Disclaimer: I still don't own these guys.

Please R&R though, and let me know if it is as good as the last chapters.



The mainframe was so big. Omi's breath caught in his throat as he stared at it. It was like dying and getting to go to hacker's heaven! He wanted to look at and get into everything. Then a voice drew his mind back to the present.

"Omi, I'm on the top floor. Is there any thing I need to know now?" The voice belonged to Aya. Omi remembered he had gone to the top floor of the building.

Quickly Omi jumped into one of the chairs that sat in front of a computer and began banging away furiously to reach the specific information he needed. Finding it he touched his headset button. "Aya, I'm looking at the schematics for the top floor now. I'm not seeing anything that suggests high-rise apartment. There is a set of French glass double doors in front of you, walk towards them. But don't touch them, the alarm system runs throughout the glass and is heat sensitive." Omi said.

"Alright I'm in front of the doors." Aya replied.

"Okay to your left is a keypad. Punch in 5-0-9-3-5-8. In that order." Omi said. He thought he heard some thing and the mainframe seemed to be getting really cold. Omi shrugged the noise off, thinking it was just the system settling. Rubbing his hands together, he kept looking at the floor plans.

"Omi, did you say my name?" Aya asked.

"No. Have you got those numbers punched in?" Omi asked as he blew on his hands. Why was it so cold down here? He thought he saw some thing reflected in his computer screen. Whirling around, he found only empty air.

"Yes. The light is on the pad is green." Aya said and he didn't sound too happy.

"It should be safe to open the doors now. While you're in the room, don't touch any thing. The whole place is bugged! I'll let you know when it's all clear." Omi said as he continued to bang away at the mainframe codes. He shook his head, whatever or whomever they were trying to keep safe or hidden they certainly weren't taking any precautions. It was getting colder and it made his teeth chatter, like someone with cold, icy breath was breathing down his neck. Omi shivered and turned around again. Where was that breeze coming from? As he looked around the room he saw some one standing in a nearby doorway.

It was a girl. She was about as tall as him with pale skin so pale she looked translucent. She gazed back at him with a pair of emerald green eyes. Her hair was the color of polished amber and it floated about her as if she was standing under water. Her gown was torn and the loose strips floated about her also and changed color as they did from white to purple to green and blue then back again.

Omi stared at the girl his mouth agape. Suddenly it was so dry, he opened and closed it several times before finding his voice. "Hello?" he said. Even in his ears it sounded lame.

The girl smiled in reply and waved to him as if to say "Follow me." With that she turned around, smiling she gave one last look over her shoulder then she began to walk away.

Omi stood. "Hello?" he said once more. It occurred to him that this might be a trap, but his curiosity got the better of him. He found himself wanting to follow the spectral girl. She was so lovely. He set his head set down and began to walk towards where the girl had been. Omi heard some one calling his name, it sounded like Aya. But he sounded far away and garbled like he was under water. Omi gave the headset one last look, then began to follow the girl down the hallways. It wasn't easy because she always seem to be a step ahead. Omi finally caught up with her at the end of a dead end hallway.

"Who are you?" Omi asked.

The girl smiled at him. Then she spoke in a voice so soft and melodious that it sounded like song more than just a simple answer. "My name is Hitomi. I've been watching you Omi. "

"Whoa! Wait a minute how do you know my name?" Omi asked feeling slightly edgy.

"I know many things. I have been waiting for the last five hundred years for someone like you." Hitomi said and continued to smile.

"Five hundred years? Why me?" Omi asked. He was suddenly full of many questions and he was feeling a little light headed.

"Omi, the world and your friends need a guide. You are that guide, Omi. You are the deciding factor. I have some thing for you." She said and began to reach around to the back or her neck.

"Guide? Guide for what? Miss, I can't even tell some one how to get to the lunchroom in my high school." Omi replied his head was starting to spin.

But, Hitomi said no more. She came to stand in front of Omi. Pulling a necklace from around her neck she hung it on Omi.

Omi looked at the necklace. There was a crystal hanging on it, it was as long, and as straight as Yohji's index finger and deep purple. It hung on a long thin gold chain that came down and swirled around the crystal. Looking back up, Omi found himself face to face with Hitomi.

She looked at him, "Ask some one close to you about this crystal. They'll have all the answers." With that said she kissed Omi on the cheek and disappeared.

The room started to whirl and spin. Omi felt dizzy and sick all at once. Then he saw no more.

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Author's notes: Well that solves one predicament. But, I'll be you're wondering about what will happen to Aya. You don't have long to wait. I promise.