"Huh" Tsukiko questioned overwhelmed by complete surprise as she saw Hayato had entered the room. Her tears had dried up by then though she was a bit embarrassed to see Hayato was there and she was clinging to Ben for comfort. She immediately let go of Ben and told him that she was thankful for his assistance in helping her feel better. She noticed Hayato was exhausted, but when she put her hand on her upper part of her chest where her neck was located she noticed the shiny object that hung around it had gone missing.
"Oh no!" Tsukiko exclaimed when she had just realized that her locket was gone. She immediately fell into a panic since that was given to her by her own mother when she was born which included a special key inside of it. She didn't know what that key was for, but her mother did tell her when the time was right that she was to use it. She never told her what it was for though so she would most likely have to find out on her own or inquire about it through her brother; however, how her brother was acting as of current might not be very useful toward finding out its purpose.
She turned toward Hayato has she stepped away from Ben giving her and Ben a few feet of breathing space where she nodded at him, "Thank you for comforting me, Ben. I really do appreciate all that you have said to me. I won't give up finding the answers I seek and I'm sure one day I will find an answer to all the problems that trouble me so." She concluded abruptly smiling toward him before she turned her suspicion toward Hayato who had just came in unannounced. She sighed as she tried to be polite toward Hayato despite being a bit irritated with him for seeing her like she was a moment ago. She hoped he didn't hear everything the two discussed as she walked by him, "I'm going to find my locket. Hopefully if I retrace my steps it will be easy to find." Tsukiko replied as she excused herself from the room which would leave only Ben and Hayato there unless one of them were to try to stop her from leaving.
"Why did you catch me...?" Hayate asked in a soft slightly scared voice. Shinrei noticed that she was a little frightened by his company when she asked her question. She asked him 'why did he catch her' which wasn't a question that he could answer easily. He remembered she overheard him talking to Ethel about how he might be cold, but he wasn't dirty. It would have been bad for his image if he had just let her hit the floor and only recover himself. He knew Ethel was disappointed she didn't get her laughs and the people in the arena seemed a bit disappointment that he was a killjoy. Personally, he didn't really care, because they could have what ever opinions they wanted of him. He then decided he would tell her the truth since she did bring him back to his senses and prevented him from going into his dangerous state. "Because you resemble someone I once knew." He answered in a polite and rather casual tone though there was still a chill behind the voice though it sounded a bit more friendly than his usual voice.
Shinrei listened to Hayato's story though he didn't seem to be really interest in it. Not that he was trying to be selfish, but it wasn't really any of his business. Despite that, he decided to listen to her all the way through rather than ignore her completely like he did with Ethel. When she started off asking if he was going to scold her he shook his head. "It wasn't your fault and even I know that. I know exactly what happened so there is no reason for me to say anything vulgar toward you." Shinrei reminded her with a reassuring warm nod even though his eyes never did change some of the features on his face showed some more light. Seemed the man wasn't completely a cold-hearted bastard even though he did usually always come off as one.
When Hayate mentioned the name 'Natsuki' it hit him that name was very familiar. He couldn't quite put his finger on why he remembered that name or why it rang a bell inside his mind. All he remembered it was someone that a person close to him knew. He wanted to believe it was his mother, but his memories were so clouded that he just couldn't remember at all. Whenever he tried to remember his thoughts were overtaken by a thick fog which veiled over everything making it impossible to see the memories he had inside his mind. He didn't really know why he couldn't remember, but he did recall that his sister Tsukiko suffered from the same problem. Somehow both of them became amnesiacs though they didn't really know how it transpired. He was guessing it had to do something with that accident with Tsukiko a long time ago and the darker side of himself.
"You said Natsuki was your mother though not your biological mother? That name I recognize but I don't know how I remember it." Shinrei said as he stood up from his seat and came to the bed and knelt down beside Hayate. He thought to himself as he looked at the photograph in his hand and her face. She did resemble his mother though not completely since she did have different colored hair and eyes. She couldn't be related toward his side of the family because most of them had blue or red eyes. Shinrei had red eyes just like his sister Tsukiko which were a trait from their father. Their mother had blue eyes, but they did get her silver hair. He remembered it was in front of a shimmering water lake that his mother got Tsukiko's name while enjoying the moonlight gaze upon the silver shine of the lake at night. It was also at the moment that he saw another woman with silver hair, but this couldn't be one of his memories. He wasn't born at the time this happened. The woman said to her, "Such a beautiful Moon Lake." His mother agreed and the memory vanished where he returned to where he was at Hayate's side. He wondered if Hayate just saw the same vision he saw just a moment ago. "Another woman with silver hair?" Shinrei mumbled to himself as he slipped the picture back into his wallet which he pulled it out of. Who is this other silver haired woman? Why was she standing with my mother in front of a lake in the moonlight glimmer? Did this girl beside me see that same vision? He questioned toward himself as he stood up to listen to what Hayate had to say as he could sense she was about to say something to him.
She informed him that she had a bad dream where he remembered he had a dream that was causing him sleep deprivation problems too. That's when he wondered if her dream and the one he had were somewhat related. He noticed she was a still on edge after waking up which was understandable, because she probably had no idea where she was right now. "I wouldn't worry about that dream you had. All you saw was a side of myself from the past that has long died." He kept his reply toward the matter blunt since he didn't really want to go into details about that side of him. It was a part of his part that haunted him like a shadow which he wanted to put behind him and move on. After all, it was that own reckless nature which brought harm to his sister and he was sure as hell not going to allow it to happen again. He would do everything to prevent that tragedy from repeating itself.
"I'll always be alone won't I...?" Hayate asked Shinrei not knowing what to think of her dream. Shinrei looked at her as he closed his eyes after she said that. He really didn't have an answer for her when she asked him that and he didn't really want to talk about the subject since it deeply related to him and his past experiences. He would at least try to enlighten her a bit to try to ease the worry that plagued her mind. "You'll never be alone unless you choose to be Hayate. If you do not want to be like me then never choose to be alone. Choose to be with other people and remain true to yourself and your resolve. If you do that, eventually you will find the answers you've been looking for."
"D-do... you want to play a game with me...? all you need is two mini solid vision projectors... i got a spare one after all... it will keep things off my mind... Hayato came up with this game when we first got it..." Hayate asked explaining how it always calms her mind when she plays it. Shinrei opened his eyes as he noticed she wanted to play a game. "Here." He said handing her his set of cards which he pulled out giving her the chance to sort them out for the fact this was her game, but he did not carry on him his a duel disk it appeared. Why he didn't have it was unknown though it seems he knew where to go to class even though he did not carry it.
Personally, he preferred his black and dark purple duel disk which was custom built for him that was very special toward him. Where that duel disk was only he knew and he wouldn't even reveal if it was with him or not. It was that special that he would keep it a complete secret toward only himself. The duel disk he had to use was quite primitive which made him not like it at all. It was nothing like the one he valued so much since it wasn't custom made with the features he valued the most. It didn't even have cloaking mode which hid it completely out of sight. He decided to leave it in his room since he had no intention of dueling anyone on the first day though he did carry his cards around. Besides, if he carried his personal one he used people might be able to connect the dots and figure out who he was. Guess I'll have to use the one they provided. Not my style, but I cannot have people finding out who I am. Keeping my identity secret is of the utmost importance. They say, a duel disk represents one's status. My status within my company is still very much a secret. I intend to keep it that way too. Using a custom duel disk would let people know that I am from the a professional caliber. I guess I'll just have to make do with what resources I can use for my own personal benefit.
