The moonlight fell on Kai's pale face and on his silver-gray hair. He lay on his bed, fully clothed and was looking out of the window. Crimson eyes started at the round white disk but didn't seem to see it. Kai was thinking about something else.

turn it inside out, so I can see

It was seven years since he had meet HER.

That girl, with beautiful, big brown eyes, snow-white skin and long black hair. Together they had beaten a Greater Dead. They shared that secret- he and the charming black-haired girl. Kai kept the secret deep inside him, safe from all the intruders. He wondered if the girl ever told anyone.

the part of you that's drifting over me..

Rika turned her attention to the book, but once again she couldn't focus. How could she think about studies when today was a special day. It was seven years since she meet HIM.

and when I wake- you're never there

That boy , with silver-blue hair and strange, blue tattoos on his face. And of course- those piercing crimson eyes. She had meet him a long time ago in Death, and together they fought a terrible creature. She remembered how her heart jumped when she saw the thing raise it's terrible hook over the boy, aimed right for his heart.

and when I sleep, you're always there

Kai trailed his fingers on his scar- from his shoulder and down his left arm, all the way to his fingers. He remembered the terrible pain, and the fear when he saw another hooked hand raised above him.

cause you're everywhere to me, when I close my eyes it's you I see

And then the clear, loud and strong voice of Saraneth, that saved his life. He remembered how he got out of Death, happy and sad at the same time. He saw Boris's shocked face as the man looked at the bleeding arm . Kai looked at Boris and asked «Did I pass?...» and when the man nodded, the boy collapsed right on him.

Kai was in the infirmary for a month. The healers were afraid he wouldn't survive. But he did. Because he was thinking about that girl.

you're everything I know that makes me believe, I'm not alone..

Rika carefully put the Book of the Dead away and approached the window. She pressed her face against the cold glass and looked at the newborn moon. She wondered if somewhere that boy was looking at the moon too.

I'm not alone

Seven years. She moved her long, black hair away from her face, so it won't get into her eyes. She hadn't seen him for seven years. But she stilled remembered those eyes, where terrible pain and sorrow reflected.

I recognize the way you make me feel

She sometimes wondered if it wasn't a dream. But remembering those eyes, she fell sure that it wasn't. You wouldn't see that kid of pain in your worst nightmare. It seemed that nobody loved that boy. That he was tortured, both on the inside and outside.

it's hard to think that you might not be real

Was she real? That question always tormented Kai. But when he felt his scar he knew she was. The one who saved his life.

He lazily lifted his hand up and fell his Charter mark. It pulsated and glowed under his touch. The boy smiled, because the mark felt the same way it did all that time ago. That meant he wasn't corrupted. He didn't know what corrupted meant, but.......the girl made it sound bad, and he believed that girl.

Rika remembered how when she went outside, she looked into the face of every approaching boy , but none of them looked like HIM. She didn't know why, but she missed the boy. She went into Death many time, but never meet the boy again.

Rika was fourteen and could be considered pretty, however no boys interested her. That silver-haired one was stuck in her heart forever, She wondered if he ever thought about her.

Every second of his existence Kai thought about her. Boris wanted to break them down. To chase even a shred of happiness out of their lives. That would make them perfect necromancers. But Kai had something to hold on too. So no matter how hard Boris tried, he couldn't make him into heartless necromancer.

Rika pressed her face against the window again, looking at the shadowy peach gardens below. She loved peaches more than any other food in the world. Rika wondered if the boy would laugh when he found that out.

«Arielle!!!!!» - she heard a voice calling her from down stairs. The whole family must be gathered down there in the Dining Hall. Mother, Father, her aunt, her nephew and her niece, who were both about twice as old as her and her niece even had her won daughter about Rika's age. Of course, that wasn't the WHOLE family. There was one member, her closest relative who couldn't be there, no matter how much Rika wanted her to.

«Arielle!!!!!!!!!!!»

Rika wanted to go, but turned around suddenly and opened her window in one quick movement. Then Rika stood up on the window frame, looked far, far, farther than the walls on the House, father than the river and the huge waterfalls and into the distance, where she could only see the darkness of the night.

«You,» she whispered «I don't know your name, and where you are. But I want you to know... To know that....I......love........you»

Rika stood for a second, slightly surprised by her own words, and half-hoping that the wind would carry them to that mystical stranger.

«Arielle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!»

Rika reluctantly closed the window, sighted and went downstairs.

The moon shone into Kai's room and it's light fell onto his pale face. But he didn't see it. He was already asleep. In his dream, a girl with black hair and pale skin was telling him her name, but he could hear it .......

Okay, I don't really think this was the best chapter, but it's my first experience in writing romance. And I also had to introduce Rika somewhere. If you have any questions concerning her (an her name......) don't ask them in a review!!!!! They will ALL be answered sooner or later. Oh, and I must say that she was called Rika after Rika from Digimon03. I can't help it. I like Digimon!!! Even though I like X (and all of the CLAMP stuff) more, it would sound stupid to call her Satsuki, Arashi, Karen, Hokuto, Kotori, Kanoe (no, that's SO wrong...), Hikaru (too dumb), Sakura (a great name, but Rika is not a CardCaptor!!!!) or anything else like that. Those names just.. sound TOO Japanese! And it's GATH NIX we're dealing with here!!!!

Sorry, got carried away a little. It's just that lately ALL I can think about is X so, I beg your pardon......

I will try to continue this story. I've got lot's of great ideas in my head, many cool characters and.... well, you'll see.

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Oh yeah, i've used lyrics form Michelle Branch's I'm not Alone.

Asha-Lirael