"a battle to the death, it will be carried out tomorrow. Guards take Kaye and her friends to the dungeon." declared Tenichi.
"No, how could you pass judgement just like that, you never planned to hear Kaye's side in this at all did you?" yelled Kento.
"Well look who's the smart one, guards quickly take our guests to their new quarters until tomorrow." ordered Tenichi. The Ronins, Kaye, Mia, Lightning and White Blaze got into defensive positions ready for whatever attack was coming to them. The silence took to the guild, no movement was taken by either side until Tenichi motioned his guards to attack. The guys made a circle around Kaye and Mia making sure no one got past them.
"No this isn't right, I have to stop this there is no need for any unecessary blood shed." thought Kaye to herself. Kaye looked around trying to find Tenichi, she saw him standing by the council getting ready to deliver an air attack.
"Stop, everyone just stop right now!" yelled Kaye. Tenichi stopped himself from delivering his attack and stood up, "guards stop I belive that Kaye has something to say." said Tenichi. The guards stopped and the Ronins still stayed in defensive position.
Kaye started to walk towards Tenichi, and as she passed Cye he grabbed her arm. "Kaye what are you doing?" asked Cye.
"I know what I'm doing Cye, there's no other way about this. I know what has to be done, I'm sorry guys but if I don't face what Tenichi has planned then I'll never be able to get my life back." answered Kaye. Cye saw the look that Kaye had, he knew better than to argue the point even further, so he let her through.
"Cye man, what are you doing?" asked Kento.
"Kento, Kaye knows what she is doing, didn't you hear what she said about facing this?" Cye asked back. Kento nodded his head showing that he understood, but he didn't like it none of them did. Kaye kept on walking towards Tenichi, Lightning ran around a small group and stopped right in front of Kaye before she could reach Tenichi.
Kaye stopped and locked her gaze into Lightnings. 'Kaye please don't do this, I know you think that this is the right thing, but how can you be sure?' asked Lightning.
'Lightning, if I don't face them now, then they'll keep chasing us for the rest of time, or until only one of us is left standing. Whichever the case you know that I don't really want this, but there is no other choice here. Hey Lightning do me a favor would ya?' asked Kaye.
'Sure you know that I'll do anything for ya, just like you'll do anything for me when I may need you. What do you want me to do?' asked Lightning.
'I want you to look after Kento and the others for me. I have this feeling that something else is going on here, and they'll need all of the help that they can get. Hey Lightning, one more thing, I will always be here for ya and you as well as the others will always be here.' answered Kaye as she placed her hand on her heart. Lightning gave a howl to show Kaye that he understood what she asked of him, and then he let her pass.
Kaye finally made it to where Tenichi was standing. "Alright you win for now, I'll cooperate with what the council has decided." said Kaye.
"Fine I'll accept that, guards would you now escort them to their quarters. Tomorrow will be a day of reckoning that has been a long time coming." declared Tenichi. The guards escorted the Ronins, Mia, Kaye, Lightning and White Blaze to the dungeon. The guards slammed the door and locked it into place before leaving.
"Kaye what the heck were you thinking about out there?" asked Kento angrily.
"Kento would you please calm down, I can explain what I pulled if you would just calm yourself." answered Kaye calmly.
"Explain, explain what Kaye that you totally lost your mind!" exclaimed Kento angrily.
"Enough, Kento that's enough, stop it right now. You see I had to make Tenichi, Kesi and Phoenix think that they have won for now. Do you honestly think that I would pull something like that without having some sort of plan." replied Kaye.
"So Kaye what is the plan?" asked Sage.
"Well basically I was seeing who has control over who. Did any of you notice how each of them acted during the trial?" asked Kaye.
"You mean how Phoenix acted like she was going with Tenichi's orders, except that she had her own agenda going on." replied Rowen.
"That's exactly what I'm saying Rowen, and in case you guys have forgotten, I also have the dream dagger as well. I think that this will come in handy just in case something happens during the battle tomorrow." said Kaye.
"I hope that you're not saying what may happen will actually happen are you?" asked Mia.
"I honestly hope not Mia, but if it does I would want Kento to be ready to use it." answered Kaye as she handed the dream dagger to Kento.
"Kaye are you sure that you want to go through with this?" asked Ryo.
"To be honest Ryo, no I'm not, but there's no other way to survive this trial by combat." replied Kaye.
'Kaye then what was with that speech that you gave me about looking after everyone?' asked Lightning.
'What I said about looking after them, yea I still would appreciate it. I don't know what all is going down tomorrow, but I still want you to keep your word.' replied Kaye. Lightning nodded in response to what she said, he knew that this was something that Kaye was definately not looking forward to, actually to be truthful no one was.
"Tenichi are you sure that you know what you're doing?" asked Kesi.
"Yes father I know what I'm doing, I was wondering though if you want to back out of this, then it's no loss to me. Phoenix and I can handle Kaye and her friends." taunted Tenichi.
"What! How dare you even think that I wouldn't want my revenge! I know that it was you that had the Phoenix come to the spirit realm and free me from there." said Kesi.
"How, when did you know father?" asked Tenichi.
"Oh come on Tenichi, give your old man a break. Remember the night that you snuck out to meet Phoenix, well I was up and I saw the meeting between the two of you going on. Give me a little credit here ok." replied Kesi.
"Yes we were meeting secretly, but that was only so..." started Tenichi.
"That's enough from the both of you. I'm tired of the two of you trying to top each other in who is more clever. There are more important things at hand to discuss here. Now what is the plan for tomorrow?" asked Phoenix.
"Of course Phoenix you are right, let's get back to the plan for tomorrow. I was thinking that we could..." stated Tenichi.
"Ah yes that would work, now why don't we throw this into the plan as well." replied Kesi. While Tenichi and Kesi were discussing their plan for tomorrow, Phoenix was developing one of her own.
"Look at those two, they are blinded by only the need of revenge. They don't see the big picture of what they could actually accomplish together, instead, they just want Kaye out of the way for good. Actually I can see where they are coming from on that one, but still they are so blinded from the real picture. Oh well if they want to think in that fashion, then who am I to get in their way. If their plan fails, they are totally expendable anyway. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I can always recruit more when needed. For now I'll let them play out their little revenge party, who knows it could be fun." mused Phoenix to herself.
"Phoenix how does that sound to you?" asked Tenichi.
"It sounds just fine to me Tenichi. It is getting late, and I think that it's time for me to leave, I'll be back tomorrow." replied Phoenix.
"Yes Phoenix until then." said Tenichi. Phoenix disappeared from the room and that left Tenichi and Kesi alone to talk.
"Tenichi can you actually trust Phoenix? It's not that I don't trust your judgement son, but dealing with powerful entities like Phoenix is very dangerous." said Kesi.
"Yes father I know exactly what I'm doing. It was I who brought Phoenix's power back to full strength after the fight with Kaye in the dream realm." responed Tenichi.
"Well done my son, I suggest that we both should retire for the night. For tomorrow will be a day that has been long coming, and I for one would like to be fully rested." said Kesi.
"Of course father, good-night and I'll see you in the morning. Until tomorrow then." replied Tenichi.
"No, how could you pass judgement just like that, you never planned to hear Kaye's side in this at all did you?" yelled Kento.
"Well look who's the smart one, guards quickly take our guests to their new quarters until tomorrow." ordered Tenichi. The Ronins, Kaye, Mia, Lightning and White Blaze got into defensive positions ready for whatever attack was coming to them. The silence took to the guild, no movement was taken by either side until Tenichi motioned his guards to attack. The guys made a circle around Kaye and Mia making sure no one got past them.
"No this isn't right, I have to stop this there is no need for any unecessary blood shed." thought Kaye to herself. Kaye looked around trying to find Tenichi, she saw him standing by the council getting ready to deliver an air attack.
"Stop, everyone just stop right now!" yelled Kaye. Tenichi stopped himself from delivering his attack and stood up, "guards stop I belive that Kaye has something to say." said Tenichi. The guards stopped and the Ronins still stayed in defensive position.
Kaye started to walk towards Tenichi, and as she passed Cye he grabbed her arm. "Kaye what are you doing?" asked Cye.
"I know what I'm doing Cye, there's no other way about this. I know what has to be done, I'm sorry guys but if I don't face what Tenichi has planned then I'll never be able to get my life back." answered Kaye. Cye saw the look that Kaye had, he knew better than to argue the point even further, so he let her through.
"Cye man, what are you doing?" asked Kento.
"Kento, Kaye knows what she is doing, didn't you hear what she said about facing this?" Cye asked back. Kento nodded his head showing that he understood, but he didn't like it none of them did. Kaye kept on walking towards Tenichi, Lightning ran around a small group and stopped right in front of Kaye before she could reach Tenichi.
Kaye stopped and locked her gaze into Lightnings. 'Kaye please don't do this, I know you think that this is the right thing, but how can you be sure?' asked Lightning.
'Lightning, if I don't face them now, then they'll keep chasing us for the rest of time, or until only one of us is left standing. Whichever the case you know that I don't really want this, but there is no other choice here. Hey Lightning do me a favor would ya?' asked Kaye.
'Sure you know that I'll do anything for ya, just like you'll do anything for me when I may need you. What do you want me to do?' asked Lightning.
'I want you to look after Kento and the others for me. I have this feeling that something else is going on here, and they'll need all of the help that they can get. Hey Lightning, one more thing, I will always be here for ya and you as well as the others will always be here.' answered Kaye as she placed her hand on her heart. Lightning gave a howl to show Kaye that he understood what she asked of him, and then he let her pass.
Kaye finally made it to where Tenichi was standing. "Alright you win for now, I'll cooperate with what the council has decided." said Kaye.
"Fine I'll accept that, guards would you now escort them to their quarters. Tomorrow will be a day of reckoning that has been a long time coming." declared Tenichi. The guards escorted the Ronins, Mia, Kaye, Lightning and White Blaze to the dungeon. The guards slammed the door and locked it into place before leaving.
"Kaye what the heck were you thinking about out there?" asked Kento angrily.
"Kento would you please calm down, I can explain what I pulled if you would just calm yourself." answered Kaye calmly.
"Explain, explain what Kaye that you totally lost your mind!" exclaimed Kento angrily.
"Enough, Kento that's enough, stop it right now. You see I had to make Tenichi, Kesi and Phoenix think that they have won for now. Do you honestly think that I would pull something like that without having some sort of plan." replied Kaye.
"So Kaye what is the plan?" asked Sage.
"Well basically I was seeing who has control over who. Did any of you notice how each of them acted during the trial?" asked Kaye.
"You mean how Phoenix acted like she was going with Tenichi's orders, except that she had her own agenda going on." replied Rowen.
"That's exactly what I'm saying Rowen, and in case you guys have forgotten, I also have the dream dagger as well. I think that this will come in handy just in case something happens during the battle tomorrow." said Kaye.
"I hope that you're not saying what may happen will actually happen are you?" asked Mia.
"I honestly hope not Mia, but if it does I would want Kento to be ready to use it." answered Kaye as she handed the dream dagger to Kento.
"Kaye are you sure that you want to go through with this?" asked Ryo.
"To be honest Ryo, no I'm not, but there's no other way to survive this trial by combat." replied Kaye.
'Kaye then what was with that speech that you gave me about looking after everyone?' asked Lightning.
'What I said about looking after them, yea I still would appreciate it. I don't know what all is going down tomorrow, but I still want you to keep your word.' replied Kaye. Lightning nodded in response to what she said, he knew that this was something that Kaye was definately not looking forward to, actually to be truthful no one was.
"Tenichi are you sure that you know what you're doing?" asked Kesi.
"Yes father I know what I'm doing, I was wondering though if you want to back out of this, then it's no loss to me. Phoenix and I can handle Kaye and her friends." taunted Tenichi.
"What! How dare you even think that I wouldn't want my revenge! I know that it was you that had the Phoenix come to the spirit realm and free me from there." said Kesi.
"How, when did you know father?" asked Tenichi.
"Oh come on Tenichi, give your old man a break. Remember the night that you snuck out to meet Phoenix, well I was up and I saw the meeting between the two of you going on. Give me a little credit here ok." replied Kesi.
"Yes we were meeting secretly, but that was only so..." started Tenichi.
"That's enough from the both of you. I'm tired of the two of you trying to top each other in who is more clever. There are more important things at hand to discuss here. Now what is the plan for tomorrow?" asked Phoenix.
"Of course Phoenix you are right, let's get back to the plan for tomorrow. I was thinking that we could..." stated Tenichi.
"Ah yes that would work, now why don't we throw this into the plan as well." replied Kesi. While Tenichi and Kesi were discussing their plan for tomorrow, Phoenix was developing one of her own.
"Look at those two, they are blinded by only the need of revenge. They don't see the big picture of what they could actually accomplish together, instead, they just want Kaye out of the way for good. Actually I can see where they are coming from on that one, but still they are so blinded from the real picture. Oh well if they want to think in that fashion, then who am I to get in their way. If their plan fails, they are totally expendable anyway. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I can always recruit more when needed. For now I'll let them play out their little revenge party, who knows it could be fun." mused Phoenix to herself.
"Phoenix how does that sound to you?" asked Tenichi.
"It sounds just fine to me Tenichi. It is getting late, and I think that it's time for me to leave, I'll be back tomorrow." replied Phoenix.
"Yes Phoenix until then." said Tenichi. Phoenix disappeared from the room and that left Tenichi and Kesi alone to talk.
"Tenichi can you actually trust Phoenix? It's not that I don't trust your judgement son, but dealing with powerful entities like Phoenix is very dangerous." said Kesi.
"Yes father I know exactly what I'm doing. It was I who brought Phoenix's power back to full strength after the fight with Kaye in the dream realm." responed Tenichi.
"Well done my son, I suggest that we both should retire for the night. For tomorrow will be a day that has been long coming, and I for one would like to be fully rested." said Kesi.
"Of course father, good-night and I'll see you in the morning. Until tomorrow then." replied Tenichi.