A/N: So I know you guy's have been waiting for this one for a while now and my apologies for taking so long. I had planned for this to be a quick one shot but then I had a bit of fun writing this one out and planning for a couple of thinsg to happen.

So, to not waste anymore time, let us read.

-X-

Kai'sa looked down from her perch in the dark Void world and watched as several dozens of Void monsters crossed a jagged portal into a drastically different environment, one lush with greens and colorful plants unlike the Void's dreary and dark wastelands.

The Shuriman had sensed a disturbance in the Void and when she had arrived, her fears were confirmed.

Kai'sa had barely managed to repel the last one that had opened up in Freljord, the freezing cold sending her symbiote-suit into chaos, causing her to almost die from not only the Void monsters but attacks from a few crazy barbarians that had came out of nowhere and attacked her. She was lucky enough to get out alive and back into the ripple right before it closed.

Tightening the tourniquet around her bloody arm and gingerly patting the bandage on her side, Kai'sa sighed as she willed for her visor to come down and sneaked down the cliff, careful to not alert any of Voidlings to where she was.

"Skreeee!"

On instinct, Kai'sa let loose a volley of missiles into the direction of the screech before turning her guns onto it.

Her stance loosened up as she dropped to the ground in exhaustion, cursing herself for using such a costly ability on a single Void monster the size of her foot.

The sound of Void battlecries on the other side of the ripple made her grit her teeth in pain before forcing herself to her feet. It was her job to stop the tragedy that tore her village apart from ever happening again.

She managed to sneak within a few meters of the ripple and hid behind a rock, transferring all of her remaining mana in her next couple of moves. Kai'sa knew that after her Supercharger ends, she would more than likely pass out or be close to death if anything.

Seeing the familiar feel of her blasters in her hands, Kai'sa took in a deep breath before throwing out a blind Void Seeker. She saw the mark appear on her visor and a split second later, appeared on her target and blindly let loose a massive volley of Icathian missiles while raising her glowing pistols at the Void monsters.

Problem is, there was none that were alive.

She dropped her guard in confusion as she saw the dead bodies of Void monsters everywhere. Void monsters ranging from as small as a dog to as massive as a horse lay on the ground dead, their heads bashed into something just as hideous as before and purple ooze seeping from their bodies.

Kai'sa quickly scanned her surroundings once more, taking in the rather lush environment. It wasn't as humid as the Kumungu Jungle but it wasn't as condensed as the Demacian woodlands. The vegetation looked exotic and far different from what she would usually see. Even the air itself managed to soothe her wounds the more she stood there.

"Friends of yours?"

She quickly turned around to see a bald man leaning on a slightly singed wooden staff. His worn out brown robes resembled that of clothes that merchants used to display at their stalls, claiming them to be authentic Ionian silk. His posture and expression weirdly relaxed as he stood in front of the massacre of Void monsters.

"Who-"

She had blinked once and the man in front of her had disappeared before she felt a woosh of air brush past her hair and the sound of a Void monster screaming in pain.

Kai'sa looked behind her to see a humanoid Void monster on the ground with the man's staff buried in it's decayed head.

"Looks like they aren't." He said as he twirled his staff and smacked the ground once, sending the purple blood onto the grass before he looked around him, "I see I've made quite a mess on my field. Give me one moment stranger."

"What do you mean?" Kai'sa asked as her pistols disappeared while he closed his eyes and twirled his staff, "What-"

Her jaw dropped slightly as he rotated his body, dragging his staff across the ground, forming a golden ring in the grass before opening his eyes and slammed the bottom end of his staff into the ground.

A golden shockwave erupted from the ring as it instantly expanded and vaporized the dead Void mass as it passed over them, the purple and dark particles floating into the air before disappearing.

She felt the ring pass through her body, sending shivering chills down her spine as it did. However, it wasn't the cold feeling of fear but the warm feeling of cleansing.

Kai'sa watched as the ring eventually disappeared into the horizon and the once bloodied Void field was replaced a beautiful grassy plain.

"Now that I've cleaned up." The man said while brushing off his hands before looking up at her, "Are you okay stranger?"

"I'm-"

Kai'sa suddenly felt weak all across her body as the Supercharger form ended, effectively taking away all of her strength and removing her visor.

The last thing she remembered as she fell down was a pair of brown eyes looking down at her.

-x-

Living in the Void for as long as she did, Kai'sa had learned the hard way that it was better to be a light sleeper. To train oneself to be mindful of surroundings even while unconcious. So the moment that she heard a sound that she had heard a noise that resembled a Voidling jolted her awake with her plasma palm blasters trained in a wide berth around her.

She had been ready to start blasting everything around her until she realized that she wasn't in the Void anymore. What gave it away was the obvious appearance of a human house around her.

It was a simple house really. A desk, bookshelf, and a cabinet were pushed up against an aged wooden wall along with a few framed windows that let in some sunlight and a few chairs were propped up against underneath it. A stone fireplace was placed right next to her as she noticed that she was on a bed before her attention finally reached the open door, where the man from before stood with a basket in his hand.

"Did you sleep well stranger?" He asked gently while pulling a chair towards her, stopping as he noticed that her turning her palm blasters onto him before he raised his hands in surrender, "Friendly! Friendly."

Kai'sa raised her eyebrow for a moment before slowly lowering her palm blaster but stayed wary of the man.

This isn't the first time that someone had pretended to be friendly before turning onto her, despising her as if she was the devil itself.

"Thank you." He sighed in relief while sitting down in front of her and showed her his basket, "Now I thought that you may be hungry after your little nap. So, I took the opportunity to forage a little bit for these."

Kai'sa's eyes widened at the possible jewels in front of her. Brightly colored fruits ranging in several sizes and shapes filled the basket to the brim, causing the Shuriman's mouth to water heavily at the thought of actual food.

She couldn't have remembered the last time that she had actual food much less fruit. The closest thing that she would eat on a daily basis would be anything that she might be able to scavenge from unfortunate merchants that get trapped by the Voidlings by taking an unsafe route are rotten fruits, stale bread, and moldy cheese.

Kai'sa slowly reached out and quickly tried to snatch the basket away but the man was much faster than her, holding the basket just out of her reach.

"Uh, uh, uh." He hummed while slowly handing her the basket, "You mustn't rush yourself stranger. You wouldn't want to injure yourself again do you?"

Kai'sa looked down at her outstretched arm before turning it over as she noticed that it wasn't as bloody and she looked down at her side as well, pushing the blanket to the side to find the enormous gap no longer there.

"How long was I out?" Kai'sa asked as she turned her body a few times to see if it hurt and it didn't at all.

"Quite a few days actually." He said while crossing his arms, "Now I have a few questions for you if you don't mind."

Kai'sa's head instantly snapped to him, quickly preparing herself to potentially fight the man if necessary. However, if she was honest, she didn't even think that she could even beat him in her current state.

Suddenly, an almost loud roar broke the silence between them. However, it wasn't the roar of a beast. Well, it depended on your definition of a beast really.

"But I believe that we can hold off on talk for a little bit." He chuckled as Kai'sa blushed in embarrassment and he dismissed with a wave, "Just take a moment and enjoy your meal.

She began to attack small feast of fruits as if she hadn't eaten in days, only relishing the natural sweetness and mysterious flavor of the unknown that rolled across her tongue for a few seconds before she shoved something else in her mouth.

Even when there wasn't a single spec of food left in the basket, Kai'sa licked her fingers so clean that she wouldn't have noticed that she had gotten it dirty. However, it was irritatingly sticky that the man had given her a wet towel to wipe down her hands.

"I see that you enjoyed your meal." The man chuckled lightly while standing up and taking the basket much to her disappointment and set it on the ground right next to him with the dirty towel, "Now that you've had your fill. Introductions are in order, no?"

Kai'sa bit her teeth as she thought about her next move. The safest option would be to straight out lie to him and then go back to the Void to stop anyone else from dying on an encounter with those hideous monsters. Not only that but he could secretly be learning everything she knew before killing her off, disgusted that he would have to deal with her for so long.

However, if he did hate her so much, he would've killed her off long ago and not bothered with finding out what she knew with how strong he was. She was just someone that appeared on his front lawn looking to exterminate a few pests that he had already taken care off.

But could she really trust another when so many have turned their backs onto her?

"My name is Kai'sa." She said without even thinking and tried to take it back but she knew it was already too late, coming out of her hiding spot for the first time in years, "I'm was born in Shurima but then the Void took me and I've grown up in that place for most of my life."

"Interesting Kai'sa." He nodded slowly while processing the information with his arms crossed, "So I see that you are a sort of an exterminator for the Void monsters that pop up everywhere on Runeterra?"

"Yes. How did you know?"

"Your work precedes you." The man chuckled lightly, tripping all of the alarms to go off in her head, "I've heard stories from merchants about a monster named Kai'sa that comes from the Void and kills their own kind. They say it's a hideous beast that can trick the mind to think that it's a female and misguides them to do their bidding."

"Really?" Kai'sa asked nervously while charging a bit of plasma behind her back, ready to put a hole through him if necessary.

"However,-"

Kai'sa's breath caught in her throat as her hand generating the plasma was raised in the air, the energy going out as she was caught by surprise.

"-I would appreciate it if you didn't set my sheets on fire." He smiled, his gaze hard yet calm, "I have few to spare so I hope that you would be generous enough to hold your fire."

A cold chill ran down Kai'sa's spine as for the first time in a long time, she had felt the true meaning of fear.

"Now there's one thing that those merchants may have overlooked." He said while gently setting down her hand and cupped her chin with his free hand, "That you are anything but a monster."

Kai'sa blushed lightly as she slowly moved his hand away, uncertain of what she was feeling.

"Now, since you have introduced yourself, I will do the same." He said while holding out a hand for a shake, "The name's Ten, Ten Ken. I've been born and raised in this general area most of my life and I live by myself."

Kai'sa nodded slowly as she shook his hand and asked, "Wait, where am I exactly?"

"My house?" Ten asked with a raised eyebrow, an amused smile stretched across his lips.

"No, where are we?" Kai'sa said while straightening her back to look out the window, "Are we in Demacia?"

"Oh, so that's what you mean. No we are not." Ten said while standing up and gently tugged on her arm, "You are in… Well, it would be better if I just showed you."

Of course, Kai'sa can just say no and leave for the ripple that she had taken to go back to the Void. However, the ripple would've closed by now and it wouldn't hurt to explore her surroundings.

Kai'sa obliged as she allowed for Ten to take her out of the house and as he stopped them atop of a cliff, her mind was instantly blown away at the sight before her.

The landscape was simply breathtaking and unlike anything that she had ever seen. Giant mountains beautifully carved by nature, unleashing water onto the massive lake below. The forest waving gently with the wind and the air being so rich and clean unlike the choking and empty Void. The water from the lake looked so still with small bubbles sending out ripples several meters wide before eventually disappearing at the end.

"Welcome to Ionia." Ten said proudly while waving his arms as if presenting the view to her, "The Yu Province to be exact. Outskirts of the main cities and east of Noxus."

"It's beautiful." Kai'sa said aloud unconsciously, taking in a deep breath and she could almost literally smell the magic in the air, "I've never been to Ionia."

"Well here you are now." Ten chuckled while sitting down and patting the grass beside him.

Kai'sa reluctantly sat down but sighed as she enjoyed the feel of actual grass for the first time in so many years.

"I see that you are enjoying yourself." Ten chuckled while showing her a flower, the green shell-like appearance showing its young age.

Kai'sa tried to take it from him but he opened her palm and gently placed the bud in the middle before hovering his hand over it, the grass around them rippling quickly as if they were radiating gusts of air as his palm glowed a golden color.

He slowly removed his hand and the lotus was in full bloom, the pink and white petals shining their natural colors as Kai'sa stared at the flower and then at Ten in amazement.

"Who are you?"

"I've been called many things in my life. Some call me God while others think of me as a saint." Ten chuckled while looking out onto the lake, "But I am merely a man that has incredible powers and uses them for the greater good."

"I see." Kai'sa said as she gently brushed the flower in her hands, "Have you always been here?"

"For a good part of my life yes." Ten nodded, "I trained with the monks for almost half of my life before leaving and settling here, living off the land by myself."

"Didn't you say merchants and traders came?"

"Oh yes they do." He nodded before sighing sadly, "However, they only visit a few times a month. Sometimes, I won't be able to see anyone for several months and not see friends that promised they would be back ever again. A few of my brothers may visit me from the monastery but they come once only every few years."

"So you've been alone as well?" Kai'sa whispered just loud enough for him to hear her, her expression and tone turning from amazement to empathy.

"Not necessarily so." Ten said while crossing his legs and looked over the lake, "I have nature to watch over me and I watch over them. Fending off unnecessary killings and greedy traders and adventurers, only taking what I can eat, and always being grateful for what I have. That's how I cope with being alone for so long."

Kai'sa's shoulder slumped, knowing the feeling of being alone for a good part of their life and fending for yourself. Even though she saw humans while in the Void, they were either afraid of her and ran away or they were killed mercilessly a few seconds later before she could even speak to them.

"Well enough about me. What about you Kai'sa?" Ten asked while turning to her, "I've told you a decent enough about myself and yet I know so little about you. Mind sharing your story for a curious monk?"

Kai'sa bit her lip as she thought about what to say. She never told anyone her backstory of growing up in the Void, hunting monsters to survive and to protect others. The main reason why is because there was no one else in the Void to talk to and the humans that she would encounter would always run away.

A hunter's best weapon is themselves. If no one knows anything about the hunter, the more dangerous they are. Therefore, she chose to keep to herself.

However, the man in front of her was alike anyone that she had ever met and would most likely be the only one like him. It wouldn't hurt to tell him her story.

Would it?

So she did.

Over the course of a few hours, Kai'sa told him more than she had planned to and when she finished, he was silent.

"That is my story." Kai'sa said quietly as she looked down at her hands, not knowing how he would react to all of it. Would he call it all a bluff? Would he simply laugh and belittle her? Would he pity her? Would he-

Her train of thought was cut off as she felt a pair of arms wrapping around her, surprised as she looked up to see Ten pulling her close to him for a hug.

Kai'sa struggled to push him off but he was much stronger than her and she was close to unleashing a barrage of missiles onto the man that dared to touch her before he said, "You may be thinking that I pity you but I actually applaud you."

What?

"Why-"

"You managed to live so long without anyone's help and still be this sane after so long." Ten muttered while holding her in his arms, "You are stronger than what I could ever be Kai'sa. I've had the help of my brothers and the land to push me forward. You on the other hand, had no one else but yourself to count on."

"Do you not hate me?" Kai'sa asked as she rested her forehead on his chest, "I'm a monster like they said. My skin is unnatural and-"

"You are who you think you are Kai'sa." He said, cutting her off abruptly, "If you believe that you yourself are a monster, then I can't stop you there. However, I believe that you are something better than a monster. You, are human too."

At that moment, Kai'sa broke.

It had been the first time anyone had ever told her that she wasn't a monster. For all of these years, in and out of the Void, she had tried her best to find a companion but she never could.

For the first time since she had entered the Void, she had finally found a friend.

While she strived to be the ultimate Void hunter, she longed for human contact and affection. The long lonely nights in the Void increased her silent cravings and now's her chance for humanly comfort.

Kai'sa succumbed to his warm touch and wrapped her own arms around him, tears flowing down from her eyes. She had forgotten what a companions touch had felt like, the feeling practically indescribable other than warm and welcoming.

They had stayed like that for a while before Ten pulled away and wiped a tear from her cheek, patting it gently before standing up.

"Why don't I show you around my home some more Kai'sa." Ten smiled while giving her a hand, "Then we can stop for lunch in my house."

Kai'sa smiled the biggest smile that she ever had in a long time before taking his hand and followed him to explore the rest of the land.

-X-

Part 1 done because it would be better if you guys read it in separate chapters.