Hey guyz! Srry forz notz updatin. Midterms and science fair are taking up so much time. I hav a question for viewers. Do you guys hate it when your in middle school and you hav a friend of opposite gender and your other friends suddenly start thinking your dating? It happened to me just yesterday just because I was arguing with my bus buddy's stupid older brother who I hate. It seriously sucks -_- Enjoy...


No One's POV

Shade continuously ran towards anywhere. Any place he'd expected Rein to be. He'd ran through all the lanes, entering clothing stores, shoe stores, snack shops, restaurants, even toy stores. But Rein was no where to be found. Shade had known she had left in the morning, knowing that she was angry at him but now he regretted having that argument with her. But there was only one place he had left and hoped that she hadn't gone there. Toma's house.

He passed the dozens of people crowded at the lane owned by Toma's father. Taking advantage of every open gap he found. Finally he reached a random cooking shop. A fat man with a brown mustache stood out front calling out to people to try their knew sample of velvet red cake.

"Hey mister, can you tell me the address of the home owned by the 'young master.'" Shade tried hard to make sure no annoyance was heard in his voice when he said that. The fat man called out a little bit longer until he finally took a break.

He glanced at Shade giving him an irritated look. "Look boy. I have a business to run so I don't have time for ridiculous questions." he fanned him self with his chef hat.

"I see you haven't recognized me yet." Shade said as he looked at him directly in the eyes. The chef seemed to flinch and he seemed to finally realize who Shade was.

"Yes, I'm sorry. Let me write it down for you." he took out the notepad and pen from his shirt pocket and immediately started writing it down. THen he handed it to Shade who started running off as he handed it to him.

"Thanks man." Shade called out as he ran in the direction of the location. The address lead him towards the far end of the island on the right side. It was quite far from the bird island but you would be able to reach it in about an hour and a half if you walked.

The path lead to the woods nearby the shore. Shade walked up it, each step he took made him feel even more disgusted then the last. His reason: he had went on vacation with him once here. Once Shade took his first step onto the familiar land, the memories came back to him. He didn't need the paper any longer so he didn't care when it had gone missing from his pocket.

When he reached the large gate, he didn't bother to ring the doorbell. Instead Shade leaped over the gate considering how short it was. As he walked closer to the door, he realized how irritated he was of this place. I might have liked this place if it wasn't owned by that guy... Shade thought. Before he reached out to open the door, he stopped. The door was opened up by a maid, as though she were expecting him to be there that entire time.

"Welcome back, master Shade." she said as he walked in. But Shade ignored her and walked towards the living room. The entire house was mapped out in his mind so he knew where what was. As he passed by Chiffon, she stumbled and fell from shock that Shade had actually come. Dropping all the things she held in her hand onto the ground. But Shade had offered no help what-so-ever and continued towards the living room, taking a right, then another right, until he reached the very entrance door to the living room. Toma saw him enter.

"Shade, welcome back. What brings you here?" Toma asked innocently. But Shade already knew that he was faking.

"Stop with the jokes Toma and tell me where Rein is. I know she is here." Shade replied harshly. But it had no effect on Toma.

"What makes you say that?"

"Because I know well enough that Rein came here to do something." Shade replied staring at him straight in his eyes. "Something stupid like apologizing." he mumbled. "I also know you much better than you'd expect."

Toma's eyes seemed to lose it's innocence. The smile had turned into a smirk. "I guess you do. Which means that you must also know the reason for all of this."

"The final battle. The one that will decide it all. I have never forgotten." Shade's scowl stayed the same. "So what are the conditions."

Toma's smile faded and became something else. "We will play three games. The first and second round will be chosen according to the type of games we like. But for the last game, we will play something special. The one who wins will take Rein with them and the one who loses can never involve their self with the opponent again."

Shade scoffed. "I should have known you would have proposed something like this. You were always fond of playing games."

"So the first round will be chosen by me. It will be a simple game, one that we have played many times before." Toma arrogantly said. "We will have a little game of chess."

"Give me some time to think about it Toma. You know that I have a lot of things to my liking."

Toma put his fake smile back on. "Take all the time you need Shade."

"But I still have one more condition. Let me meet Rein. I want to make sure she is ok." Shade stated firmly. Toma just turned around.

"Just follow me. I will be kind enough to let you meet her." Toma said devilishly. Shade had his suspicions, but he left them alone As long as he got to met Rein, he was okay with facing whatever happened.

Toma lead him towards the hidden floor board. He lifted it up and it opened to a flight of stairs that lead deep underground. Shade took the path. "I'll be waiting in the living room when you have decided your answer." Toma said as he closed the floor board. Then he walked off, leaving Shade to wander off down the flight of stairs.

"Man, that guy is just a pain in the butt. Why would he have this kind of place in his house?" Shade said as he looked around with a strange look. When he finally reached the area where the jail cells connected he heard small whimpers or something. "Rein?" Shade silently called. Suddenly the whimper grew silent. "Rein?!" Shade called out louder. He looked around trying to find her, but there was nothing but empty space. Shade finally realized that Rein wasn't just stuck inside the hidden room, she was placed inside the jail cell.

He ran to each and every cell, checking to see if Rein was in there doing something. "Rein!" Shade called out out when he reached the jail cell she was in. Rein was all bundled up in a corner, her arms wrapped around her legs. "Re-"

"No! Please, d-don't!" Rein called out. She raised her head from her knees, her eyes had lost the glow it once had. She turned her head towards Shade and her eyes widened. "I'm sorry!" she shouted again as she tried to make herself scooch backwards. But failed since the corner of the wall blocked her.

"Rein, calm down! It's just me!" Shade said hoping she would recognize him. She still backed away in fear. "Rein ple-"

"STOP!"she shrieked. Shade froze in place as she watched Rein curl up into a ball in the corner. He gave her a sad look, wondering what she had gone through during the time she was kidnapped.

"Rein, don't worry. You are not alone." Shade said gently. "You were never alone." Rein looked up from her legs at this statement. A sudden realization struck her.

"S-Shade?" Rein asked as she squinted her eyes. The light made it hard for her to see.

"Yeah. It's me Rein." Shade said as he crouched to get a better look at her. To him, she looked like a lost puppy right now.

"But, I thought you said... you didn't care about me anymore." Rein said. She steadily got up and tried to reach the bars.

"Well that's what I thought. Until I read your love letter to me." Shade said with a slight chuckle. Rein was so surprised that she almost fell back. Before she could say anything, Shade answered for her. "One of the maids gave it to me after cleaning out the bedrooms so we could leave." Rein was at least two feet away from Shade.

"Shade, you were right all along. Toma was faking this entire time. I should have believed you..." Rein had finally the bars and Shade could see the tears that were in her eyes. He wiped them away with his finger.

"Don't worry Rein. I could understand since it was you. Just be careful and wait for a little bit. Toma has set up this game. The only way to get you back is to win at least two of them and that is what I plan to do." Shade said. "Also you don't have to be alone ever again. I promise that I will never leave you alone, not now or ever again. But in return, you have to tell me your side of the story."

Rein gave a small smile. "So Fine told you about it huh. Alright. I'll tell you." Rein replied. Shade smiled back in reply.

"I have to get going. Just calm down and hang in there. And don't think about that incident ok?!" Shade shouted, already running up the stairs. But Shade as already far ahead to hear her answer.

When he reached the very top, he walked down the corridors and into the living room. "My choice is swordplay." Shade immediately said when he walked inside. Toma place his cup and papers down.

"Well, let's begin our battle." Toma said as he got up, standing in an arrogant way. Shade lifted it up his right foot and placed it firmly in front of him.

"I don't plan on losing"


Something went sort of wrong... I lost my ideas cuz of tests Also Im very sad! I miserably failed my language arts test... I couldnt analyz a poem correctly so now it is read in a really messed up fashion ;-;