Chapter 7 updated^^

Kinsey's plan was applied and they must trap the bad guy right away.

Hope you enjoyed the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own HM-ToTT and it's characters

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"Mikhail! Nori!" Ina and Rutger ran straight to them, "Where were you? The concert would hold very soon."

"Sorry," Mikhail smiled apologizing, "We've just go see Serin. already told you about that?" They walked toward the town hall.

"Yes," Ina nodded, "How's Serin's condition right now?"

"Still sleeping," Nori answered, "I think she really need a rest right now. We already told the others to leave her alone."

"I'll check her after the concert," Rutger said, "Good luck you two."

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"Thank you for coming today, ladies and gentlemen," Dirk as MC talked in the hall. A hundred pair of eyes stared at him, "Now, we proudly present a concert. The concert will play with talented musician. Our friends, Nori and Mikhail, will present two songs by two different music instruments. Now let us begin the concert. First, let us give applause to Nori and her flute!"

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Serin sat in the bed. A knock on the door, wake her up.

"Who is it?" Serin asked as she walked toward door. No answer. Strange.

She feel scared all of the sudden, what will happen if she opened the door? Serin decided to ignore it. A knock repeated. She let it go until the knocks stopped.

She just felt relief when something made her heart jumped, pounding fast. The window was broken, somebody throw something to it. The scattered glasses were jumping everywhere.

What happened here?

A hand looked entered the window and opened it.

Serin became panic. What should she do? Suddenly, a pair of hand held her face and shut her mouth before she could do anything.

"Okay, everything go as we planned," the whisper heard in her ears. Serin opened her eyes, and realizes that Kinsey was the one holding her tightly. Although she knew their entire plan, she felt really scared. When Kinsey suddenly held her, she could only think that the incident before was repeated, again.

This wasn't the right time for being a coward. Serin decided to keep her courage up and focused on what she got right now. Both of them slowly moved outside the house.

They were hiding themselves behind the rose bushes in Kinsey's garden, seeing two people searching everywhere in Kinsey's house. Kinsey was already sent a message with his owl. He hoped that they would go there as fast as they could.

The men were somewhat have criminal face, and he didn't want Serin to get into another trouble again. He looked at them carefully, one man was tall. He had black dark hair, black eyes and brown skin. The other one was exactly the same, except their height that completely different. He was short. I guess Hiro would happy if I tell him that there's a guy that shorter than him, Kinsey smiled as he remembered his friend. Feeling the girl that now shivered beside him, he took her hand and held it. Serin nodded feeling a bit better.

They would come soon, Kinsey encouraged himself. He and Serin must keep the men here until they came to help them.

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"Nori!" Rutger ran toward her, "Did you know where Mikhail was?" He confused as Nori ran through him, "Where were you going?" He shouted.

"There's no time to explain, Rutger!" Nori answered as she ran, "Hurry! Come with me! Mikhail must already go to that place."

"That place? Where?" Rutger became confused more, but he followed Nori running. "Dirk!" Nori shouted to her friend who was running in the same direction as her, "Where was the other?"

"I already told everyone to move on, so I guess they already reach the area before us," Dirk told as they run together.

"Can I get the explanation? What's this all about?" Rutger asked as he gasping for breath. Nori and Dirk stared at each other. It's always hard to explain something like this in this situation.

"There's a bad guy among our guest," Dirk explained shortly, "we'll tell you later. Now we must go to that place as fast as we can!"

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Few minutes have past after the men broke into his house, yet it felt like a couple of hours for him and Serin.

"Kinsey, were we really doing the right thing?" Serin whisper slowly, "Isn't it dangerous to arrest them directly? I mean, they look like someone who gets used to fight violently to their opponent."

"Don't worry, Serin," Kinsey talked whispering either, "Dirk and the others will get the villagers as much as they can. If there are a lot of people helping us, they will give up easily." At least that's what I hope for, but he only said that in his mind. No use to get her worried more than this, he said to himself.

Suddenly he felt a strange feeling, and he move fast to the right. Something flying and crush the branch where he was standing before. An arrow?

"Too bad. Its high quality arrow," A cold voice spoke behind them, "my friend sent it from far away kingdom. Not many people get an honor to get that." There was another man besides the two inside his house, now staring at them. It looked like their hiding was caught up. Serin stared at him. He was a well built man with a long scar across his face. Something on him made her felt uneasy. It's like his body was indicate that he was a professional criminal.

Kinsey moved himself, protecting Serin behind him, "Move and you'll get something better than your arrow." He took off his wooden sword.

The man laughed, "You want to give me a slap with that wood?"

"Try it," Kinsey replied, "and you'll know what I mean." No smile in his face, there's only vigilance and anger inside his eyes.

"Right," The man realized that Kinsey wasn't joking, talking seriously, "let's see what happen then." He took off a black knife from his pocket. The blade was shine under the moonlight.

"Kinsey!" Serin panicked as she looked at that thing.

"Easy, Serin," Kinsey calming her as well as he could, "I will take care of this."

"But—"

"Okay?" Kinsey demanded a 'yes' from her. Just as she thought what she's supposed to do, two men, searching in Kinsey's house before, were standing surrounding them. They both handed a knife as the man holding an arrow do.

"Ki-Kinsey…" Serin became scared time by time. A little healthy mind in her brain said that she must do something. But as they speak one another, the others bad guy was now standing surrounding them. Kinsey stood still in her side, feeling her shiver behind his back.

"Serin," Kinsey talked as he stared at the guys surrounding him, "Do what I say okay? When I count to three, lay down in the ground quickly."

Serin nodded. She didn't understand what he's planned about, but as long as he didn't tell her to go away, it's okay for her.

"Maybe we just have to get it straight," The man with a blue hat, which Serin knew as Jack from his voice, said, "we just wanted to make sure about that girl over there not to tell her story to anybody. Nobody would get hurt after that."

"And I assume you hoped we believe your words?" Kinsey replied sarcastically.

"Then we have no choice," the other men, Serin knew as Hank, added, "we have talk to her right now."

Not answering, Kinsey still positioned his sword in ready to fight. Serin just being silent and getting ready for Kinsey's counting.

"Okay, you're the one who wanted it," the man with a scar said, "go guys."

"…Three!" Kinsey just shout it all of the sudden. Serin threw her body on the ground fast. She could only hear a sound of something flying fast above her head, the men screams, and finally someone warm hands reached her.

"Serin! Are you okay?" a familiar voice heard in her ears.

She lifted up her head and find Mikhail's silver eyes stared worriedly to her, "Did something hurt?"

"No-No, I'm fine," Serin felt her face became warmer all of the sudden. She hoped Mikhail didn't realize that. This isn't right time to feel something like this!

Serin threw her sight around. Jack was in a fight with Hiro, Dirk, and Cam. They looked rather intimidating with a steel pipe in their hands. Where did they get that? Serin wondered.

Besides them were Hank who just kneeling in the ground. Howard was tiding him with a rope around him. Laney, was holding a pan, Georgia was holding her whip and Mako with a stick in his arms, stared angrily to that man. Hank's face was looked bruised and so resigned, that Serin almost felt sorry to him.

On the other hand, the fight between Kinsey, Kana and Ash with the man with a scar didn't go well. The man was good at fight. And it got the situation become more complicated. Ash got a bruised in his hand, Kana got hit in his back and Kinsey got a cut in his cheek.

"Give it up!" Kinsey stabilized his breath, "your friends were caught, and you didn't have a choice but to give up."

He just smirked violently, "Oh? Did I?" Suddenly, he rushed toward Kinsey in amazing speed. His knife was trying to stab him. Kinsey just to surprise to take a sudden attack. Too late to realize, Ash and Kana were impossible to stopped him.

"Kinsey!" Serin screamed panic as she watched it.

An inch from Kinsey, the man was lifted and thrown on the ground. It's like he was flying into the air with unseen able force. Everyone was just too surprised to talk. Mikhail took off that man's knife fast and sealed him on the ground, "Rope please?" He asked to Howard who still handled it.

Howard give it to him and tied him perfectly.

"You were lucky that my friends aren't the same as I am. But if this things happen again, I will make sure that you got something that you'll never forget," Mikhail said to him coldly. He pushed him toward the town hall. Rutger and Ina were calling the police from the nearer village. It seemed like they would reach the place soon.

Serin ran to Kinsey, asking worriedly, "Kinsey! You okay? Anything gets hurt?"

"N-No, Mikhail just take care of that guy before he reach me," Kinsey seemed a little shock about what happen before. The incident happened so fast for him.

"You're bleeding," Serin looked his cheek, "I'll take care of it. Don't go anywhere. You too guys." She said to Ash and Kana who only smiled to her.

Serin ran to town hall. She search Mikhail who already get back from bring the bad guy to the authorities they called few minutes before, "Serin? Anything wrong?"

"No," Serin shook her head, "where were they?"

"In the hand they should belong to," Mikhail smiled, "How's everybody?"

"A little bruised," Serin shook her head, "but everything ok."

"Good," He just nodded happily.

"Mikhail, how can you figured out that the man planned to attack Kinsey?" Serin asked, "It's like you already ran even when the men isn't move yet."

Mikhail lifted his shoulder, "A good coincidence…I guess."

Serin stared at him. She didn't believe in his words, but Mikhail didn't like somebody digging up about him and she didn't want to make him upset.

Trying to leave it, they walked to Kinsey's house and find their friends were still in there. She borrowed Hiro toolbox and helped him to treat anybody who got hurt, since was helping Ina to take care of the guests.

"It's too bad the banquet got messed up," Dirk sighed as he swept Kinsey's scattered window into one plastic bag, "guess we failed to amaze the jury then."

"What do you mean? The banquet wasn't finished yet," Oracle said enthusiastically, "Howard just prepare the appetizer for them."

"But," Georgia added, "all the incidents…"

"Hey, it's our festival right?" Laney reminded her to her own words

Nori smiled, "Even if we didn't win the competition—"

"We still had to have fun today," Georgia continued smiled again, "Okay, guys! There's no time to waste! It's our last chance to get the jury have some good opinion for us. Let's help them to prepare the banquet!"

"But, before tving the concert?" Kinsey looked surprisingly at him.

"Sorry about that," Mikhail looked awkward, "I didn't mean to mess up the concert."

"Well, you sure have to, Mike," Ash laughed, "don't run again this time."

Cam smiled, "He won't flee again this time, Ash. And I bet I know why."

All the guys laughed as Mikhail's face became rather pink. The girls just looked at him, confused what were they talking about.

"Okay, okay," Mikhail lift his hands as he give up, "I knew I was wrong. I would take my violin and played it to the guests right away. Deal?"

"Yeah!" Dirk laughed, "The banquet would become fabulous! I'll tell the mayors about this." He ran fast to the town square.

"Okay, you hear what Dirk's said," Georgia stood up, "Come on, we better hurry to the square."

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Longer chapter as I promised!

I love Mikhail since he was so mysterious^^

The ending was getting near! If you don't mind, please tell me what were you thinking about this story so far^^

Next chapter will added few weeks from now, since the final exam is getting started next week T.T

Thanks for reading! Have a good day! ^^