The images that flashed by the group seemed to move faster and faster, until suddenly they vanished altogether. Tenmei let out a grunt as he hit the ground faster than expected. His knees buckled as he shifted his weight, landing on his back to protect the still unmoving Yumi as he groaned a bit. After giving her a brief once over, ensuring she wasn't injured, he looked to the rest of the group. "Everyone okay? Ren? Hikari?"

"I think so..." Ren groaned, standing up, rubbing the back of his head. The green eyes of the boy traveled around, looking at their new surroundings. "Where are we?"

Tenmei took a glance around. Wherever they were, it was obvious there was no life here, nor had there been in quite some time. The room they had landed in only had a couple chairs, layered heavily with dust, and the table they were next to had been smashed ages ago. "Some abandoned building, if I had to guess", he said, grunting as he stood up, shifting the redhead in his arms. "I think I still have some energy... can one of you take Yumi from me? I'll heal your friend once I have free hands."

Hikari stepped forward and took Yumi, the girl still limp as she was transferred from one person to the next. "Yumi... what is wrong with her?"

"I heard... something about her parents", Tenmei said. "If I had to guess... she probably watched them fall to darkness. I... I'm sorry. There was nothing else I could do", he apologized, clenching his fists. He then brushed past Hikari, looking to tend to Shun.

"Mom... Dad..." Hikari muttered, fresh tears forming, but she shook her head to bring herself back to reality, setting Yumi in one of the chairs and holding her close, whispering to attempt to snap Yumi out of it as well. Ren, meanwhile, approached one of the windows in the room they were in, looking into the orange sky that was before them.

"The sky looks like Twilight Citadel... but that town in the distance is nothing like where we're from."

Tenmei gave a sigh, his hands glowing green as he began casting Cura on Shun. "Considering this is time travel we're dealing with... I'm going to assume, since this is one of very few worlds that has an eternal sunset, that we landed on our world before Light and Darkness started ravaging it. I believe it was called..." He closed his eyes, thinking back to his old history lessons. "...Twilight Town, back in the day."

Shun groaned a little as his wounds began to disappear, the boy stirring a little and finally opening his golden eyes, looking up at Tenmei with a look of confusion. "H-huh...? What's going on?"

"We managed to get away from the Heartless", Tenmei responded, the green glow fading from sight. "Now don't move unless told to. You took quite the beating before Ren and I found you."

"Already giving orders, huh, Prince?" Shun groaned, but did as he was told, knowing that even if he wanted to move, the heavy weight that seemed to flood his body would make it hard on him. "Keyblade, huh? Never thought you'd actually do it, Ren."

Ren blinked for a moment before holding his hand out, Twilight's Balance appearing in it once again. A sigh escaped him, before he turned back to Shun. "The blade seemed to appear when I needed it most, as if responding to my need for it... instead of my desire to summon a keyblade... still, why this blade of all keyblades?"

"I can answer that", Tenmei responded, getting up to face him. He gave a sigh, looking at Ren with a look of resignation, as if he didn't want to believe it. "The legend of the Princes of Twilight... and the keyblades of said legend... exist in perfect balance... much like I do... and like you do too, Ren." He raised his hand, summoning Twilight's Guardian as well. When the blade appeared, Ren could feel what seemed like a hum of recognition, of companionship, but couldn't place where it came from. "The only masters who could summon these keyblades before were the Princes of Twilight... the wielders whose hearts never waver, never shift, never change... who understand both Light and Darkness equally."

"You're saying that Ren... is a Prince?" Hikari asked, confusion written clearly on her face. "But... I don't recall him being royalty."

"Remember the legend", the prince stated, lowering his hand, keyblade still firmly in his grip. "The second King of Twilight stayed in the citadel, prioritizing the protection of his world and his people above all else... while his brother, the wielder of Twilight's Balance, began traveling, seeking to bring his teachings to all corners of the known worlds", Tenmei explained, pointing over to Ren. "I have to assume that Ren is descended from the missing Prince, which makes us... related, although very distantly."

Ren almost fell over as the weight of what was going on finally seemed to hit him. Suddenly, it all made sense, on why his father seemed to be adamant about Ren learning and believing the legendary tale, and why it seemed like so much importance was put on him becoming a keyblade wielder in the first place. If Ren's father knew, did Tenmei's father know as well? Did Hiroto? If only they could be asked, but the time for questions was no longer available to the five teens in the room. Ren turned back to look out the window towards the eternal setting sun, giving his brain more time to process everything before he finally asked the one question that has been on his mind since they escaped the time vortex. "Alright... so we might know where we are... but when are we?"

Tenmei looked over to Ren, his brow furrowing. "I'm... not sure. This world has been called Twilight Citadel for countless generations in our time... there aren't a lot of records of what it was like before. I'm as lost as anyone else is." He then shook his head. "But we can't focus on that right now. We need to recollect ourselves, and wait until Yumi recovers so that we can come up with a plan of what to do next. So, until further notice, this is our base of operations."

Shun groaned from the floor of the room at that, moving a bit to sit up. "Let me get this right... you're saying we somehow traveled back in time, into this dust heap of a mess, and just need to wait it out? I feel like dust is gonna make my hair as white as the old man's..."

The mention of Hiroto iced the room over, and Shun, sensing the change instantly, only gave a small 'oh' as he realized what had happened.

"Silence", Tenmei growled, his lips twisting into a snarl, but he said no more. He looked over to Hikari and Yumi, seeing they hadn't moved since they sat down, and gave a sigh. "Ren, stay with them. I have no idea if there are Heartless on this world, and I need you to stay here and protect them. I will scout the area out a bit, maybe find something to mark the date if I can."

Ren nodded, walking over to where Hikari and Yumi sat, dismissing his keyblade and placing a hand on each of their shoulders in comfort. Tenmei gave a gentle look to the redhead, before walking over to Shun. With a huff, he assisted the recovering teen and walked over to the other chair, leaving him in as comfortable a position as he could. He then started to head out of the room, closing the door behind them.

That was when Yumi shifted, blinking a bit. She gave a shaky breath, glancing around, before her eyes landed on her sister. "H-Hikari...?" she whispered.

"Hey, there you are..." HIkari sniffled, drying her eyes as best as she could.

"You alright?" Shun asked, all tones of his usual joking manner gone. "You gave us a scare for a bit there."

Yumi looked to them all, confusion etching her face. She glanced at the books and the dust, unsure of what to make of it, but soon her eyes began watering again. She looked to her sister, sniffling once more, before suddenly reaching for her, wrapping her arms around her waist as she began wailing, her face buried into Hikari's chest.

"I-I'm sorry!" she cried, her voice muffled. "I-I-I couldn't s-save them! I-I let them... I let them fall!" She couldn't stop the tears streaming down her face. "I-I couldn't save... a-any of them!"

"It's not your fault, Yumi," Hikari cried, holding her sister close and running her hand on her head. Despite her comforting tone, her face had twisted into one of mourning and agony. "You didn't know what would happen... none of us did... I don't blame you at all..."

If her words did reach Yumi, it was unnoticed. The poor girl could do nothing but cry, releasing her pent up sorrow as she clung to her sister, her only family left. An awkward silence, other than Yumi's sobs, filled the room, with Ren and Shun unsure on what to say, or if they should say anything at all. Shun finally shifted a bit, groaning a little as he sat more upright, looking around the room as well.

"Well..." Shun finally spoke, drawing the attention of Ren and Hikari (Yumi only continued to sob). "Maybe we should do some investigation of our own. If Tenmei is going to check the town out, then maybe we should look around here. There has to be SOMETHING here that can tell us where... or when, we are."

Ren only gave him a look of pity. "Are you sure you're fit to move around? You were banged up pretty badly, ya know?"

Shun laughed a bit, standing finally, though groaned a bit as he did. "Relax... gonna take more then a few ant things to finish off this guy, besides I think that Cure spell is taking full effect now, cause I'm feeling better by the second!"

Yumi slowly stopped her loud crying, though she still sniffled a bit. She looked out at Shun, her eyes red and puffy already. "B-be careful, okay?" she said, her voice threatening to crack. "I kn-know you're strong... but d-don't get h-hurt again."

Shun nodded, and together he and Ren turned to walk out of the room, leaving the sisters alone to comfort one another.

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Tenmei sighed as he approached with what food he could find. Unfortunately, the currency he had was... a little ahead of their time. The shops around here took munny, something that wasn't used by his world, so he couldn't get much done in the investigating part. He did eventually determine that this world had no Heartless, but being unable to find the date, focused instead on making some munny so that they could eat. He entered the abandoned mansion, closing the door behind him and locking it, just in case.

"I'm back, everyone", he called out, looking around the mansion. "And I have food... better than nothing, I hope." Of course, when no one responded, he immediately went back to the room where he left his companions.

There, Hikari and Yumi were still in the chair he saw them in last, seeing that the younger sister had fallen asleep, exhausted from everything that happened. He glanced over to the strawberry blonde. "How is she?" he asked softly, walking over with the bag of food he had bought.

"Sound asleep now," Hikari stated, still stroking her sister's hair. "She calmed down after a bit of crying... though I don't know how this will affect her in the long run... and I still didn't mention grandpa..."

"I'll be the one to tell her", Tenmei decided, making Hikari quirk an eyebrow. "It's my fault your grandfather had to sacrifice himself... for me and Ren. If I hadn't been so hasty to fight Xao... maybe he would have been able to come with us." He placed the bag down, walking over to the other chair and taking a seat. His fists clenched, wanting to break something but not wanting to wake Yumi up. "If... if I had done something else, anything else... how many more people could I have saved...?"

Hikari was unsure on what to say, the logic of her mind trying to work out what could have happened had the events not played out how they did. On the one hand, anything could have happened, including more lives being saved... but on the other hand, had Hiroto not sacrificed himself to save the five teens, they all could have been wiped out by the heartless swarm that plagued the world. As soon as she was about to speak, however, the door to the room they were in opened, and Ren walked into the room followed closely by Shun, the two somewhat white in the face.

"Ren!" Hikari whispered, looking at him in relief. "Where did you two go for so long?"

"The library..." Shun muttered, looking down at Yumi. "How is she?"

"She'll be better than she was before... at least she can talk and respond now", Hikari admitted, sighing. "Anything from the library stand out? Do you know what year we're in?"

Shun looked over at Ren, his words lost in his throat. Ren, still somewhat white in the face, looked at each of them in turn and sighed before speaking up. "Most of the books we found are very old, and talk in detail about the typical stuff you'd find in ancient history... The Keyblade War, The Foundation of the Worlds, and other things... but there was nothing on The Princes of Twilight, which confirms that we're in a time before this world became Twilight Citadel."

"Details on The Keyblade War and the Foundation..." Tenmei mused, humming a bit. "I know of those subjects, but I don't recall all the details... but, that's odd... I thought there were more than just one...?" He shook his head. "Enough of that. My end was a bit of a bust, too. I have confirmed that there are no Heartless here... but I couldn't find a date, either. I spent my time earning some munny so we could eat."

"There's more..." Ren muttered, looking scared. He looked at Hikari and Tenmei for a moment, as if he had witnessed something terrible happen, before he finally sighed and spoke. "I saw a few stars go out on the way here..."

The words alone left Tenmei and Hikari frozen, their eyes wide in shock and horror. "Stars... going out? But that means..." Hikari said, piecing it together.

"Worlds are being destroyed", Tenmei uttered, the words disgusting on his tongue. "Then... even now, we've entered a time where the Darkness is surging... but, which era is this? I should have paid attention to my history tutors, I'd be able to tell if I did..."

"The Second Keyblade War", came the soft voice, and everyone turned to Yumi, who's eyes were open. She gave everyone a somber look. "Those books only mentioned one Keyblade War, right? And where we are... is way before Twilight Citadel, if you had to earn Munny to buy food..."

"How long have you been awake, Yumi?" Tenmei asked, looking at her with concern.

"I heard a good chunk of what Ren said... and I heard you talking about Munny... which is an economic system that hasn't been in place in a really long time", Yumi stated, pushing herself off of her sister so she could sit straight. "I know a bit about history... and what you're both describing sounds like the events that led up to the Second Keyblade War and the reforging of the x-blade."

Ren gave pause before speaking again, thinking about what Yumi just said. "So, if I remember correctly, then the stars going out means that we've landed either just before everything starts going down, or somewhere right after it... either way, this isn't good..."

"No, no it is not", Tenmei muttered, bringing a hand to his chin. "Darkness is surging out in the worlds... it's faint, but I can feel those worlds slowly fading away if I focus enough... it's not as intense as our world, but it is there." He gave a sigh, standing up and beginning to pace. "Then... we've arrived at beginning of the next summoning of Kingdom Hearts. The question is... what do we do now? Do we attempt to survive through this and wait for the Kingdom Key to save everything? Or do we leave this world and fight the darkness ourselves?"

No one said anything for a good minute or so, before Shun finally seemed to realize something. "Xao... if we are here, then he must be somewhere as well... I don't think he's gonna just sit around and let events play out. If he is here, then we should at least attempt to keep him from screwing up the timeline, right?"

Tenmei held an angry expression, looking to Shun. "Believe me, I want nothing more than to hunt that bastard down and take him out, but we aren't one-hundred percent sure he is here or not." He looked out the window, towards the sunset sky. "But... we can't stay here, either. We have two keyblade warriors on this world right now... and if the Heartless are forming again, then they'll be drawn to us like moths to a flame. Eventually... we could be putting this world in danger of falling."

"Then we should go to other worlds," Ren suggested, looking around at his friends. "We can be on the lookout for Xao, making sure he doesn't mess with anything that is destined to happen, while keeping the worlds from falling because we stay in one place too long. Plus, it'll be good for us training wise, right?"

"That's all well and good, Ren," Hikari muttered, looking worried. "But how are we supposed to travel the worlds? The spell I cast probably will only mess more things up than it already has, and even if I could cast it again, I don't want to think about where it will take us next..."

"Then we do this the old fashioned way", Tenmei said, getting their attention. He stood, up once more, taking charge again. "Before traveling using corridors and hearts became commonplace, Keybladers could use their weapons to travel around. I'm certain Ren and I could do that, but that would mean exposing you three to the darkness again, and I don't want to risk that. So, instead, we could start searching for Gummi blocks, or best case scenario, a working Gummi Ship." He then looked to Hikari and Yumi. "That way, we can all travel together without risking attacks from Heartless, and with enough upgrades, we'll be able to train on our travels. This way, I can share what knowledge I have with Ren and Shun, and I can try to supplement what you both were taught by Master Hiroto."

"A working ship?" Shun asked, laughing a bit and waving his hand. "I doubt this world would just have one..."

"Maybe it does," Ren suggested, looking back towards the door of the room. "In this time, the knowledge of there being multiple worlds is very uncommon, so the fact that this place has books and stories about the worlds tells me that someone that lived here has to know something... there might be a chance they have spare blocks from their research, or better yet, a ship they used to use..."

"Then it's settled", Tenmei concluded. "Best bet is searching around to see if we can find supplies to help get us out of here. Ren, I'll leave the searching to you and Shun, once he's back to full power. I'll keep going into town to earn munny so we can keep living here for the time being, and as for Hikari and Yumi... I hate to ask, but I need you both to start practicing your techniques as soon as possible. You're both impressive, but we need you to master what you know now so we can rely on you in case something goes wrong."

The girls nodded, though Hikari seemed to take a bit of offense towards Tenmei suggesting she wasn't that strong. Ren and Shun both nodded as well, understanding the seriousness of the situation they were stuck in now. "Then, let's hurry," Ren stated, looking a bit worried as he stared out the window. "I get a feeling time is not on our side right now."

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Two days had passed since the quintet found their way back in the past. Tenmei, true to his word, worked hard to earn munny for them all, bringing back at least enough food for all of them every day. The stress of working indeed did seem apparent, but he still did so without complaint, despite the bags forming under his eyes. Every evening at dinner, he asked for status reports from all of them, and their results seemed to give him hope, but they were slow going on finding a way off world. He didn't want to admit it, but he was scared that there wasn't any way off without risking a path through the darkness, but if they didn't find something soon, he was going to have to take a chance.

He met up with Yumi, who was perusing through the old books of the library, and coughed to gain her attention. "How's it going?"

"Slow", she said, sighing. "There's no training dummies here, so I don't have anything to practice offense with, and Hikari doesn't want to go all out on me, so that makes fine-tuning my defensive skills almost impossible." She gave him a humorous smile. "I may be the youngest one here, but I'm still strong... and I just got her to stop ratting me out to our parents before... everything happened."

Tenmei gave a soft sigh, looking back to the corridor to make sure no one was listening in, before he closed the door behind him. "And... how are you feeling? Hikari told me... about what happened to your parents..."

"I'm... not okay, to be honest", Yumi admitted. "I still see them falling whenever I sleep... it's getting to the point that I'm getting used to it, which is... horrifying. But... I'm pushing through. I've always been the stubborn one... I can protect myself."

"I'll have to ask you to let that burden fall on me, Yumi", Tenmei responded, getting a surprised gaze at those words. "I'm going to protect you... and Hikari, and Shun. Ren and I both will."

Yumi's eyes watered a bit, and she looked away, letting out a sheepish giggle. "Your Highness, you don't have to-"

"Call me Tenmei, and yes, I do", the former prince replied. "It bugs me that you three still call me that... I have no kingdom to rule anymore. But... I made a promise... that I would protect you."

"I think you have our roles reversed here", Yumi said shakily, still not looking at Tenmei. "I'm the bodyguard, remember? I'm supposed to protect you."

"Not anymore", Tenmei said. "I have to keep you safe... it's what..." He swallowed nervously, dreading the bombshell he had to drop. "It's what... Master Hiroto asked of me... before he fought Xao."

The silence was deafening. Yumi slowly turned, her eyes wide as she stared at him. "Grandpa...?"

Tenmei felt his own tears threaten to fall, but stood his ground. "I... I'm sorry, Y-Yumi..." He lowered his head, his body shaking as he held back his sobs. "Master Hiroto... sacrificed himself... to save me and Ren... I'm... I'm sorry I couldn't save him."

Again, there were no more words to say. Yumi stood from her chair, leaving the book abandoned, as she approached the Prince of Twilight. He was expecting her to slap him, curse him out, anything that would let him know she would never forgive him.

Instead, he felt her arms wrap around his waist, and her face bury into his shoulder. He didn't know how else to react, so he merely hugged her back, and the two stood there like that for quite a while. Neither of them wailed like she had before, but they found comfort in the sorrow they shared.

After what felt like an eternity, the two split up. Yumi looked up into his eyes, and let a soft smile stretch her lips. She reached up, brushing a stray tear away from Tenmei's cheek. "Careful, Tenmei... we don't need your eyes getting any redder than that."

Tenmei let out a hoarse chuckle, doing the same for her. "Speak for yourself", he said, smiling. "So... will you let me protect you?"

Yumi nodded slowly, giving a sad smile. "Only... if you let me protect you. Deal?"

"Deal", he said, wiping the rest of his tears away. After Yumi finished doing the same, he motioned her to follow. "Come on... I have some carry out from a small-time restaurant... I heard the burgers were pretty good. Then we can hear if Ren and Shun found something else."

Yumi nodded, following silently behind him. They both arrived in the designated room first, starting to pass out the paper plates and styrofoam boxes. Hikari was the next to arrive, and noticed immediately how Tenmei and Yumi seemed to be working in tandem. She said nothing about it, but stared curiously at Tenmei through the rest of the prepwork, while they waited for the other boys to return from their search.

Thumping was echoing through the mansion, getting louder and louder. The two girls looked a bit worried at that door, and Tenmei reached forward as if to summon his Keyblade, before suddenly the door slammed open, Ren and Shun dashing into the room. The girls sighed in relief, and Tenmei frowned a bit at the boys for worrying them all. "This better be important and worth the heart attack you just gave us all!"

"We found a ship!" Ren blurted out, grinning widely at him. "A really big ship! Dunno if it can fly, but it's something right!"

"R-Ren found it through a secret passage way," Shun panted, catching his breath from having to keep up with the silver haired teen. "It lead from here into the sewers, and in there was a secret room with a ship..."

"And you said there might not be one," Ren teased, nudging Shun in the ribs, which only earned himself a glare from the older boy.

Tenmei's eyes were wide, and he quickly picked up his plate and box. "Right then. Let's head over there right now. Even if it can't fly quite yet, it'll be better shelter than this mansion. Was it big enough to support five people?"

"That's the best part!" Ren said cheerfully. "There's like ten seats in it! Dunno what it was used for, but yeah there's definitely enough room for us all in it."

Tenmei let out a sigh, and a surprisingly wistful look on his face showed up. "Maybe I can finally take a shower..." he muttered. "Have a decent bed... I can clean up again..." He shook a bit with excitement. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get over there!"

Ren nodded, and began to lead the way, down the stairs of the mansion and into a corridor that lead them into a dark and narrow passage way. Questions about how Ren managed to find this place filled the minds of Tenmei, Hikari and Yumi; however they did not ask as the boys lead them onwards. Eventually, they reached a large room that seemed to be just before the sewers, and sure enough, sitting there was a very large ship, completely black in color, with various stripes of white on the sides on the metallic frame. Despite never having seen a Gummi Ship before, everyone could immediately tell that this ship was way larger then any other, and possibly had more then just the standard seats that a normal ship would have inside.

"There's no way that this thing wasn't designed to last days out in the space between worlds", Tenmei noted. "Let's go inside and take a look around... if anyone finds a bathroom with a shower in it, please let me know asap", he requested, though the tone made it sound like he wasn't asking. He jumped in first, looking around in awe as he began exploring the inside.

"I swear, if he takes longer then Hikari and Yumi when showering, I will demand we go to a world where we can get a different ship for us," Shun muttered, following after him into the haul of the transport. Hikari and Yumi followed after him, muttering something about beating him up on the next world, and finally Ren brought up the rear.

The inside of the ship was even more impressive then the outside. Unlike traditional Gummi Ships, which only had a large room with seats for transport, only the front of the ship had this feature. A hallway head to multiple bedrooms, a kitchen area, a large room that looked like it once held furniture but had been emptied out, and finally, three bathrooms that Tenmei noticed immediately.

"MINE!" he uncharacteristically shouted, surprising the other four. Abandoning his food on a nearby chair, the Prince darted into the bathroom closest to him. Mere seconds later, they could hear the sound of a shower starting, and steam poured from under the door. Yumi could've sworn she heard Tenmei sing some sort of song, noting victory, but it was short-lived, and soon he was silent as the water ran.

"Did... did he just sing a victory jingle?" Shun asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Ignoring that..." Hikari muttered, looking away from the bathroom. "Do we even know if this thing can fly? Doesn't seem like it's been used in years."

Ren thought about it for a moment, looking around the ship for a moment before sitting on the captain's chair. Just for grins, he hit a single button, which caused the lights on the ship's front to flash for a moment. "Well, it's got power, that's for sure. I'm guessing we'll find out once Tenmei is done showering and we can decide where we are going to go."

"A better question," Hikari asked, suddenly looking worried. "Are we sure we can just TAKE this ship? What if the owner comes looking for it!?"

"Then we say we are important people and needed to take it," Shun muttered, sitting down and kicking his chair back, relaxing. "Besides, I'm sure whoever owns this ship also lived in the mansion, and it seems like both were abandoned some time ago. I'm sure we're fine."

It indeed took a while for Tenmei to finish his shower, but once he did, he looked almost as impressive as he did when the coronation began. He opted for some more casual clothes, similar to what Yumi saw when she met him the first time. Over the tanktop, though, he wore a white hooded jacket with short sleeves, black decals along the back and traveling up the hood. He was fnishing drying his hair, letting out a sigh of relief. "That hit the spot..." he said, sounding refreshed for the first time since they got here. "So... I felt the power surge. I'm assuming our new ship can at the very least start, right?"

"Yeah, I managed to flash the lights," Ren stated, nodding at the prince. "So, where are we going?"

Tenmei stepped to the console, starting the ship's computer. He saw a map that lead to a few sectors, but looking at some of the later worlds, decided something easy to start with was the best choice. "We'll head for the coliseum first", he said, pointing toward the greek-themed world. "We all need to get back into practice... I feel like I've probably been left behind a bit by Yumi and Hikari, since I had to focus on finding odd jobs so we could eat. Plus, any prize munny we could get from there will go to getting supplies, rations and upgrades for our ship and weapons."

"Alright, then let's see if this baby can actually fly!" Shun grinned, looking excited. "And who knows, maybe I can kick some butt at this colosseum and get some of my honor back!"

"What honor?" Hikari asked, causing everyone to laugh as Shun looked at Hikari with a grumble.

Tenmei took the seat in the captain's chair, looking at all the controls. After a few presses of buttons, he heard the engines start and the entire ship rumbled with power. He grinned, feeling slight lift, before looking at the other controls. Soon, the doors in front of the ship opened, leading to a way to the stars. "Attention all passengers, this is Tenmei, your captain speaking. I recommend fastening your seatbelts... this is the first time I've piloted a ship this size and I want to reduce as much damage as possible, but I can't make any promises, so for your safety, please just do it and don't fight with me."

"Wait, what?" Ren suddenly realized what Tenmei had said, but it was too late as their new vessel began to take off, roaring to life as the ceiling opened up for them, and the ship rocketed into the sky and disappeared from the eyes of any that were looking up at that moment.

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Hey, guys, TimtheVocalist here.

Just a little update; Bloodwingd and I are... well, probably WAY ahead in the story. The reason for stuttering the chapters when we've already done so many chapters... is mainly because I do some editing for every chapter. This way, it'll flow a bit better.

If there's ever a delay, feel free to yell at me, since it's my job to edit everything. I'll be making sure everything looks good, and any serious edits that I think need to be done, I'll be in touch with BloodWingdAngel. Hopefully, that won't be necessary.

Anyway, the next chapter should be ready in a couple days. Hope you enjoy it then!