Csoh:I wouldn't fight if I had Hagi.

Solomon:That's because you can't.

Csoh: (kicks him in privates) Wanna bet?

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Chapter 13: Nightmare(?)

Hagi didn't say anything for several minutes after Joel left. She could tell he wasn't happy with her decision though. Why would fighting once bother him so badly? She looked at him until he finally met her gaze. She waited for him to say something. Anything. He looked away and she felt a pang of fury hit her. Why wouldn't he at least talk to her?! She hugged him and looked back into his steel gray eyes.

"Hagi."

"..." He wasn't responding. He wouldn't look at her.

C'mon! Say you're mad at me. Say something at least. This just hurts.

"HAGI!" He looked down at her. His face completely blank.

"Yes."

"...Um." Saya lay against him for a minute trying to think of how to ask him why he had gotten so mad when she thought of something. "Who's Diva?" He didn't grimace, but she could see the hate in his eyes as she asked him that.

"She was a chiropteran that made other chiropterans."

"Did you know her?" He raised an eyebrow at her. "You looked really mad when I asked you."

"She came after us several times over the years." Oh.

"Was she like us or like the regular chiropterans I keep hearing about?" Hagi started to play with her hair as he answered.

"Neither. She may have looked human, but she was nothing like us." She looked up and saw something in his face. It looked like... agony? Fatigue? She didn't really know how to place it. He was an enigma.

"Obviously she was well named. She sounds like a complete diva." He smiled at her comment, but it didn't reach his eyes. Saya pulled herself up to his face and kissed him.

Hagi almost couldn't breathe as she kissed him. She was a workout to stay calm with. She had agreed to fight again and she was going to be in pain when she found out about Diva and the other chevalier. He wanted to ease the pain of the past, but all he could do was make her happy now and hope she took it.

Her arms wrapped around his neck and Hagi kissed her with everything he could muster. She actually purred in pleasure. He couldn't believe how she acted now. She had always been so shy about touching others. She would grow red whenever he held her and now...

A knock at the door broke the moment and they pulled apart as Lulu came in. She was bringing Saya blood.

"Blood time, Saya!" Saya all but hid in his jacket and he exchanged a confused look with Lulu. He looked back down at the Saya as she tried to keep away from Lulu. She moved behind Hagi and took a quick peek over his shoulder to watch for Lulu to leave.

"Thanks Lulu. Just leave it on the desk for now." The little schiff still looked confused, but she nodded and soon left. He turned to Saya to find her eying the glass of blood like it was poison.

How in the world did Solomon feed her?

Tossing the thought aside before he started to get upset, he brought the glass over to Saya who turned away and refused to take it.

"That's not real blood is it?" She looked wide-eyed at him.

"You've had blood before." She shivered and lay face-down against the bed. He had to get her to drink otherwise- "Saya, try it." She shook her head.

"NO!" He sighed and took some of the blood into his mouth. If not one way then...

He pulled her up and kissed her, the blood flowing into her mouth. She tried to pull away. He held tight and she stopped resisting after a minute. She was still kissing him after all the liquid was gone from his mouth. He pulled back and looked at her.

"You should finish." She looked up at him and nodded. She pulled herself next to him and drank the rest of her blood.

Saya set the glass down and sighed. She was tired. It had been a long day and she lay back against Hagi who pulled out his journal. He looked down at her as if asking her permission.

"Will you read some of it to me, Hagi?" He smiled lightly and started to read.

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It was raining as they arrived at Munich. The clouds looked ghastly and she leaned against him more as they headed down the old cobblestone street. Kai was following behind them. He was still upset and she felt a little bad for what she had said the other day.

"The others are out right now trying to get a solid location on the chiropterans. When they know we'll need you two to head out." Saya nodded at Joel and they headed into what looked like a ratty old apartment building. They all headed up the stairs. And more stairs. Saya started to pant as they climbed up more.

"How high is the place?" Joel looked down and laughed.

"It's right here." He pulled out a set of keys and opened the door to reveal a small apartment. It was probably only for two people but the floor showed a bunch of blankets and pillows and there were people in a corner sleeping quietly.

"Why don't you guys get a bigger place?" Joel shook his head.

"We own the whole building, but due to the recent problems, they decided that they should sleep in one area." Glancing around the room, it was hard to believe that they owned the whole building.

"We aren't going to be sleeping in here too are we?" Saya agreed with Kai. She really wasn't that interested in staying in here. Joel shook his head.

"You don't have to, but someone needs to know where you're sleeping just so that we'll know where to find you later."

Saya sat down to catch her breath as the others started to talk. After several minutes Hagi came over and literally picked her up and carried her down a few floors to another apartment. He set her down and went to get her bags.

The building wasn't much better on the inside. The wallpaper was falling off the walls in places and there was a hole in the bedroom door that looked like someone had punched into it. Saya shivered at the thought.

Hagi returned minutes later and set the bags down by the island in the kitchen. He sat on the couch and looked like he was resting. She couldn't take all the silence anymore.

"Hagi." He glanced over at her. His face blank. "Why don't you want me to be here?"

"I don't want you to get hurt again." Huh. She thought about that. She'd gotten hurt before? It seemed like with every step she took she had that many more questions. She strolled over to the couch and laid against his chest.

"Please at least talk to me." He moved the hair out of her face and sighed.

"We're only staying here until we kill the group of chiropterans. Then we'll be going to Okinawa to try and help you recall more memories." She frowned.

"Okinawa being in..."

"Japan."

"Huh. Problem there. I can't speak Japanese. I could try but I won't even know what I'm saying." He smirked at that.

"As your memories come back you'll remember how."

"Great. Thanks Mr. Optimistic, I'm sure as soon as I get there I'll just remember everything and speak all kinds of languages. Let me guess," she looked up at him, "I'm secretly part viking too aren't I." He actually laughed at her. He laugh a melody ringing in her ears.

"Kai and I will help." She rolled her eyes at the chevalier.

"Wonderful. I'm sure when you two aren't busy trying to stare the other down you'll be great help."

"You have to be sarcastic don't you." She smiled at him widely.

"I find it helps to keep from worrying." She remembered all the nights of Solomon being sarcastic with her. It had been a riot. She felt a pang of guilt at the fact that he didn't know where she was. As if feeling her concern, Hagi wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. She listened to his heart beating in his chest as they sat there. The rain hammering against the windows and walls outside while they stayed nice and warm.

Kai woke up from his dream. He sat up in his makeshift bed and looked around the room. He opened the door to go downstairs and went to Hagi and Saya's apartment. His dream had been terrible and he needed to make sure that Saya was alright. He opened the door and headed inside.

The place was warmer than the rest of the building and the rain was falling even harder outside. He looked around until he found what looked to be a bedroom door. He opened the door and found Saya nestled asleep in Hagi's arms.

The chevalier looked up at him as he entered. There was no emotion in his face as usual and he felt for a moment like turning back and heading up. He shook the idea aside and sat down on the edge of the bed near Saya.

"What's going on." Hagi didn't seem to want him here and he was starting to understand why he wouldn't.

"I... I don't know anymore. I want Saya to remember Riku and Dad, but I don't want her to be hurting." He looked up and saw the guy nod.

"She needs to remember on her own. If we force her it'll only hurt worse." Kai remembered what Joel's diary said about the Vietnam war.

"Is that how she got during the war?" Hagi shut his eyes as if trying to keep out his memory.

"Something like that." He looked at Kai with a look of determination. "I won't allow Saya to fight anymore. Even if I have to go out and fight them all myself, I'm not letting her go into another war." Something in his voice said that he had seen more than his share of fighting.

"You can't kill them though. Only Saya can." He gave him a cold glare.

"It doesn't matter." Saya started to stir in her sleep and Hagi wrapped the blanket around her more. Kai took in what he'd said.

"So how are you going to keep Saya away from the fighting here?" Hagi turned his attention away from Saya.

"..." Kai sighed.

"You haven't even thought about it have you."

"I haven't come up with many ideas. At least not many Saya would go with."

"What have you come up with." Hagi glanced out the window and before answering.

"Dragging her away, keeping her distracted, nothing I could do easily." Kai laughed.

"I'm sure you could keep her distracted from chiropterans easily. They aren't loud at all." Hagi returned his attention to Saya for a few minutes as Kai tried to think. The rain outside increased to get louder and louder as they sat around in the dainty little room.

"You could always tell her you don't want her to fight." Hagi nodded and a knock came at the door seconds before Joel walked in. He looked at them both.

"You should have told someone that you were heading down here Kai." Kai rolled his eyes.

"Chiropterans can't take me down that easily. If one attacks you'll all know." Joel looked at Saya.

"She ready to take them down?" If Hagi's gaze could kill, Joel would have been ashes. He looked ready to strangle the man. "She agreed to it Hagi. She wants to fight."

"Joel you should probably leave." Joel looked at him puzzled. "Saya here or not, he's going to totally kill you." Joel rolled his eyes and left. Hagi moved the hair in Saya's face out of her eyes and relaxed.

"You don't seem to want anyone around her do you?" Hagi shook his head.

"I have no problem with you being here." Kai took that as a compliment as he yawned and stood up to leave. He took one last glance at Saya and left. He started up the stairs when that feeling came again.

Closing his eyes, he started to remember the nightmare that had made him come down the stairs. Saya had been taken by Solomon and they had destroyed the Red Shield. He shook his head to shake away the memory. She hardly knew Solomon, why would she even think about the guy?

Satisfied, he headed back to his makeshift bed and dozed off.

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