Well here's chapter 8 of AHIN. Enjoy

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Chapter 8: The Library

Saya awoke from a restless sleep to find Haji lying on the bed next to her. She rolled over onto her back and stared up at the ceiling. That was the worst dream I've ever had, but…it seemed so familiar, Saya thought. She sighed deeply and sat up in bed, running her fingers through her hair. "Maybe it was just a bad dream. But it felt so real… so very real." Saya said to herself. "Good morning, Saya." Saya jumped at the sound of Haji's voice. "Oh! I thought you were asleep. I guess I thought wrong." Haji sat up next to Saya and hugged her. "How are you this morning?" He asked. "Well, I'm better than I was last night. But Haji, last night in my dream I saw someone." Saya told him. "Do you know who it was?" Haji asked. "No, but he had black hair and these piercing green eyes that I can't get out of my mind." Saya said. Haji was about to say something when there was a knock at the door. "Come in," Saya said, inviting Kai in. Kai came in and smiled at the site of Haji and Saya lost in an embrace. "I just came to let you two lovebirds know, David and Julia are going to the library and they wanted us to come along, too. Lewis even offered to watch the twins," Kai said. "Yeah, we'll go. Come on Haji, let's get ready."

Saya and Haji were ready within a few minutes. Haji was wearing his normal attire while Saya chose something more casual, a pale blue shirt with dark blue jeans and a pair of white sneakers. Saya combed her hair, brushed her teeth and washed her face. Once she was finished she and Haji left the bedroom and waited in the living room for David and Julia. "Kai do you know what time they will be here?" Saya asked. Kai leaned up against the wall and put one hand behind his head and looked at his watch. "Well, it's 9 o' clock now. So… they should be here in about 30 minutes if they leave now." Just as Kai said this, the phone rang. Saya picked it up.
"Hello?" She said.
"How are you Saya?" it was Julia.
"Oh, hi Miss Julia."
"I was calling to make sure you were going to the library."
"Oh yeah, of course."
"Great, so we'll see you in about 15 or 20 minutes."
"Okay, thanks and bye." Saya said before hanging up the phone.

"Well, did you figure out what time they're going to be here?" Kai asked, still leaning up against the wall. "Julia said in about 15 or 20." Saya looked at Haji who was sitting on the couch, watching the twins. Haji turned his attention to Saya and smiled lightly, his violet eyes sparkling in the sunlight. Saya smiled back at him, and then joined him on the couch. "Are we going to the library soon?" Haji asked. "Yes, in about 15 to 20 minutes." Saya answered, smiling brightly. Haji gently stroked her cheek, and then kissed her forehead. It was such a beautiful moment, sunlight flowing through the large window in the sunroom and landing softly on the couple, highlighting the pure love that radiated off of the two. They separated only when Kai tapped Saya on the shoulder to advise her that Julia and David were at the door. "I guess it's time to go." Saya said, standing up. Haji stood and walked with Saya out the door. Lewis, who had come in already, had begun dressing Aiyu in a sky blue shirt with dark blue overalls. Yuki was already dressed in her pink shirt with her crimson overalls on. Saya turned back and looked at the twins, a twinge of worry in her eyes. "Lewis, are you sure you'll be okay with the twins?" She asked. "Ya got nothin' tah worry about, Saya, Trust me." Lewis said. Saya smiled and nodded in approval before closing the front door and catching up with Haji.

Wow, this place sure is… "Empty!" Kai said, as if reading Saya's thoughts. "Yeah," Saya said, "I wonder where everybody is. The library is usually full of people at this time." David and Julia went up to the librarian's desk. "Hello, anybody here?" David rang the bell impatiently. "David, I don't think anyone is here." Julia pulled on the sleeve of his shirt, and David stopped ringing the bell. "Well, they have great service," Kai said sarcastically, leaning up against the tan walls of the sunlit library. "I like it, it's very peaceful." Saya said, unconsciously walking towards the first mountainous aisle of books. Haji followed her, while Julia and David went the opposite direction. Kai stayed where he was, surveying the peaceful—yet somewhat eerie—atmosphere.

Haji and Saya were walking up and down the aisles of the library, stopping only when Saya wanted to look at a book or study a title. "Haji, what do you think about this one?" Saya held up a black book with a bookmark streaming out of it, its golden color glinting in the sunlight that filtered through the stained glass windows that acted as the ceiling of the building. Before Haji could answer, Saya had picked up yet another book. She was so wrapped up in the literary arts, she didn't notice the man standing behind her, but Haji did.
"Say—" Haji was interrupted by a very, very familiar voice.
"Now, I prefer the works of Mark Twain. I find his writings quite riveting and witty."
Saya spun around and came face-to-face with those same piercing green eyes. Before she could utter the slightest gasp, her throat was in his grasp. "What about you, Saya? What writings do you delve into?" the man squeezed with all his might, slowly asphyxiating Saya. Just as Saya felt herself letting go, the sound of ripping flesh brought her back. She looked down, expecting to see her abdomen completely torn open, but instead she saw Haji's claw, freed from the bandages, now protruding from the mysterious man chest. The man dropped Saya and staggered a bit, but stayed upright. "I… I see you brought your chevalier with you, how… unexpected—AH!" the man coughed and a substantial amount of blood escaped his mouth. Haji retracted his claw and rushed to Saya's aid, leaving the man to writhe in his pain.

Haji scooped Saya into his arms, noticing that although she was unconscious, she was still breathing. Then there was laughter. Haji, still holding Saya, turned to face the man. What he saw instilled a small amount of fear in his heart, but a greater amount of worry for Saya. The mysterious man turned out to be Nathaniel, one of Diva's many chevaliers. "I wouldn't waste my time saving her, Haji. Her days are as numbered as your own," Nathaniel chuckled. He began to chuckle more, and then it turned to laughter. "You'd be better off leaving her here to die!" His laughter turned to hysteria. Kai, Julia, and David at this point had heard all the commotion and come to the scene.

"Saya!" Kai ran to Haji and Saya, staring at Nathaniel. "What did you do?" he demanded. Nathaniel coughed up even more blood, and then he spoke. "Ask…your beloved Saya." And with that, he was gone. Kai and Haji began trying to awaken Saya. When she finally came to, she was hysterical. "Haji! That man, that man! He was the one in my dream! He works for Diva!" Haji shushed Saya and rubbed her back soothingly. "It's okay. It's okay, Saya," He whispered in her ear. Saya began calming down and her breathing returned to normal after about five minutes, but the group remained in the library, surrounded only by the uncomfortable silence that now hung in the atmosphere. Kai turned away from the group, hands shoved in his pockets.
"Goddamnit."

And there's Chapter 8! Chapter 9 is soon to come…