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"Hora, hora, look at what I found~" grinned a faintly familiar voice. "Raiahu Kaiashi, isn't it? The one for that position…"

Kaia stirred, and she opened her eyes. When she fell asleep, she was alone in her own room – but now, she was on her bed, in some type of Japanese garden… Kaia hurriedly sat up, panicking. It was that scary pineapple-person from that night…

"Kufufufufufuu~" Mukuro raised an eyebrow. "Don't be afraid…I don't mean to kill you…yet…"

"What do you want?" demanded Kaia.

"I demand to see Ria, of course," smirked the illusionist. "Sadly, it's just not your turn yet."

"Wha- I'm Ria, am I?!"

Mukuro aimed a silver gun at her head and fired. An ominous silence followed.

"Wake up, dear Ria… It's time for you to see that weak baby Lambo get beaten up," laughed Mukuro. "Levi Volta is such an overrated move; it's totally worth seeing…"

"Really?" the same body sat up and rubbed her eye tiredly. Ria yawned. "Mukuro-san, I've already sat up for hours watching that boring boxing match… You know how I hate seeing people bare-hand fighting, right?" She stretched and looked calmly at Mukuro. "It's Lambo and Levi-a-Than tonight, right? Hope it's not that boring…"

"No, it's not going to be boring, I'm sure. I've brought Chrome to watch as well; she's going to be our 'camera,' okay?"

"Yeah, like all the time."

"What- It's only been once so far, and-"

"Let's just get on with it already!"

"You are such a child," chuckled Mukuro.

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Kaia sat up abruptly, panting hard in her darkened room. She looked, still heavily breathing, out the window – it was still raining outside.

That Rokudo Mukuro… He killed me… No, it's just a dream, a nightmare or something. I'm not dead, am I? I'm s-still here…

She tried to calm herself down. Her mind was empty, devoid, of all thoughts. She just looked up to the skies blankly, thinking, yet at the same time, not thinking…

It was after midnight; she was sure of it. Kaia was already finished with her mourning – she was so miserable she could no longer summon her tears. But in the light of things, she cheered up a little bit. That was due to the realization that it was drawing to an end – the agony and punishment she inflicts upon herself would be gone for eternity.

No, was it even her who is slowly killing herself? Kaia didn't know, but there was something out there, or in her, who isn't making her life any easier.

Could it be Soto? Before she moved to Namimori, Soto had been pressing her to train ever since she would arrive home. He would always force her to finish all her homework in around fifteen minutes, and even if she didn't, he would drag her into his car and drive for fifteen minutes on the highway, then get to this underground place. And they'd stay there far into the night, for a couple of hours after sundown. After, they would drive back home, Soto would drop Kaia at her home, and he'd drive off to wherever his house is. And that time would be about eight hours before school starts. Either Kaia doesn't get enough sleep and is completely tired out the next day, or she doesn't finish homework.

Overall, it's actually amazing that the best part of the day usually would be school, back in Kokyou. Now, in Namimori, Kaia doesn't really go to school anymore, and the time she just wastes away when she just lays there…

It's unreal, it really is.

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So that was scene 37! :D

Yay, five days to Lambo's birthday!! Sorry, Lambo, you won't really be here for the next few chapters, since it's all about the Ring Battles and about the Varia and everything. And of course, the main OC, Raiahu Kaiashi. :]

Thanks so much for reading, and now please review~! I'd be very happy if you did, everyone~

Have an awesome life, everyone, and please, please, triple please review!! :D