Warning: As you've already read,there are curse words. Yes I said it. So let me tell you now just incase anyone is offended or blah blah blah. I should have typed this earlier.

Two: The Past always Flashes Back…

"What the hell were you thinking?!" Hayate spat.

"I didn't do anything! Get off!" Kai retorted while banging her fists against Hayate's arms. He had her pinned on the floor.

"You tried to kill her!"

"NO I didn't. If I wanted to, I would have already."

"Really, Hayate, I'm fine. It was just a little joke. She missed on purpose."

Hayate gave Kai an extremely dirty look, the walked over to Himeno. "You sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine."

Kai sat up and rubbed the back of her head. She muttered a silent curse word while standing. "I should have just stayed. Dead people are better hosts than this..," Kai muttered to herself. Sasame overheard (he hears everything). "I need to use the bathroom. Excuse, me," Kai sighed while walking back up to her room.

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Kai sat on the edge of her bed. Her eyes fixed on her sword lying on the floor. What's wrong with me..? She picked it up and removed the cover a bit. Her own shameful reflection looking back at her in the steel. Then someone tapped on the door. She nervously dropped it and quickly kicked it under the bed. "It's open."

Sasame slowly crept into the room with a warm smile on his face. His eyes were, though, filled with concern. "Hello Kai. May I come in?"

"It's your house," Kai shrugged.

Sasame closed the door behind him. "I just came to apologize for Hayate's actions. They were very violent and rude. I promise you he really is a good person. Are you alright?"

"Fine, fine. Just a little headache. I'll get over it."

"Did he offend you?"

"No, not really."

"It's just that I overheard your comment earlier and-"

"So that's why you're up here? Forget about it. It's nothing," Kai assured. She plopped herself back onto the mattress and folded her arms behind her head.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. What's with the third degree?"

"It's just, I also noticed you're good at…averting the truth."

"You mean lying? Yea, sure, I guess I am."

"So you understand why I'm not going to believe you when you say 'I'm fine'."

Kai looked at him, a grin of amusement showing on her face. "Okay. How about you show me around, so I don't get lost anymore, and I'll answer your stupid questions."

"You'll be honest?"

"Depends."

"On what?"

"If I feel like it," Kai laughed.

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"That's?"

"The staff wing. Where they sleep. So, I'll start with something light. Are you afraid of anything?"

"…Are you serious? Um…I'm afraid of the dark."

"Be serious."

"Who says I'm says I'm joking? People can be afraid of the dark. There's nothing wrong with that."

"But why?" Sasame asked in disbelief at her childish fear.

"Why not?"

"You said you would answer."

"I'm just going to lie about it so what's the point?"

Sasame sighed at how difficult she was being and continued with the tour. Kai stopped by the kitchen and picked up a tray of food. She didn't really feel like eating lunch with the rest of the knights. She ate in her room, then took a nap.

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The rain fell hard, turning the dirt to mud. The little girl slammed into the mud forcefully.

"Get up and finish him off!" A man commanded from nearby.

The girl got up and turned on her back, crawling away. "But I don't want to," she whimpered.

The brute lifted the bruised girl by the hair and threw her into the mud once more. "The is the last time I'm going to warn you. If you don't do it I'll kill the both of you!"

The child lifted her head from the mud just enough to see the boy sprawled on the floor a few feet away. Her sword was thrown to her side. She looked at it with grave anger and fear. "I…can't," she muttered to herself.

"What was that?! You can't?! What kind of daughter of mine are you? It's disgusting. You will not shame our family!" He raged. He drew his sword while muttering to himself, "If only I would have had another boy." He walked over to the other child and ran his sword through the boy's heart. His screams of pain echoed in her mind. The man then walked over the girl, kicking her onto her back. His sword's edge pressed lightly against her throat so he only grazed the skin. Those eyes pierced through her soul with anger. "A child here that won't kill will wish they were dead." He picked the girl up by the neck and carried her into the forest. There, open, were then steel doors of the underground cellar. Nothing behind those doors was even the slightest visible, even with the outside light. He threw her down into the chamber and locked the doors closed.

Kai thrust forward from her position on her bed and looked up to see a smiling Himeno. "Hello sleepy head. Having nightmares?"

"I guess you could say that…" Kai hid her shivering hand behind her back and smiled at Himeno. Then she looked past her to see Hayate standing in the doorway. You can't find one without finding the other. "What do you want?"

"I came to ap…pol…logize," Hayate grumbled under his breathe.

"What was that?" Kai asked with an amused grin on her face.

"I said I came to apologize and you heard me dammit!"

It was quiet for a while before Kai decided to speak again. "I'm waiting."

Hayate was expecting her smart mouthed remark and gave her a dirty look. "I'm sorry…"

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"I never imagined someone like you could become so scared over something. So what was that nightmare about anyway?"

Kai closed her bedroom door behind them and they started down the hall. "I wasn't scared. I was surprised. There's a difference. And like I'd tell you."

"You were more than scared. You jumped up like a frightened baby," Hayate said almost laughing at the memory.

Kai remained silent for a moment, then replied, "Only when you're around."

There was a lot of chatter between Himeno and Kai. Hayate stayed silent and watched strangely at how fast the two took to each other. It didn't surprise him much. Himeno was a very likeable person. "Yeah, that de ja vous thing feeling is kinda creepy. Like you're missing something you should."

"I know. I think it's one of those past life things ya know?"

"Maybe. But then again you remind me so much of this kid I used to know. Well I can't really call her kid because she was older than me but still. I used to sneak off the island and take this hidden raft out to mainland. There was this girl there that I used to hang with. Her dada was SO nice! Sort of a drunk though but I didn't want to come out and say it."

"Wait, drunk?"

"Yeah. Drinkin' in the morning….afternoon….you rarely ever see him sober. But he's extra nice when he is. Who could blame the guy though? His wife had died not too long before. They didn't really like to talk about it."

"…"

Kai looked over at the two standing behind her. The had gotten really quiet and stopped walking. "What wrong? I say something?"

"I…used to live in a house near that beach."

"….good for you," Kai said giving them weird looks. Maybe these people are drunk. I knew no one's that cheerful all the time. And Hayate apologizing? O yeah. They're on something.

"And my mom died when I was little….and now…I remember. I knew a girl with that same name….who used to come play with me everyday until she had to leave."

Kai got wide eyed quick. "That WAS you?!"

They became all jumpy and started hugging each other, making Hayate step back. "I haven't seen you in forever!" Himeno shrieked. She looks so different. Once they stopped hugging, Himeno's eyes filled with curiosity. "I always wondered why you had to leave in the first place."

"Ah, I don't want to talk about it," Kai said waving off the subject. Geez. These people ask too many questions.

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Kai tossed and turned. Nearly rolling off the bed one minute, then in the middle of it the next.

It smelled of rotting flesh. Corroding bodies. She could feel them everywhere, each time she tripped over one. Nothing was visible and that's what scared her the most. She'd rather see the horrid mess than not know what was down there with her. Not only that, but the noise. It was so eerie, almost silent. Like you think you'd be imagining things that aren't there. Soft screams too low to be screams. Loud tortured cries too low to be cries. Chains clinking against each other. The constant sound of water running. The constant sound of water dripping. It was all like a surreal ghostly symphony. But the one thing the stood out the most, was the sound of moving, living things. Groaning, growling, eating, like there was someone…something, down there with her. She would lean herself against the stone wall she found and stayed in that one spot, hoping nothing would find her or happen the run into her. She was so frightened and literally going insane. Then…a voice? There was a voice calling out to her.

"Wake up, Kai," Sasame said shaking her. She, much like before, jolted upward. She then, in a frightened panic, grabbed hold of the closest thing to her. Sasame was caught off guard by her sudden action. Kai began to bury her face in his chest as her gained a tighter squeeze on his shoulders.

"They won't leave me alone," Kai whimpered between sobs.

"What won't leave you alone?"

"There are shadows in the dark. They keep getting closer."

She's seriously afraid of the dark? "It's alright. There's nothing here." Sasame wrapped his arms around the frightened youth. "It was just a nightmare. You should get back to sleep."

"No!" Kai pleaded squeezing him tighter. "I'll do whatever you want. Just don't leave."

Sasame lifted a hand and began to stroke her hair. "It's alright. I'm going to stay."

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At the breakfast table, the Knights were their old cheerful selves. They were even happier to see Kai eating with them again. She usually ate in her room by herself. Sasame tried his best to carry on a normal conversation. He was a bit tired though. "What's wrong, Sasame? Did you get a good night's sleep?" Goh asked concerned.

"O, I'm fine. Just a little tired."

"That's not like you not to get a good night's rest. You even went to sleep early last night," Kei stated a little suspicious.

Sasame glanced over at Kai quickly, who was trying her best to avoid looking at him. She was obviously embarrassed. Great. It's my fault.

"Really, Kei. You make too much out of nothing. Curiosity did kill the cat after all."

"Cut the crap, Sasame," Hayate interjected. "I heard you comforting that crybaby over there all night."

The rest of the Knights stopped what they were doing to listen in on the conversation. Kai glared at him from the corners of her eyes. Her teeth instantly cringed together. "I don't know what you mean," Sasame responded calmly. Don't say it…please don't say it…

"Kai was having a nightmare and since Sasame is such a light sleeper, it was keeping him up. So he went in there to stop her from tossing around and she starts crying like 'shadows in the dark' or some crap like that."

Sasame sighed. I knew he was going to say it…

Kai stopped glaring at him, death in her eyes. Then jumped over the table and began choking him on the floor. Or at least that's how it played out in her mind. Instead she stood up so fast, her chair fell back. "I'm not that hungry," Kai spoke in a low voice before stomping off to her room.

Everyone stared at Hayate. "What?" he shrugged.

Himeno punched him in the arm. Rather hard I might add. "Now look what you did! Go apologize!"

"I'm not going to apologize because she overly sensitive," Hayate said crossing his arms.

Himeno punched him in the arm again. "I said go!"

"Alright! Alright!" Hayate got up from his seat.

cough"whipped"cough Mannen joked. Hajime and Shin laughed. Himeno ,however, kept a stern expression and Hayate marched up to Kai's room.

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Kai sat on the edge of her bed, staring at her sword she dug up from under her bed.

Kai could see a light. Nothing around her was visible except that light. It was outside! She tripped and scraped her arm on the cobblestone stairs trying to run to it. She didn't know how long the doors would stay open but she wanted out. Once she reached the doors, she threw herself onto the green grass. The sun nearly blinded her. She had been down there so long, she lost track. Not too long after she had come out, something had yanked her into the air. She looked into the deep blue eyes of her father and it scared her tremendously. "Have a nice vacation? To be honest, I thought you'd be dead by now. Girls don't really tend to survive down there." He grinned at her, then dropped her to the floor. "I hope you've been thinking about what I said." He handed the child her obviously well kept sword. She grabbed it with a feeble grip. "Now, you either kill, or you go back." Kai kept her eyes fixed on her sword. Her grip strengthened around its cover. She then held its handle and quickly pulled off its cover. "Just tell me who."

Kai could see them. All of them. They reflected in the bit of the blade uncovered. Each face of every person she killed to stay out of that cellar. Then came a knock at the door, interrupting her thoughts. "What is it?" she asked, kicking her sword back under her bed. She already knew who it was because the brute knocked so hard. He walked in, only to be greeted by her cold stare from her bedside.

"I came up here to apologize…again."

"It's fine. Just leave."

"But…while I'm up here…I've got to talk to you about something…"

Kai's eyes filled with surprised curiosity. "What is it?"

To Be Continued!!!! Muahahahahahahaaaa! Don't you just hate it when people do that. Lol!