Ah, update again!! :D

Scene 29, it is, this time~! xDD

And I've heard Lambo's birthday is on…May 28, I think. If I'm wrong, tell me. I want to do something for him too. :D

But I'm not sure if I can catch it… T_T

Oh well, no vote changes, and for what I'm currently writing, it's an excess of 22k words in scene 50, and run into a little writer's block, which slowed my writing by a lot.

This is bad.

Anyway, I have enough to last me a while – I've probably gotten to about scene 70, I think. :D

Happy Reading, everyone, and please enjoy!! And review!!

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It was nighttime; the cold, frigid air bit into her skin as she walked through the park. The trees seemed to glow tonight; it was probably because of the fireflies. Kaia wound down the pathway, back out to the street. She only wore her pajamas; she would have been discovered if she had decided to pull on more clothes.

I'm not supposed to be normal… Am I? Am I just a normal girl who doesn't deserve to live? Yes, that is what I am. I am a stupid, foolish, embarrassing, irritating, burdensome little girl who doesn't deserve to live… But how would I die? How would I die? Soto- no, he doesn't care about me. I'm just a tool to him. And Jasmine, to her, I'm a doll. But…am I human? Nobody cares about me… Just about everyone and everything around me, just not me. All the "attention" I get, it's just a way of achieving their own goals. There's nothing benefiting me whichever way you look at it. But how would I die…? Should I just wander to the corners of the earth…?

And how could I die, with…people always behind me, watching my every move… Everyone around me, they can all be people who follow me around, they can all be stalkers. And they would come out in the dead of night…and come out to- to do what they will.

Kaia silently sighed to herself; she was at a crossroad now. She could hear faint voices far off; she assumed this to be some joyful party at someone's house. Kaia wanted that to happen to her, too. To have a ton of friends, to throw a party, to be happy and throw the worries to the wind.

[And to throw the worries to the wind is like dumping all the laborious paperwork to the Storm Guardian. Of course, Kaia doesn't understand that, but you can pretty much understand considering Gokudera being Tsuna's right hand man in the manga in the future.]

Kaia turned her face away from the bright festivities and continued on her slow pace. She didn't know where she was going, neither did she care. After all, she was a stupid, foolish, embarrassing, irritating, burdensome little girl who doesn't deserve to live.

"Ushi-shi-shi-shi…"

Kaia froze. She picked up her pace a little; fearful of whatever that thing was, making that unnatural sound.

"Ushi-shi-shi-shi…"

By now, Kaia was running for her life. She was panting hard as her bare feet sought foot-hold on the rocky surface of the road.

"Ushi-shi-shi-shi…"

"Ushi-shi-shi…"

"Ushi-shi…"

"No," Kaia hoarsely cried. "No, back away, go away-" And she screamed.

"Shi-shi…What do we have here…?" a figure, outlined by the moonlight, appears. Kaia backs away in fright, slowly at first, then slightly faster. The pain that coursed through her feet now was a major problem. Kaia found that she could no longer run fast enough to escape.

"No…don't…" whimpered Kaia. "No…" She backed away from the figure, but turned around to try and run for it. But the moment she turned her back to the silhouette, a pair of slender arms slid around Kaia's neck. She could sense the person was both taller and older, but surprisingly gentle. A decorated knife was in the hand on the right; as the arms wound around her neck, Kaia stiffened so as the knife would not cut her throat. Kaia was frozen with fear and apprehension as the rest of the body moved closer and closer, until it was taped against hers.

"Ushi-shi-shi…You're cute…What's your name?" the person snickered. And Kaia knew who it was. It was that blonde…the blonde in that other place after the pink bazooka…

"Kai…" Kaia managed to say.

"Hmm? What was that? I want you to say it again – so that I can hear, princess. What is your name?"

"Kai…" Kaia said a little louder.

"Kai, hmm?" Kaia could just feel the Cheshire grin on his face glimmer in the moonlight. "I don't think that's your real name, don't you, Kaiashi~?" Kaia gulped.

"H-How…?" Kaia whispered.

"Ushi-shi-shi-shi… I've been eyeing you for quite a while now…" His body started to move. Kaia struggled to find a way to escape, but there was none. His other hand wound down to her stomach; she was now a hostage of this person.

"Now – I don't want to kill you right now. It'll be too boring that way~" smirked the blonde. "But if you do anything that makes us noticed, then this will come into play." His dagger glimmered in the light.

Kaia held her breath. The dagger pressed against her skin, its cold bit into her skin harder than the chilly night air.

"Are…you…a…prince?" she croaked. She coughed a few times, and surprisingly, the grip was loosened so as she has space to cough. But when she was done, the grip tightened once more. The prince broke into a wide grin.

"How did you know, principessa?"

"I'm…not…a…princess…" Kaia whispered. The Prince started to drag Kaia backwards; they were going into an alley. Once they were completely immersed in darkness, the Prince let go of his hold on Kaia's neck; but he kept a firm grip on her arm. He chuckled eerily.

"Of course you are," he said. "Princes never court anybody but princesses."

Court…?

"Hey, prince has to do something now. Avvirederci, pretty princess~" He let go of his tight grip on her arm; he kneeled, took Kaia's hand, kissed it, and disappeared to the night. Kaia herself didn't know why she didn't immediately run away or escape. Perhaps he was blocking the only way out. Nevertheless, Kaia fell to her knees, which have turned to rubber from sheer fright and shock. She didn't know why this weird person was following her. She didn't know why in the world this prince was courting her. She doesn't even know why he asserts that she is a princess.

She isn't a princess, of course. After all, she was a stupid, foolish, embarrassing, irritating, burdensome little girl who doesn't deserve to live.

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Aww…poor Kaia.

Oh well, there it is, scene 29. :D

It was longer than most updates, but I updated. HAH!! ;D

Have an awesome rest of your lives, everyone!! :]