As the rising sun rose over the Kamiya Mansion, Kari watched out the window nervously, waiting for her beloved to return. Kari could never forget that night, the night where for the first time, Kari saw fear and panic in T.K.'s very eyes.


--Last Night--


"Kari, I have to take you to your brother's mansion right now. You'll be safe there," T.K. said, quickly throwing her clothes to Kari.

"T.K., what are you talking about? Can you tell me what's going on here?" Kari asked, beginning to put her clothes back on. T.K. didn't bother to answer as he started to dress up. T.K. was interrupted by Kari's grip on his hand as he was about to grab his trench coat.

"T.K., you've been acting strangely ever since that phone call. I won't let go until you tell me what the hell is going on here!" Kari said, fully dressed. When T.K. reluctantly nodded, Kari released his hand.

".... okay. Kari, I've been branded as a target, and my brother hired the best assassin of all! If I die, he'll be coming for you, too, since it's his duty to finish off who I was assigned to kill. Kari, I want you to stay at your brother's place until this is all over. Understand?" T.K. asked. Instead of asking her nicely, he asked her with authority.

"But T.K., I can't leave you! We're in on this together-"

"NO! I can't afford to let that wolf get to you, Kari. Just stay at Tai's place. Please..."

"... Okay, T.K...."


----Now---


"Kari? Are you all right?"

Kari turned her attention to who was speaking to her. Right before her eyes was her elder brother, Tai Kamiya.

"Good morning, Tai. I'm... I'm fine," Kari said quietly. Tai walked closer to his little sister.

"Come on, Kari. You can tell me. So what's up?" Tai asked candidly.

"I'm... I'm not sure if we should let T.K. challenge his assassin all by himself. He'll do anything take T.K.'s head... and mine," Kari said. Kari's last words sent chills through Tai's heart.

"Look, Kari. We're talking about the Angel of Death here. I'm pretty sure that T.K. will finish off his assassin easily. I've seen him in action before. You got nothing to worry about," Tai said. Tai hoped that Kari would let out a light smile to show some optimism.

Kari didn't smile at all as her eyes were still on the trees that were being lightly brushed by the wind. Eventually, Tai's smile began to fade away.

"Kari.... did T.K. by any chance give you the name of the assassin who's after him?" Tai asked. Tai's hand began to make a fist, awaiting Kari's answer.

"T.K. said his name was The King of Blades," Kari answered, eyes still staring blankly out the window. The answer Kari gave made Tai's world freeze right before his very eyes.

".... Oh my G-d. Not good, not good at all!" Tai asked in terror. Tai ran out the living room and right down the hall. As he got Mimi, his personal secretary, in his sight, Tai shouted to her. By the time Mimi turned her attention to her boss, Tai stopped at his tracks right before the hazel-eyed beauty.

"MIMI, GET IZZY AND THE OTHERS! WE HAVE TO FIND T.K RIGHT AWAY! IF WE DON'T FIND HIM SOON, HE'S GONNA BE A DEAD MAN!! HURRY!!!"


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The Angel of Death stood over the rubble of the abandoned sector of Tokyo. His black trench coat rippled with the wind as he stood and awaited his dark enemy. Armed to the teeth, T.K. looked all around to see if the King of Blades arrived yet.

"Well, this is the spot we agreed to meet. It's a good thing we chose this area so no innocent bystanders would get hurt," T.K. said to himself.

"You really know how to take the letter 'F' out of word 'fun'. It would have been more fun to see who can kill more people than whom."

T.K.'s heart beat harder as he whipped his head to who was speaking to him. T.K. saw a cloaked man standing high above on the rubble. His very face was shrouded by a huge hood, shadowing everything but his mouth. Slowly, the man removed his hood and revealed himself to be a handsome man with straight, purple hair combed to one side.

"It's you...." T.K. said. T.K. didn't have that tone that would belittle anyone who would challenge his prowess. Those two words had a little more fear behind it.

With the agility of a cat, Ken leaped off the huge rubble and stood face-to-face with the young assassin.

"Soooo... right before my eyes is the Angel of Death. You don't really look like you could live up to the name, T.K. I gotta warn ya: no man or woman that crossed me has ever survived. It'll be an honor to send you to Hell with my very own hands..."

Wearing a crooked smile, T.K. popped both guns out of his sleeves and gripped them firmly in his hands.

"LET'S DANCE!"



... to be continued.