When I got home, I barely noticed the visitor, until I almost ran over him. I hurriedly helped him out. He was the same age, I figured, as Shigure. He had black hair, and was wearing a kimono, much like Shigure. He wore black sunglasses.

"Oh, Tohru," started Shigure.

"I know! I'm so sorry! Can I do anything for you?" I quickly asked the man.

He laughed and made a shooing motion with his hand.

"Oh no. Go enjoy yourself, I know how much teenagers enjoy their freedom, unlike Shigure. He seems to be treating and working you like a slave."

"No I am not, Botan! How would you know, you can't even see her?"

Ahh, so that's what the sunglasses are for. He's blind.

"Shigure, I'm hungry, go get me some snacks!" commanded Botan.

"Why should I? I thought I had a slave!"

"Yes, but I need her."

Shigure got up. "Fine then." He walked away, mumbling something or other.

Botan chuckled and brought out a picture from behind his back, and set it on the table.

"Tohru, tell me what you see."

I stared at the picture.

I could see several figures. There were twelve in all. They were the Hanajins!

I could see Akako, Fuyu, and Asuka. There was Haro, next to Ryouichi, and next to him was a very similar boy with gleaming yellow eyes. I also saw the man that had saved me from the yellow-eyed boy. I also saw several others that were unfamiliar to me.

"I see the Hanajins! That's pretty much- Wait! The figures, they're moving!"

The Hanajins were slowly bowing down, then going on their knees. I could see they were bowing to a dark figure. As I tried to decipher his face, I could hear a muted cry.

"Tohru, Tohru, save me!"

As I looked around to see who was calling me, I saw that I was in the canvas! The Hanajins were all around me, moaning and crying.

I looked up to the figure that they were bowing to. He was reaching out his hand to me.

"Come with me Tohru. Let's rule this world together! As gods!"

I shook my head and closed my eyes. When I opened them again, I was back in the room with Botan.

"Tohru, did you see it? Did you see the evil?"

"Yes," I whimpered.

Botan sighed. He picked up the picture and started to walk towards the door. Before he left, he turned his head around.

"Tohru, be careful. You can be... too naieve sometimes. After all, isn't that why you're working as a house maid for Shigure?"

With that remark, he left.

I slowly sat down. My whole body was ashiver, and in a cold sweat.

The one reason I was scared of that picture...

It was my dream!