Kyoya and Benkei entered the house, taking their shoe's of at the front door.

They were welcomed by a delicious smell, and their friend Damoure.

"Hey guys! Where have you been?"

"We just, uh, went for a walk."

"Ok then… Dinner's almost ready."

"Oh goody! I can't wait to see what Nile's made."

"I just hope he's a good cook."

The 3 bladers sat down at the table, waiting for their friend to finish making their dinner.

A short while later, Nile came in balancing 4 plates on his hands and arms. He carefully placed 1 by each of his friends and sat down to enjoy his own.

"So, Nile. what's up with you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, why have you gone to so much trouble to make us dinner?"

"So I can't make my friends dinner without being questioned? Nice friends you are…"

"O..k, thanks, I guess."

All of them sat quietly as they ate their dinner.

"I have to admit, Nile. This is pretty good."

"Pretty good? It's amazing!"

Nile laughed "Thanks."

An awkward silence took over the 4 bladers.

"So.. How's everyones day been." Damoure said, cutting the silence.

"Good, I suppose."

"Great."

Kyoya said nothing.

"What about you Kyoya?"

"Hm? Oh, it's been ok." The lion bladers voice became soft and mellow.

Nile, Damoure and Benkei exchanged looks.

"Oh for crying out loud! Will you just tell us about your nightmare?!" Nile had became extremely inpatient with his friend.

Damoure and Benkei looked at him in shock.

"Ok Nile. Why don't you calm down?" Damoure whispered, not wanting to make him even more angry.

"How can I calm down when he looks so miserable? if he doesn't tell us then how are we meant to help him? All he's done since this morning is mope!" Even Kyoya was shocked at his friends actions. Nile had never lost his temper with any of them before.

"I haven't been moping! Why can't you just respect that I don't want to tell you guys?"

"You don't trust us? Is that why your not telling us?"

"I do trust you! I trust every single one of you, but, just thinking about it brings back memories. Memories which I don't want to remember..."

"Kyoya, I'm pretty sure all of us have bad memories. I know I do. All we want to do is help you."

"I don't need help. And i'm sure that your memories are better than mine."

"Alright then. Let's put that to the test." Nile paused for a second, then began talking again when he had their full attention, "When I was younger, I lost my mother to a crocodile. She'd gone out to buy some groceries to clear her mind of the argument we had both had a few hours before that. She was found the next day by the side of the river bank with multiple bite wounds and alot of blood. My dad didn't take the loss well, he blamed me and began taking his anger out on me. He tortured me. My father told my siblings that i'd gone missing and that I wasn't returning home, so they wouldn't go looking for me. Luckily my sibling knew better. My sister Seshat found me in the basement, almost dead and hanging onto life by a string. I was then sent to the hospital, where I recieved surgery and the care I needed. My dad was then sentenced to life in prison. But the experience hasn't fully gone, I now suffer from depression."

From hearing Nile's story Benkei burst out into tears, while the others sat now with sad expressions on their faces.

"I guess I was wrong. your memories aren't better then mine."

Nile saw sadness and regret fill Kyoya's eyes. "I'm sorry."

Nile couldn't believe what he heard. The lion was apologising.

"It's ok. It wasn't your fault that my dad was demented."

"Since you told us that, then I guess it's only fair to tell you about my nightmare."

"No, If you don't want to talk about it then that's fine. I shouldn't push you."

"But I want to..." Kyoya paused like Nile did, thinking about how he was going to explain. When he'd figured out how to say it he began, "When I was younger I had a very loving family, a mother, father, and a wonderful baby sister. A few days after my 7th birthday me and my family were out in the street, it was late so there wasn't anyone around. All of a sudden a cloaked figure ripped his bey on us. The bey was extremely strong, and it killed both of my parents. I tried to fight back, but my Leone just wasn't strong enough. The next morning I awoke in my bed, my neighbour said he found me and brought me home. But he wasn't able to save my parents. He also told me that my sister went missing the exact same day, and she's been missing ever since..."

"So I guess we both have something else in common, we've both lost our parents. But how come you keep having nightmares about it?"

"I really don't know."

"Maybe the nighmares are trying to tell you something."

"Possibly. But what?"

"I'm not sure. But I promise you we'll find out."

"Thanks, all of you. It means so much to have friends like you I could count on."

"It's really no problem, Kyoya. But for now let's all just relax and enjoy the rest of our meal."

When they finished their meals they put their dishes in the sink, and headed upstairs to get ready for bed. It had been a long day and all they wanted to do was sleep. They all slipped into bed, Benkei fell asleep straight away while the others were trying to block out the noise of him snoring with their pillows.

"Why does he have to be such a loud snorer!"

"It's a question i've been asking myself since the day I met him..."

Within an hour of going to bed each one of them had somehow managed to get to sleep. Each of them dreaming sweetly, except from the lion blader who was tossing and turning in his bed sheets.


Please leave a review and tell me if I should continue with this, It would be much appreciated :o)

I think Kyoya and Nile were OOC in this chapter, so I apologise for that.

I've also gone back and corrected any spelling errors in the first and second chapter. Hopefully I haven't missed any...