I found a way to turn my new story idea into another chapter for this story, Later. For now ispriration has struck, and I'm on a roll!

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Autumn woke up in the dark, she couldn't see anything, or hear anything. Slowly and cautiously, Autumn sat up. She was in a dark and somewhat familiar cave, with a dirt floor which she had previously been sleeping on. She couldn't see the walls or much else, so she crawled around until she felt one of the walls. She felt her way along the walls until she reached an opening. Following the passage way connected to the room she had been in, Autumn found herself outside gazing at the shadow in the sky that was the new moon.

"What happened?" Autumn asked no one inparticular. Walking around, Autumn found nothing that could help her remember.

"Sempai?" Autumn called out into the starless night.

"Leader-sama?"

"Aniki?" There was no response. Autumn sat down in the cool grass beneath her, it was darker that usual. It was pitch black, like someone had shut the whole world in a black box. The only thing she could make out was a circle in the sky that was a lighter shade of black. Knowing that at least the moon was the same, gave Autumn enough security for to her closed her eyes. But, she didn't go to sleep, she just sat there waiting for the sun to rise, solving her confusion.

Hours later the sun finally broke through the darkness, signalling Autumn that it was time to open her eyes. Autumn slowly opened her eyes, and sat up, but what she saw made her wish she hadn't. The place looked almost like a wasteland! There were trees that had fallen, and debris all over the place.

"Autumn!!!" Someone yelled behind her. Autumn turned and looked at whoever was calling her name. It wasn't just one person, it was the whole Obsessionists gang! (Including all the other groups Autumn hangs out with, but I don't care about them.)

"What's wrong?" she asked confused.

"I'd like to ask you the same thing, there was a huge earthquake. Even we felt it, all the way across town." May said coming to the front.

"An earthquake? But, we don't even live anywhere near a fault line." she said looking around, she didn't recognize the surrounding area, just where was she?

"I know!" May said offering her friend a hand up. Autumn took it gladly silently thanking her friend for being there.

"Where are we?" she asked, looking May in the eye.

"You mean you don't know!?!" May asked surprised. "You're supposed to be smart one out of our little group!" This caused Autumn to roll her eyes,

"Just tell me already,"

"Autumn don't you get it? We're at your house." she said sadly.

"M-my house?" May nodded her head. "N-no, this can't be-!" May turned her head toward the biggest pile of debris, it was nothing but wood, bricks and roofing tiles.

"We're sorry Fall." May whispered, offering to hug her friend.

"NO!!! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! THIS CAN'T BE MY HOUSE!!! IT JUST CANT!!!" Fall sank to her knees.

"Last night, something went off underground..." May started.

"Apparently your house was closest to whatever it was..." Daniel continued.

"And your neighbors alerted us first when they saw your house come down..." Lyn added.

"Look on the bright side! You're still alive!" May said trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, you're lucky you got out of there alive!" Everyone else agreed. Autumn sniffed and looked up and what used to be her house.

"I guess I'll have to move..." she gave a small laugh, "Ya know... I've lived in this house for almost all of my life, even after it happened I never moved, I guess all good things have an end."

"That's the spirit Fall! Let's try to find anything salvageable!" May said running over to the pile of rubble, Autumn and the rest following close behind.

After about an hour of searching, Autumn found a few things that were undamaged. All of her clothes were in perfect condition, just covered in dust and stuff. Her jewelry (which wasn't much) was okay, Her mother's old grandfather clock that she had gotten in Germany was fine. A lot of things that she had locked up in her parents' room was just fine, much to her relief.

Autumn walked across the rubble to where May had found a hole earlier, picking up a few boards, Autumn found... Her library! She ventured down into the hole after grabbing a flashlight from her friends and looked around, EVERYTHING WAS OKAY!! Autumn jumped for joy, her manga was scattered all over the place, and her DVDs were on the floor too, but her TV was still on the wall and in working condition. Autumn did a little dance and ran back up into the fresh air. Her friends had left earlier, to look for houses, they were looking for anything inthe area, until she had a new place to stay, she was going to live in the motel down the street. May had offered to have her stay at her house, but she refused.

As Autumn walked down to her motel room, she thought back about what had happened, and then it hit her... She was free. When she had woken up she hadn't seen the Akatsuki anywhere. If the Akatsuki were gone, then they had no more authority over her, she was reall and truely free.

Before anyone asks... THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER!!! There is still more to come, featuring more characters, and other stuff, until then.

Aloha!