"Kurnado..." Anastasia sat up on the bed, the pyjamas that saki supplied hung loosely on her small shoulders.
"Hmm?" Her fiance was sitting by the table in the room, staring deep in thought at the fire that was flickering away in the fireplace.
"Would you want to come to bed?" She asked hopefully.
"Later..." "... alright. Good night"
"Night." With that,anastasia turned the lights off, secretly crying to herself under the covers of the bed. Kurando, however, was still contemplating on the events that were to occur tomorrow. The dog shrine... What was wrong now?
"What could it be?" Kurando shook the thought from his head, making his way to the bed. He stopped in his tracks. Soft sobs. 'Anastasia... i-..ive not been a very supporting fiance, have i?' He thought. As much as he opposed the idea of an arranged marriage, he really didn't mind having anastasia as his wife. The more they travelled together, the more he felt attached to her. At first, he was thinking more on the lines of him acting as a gaurdian or some sort, a nanny, watching out for her. When she showed her kimono, the symbol of being kurando's wife, he was overcome by confusion, anger, frustration, shock... but within those emotions, he felt glad. Maybe he did like anastasia after all. He slipped under the covers of the bed, leaning over to his crying fiance, kissing her cheek lightly.
"Good night."

Yuri sat on the bed, looking around the room. Not much decorations to it but it still held a sense of comfort. The Inijin manuel sat on his lap, still smelling of cat urine. He resisted opening it first, unsure of what he might find. At that moment, karin came in, wearing a thin night gown, also provided by saki. Yuri was so shocked by her appearance, the book fell off his lap and onto the floor, as if giving way for something more precious to sit on his lap. Karin blushed slightly, making her way to the bed.
"Ka-karin..." Yuri stammered, lost for words. At this point, he could not really think, only look.
"erm... how do i look?" She asked, turning from side to side. "a-ah... you...er... beauki"
"Huh?" Karin looked at him with a frown. Beauki? What was that? With a giggle, she realized what he was meaning.
"Thanks." She smiled, sliding onto the bed.
"So, what were you doing?" "Huh? Oh, just wondering about the book." Yuri quickly cleared his throat, trying hard to fight the blush that was flooding his face. He was fighting a losing battle. Karin scooted over next to him, leaning on his shoulder.
"Really? So, what was it about"
"Er... i was just thinking whether i should read it"
"Oh? Alright. We have to get up early tomorrow, don't take too long." She kissed him and slid under the covers. Yuri sighed, picking up the book and placing it on the table, turning the lights down. He slid under the covers and wrapped his arms around karin's already asleep form, kissing her shoulder, then her cheek.
"I will not lose you." He knew that aunt saki knew about karin. He wanted to know. If it concerned karin, he would find out anything, as much as he can.

Karin paced up and down the room. Her impatience was wearing thin. If he did not tell her, she would so slap him silly right here and now. Nicholai, however, sat there, on a chair he conjured, reading a piece of paper where he conjured out of nowhere too. "So, are you going to tell me where the second piece is?" She asked, for the fifth time.
"Hmm... this is interesting." He said, still studying the paper.
"Can you pay at least SOME attention"
Nicholai folded the paper and placed it in his pocket.
"Don't worry, your soul won't be mine till you've collected all three books. I was just reading something i got from the library"
This caused a confused look form karin.
"Library? What library"
"The library of the dead. Apparently, there is a library for dead souls. I visited there a couple of times, looking for the whereabouts of the books. I also found something about you journey tomorrow"
this caught her attention.
"what is it"
"hmm... since considering that your soul will be mine anyway, i guess it does no harm in telling. The Sapientes Gladio are not the only secret society bent on world destruction"
"WHAT"
"Hear me out first, before you go blowing your top"
"One of our goals, which rasputin just told me when i met him in the library." "Rasputin"
"Yes. I told you, its a library for the dead. He was having a nice chat with Jovis and Albert. But besides that, one of the Sapientes Gladio's goal, was to surpress this other society. This society call themselves the Scar of light, or in japanese, ' Hikari no kizu'. They were founded by a travelling missionary in japan. They utilize the power of heaven. They were known for their atrocities in mass murders. Jovis and albert knew of this society, and they saw the great potential rasputin had in surpressing this society but rasputin grew out of their control. Still, rasputin also knew about this society and he too knew that as long he was in power, the Scar of light members could do nothing"
Nicholai stopped to allow Karin to absorb everything.
"So... this society uses the power of heaven? Oh can we beat them"
Nicholai looked at her with an amused smile.
"I knew you would ask that. Its simple. They never had heaven's permission to use that power. They stole the powers from the angels. All you have to do is to find forces whose powers exceed theirs by at least twenty folds, and don't worry, such being exist. Just to protect you, i'll give you this." Nicholai took out a sword with a pointed hilt which was adorned by jewels and strange markings and a large black cloak from a bag that so happened to sit by the chair. Karin unsheathed the sword, looking at its shining blade. "That blade is called 'Kijin'. The blade of souls and the heart. It was forged in the great heavens itself with the fires of the burning hells. The iron was caste from the wills of the dead. A single swing could slice a planet in half, so be careful with it. The cloak was once worn by the gods. It is made from the hair of the gods and they breathed their essence into it. It will protect you no matter what. Oh, and take this too." He passed her a book.
"You don't need to read it, just press it agains your chest. Go on, i promise it won't hurt." Karin looked douptful but still did as she was told. The book was suddenly engulfed in light and the light transfered itself onto her. With a sudden jerk, like a jolt of electricity passing through her, memories, unknown to her, flooded into her mind. After awhile, the light disappeared. Karin gasped for air, her lungs feeling compressed. The book had disappered.
"Don't fear. That was a book formed by dead swordsmen who wanted to pass their skills to someone. You just inheirited the wishes and skills of about a hundred swordsmen. I want to give you one last thing before you go." Nicholai stood up from his chair, walked over to karin. He ran his fingers through her bangs, before cupping her cheek. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. Karin's lack of air changed, her face full of shock and surprise.
"I will... see you." Nocholai wispered into her ear, before he and the room disappeared into darkness.

A/N: I just blasted everything in one go. Its really crappy so whatever. Personally, i don't care. After playing the game, i really felt good and happy, EXCEPT! i just could not accept that karin worked sssooo hard and long just to get yuri to notice her, and what happens? Bam, she's ends up in becoming the mother... geez, i really blew up and almost broke my PS2. I just released a huge load of stress by writing these chapters first all at once before posting. Sorry bout that, now i'll cool off before writing again.