Chapter 1 – Silence
I can't believe how quiet it is! Shark and Hawk is not even fighting! Axel has locked himself in his room for days but atleast he comes out for food! Lioness just stays in her room crying. I mean CRYING! Well she is not as tough as we thought! Anyways...my battery is running low! Cya King
Dude! It has been hectic here! I hear Lioness crying every night! I think she and Axel has had a fight because Axel just stays in his room as well! I thinking of stealing her diary...she writes everything in there! I haven't been bothered to annoy Hawk...I am scared of making Axel angry! The other day we tried to force him out of his room to have fun but he nearly used Jo Lan on us! Scary! And don't even get me started on Lioness! She sprained Kings hand!
It has been the perfect few days for me! No irritating Shark! No Lioness hugging the bathroom! No Axel telling me what to do and NO Kings cooking! Yay! All thanks to Lioness and Axel having an argument about something I really don't care about!
She is hiding something! She knows where my father is! Why won't she tell me?
Flashback
"Do you know where he is?" Axel whispered
Lioness carried on crying, she knew she couldn't tell him anything, how much she wanted to she couldn't. Silence ringed around the cottage.
"DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?" Axel yelled, making Lioness jumped. The tears ran down her face faster. Axel didn't like seeing her like this but he had to know. He got up and grabbed her hands.
"Please!" He asked hopefully.
Lioness looked into his eyes and saw hope, her stomach did a back flip and she closed her eyes. She let go off his hands and walk towards the door. She slowly turned the door knob and slowly responded, "I can't! I am so sorry but I made a promise...one that I will never break! Not for my protection...but for yours!" And with that, she walked out. A few tears ran down his face as he knew he would have to find his father on his own.
End of Flashback
He gradually got up and started packing, why am I still here? I need to do something! He soon packed some of his stuff and opened his bedroom door. He slammed it shut and ran down the stairs. A door slammed shut and someone ran down the stairs. Lioness stopped running in front of the door. She was pale and tired and her eyes were red and puffy from crying.
"You can't go! You will never find him!" She stammered.
"I will! So get out of my way!" Axel responded quietly
"No!" She shouted eager to stop him from leaving before he makes a big mistake however her hope was soon crushed when he grabbed her arm and threw to the other side of the room. He was shocked! Lioness looked at him in horror after recovering from his attack. She stumbled up and ran to her room. King, Shark and Hawk who saw the whole commotion finally came down the stairs.
"Whoa dude!" Shark said amazed
"Where are you going?" King asked worried of his good friend.
"I am going in search for my father, apparently he is still alive!? Axel replied plainly looking up to Lioness' room.
"Then we will come with you! We can help...!" King stated.
"Yeah! And I need to catch a tan! There's nothing better to do here!" Hawk added.
No one took notice of him but Axel nodded. Meet me at the airport at 2, I need to do some things first! And he left, feeling miserable and cold.
Everyone excluding Axel was in their room packing. King and Shark was nearly finished and went to the kitchen to get a snack. Hawk was going to take double the time as there was only his favourite shirt in his suitcase. Lioness was finished; no one knew that she was going. She decided that she had to go to protect Axel but how she didn't know! She finally decided to climb out her window.
Axel waited patiently at the airport. He thought about how bad his day has been. Well I was violent on Lioness she probably hates my guts...well she deserves this! I need to find my dad! I went to my mums to ask if she has been in contact with dad, she looked really surprised! Maybe she doesn't know dad is alive! Well I guess I am on my own! He started walking to his plane when he heard someone shout his name. King and Shark were only a few seconds behind him. Hawk was seen far behind dragging his case. Axel sighed and wondered what he has got them into. He looked at them again and wondered how Lioness felt about this but he decided not think about her when he felt a lump in his throat.
"So where are we going?" King wondered
Axel soon replied, "Japan, to the Jo Lan temple! Hopefully someone can tell me something about my dad!"
"What we waiting for? Let's get a move on!" Shark bellowed
"Err...Me!" Hawk piped up, out of breath, as he finally got to the meeting part. Everyone laughed and walked to their plane.
Lioness got off her plane. She smiled at the sun shining in her eyes; it felt nice to be back home in Brazil. She walked down the busy streets of Rio Jeneiro her hometown; she wasn't going home, which she felt guilty for but she had business to do. She turned into another busy street just as bad as the others and quickly ran into a capoiera training building. Smiling at the owner of the building she signalled she was going downstairs. She ran down the stairs into the dark basement where she searched for a trap door. She soon found it and walked down the ladder. After 2 minutes of walking she stood in front of a door with a Jo Lan dragon on it. She smiled as she was proud of not forgetting how get to this place. She took a breath and walked through the door. It was a massive hall with thousands of people practicing Jo Lan. There were two sets of stairs and some thin wood that kept the roof up. She looked round the familiar room and remembered her past, she was soon interrupted when she felt a light tap on her shoulders. She turned around quickly to face a tall, tanned boy. He had dark hair and hazel eyes, pretty gorgeous really. He had a wide grin on his face.
"Kyle!" Lioness gasped as her old friend was standing in front of her. She hugged him tightly still not believing her eyes
"Long time no see!" he replied after a while. Lioness looked down feeling guilty again, she left this place for a reason and now that reason is not important why didn't she come back?
"I am sorry! I guess I got caught up in Landmark and forgot that I had a life here too!" Lioness admitted feeling bad, "but I am back now! And I need to see Master Manning! It is urgent!"
Kyle smiled at his once best friend, "He is in his room!"
Lioness gave Kyle a short grin and ran up the first sets of stairs, when she got to the second she slowed down for a while then she sighed and ran up again. The hall was dark and there was only one door. She crept towards the door and lightly knocked on it. She waited a while and was about to leave when she heard a male voice answer.
"come in"