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Thanks for Mike AZ's help to beta read this story :D

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Kyle entered the cave slowly. The fog was so thick. His hand gripped his sword tightly. His warrior senses told him that something was hiding behind the fog. Something strong... and very dangerous.

"I bid you welcome, stranger," A sudden voice made him startled. The fog was getting thinner slowly until he could see a man's face facing far from him, "It's rude not to welcome the guest, wasn't it?" He gave him a blank smile.

Kyle's brown eyes stared over his, raising his eyebrow, "Who... are you?"

"I'm Zyndane...," The man smiled faintly, "and who are you if I might now?"

"I'm… Kyle," Kyle answered hesitantly.

Suddenly a whisper from the corner of the cave caught his attention."K-Kyle..."

He looked at the voice. There was the girl he was looking for. Dorothy was trapped inside the ice cage. Her eyes stared at him with obvious fear. Tears falling down her chin.

"Dorothy!" Kyle felt his heart shattered into pieces as he saw her terrified face. He turned his face angrily to the man standing in front of him, "Let her go!"

"Why should I?" He smirked playfully. Something was interesting between these two and he was eager to find what that was.

Without any words, Kyle swung his sword toward him. "Let. Her. Go!" Feeling much anger and furious filling his mind, he didn't even bother to think clearly now.

"If that was you want," Zyndane smiled swinging his rod slowly, "I'll gladly gave it to you." Suddenly six goblins were standing in front of him. Zyndane ordered slowly, "Destroy him."

The monsters began to attack.

Dorothy felt tears slowly running off her chin. P-Please... Don't let him hurt...

Kyle took a glance on the monsters that was preparing to attack. Goblins weren't the strongest monster he was ever fought. But still quantity got its own benefit. Finally deciding, his mouth moved slowly whispering faintly. Walking his finger over his sword, the sword began to burn with red fire.

Fire of soul, Zyndane remembered that spells he had ever learnt. This human... How could do such high magic...?

Facing the attack that was rushing toward him, Kyle didn't even let out another words. Just the sword and his legs were moving rapidly, slicing and cutting without any mistake. It just took a few minutes that all the monsters were finally swapped away. Kyle looked at the black haired man. His eyes filled with determination and anger.

Zyndane smiled. He's strong... It's like I've done playing now... He swung his rod again. In this chance, eight black wolves were appeared growling around Kyle. Zyndane didn't even need to order as the wolf beginning their attack.

Holding his sword tightly, Kyle attacked the monsters while trying to get away from their sharp teeth and claws. But, still… These wolves were stronger and smarter than the goblins.

A sharp pain hit his back. One of the wolves successfully starched his back with its claw. Kyle grinded his teeth to prevent himself from screaming. Defending from other attack, he swung his sword while trying to forget the pain and blood that now pouring hard on his back.

"K-Kyle...!" Dorothy's tears fell heavily now. There's nothing more painful than seeing the one you love hurt because they were trying to save you. She turned her head to face her captor, "P-Please...! Please… I beg you... D-Don't hurt him..."

Zyndane just stared at her without any words. His eyebrow arched making a frown.

I have to finish this soon, Kyle felt his power was reducing time by time. I have to release her from this place…

"Kyle!" All of the sudden, voices heard from outside the cave. The steps were getting louder as the men were running inside the cave.

Kyle stopped moving, blinking his eyes with confusion. The voices...

"Kyle!" Max shot his daggers toward one of the wolves that were going to attack Kyle, "We're here to help you!"

"Everyone! What-"

"It haven't three hours yet, we know it," Ray answered using the spear he held to fight the wolf in front of him, "but we couldn't let you face this danger alone! Dorothy! Are you okay?"

Dorothy blinked still surprised to see her friends that kept coming to help her. She smiled feeling sudden warmth filled her chest, "I-I'm fine..."

"Talk later," Barret said shortly. Two wolves were growling in front of him, ready to attack, "We have to fight now."

"Okay!"

"Roger!"

They fought the wolves one by one.

As soon as they near defeating all the wolves, Zyndane swung his rod making six other wolves appeared.

Dorotht gasped in horror. The enemies were infinite, how could they handle that?

Her gasp making Zyndane turned his head to her. His eyes stared at her.

"You... care about them?" He asked, still with the empty smile on his face.

"I-I do..." Dorothy answered it with tremble lip.

"You don't like when they're hurt?"

"Y-Yes..."

"Why?"

"Eh?"

"Why did you care for them?" He asked still using the flat tone of his but Dorothy could detect some kind of confusion this time, "They had no benefit for you."

"B-Benefit?" Now it's her chance to look at him with confuse, "w-why should they?"

Zyndane raised his eyebrow. Didn't understand what she was talking about.

"I do care about them... T-They were important person of mine. Wasn't that... e-enough for me to care about them?" Dorothy answered honestly.

Zyndane frowned. Her reason didn't even fit with his logic. Was all human like this one?

Facing a lot of wolves like that, Kyle sighed. The others were getting tired. Alright... Trying to concentrate, Kyle's sword was glowing with shade blue.

"Ah," Ray recognized the technique. Barrett and Kyle were practicing a lot during this summer to expert this sword technique. Barrett just smirked faintly.

"Dancing wind!" Kyle slashed his sword. The strip blue light that hitting all enemies around him. The wolves screeched and back to forest of beginning.

"Yeah!" Max smashed his fist to the air happily, "You did it Kyle!"

"How about it?" Kyle still breathing uneven with his new technique, smirked faintly to Jake. Since Jake realized that Kyle had nothing over Ceci, two of them became duel partner and always tried to get over each other.

"Quite good for human," Jake lifted his shoulder as if he didn't care. Kyle chuckled, knowing that he somehow impressed him.

An applause made they turned their head. Zyndane still smiling clapped his hands, "Impressive. You're stronger than I've predicted..."

"Just give her back to us!" Max shouted obviously annoyed by his fake smile, "She had nothing to do with you!"

"You..." Zyndane looked at the others with smile, "All of you. Could you please stand back?"

"Eh?"

"Could you please stand back?" Zyndane slowly tilted his head, "I had something to discuss with your friend." Knocking his rod, the thin layer ice was suddenly formed around Barrett and the others. It prevented them to escape anywhere.

"What-!" Jake cursed angrily.

"What happened here?" Max knocked the glass without any effects.

Barrett that trying to calm himself realized something he was afraid of.

"Kyle!" Ray suddenly noticed what he was looking to.

Instead of locking inside the ice glass, Kyle was the only one standing freely.

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Kyle didn't even flinched. His face kept stoic as he faced Zyndane who walked slowly toward him.

"K-Kyle...!" Dorothy tightened her hands together.

Kyle just stood quietly. Placing his sword in front of him, he stared at him without any words.

"Human," Zyndane stopped at three feets from him. Eyes as cold as ice stared at his brown hazel eyes directly. "Tell me something."

Kyle just stared with full of awareness.

"What did you call your feeling?"

Kyle frowned. Was that his tactics or...? He looked at the king of Alterna in front of him and saw that he was no joking. "What… do you mean?" Kyle asked slowly.

"Your feeling. When you looked at her at the first time you came here. When you looked at your comrades that come to help you and every time you talked to them. What's that feeling called?" His eyes were stared at him without any emotion.

That… feeling?

Zyndane looked at him quietly, waiting for an answer.

"This feeling...," Kyle began to explain, but stopped as he tried to rearrange the words inside his mind. He sighed, "You wouldn't understand if you don't feel it yourself..."

Pointing his finger to him, Kyle stared with his brown eyes, "If you want... I could made you felt it yourself,"

"Eh?" Ray looked at his friend confused, "Made him felt it?"

"Magic," Jake answered. His eyes still pinning on the both of them, "Magic that connects two souls. I've heard about it, though haven't seen it myself."

"Kyle was the one who learned it," Barrett added, "The magic the last earth mate made..."

"You're being ridiculous," Zyndane stared at Kyle straightly. "You were telling me to put myself down so that you're able to attack me?"

"I'm more than serious," Kyle answered flatly, "I couldn't tell you what exactly this feeling was, but… I can make you felt it. If you really want to know it, I can show you myself..."

Zyndane stared at his eyes and saw nothing but seriousness, "Alright. Do it. But if there's something wrong, you didn't want to know what I'll do to your friends."

Not showing any hesitation, Kyle just began to whisper something softly.

A song...? Dorothy stared at two figures that stood face to face. Kyle still whispered that song. His finger was beginning to glow with blue light. Gently, the light was flying and warping that king of Alterna.

Zyndane closed his eyes, and slowly he felt something... warmth inside his chest. That warmth crept to his entire body. He felt… peaceful, happy and safe at the same time.

"You felt it too right, Zyndane?" Kyle's voice reached his ears, "The feeling... of mine."

His feeling... Yes. It was his feeling. But I felt it too. Long time ago... When...?

He tried to remember the feeling. Something he buried to in order to lost his heart. His soul.

Unconsciously, tears falling down his cheek. He blinked his eyes. Feeling surprised himself, "What..."

"You understood it, right Zyndane? The feeling about people we love...was something complicated yet valuable... That's why, Zyndane... If you understood this feeling, please. Just let her go. She... is very valuable for me."

Dorothy blinked more tears from her red eyes. Kyle...

Zyndane looked at him with blank eyes, "You were lying..."

"Eh?"

"You must do something with this magic," Zyndane's icy eyes were now shinning with danger, "You gave me false emotion and made me confused so that you could make me release her."

"I never wanted to decieve you," Kyle's voice remaining calm, but he was now holding his sword tighter, "It was my feeling. True, but... The one who think that you have ever felt those thing was you. Right, Zyndane?"

"No!" The king's eyes were burning with anger, "I've never felt that way! You were the one who manipulated my memories! You!"

His rod was shinning with purple light. Large energy was beginning to gather around him. Large and very dark...

Dorothy gasped. She couldn't tell what would happen but... something was really wrong here. Kyle was in danger. "K-Kyle!"

"You humans were shameful!" Zyndane almost screamed angrily. The light was now running wildly.

What was this energy? Even Barrett could felt the energy behind the thin layer glass around him. That felt so depressing… and cold...

"You must pay what you've done!" Zyndane swung his rod straight to Kyle.

Light that now formed into the light snake ran straight to him. Kyle readily to prevent the attack formed a magic shield in front of him. But the ruby rod was too powerful.

The power hit the shield, making Kyle pushed backward and hit the icy wall. The magic shield was broken in pieces. His back ached with sharp pain.

Was this the true power of that rod?

"You can't win over me!" Zyndane shouted again, now sending more big purple light to him. Too late for forming magic shield, the attack hit him spontaneously on his stomach. Kyle groaned. His stomach was burning with pain.

His friends screamed in horror as they saw blood. A lot of blood pouring heavily from his stomach.

"No! Kyle!"

"Kyle!"

"I-I'm alright...," Kyle's voice heard trying to calm them.

The guy stood up slowly, looked at Zyndane that still stared at him. "You… understood that, Zyndane. Don't deny it. There's someone that made you felt it don't you?"

"No! No! No!" Zyndane lost his composure and began charging his power, "You wouldn't understand it! You! Human!"

Gathered enough energy, he sent a yellow light jolt. Kyle screamed in pain. His body was electrocuting so badly and he fell on the ground. He couldn't move his body as it began to feel numb. His consciousness began to drift away. "Dorothy…" Trying to control his breathing, he could only mutter softly. Please… at least let me save her…

He forced his body to stand up. His legs were trembling as he hung on the wall to support himself. I need to stay awake… His eyes started to blur.

"I didn't know that human was so stubborn," Zyndane looked at him expressionless.

"Kyle!" Ray watched in horror as he looked at the pool of blood around him.

"Kyle, run!" Max noticed that the king was ready to charge another spells toward him. He would be dead if he got any attack like that again.

"You jerk! Come here!" Jake lost his coolness, "Fight with someone on your level! He's just a human!" He slashed his sword to the glass around him with no use.

"Fight us!" Barrett shouted angrily, "Leave him alone!"

Zyndane didn't pay attention to one of them. Pointing his rod to Kyle a deep black light gathered slowly.

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