Hey everybody! Back with another chapter of "The Vessel's Darkness"! I know I should be working on my other ones, but I have a ton to make up after what happened with Demonic Love... yeah, it was bad. And I want to show everyone that this will be better, so enjoy this chapter!

Note: I forgot to mention that I said in the previous chapter that this might be a sequel to a story I am doing in Deviant Art, but now that I was thinking about it, that story is really the sequel while this is the first. If you get confused

It has been two years since I trained with Menchi. After the first year has ended, we met Buhara and boy he is a glutton for anything that has to do with food. I hope this won't be caused as a problem because he might eat everything while we travel.

Last month, I actually started to learn the basics of Nen... quote on quote basics, because Menchi wouldn't allow me to learn more than that! So pretty much, I am a weak Nen user... IT'S REALLY FUSTRATING! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY ABILITIES! Not only that, but she wouldn't allow me to do the water divination, so I am stuck at not knowing who I am! Am I a Specialist? Enhancer? Manipulator? Conjuror? Emissioner? Transmuter! WHICH ONE?!

*Sigh* I guess I should wait till I become a Hunter. If I do get my Hunter's License, then I can try to figure out where I can get back to my world... but what if the answers lie in the Dark Continent? Then I am completely screwed if that would happen, but I have to think this calmly, if not, then there's no way of getting back to where I belong.

"Grace!" I heard Menchi called me. "Dinner is ready!" Oh I wonder what she use this time. Apples that can only grow in a volcano, the poisonous mushroom that you have to cook carefully or else death will come to you, or the acid breathing chicken that all of us caught while we were looking for some of the Spider Eagle eggs?

I ran to the camp site that we set up while we were here to look for some of the Great Stamp. "Hey Menchi! What's for dinner this time?" The smell... butter from those cows that lived in the coldest weathers and their broth, made in to a sauce, mushrooms we picked out from a few years back! Wow! This must be a new recipe that she made. "You tried out something new, right?"

She nodded, giving me a confident smirk. Ever since I started to travel with her and Buhara, we become really close, and while at that, she trained me how to use my nose properly. Like how smell how some ingredients are poisonous, how to take the poisonous factors out to replace them with the good factors, and making delicious food in general. We've been going on very dangerous adventure, but none-the-less, fun, finding ingredients to create something new and delicious. Not only she trained my nose, but she also trained me physically as well. I've become stronger than before, and if I were to compare myself with me when I was in the real world, I would be at least... 3 to 5 time stronger than before, I can run faster and farther, I can at least lift... 49 kilograms... with... Nen... But still, I am stronger than before, so I can at least lift 25 kilograms without it!

We've finished dinner and started to go to sleep. I hope this won't be that long, because I need to get home right away, before my mom gets too worried... or depending how long it will be in the real world... I think since there has been many time lapse in the shows and manga, I don't really think she's going to be all that worried, and my friends are bound to be asking so many questions at a time. Since I'm here, I hope that 'she' won't come back... "Because they are nothing but freaks that should be erased from the world..." No... Once they died, they can never come back. I shouldn't worry about her anymore. She's long gone. Time to go to sleep... thank God Jeff the Killer doesn't exist.

I opened my eyes to see a bright, yellow sun shining on my face. It's morning already? I guess I should look around for the extremely rare honey that we were looking for and get Menchi once they wake up. Alright! Time to get going. Since the fire just smoldering, it won't be that hard to pick out the scent of the fire.

Hm? I feel an intense aura around somewhere. I look around to see an ominous looking cave. Why is it creating such an aura. I guess you can call me nosy, but I am curious of what's in there. As I enter in, I can feel a weird vibe. It's really scary, but... mostly lonely, like someone is calling out to find some relief, to find someone so they can talk to. I don't really care if someone is going to kill me, but I will figure it out who is was. I will live for the people who care for me.

It was a half hour later, and now the cave has gotten darker, a no sign who making this aura. I wasn't really scared, but more curious. I don't know why, but it's making me drawn to it, wanting to comfort it. It's so cold that it can kill you if you were a regular person, and to make things worse, I'm wearing my summer attire! Damn it!

"Who goes there?" That sound... or should I say, voice. It didn't sound like a human nor animal. It sounded more like a demon's voice... or something else. It was haunting, terrifying, creeping in your soul. "Get out of here!"

I glared. Even if it's at nothing, I can't just go back after making it this far! I won't! I won't! "What if I don't want to! You bastard! I want to know who's causing this! Is it you? What's causing you to be sad!" Shit! That was a bit too blunt! But I can't worry about it, I need to know, my head keeps telling me to comfort it, so I refuse in any way or form.

There's now a dread in the air. The feeling as if you angered someone who you shouldn't have, but who cares! I don't care if it's ignorance or foolishness, I want to know! "I. Said. LEAVE!"

"NO!"

"STUBORN FOOL!"

"I refuse! If you're so sad, then come along with me! No one deserves sadness! Your life is as important as to mine!"

"My life?" It questioned. "Don't you dare say that! Ever since you humans sealed me for thousands of years, my life to you is as equal to a piece of trash! You're kind sealed me because of who I am!"

Who... who would've done that to it! But who am I to blame? Humans are creatures that are easily afraid of the unknown, like how some are afraid of their futures. "People makes a ton of mistakes! So make my life equal to mine! I will unseal you in anyway or form!"

My... head... it's getting so fogged up... sleepy... I'm getting so... sleepy.

It's so dark. There's nothing in this abyss. Who am I...? Light. So warm... Someone's calling me, but who? Who's the one calling out to me? Men... Menchi... Menchi? ... Buhara... "Gray!" She called desperately. Why is she calling me? "You can't die! You have a goal to meet with someone! What about that special person that you were talking about for so long?!" What is she.. talking about? I opened my eyes to see she's... crying? "You have to meet with your special someone! You can't just die like this."

"Menchi!" I heard Buhara shouted, snapping her out of it. I turned to see Buhara sighed in relief, as if he almost got a heart attack, but why? I was just in a cave... or was it just dream? "We should let her breathe. It seems as if she's just waking up."

I just stared at her. Now I am confused. What in the world? "What are you talking about? I thought my goal was to go home. What is with all that 'special someone'? If it's some sort of prank, then it's not funny." Their eyes widen... maybe they're not lying. So why... is it because I entered that cave? It probable caused me amnesia then. "I think... Menchi, Buhara... I think I have amnesia."

That's the end of that chapter! Who was that voice inside of the cave? What was Menchi and Buhara talking about earlier when they meant by special someone? Is Grace's training good enough to pass the Hunter Exam coming up soon? And will Grace ever come back home? Find out soon enough! BYE!