciously. "We'll run a few more x-rays, just to be safe, but if nothing appears wrong, then I suppose we could let you go."

A few x-rays later, the doctors decided that there was nothing wrong with him.

"Well Mr. Thorn, you were right. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with you. We've decided to let you leave."

"Thank you doctor. Have a nice day and don't bother remembering anything that happened in my case. In fact, it's so unimportant, go delete all of it's existence."

Time to go find Nekozawa. He might be my only hope.

I am very convinced that is my longest chapter yet. 17 pages on size 20. That is very long for me.

Torture Tamaki Time:

"Oh no! It's you again!"

"Yes Tamaki, it is me! Aren't you excited to find out what your torture for today is?"

"Not really."

"Too bad! Because your going to find out anyway! Well, here it is!" *shoves Tamaki into a circular room*

"Um, okay. What now?"

"Now, THIS! *shows picture of Haruhi making out with some random guy*

"AHH! NO!" *tries to go to an emo corner, but he can't find one cause he's in a circular room*

"Dang it!"

"Mwahahaha! New picture now!" *shows picture of Neko and Belzeneff*

*tries to go to emo corner again, but there isn't one*

"Curse you!"

*shows a picture of his grandmother*

"AHHH! Stupid circular room!"

*evil grin*