It's my birthday, Yay me!!! anyway here is the next chapter I hope you enjoy it.

A reason to fight

Baron sighed as he sat down in a broken tree placing his cane and top hat beside him.

"Baron....." his ears twitched as his name whispered on the wind.

"Baron........." there it was again, his eyes narrowed as he began looking around for whoever was calling him but to his surprise there was no one there.

"Baron........" he turned hearing the voice coming from behind but again there was nothing there, nothing but a small lake.

"I must be hearing things," he whispered to himself as he walked over to the lake, kneeling down as he splashed his face with water.

"Baron....." he heard it again.

"I must be going mad," he said to himself as he watched the water rippled beneath his hands, his reflection wobbling as the waves his hands made crashed into each other.

"Baron," he continued to watch the ripples in the water, the voice was getting closer.

"Baron..." he didn't recognise the voice as it came closer to him, he stood up not taking his eyes off of the water.

"Baron..." he turned as a hand landed on his shoulder, his eyes widened at the sight before him.

Before him stood the ghostly form of Naoko.

"Please help my daughter," she begged him with teary eyes, "she needs you."

"I'm afraid all I have done is caused trouble for Miss Yoshioka," Baron replied as his ears drooped.

"It was part of a spell Baron, jealousy, the king is under the lust spell. You were under the jealousy spell, and it worked for the caster. It drove her away," Naoko explained as she clasped her hands together.

Baron looked to her, was it true? Was he under a spell? Would Haru forgive him? No, no she wouldn't, why would she? He can't even forgive himself, spell or no spell what he did was unforgiveable.

"She forgives you Baron, she doesn't blame you for thinking that," Naoko said gently guessing what Baron was thinking.

"But it wasn't her fault, he attacked her!" he insisted defending Haru.

"She needs you Baron," Naoko said again hoping that he'd come back from the brink of self destruction.

"No she doesn't, the others will save her," he said looking away from the ghost back to the lake.

"She won't listen to them Baron, she went with The Order of Grace in hopes to keep you safe, she's going to let them kill her Baron," Naoko said urgently as she walked forward so that she was standing next to the figurine. Baron gasped "No she can't die, she can't, I can't lose her" he thought to himself as tears came to his eyes. Naoko looked to him before pointing to the water in the lake, what should have been their reflection, wasn't. Instead the lake showed an image of a broken looking Haru sitting on a bed staring at nothing as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Baron felt his blood boil, what had they done to her?

"The Order are good people Baron, but they have been deceived. Their lead Zaru, he is only interested in the power that lies within her," Naoko said making Baron look at her . "You know what you need to do Baron, time is running out," she said as her ghostly form vanished from sight. He turned back to the lake but all he saw was his reflection staring back at him.

"You know what you need to do," Naoko words bounced in his head, he looked up with determination, clenching his fist as he walked back to the fallen oak where he had left his Hat and cane.

"I know what to do. I'm coming Haru! I will save you."

Haru was still staring at the wall, she could feel the tears roll down her face but she made no move to wipe them away, and then she heard it.

"I'm coming Haru! I will save you."

"Baron," she whispered to herself, "What have I done?" she thought as she stood up straight, "What have I done!" she cried to herself as images of people she loved flittered across her mind. "Muta, Yuki, Toto, Lune, Baron, mom," she gripped her head as she tried to shake away the images, when she opened her eyes she bit back a startled gasp. The mirror reflected Baron's face, he looked devastated. She watched as the changed, the glass rippled as if it was made of water, Haru brought her hand up as she gingerly fingered the glass shivering slightly from the coldness it omitted.

She jumped back startled as the image changed yet again, but instead of showing her reflection the mirror showed Haru a scene. She watched as the mirror played amateur TV, never once taking her eyes off of what she was being shown.

"We have to hurry!! If Zaru completes the ceremony he will have Haru's light, there will be nothing that can stop him!" Natori shouted as he led the others through hallways that looked like they hadn't been cleaned in years, the paint on the wall was cracked, dust and grim coated all that was visible within the light of the torch.

"This guys nuts, we can't let him or Lock Jack bring about the apocalypse, all life depends on Haru staying alive," Muta said to himself as he ran after the others.

"Don't worry Muta, we won't let them hurt Haru," Yuki said looking over her shoulder to the fat cat.

"Your highnesses look!" Natoru called as he pointed to floor.

"Shadows, quick we must hurry!" called Baron as he saw what Natoru was talking about.

The scene in the mirror changed. What Haru now saw in the mirror made her shriek in fear. Fire, there was fire everywhere. She could see herself standing on a hill just outside of a city, which city she didn't know, cries of pain and please for mercy could be heard echoing throughout the town. The surrounding buildings fell, crumbling to the ground taking whoever it could find down with it. Haru looked to the Haru in the mirror, pleading with her to do something, anything! But all that Haru could do was watch as what remained of the town was slowly destroyed, it's people becoming extinct. Her hands were chained together, it was then that Haru realized that this Haru was clothed in what appeared to be a white tunic that came down to her knees.

Haru continued to watch as the girl in the mirror fell down to her knees.

"This is not what I wanted, I never wanted this," she whispered sadly to herself. She turned her head and Haru realized that the girl wasn't alone.

"Why? Why did you bring me back?" she asked in a demanding voice shouting at her companion, Caramel.

"I brought you back Haru, because I needed to say I'm sorry, I-I-I didn't know that this was Zaru's true intentions, please believe me! Haru, we have to stop him," the toffee cat begged as she kneeled down besides the brunette.

"You brought me back from death to tell me that you're sorry," the girl said in such a cold voice that Haru flinched, "It's too late Caramel, they're gone, they're all gone! Lune! Yuki! Muta! Toto! Baron! They're all gone, we lost," she started her voice going quiet at the end of her rant as her shoulder slumped in defeat. Haru watched as Caramel sniffed as tears rolled down her cheeks falling off her whiskers.

"We can't have lost, we...We can't!" she cried. The mirror Haru gave her a look of sympathy before she turned sharply as her cat ears twitched. Her eyes narrowed almost as if to look Haru straight in the eye.

"We lost Caramel, this is what became of our world. I just hope that this time I won't repeat the errors we have made. I know you're watching, it's up to you now. Save the world I couldn't," she said as the image began to ripple and fade. The future? That was the future? That was their fate? She walked backwards trying to get away from the mirror. Her senses leaving her as her existence was overcome with fear. Without looking where she was going Haru fell over the edge of the bed hitting the floor with a thump. She closed her eyelids tight, though tears still managed to leak past, when she next opened them her eyes were filled with determination as she clenched her fists, "I won't let that happen, for everyone I will save them!"