I woke up after getting a shower and two full days of sleep.

'*Sigh* It's about time I awaken. It's already night time,' I thought and got up from my futon.

Going to a dresser, I opened it and pulled out a new outfit I sowed myself.

(I'll give the link later.)

After putting it on, I brushed my messy hair down into a flat hairstyle with a brush, then exited my room.

Walking down the dark, long hallways, I kept my guard up, ready for anything to jump out on me.

'I was so exhausted from the battle with Ky Luc that all I remember is..letting Dante take over for a while..and grabbing a ship to smash Luc with.'

I smirked, "Good thinking..."

Getting to the kitchen, I looked inside the cabinets for food that would satisfy my hunger. Seeing a can of uncooked beef, I opened it while getting cuts on my fingers in the process.

I ate a piece, "Mmm..so good~. It's been three days since I last ate," I quietly said to myself and sipped the blood that was in the can.

"AHAH!" shouted a voice as the door to the kitchen slid open.

Looking up, I saw who it was clearly due to having good vision in the night and I tilted my head.

"I hope you weren't assuming you'd find a blood sucker munching on its victim, Yuichiro."

"How did you know?" he asked with a dumbfounded look.

"Because you're that easy to read," said a voice behind me.

Flinching at the voice, I kept my calm composure, then sighed very slowly and shakily.

I turned around, "Geez, Mikaela. I get scared, too. Don't sneak up on me," I said in a quivering tone before throwing the can in the trashcan and washing my hands in the sink.

Wiping my mouth with a towel, which was stained with blood, I felt a hand on my left shoulder.

"Do you need blood?" Yu asked me.

I placed the towel near the sink, "No. Keep your blood to yourself," I replied to him a bit rudely, then left the kitchen.

Walking to the direction where it led outside, I heard two pairs of footsteps behind me.

I know they could see the irk mark on the back of my head, 'Why are they following me?'

I kept walking, "Is there something I could help you both with?"

"We're not following you. We're actually heading outside, too," Mika explained.

I stopped and turned around, "Yu, aren't you hungry? The human body needs food at least three times a day. I don't want you getting sick on me now. Go back to the kitchen and eat."

He shook his head in denial, "I'm fine."

I glared at him, "..."

He sweat dropped, "Um, Sayomi?"

"Just know that if you collapse and die from hunger, I'm your best friend, I'm dying with you. There is no choice," I said and stared deep into his green irises.

Mika looked to him with a glare and he flinched.

I crossed my arms, "I would hate to leave Mika here all alone. I know you would, too. He won't have anyone...yet again, and probably never again," I sighed out.

Yu took a step back, then turned around and silently ran back towards the kitchen.

Looking back to Mika, I gave him a kind smile, "I would never leave you again, you know that, right?"

He nodded his head, "Yeah."

I smiled, "Good."

Looking down the dark hallway, I narrowed my eyes at a very faint scent I caught a whiff of.

"...Right, she used to help him.." I mumbled to myself, remembering when my mother told me she was a transporter.

"Happy now?" I heard Yu..in a muffled voice.

Looking back the other way, I saw Yu stuff his mouth with..what looked like melon bread?

I made a closed eyed smile, "Much better, but..just don't choke," I requested with a sweat drop.

Turning back around, I closed my eyes and started humming a song, 'Alone at last; although, it's a little nerve-racking, but it reminds me of when we walked down the cold, snowy streets..before the world had ended..'

"~Take away what's left of me, every drop of I bleed.

~And I will take your hand, with your fingers still attached.

~In the forest of your mind, where all the cicadas hide. Know when you hear the cry,

~There is no going back.

~Will you come away with me? While I sing this melody?

~Don't even try to escape, it's a game of tag, we'll play.

~Every single trace of you, I will come to capture you.

~Where the cicadas cry, only silence remains~."

(When They Cry/Higurashi - English Version by Ama Lee. )

"Creepy.." I heard Yu sigh.

I put my hands on my hips and turned around, walking backwards, "Hey!"

"Just saying. You can be scary, Sayo," Yu told me.

I frowned a bit, then glanced to him, "Are you scared of me now?"

Yu smiled a little and leaned his head on the back of his entangled fingers, "No, it's just you kinda strike me as..odd, sometimes, when you sing."

I crossed my arms, "...Hmph.." I responded, letting them carry on a conversation.

'...Huh?..Revival..of the kids from the orphanage...*Sigh* Isn't that what ended the world in the first place? Well..I'm not entirely sure if the world ended because of Guren. He was only trying to save his friends..just like Yu, Mika and me. We're really no different.'

Finally making it outside, I turned around towards the moonlight.

I stretched, "Two days of sleep...and I'm still kicking. It's been a long time since I slept days away.."

"Question. Is it your human side that ables you to sleep?" Mika questioned.

I smiled, "Someone's still as sharp as ever and yes, it is because of that," I explained, then turned around.

Their eyes suddenly grew big and looked away from me.

"Sayomi..." Mika spoke.

"What are you wearing?" Yu asked bashfully.

"It's the new outfit I sowed myself. Do you guys like it?" I replied, then asked and turned in it.

Mika looked back to me, "It's a bit...revealing...in the abdomen and chest area."

I blinked three times before nodding in understanding, "Oh, I see. This is how males react to the female wearing something-what we humans say-'skimpy', yes?"

"Yeah. Can you please go change?" Yuichiro requested, glancing at me from time to time.

A smirk slowly formed on my lips, "...No. I enjoy seeing you two embarrassed."

"Wh-what?!" Yu shouted.

"Enjoy the view, boys~. You may never see it again in the upcoming battle," I said and chuckled at how their cheeks were turning red.

"I'm certainly enjoying the view, and it's about time you awoken," said an approaching voice.

Turning towards the voice, we saw Guren.

"Guren!" Yu shouted and ran up to him.

Mika glanced to me with a frown and I physically adored his sulking by holding my fists up to my lips and making puppy eyes.

"Aww~, so cute~," I cooed, blinking my eyes. "You two are like adorable twins! Eeeee! So cute, so adorable, so cunning!" I squealed and squirmed.

Getting lost in my...adoration of Mikaela and Yuichiro, Dante quickly made me regain my..sanity.

'Pull yourself together, Sayo. Do you see me admiring the idea of Ryota being brought back while acting like a fool?'

I stopped and shadowed my face with my light brown bangs, '*Sigh* No.'

'I understand how you feel. Seeing many sides of someone you love and loving it is a constant habit...even for me and your father.'

I tried not to let the red in my cheeks spread, '...Hmph. Question. Are Bathory and Crowley still around here?' I thought, looking across the field.

'Yes, I sense their presence. Be careful, I'm still unclear on their motives-well, Bathory's. Do you think you can trust Crowley?'

'Perhaps so. He was used by Bathory. All of us were. Why did you ask?'

'*Blush* Nfu..Crowley and I had...some chemistry together. Hehe~.'

"Wait, hold the hell up! What?! What the hell is that supposed to mean, Dante?!" I asked her, not meaning to say it aloud.

The three in front of me turned around, and gave me a 'disturbed' expression to which I nervously chuckled at.

"Ahaha...Dante...she..she just said something that..threw me off. Don't mind me."

"Anyway, come with me," Guren said to us and turned to walk in a certain direction.

Following behind Yu and Mika, who followed Guren, I looked towards the thin sliced moon that showed so much light.

I smiled, '*Sigh* It's beautiful...I believe the words 'new moon' means 'Mika' in Japanese, right?'

I felt that I came into contact with someone's backside, resulting in me taking a few steps back, bowing my head in apology.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Mika told me.

'...*Smile* It was worth having a closer whiff of your sweet scent.'

'So you planned for this to happen?

'Don't get me wrong, but...Mika's blood is very tempting,' I said to her in my thoughts, licking my lips.

'Control yourself, Sayo.'

Blinking a few times, I shook my head, staring at the ground in shame as we kept walking.

"Sayo..have you ever played a trumpet? Shinoa says you're good at the piano and other musical instruments, so I was wondering.." Guren spoke.

I smiled, "Oh? She still takes note of everything I do and say, huh? Well...I've never once played a trumpet, but that's because Dante won't allow me. That's why I have my voice, to sing. I am the Seraph of Song."

"No wonder why all the children went to sleep easily at the orphanage," Mika commented.

I giggled to myself, "Not exactly. I didn't know Dante at the time nor did I obtain a similar power, even if my Father did have a seraph gene and it transferred to me. My mother taught me how to sing 'melodious whispers', is what she'd say."

"How much has she taught you in such a short time?!" Yu said in excitement.

"Don't forget, I age a bit faster than humans, except in appearance. I was six by the time August ended, you might as well say that my mother and father taught me many important things within three months."

"What did they teach you specifically?" Guren questioned.

"How to fight, cook, act human, have human basics, express and conceal my emotions, sing, resist human blood, and how to love," I said, smiling a bit.

"Love?" Mika questioned, turning a bit to glance at me. "Do you really believe there's such a thing in this cruel world?"

(OoO...Pun not intended.)

I looked to Mika with a smile, "Of course! I love my new family, and I love Mikaela and Yuichiro Hyakuya!"

Mika's eyes widened, and I noticed Yu had stiffened up a little, "Please don't say that aloud."

"*Chuckle* Careful, Sayo. You're embarrassing them," Guren told me.

Looking between the two, I noticed Yuichiro's ears are red. Softly brushing Mika's hair up with my left hand to which he flinched at, I saw his ears are, too, red.

'His ears...they're pointy and cute,' I thought and let down his hair.

"What's all this?" Yu questioned as Guren entered a code for a concealed door.

"It's a barrier. It's sealing a monster inside," he said as the doors opened.

My eyes widened at what the barrier looked like, 'No way! Dante, that's the same one I stepped on in the tunnel I was escaping Sanguinem.'

'Yes, that means it's another seraph. Approach and study it. Don't touch nor enter it.'

Walking ahead of the three, I slowly circled the barrier, scrutinizing every single detail.

"The Emperor's demons and the Hyakuya Sect actually came together to build this barrier, and it's barely keeping the thing in check."

'Dante? Any explanations?'

'I knew the Ichinose family conducted experiments, but I never knew they were keeping a seraph in their control. I don't recall being sent on any seraph related transporting jobs.'

"What's important-to you two, anyway-is the Hyakuya Sect, right? After all, you named yourselves Yuichiro Hyakuya...and Mikaela Hyakuya."

"Amane and Shindo," I spoke up.

They turned to me with surprised expressions as I smiled a little.

"That is your real last names, right? Yuichiro Amane and Mikaela Shindo?"

"How did you know-" Yu was about to question, but I cut him off.

"Before the catastrophe, my mother and father, or Dante, knew you both. Over four years, I gathered information and Dante has told me everything important I needed to know about you two," I said with a distant gaze.

"I don't understand. I never met your mother or father, though you say you look just alike," Mika told me.

"You didn't meet my father because my mother told him about you. You wouldn't remember meeting my mother since she did erase your memories of her after she left as a part-timer at the orphanage before Yu came. Does Sayoko Kuribayashi really not ring a bell, Mika?"

He seemed to be searching for that memory until his face expressed an emotion that seemed like realization.

"...Her. Why did she come to Hyakuya Orphanage? To make matters worse, she disguised herself as a human."

I crossed my arms, "She wanted to observe the Seraph of the End test subjects. You're lucky she's the one who did because Bathory was going to investigate behind the scenes. *Smile* As you can remember now, she took an immediate liking to you.."

"And what about me?" Yu questioned, seemingly eager know the answer.

'I knew Yuichiro by visiting him at a facility time to time, wanting to help him escape out of a cage. Mahiru somewhat tried to help me, but she couldn't due to having a bargain with the Brotherhood of One Thousand Nights.'

"...She says something about you..being in a cage? At a facility of sorts?...Wanting to grant you freedom..." I gave limited information.

"The Hyakuya Sect must've experimented on you. Do you remember anything?" Guren questioned.

"Asuramaru said something about that. Me being in a cage...My memories were erased..before going to the orphanage...and I was in some sort of cell. My parents called me "demon spawn". And..there was a girl-no, two girls, I think.."

'I believe that other girl is Mahiru.'

'Yes. Not only did she try to help a bit with setting Yu free, but also Ryota. He's been kept in that facility since 2004.'

"Guren Ichinose. How long have you been pulling all of our strings. Who are you really?" Mika spoke up, glaring at said man.

"I'm not pulling anyone's strings, really. But I can guess who...You've probably met him already, Mikaela. In fact, the two of you got along pretty well."

"Wha...?"

"He came to the orphanage a lot...and he called himself "Saito." He's a vampire. A second progenitor at that."

'Saito...the man who led me to Hyakuya Orphanage and the same one who escaped from Gealas and Karr. Dante, what are his motives?'

'I'm unsure. I've met the man a couple times and each time, he was hard to read. He never posed as a threat to me...until one time.'

'When we're done here, tell me.'

Looking back to Guren, I saw that he had disappeared into the barrier.

'Should I enter now?'

'Yes, whenever you three are ready.'

"Sayo, you okay?" I heard Yu ask me, poking my right cheek lightly.

I harshly grabbed his left hand with my right that poked my cheek.

He gritted his teeth, "Ow, ow, ow! Would you please stop doing that?!"

I loosened my grip on his hand and brought it to my lips, brushing his hand against my lips.

"Sorry..I hurt you again.." I mumbled against his rough, yet somewhat soft hand.

He gently yanked his hand out of mine, "Right...You ready?"

"One moment," I said and raised my right hand up in a welcoming position.

A goldish fire went up in flames in my hand, then diminished after a small, white fox with nine tails and gold and red eyes appeared in my hand.

"Kitsu-chan."

The fox, who I named Kitsu, looked up to me for an order.

(Inu X Boku SS anyone? Hm? No? Okay.)

I narrowed my eyes, "Be my ears and eyes outside of this barrier."

She closed her eyes and slightly nodded before jumping out of my hand and running outside the room.

"You have a pet fox?" Yu questioned with a sweat drop present on his left temple.

"No, that's Dante's companion...or rather my mother's companion. She simply passed her down to me," I explained, turning towards the barrier.

"This is too dangerous. He's dictating everything right now. We shouldn't do this," Mika said to us.

"But we wouldn't learn anything if we don't," Yu reasoned with him.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you you're afraid, Mika," I said with a smirk.

His eyes narrowed at me, "..Fine, but I'm going first-"

"No, you're not. I'm going first. Both of your safety is what matters most," I cut Mika off.

"No. We go together. I'm sure we'll be just fine as long as we're with each other," Yu told both of us.

I pouted as Mika huffed in frustration. We both agreed and we stepped in simultaneously.

Seeing black chains, I looked up to see they are holding a screaming seraph in place.

"A trumpet...What's he doing?" Yu asked.

"For the past eight years...he's been continually summoning horsemen into this world," Guren explained.

"What for?"

"To punish humanity for its sins."

I summoned Himezuru-sa, glaring at the struggling seraph, "Let's kill it."

Mika grabbed my right hand, "Don't do anything reckless. We don't know what it's capable of."

"What the heck? You've gotta be kidding me. What the heck is he?...No...Never mind him...What the heck am I...?"

I glanced to Yu, 'Not fully human, that much, I know.'

(I'm SO HAPPY that Yu finally asked himself what is he! Finally, we might just get to know! I heard about the failed writing, and I'm going on different websites to find the latest chapter in English.)