Author's note at the end…

Well here is the next chapter! So read, enjoy and review!

! DISCLAIMER: I don't own ANYTHING except the plot and my character (Amber Decosta and her Bitbeast-Kryptonite)

"..." - People talking

'...' - People thoughts

/italics/- Bit beast speaking to person or person speaking to bitbeast

Italics - FlashBacks

(...P.o.v.) - Different points of view

This fic may contain some swearing, so don't say I didn't warn you...

Last time on A Dark Past, A Hopeful Present….

ast time on

I suddenly stopped when I felt some sort of evil presence, I quickly put my necklace away and turned around.

'No one's here…' I thought before turning back in the direction I was in before.

I slightly turned my head to the right, only to see and hand creeping up toward my shoulder. I shifted quickly… a little too quickly.

I screamed before landing on the floor, my back colliding roughly with the particles of sand. I felt my breath leave me, because of the impact, and tried to forget the pain.

I forgot about the pain and looked around for the person that was going to grab me, I looked up shocked to see…

A Dark Past, A Hopeful Present

Chapter 19 – Between Memories and Reality

Amber's P.O.V

I continued to toss in my sleep, the recollections of the past continued to rush to me. I tried connecting with my bitbeast, so that I can tell her to stop unleashing these locked memories, but she never responded.

I turned to the left, the sheets tangling with my legs. I clutched my pillow harder before releasing my grip and reattaching it to my head.

Perspiration trailed down my face, my breath deepening until I was practically panting. I sat up quickly and looked around the room seeing it empty.

Silent tears fell down my face; I waited…counting the seconds wondering when it was going to end. I felt that the pleasant memories did more harm to me than the darkness that was thrust upon me.

I could not think straight, all I could see was memories…memories….and more memories…how I hated the word.

I laughed bitterly at myself. I felt weak and useless.

I looked upwards wanting to scream my hatred for everything in the world. It is surprising how one incident can lead to the destruction of ones dreams.

I was born into a good family. Everything seemed perfect at home, but that was quickly shattered. I had found out from Kryptonite that my parents were forced to work under Markov, experimenting on linking two bitbeasts together.

The experiment had been on my brothers bitbeast which had been taken earlier by a boy at the park who he battled with. That boy was also being influenced by Markov, which is how he got Endriagor.

When the joint was made between Black Dranzer and Endriagor, there was somewhat of an imbalance. To have balance you need the same amount of light as well as darkness, during the experiment Endriagor got split into two parts, a good and an evil.

Since Black Dranzer is obviously evil, the joint made it possible to have more darkness then light.

The blade was then given to my brother, at first he was normal, but Kryptonite told me that because of the imbalance…he could not handle the amount of darkness that it had, causing it to seep into him, latching onto his thoughts and corrupting his judgment.

I found my brother acting more strange. The day at the park when I fell off the bars was the last time I saw him…his true self. I remember looking into his eyes as he helped me up, I saw his eyes that held honestly and love, but it was quickly replaced with indifference.

I was scared that day…very scared…

We walked home that night silently, that was also the last time I had total peace before utter chaos erupted.

That night was the night my parents were murdered.

Markov was there with a crew of scientists, while my parents were being held by his guards.

I remember running and kicking him in the shin. I laughed at my poor attempt but continued to face the reality of what happened that night.

After I kicked him he roughly grabbed me by my collar, hauling me into the air while gripping my brother's shoulder. The pain I felt was immense, I was an innocent and did not know what was going on. The hold he had on my neck was unbearable…I clutched my neck thinking that the pain was the world thing I have ever suffered. Yet I was shortly corrected a couple of days later, where whipping was something that normally happened.

If someone were to tell me that I would be thrown into a dungeon of sorts, I would have scratched my head and dismiss the idea with an incredulous look, thinking that they were insane.

I do not really remember what happened but the last thing I memorized was Endriagor being released and murdering my parents, by seeing that I lost both my innocence and much more. I still remember their screams of pure agony that ripped through there throats and into my soul, forever to be remembered.

I remember seeing blood…so much blood…

After the attack I was beaten, but I continued to refuse to come with them. I remember calling his name wanting him to save me…but he left me, and let me suffer. Alone.

I smiled bitterly as that night continued to replay in my mind, while cursing Kryptonite for doing this.

She said she guarded and altered my memories...cruelly the only ones which were real was those of Vitiosus.

I remembered the murder being different…neither including my brother's bitbeast nor Markov…just other men that appeared.

/I did not want you to know about Endriagor…you would not have understood/ I heard Kryptonite whisper before quickly cutting off the link.

I tried to mentally shake away the barrier that she placed, but I found I could not break it. I growled in frustration as she began to thrust more memories at me.

I slouched letting the tiredness take over me.

I silently laid down looking at the ceiling trying to ignore the nightmares. I felt dizzy and nauseous and felt myself slip in and out of consciousness. The emotional stress began to rip through me and I could not take it anymore.

/I am sorry Amber/ was the last thing I heard before I became unconscious.

In the depths of Amber's mind, is where her bitbeast lye, with a thick barrier that surrounded her. She saw everything that Amber could see, but she could simply tune it out and ignore it, while Amber suffered.

Kryptonite felt her mistress' pain and felt guilt overcome her senses as she saw Amber let out tears, in which no sound followed.

She found the position her mistress was placed in cruel, but it had to be done. She could not pity or sympathize with her. Kryptonite had to show her those memories…those of which she stored deep in her mind.

Seeing her old Mistress' death, Ambers mother Celia, made Kryptonite feel sadness of her own. She had been with Celia for so long, their bond very strong.

Kryptonite saw that her bond with Celia differed in comparison to her bond with Amber.

Even though she was there for Amber, she found that most of the time she kept to herself…as if she had a barrier of her own.

She wished that things did not turn out this way, but she could not change the past…just the future…

With this in mind Kryptonite planned out what was to come next in this infinite nightmare, in which more innocents were being dragged into.

It was early morning when Amber arose with a pounding headache that produced a loud groan from the said girl. She slowly got up wanting to reach her luggage to get some Advil.

She clumsily fell to the floor crawling to her bag. She reached into the blue suitcase with shaking hands, eagerly looking for the relief to her immense pain.

She felt around her bag, becoming inpatient with her missing medicine. After she found it she clumsily got up, getting support from the chair that was next to her bag.

Amber walked to the washroom slowly, finding it hard to walk. She concentrated on moving her feet forward. Reaching the washroom, she involuntarily shivered as her bare feet touched the cold tiled washroom. She walked quickly with one hand on the wall to guide her to the sink. She grabbed a Dixie cup that was beside the sink in a dispenser and filled it with water.

She made a face as she filled the cup with water, grudgingly looking at it not wanting to drink the tap water. She quickly shrugged off the disgust while placing the cup on the counter, opening the medicine container and popping out two red pills.

She threw them into her mouth grabbing the cup and chugging the water.

She scrunched the cup, glancing at her reflection and threw the crumpled piece in the garbage.

She moved her bangs aside and saw that her eyes showed her fatigue. She looked at her clothes, which were the same from the night before. She growled in frustration at the feeling of being unclean, it reminded her of how she felt everyday in that stupid organization.

She turned away from her reflection and entered the room only to squint her eyes at the amount of brightness that erupted throughout the room. She looked around the room and spotted him opening his luggage and removing some clothes.

Amber rolled her eyes and made my way to the window looking out of it. The view they had was simply of a busy street littered with cars and sidewalks filled with people walking towards their destination. 'I wonder what my destination is' she thought before she felt the presence of someone beside her.

She looked to her right and saw Kai standing next to her, also looking out the window. She turned back to the window; both remained silent for a moment observing the fast paced world below them.

"We have a battle today" Kai said quietly shifted so that his arms were crossed in front of him, settled against the windowpane.

Amber nodded her head and looked at him. He felt her gaze and also returned the glance. For a second both shared a brief moment of understanding, and Amber knew that he knew what she felt.

She closed her eyes and nodded before making her way over to her clothes, while Kai did the same.

She saw him take out a pair of briefs and clothes for the day. "I call dibs on the shower first" She said mockingly before picking up her clothes and heading to the washroom, shutting the door behind her.

Kai watched as she strutted to the washroom and smirked at her ability to act normal after all she's been through. He respected her, and was no longer suspicious of her actions. He swept a hand through his hair, as he remembered her horrible story that was dragged out of her.

He heard the emotion in her voice yesterday and he knew it was hard for her.

Kai shook his head of the thoughts as he heard the shower run followed by a loud sigh. He shook his head, before leaving his clothing on the table, making his way out the door to check if everyone else was up.

'This certainly will be an interesting tournament' He thought before throwing open the door of his teammate's room.

To be continued…

Hello! Sorry for the late chapter, but I had writer's block, and found that I was beginning to lose my inspiration for the story. However, it came back as the reviews came in XD! Well in this chapter you basically got a summary of what happened in her past. The next chapter will begin with the battles, and a confrontation will also happen…

I will also be fixing the previous chapters that were on here before…I read it over and I found a lot of mistakes and I think I can make it better.

Don't forget to check out my other story 'Trials of a ninja' for Naruto.

Thank you!

RedFoxDemon