Author's Notes: Hello again, everyone. Welcome back~ As scheduled, I now present to you the revised chapter ten which was originally part of the former fifth chapter that was first publish last May, 14, 2018.

~~~ Twist of Fate ~~~

[ Arc III: The Castle of Lust ]

Chapter Ten: Darkness's Descent

- 04/11/20Xx ( Monday - After School ) [ Shujin Academy ] -

'I still couldn't do anything...' Makoto thought as she left the principal's office and closed the door, '...Even for Ren-kun's sake.'

She then started to make her way towards the third floor and let out a sigh as she recalled her meeting with the Principal was fruitless.

Even if she didn't ask anything yet, He immediately declined that he had any participation on spreading her friends record and was quick to promise her that he'll get to the bottom of this and whoever is responsible would be punished accordingly.

Then the Principal gave what she believes to be a reassuring smile- but it just made her uncomfortable when he stated that she shouldn't worry and just focus on making sure Ren would adjust to this unfortunate circumstance.

Makoto let out another sigh as she wondered what would her sister say regarding all this mess.

But she couldn't dwell on that thought for too long as she noticed that she was now standing in front of the student council room and with a quick knock, "Ren-kun, I'm coming in." She called out and opened the door.

Surprise was evident on her face when she saw that her friend wasn't anywhere inside.

It only took her a few seconds to see that he left his bag behind.

After that, she immediately checked her phone for messages from him and she saw none.

Makoto then tried calling his number and though she tried reaching him for a couple of times, no one answered from the other line.

She took a deep breath and sighed. Then next thing she thought was; 'Maybe Haru-san visited earlier and just asked for help? They're probably just busy gardening to notice...'

Although Makoto tried to reassure herself that was just the case, she couldn't stop the nervous feeling in her chest either as she bent over the sofa to get both of their bags.

'Something just doesn't feel right...' She thought as she went outside and closed the student council room.

Makoto then easily went to the corner and headed straight up stairs to climbed up towards the rooftop.

...And that unnerving feeling in her chest grew in intensity as she saw that only her new friend was happily tending the garden.

Haru quickly noticed her classmate and she instantly sported a bright smile, "Mako-san! You came!"

But her smile fell when she noticed her classmate's face slowly turned pale, "...I-Is there something wrong?"

Makoto's grip on her friend's bag tightened and she looked up to Haru and shakily responded, "I... It's Ren-kun..."

Tears were unknowingly welling up from the corner of her eyes- but she soon shook her head when she noticed how fragile her voice sounded.

After regaining her composure, Makoto looked back up to her classmate and spoke more neutrally, "I left him in the student council room awhile ago since I went to the Principal to ask why those absurd rumors about him started. By the time I returned to meet with him, he was already gone."

Haru could only blinked at that for a couple of times, "...Ren-kun just left?" She finds herself asking a moment later.

Makoto finds herself nodding before she replied, "I can't seem to contact his phone but since he left his bag at the council room, I figured that he just came up to help here..."

"...I've been here since class ended during the fifth period and I can guarantee you that Ren-kun didn't stop by." Haru said and suddenly seeing the pained look on her classmates face, alarmed her, "Mako-san, Just let me finish cleaning this silly mess I made and I'll help you look for him, okay?"

Makoto finds herself nodding and she placed both their bags down a corner to help tidy the place up quicker.

The nervous feeling got worse by the minute and she soon finds herself looking up to the sky,

'Ren-kun... Where are you...?' Makoto wondered and her eyes squinted as she noticed that the sun would soon set after an hour or so. 'Please don't do anything reckless...'

- 04/11/20Xx ( Monday - After School ) [ ? ? ?'s Castle - Underground dungeon? ] -

'I'm seemingly in a dungeon and... I think I'm lost.' Ren thought in a slightly amused tone in attempt to lighten his mood. 'I charged into this place without giving it much thought... the cells all look similar.'

But he soon sighed and looked down to the flowing water's beside him as he felt unnerve at the oppressive feeling in the air.

The feeling worsened when he passed by one cell in particular and saw various of chains were suspiciously dangling on the walls. Seeing that instantly made him very uncomfortable.

'Where is that blond?' Ren thought and he couldn't stop the shiver that came from his spine when he faintly heard some wailing sounds coming from the other side of the cells. '...What was that..?'

He couldn't wonder about that for too long as he noticed that a knight was rounding up from a corner. He immediately hid from one of the barrels nearby.

Ren let out a relieve sigh when the knight passed and he wasn't seen.

Then he noticed that the knight left the iron door from the corner open and he quickly made his way inside and he groaned when he was greeted with the same aesthetics.

'Oh for the love of...' He held that thought however when he heard a familiar, vulgar voice;

"Damn it! This isn't funny! I know there's somebody out there! Let me out!"

Ren quickly made a run towards the place where he thought that voice came from.

And as he got to the furthest end, he was immediately greeted with;

"You ass, why the hell are you still here!?" The blond exclaimed as he angrily gripped the iron bars of the cell he was confined in and glared at him.

"I'm glad to see you too." Ren couldn't help the grin that came with that, then he looked at the blond in concern, "Are you all right?"

The blond in question quickly drop the glare on his face as he regarded the transfer student again.

He frowned at a thought, 'He's totally not the guy people are claiming him to be.' And with that, he finds himself replying a simple, "More or less."

Soon the blond slightly leaned back, "Looks like this ain't no dream..." He said before he place his right hand up to the back of his head and let out a groan, "Damn it, my head still hurts..."

Then he looked back up to the transfer student, "How'd you find me anyway?"

Ren shrugged his shoulders and offered a smile before replying, "Followed some knights along the way and then I heard you screaming here in the end of this side's dungeons."

"This weird castle also has a dungeon, huh?" The blond uttered gripped the iron bars again and his anger flared, "Ugh, what's goin' on!?" He said before slamming his fist to bars a couple of times, "Dammit, where the hell are we!? Are we in some sort of TV set or a freakin' game?"

Ren let out a sigh at the blond's outburst and he was just about to say something to calm him down-

But both teens tensed up as they heard a couple of loud, blood-curling wails;

" Uuuaaghhh! Aaaahhhhhh! "

"...Th-The hell was that just now...?" The blond said as he gripped the iron bars tightly while Ren kept to himself and silently look back towards where the screams were coming from.

They barely regained any semblance of composure in them when they heard another series of frightening screams coming from the hallways below them;

" No, No! No! Please Don't! Please- Aaaauuughhh! Grk! "

The blond shook his head in disbelief. Fear, very apparent on his face, "Whoa... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..." He looked towards the transfer student with apprehension and added, "They're shittin' me, right...?"

"...This is bad." Was the only thing Ren could say at the moment and he turned to look back at the blond and with wide eyes, said hastily that, "We have to find a way to get out of here, now!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" The blond uttered exasperatingly and quickly went to the opposite side of the cell and rammed himself towards the iron bars,

"Oww...! This is way tougher than what they look!" He exclaimed in pain as his gaze fell towards the side and spotted some barrels.

"Hey, should I hide in there and trick those guards?" He shook his head incredulously at that idea. "...It probably wouldn't work like it does in the movies though."

Then the blond gripped the side of his head with his right hand, "God, my head's still a mess...!" He said as his gaze soon went towards the makeshift bed he was sprawled onto earlier and asked, "How long do you think I've been knocked out?"

"I can't say for certain, but I'd like to think it wasn't that long..." Ren answered as he tried pulling on the iron door open to no avail.

"...Guess that's not important now." The blond said dejectedly down the floor, "Well... What do we do now?" His voice felt like he had lost all hope.

Ren wanted to say that they shouldn't give up- but before he could even formulate a proper response, they suddenly heard some heavy foot steps approaching them.

The blond then exclaimed, "Huh? You hear that?"

Then he looked back up to the transfer student with urgency, "Get outta' here, dude! There ain't a reason for the both of to get caught like this!"

Ren let out a grunt before looking back up to the blond with squinted eyes and silently hit the iron door one more time with his fist.

'Damn it, is it really hopeless!?'' He couldn't think about that matter any longer when he noticed that the footsteps were getting closer.

With that, Ren straightened himself and went towards the corner where a couple of large boxes were piled atop one another and quickly started rearranging them to get enough space at the back.

"Dude, what are you doing!?" The blond whispered with slight exasperation as he watched the transfer student promptly hid behind the boxes and seemingly disappeared into the shadows.

"...For Real!?" He exclaimed with apparent disbelief- but before he could dwell on the matter, he noticed from the corner of his eyes that there were a couple of armed knights approaching his cell with a quick steps.

Next thing the blond knew, the knights were now standing menacingly in front of him.

"Be glad that your punishment has been decided upon." A guard said with another quickly adding, "Your charge is unlawful entry. Thus, you'll be sentenced to death."

'...Be sentenced to death...?' Ren angrily repeated on his mind and he barely couldn't suppressed the grunt as he clenched his fist.

The blond on the other hand was shocked, "Say what!?" He exclaimed and instinctively moved a couple steps back.

Then a familiar voice called out from the other corner, "No one's allowed to do as they please in my castle."

Seeing that unmistakable face, The blond went towards the iron bars once again and gripped them tightly, "Huh? Wait... Is that you, Kamoshida?"

Hearing that caught Ren's attention, '...Kamoshida?' And with that, he quietly went to edge of his hiding spot to get a better look at that person who kept being mentioned since yesterday.

...and to say that he was just surprised was an understatement when he saw what- fashionable choice of wardrobe that man was currently sporting.

"I thought it was just some petty thief, but to think it'd be you Sakamoto..." Kamoshida(?) started neutrally before a menacing grin formed on his face, "Are you trying to disobey me again? It looks like you haven't learned your lesson at all, huh?"

Sakamoto gritted his teeth with a glare and clenched both his hands to a fist in response.

Then Kamoshida(?) added mockingly, "I heard you even brought a friend this time... because you can't do anything for yourself."

Sakamoto finally found his voice and snapped, "This ain't funny, you asshole!"

The unnerving smile Kamoshida(?) had fell and was replaced with an even more menacing look on his face, "Is that how you speak to a king? It seems you don't understand the position you're in at all."

Then he came closer to the cell and added threateningly, "Not only did you sneak into my castle, but you also committed to the crime of insulting me- the king."

The sneer on his face came back when he placed a hand to his chin and went on, "The punishment for that, is death." Then with a flourish of his cape he ordered, "It's time for an execution! Guards, take him out!"

Both Ren and the blond was taken aback from that statement and this time, Sakamoto's voice was barely audible as fear engulfed him, "S-Stop it...!" He uttered as he moved a couple of steps back when a guard began opening the cell he was confined on.

"...Goddammit...!" He added as he moved even back further as a couple of knights entered and back him to a wall.

Feeling threatened, a quick rush of adrenaline filled the blond's head temporarily and he charged at a guard in front of him, "Hragh!"

Then he glared at Kamoshida(?) who casually entered the cell, "I ain't down for this shit! Let me outta here you bastard!"

While the blonde was distracted, another knight came from behind and strike him down with a quick kick.

That blow was enough for Sakamoto to slowly fell down on his knees. "Nnngh..! Oww..."

Startled upon seeing that, Ren accidentally pushed one of the boxes on his side and it promptly fell to the flowing water beside him and loudly broke into pieces.

Though he was quick to hide further in from the shadows to avoid getting spotted, that brief ruckus he did was unfortunately enough to get the others attention on him.

"Heh, looks like the other thief's scampering around over there like the street rat he is, after all..." Kamoshida(?) said, briefly looking back.

Sakamoto noticed that and yelled exasperatingly to get back the coach's attention, "You idiot! Just go! Get outta here...! These guys are serious!"

Kamoshida(?) first watched as the place Ren was hiding went completely silent, "Oh? You're seriously considering on abandoning him?" A sneer soon graced his face once more, "What a heartless friend you are."

Sakamoto struggled to keep himself up before looking back up to Kamoshida(?), "He ain't a friend..." There was a pause as he panted, "...I just got him involved in this mess all right? He's done nothin' wrong!"

Then the blond briefly looked towards where Ren was hiding before adding desperately, "So c'mon, go! Just leave him alone!"

Kamoshida(?) fully turned back to the blond, "How admirable, Sakamoto."

Then he took a quick glance behind him, "But it seems like he's paralyzed to his place in fear to even run away."

Ren gave no response to that whatsoever.

Kamoshida(?) scoffed, "Hmph, pathetic scum isn't worth my time."

Then he soon focused his gaze on the blond with a sinister grin, "Guess I'll focus on this one's execution..."

'Pathetic scum...' Ren thought before he felt his back against the wall, looking down to the ground listlessly.

'Ever since the day of my arrest, apart from a few people- that's all what the others think of me back home...' But he shook that thought away and stealthily went back to the edge of the boxes to see what was happening.

As Ren leaned in further, his eyes grew wide at the merciless display of hostility this coach was showing in front of him;

"Take this!" -A quick punch to the face, then a couple of jabs came one after another, "Lowly scum!" Followed by an uppercut and a hard blow down the back of the blond's head, "Useless pest!"

Ren could only watch how this 'King' mercilessly beat up the blond like he was nothing but trash to him.

A bead of sweat promptly fell to the side of his face and he locked his eyes with a glare at the man in from him, 'Another adult who thinks he's above everyone else...' He thought with gritted teeth.

But he quickly grew concerned when the blond fell to the ground with a sharp grunt of pain. 'I... I have to do something...!' Ren's mind scream- but his feet refused to budge.

Even when he saw Kamoshida(?) mockingly spat on Sakamoto as he taunted, "Hmph... Where'd your energy from earlier go?"

Then a guard casually picked the blond up from his shirt and threw him to the side like a rag doll.

"Ugh! Damn you...!" Sakamoto uttered breathlessly and though it was barely audible, Ren managed to hear that- but try as he might, he still couldn't move in to intervene.

He let out a soft grunt at that and closed his eyes, 'I...'

"What's the matter...? Are you simply going to watch?" A mysterious voice suddenly came from his head, surprising him as he opened his eyes just in time to hear it add; "Are you forsaking him to save yourself?" He looked to his surroundings and saw nobody around.

It soon also came to mind that no one but him heard all that.

But Ren couldn't dwell on that matter for longer as he heard Kamoshida(?) spoke, "A peasant like you isn't worth beating."

Then he stood in front of the blond and went on, "I'll have you killed, right now."

'Is he serious?' Ren thought before taking a deep breath and he didn't how, but adrenaline soon filled his head as he stood up from his hiding place and went towards the front of the cell with a glare as he hollered, "Have you lost your mind!?"

The blond coughed hard at that, "You idiot!" Sakamoto uttered as he tried to pull himself up again but a knight held him in his place with his shield, "Ugh!"

Ren immediately regretted it for a moment as that little exclamation he made was enough to get 'King's attention focused on him.

"Hm? What...? Don't you dare tell me you don't know who I am." Kamoshida(?) threatened as he went towards Ren's direction with a menacing grin.

But hearing that was enough for Ren to glare right back as there was something in this guy that made his blood boil.

It reminded him too much of that guy who got him arrested. '...These rotten adults...'

Kamoshida(?) grunted at seeing such defiance, "That look on your eyes irritates me!" and without warning, he delivered a swift, hard kick straight to the teen's stomach.

'Well that hurt...' Ren thought with a grunt as he steadied himself to not fall down the sewers behind him and looked back up just in time to hear the 'King' tell his guards to, "Hold him there... After the peasant, It's his turn to die."

Hearing that, Ren wanted to so badly punch him in the face.

But he was immediately held by two guards before he could even come near and was roughly pushed back against the wooden boxes he was hiding on earlier.

He struggled to get loose for a moment before admitting to himself that it was useless to fight against the guards strength. '...They're just... too strong.'

Ren then looked back down to ground for a moment and inwardly thought that, 'I'm still too weak and powerless...'

'It's just like before...' A despondent look soon formed on his face as he realized that he was unable to do anything to protect himself when he was framed for a crime he did not commit.

He couldn't do anything that time and of course, he still couldn't do anything different now either.

His attention then briefly returned to the blond as he spoke in fear of not wanting to die and all he could do was watched in vain as the 'King' laugh maniacally like a madman.

Ren could only look back down to the ground with his hands clenched shut to fist.

'This rotten adult was about to kill someone... And I. Still. Can't. Do. Anything.' He thought with gritted teeth as his anger flared.

His hatred was so deep that for a moment, he briefly noticed that all sounds and all his sense of feeling were drowned out as a soft ringing came to his ear.

" This is truly an unjust game... Your chances of winning are almost none. "

'What...?' Ren looked back up as he heard that familiar voice echo in his head and his eyes slightly grew wide as he found a lone, glowing butterfly flutter past him.

" But if my voice is reaching you, there may yet be a possibility open to you. "

Then a bright light surrounded the room for a moment. It was so bright... and quite comforting.

For some reason, it also feels like no one but him had noticed it.

Ren blinked hard for a couple of minutes and he finds himself being pushed hard against the boxes by two guards again, idly watching as this Kamoshida person was beginning his execution to Sakamoto.

Then that mysterious voice echoed back from his head; "Well? Death awaits him if you do nothing."

Ren then looked back to the blond boy and the voice inside him asked; "Was your previous decision to help someone in danger a mistake then!?"

Brief moments of his arrest came filtering back to his mind; The woman asking for help. The glare of the man who demanded and rigged his arrest as he was being pulled away by the officers.

He asked this questions himself. Did he regretted it? Did he consider it a mistake? His clenched hands gripped tighter at that thought.

'...No.' Ren answered with a glare. His eyes gaze burning as he looked back to the rotten adult in front of him, gritting his teeth. 'It wasn't.'

He then watched as Sakamoto was raised up in the air at his neck by a guard with a sword on the other- Pointing it directly by the blond's skull.

'I... I need to stop this...!" Ren began struggling to break free from those hands that bind him as well.

Then all too suddenly, an intense surge of heat was surfacing from within him while the voice within him spoke once more; "Very well... I have headed your resolve."

Soon enough, he finds himself suddenly under such excruciating pain.

Then his head throb and a searing- burning sensation came to his eyes and he couldn't help the tears that fell as his head hang low before looking back up and forth, with scream after scream while the voice inside him flared; "Vow to me."

"I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice!"

The pain Ren felt was surging- yet suddenly, it slowly but surely subsides.

With clenched hands, his mind was getting clear and a fire in his heart ignites as his anger flared.

'I have to do something.' He thought before the voice inside chimed in tandem to his scream; "Call upon my name, and release thy rage!"

"Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all on thine own, though thou be chained to Hell itself!"

Ren briefly looked back up to the 'King' before him in a fierce glare, "I will stop you."

Kamoshida(?) didn't even notice him as he simply gave the order to the guard holding the blond to, "Execute him!"

Ren's clenched his hand tighter. He wouldn't let another rotten adult get his way. Not again.

"That's enough!" He roared as he pushed back the knights who was holding him and stood in front of the cell's entrance with a glare.

Hearing that definitely stopped the 'King' as he got his attention again, "What was that...?"

The knight that was holding the blond also loosen it's grip and the boy fell back to the floor by his knees, "Ugh, Gaahhh...!"

Kamoshida(?) glared right back at Ren and slowly went towards him with a menacing scowl, "You desire to be killed that much...? Fine!" A quick signal with his hand and a knight nearby quickly strike the side of the teen's head.

Ren let out a sharp groan and his glasses was thrown off to the flooding waters behind him.

His eyes closed when the sharp ringing came back to his ear and his head hang low as he fought to calm his migraine.

Then a couple of knights surrounded him and formed a makeshift barrier and their two spears then crossed just below his chin to make sure he had no place to escape.

Ren felt another knight approaching him from the middle and he silently stood his ground.

Sakamoto tried to stand back up, but his knees felt to numb to move at the moment and he grunted when he fell back down to the floor, 'Dammit.'

Then he watched in fear as the knight raised his sword above the transfer student's head as soon as Kamoshida(?) gave the signal.

...It was on that time when a sudden burst of power filtered through Ren and as soon he opened his eyes, a force wave came that pushed all the knights that were around him away, staggering them and the 'King' himself. "What!?"

A dark vortex of power came spiraling around Ren and as it quickly it came- it slowly subsides with everyone at a complete loss on what just happened.

Including Ren himself, "Huh...?" As he straightened himself, he quickly notice that there was something was on his face and it felt heavy to bear so his hands immediately went up to his face and instinctively tried to get whatever that is off him.

'...This mask...' He thought as he struggled to get off his face and though he could feel a part of his skin was starting to bleed as it slowly started to peel along the mask, he didn't stop and he added as an after thought that, 'I just have to take it off,'

And with a sharp scream of pain, "Aaaauuughhh!" He finally pry the mask of his face and let the blood freely fall from his face.

Now unknowingly with bright and gleaming yellow eyes, he looked back up to his enemies with a wicked smirk on his face- caring less for the blood that continued to flow out from behind his eyes.

Ren grin's grew as an onslaught of blue flames soon burst from within him and the wound's inflicted from tearing of his mask slowly healed as the flames seemingly consumed his entire body slowly.

But it didn't burn and instead, left a feeling of great strength running through his veins.

A power so great that it further pushed the 'King' and his knights away from him.

They could only watch in fear as a wicked face was first shown beyond the blue flames before it slowly subside as Ren slowly resurface from its embers.

Ren couldn't stop the satisfied look that came to grace his face even if chains suddenly came spiraling behind him.

Then the blue flames grew in intensity once more and from it's embers, a dark figure slowly resurface from behind him.

When Ren slowly straightened himself, he looked back to his target with a dark grin still on his face and casually walked towards the middle of the cell.

With just a single flourish of his hands, the figure's wings fluttered from behind him and a heavy, dark gust of wind came crashing down on the 'King' and his men, knocking them off their feet and some rammed hard to the stone walls with one of knights, bursting in a dark mist as it hit the iron bars.

Kamoshida(?) quickly cowered from the show of power and hurriedly made his way to the back of the cell with a frightened whine,

Sakamoto on the other hand was stuck to his place, "Wha...What the...?" He uttered and could only watch the scene before him in shock as the seemingly docile transfer student he was with earlier- now had a confident look on his face as the tall figure stood proudly behind him.

Then the blond's shoulders tense as he watched the transfer student slowly raised his right hand up in front of him and his smirk grew wider as he noticed that both the blue flames and the chains grew in intensity as they freely flowed from within him.

After taking a deep breath, Ren quietly stood his ground, even when figure behind him spoke; "I am the pillager of Twilight- Arsene!" With a flutter of it's wings it soon imposed himself through everyone else in the room.

"What the...?" Sakamoto unknowingly hit his back to the iron bars behind him as he was torn between finding this scene amazing and frightening at the same time.

Then the blond watched as how the transfer student was seemingly more confused on what he was now wearing instead. 'For real!?'

Ren slowly look back up to Arsene; "I am the rebel's soul that resides within you." It began and after another flutter of its wings it added; "If you so desire, I shall consider granting you the power to break through this crisis."

Hearing that, Ren briefly closed his eyes as he silently thought, 'A chance to fight back from oppression...'

Then he looked back up to Arsene and confidently responded, "Give me your power."

Arsene was satisfied with that answer; "Hmph. Very well..."

It was on that moment did Kamoshida(?) found his voice again, "Who the hell are you...!?"

Then the remaining knights stood back up as he ordered, "Guards! Start by killing that one!" He gestured towards Arsene.

Ren then took a defensive position and glared right back when he heard the 'King' menacingly said to him that, "You'll learn the true strength of my men!"

As soon as their king said that, the knights seemingly bursts and transformed to a couple of; Crypt-dwelling Pyromaniacs.

Ren immediately stood protectively in front of the blond. Then with a single flourish with his right hand, another small burst of flames appeared from it and soon, he now held a small knife in his grasp.

"Bring it!" He said with narrowed eyes at his targets.

And with that, a battle quickly begun.

"Detest the enemies before you! Change that animosity into power... and unleash it!" Arsene spoke before vanishing back to a mask.

Hearing that, Ren wasted no more time as he raised his left hand to his mask and pulled it off, "Persona!" He roared and upon his command a light dark surge of power penetrated through the floor were one of the crypt-dwelling pyromaniacs was floating above, effectively weakening it.

The other enemy was quick to respond with an attack of his own, "Hee ho~" It muttered before his lantern hits the side of his coat.

Ren let out a grunt on the impact- but he soon grinned as he barely felt the damage and he watched how the other was now preparing his attack.

Arsene then suddenly appeared from behind and spoke; "Swing your blade!"

Then right before the weakened soldier could land its attack, Ren easily dodge its advance and quickly delivered a finishing blow with the knife on his hand.

"This power of mine is yours!" Arsene once again called out from behind as the blue flames underneath him grew in intensity; "Kill them however you want. Run wild to your heart's content!" It added.

Ren couldn't help the grin that came as he agreed to it's demands and with another quick dodge, "Too slow!"

Then He quickly pulled the mask of his face and ordered, "Arsene!"

Upon that command, another vortex of darkness engulfed the overgrown Halloween decoration and as it was staggered, he jumped towards it and sliced thrice effectively killing it for good.

Now that all the knights were dealt with, Ren felt a surge of power grew within him before he looked back up to Kamoshida(?) with threatening glare.

Sakamoto finally let out the breath he didn't know he was holding, "What..." He muttered before he slowly managed to stand back to his feet and went to stand beside Ren, asking, "What was that just now...?"

Before Ren could answer him, they soon noticed that Kamoshida(?) was approaching them with a snarl, "You little...!" But he couldn't finished his statement as the blond quickly charged at him.

"Aagh!" He screamed as the key to the cell came flying down from his hand.

"Ha! You like that, you son of a bitch!?" Sakamoto cheered as he finally got the 'King' to the ground like the dirt he is.

"Lock the cell." Ren ordered as he grabbed the key from the ground and toss it to the blond who easily caught it,

"Y-You mean with this?" Sakamoto muttered before he and Ren quickly made their way out of the cell before immediately locking the iron door shut, "Okay. It's locked."

Kamoshida(?) then quickly staggered up to his feet, "Damn you!" He muttered holding his head before making a mad dash towards the iron bars and started pulling on it to open, "You petty slaves can't seriously hope to leave my castle alive!"

Sakamoto promptly ignored that outburst and looked back up to the transfer student in awe, "Hey...! What was that just now!?" Then he exclaimed, "And... Your clothes...!"

Before Ren could form a respond to those questions, both teens were taken aback from the sudden burst of light that came and his bizarre looking clothes reverted back to it's uniform.

"Whoa, It went back to normal!" Sakamoto said in surprise while Ren find himself unfazed by the change either way.

Then Kamoshida(?) started angrily pulling the iron door to open once again, "You bastards! You think you can get away with doing this to me!?"

The 'King' exclaimed that so suddenly and that earned him an unmanly yelped from the blond, "Waaaaaahhh!"

Ren snickered at that but he soon shook his head and quickly tried to conceal it as it wasn't the time.

Sakamoto sheepishly scratched the back of his head as he tried to regain composure from his blunder, "God, this is effin' nuts."

Then he looked back up to the transfer student and spoke, "Anyways, let's scram! You lead the way!"

Ren nodded at that, "All right, throw the keys in the sewers and let's go!" He ordered and the blond did just that before they both made a run for it down the path.

Kamoshida(?) pulled on the iron door to open again, "Goddamn thieves...!" He roared before looking at the direction on where the two made their escape.

"Guards! After them! Don't let them escape!" He demanded before trying to open the door to his cell with more vigor.

Kamoshida(?) then glared, "I swear when I get out of here, I'll make sure that those thieves won't ever see the light of day."

~~ End of Chapter Ten: ~~

( ARC III: The Castle of Lust: 2/? )

Author's Notes: We finally have the first awakening down- I'm aware that it's not that much of an achievement yet since we've still got a long way to go.. but hey, it's a start. I did some alterations and change of pacing- but I figured I'll keep most of the dialogues in tact since I like it as it is. Still, I hope you've enjoyed the little changes I did as well. Thanks for reading~ *salutes*

...And this chapter brings back memories. This is when the USB containing all my the drafts I wrote the year before regarding this story had unfortunately ended up to who knows where. I've long gave up hope in terms of finding it but at this time, I've managed to scavenge most of my old ideas with new drafts now so it's not that bad anymore.

That being the case, I'll still follow up the planned update schedule for this story's revision. I'll be updating this story again next Wednesday; August, 08. 2018 and I hope you'll be looking forward to it. Have a nice day/night, everyone~

=Next Chapter: XI: Breaking Out=