A/N: Hi guys! Here's chapter 31, we're pretty close to the end hehe (we have 9 chapters left ?!) finally all the pieces are starting to come together and the full details about what happened in Clover and Spade are almost completely revealed! Also, i just realized i never explained the way to pronounce Kya, it's "Kaiyah". Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the chapter hehe!

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Two days had passed since Hikari had gone to Alistar's room, and she seemed to be getting a little better. She wasn't fully recovered, and no one expected her to be, but she was taking baby steps in the right direction.

After William had talked to Neva and Yuno he seemed to be getting better as well, he wasn't as quiet as he had been previously and even gave a small smile or two at a few of the kids. So far it seemed like everything was getting better, little by little.

But something was still bothering Yami.

When they had found Hikari and Alistar in the past they had also found Kya, the youngest daughter of the Grinberryalls, and something about her just seemed off to Yami. But at the time he just put it off to having just defeated Botis, and then losing Alistar to some unknown enemy.

But the more time he was around the little girl, the more suspicious he became.

He had kept this all to himself though, as the last time he suspected someone he ended up being wrong. So he didn't want to make the same mistake twice and just kept them to himself for the time being.

" Alright guys, the Wizard King called us for a Captain's meeting. So it may be a while before we're back, if you guys need us just use Wheels or Taxi Jr." Yami stated as he, William, and Charlotte all stood next to Finral. The adults and their 'children' nodded and just before the Captain's could walk through the portal, Neva, Yuno, and Asta stepped forward.

" Captain Yami sir, can we talk to you for a second?" Asta asked hesitantly, Yami frowned a bit but nodded and the four went outside so they could speak privately away from the others.

" What's up?" Yami asked them, he watched as the three looked at each other for a moment before Neva spoke up.

" It's about Kya, there's something…strange about her." She started hesitantly, as Yami frowned at her Yuno continued.

" It could just be because we don't know her as well as the others, but something strange. She hardly speaks and interacts with the other kids, and she looked a little surprised to see all of us here." Yuno said as he crossed his arms.

" And I noticed something when she hugged Miku when she first arrived. Miku was happy and relieved at first, but it was like the minute she hugged her, something made her afraid." Neva told the Black Bulls Captain softly.

" I've been watching her Ki too, and there's something really odd about it. I haven't seen her Ki before so it could have always been this way, but it's almost like there's two different people." Asta chimed in, Yami sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

" Damn, so you guys noticed it too?" Yami asked, Asta looked at his Captain wide eyed.

" You know about this?!" He shouted, causing Neva and Yuno to glare at him, Yami rolled his eyes.

" Yeah, I've noticed. I just don't want to say anything until I have proof." He muttered. " I don't feel like having a repeat of what happened with Pretty Boy, so I'm taking the cautious route this time." He added, he noticed the sad look that went over all three of their faces.

" Why don't you guys tag along and go to the library in the Castle, maybe you guys can find out something about the devils that we encountered in the future." Yami said, the three once again looked at each other. " Listen, I know it's a long shot, but who knows, maybe you three will be able to find something useful there." He added, the three nodded and gave him a small salute before they walked back into the house.

Soon, Yami, Charlotte, William, Yuno, Neva, and Asta all left for their Captain's meeting and for the library with Finral.

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Hikari sighed as she looked around Alistar's room, she had started cleaning up the mess she had made the other day, and tried to get it back to the way it looked before. But at the same time she tried to go through his papers to see if he made any headway before he passed.

Her parents had taken the voice recorder they found when they had gone to the future with them to go see the Wizard King, so sadly she wasn't able to listen to it, but she knew Alistar. He left those flowers with that recorder for a reason, so now she was looking for that reason.

The papers yielded nothing. Nothing but theories at best. But she did notice a few things that stuck out to her.

"Multiple kingdoms taken over overnight. Where did it start? They had to build an army up before they could start taking over Spade, so where did they begin? Maybe in another kingdom, or even another continent? This job is too big for just one person, I suspect multiple devils are involved, maybe some that are just as powerful as the Dark Triad devils."

She read the note over and over, he had been right as far as the multiple devils. But she, nor the others, had considered the devils starting off somewhere else before attacking Spade. She would have to bring this up with the others when they got back. Hikari picked up another note on his desk and looked at it.

" If they are devils, how were they able to escape when our parents were wiping them out? How could they have stayed hidden for so long and no one noticed them slowly getting stronger? Maybe they have contracts with humans, if so, those humans have to be powerful. Maybe Royals?"

Hikari frowned, royals? That could explain how they were able to stay under the radar and get stronger for so long, but if so, which royals? Clover? Heart? Diamond? Or maybe even Spade? She continued reading down his notes.

" What are the devil's powers? How are they able to take out so many people in such a short amount of time?"

Hikari nodded as she finished reading, the partial answer they had to that question was to Botis's memory magic. But that couldn't have been all, right? There had to be something else besides wiping their memories, that wouldn't really make them violent would it? There was something they were all missing.

She set the notes down and looked across his desk again, she hadn't dared to touch the books that sat there. Especially not the one his mother had left him. Her hands gently brushed over the faded gold letters, and she frowned. Maybe, just maybe this book would tell her what the flowers that Alistar left meant?

Hikari pulled the flowers out of her pocket, one was a buttercup, and the other she couldn't quite tell. So she instantly flipped to the 'B' section of the book and flipped the pages until she found the Buttercup.

" Buttercups mean 'childishness', alright, then what does this other flower mean?" She muttered before flipping through the book again, she went back and forth from A to Z, but she couldn't quite find the flower.

" Really Alistar? You couldn't have picked a more common flower?" She sighed as she flipped through it a third time, but this time she paused as she stared at one photo.

" 'Aconite, also known as Wolf's Bane, Queen of Poisons, etc., is a toxic plant usually found in the Northernmost part of Clover, and means Beware.' Beware? Beware of what?" Hikari muttered, she looked at the two flowers for a few more minutes before her eyes widened.

" Beware Childishness? Beware of the Child? Was he trying to tell us to beware of Kya?" Hikari softly whispered, that was the only thing that made sense, he was warning them to stay away from her!

That's why he and Kya disappeared, why he knocked William out, because he knew Kya was the other devil! But none of them understood his message, not in time anyway. Hikari immediately walked towards and threw it open only for her heart to nearly stop in her chest.

On the other side of the door stood Kya, who smiled innocently at her.

" Is everything okay?" Kya asked worriedly as she looked from Hikari to around her.

" Y-Yeah everythings fine, I just need to go get some fresh air." Hikari lied easily as she closed the door behind her, Kya nodded in understanding.

" I understand your face is pretty pale, you should rest." Kya said softly, Hikari nodded and walked past the 'little girl' before she stopped. " Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm sorry about what happened to your friend, I lost my dad to the same person, but we'll find them and make them pay for it." She added.

All the dark haired woman could do was nod in response, she quickly walked away from the girl, her fists clenched so tightly at her sides that her nails left impressions on her palms. She quickly walked to the common area, grabbed Ezio, and ordered him to take her to the Castle so she could find her parents.

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The Captain's meeting was awfully quiet for a while. Everyone didn't quite know what to say to William, Charlotte, and Yami. Especially William since they had all heard about what happened with Alistar.

" I," Fuegoleon started hesitantly. " I'm sorry about your son William." The vermillion haired man could only imagine what William was going through, if he were to lose any of his future children, he would be a mess right now.

William just nodded his head in acknowledgement as Yami leaned forward onto the table.

" Speaking of, your kid came over to our hideout the other day. You did that on purpose just to give me a heart attack didn't you?" Yami asked, Fuegoleon blinked in surprise but shook his head.

" No I didn't, from what Leonidas and Cyraleona told me, the four of them are good friends. So when they heard that Alistar had passed, they wanted to see Hikari, but Cyra was away with her mother so only Leon could go." Fuegoleon explained and Yami blinked.

" There's more of you?" He asked in surprise, Fuegoleon chuckled.

" There's three children to be exact." He corrected, Yami let out a relieved sigh, thankfully those three didn't come anywhere near him and his rag tag group. He didn't know if his heart could take anymore.

" Should we listen to the recording?" Julius asked softly after the Captains fell into silence again, the others nodded and as soon as he clicked it on a familiar voice floated through the air.

" Is this thing working?" A much older Asta muttered. " Hey Noelle! Are you sure this thing is on?!"

" Yes! If the gem at the top is flashing, that means it's recording! Geez." A much older Noelle shouted back, they heard Asta chuckle before clearing his throat.

" Anyway, I'm recording this just in case things don't go as we planned with the darkness. So, if anyone from the past is listening, or if my girls are listening. Hi guys, I miss you and love you-." Asta started but Noelle cut him off.

" Get to the point Asta! We don't have much time!" Noelle shouted, Asta sighed.

" You're right, sorry," he said with a sheepish laugh before clearing his throat. " Anyway, I'm not sure how much you guys know. But we first got notice of this 'Darkness' when we lost contact with Spade, when we sent scouts out to check it out we also lost contact with them, but they were able to send one message before we lost contact. They explained how it was deserted, and how it looked like the entire kingdom had been wiped out. But they also said when they did find people, they were afraid of them." Asta took a breath before continuing.

" The people were deathly afraid of the scouts, some would just run away, but others would attack blindly. No one had ever seen that before. They were able to catch one and when the scouts tried to ask them what happened, they couldn't say a single word, it was like they had forgotten how to talk or something." Asta muttered thoughtfully. " All we can assume so far is one might have some form of memory magic, but the other? We can't even begin to figure out what their magic is. Maybe they have a fear or nightmare like magic?" Suddenly Asta gasped.

" Hey Noelle! Wouldn't it be so cool if the other devil had a nightmare or fear magic?!" Asta shouted excitedly.

" No it wouldn't be cool Bakasta!" Noelle shouted. " Now hurry up, we have to go!"

" R-Right, sorry." He muttered. " Anyway, this is really the only information we have, you guys may already know this, you may not, but either way I hope it's helpful. Now if this is us in the past listening I want to ask you guys for a small favor: Take care of our kids alright?" He asked before the recorder automatically shut off.

The Magic Knight Captains all looked at each other, for William, Julius, Yami, and Charlotte this wasn't much new information. But for the other Captains it was.

" You said Botis had memory magic correct?" Nozel asked. " If that's the case then we already know who to look for here in the past to keep the 'darkness' from ever happening."

" Yes, that's right. But we also need to find the other devil too, because we can't be sure if we find Botis we'll find them since we don't know if they've always been together or if they happened to find each other at some point." Charlotte answered. " If we can get both devil's names, and they happen to be seperated, then we can split everyone up into two teams. If they're together then we'll just need one team."

" But that's the problem isn't it?" Yami started with a sigh. " We don't know where to even begin-." Yami wasn't able to finish before Hikari burst through the doors.

" I know where the second devil is, or at least the one from the future anyway!" Hikari shouted out of breath with Ezio trailing nervously behind her. She walked over to the table and slammed down Alistar's notes and flowers.

" Alistar left us a warning with the flowers, it said 'Beware of the Child' or that's how I interpreted it. He was telling us to beware of Kya. She's the second devil!" Hikari said as she opened Alistar's book and pointed out the flowers, the Captain's and Julius all looked, it was a smart and subtle way of warning them, it was just a shame they didn't catch it in time.

" And when Alistar knocked me out, Kya figured out that he knew and had to eliminate him from blowing her cover." William said, Hikari nodded.

" But that's not all, Alistar was suspecting two from the beginning, and not just that, but he suspects they're possibly contracted to Royals and that's how they were able to escape and go undetected for so long." Hikari finished, Yami, William, and Charlotte all stood.

" Where's Kya now?" Yami asked, and he looked at Ezio. " Taxi jr. You go down to the library, Asta and his Golden Dawn friends are down there, bring them back with you. Your old mans gonna take us back to the temporary house."

Ezio saluted with a nervous 'Yes Captain Yami!' before he ran out of the room towards the library, meanwhile Finral took Hikari, Yami, Charlotte, and William back to the house.

What greeted them was not a pretty sight.

The kids and adults were all either attacking each other, were hiding, or were curled up and, once they saw that new people had arrived, they set their sights on them.