AOTD: I have writer's block but I have to keep on going. I'm using Tomy's ideas now.

Tony the DS: Told you she likes me better.

Amon: I'm her muse, she likes me the best.

Tony the DS: But you're made up, why would she like you?

Amon: Well, keep your eyes on the road otherwise you're gonna hit the car in front of you.

AOTD: blah blah blah blah Tony the DS blah-

Tony the DS: See? She's talking bout me!

AOTD: Blah blah blah blah blah Amon, I'm sorry blah blah-

Amon: She said she was sorry to me-

AOTD: So this is probably the longest chapter I will purposely write. I really don't feel like writing anymore. Blah blah blah blah blah

Amon: See Dipshit? You made her sad!

Tony the DS: It's gonna be confusing because we're gonna keep on switching perspectives. HEY! I didn't even know I knew that word.

Amon: God help me, I'm stuck with an idiot. Get on with the chapter already!

AOTD: So there's my reason for not updating. I think I lost interest. At least send me a review saying 'Hi, I read it' That'll be good enough for me. Anything to let me know that some people are reading this. Oh, and so you won't get confused. This takes place the day after Raven's Flat was burned to the ground. It's morning and Kira is gonna show them a new base.

Disclaimer: You know as well as I that I don't own WHR. So there and I'll get on with the story.

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Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning

Kira was the leader for now. He was taking the STN plus Nagira to an older base that hadn't been used in a few generations. Squall was pretty much the only one with a focused mind. Amon was drowning in his own self-pity, his only thoughts were' Why? Why did you betray us Robin? Betray me?' Doujima had her mind on her stomach and the life growing in it. Sakaki waned to play hero, knight to his Sakura, Robin's replacement after the Factory.

"Are you sure we're going the right way? I mean, who in their right minds would want to build a base in the middle of a lush forest with no road? How can we even trust you?" Squall snapped breaking the thick silence. Karasuma lost her balance in her high heel but instead of landing on the cold ground, she was in the arms of their ex-leader. They stared at each other before he finally let her go.

"We're almost there and I already told you that this place is secret. It used to be where the old STN-J Kyoto worked at…about twenty or so years ago."

"Twenty years ago?!?" Everyone shouted.

"It's better than some library right? But the technology in the base isn't that outdated. Remember that we're ahead of the outside world." Kira reminded them as his pace quickened.

"Slow down! We've been hiking for almost an hour now!" Doujima whined.

"We're almost- Here we are!" He said pushing himself through a few bushes.

The building looked old and run-down. The windows were shattered and the outside looked like it went through a war. There was an odd smell coming from the place, it reeked of death. It reminded the hunters of abandoned buildings where they usually found the witch or vampire they were hunting.

"And uh, don't scream when we enter it ok?" Kira added. "The Factory guys never took the bodies out so-"

"What? Whoa, wait a sec. Stop right there and hold the train." Squall had his hands in front of him and waved it around to show his disapproval. "There is no way I'm gonna allow my team-"

"Amon's" Someone coughed.

"Right. Amon's team, to go in that place if there are dead bodies from two decades ago rotting in there. It's like, it's gotta be a health hazard or something!" Squall reasoned.

"But then we'll never find Kita or Robin! Just trust me."

"No, why should we? You've been lying to us about being a Solomon agent and stuff. Why should we trust you?" Squall argued.

Amon brushed past Squall and walked to the entrance of the building. It was boarded up but the loose nails on the floor and the faded wood showed signs that someone had been here recently. His guess was Kira. Without another thought, he kicked down the door and the disgusting smell escaped through the door. Most of the hunters ran behind a tree to empty out the contents of their stomachs, leaving only Amon, Kira and Squall to wait for their comrade's to return.

After a few hours, the smell became endurable. Amon and Kira began removing the bodies of the former STN-J members. Everyone else was in hiding, Squall included, during that process. It was nightfall when the scent of decaying flesh was finally tolerable enough for everyone as they stepped into the building. No one really touched anything; they just followed Kira like lost little puppies.

"Let's get to work." Kira stated as they walked into a dusty room filled with computers that normal people would use. To the STN-J, it was outdated, they always had the best computers that would take regular humans years to get. "It'll be a lot slower with just one computer wiz so I'm gonna help you Mike."

"It's Michael, not Mike. And do these things even work?" He looked at a few of the computer keys; some were covered in dried brown stuff.

"These don't work. I've got a couple of laptops somewhere in here. I'm sure that Kita said she put them in this room, the ones with the computer and… Well, just leave the work up to me and Michael. You guys explore or relax a little."

Everyone left off in pairs. Amon was the first to go, his eyes blank. Doujima pulled Nagira away as Squall and Sakaki glared at each other. They had to settle it now otherwise they wouldn't be able to work together. Karasuma was the last to leave; she followed Sakaki and Squall to watch them blow off steam. That left Kira with Michael.

"That just leaves you and me."

"Joy." Michael replied that one word was drowning in sarcasm.

"Fine, let's just find the computers first. I'll explain you the plan as we're looking for them."

"Why wouldn't you know where you put your own stuff at?"

"I didn't put it here, Kita did. Anyways, did you notice her wrist band?"

"No because I was too busy wondering what Robin was doing setting the whole place on fire."

"Anyways, it's like a GPS but a lot more accurate. If I'm lucky, they have that site set up in this time. Anyways if that doesn't work then we can try to use some magics or spells or something. That necklace she has gives off this really powerful aura. Mom gave it to her so whenever we used her as bait, we'd still be able to find her later on."

"What's your mother like?"

"Huh? Oh, she's kinda like Robin."

"Found them." Michael said holding up a laptop.

"Let's get on it then."

. . .

Kita stared up at the full moon. She was a good actress but for how long could she keep this up? She hoped that none of the bullets hit her brother.

'Oh gawd! He better find me soon otherwise that Midnight might try to- to- to. Gross! I'm not going to do the deed with a vampire; I'm probably older than he is. If he tries it I'm going to fight. I've got too much self-respect to settle for something that can't live up to my father.'

"Hello love." Midnight's voice broke Kita's train of thoughts. She shivered at the tone of his voice. Just those two words made her want to vomit. He slowly made his way to Kita and licked her ear seductively. He wrapped his arms around her small but firm body.

"Your body's hard. Do you work out or something love?" He licked her face. That's it, last straw! She did her version of a shoulder throw, sending Midnight through the door. In her gloved hands, two guns materialized out of no where. She was a witch too. Midnight's cold, dead eyes widened as she pointed her guns at his head.

"Heaven has come to claim your soul and take it to hell."

Shots fired but they never hit him. Kita turned to see Robin and Adam at the doorway, Robin's lifeless eyes held a flame within them. Kita backed away, she couldn't shoot at her friend, even if it was only a shell, it still looked like her.

"R-Robin?" Kita stuttered.

"She's too strong to be controlled. We'll just have to break her then. Robin, hurt her then throw her in a cell with a craft seal." Adam purred into Robin's ear. "And now I shall take my leave. I should be back in a few weeks or so, I have to add to my growing collection of the purest witches." Adam then disappeared like he was never even there in the first place.

"Robin, please stop, I'm Kita remember?" She dropped her fake British accent like a ton of bricks. Tears were beginning to form in her blue eyes but she wouldn't let them fall.

Fire threw Kita down to the floor, making her drop her guns but two new ones quickly took their place. This one was filled with Orbo. Kita rose to her feet as she took aim at Robin. All of a sudden she was picked up from the ground. She couldn't breathe. Kita struggled against her attacker, her hands tried to pry off the man's arms. Robin looked on, disinterested before turning on her heel and leaving. Kita still struggled; she wouldn't go down without a fight. She started to scratch him, hoping that she'd hit a muscle or something. How she wished she paid closer attention to Ryu and Keba as they tried to teach her how to fight and defend herself if she was grabbed from behind. (A/N: If a guy tries to choke you from behind, don't kick him in the family jewels, instead go for the eyes or pinch his forearm as hard as you can. You can sever muscles like that and when he drops you, you have the chance to escape. Poke his eyes and he'll let you go, it's instinctive for someone to drop whatever they're doing to hold their eye. Now why did I go and say that? It's not like any of us are gonna use that info huh? Well, better safe than sorry. Hehe.)

. . .

Rage was coursing through Sakaki's veins. How could Squall abandon his own sister? (A/N: More will be explained in the prequel. A little background, Sakura was Robin's replacement and she and Sakaki were involved romantically so Squall got rid of her.)

"I have my reasons, she'll be ok. You of all people should know this; you are her boyfriend after all right? Plus, she's a fighter; she's dangerous with or without her weapons and her craft is pretty powerful too. If she was in any real danger then we'd know it with those tremors of hers."

"But she's still your little sister! At least let me go out and look for her, you guys don't need me!" Squall was trying his best to remain calm but the rookie was really getting on his nerves. He wanted so badly to just strangle Sakaki.

"I know that but she can take care of herself!" 'If he says one more thing I swear I will have to hurt him.'

"She could be in danger! Or worse, what if whatever happened to Robin and that there girl happens to Sakura? What if-" Sakaki found himself on the ground, dazed. His cheek was hurting him and he tasted his own metallic blood. He looked up to see Squall fuming with anger; his hands were curled into hard fists. He could see through the opening of his glove that Squall's knuckles were white, meaning that his hands had been in that position for a while.

"We have to find Robin and Kira's sister first. They'll probably lead us to Sakura." Squall sighed then held out his hand. "Just follow orders and don't let your feelings get in the way, there'll be a time for that later but not now. Let's just have one hunter at a time go through a breakdown. Right now Amon's useless, he's too worried. Doujima's distracted and we really don't need another hunter to be in the same state as those two." Squall's voice was dispassionate; it reminded Sakaki of Amon even more. That little speech was more of something that Amon would say.

"That little speech is more of something Amon would say."

Squall smirked. "I'm his replacement until he can get back on his feet." Sakaki took the offered hand and walked away. Someone was watching them from the window and as soon as Sakaki was back in the building, Squall turned and waved.

"Hey." His tone of voice was playful. "You been watching this whole time or what? Come on here and we'll 'talk'." The figure disappeared from the window.

. . .

Doujima fidgeted in her chair as Nagira took a drag on his cigarette before letting the smoke out of his mouth. She wrinkled her nose and walked over to him. She took the cigarette out of his mouth and dropped it to the floor. As she was stomping it out, Nagira took another one out of his coat and lit it. They repeated it three more times before Doujima let out a frustrated groan.

"Why do you keep on doing this? I've got something really really really really important to tell you and for once I'm being serious and here you are acting like the big goofy idiot that you are." She pouted and Nagira mimicked her.

They were now engaged in a staring contest, neither of them was blinking. She looked right through Nagira and it scared him to see her so serious. "Whatever it was it must've been important to drag me into a room far away from the others. What could it be?" He mused to himself.

"I'm trying to tell you." She answered him with a huge grin.

"Ah shit, I was thinking out loud again huh? Now that you know what's on my mind may I ask what's on yours?" He offered her an obvious fake smile.

She sighed and took a deep breath. 'Breathe, just breathe.' She kept telling herself. How was she going tell him that she was pregnant? It would change everything and the timing couldn't be any worse but she needed a place to stay. Her doctors told her mom that she was unmarried and now pregnant and her parents just threw her out and cut off her funds. She was broke and had no where else to go. She finally decided how to tell him, she wouldn't go in for the kill. Instead she'd just prolong the suffering and start it out with a conversation then would ask about their relationship followed by how much they loved each other. Then she'd ask about kids. Doujima didn't notice that her face held an evil smirk.

Nagira looked at his girlfriend as an evil look took over her face. He knew that she was planning something. He wondered if she found out about his past and his womanizing. Part of him wondered what was going through her mind but another part of him wanted to run away and hide. Finally Doujima broke the silence but the words that came out of her mouth where the last thing he and even she planned on hearing/saying.

"I'm pregnant." That wasn't how she planned on saying it. She scolded herself but then all her anger was replaced with amusement as Nagira's jaw dropped ten feet. She burst out laughing as Nagira tried to close his mouth and hid his blush.

"Well?" She finally managed to say.

"…I'm surprised. For a second I thought that you were gonna say something about my womanizing."

She made a face then planted her hands at her hips. "…Other women?" She tried to sound angry. She was just going to play along acting as if she didn't know a thing. "You're getting a sex change."

Nagira stood and let out a nervous laugh. "You're joking right?"

She got up. "Nope." With that Nagira ran away like his life depended on it.

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Amon somehow found himself on the rooftop of the old STN base. It was in better condition than most of the building. He slowly laid his body on the ground and turned his gaze to the full moon. He wondered if Robin was looking up at the moon too. Hoping that she was, he wanted so badly to see her again. A gloved hand reached into his pocket for something. He brought it out to reveal a small, velvet box. He popped it open and looked at the ring. It was untraditional and that was what he liked about it. It was silver and had gems encircling it. There was a red, heart shaped ruby enclosed in a white diamond. How the person did it was a mystery to him but he liked it.

Amon took the ring out of its box and placed it in the palm of his hand. He then placed it on his knuckles and let it roll from left to right. His mind started to wander away from his body. He thought about his life and how dark it had been since he was seven. He was trained to be a killer and have no regrets. He built up so many barriers to keep anyone and everyone out but they were all to no avail when it came to her. A gust of wind blew hard and knocked the ring out of his hand. It rolled along the titled roof and was headed downwards towards the gutter. He panicked, he was too far away from it but he still had to try. He made a dash for the ring. His hand was so close to it, just a few more millimeters and he would have it. Just then the wind changed direction again and blew the ring farther away from Amon's grasp. Why was fate being so cruel to him right now? (A/N: I'm sorry Amon! I really, really am!…K, I was kidding, I'm really, really not.)

"I think you lost something." Kira walked over to Amon and handed him the ring. "Is it for Robin?" He said it more like a statement than a question. Amon nodded absentmindedly. For some reason he felt safe around Kira, like he could trust him.

"I was going to propose to her when we came back here. It's been a crazy week and a half. While we were in America, the day I was going to ask her you challenged her." Amon had no clue why he was telling Kira all these things but he just couldn't stop himself. "But now look at her, at us. In one week our lives have been changed drastically over and over again. It's like I'm cursed to end up like this, every woman I ever love keeps on betraying me."

"I get the feeling but when we get Robin back you are still gonna ask her right?"

"I don't know. She might say no."

"Everyone is afraid of rejection, it's in human nature." A thought crossed Kira's mind then he started laughing. Amon looked at him as if he had five heads. After a few minutes, Kira regained control.

"What was that all about?" Amon questioned.

"You know Amon, when my father proposed to my mother the first time, she ran away. The second, she cried herself to sleep without an answer. The third, he recited a poem that his father said to his mother. Then he asked her again and she finally said yes. One day when I find that girl, I'm gonna say that poem to her and then ask for her life in exchanged for mine."

"How did that poem go?" Amon was curious and Kira was mysterious. He couldn't read Kira at all and that was strange for him, Amon could easily read people like an opened book but Kira was just different.

"Tell me the words I want to hear from you, tell me the words that will race my heart, tell me all the things I love to hear, tell me things that make my heart fall in love all over with yours. All the words you say have warmed my blood, all those words you kept for that one day tell me. All the things you said back then made me survive today. Let me hear you say those words again, let me hear you say those words I love, let me hear you say those things that makes me think about you everyday. Your very voice sounds so pure, I can't let you stop. Your look so sincere, I can't pull away. Your scent so sweet, don't move sway. Your touch so soft, I can't even say.

"I need to hear your words, your voice makes them more. I need to hear the melody fly into my heart. Those words you always say sound so new, no matter how many times you say it, I'll always crumble to my feet. Your words are stronger each time and I fall from defeat. I need you, I need you to tell me…Tell me those words you say so rarely, raise my chin and daze into my eyes. Softly yet clearly, whisper those words I love to hear. Tell me…Tell me please, tell me that you love me, say you'll be need, please declare that you'll be mine." With that said Kira quickly got up and headed downstairs leaving Amon alone in his thoughts.

Amon knew that he heard that poem from somewhere before. But from where? More thinking and his eyes widened at the realization. His mother said that poem to him. He was going to ask Kira who his father was when he noticed that Kira was gone. His thoughts raced and he thought that he may have finally figured out Kira. The reason Kira knew so much about him, acted like him and Nagira at some times and even looked a lot like him. 'Do I have another brother?'

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Kira was in the bathroom. He looked at his reflection and stared hard at himself. 'Was it right to tell him that poem? Amon may figure out who I really am.' He focused his powers to listen to what Amon was thinking. He then smirked to himself. 'Guess not.'

His hand traveled up to his bandanna that covered most of his raven black hair. He took it off then ran a hand through it. Kira sighed as he saw the top part of his dark hair was turning silver. His hands formed fists and a low growl came from his throat. 'We're running out of time. Kita, where are you?' He then chuckled to himself and took another look at his disappearing reflection. 'Looks like history isn't written in stone after all.'

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Michael was inpatiently waiting in the computer room for Kira's arrival. He sighed as he stared at the computer.

"I'm all alone."

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AOTD: I think that's the longest chapter I ever wrote. It took me two days.

Amon: Is he my brother?

AOTD: Not gonna let even you know. I hoped you guys like it.

Amon: Where's Tony?

AOTD: Bathroom, I think he has food poisoning or something; he's been in there for a while.

Amon: Serves him right.

AOTD: Hey! You're not the one who has to share a room with him. Anyways, this story is beginning to end and I'm gonna start working on the prequel then the sequel or possibly both at the same time. If I do both then the updates would be slower but if I only write one of them then you guys would be confused. Maybe I'll just write the first chapter of the sequel then work on the prequel.

Amon: But can you do it?

AOTD: Dunno. And my parents got my report card. I failed nothing but my Spanish class. I'd rather take Italian anyways. Well, I failed the classes but I passed the exams. My teachers think I'm stupid but I showed them. My report card said that I didn't work to my capability. I actually got a perfect score on a few of them too.

Amon: That's great and all but this is a place where people write stories, not talk about school and other stuff like that.

AOTD: …R&R please. The more reviews I get, the faster I'll update. And I feel sorry fo Michael, anyone who wants him can have him. Send a personality and stuff and I'll put you in the story as Michael's friend then girlfriend as everyone begins to pair up. I feel sorry for him.

Amon: I don't.

AOTD: The poem took up a lot of room when I spaced it out so I put commas where the spaces used to be. Then I put it in two paragraphs because it was hard for me to read.

Yuna of Paradise: I read the poem you sent to Sakura Rain in one of the reviews. It was so good. You should write fan fics too, I'm sure that you'd be great. Thank you for your kind words and reviews. I really hope that soon you'll sign one day so I could read some of your stories. Tell me if you have any, you are a really good poet. I hope you like my poem. I was gonna space it out but then it took up too much room so I just made it into two paragraphs. The comas are where the line used to go. And thanks for your ideas. I think I'm gonna use a few of them and it'll be a few more chapters until something good happens.