I'm back, with another update! It's now been a few months ever since Kairi's murder. How has the gang coped without their friend? Read onward, and find out a very surprising secret.

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-Two months later-

Even after her death, the gang still felt distraught when they heard the horrible news of Kairi's death. So many questions rang around in their minds. Who killed her, and why? What was their reason? Whoever did it must have had a very good reason to kill her. They all sat around the glass coffee table in Kairi's apartment. They wanted to keep everything as it was when she lived there. Shiloh still lived there, living off dog food that the landlady would give him.

"Why do we still feel remorse?" Yami inquired one day, his fists clenched up in his knees. "It's been two months after her death, yet we still miss her." Brian nodded in agreement as did the others.

"Let's face it," Brian replied, a small tear reflecting in the lamplight. "She may be gone in this world, but she's still alive in our hearts. Nothing can ever change that." Suddenly, Joey, Tea, Tristan, Yami, and Yugi all stood up, and proceeded towards the door. "Where are you going?"

"We're going to visit her grave," Yugi replied solemnly. Brian then stood up, and they all filed out of the apartment.

-Meanwhile-

At the cemetery, a small shifting came from a grave near the entrance. A golden light poured out of the shifting eroding ground, followed by a skeletal hand. A cloaked figure clamored out of the grave, its eyes glowing red. On its hands, bits of skin remained on the bones, though most of it was rotten, as if it decayed in a pouring rain. The light faded, and the cloaked figure made its way over to its grave.

"This isn't possible," it whispered, a black wing appearing on the left side of its back. "How could it have been two months already? Domino needs me." It turned towards the gate, and saw the gang standing near it. The figure fled as the gang entered the graveyard.

"Holy Ra!" Brian shouted, pointing at the empty grave. "What happened here?"

"Beats me," Joey shrugged, the Pharaoh walking over to the dirt mound. A thick fog began to roll into the cemetery like mist.

"Someone stole the body," Yami whispered, placing his hand onto the tombstone. "If they hadn't, this wouldn't happen."

"Forgive me for interrupting, my king," whispered a voice, the fog revealing the cloaked figure, its rotting hand concealed by the cloak. "But why are you here?"

"We're here to visit Kairi Lumina's grave," Brian replied, staring hard into the figure's eyes. "What have you done with her?"

"The one you seek," the figure replied, lifting its skeletal hand to the hood. "Is me." When the hood lowered, it was indeed Kairi Lumina, although half of the skin on her face was gone. All that was there was half of the skull with her crimson red eye still in its socket. On the other half of her face, her black/red hair blew in the southern-east wind, her skin rotten, while half of her lips were chapped, and skin peeling off. Brian, fearing the Pharaoh's safety, pulled out his shotgun.

"You stay away from the Pharaoh!" he cried, aiming the gun at the zombie's neck. "If you take one more step, I'll blow your head off!" The zombie Kairi lifted her hand in protest.

"You don't understand, Guardian," she whispered. "The head vampire killed me because…"

"Because what?" Joey asked, stepping forward.

"You don't know?" Brian laughed, lowering the shotgun. "She's the Protector of Domino!"

"The Protector of WHAT?" Joey yelled, leaping two feet into the air in surprise.

"The Protector of Domino," Kairi repeated, her black wing twitching. "I was assigned to protect this city when I first moved her, before I met you. That's why I only have one wing. I'm the One Winged Angel, as others call me." Joey stumbled to the ground in complete shock. Kairi made her way over to him, and helped him up.

"Why didn't you say before?" Yami asked, tears appearing in his eyes.

"I didn't want to frighten you, my king," she whispered, bringing the hood back over her head. "Now, we have to get Inuyasha. We must stop this new threat before it stops us. Are you with me?"

"We're with you all the way, Kairi," Joey replied, punching the foggy air. "We'll save Domino, and the world."

Man, that hurt my arm. Anyway, what did you think? What will happen? Find out in chapter six, Who's the Master?

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