Csoh:(packing) I hate this.
Solomon:What's going on?
Csoh:I have my classes to get to which means all my stories are going to be second to EVERYTHING!
Solomon: (hugs her) It'll be okay. I'm sure you'll manage.
Csoh: (crying) But I want to write more all day!
Kai: (talking to Nathan) I thought she liked Hagi.
Nathan: You're not looking close enough. (both look to find Csoh putting sign on Solomon's back)
Csoh: Thank you Solomon! (leaves room)
Diva:(walks up behind Solomon and kicks him)
Solomon: Why did you kick me.
Diva:You told me to!
Csoh: (snickering while being comforted by Hagi)
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Chapter 12: Kai
Saya woke up to find Hagi playing with her hair. He smiled lightly at her as she looked at him. He was trying to act calmly, but his eyes sparkled with delight. She pulled herself up and he enclosed her in his arms. It was weird how comfortable she was with him. She had been taken by him to a foreign country and here she was. Cuddling.
"Good morning Saya."
"Morning." She pulled out of arms and stood there for a minute. "Um... Clothes." He stood up and opened the closet.
"We made sure that you had clothes. Your clothes that you had in Canada were lost somewhere between there and here. I hope you don't mind." She looked at the clothes. She loved them.
"They're perfect!" Hagi turned and left while she changed. For a kidnapping this was great! She reminded herself that she had been rescued not kidnapped. Pulling on a shirt, she opened the door and found Hagi waiting. "Alright! So what are we doing today?" She slipped her hand into his and they headed towards the stairs.
"We'll have to ask Joel." He looked uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." He looked down at their hands.
"I'm sorry." She started to pull her hand out of his when he laced his fingers with hers. He smiled at her.
"Nothing's wrong."
"Are you sure?" He started down the stairs and Saya hurried to keep up. They went down three flights when they ran into that red head from last night. What was his name. Tye? Mai? No... Um.
"Kai." Hagi kept a hold of her as they stopped to talk to the guy. Kai! That was what his name was!
"Morning. Saya, did you remember anything last night?" Saya looked at him. He seemed rather hopeful. She cleared her throat.
"Um... Some faces maybe. I don't know, it was really blurry." She hated to lie, but... He nodded happily.
"It'll come back! I'm sure of it! You just need to see familiar things." He headed downstairs.
"...You're still a terrible liar." She looked up at Hagi.
"He looked so hopeful though. I didn't want him to be disappointed."
"..."
"Why doesn't he like you?" Hagi looked down at her again.
"What makes you think he doesn't?"
"You both seem intent on avoiding the other."
"We're at an impasse..." Hagi was certainly a talker. They headed down the hall and entered a meeting room... full of people. Saya felt nervous. Had they wanted her in the room sooner.
"That's all for today gentlemen." The head of the table dismissed the others and motioned them towards a door to the left of the room. He followed behind and closed the door. Hagi leaned against the wall and left her in front of him. "I haven't seen you in a very long time Saya."
"... I'm assuming you're Joel?"
"The sixth to be exact but yes." He smiled. Saya sat down in front of his desk. He followed and sat in front of her. "So how much do you remember?"
She let out an aggravated breath. Why did they ALL ask that!
"I don't remember much of anything. Hagi seems familiar, but I don't remember anything from before waking up with Solomon." Joel looked up at Hagi.
"Has she talked with Kai yet?"
"No." Joel waited for him to continue. He didn't.
"I was a little startled by him yesterday so we didn't talk long." Joel's gaze lingered towards Hagi before returning to her. She couldn't see Hagi's reaction, but it was evident that he had motioned something. Or they were hiding something.
"You should talk with him more. He might be able to help you recall some of your memories." Joel looked again towards Hagi. He seemed upset towards him for some reason. She stood up and looked towards Hagi. He was avoiding her gaze.
"I will." Hagi waited by the door. "Um... Hagi can I talk to Joel alone for a minute?" He nodded and left the room. She waited a minute before returning her attention to the man.
"Is something wrong?" She nodded.
"What are you not telling me?" He looked out the window.
"... Hagi... He can restore your memory faster than anyone else could. We've been asking him for weeks to try and he's... refusing. It's reasonable but still..." He sighed and looked back at her. "I apologize. It's none of my business to bother you with the past. It shouldn't effect you now... It's probably best being forgotten." Saya nodded and turned to leave. "It was nice to see you again Saya."
Saya closed the door behind her and found Hagi waiting for her. He didn't ask what they had talked about as they headed towards where Kai had been going. They walked to almost the bottom of the ship and found him laying in his room.
"I have to go do something. Will you be alright alone with Kai?" He seemed nervous leaving her with him.
"I'll be fine." He nodded and threw a cold glare at Kai before leaving. Kai sat up and watched her sit down at his desk.
"Hey." She smiled nervously.
"Hello. Um... I was told to talk to you and try and trigger some memories." Kai seemed a little pissed and Saya reconsidered her decision that she would be fine without Hagi.
"Where do you want to start?"
Hagi! Just everything about him!
Saya cast the thought aside and took another approach.
"How did you and I meet?" Kai grinned at something.
"You were adopted about four years ago into my family. Our dad, George died and later on so did our brother Riku." Saya remembered the names from Hagi's journal.
"How did they die exactly?"
"Well... You've been told what chiropterans are haven't you?" Saya shifted uncomfortably.
"I know that Hagi and I are chiropterans." Kai shook his head.
"You two are different. The REAL chiropterans killed them."
"Real chiropterans?" He scratched at his head.
"Er... You and Hagi are in the human chiropteran area. You don't turn into monsters with no capability of thought." Hagi's hand though...
"Kai? How many types of chiropterans are there?"
"I'm sorry, I'm confusing you aren't I. There is really only one type, I just find you and Hagi to be different. Hagi is what is known as a chevalier and you're what's known as a queen."
"...Now I'm confused." Saya tried to piece it together.
"A queen chiropteran makes chevalier."
"Um... I don't think I can make a person...chiropteran...yeah I don't think I could've made Hagi."
"Well not make like with your hands, but if you give a human your blood they become a chevalier."
"Hagi used to be human?" Kai laughed.
"I know it's hard to believe! He isn't very human is he?"
"HE IS TOO! It's just I didn't know how chevalier were made." It sounded familiar.
"Chill. Hagi's a pain."
"HE IS NOT!" Kai reclined against his bed.
"You know he is."
"YOU'RE MORE OF A PAIN THAN HE IS!" Kai looked over at her skeptically.
"He's not here, you can say he is." Saya stood up and felt like strangling him.
"He is much kinder than your being. I can't believe that you would talk behind his back and say something so rude! Where do you get off saying that?!" Kai rolled his eyes.
"Why doesn't he help you remember? Do you even know where he ran off to?" Saya felt her fury rising.
"He wants me to remember myself and wherever he ran off to doesn't matter. I know he is a sweet person and if you can except that fine. Be that way, but I trust him and nothing you say will change that." Saya headed towards the door.
"What if I told you his blood would allow you to remember everything?" Saya looked back at him.
"I would say either you're lying or that I don't need memories to make decisions." Running out the door before he could say anything else she ran down the hallway and up the stairs. She hurried towards her room that she had been in with Hagi and shut the door behind her.
She didn't look around as she went to the nightstand and quickly found Hagi's journal in the top drawer. She pulled it out and skimmed for answers. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around her and held her close. She looked up to find Hagi taking the book from her.
"What are you doing here?" He set the book aside.
"What happened to talking to Kai." She felt heat rush to her face as she thought about why she had run from Kai's room.
"I got a headache." He looked doubtfully at her. "It was around the size of Kai."
"Saya-"
"Why don't you help me remember?" He looked away for a minute. Glancing around the room at various objects. Saya didn't want to upset him, she just wanted to remember her past. It didn't seem like too much to ask. She waited for him to say something. Anything. She needed to hear him tell her no.
"Why do you want to remember?" She frowned.
"I have no idea who ANYONE is..." He looked skeptically at her. "I have no memories of you though. And everyone knows me and expects me to know exactly who they are. Plus I have what Solomon told me about my past conflicting with what you've told me and written."
"Solomon lied to you." Saya sighed and looked up at Hagi.
"And you've been completely honest with me?" He looked away again and she leaned against him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that."
"Don't worry about it. I should help you remember..."
"But?" He glanced down at her. "You look like there should be a but at the end of that sentence." He kissed her forehead and lay back, Saya resting on his chest.
"I'm not sure I want you to remember all the fighting that you had to do."
"Fighting?!" Saya tired to remember something. As she did a little voice in her head warned her to let the topic go before she regret it.
"You fought a long time ago against the chiropterans." She felt a shiver go through her at the note of resentment in Hagi's voice. It was obvious that he hadn't enjoyed it.
"Hagi?"
"Yes."
"What are we going to be doing now?" He looked down at her laying on his chest and smiled. His features softening as she changed the topic.
"Whatever we want Saya." She lifted herself up and kissed him deeply. He returned the kiss and rolled her onto her back. Saya wrapped his legs around his waist and kissed deeper. Hagi growled low as he kissed her and she felt a trill go through her.
The door burst open and they both turned to find Kai and Joel standing in the doorway. Saya felt heat rush to her face as she stopped kissing Hagi. The chevalier merely looked wearily at the two. Kai looked ready to explode. Joel pushed him out the door and sat down at the desk across the room.
"You two are really going to make Kai blow up on the rest of us." Hagi straightened himself up and Saya looked at the Red Shield leader.
"He was being absolutely ridiculous earlier when I talked to him."
"Did you remember anything?" She was about ready to shout at the man. Why was her memory the only thing they concerned themselves with?
"No I didn't. I've decided that I don't want to remember so fast. Like you said earlier, sometimes the past is best left forgotten."
"Things have changed." Hagi looked furiously at the guy.
"Diva is dead. Saya doesn't need to fight anymore." Joel looked at Hagi with antipathy.
"Hagi, we've had a group of chiropterans growing more hostile in the northern part of Germany. We already lost three members die because of them. We don't have a choice at this point."
"Saya's not fighting." Joel ignored him.
"Saya we need you to help us against them. If you don't kill them, they will only cause more trouble."
"Um...I guess I can help you this time." She felt Hagi's grip around her tighten. She looked up to find him glaring at Joel with nothing, but hatred on his face. He must have had a horrible time with her fighting.
"Thank you Saya. We know that this is asking a lot, but we need the help." Joel stood up and left the room.
