Tricia: Alrighty, so here's chapter 6... Although it named as past, but i guess the word of 'past' jz pop out within my mind when i trying figure out the idea of linking the story... So, this one already showing that it is so close to uncover the story of Leya... Okie dokie, lets review it okay?? XD Thx for reading
Chapter 6:: Past
"Heh!! Run now!! Hurry!!" a voice yelled loudly from afar as the place was starting burned up in fiery fire.
"!!!??? Father!! Mother!!!" the place was engulfed with tongue of blaze and seems like there's impossible for anyone to survive within that enormous flame.
A young kid was crying hardly over the lost of her village, as well as her family on that time. She barely can move her step and was kneeling on the floor with her eyes open wide after witnessed the tragedy. Then, without hesitation again, a young boy pulled her immediately and urge her to escape as fast as they can.
"Faster! This is not the time for you to crying! We've to hurry!!" yelled the boy while dragging her strongly.
"No!! I won't go!! Mother is still there!!"
"Grr! Can't you see!!?? The royal army is here!!! Hurry up!!!"
"Noo!! Mother!!! Father!!!" Struggling to release the grip, she finally succeeds and quickly run towards the terrifying inferno without looking back again.
"Huh!!!??? No! Come back here!!" shouted the boy while trying to follow her trace. But sadly, she had runs into the flame and everything explodes in just blink of an eye. The boy was thrown back and blocked by the fire wall at that moment. He widens his eyes in surprise and tears began flowing down from his eyes. His hands and body were trembling fatally and he couldn't voice out any word after watching that incident which happens unexpectedly.
"LEYA!!!!!!"
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"Leya… Leya… Wake up now…" a voice echoed to her ears softly and gently. Stretching out her hands leisurely, she began opens her eyes slowly and was surprised after noticed that Destins was just in front of her.
"Ohh… good morning…" she rubbed her eyes and then glances on Destins who was just wearing his pant and without a shirt. She was shocked with this, and recalling back what had happened previous time ago. Then, she began felt herself was burning up and her face is flushing. After that, she quickly turns herself away to avoid from being noticed by him as she knows she was blushing hardly over this matter. Destins watched her with a puzzling look and then he tries to move closer to her.
"Emm… Uruki… Uruki done this again…?" asked her.
"Huh? What…?"
"I mean… placing both of us… within this room… all by ourselves…" she replied one word and one word nervously.
"Errr… Well… you can say so…." said Destins while scratching his head.
"What!!!??? You mean…. You mean… you and I… have…." her face become even more flush and reddish after thinking over some stuff again.
"Eh!!?? Wait wait! No no…! There's… there's nothing like that…." replied Destins in tense and dreadful panic. He too, was blushing hardly when thinking about yesterday event. He then bends his head down and explained softly.
"I mean… there's nothing like that… You've mistaken everything…"
"……..?"
"I…. I mean….."
"Hehehe……." Suddenly, Leya was burst into chuckling right after heard those explanations from Destins. She giggled quietly and then makes an eye contact towards Destins. She laughs slightly after watching Destins' childish behavior once they mentioned about Uruki's pranks that pulled them together. Destins still felt himself was blushing and then he gives a smile to her.
"Funny huh…." he said.
"Hehehe… I didn't mean like that… But… it's kinda cute when you act like that… hehehe…" Leya continued chuckling while Destins gaze on her with hesitation.
"Sigh… That Uruki… there's no doubt is his work again… Darn… I'm gonna kick his butt once I saw him…" he declared then turn away to get his shirt which placed on the chair. Surprisingly, his shirt was nowhere to be found on the chair, even every corner of the room. Hence, he began felt uncomfortable about this condition.
Leya began silence herself down and then she moved herself slowly away from the bed. But then, she still has some hesitation over yesterday event. Yet, she couldn't question out Destins as she felt herself will get extremely shy when coming to this kind of matter. Thus, she paused herself within the whole moment whilst watching Destins finding his clothes inside the closet.
"Damn it… That ruckus stole my shirt!" Destins exclaimed all of a sudden when he founds out his shirt is gone. None of his shirts were found within the closet once he opens it. Then, he pouts and clenched his fist firmly as his anger is rising when thinking all this matters were caused by Uruki again.
"What's wrong…?" Leya hesitated and tries to approaching him to confirm his situation.
"Idiot… Now what… Firstly he throws me inside this bedroom without a shirt put on… And now he stole my shirts and put somewhere else… Sheesh… What's up with that geezer…?? What does he wants from me…!?"
"Errr….."
"Hahahahahahahahaa………………!!!" suddenly, a cold and eerie laughter burst out and break the silence realm of that place. All of them were freaked out and stunned by that laughter from nowhere. But, Destins seems to know who owns this voice though. Then, he cocked his eyebrow and opens the door to check out the desired person.
"Morning! Mr. and Mrs. Destins! How's your first day eh!? Hehehehe…." Uruki smirking and then curled his arms around Destins head while tossing him around when seeing Destins open the door.
"What do you mean by first day!!??" Destins and Leya shouts together angrily, then looked at each other with hesitation.
"Hahaha…! I thought you two having some fun! So I won't bother it! Hahaha…!" added him again.
"Watch it… Uruki… Give me a break… You've nearly shocked me till death ya' know…!!" Destins declared with his fuming cerulean eyes that burn within the flame of angriness. His voice rise rhythmically as if threatening Uruki as well.
"Geez… chill out will ya… I'm just helping both of you… Hey, don't you forget that I'm the one who reunite the two of you…" he uttered while smirking to Destins.
"Sigh… I owe you one… So…? What do you want as a repay…? Treat for luxurious feast? Or?" Destins mocking him after pushing away his grip from Uruki's grab.
"Alrighty mate… Sure…. anything will serve yer best… hehehe…."
"Heh… Now where's my shirt…? Give it back to me…" Destins ordered him with his high and furious tone without thinking any longer. Thus, Uruki began stretch out his hand and hand over the clothes to Destins.
"There you are, Mr. Cool Assassin… hehee…."
Destins grab the shirt as fast as he could and put on himself after Uruki handed to him. At the same time too, Leya was watching the duo quietly as she's still confuse at the first place about this matter.
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"Hmmm… so what do you all plan to do after this…?" asked Uruki with his low tone while gazing seriously on Leya and Destins.
"I'll be heading back to the assassin guild to complete my report for Kino…. and…"
Destins murmured slowly and turn his sight towards Leya when they were sitting on the couch at the main hall.
"Hmmm…?" Leya widen her eyes in hesitation.
"Sigh… Leya…"
"Erm… I'll send you back home later…" said Destins while giving her a faint smile.
"Oh…."
"Hey… look… the tragedy of Osiris still haven't solve yet ya' know… Even though Osiris had been defeated… yet, there's more Devas out there that probably infected by the evil force lately… So… we can't confirm that peace is in our hand by now…" said Uruki.
"Hmmmm…."
Silence once again conquered part of the hall. Neither one answer nor reply after listened to those explanations from Uruki. Lots of thoughts and questions flooding within Destins' and Leya's mind within that moment, and they wished that they could find the answer sooner. Truly, many things had happened since the case of Osiris last time…
"Actually….."
"I wanna confirm about something…" Leya's lip move slowly and began voice out her opinion all of a sudden. Everyone began turn their attention to her and glance on her with full of hesitation.
"Er… It's about the evil force… As we know generally… evil or darkness has been seal by powerful pilgrims centuries ago… And through the historical report from King Tristan III decades ago, stated that the almighty Morocc Demon had been killed and defeated… Soon, those impacts had been sealed away… So I guess…"
Before she could finish up her sentence, Uruki began cut in and uttered;
"It's not as easy as you think, Miss Delfora… Indeed, Morocc Demon is no longer here… But, do you ever think about those left over impact? Probably those 'evil force' everyone mentioned has about fifty percent related to the demon… Due to the cause of this so-called evil force, they invoke the strongest Devas within the continent…"
"And… why did they do that….??? What is their intention…? And who is behind all of this…??" asked Destins furiously and then he punch the table surface, showing his angriness had taken part of his soul now.
"Destins…" Leya was surprised with his action and gasped a while.
"Hmmm… I don't have any idea so far… Currently I'm still investigating this matter as well… So that's why I've sent Anna and Vincent previous time ago to check on the problem going on the tomb… But, the result end up with nothing…"
"May I have some words to say, sir Uruki…?"
Suddenly, a feminine voice echoed throughout the hall. Everyone was shocked and turn their gaze immediately to the person. And to their surprise, it was Anna, who was standing at the entrance of the hall, looking forward to the direction of Destins, Leya and Uruki.
"Sorry for interfering… But I have some urgent matter to discuss about…" said she while ascending her step forward.
"Yes? Please go on ahead, dear Anna…" Uruki welcomed her pleasurably and smile slightly.
Anna took a glance on Destins and Leya before she turns her sight towards Uruki. Then, she heaved a sigh and began her words slowly;
"Indeed, Osiris tragedy proves nothing at all so far… Only through serious and endless day research, we can conclude something about this case…"
"I've heard everything that all of you been talking just now and I've known that this 'evil force' is currently enlarging and spread thru the continent…"
"What…?"
"Huh….?" Destins hesitated once heard those words expressed by Anna. He seems to be lost within those explanations that given by Anna just a moment ago, and couldn't expect the case had driven seriously and seriously as days gone by.
"I've done few researches with Vincent after embarking our journey to investigate the restricted pyramid last time, and we've just found out that… Osiris was infected with an unknown stigma after the coffin removed…"
"Hmm… stigma….?"
"Yes… we couldn't discover the name of it so far… But one thing for sure… we've confirmed that the stigma were those left over impact of the Morocc Demon centuries ago…" Anna explained slowly while glance on everyone within that place.
"Centuries ago…… it doesn't make sense though… How could it invoked at this kind of time…?" Destins hesitated.
"To be honest… the impact was gone for so long… But, through our research again after the case of Osiris… we also discover that the stigma was made from the elements of alchemy…"
"The alchemy!?"
"That's… impossible…" Leya gasped a while after listened to each word that explained by Anna.
"And so it means… that someone… is trying revive the genesis of Morocc Demon… by combining the impact with the elements of alchemy…." said she again.
Everybody paused themselves for a moment while thinking deeply about this incident. Of course, nobody can ever think about this problem till this stage. And to be true, the matter seems to be growing badly and terribly, and nobody expect it as well.
"So… Do you mean that… someone is trying to resurrect the Morocc Demon that had sealed away centuries ago…?" asked Destins firmly in order to search the answer within this complicated questions.
"Exactly… But unfortunately, we still couldn't found the villain behind this… Moreover, we still do not sure about his intention… Why did he do that…? And what does he get if he launches this attack to each civilian of this continent….?" added Anna while folding her arm into her chest.
"Hmmmmm……"
"Guess…. this had become some sort of complicated and confusing story eh…" said Uruki suddenly after a long pause within that moment. Then, he began placed both of his hand under his head leisurely to rest himself.
"Hmmm… something been bothering me though…" added him again. This time, his eyes flash out and seem to be reflecting some kind of seriousness through his gaze. Everyone knows that he had known something thru this complex.
"Few centuries ago, Morocc Demon was once a fame and strongest Deva that every people must bow to him... Due to the powerful strength and magic he has, he manipulates Hyenareltz Kingdom and using them as a tool to conquered Rune Midgard… Soon, his evil plan had been stop and sealed away by someone… And honestly, until now… no one knows who was the person that seals away him, but everyone assume it as those works from powerful pilgrims…"
"I heard this story before… Yet, no one could confirm about this…" said Anna slowly.
"Heh… do you mean that Morocc Demon was sealed by someone? Not by a bunch of pilgrims?" Destins hesitated after listened what had expressed by Uruki.
"It certainly looks… sort of… impossible…" added Leya while fixing her gaze towards Destins.
"Hahaha… All of you are NAÏVE! Ya know, I've been living within this world much longer than you all! Hahaha…." laughed Uruki loudly while pointing his finger to the direction of Leya and Destins.
"……………………."
"Okay, forgive me… But… I just wanna let ya all know that… This story is part of secret… Mainly, every civilian around the world believe this world was saved by pilgrims… but not by that so-called mysterious 'somebody'… Only certain people can remember that past, well… uh huh… past eh…" Uruki added again while smirking. Then he began jump out from his seat and walk towards the balcony of the main hall.
"Past…." the same words repeated within her mind a while, then she began whispered that word several time before doze off into her own hazy mind that time. Destins noticed Leya's strange behavior at that moment. Thus, he eye on eye her and asked about her situation. Yet, Leya shook her head and confirmed that she's alright the whole time.
"Are you alrite, Leya?" asked Destins anxiously.
"… Yeah… I'm alright…" she gave a faint smile to him and also to reassure that she's okay within that moment.
"Well… you seem so quiet through the whole moment… What's wrong…?"
"Uh… nothing wrong… I'm fine…" she smiles again.
"Hmmm……"
"Somehow, I believe this was some kind of curse… A curse left by Morocc Demon…" explained by Anna again whilst walking step by step till she reaches close to Uruki.
Uruki turn around and met her eyes, and then he gives a pleasant smile again.
"Well, probably…" he nodded, agreed the facts that commented by Anna a second ago.
"Curse… But…"
"Look, boy… We couldn't answer all those questions… It's still far and long enough for you to search the answer for yourself… By the way, I guess King Mossac still hasn't realized this incident… Even he does, he should be preparing his strategy to guard and protects his own realm…" said Uruki again.
"Sigh…" Leya heave a sigh and gaze towards the young assassin beside her.
"I don't know… what should I do now…" Destins whispered with his despair tone, and then narrowed his eyes down to avoid being stared by everyone. Probably, his mind went blank after a long confrontation between those facts that were mentioned by everyone. He would like to witness and discover the truth behind this mystery, yet now just with his ability; he still couldn't overcome many things yet.
He sighed silently without turning his gaze towards Leya.
"Sir… I…." Anna trying to add her words into the conversation within that moment, but suddenly, a man dashed in and rushed towards Uruki in such hasty manner.
"Sir!! This is urgent!!" he exclaimed while running speedily into the room.
"What is it…?"
"Geffen… Geffen city… is…"
"????"
"Ambushed by an unknown force….!"
"Huh!!??"
"What!!??" Uruki was surprised with the news, thus, he moved closer to the man and asked him again.
"Is this true…??"
"The news just arrives at Prontera while we're on guard at our second hideout at there… And we're been told that, The Legendary Deva, Doppelganger, had been summoned and now whole Geffen was warped within the darkness...! No one could enter there to rescue the citizens!" added him again.
The atmosphere within the room suddenly changes into an eerie and chilling sense.
"Geffen…." Anna's lip move and whispered the word that mentioned about this city.
"What the world is going on around…??!" shouted Destins suddenly then clenched his fist tightly.
"And what the hell this idiotic force want from us huh??!!!"
"……….!"
"Damn it… The Legendary Deva of West Realm, Doppelganger… How on earth he can break the seal….." reply Uruki as he started to doubt about something funny that happened around this world.
"We do not know anything sir… The news still hasn't spread throughout Prontera city widely… I presume King Mossac already predicted it…" added the man again.
"Hmmmmmm………." Uruki walks around the hall while thinking deeply. At the same time too, Anna's feelings are trembling and shaking fatally. Her heart skips a beat once received this unexpected news from their allies. And furthermore, her mind suddenly went blank within that moment.
"Tch… This is getting serious! Uruki! I must go now! We must find that villain as soon as possible!" Confirmed all the decision he has, Destins turn away and tries to leave the place immediately. Yet, he has been halted by Uruki in such hasty manner.
"Wait a second, young man!! Do you ever think that now you're searching for death eh?? Doppelganger is way too strong for you! Judging by your level, you just sending yourself to hell matey!" scolded Uruki when face to face with Destins. The red haired boy bites his lips and clenched his fist tightly while his heart was raging hastily and furiously. He wanted killed that villain which everyone mentioned about so much, but indeed, his level still couldn't overcome any strong opponent yet.
"Boy, don't ever lose to your emotion… Or else, you shall regret with what you've done… and there's no turning back that time…" added Uruki again then punching Destins' chest a while before he makes his way to the chamber.
"………………"
"Sir…" Suddenly, Anna began uttered after a long silence dwell upon her.
Uruki watch her silently and both of their eyes were locked together.
"Sir… I need your permission… May I follow these 2 companions?" asked her firmly as she pointed towards Destins and Leya.
"????"
"I have to go back… to the place that I've raised since child…"
"Geffen is my hometown… I must return to seek the truth from this chaos…" said she again.
"Anna…"
"What…? You're following us?" Destins hesitated and widen his eyes in surprise.
"Of course… Since both of us having the same mission and we're heading to the desired place – Geffen…"
"………………" Destins paused a moment after listened to Anna's words. But then, Leya step forward and uttered, breaking the silence realm once again.
"Miss Anna, it's certainly you can follow us… I guess Destins wouldn't disagree about this… Isn't it Destins…?" asked her while blinking her eyes towards the assassin.
"Huh…."
"Hey… Stop demanding on the regrouping matters and whatever it is… OUR JOB NOW IS INVESTIGATING GEFFEN'S MASSACRE!!" the leader exclaimed loudly then turns his back away from them.
"Now, listen… We need plans eh… If not, how can we break into the warp of darkness created by that speedily o' great Deva, Doppelganger…? Ain't it?" added him again while twinkling his eyes several times towards that group of young adventurers.
"You're rite…" agreed Destins and nodded.
Everyone began busy planning some strategies and preparations in order to break in the seal that cast by Doppelganger in Geffen. Meanwhile in Prontera Castle, King Mossac was rushing gather all information regarding to the case of Geffen now. Every noble, ministers, pilgrims, guardians were asked gather around to have some discussion about this unexpected matter that occurred in such short time.
"First is Morocc… Now is Geffen… What the heck is happening…?" said a man that stood beside few nobles.
"Shh… The king has arrived…" another man responded after witness few guards escorting the King to the throne.
Everyone began silence themselves and the room was drowned into the quiet horizon as like an empty vessel which had abandoned thousand years.
The king took his seat on the throne formally and then his eyes were locked to each corner of the room, searching and looking to each minister and nobles that had been summoned by him in order to held this important meeting. Thus, he calls up a guard and whispered softly through his ears, seemingly asking the guard doing something before he began the discussion. The guard nodded and then walks out from the room after received the order from the highness. Every eye in the room turns and stared right thru the guard, but then their attentions were drawn by the king's voice all of a sudden.
"Ministers, Honorable Nobles and Pilgrims…"
"The reason that I have summoned everyone here is based on the case which happens within Geffen City, the west continent of Rune Midgard kingdom…" said the King.
"Indeed, we do not know the truth behind this mysterious attack… And furthermore, it happen such hastily without a warning… But one thing that I can confirm, this ambush was non-related to any country and therefore… we could not assume anybody involve within this case… However, this tragedy still under investigation… and we must find the truth among this massacre as soon as possible before anything bad happens to the Geffenians…"
"Furthermore, our soldiers and holy pilgrims are trying their best to dispel the warp of darkness that drowned most part of that magic city…" added the King again while waiting the guard that ordered by him a while ago.
"We must put the citizens' safety as first priority, and so I needed every man in defense part and medical department hold your position and ready to save those citizens once the seal had been broke…"
Everyone became silence once again as if they've mute themselves for eternally. Neither one voice nor reply echoed throughout the hall. Each minister and noble looking each other and hesitated after listened to the King's speech. Soon, the guard has arrived and hurry to the king's throne. Then, he began stretch out his hand and proposes the thing to the king. The king took the scroll look-alike thing from the guard and began read it.
"So… the prediction… somehow it's true…." murmured the king while widen his eyes in surprise. He then, turn and looking everyone with his sadden and depress eyes.
Soon, the hall burst into noise and each person keep talking nonstop about the tragedy that occurred within Geffen City. Plus, some ministers and nobles had ordered their men to start out few strategies and plans to blast in the warp of darkness surround that magic kingdom. The king, felt his heart sunk deeply after reading the scroll. The scroll, however, had some kind of hidden secrets written on it and only the king knows about it. The highness expression change once read thru the content within the scroll. He heaved a deep sigh and began stroll down from his throne.
"This is hard to believe… Does that mean the Anarchy has back after a thousand year? I thought it was ended once Morocc Demon had been seal up by those pilgrims…" a nobleman uttered while folding his arms around his sturdy chest.
"I have no idea about this…" reply another man who stood beside him.
"Sigh….." The king sighed silently whilst gazing towards the scroll again. Then he began leave his chamber slowly, escorted by few maids and guards.
"We should wait the king leave his orders… or else we could not begin our attack on Geffen…"
"Don't you realize this is like a trick? Somehow, this evil force was trying manipulating and mocking us so that we can attack Geffen, and that's mean as well… we're destroying Geffen in other words…"
"Tch… shoot…."
"Heh…! Heh!" a sound of exhausted emits from Destins' breath when he was dashing thru the fields hastily and without a rest. Leya and Anna were following behind and trying catching his trace as fast as they could but still their speed were average compared to Destins' velocity.
"Destins…" Leya whispered his name quietly as she is worrying about his condition.
"We've to hurry…!" exclaimed him few inches away from their position. Then, he kept running and without looking back again.
"Heh… I've to say that… I am the one who supposed to be worry about Geffen more than him does… But oh well… Everyone has its own worry isn't it…? Hmm… Let's hurry ok Leya?" Anna uttered softly.
"Erm…" the swordswoman just nodded without blurting out any word.
They continue dashing through the fields and hoping to reach at the desired destination as fast as they can. In the same time, Destins doubted deeply about the case happened in Geffen now and he tries to relate these events with the previous case which happened in the Ancient Tomb of Osiris. Something is just not right about this thing, he thought for himself. The cloaked man that was pursuing him and Leya before and the awakening of Devas from around the world, what is that suppose to mean about? Moreover, upon listening to everything explained by Uruki, the leader of Dark Star few hours ago who points out that probably this tragedy was caused by those impacts after Morocc Demon had been sealed up. So many things flooded within his mind yet he still couldn't found the answer. He then clenched his fist tightly; anger was burning within his soul by now.
'I'll find the villain, definitely and surely… and clear this thing once and for all…' he thought for a minute.
Half an hour pass by and at last, they've arrived at the place they were aiming – The Magic Kingdom, Geffen City. Surprisingly, the place indeed warped by a circle of darkness. Nothing seems to be clear and there's seems no sense of life could be detected by afar, only cooling and chilling atmosphere began swirling around the sky. Destins and his friends gasped after watching this horrible scene as if this is their first time witness this incident. The trees, flowers which adorned near the path to the main gate of Geffen are dead and the view seems so eerie. Leya move backwards slowly as she still couldn't accept this thing would happen in such short time. Her heart skip, and she could tell that this tragedy will not be end so easily and perhaps it will be last long if no one could stop it.
At the same time too, Anna was speechless and her heart was racing fast as well. Her clothes were soaked with cold sweat and her eyes widen in disbelief. Then, she falls on her knees and tears began strolling down from her emerald eyes. Destins and Leya noticed her action and quickly rushed to her position.
"Anna? Anna...! Please calm down….!" said Destins anxiously while grabbing her arms.
Anna paused herself and she began clenched her fist and then knocked the ground as hard as she can, as like trying to let go of her anger and sorrow.
"Arghhhhh….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" then suddenly, she shouted and crying hardly at the same time.
"No…. Anna… Please…." Leya murmured softly, and was trying her best to comfort her. Yet, she seems failed to do so.
"……………………….."
"Damn it…!" the young assassin cursed as his heart is still raging furiously about this incident. Then, he moved near the end of the prairie and watches the vortex again. His eyes were in flames and his feelings were burning up as well; clenching his fist tightly, he then draws out his knife and cut his arm suddenly. Leya shout to him once she saw his action yet he ignores them.
"Heh!? Destins!!"
The blood dripping out from his wound nonstop, then he began place his finger on the blood and wipe them up. After that, he place his finger on his faithful katar, wiping his own blood on the weapon that given by his own guild leader.
Soon, he holds the katar and aimed them high in the sky.
"I'll kill them…" is the last word he swore on his name before he began dashed into the vortex, ignoring any defense and warning from everywhere.
"This is my destiny…………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Leya runs, running towards him but it was too late. The young assassin had rushed into the vortex of darkness before she could even stop him. Then, his shadow trailing off slowly into the darkness, leaving no trace in sight again.
"NOOOOOO!!! DESTINS!!!!!!!!!"
-To be continued... -
Tricia: Wow... actually my mood was kinda, ya noe, sort of pissed off when knowing that my friendster profile was malfunctioning... zzzzzzzzzzz... But, i'll try my best to solve it soon, more importantly i must finish this chapter and phew... luckily i manage complete it in time... So, lets give a hint shall we? What will happen to Destins after tis?? So, make sure to stay tune for it yeah... Ja neh minna san XD