I'm sooo happy about the reviews, following, and for just reading! So I present chapter 2... :}

(Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, only my OC, Marina)

When I woke up I thought it would be much lighter, only to realize that the satin covers I was laying on were over my body and head. Lifting them up I was expecting to be up much higher.

There was a loud banging on the door, until it was kicked open. "Voi! Did you plan on making me wait all day? You-" Squalo was at the door yelling at me when he saw me on the floor with the covers on top of my head. He raised one brow and asked, "What are you doing?"

I pulled them off and stood up laughing awkwardly. "I must have fallen on the floor while I was sleeping."

Still staring he said sarcastically, "That must have been... comfy."

"I guess?" I laughed.

"Well anyway-" He was cut off by my grumbling stomach. I put my hands on my stomach and blushed. How embarrassing! Squalo sighed, "First let's get something to eat." I smiled at the thought of food.

As we walked down the hall I used my fingers to comb my somewhat tangled hair. *This place is so big that there must be other people living here. But so far I haven't seen or heard a thing.* The second after I thought that there was a crashing sound that made me jump.

Squalo had an annoyed look on his face as we came to a stop at the door where the noise had come from. "Wait here." Before I had time to answer he had already went in.

I stood there dumbfounded. Through the door I heard yelling. I recognized Squalo's voice but there were a few others I didn't know. A few minutes later I heard heavy footsteps come towards me. When they were right next to me I looked up.

A tall, somewhat dark man wearing a suit similar to Squalos, stared at me. I retaliated by doing the same. Suddenly without hesitation, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the room.

He raised my arm and asked in a deep voice, "Does anyone know who this girl is?"

Squalo turned around in anger yelling, "Voi, I thought I told you to wait outside!"

I calmly replied, "I did wait. But then this man came and brought me in." I pointed to him with the hand that wasn't being held up.

"Squalo, who is this girl?" A man with a green side Mohawk and red sunglasses said in feminine tone.

"Levi, let her go. She's nobody, don't worry about her." The man named Levi did as he was told and walked to where the rest of the people were standing.

I frowned and crossed my arms. "Humph. You didn't have to be so rude," I muttered to myself. My frown vanished as I saw oblong-shaped almond biscuit in a blonde boy's hand. "Is that biscotti?! Could I have some?"

The boy looked from the food to her. "Sure..."

I stuffed it into my mouth and a big grin grew on my face. "This is even better than it sounded."

"You mean you've never had it before?" asked the astonished blonde boy whose bangs covered his eyes.

Through mumbles I said, "Nope. I only know about it from the books I've read." Everyone in the room was watching me intently. It was kind of nerve wracking. I wasn't used to being the center of attention.

"What's your name?" The sunglasses guy asked. I finished the last bite and then said, "Marina."

Through his glasses the man's eyes sparkled. "Marina! What a cute name!" He grasped my hands, smiling like an overjoyed puppy.

I gave him a crooked smile. "I didn't catch your name."

The man put his hand to his heart. "I am..." Then he spun around a few times and when he stopped he threw his arms up for a big finish. "Lussuria!"

I couldn't help but laugh, putting my hand to my mouth so he wouldn't hear. I then looked to the rest of the people in the room. Well there weren't any girls so, just Squalo, Lussuria, Levi, the blonde haired boy, and... A baby?!

I had to do a double take to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me. Not only was this baby dressed in extremely strange clothing, but he was floating! Three men, a boy about my age, and a floating baby were living in this castle like place? What was going on here?

"Why are you looking at me that way?" The floating baby questioned. I was speechless. It talked! I know babies can talk, but not that fluently. "Hey. You spoke fine a moment ago. Did something get caught in your throat?"

I finally got my breath back. "Um, your name..."

"Hm? Oh. Mammon." He's a sassy kid. I'll have to watch out for him. Plus, what's with the frog on his head?

"Humph." Leaning against one of the counters, the blonde boy seemed to be rather anxious. "So I guess my name is of no interest to you."

Surprised by his remark, I turned to him. "No, that's not true. Please tell me!" I said quickly so he wouldn't be upset from the lack of attention.

He smirked as if he had already predicted my answer. "But of course you want to know. You're in the presence of Prince Belphagor. However you can call me Prince Bel."

He had a very boasting and outgoing personality, even for a prince. Out of all the people there I would say he was probably the most eccentric, then again Mammon and Lussuria were too... I feel so out of place with all these crazy people. I hope they don't rub off on me.

All of a sudden someone's hands were on my back, pushing me forward. "Don't listen to him, just call him Bel. Why don't you sit down? You can tell us about yourself," Lussuria insisted.

"Eh?" I looked back at Squalo for help.

"Voi, I have stuff to discuss with her."

Lussuria just waved his hand at him, "You can talk later."

He pulled out a chair to the fancy and expensive looking table and plopped me down. Squalo didn't look too happy but didn't say anything back. Instead he went into the fridge, probably to get breakfast. Lussuria sat in the seat to my right while Levi and Bel sat across from us. Mammon just hovered above Lussuria and Levi.

With his face resting in the palm of his hand, Lussuria asked, "Where are you from?"

I answered straightforward, "Namimori."

Squalo spit the milk he was drinking into the air. All at once they said in an astonished tone, "Japan?!"

Glancing all around, I wondered what the big deal was. "What?" I said shrugging my shoulders.

The quiet Levi was the first to speak. "You came all the way from Japan?" What did he mean by 'all the way?' If I wasn't in Japan, where exactly was I?

"Don't tell me you don't know where you are? This is Italy," Mammon said in his monotone voice.

Oh, Italy. "What?!"

"By your reaction I'll take that as a yes. But how did you get here without knowing where you were going?"

My face filled with worry, contemplating if I should tell them or not. Once again I looked to Squalo. It was hard to tell what he was thinking, that odd expression on his face. He looked up, hopefully thinking of a way out of explaining to them something I fully didn't understand myself.

"Voi, don't bombard her with confusing questions. That will be part of our discussion later. Got it?" The last part was directed towards me.

Lussuria frowned but a second later his grin was plastered back on his face. "Then, how about what you like to do?"

I thought for a moment. "Well I'm sort of good at drawing-"

Before I could finish Lussuria intervened, "Oh, will you draw us something?! Levi, be a dear and get her some paper and a pencil."

I smiled apathetically to Levi. He grudgingly got up and quickly found what he needed. With pencil in hand and paper in front of me, I tried to think of something interesting to draw.

Snapping my head up, I shouted, "Got it!" I started drawing away, fast and swiftly like an artist. In less than a minute I had drawn out a beautiful and detailed picture.

"A cat?" Levi asked.

"No, it's a leopard," Bel corrected.

I smiled smugly. "It's not just any leopard. It's a baby snow leopard."

"Still, it's amazing how life like it is. You're incredible Marina!" Lussuria added. I blushed at his over enthusiastic praise. "You should show Boss, he likes cats."

Squalo perked up when their boss was mentioned. "No. We don't need Xanxus to know about her. It will only cause me more trouble," he said sounding cautious.

While everyone was listening to Squalo, I noticed something weird about my drawing. I thought I was hallucinating because the lines outlining the leopard's fur were shaking as if it wanted to get out of the paper. Putting my hand on the lines, a tiny white flame erupted from my fingers, though it was just a second. The snow leopard jumped out of the paper, pushing me and my chair over.

Sparkling teal eyes, surrounded by glistening white fur, gazed into my eyes like a baby would look at its mother. I just sat there, not concerned that I had just fallen backwards, staring back into the cat's eyes. No words could describe my reaction to this fur ball standing on my chest. But those eyes, they made me feel so nostalgic.

Chairs scratched across the floor as everyone stood up and looked down at me. "Marina, are you okay?!" Lussuria gasped.

"I think so..." I replied, still in shock.

The snow creature moved its head closer to mine and I held my breath. Then unexpectedly, it stuck its tongue out and licked the side of my cheek with its roughness. I couldn't help but start laughing. It tickled and it was so cute!

Everyone gave me a strange, confused look. I picked it up, getting the feeling it wasn't very dangerous, and got back on my feet.

"So, can someone explain to me what's going on? Whose leopard is this?" I smiled nervously. Everybody in the room looked from me to Squalo, wondering what they should say.

Squalo walked to me and grabbed my arm, tugging me towards the door. "I think you should go back to your room now."

Without getting a moment to speak, I quickly waved goodbye to the others as I was hauled out the door. He didn't say a word as he kept dragging me, though he seemed to have something on his mind.

"Squalo..." I said quietly. No response. "Squalo!" This time I shouted.

He stopped abruptly, "Voi! What?!"

"You're hurting me..." I frowned and looked at my arm where he was tightly gripping. He hastily released his grip and sighed.

"Can you tell me what's going on?"

He grimaced at this question and began to walk again. "Maybe." In other words, even he didn't know what had just happened.

We got back to my room and I had just plopped down on the bed, with the baby snow leopard next to me.

"Don't leave this room until I come get you, understood?" I was petting the cat and not really listening. "Voi, understood?" he repeated ferociously.

"Yes!" I quickly answered.

After that he left me and the cute little leopard alone. "Hm, you need a name don't you?"

It made a little meow. I laughed at its cuteness. Well it is a girl. And she's adorable... Then it came to me. "How about Lulu?" She rubbed her head against my knee and started purring. I guess she likes it. I spent an hour petting and playing with Lulu.

Squalo still hadn't come back. What was he doing?

Out of nowhere there was a knocking on the door. I leapt off the bed and ran to the door, opening it as fast as I could. But it wasn't Squalo.

CLIFFHANGER! lol sorry I just had to do that. So... who do you think it is?