"Goodbye for now guardians, may your next life teach you well. Until we meet again…" A woman's voice echoed as she looked down at her feet and noticed her body being encased in crystals. They covered her legs, shoulder, and before they encased her face, "…until we meet again."

RIING

The now 13 year old Katusya Kirafuda wakes up in shock, startled at the noise. He rubs his eyes and begins to pick up his books, lost in thought, "…until we meet again." The voice echoed in his mind. He ran his right hand through his jet black spiky hair and sighed, "It's that dream again…" Katsuya thought, "…what does it mean?" He grabs his jacket and throws it on while getting his backpack. Suddenly a shadow stands behind him,

"Hey Katsuya," said a female voice.

Katsuya cringes secretly and thinks, "Oh great, not her again." "What do you want, Layna?"

He turns around to face a girl with light brown skin and dark brown hair. She wore a dark magenta skirt high heeled boots that matched the color of her dress, and pink shirt to match. Layna jumped over towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck, causing Katusya to nearly trip over, "How have you been? Are you going anywhere after school?"

Katsuya, morally annoyed, just said, "No, I'm just going home to study."

Layna rolled her eyes, "Studying again? Do you ever do anything besides that?" She leaned closer to him, "Being your girlfriend and all I think you should spend more time with-?"

Then he snapped, "When the hell did I say you were my girlfriend?"

Layna looked into his grey eyes and said, "Oh come on! Don't tell me that you haven't felt the same way about me after all the time we've spent together."

"I don't." Katsuya said bluntly whilst walking away from her. "You should find someone else to badger, 'cuz I'm not interested."

Layna watched him walk away in silence and awe.

As Katsuya continued walking down the noisy hallway that was filled with chatter he grabbed his phone from his pocket. The screen lit up with a text that says:

Will be home late.

~Mom~.

Katsuya shrugs before walking towards the door and outside, greeted by the loud chatter of other middle school kids. He accidently walks into a young girl with brown skin, short dark brown hair, and wore a simple t-shirt with some jean shorts, "Sorry!" She said while rushing towards the bus. He stares at her before walking over there himself, until he hears a voice saying, "Katsuya!"

He turns around and notices his brother, the present day Sekiton, gesturing him to come over to where he stood. "Sekito? Aren't you supposed to be at soccer practice?" Katsuya asks whilst walking over to his brother. Sekito smiles, "Our soccer practice was cancelled today, so Mom sent me here to pick you up." Katsuya shrugs and forms a small smile, "Okay," He said, "that's fine." Katsuya jumps inside of the golf cart before taking off his backpack and placing it on his lap. Sekito jumped inside as well and pulled off.

"So did anything new happen?"

Katsuya shakes his head, "Just the usual, I aced a quiz, turned in my homework, nothing new." Sekito nods, "Hey what about that girlfriend of yours, Katsuya? How's she doing?"

The younger brother turns towards Sekito and says, "Okay, for the hundredth time, Layna isn't my girlfriend! How many times do I have to say that?!"

Sekito rolled his eyes, "I can see through you and her, but I wasn't talking about Layna," Katusya looks at his brother confused, "I was talking about Kia. Have you spoken with her lately?"

Katsuya blushed and looked forward with a scowl, "She…" He began, "…no. I haven't spoken to her lately. And she's not my girlfriend either."

Sekito sighed, "You say that but I've seen the way you look at her when you think no one's watching," He smiles, "I know you like her."

"Take a lap, Sekito, that is so not true!" Katsuya grimaced, "Besides, she can't stand me."

"Keep denying like that and she might be your wife someday!" Sekito teased.

"Shut up!" The younger brother pouted. He crossed his arms and blushed in both embarrassment, as well as anger.

"Oh! I meant to ask you, are you still-?"

"I'm still a virgin!" Katsuya blurted out, causing Sekito to stop the golf cart to look at him with a confused glance. There was an awkward silence between the two.

"Okay..." The older brother said breaking the silence, "…but I was going to ask you if you were still having those… ya know…dreams?"

Katsuya thought back to the woman's voice from earlier, "Yeah… I have," He said before asking, "What about you?"

Sekito's eyes squinted, "No," He replied sternly, "still nothing."

Katusya looked into his brother's stern eyes and faced the paved road which led to a lovely brick house. Sekito took the key from out of the vehicle and both boys walked inside of the house, "You got mom's text right?" Sekito asked, "Yeah, she said she's gonna be working late, right?" Sekito nods, "Why? Do you have something you wanted to ask her?" Katsuya turns around and walks up the stairs, "No, I'm just gonna go upstairs, watch a few episodes of Trutv's: World's Dumbest Performers, blog about how much I hate Twilight, read some Naruto, then go get some sleep."

"Well in that case I'll be down here, searching up links to watch "Looper" on again." Sekito says while grabbing his Ipad from his backpack, "Let me know when you get hungry so I can order us some pizza. Mom says she's okay with it."

"Alright." Katsuya said,

"Oh and, Katsuya, by the way…" Katsuya stops in his footsteps,

"Dragonball Z's better." Sekito declared,

"No it ain't!" Katsuya shouted down the steps, causing his brother to chuckle.

LATER

Katsuya stared at the t.v. which showed a large girl on a table singing before falling down. He felt a short laugh come through him before thinking about the woman in his mind. He reached for a piece of paper and a pencil, sketching out the lady's features from his dream. When finished, Katsuya looked at the drawing with great confusion, the woman had long flowing hair and wore a long sundress, "Where have I seen this face before?" He thinks to himself. Katsuya picks up his pencil and tries to think of a name to call the woman on the paper, "Mimi? No, Aila? Kai? That won't work…" Katsuya looks back at the picture before narrowing his eyebrows and saying, "Elena." He writes down the name on the side of the drawing before folding it up and placing it in his pocket.

Sekito, who was writing on his Ipad, suddenly heard a knock on the door. "Is that mom?" Katsuya shouted from the door as he looked from the steps at the door. Sekito walks over, "No, mom's coming home later, it might be one of those-." He opens the doorknob revealing a teenager about his age but a bit shorter, "…people." Sekito finished, his face slightly dropping.

The kid, who was at their door, wore a white polo along with plain jeans and had dyed green hair. "Hey Bernard," Sekito began with a slightly maddened voice, "What is it?"

Bernard reached into his pocket and pulled out two stoned rings, one of which had a ruby stone and another that had a amythest stone, "Bo took these from you yesterday, and I came here to give 'em back,"

Sekito took the rings hesitantly but continued to look at Bernard suspiciously, "I'm sorry, Bo can be a bit out-of-hand sometimes. Plus I know that they're the last things your father gave to you before he left."

The raven haired teen nodded slowly and said quietly, "Yeah…" He piped up, "...thanks for giving these back Bernard," Sekito smiled, "I owe ya one."

Bernard nodded and walked away from the door.

Sekito began tossing the two rings up into the air and allowing them to fall back into his palm, "Who was that?" Katsuya asked from the top of the stairs, "Catch!" Sekit shouted before tossing the ruby ring at his brother. Katsuya caught it in both hands and looked at the object, "Where'd you find them?" He asked.

Sekito pointed his thumb at the door. "Ya know Bernard? He returned 'em."

Katsuya stared at the door suspiciously but then shrugged,

"You hungry yet? Do you wanna eat?" Sekito asked his brother.

"Not yet," the younger one said, "In a little while." He turned back to head upstairs but then stopped, "Hey Sekito?"

"Yeah?" Sekito asked, "What's up?

"Have you ever heard of a woman named Elena?"

Sekito stopped in his tracks. His eyes wandered to the floor and his mind began thinking of the dream he had been having for the past couple of weeks, like Katsuya.

"I won't forget you Elena… I won't forget you."

"No," Sekito finally said, "Never have." He walked back to the table and continued toggling with his Ipad.

Katsuya looked slightly disappointed and walked back up the stairs, towards his room. He opened the door and closed it shut, "Why is it just me?" The boy whispered to himself, "Why am I the only one?" Katsuya hung his head low and let out a low sigh, "I'm gonna have to find out sooner or later."

He looked inside of his bookcase and found a hardback book with golden emblems and a fire symbol on the front, "This should take my mind off everything…" Katsuya thought as he flopped on his bed and opened up the book, reading the words:

"Katsuyan's eyes widened but then turned back to a serious expression. He clenched his teeth together after hearing his dead wife's name, "Don't tarnish my wife's name in my presence, Kokujo. Otherwise you'll have hell to pay."

Katsuya smiled, "You tell 'em, Katsuyan." He thought to himself before looking at the ruby ring that lay by his side. "Dad…" the kid breathed out while remembering the days that his father read to story in his hands to him in Katsuya's younger years, "…I miss you." He grabbed his father's prized possession and placed it on his finger, smiling sadly in the process. "I know you'll come back to us one day. I haven't lost hope." Katsuya thought as he raised his hand up to the ceiling while watching the ruby glimmer in the light.

"Nor have I."

Katsuya jerked his head up and looked around the room frantically, "Who said that?" He jumped up and grabbed a switchblade that lay on the dresser, "Who's there?! Sekito!"

"You haven't changed a bit since I last saw you. You're still that young, energetic boy I knew so long ago."

Katsuya's eyes turned serious at the palliating voice, "That voice…"

"I know you don't remember me, and it's better that way. But I'm afraid we don't have time for introductions, we have to leave now."

Katsuya thinks back to the picture in his pocket, "Elena?"

"Maybe you do remember me. Well, I guess your memory is coming back after all."

The teenager still didn't budge, "My memory is fine! What the hell are you talking about?!" His eyes widened,"You're the woman in my dreams, aren't you?! Explain yourself! What do you want from me?!" He turns towards the door, "Sekito, where the hell are you?!"

"Time is short, and I know you have questions, but I cannot afford to answer them now. But if you step through here…" A portal appeared on his wall, "all of them will be answered."

"Like hell I will!" Katsuya shouted back pointing the switch blade in front of him.

"Please Katsuya, we need you. I swear I am not lying."

His intense grey eyes kept staring at the portal, "I'm. Not. Going."

"Katsuya please, you must come now! They're waiting for you and need you now!"

Katsuya slightly lowered the blade, "Who's 'they'?" He asked curiously while tilting his head.

"Your people Katsuya! They're dying as we speak and need your help now!"

He lowered the blade all the way to his side, "My people?" The teenager stared down at the ground, deep in thought, "So you're saying that all my questions will be answered if I walk through that portal?"

"Yes."

"What's the catch?"

"There isn't any."

After what seemed like an eternity, he turned back towards the door, "Don't worry about your brother, he'll be fine."

Katsuya turned back towards the gleaming portal. He puts on a serious face before twisting the ring on his finger twice and walking inside. "Take care of mom while I'm gone Sekito."

"Welcome home, Katsuya."