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I'm so sorry it has been taking so long but recently, I had an assignment due and I had to rush on it so I had to neglect writing this. Anyway, just to warn everyone, I will be putting all my fics on hiatus this October until next year because I will be very busy with this semester until then.


It had taken them a few days, but in the end, Reika and Jin had arrived at the farmhouse. During this time, Reika and Jin had gotten comfortable with each other well enough. In fact, Jin had gotten used to some of Reika's habits like her unwillingness to kill any animals, her tendency to befriend even the fiercest of animals, and her innocence that made her oblivious and ignorant of a lot of things. But those were some of the things he could put up with.

"And so, we are here." Reika waved at the farmhouse and glanced at him. "Do you want me to stay out here while to get your friend?"

"It's fine." Jin shook his head. "You don't have to leave if you don't want to."

"If you say so." Reika shrugged. Jin strode over to the door and knocked on it. Not too long after, Hana opened the door by a fraction and her eyes became wide.

"I'm back, Hana." Jin smiled softly. Hana opened the door wider with a grin and pulled Jin into a tight hug. When they pulled apart, Jin planted a kiss on her forehead and led her inside.

"Not five minutes and they forgot about me." Reika mused but strangely she wasn't bothered by this at all since she perceived something like this would happen. "Oh well. I suppose I could hang around. It's not every day I would come to a place like this…" She suddenly trailed off sharply, sniffing the air. "There's something wrong with the air."

Frowning, she shifted into the tree line and eyed around for anything suspicious. "There isn't anything here but I was sure that there was a bad stench…"

Looking around one last time, she turned back to the direction of the farmhouse. Unbeknown to her, a pair of blood red eyes were watching her and the owner of the eyes smirked evilly.


"I can't tell you how much I miss you." Jin whispered to Hana as they held on to each other in the middle of the farmhouse. Hana nodded against his shoulder and relaxed. Jin ran a hand along her hair and continued. "My grandfather is dead."

Hana lifted her head in shock and then gave him a questioning look as to ask how.

"He had a heart attack after Bandit attacked the palace which left him very weak. I got back just in time to see him for the last time."

Hana could feel the ache in his heart for his grandfather. Despite everything he had done to Jin, she could not help but feel sympathy for him because he was the only family he had. To comfort him, she pulled him closer.

"Thanks. I needed that." Jin enjoyed her closeness for a few more minutes and then pulled away. "I'm bringing you back to Aradia. Once we defeat Queen Kinako, I'm handing over the throne to Ban. Then we can come back here and settle down for good."

Hana's eyes shone at that prospect and nodded in agreement. Jin smiled and looked around, only then realizing that he had forgotten about Reika. "Come on. I want to find Reika and then we can leave this place. But don't worry, we will come back."

Hana grinned, looking forward to see the young girl again despite only knowing her for a short time due to her innocent nature and her friendly deposition despite proving to have a fierce fire underneath that. When Jin opened the door, they found Reika looking around cautiously, making them nervous.

"Reika, what's going on?"

Reika tilted her head at them and held up a finger. "There's someone here."

"Who?" Jin narrowed his eyes as his hand rested on his sword while the other pulled Hana behind him.

"I don't know. But I don't like his scent." Reika pulled out her jian sword.

"Pity, I don't like yours either."

Everyone jumped but then Jin automatically pulled out his sword while Hana let out a growl from her throat as she recognized that voice.

"Itan Kyouji." Jin hissed when the assassin came into view.

"So you have run all the way here, my slave." Itan smirked. "It took me a while to track you down but trailing Jin Kaidou was certainly worth it."

Hana snarled at being called a slave with Jin's hand being the only anchor preventing her from attacking him. But the one who attacked him was surprisingly Reika who had tried to stab him but he had avoided it. However, the blow had nicked his cheek, drawing out blood. Itan was visibly shocked by this but Reika had a deadly flame surrounding her.

"Don't you dare talk to her like that! You are no better than a piece of rotten meat!"

"I like her spunk." Jin whispered to Hana who nodded in agreement.

"Do you think that you can defeat me?" Itan hissed in furry.

"Yes." Reika said with unwavering confidence. Yuko had taught her everything that she needed to know. And Yuko was the best teacher in her opinion.

Itan let out a yell and charged at her only for his sword to be parried by her own. Jin was about to step in when Reika shook her head frantically. "I can handle him. Get out of here!"

Jin was reluctant to do so but seeing as how she had no trouble keeping Itan at bay, he nodded back and led Hana to his horse by hand.

"Foolish move." Itan chuckled darkly. "I will kill you and then I will kill them! Then, I will have every right to take over Bandit and destroy Lambary once and for all!"

"Clearly you underestimate that crazy queen more than you underestimate me." Reika said scornfully and placed two fingers in her mouth, whistling loudly. Instantly, vines shot out from the forest and wrapped around Itan, pulling him into the forest, Reika following closely.

Itan let out a roar of rage and sliced through the vines to get free, attacking Reika erratically. Soon, Reika found herself on the ground with Itan hovering over her with a maniac grin.

"It's over. Just as the Kaidou army will be when Bandit carries out its strike on it!"

Just as he was about to raise his sword for the final strike, Reika unexpectedly kicked him in the shin, causing him to lose his balance and stumble backwards right into a trap pit which Reika spotted and he didn't notice. He soon found himself deep in the ground while Reika took deep breaths to calm herself and peaked over.

"Get me out of here!" Itan yelled at her.

"No can do." She shook her head with a cheeky smirk. "You deserve it."

The next thing that happened however, was something which neither she nor Itan could have expected. The ground suddenly shifted and the pit started to be filled up with soil from the top. Itan's muffled yells and Reika's frantic whistles to stop the ground from doing so could be the only sounds heard. Soon the pit became quiet as it was completely filled up and Reika's alarmed breathing was the only sound left.

"W-What happened?" She asked no one in particular. "I couldn't stop it. It…it was like nature had decided to strike against him…"

She lifted her head when the wind blew around her and listened to it as though it was telling her something. Soon, she nodded her head shakily as she got up. "I understand. I don't like it, but I understand."

She quickly left the forest and found Jin and Hana not too far away on Jin's horse. When they spotted her, their eyes lighted up in relief.

"Reika." Jin got off his horse and approached her and looked her up and down. "Did he hurt you?"

"No." Rieka shook his head. "And he is dead."

Jin and Hana were visibly taken aback by her declaration. "How?"

"Nature was angry with his plans." Reika merely said. "It did not like the way he wanted destruction of everything. So it finished him off."

Jin and Hana exchanged confused glances, not understanding a word she said. But instead, Reika continued. "He also said that Bandit is planning a strike on the Kaidou army."

Jin's eyes became wide and he remounted his horse. "We have to go back now and stop them."

"You go on ahead. I'll catch up with you."

Jin eyed her in surprise. "Are you sure?"

"I cannot ride on your horse and will only slow you down. Go back using the way we came here. It's the fastest. I need some time to clear my head." Reika told him seriously.

"…Alright. Take care then." Jin and Hana nodded and Jin had his horse gallop off.

Reika let out a sigh of relief and turned back to the forest, unable to suppress her shivers. 'The forest clearly has a mind of its own. But I felt intense hate for Itan from it…even with what he said about destroying Lambary, I had a feeling he would not have been able to do it. Why did it decide to strike against him?'

Unfortunately for her, the wind was quiet and offered her no answers.