Chronos and Rosette stared at each for a second. Then, Chronos asked in a loud whisper, "hey…rosette, what's that guy talking about?"

At first, Rosette was equally puzzled as Chronos was. She wondered if the man talking on the phone was describing Chronos. "I'm not sure!"

"What else?" the man asked as he began to search for a pen.

"I am just thinking that you and I are going to end with egg on our faces!" Chronos sighed. He was watched the guy with a strange look. It was like Chronos did not stop to think about what was going on back home. Back home, they can take care of themselves. Other people were looking after the store while Chronos and Rosette were out on some wild goose chase. He hoped that Sister Kate was taking presence on writing Sister Rosette into a corner.

"I hope not. Sister Kate is on our cases all ready for the last time we screwed up…" sighing Sister Rosette, rolled her eyes.

"Why?" Chronos smirked as he waved his hands in her face. He was going to get her to really spill the beans about the last missions file report. They were just following orders. It was not their idea of blowing up a house during the mission.

"You know her. She has to be such a pill for our sake!" she sighed. She remembered how many times that Sister Kate was a strict boss at the Order. There was so much to think about with every mission. The risks were extremely high as the young fighters went out to battle. At the end there was very little reward. Sister Kate knew about everything there was to be a good leader. Sister Rosette was just one of those holes on the road that came up.

Chronos had to smile at the statement from this young nun who had a big mouth and even bigger heart. He knew this ride was not even over. He had to help out in any way he could. Yet, where to start, he thought. He knew Sister Rosette would have a fit that he would start to help out with no knowledge of the situation. There was something inside of him starting to eat at him. What was it; he tried to put a finger on it.

"A penny for you thoughts?" Sister Rosette said with a smile. She knew Chronos was thinking about home.

"Yea…what?" he asked, he turned to see her smiling with a small glint of sadness in her eyes.

"You and I are really in a pickle. I knew that Sister Kate was up in arms about us all the time…but, she was always being careful in her scolding on us!" she said, bending her head down a little. She noticed her feet were rocking a little bit. She wanted to find her way home. She felt safe when she could rest at her home. Since the time she and Chronos were there in the 21st century, the feeling of being safe was nearly blown away with the dark embattlement of the war between good and evil.

"Yea…she been on own necks since the very first time we were on a case!" Chronos smiled.

He hoped that she would smile just bit more than she was. She was hurt like he was from the inside out. How long did they have to go on?

Closing her eyes for a second, she said, "Yea…I know…she can be a mother at times. I think I need her right now…I feel a little scared."

Chronos wondered what Sister Rosette meant. Was she that scared to see what had unfolded in front of them in the past two to three weeks? It did make the head spin just a little. He had to get a grip on the reality. He asked about if things were getting out of hand so quickly, then what would happen to them.

When Rosette opened her eyes, she looked at her friend. "Yet, I do feel protected by you. You helped me through a lot of things!"

Her statement made him smile. He said, "I wanted to be a friend since you were a kid. I was always an outcast!"

"Thanks!" she nodded. She felt better about the statement.

"I have been really a nothing to most people…now, I feel happy about being here with you!" he said, casting his eyes down a little. He knew that she was special to him.

"And you know what?" she interrupted. She took his chin in her one hand. "You need not to worry about me…I'm going to be fine!"

They both did not realize what was going to happen within the next 48 hours from this point. They were going to be a linchpin this nearly developed war between good and evil. The darkness had some new toys in which of hate they were brought out for now. This time, evil, had to kick everything it had to stand tall in front of good. Yet, good had a few aces up itself per verbally sleeve.

Omi and Ken were never allowed to see each other until they were finally brainwashed. They had fought with what little they had in the way of mind power. Tot was a little puppet very easily controlled; While Nagi was both a treasure and a pain. She was easily controlled to a point. There was so much to have with her. Yet, she was like a rose that had been damaged. She was handed over to a man who was both a gentleman and a vampire. He promised not to harm in any way. She was slowly turned into a woman who was very quiet and shy with gentle mind control. She had no way of changing back into the little woman child that she had been since her father hurt her.

She now sat at a small table, waiting in a high necked green dress. She just had tea and a piece of cake. She had been a very good girl who was ordered about by a manservant. She remained shy as he spoke to her. He asked, "What do you want to do know…Tot?"

"If I can go and out?" she asked with a shy glance in her eyes.

"Maybe…have you been studying hard?" the manservant asked as he looked over at her table. There was a book with a few lines written down in French. He was teaching her French and math in order for her to move up in the world. She had a quick grasp of science and technology. This was from the years with the Masafumi Takatori as she was crafted into who she was with the rest of Schreient.

She gave a dainty nod to the manservant. She wanted to go out for reason. Tot was not sure behind his reason. Yet. she knew there was someone waiting for her on the outside. She looked over at the book. She reached over to shut the book quietly. There was no need for alarm. She excused herself from the lessons. She said, "I wouldn't be long…"

"Are you sure…miss?" the manservant asked with a twitch of the eyebrow. He knew she was a very free spirit and there was no way of holding her down with lessons. He asked with a lilt of worry in his voice, "Don't be goofing off. Tonight is a very special night."

"Yes…Nigel…" she sighed. Then, she got upon from the chair. She gently padded over to the door. She turned to look at the room for a quickly second. The, she was gone. The door had closed quietly behind her. She began to walk down the hall which leads to a courtyard. She wondered for a minute or two where she was at. She was now thinking of someone that she had contact before. Yet, who was this person in her mind. She knew it was a boy and he was very good to her. His voice was kind as he spoke. She stopped in front of a picture of a young man with the same look as the boy bringing her memoires. He sat on a chair, looking coldly and straight ahead. It was like he had not more feeling left in his eyes let alone his face.

Then, Tot felt a sharp pain coming from her head. It quickly warped itself around her face like a large hand. She could hear noise coming from somewhere in the back of her memories. She tried to figure out what was going on. She tried to make out the noise. She could hear a muffled singer trying to put words in a song. Not know the song or even the music, Tot let the pain wash over for a couple of minutes. She let out a sigh with a weary smile. She felt a hand touch her right shoulder. Spinning around the hall to see who was touching her, tot felt cold.

"Tot?" a voice whispered loudly in her mind.

She spun around for a second time to see if anyone was there. There was nothing, no one in the hall.

"Tot?" the voice whispered for a second time.

Feeling the urge to scream, Tot balled up her fists and started to cry. She shuttered hard as she spoke, "Who are you?"

"Tot?"

"What you doing to me?" she cried out in a loud gasp. She placed both hands up to the sides of her head. It began to ache when she pressed her hands hard. Feeling tears forming in her eyes she whimpered, "Why?"

The pain and the whispering had stopped as quickly as it came. She looked around to see nothing out of sorts in the hallway. She had closed her eyes to block out any pain in which she had instantly found herself in. she sighed with a sad look in her eyes. What was going with her?

"Ahh!" a voice hummed near her. It sounded rich, dark and very deeply male.

Tot turned to look at a young man with dark hair and even darker eyes. His long black hair fell in a sexy, mess around his face. He smiled sadly as Tot as he asked, "What's wrong…little poppet?"

At first Tot was scared. She did not know what to do with this stinger. He seemed very nice to her. Yet, she did not want to trust him. She stood up straight and said, "I'm fine…Jean!'

"Oh?" Jean asked with a slight raised eyebrow. His smile was dark and he wanted to get Tot all for himself. He was ordered by the higher ups to leave this alone for special training. He did not want to cross the line as if it were to make vampire king upset. The whole balance between to the two factors of night walkers were just starting to accept each other as new family members.

"Yes…Papa told me that you were not supposed to be here for tonight…why are you lying to papa?"

Then, a deepening of the smile, Jean said, "I'm sorry little poppet. I have to change my mind. This street life of Japan is not for me!" Then, he shrugged his shoulders with a pout.

"Oh, Jean!" Tot rolled her eyes with another wise perturbed stare.

"The truth is the truth…I can't help that, little poppet," he reached over to gently pat Tot on the head. "I was born and lived on the French country side. I lived and died and lived again in nearly same small village. I wish I could back and see my house. Yet, I am part of the dust who tamed me for the rest of the time itself!"

"What are you going to do? You can't stay here. Father wouldn't upset with you!" she smiled shyly. She felt warmth coming from his hand.

"Yes…it's a risk that I have to take. I have too learn how to sneak pass him, my little poppet!" he grinned back, trying to make Tot feel good about the situation.

"Then, can you stay with me for a little while. I need to look for something or someone!" Tot had a curious tone on her voice.

"I could…yet, I have to be careful. I made your father upset with me!" he smiled. His hand slid down to her right cheek. "You are very pretty…little poppet. I don't want to see tears burning your sweet face! That why I am going to leave for just a little while!"

"Oh?" she smiled daintily. Then, she could feel another presence in her heart. Who was this boy she could sense, but not remember? Who? That was an answer that puzzled her deeply.

"Don't trouble yourself…my little one. Just take your time!" he smiled.

Things were just starting it heat up. Aya and Yohji were now a very dangerous lead into the gaming world. This was no normal hacking period of sitting at the computer. No, this was a special made map of the game maze that Manx had given to the two. Aya was surprised to see what was going down on the streets so quickly after Omi and Ken had disappeared. Yohji on the other hand was curious. He thought, "Why has this information out on the streets after the club had opened up. Do they care about complications?"

The back door to the Kitten Flower shop was being locked. Aya and Yohji were finishing up the last of the day's totals. Aya had told Yohji that he was going to lock up for the night. Yohji was in the front, waiting to close up for the day. He thanked the last person who left the shop before walking over to the large heavy metal door to pull down. He waited for a minute as his fingered reached up to see where the handle was.

There was a slight chill to the air which flew past Yohji. He shivered for a minute before pulling at the handle. He sighed, "Funny…it feels like rain!"

"What feels like rain?" a voice asked.

Yohji was startled a little as he looked around to see Aya standing at the check out counter. He was holding a large folder. He nearly dropped the keys. He gasped a little red face, "Don't do that!"

"Gomen!" Aya nodded slightly. He didn't want to sneak up on Yohji; he had to get the paperwork from that day. He knew that the rest of the world was on the edge. He did want to ease the problem, but how. He had no answers yet. He had to be careful with everything. He had also given a look see at his sister. Since the near death of his sister, Aya was very protective of his sister that he took her name from.

"That's O.K. I have been edgy too!" Yohji said as he placed a hand up to his left cheek. His left temple hurt from the sudden shock. He rubbed the temple very carefully. He did not want to have a worst than he started off headache. "I hope that we get down to business with this craziness. I wonder when we are going to find Omi and Ken."

"Let's hope it's soon!" Aya said quietly. He placed the folder down on the counter. He picked up the phone top give the hospital that his sister was staying at a call. He looked at his watch. He said, after he had heard the phone pick up "Hello?"

"Yes…Tokyo General…whom do you want to reach?" the sub-human voice asked.

"Aya Fujimiya, please!" he asked. As Aya waited for the charge nurse who looked after his sister, he looked up at the main street window. He noticed a shadow near the window. He thought of nothing to see just a shadow standing in the evening. He hoped there was a change in his sister's condition. He was holding on to the hope for a long time. He said to himself, "If I die before my sister wakes up…I hope it was not all in vain!"

"Yes…third floor, special care ward…Nurse Kotobuki speaking!" a pleasant female voice spoke over the phone.

"I was hoping to hear about my sister, Aya Fujimiya!" Aya said as he noticed the shadow on the wall changing shape. He was a little surprised to watch the strange shadow dancing at first.

"Aya Fujimiya?" nurse Kotobuki said.

"Yes, she's my sister!" Aya said. The shadow was great heavy in darkness. Aya turned to see nothing in the doorway. He thought he was over worked. He dismissed the idea of his eyes going bad. He turned to be greeted by an old friend.

Meanwhile Yohji had finished the last of the dailies. He had gone to the back for one last time before calling it a day. He knew Aya wanted to be alone when he was on the phone about his sister. He closed out the files on the store's laptop. He flipped off the switch to the power before closing up the laptop. Then, he had heard something coming from the front of her store. He quickly snapped shut the laptop case before hearing the noise again. He was sitting on a stool when he had worked. Now his feet made their way to the floor and he darted to the door.

There was strange feeling that began to hurt his mind. What was going on with this feeling? He did want to stop this feeling from the source. Yet, who was the source. He wondered of was Shuldig giving this headache. Schwartz had been quiet for the last two or three weeks. Yohji sighed and said, "O.k. I'm caught!"

He even raised his hands. The room was quiet and there was no shadow of another person in the room.

Yohji a little ticked off said, "What in the heck is going on?"

No response coming from the room. He walked over to the door which leads to the main flower shop. As he opened the door to the main room, Yohji was slammed with a powerful force of mind breaking proportions. He tried to fight back with all of his strength. His body screamed for air as it became airborne. In a heartbeat, he was landing on the wall like a leaf caught in a wild wind. He was not in sleep mode just yet. He body and mind fought hard to stay focused. He wondered somehow who was behind this unearthly attack. He landed on his knees after he slid off the wall. He gasped for life giving air. His eyes were blurred from the impact of the landing. He said in a weak whisper, "Where are you?"

There was response from the darkness.

Yohji looked around with a painful turn of the neck. He gasped feeling a set of hands touching his rib cage. He yelled, "LET ME GO!"

Still no response from the darkness.

Yohji wanted to cry out for Aya. He looked around for the light coming from the back. There was none to be had. Where was Aya? Was Aya in trouble, hurt or even worst dying? Yohji's mind scrambled in the sea of questions. There was no means of escape just yet.

Then, all was still…all was quiet. Yohji was quickly released from the pain, the power of the night mare world. He gasped hard as he found himself on the floor. He rolled to one side to see where he was. He forced himself to think as he noticed the coolers. "I'm still in the shop!" he thought.

"What happen to you?" a voice hummed in his head.

"What?" Yohji gasped as he tried to stand up. Ribs, spines knees began to scream in pain when he sat up slowly on the shop floor. What was going on? Yohji wanted Aya to be right now at his side. There was nothing to stop him outside of the pain. He tried to block it out. He called out for Aya. Aya was somewhere else. Yohji felt another presence in the room. Who was it?

"Stay here…if got to get some medicine…" the voice said gently.

Painfully, reluctantly Yohji turned his head to see Shuldig sitting at his back. Was that creep behind this latest attack?