She remembered that night well. It was dark, and it was rather cold out. She had been begging her brother to take her with him to go fight the Nobodies who had swarmed the center of town. They were no doubt after the Morning Stone that provided an endless water supply at the fountain in the Town Square in Aquastone. At least, that's what the townsfolk assumed. However, they were after much, much more. "Onii-sama, please, let me go with you, you shouldn't have to fight alone. I can fight too, just like you and Nexas. Let me fight." Xikari looked up at her adopted older brother's dark eyes with her own blue-green eyes. Strands of her lovely blonde hair hung in her face as she gave him the most determined expression she possibly could. With her wooden training sword in hand she knew she could be of use to Seth, her older brother, especially if he allowed her a real weapon. "I'm sorry, Xikari, I don't want you getting hurt out there, let me and Nexas handle this, we will be back shortly and everything will go back to normal, I promise" Without another word he kissed her on the forehead and hurried out of the house, trying to hide his guilty expression. Her love interest and Seth's younger brother, who was a year older than her, took her hand and whispered in her ear. "It will be okay, Xikari, trust Seth and I." Nexas squeezed her hand and followed behind his brother out the front door. Xikari stood, staring out the door that she had yet to close behind them. Her knees felt weak and her heart ached. At this point she could no longer stand and had to sit on the stairs that lead up into the house. They had left her behind, again. Minutes passed, than a half an hour, than two hours. Where had they gone too? With the skill and will of Seth and Nexas there was no way it would have taken this long, unless something terrible had happened to them. Maybe they were overwhelmed by the monsters and taken away... Xikari shook her head in denial, such thoughts were useless to her. But at this point, she wasn't going to sit and wait, staring out the front door she still had yet to close. With a renewed sense of determination the teenager scrambled up the stairs and searched desperately for the weapon that had been waiting for her since becoming a part of the Kazuhira family. In the back of her older brother's closet was a fancy weapon case with her name engraved on the top. In actuality it was something that she had been clinging onto when they found her, it was the only thing she had left of her old world. Inside the case was a beautiful, hand crafted katana with a deep blue blade and a pure black hilt. Xikari took the weapon in her hands and stared at it in awe. It was more beautiful then she remembered. By now she was headed out the door with the weapon strapped across her torso and resting on her back. "I'm coming Kazuhira family, wait for me." The youngster raced out of the house, finally closing the front door and hurrying toward the town square where the beasts were swarming everywhere from dark portals that relentlessly appeared. Once the girl arrived at the town square she was already out of breath and had to stop to take a breather. There in the middle of Aquastone was an army of Nobodies. "Ahhh!!!" Without hesitation the trained 'warrior' lunged into the fray and began slicing left and right at the creatures. "Xikari, what are you doing here?!" A familiar voice could be heard over the sounds of the Nobodies. [i]Crap, I'm in trouble.[/i] "Big brother, you're safe!" She hurried to him, slashing at the Nobodies that surrounded him. He looked slightly beat up but had obviously fought well considering the enemies numbers were dwindling. "Where's Nexas?" She questioned. "I'm not sure..." Seth said sadly, it seemed he had lost his brother in the process of fighting off the adversaries. "I'm afraid the darkness may have taken him" He shook his head. "No, no." He couldn't think that way, he had to stay positive for Xikari. "No, I'm sure he's around here some where, I did just see him..." "Alright!" Her look of confidence was unwavering. "I'll go find him. You stay safe and continue to take them down!" With a smile and a nod she ran off without him being able to stop her. "Xikari!!" Was the last thing she heard from her older brother. Her heart raced in her chest, by the time Seth was out of her sight she was surrounded with her back to the fountain in the center of the Town Square. "You won't take me alive, you foul beasts" With a grin she slashed in an X shape at them, swinging her blade skillfully around her body and taking out many of the Nobodies. The group of them tackled her, making it impossible for her to get up off of the ground. "Ack, get off!!" She reached up for a hand to pull her out of the dark. "Xikari..." There was another voice. A hand reached out and touched hers but quickly slipped away, the last thing she saw was a man in a black cloak holding Nexas up by his throat. "No..." Her voice trailed off. ----- "Ah! Ahh!!!" Xikari writhed on the ground, trying to get the Nobodies off of her. But they were gone. "Huh..? Where am I?" She stood up and looked around. There were two others in her presence. One seemed to be walking toward the other. The girl reached for her weapon but all she got was an empty sheath. "No!!" It was a loud shout that both of the others could have heard but she didn't care. Nexas and Seth were no where to be found in this empty space and now her most precious belonging was gone. Her heart ached once more and she dropped to her knees. "No, no, no!!"