A/n: Sorry for the the long wait and I'm sorry for the short chapter but there are only a few chapters left until the of this story so I'm really sorry for the long wait and it probably will be a nother long wait till the next chapter but I hope you like this chapter and if you do please review
Chapter 14
A surprise
As they rode on toward the Takenouchi kingdom they didn't know who was awaiting there arrival, but as they got closer they kept wondering if there younger friends were ok. Which in this case they were because they were already at Taea but the others didn't know that.
As they finally arrived at Taea they were surprised to see how bad it was because when King Takenouchi was alive it never looked the way it looked now. Now it looked like a rundown pile of ruble, and houses were falling apart. As Tai and his companion's road threw the disserted kingdom all they seen was depression, rubble and poverty.
"Wow this place looks awful and war stricken" Tai said.
"Yeah it's really depressing" Sora said.
"I wonder what happened to Kari, Davis and TK" Koushiro said.
"They're probably dead" Joe said sadly.
"Joe don't say things like that" Mimi said
"Guys if I know Kari they're not dead" Tai said.
"Yeah they're probably just in hiding so they don't caught" Matt said.
"And that would make them very smart" Tai said.
"I bet they're already here" Koushiro said.
"Maybe but no matter what we still have to stick to the plan" Tai said.
"What plan" Koushiro said
"You know the one where we sneak into the castle through the back" Tai said.
"Right, I was just making sure it wasn't something crazy" Koushiro said.
"Crazy how" Tai said bewildered at what Izzy said.
"Well maybe you were planning to go through the front gate and fight your way to thrown room" Izzy said in frustration.
"Izzy I would never do something that crazy" Tai said.
Before Izzy could say something there was rustling noise in the bushes.
"Did you guys hear that" Mimi said.
"Yeah I did" Tai said while dismounting his horse and drawing his sword.
"Where are you going" Matt said.
"I'm going to see what it is" Tai said and walked of towards where he heard the noise. As he got closer he could hear voices, he couldn't tell who the voices belonged to. All he could make was that it was a girl and two guys arguing over something.
As Tai neared the bush, he gripped his sword tightly and slashed threw the bushes and to his surprise there was Kari, TK and Davis arguing over something stupid, and they didn't even notice Tai standing there starring at them.
"You guys scared me half to death I thought you guys were more Black Knights" Tai said in booming voice that scared Kari, Davis, and TK to death.
"Tai I didn't even hear you come over hear" Kari said.
"How could you hear me over the entire racquet you guys were making" Tai said while starring down at them with a disappointed look on his face.
"I mean if Black Knights heard you, you guys would be dead" Tai said and gave them an angry look.
"We know, and we're sorry" TK said.
"Yeah we were just arguing over what to do next" Davis said.
"Well you know what" Tai said.
"What" they all said together.
"I'm going to tell you what we're going to do, after I go and get the others" Tai said.
"You mean everyone's here" Kari said a little confused.
"Of course everyone is here, you make it sound as if I would come alone" Tai said and walked away before they could say anything. Seconds later Tai returned with Izzy, Matt, Sora, Joe and Mimi.
"So what's the plan" Davis said.
"The plan is that we're going to get into the castle through the kitchen and make our way to the throne room to kill the three brothers and kill anyone who gets in our way, that means guards and black knights" Tai said.
"So don't kill any servants" Kari said.
"Don't kill them unless they attack you" Tai said.
"So does everyone know what the plan is then" Koushiro said.
"Yeah" everyone said.
"That's great, let's put this plan into action" Tai said and left the hiding place and everybody followed him out.
"All right everyone release your horses into the woods, and don't worry they'll come back" Tai said and led his horse over to the forest along with everyone else.
"All right everyone let's go to the castle" Tai said and they all walked off toward the castle. As they got to the castle they could only see two guards guarding the kitchen door.
"All right you Matt, Izzy you know what to do" Tai said and went and hid behind a tree with the rest of the gang. Izzy and Matt walked quietly up to where the guards stood, Matt and Izzy drew they're swords quietly and all of sudden slit each of the guards throats and watched the blood pour out. After a few seconds they gave the ok sign and the rest of them made there way over to where Matt and Koushiro were standing.
"The coast is clear" Matt said.
"Than let's go inside and get this thing done and over with" Tai said and they slipped into the kitchen unnoticed.