chapter 8

Kento was thinking about the conversation that he and Cye just had, as he was driving to the university. He knew that Cye was right in what he said. "Man, how could I've been acting like such a jerk. I know that it was a hard decision for Kaye to make about going back and getting her master's. I definately know how I'm going to make up for it too, but first I better find them before the storm hits." thought Kento as he turned into the university's back parking lot. He saw Mia's car and pulled up next to it, as he was getting out of Kaye's car he heard something crashing inside of the university. So he took off in a dead sprint towards the crash, when he got close to the sound, he noticed that it was near the professor's room. That made Kento even more anxious to get there, so he picked up the pace.

"Oh man, I hope that they're ok." thought Kento as he rounded the corner to the professor's room. Just as he got there, another crashing sound was made just as he got to the door. Kento charged through the door and looked around to see what was going on.

"Hey you, yea you pal what do you think that you're doing?" asked Kento as he saw Liber getting ready to attack Kaye and Mia.

"Go away this doesn't concern you. Now leave!" ordered Liber.

"Sorry pal, but when I see someone that is going to attack my friends, then it is my concern." replied Kento as he got in front of Kaye and Mia. Liber decided that this was not the right opportunity to get the amulet and the white book from Kaye. So Liber decided that it was time to leave. Liber jumped to the window on the far side of the room and looked back at them.

"This is far from over, I will be back you can count on that. I always get what I want." said Liber as he jumped from the window and disappeared.

"Ok, first of all are the two of you alright, and second would you explain what the heck was that all about?" asked Kento.

"Yea we're fine Kento thanks, and to what just happened, I think that we better go home so everyone can hear about it." replied Kaye as she began to walk towards the door. Mia shook her head and caught up with Kaye.

"I think Kaye now is the time to talk with Kento about what we were talking about in the car." said Mia.

"What Mia now, are you kidding?" asked Kaye as she glanced back at Kento.

"Yes now, I don't see why not and besides if the two of you don't talk about it, then you won't get another chance." replied Mia as she ushered Kaye in Kento's direction. Kaye looked back at Mia with a quizical look. Mia stood there with her arms crossed showing that she meant business. Kaye just shook her head in amazement and then continued to walk towards Kento.

"Ah Kento I think that we need to talk." said Kaye as she gestered for him to take a seat.

"Yea Kaye you're right we do." replied Kento as he sat down next to Kaye.


"Kento, on our way here, Mia and I did some talking." said Kaye.

"Yea, what did you two talk about?" asked Kento as he kept his eyes on her.

"Well besides the deal that went down about the professor,and not getting enough sleep as well as the training, we talked about how I've noticed that you've been acting differently ever since I went back to get my master's degree. Ever since then, I've been wondering if I did the right thing on going back." replied Kaye as she lowered her head.

"Kaye since we are bearing our souls, so to speak. I think that I should explain why I've been acting that way. You see I admit it, I've been acting that way mainly because I don't want to be a distraction to you." said Kento as he kept looking at Kaye.

"But Kento, you're not..." started Kaye as she looked up from the ground.

Kento shook his head, "Kaye let me finish with what I have to say alright. Yea I'm concerned about you, why wouldn't I be. I would like it though if you would just slow down and not push yourself so much. I'm afraid that you're going to push yourself way too hard and something might happen. Besides I wouldn't want you to pass up this opportunity that the professor gave ya to be his assistant now would I?" explained Kento as he moved closer to her.

"Kento, I don't know what to say." said Kaye as she looked into his eyes.

"You don't need to say anything, just promise me that you'll slow down and take better care of yourself." replied Kento as he got up and offered Kaye his hand. Kaye reached up and took his hand and walked towards the door where Mia was waiting for them.

"It took you two long enough, is everything ok now?" asked Mia as she looked at them.

"Yea Mia everything is just fine, thanks for helping me get my priorities straight." replied Kaye as they all walked out of professor Manlio's room. As they approached the two cars, it began to rain.

"Oh great a perfect end to a perfect day." said Mia sarcastically.

"No kidding, hey Kento I'm going to ride back with Mia. We'll see you back home ok." said Kaye as she got into Mia's car.

"Sure, I'll see ya there, just be careful on the drive back." replied Kento as he got into Kaye's car. Kento waited until Mia pulled out of the parking lot and then he followed.

"I'm glad that's finally cleared up. Cye will be happy to know that we finally talked it over." thought Kento as he kept on following Mia's car. The storm began to get a little wilder with each passing minute.

"This storm is absolutely nuts! Where did it come from, I didn't hear anything about it on the radio did you Mia?" asked Kaye. Mia shook her head no while keeping her focus on the road.

Meanwhile....

"Guys, they should have been back by now." said Cye as he looked out the window.

"Yea you're right, it's been three hours since they left, and there hasn't been a word from anybody." replied Rowen as he got up from the chair.

"What are you suggesting that we do Rowen, go out and find them?" asked Sage.

"As a matter of fact yea I am." replied Rowen as he headed towards the door.

"It looks like we don't have to go and look for them, they're home." said Cye as he pointed out towards the driveway.

"It's about time what took you guys so long?" asked Ryo as Kaye, Mia and Kento walked in.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" asked Rowen as they all went back to the livingroom.

"To answer your question, yes I found what I was looking for and then some, that's the main reason why we're late." Kaye answered.

"What do you mean by and then some?" asked Sage.

"Well when Kaye and I were looking around, I noticed some kind of inscription that appeared after when we first saw that carving." said Mia.

"It appeared after we left, how could we have missed that?" asked Ryo.

"Easy, the weird guy that Mia mentioned, well he said that he wrote it." Kaye replied.

"Ok I have two more questions for ya then, what did the inscription say and did his guy say why he wrote it?" asked Rowen.

"The inscription translated to my journey is over, and to the reason why he wrote it was because he wanted to see who was now in the possession of this white book and amulet." replied Kaye as she took them out of her backpack.

"Why would he want those things?" asked Ryo.

"I'm not sure Ryo, but I do know one thing, if that guy is from the Forgotten City then we are going to have some company tonight." replied Kaye.

"So what are we going to do in the meantime, just wait for him to show up?" asked Sage.

"In a way yes and no." replied Kaye with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"Kaye what are you talking about?" asked Cye as he looked curiously at her.

"I think I might know what you're getting at Kaye, I'm guessing that you want to make it look like that we have left for the night, but in actuallity we didn't leave." replied Rowen.

"You are so right Rowen, no wonder you're the genius of the group." replied Kaye as she winked at Rowen. When the meeting was over, everybody decided to go their own way since it wasn't going to be dark for at least a few more hours. Ryo took White Blaze outside, Rowen went upstairs to get something. Sage went to the training room, Kaye and Kento stayed in the livingroom sitting together on the couch. Cye was watching them from the kitchen, Mia snuck behind Cye and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Jeez Mia you nearly gave me a heart attack." said Cye as he turned around to face her.

Mia smiled at Cye, "sorry about that Cye, but I just had to take the opportunity to do that." replied Mia.

"Ok I guess you're right, it looks like they finally talked it out." said Cye as he motioned over to Kaye and Kento.

"Yea they did, and it's about time too. So why don't we just leave them alone for now." replied Mia.

"Kaye are you sure about this? I mean that guy looks like he could take on an entire army or something." said Kento.

"Yea Kento I'm sure, what's the matter don't tell me that Kento of Hardrock is scared of him?" taunted Kaye with a smirk.

"What me scared, oh come on Kaye, you know that I'm not scared of anybody, bring him on." challanged Kento. Kaye started laughing so hard that she almost fell off of the couch.

"It's good to hear you laughing again, I missed that." said Kento as he grinned at her.

"Yea it did feel good to laugh, thanks Kento I needed that. You always seem to know when I need to cheer up." replied Kaye as she returned a grin of her own.

"You're welcome, you know that you can always talk to me when there is something on your mind." said Kento.

"Yea I do and Kento, one more thing, if you ever need to talk about anything I'll be here for you whenever you need me." replied Kaye.

'If this is going to get any sweeter, I'm going to hack up a hairball right here and now.' complained Lightning. Kaye looked over to where her tiger was watching them.

"Why you, Lightning get back here." said Kaye as she took off after him. Kento watched Kaye run after Lightning in confusion. Cye and Mia walked over to the couch and were wondering what all of the noise was about.

"Hey Kento what's the deal, why is Kaye chasing Lightning?" asked Cye.

"I'm not sure, but I think that he probably said something that got her mad. I feel kind of sorry for Lightning when she catches him though." replied Kento as he laid back on the couch.

Kaye finally caught up to Lighting, they were both on the ground trying to catch their breaths. 'Now Lightning are you going to tell me what that comment was all about?" asked Kaye.

'I was just kidding, can't you take a joke? But seriously Kaye, I think that you should be trying to figure out more about that white book and the amulet before anything else happens.' replied Lightning.

'Yea I know, you're right come on maybe you can help me with it?' said Kaye as she and Lightning got up from the floor and walked over to where the white book and amulet were laying.

"Kaye you're not going to try and figure more about them are you?" asked Mia.

"Yea I am, the more that we know about the white book and the amulet the better." replied Kaye as she picked them up from the table. Kaye began to lift them up from the table when she felt someone's grip on her arm.

She didn't need to look over to see who it was. "Kento, it's ok I promise." said Kaye as she turned her head to face him. Kento let go of Kaye's arm and let her pass. Kaye only walked to the table that was in the kitchen. She laid the two items on the table and then rummaged around for something to eat.

A few hours later, Kaye was getting close to figuring out the amulet and the white book.

"Hey there, how is it going Kaye?" asked Mia as she approached Kaye.

"I think that I'm actually getting some ground on these things." replied Kaye with a yawn.

"Ok that's it, you Kaye, are going to put them away and get ready to go to town with us." said Mia as she pulled Kaye out of the chair.

"Alright, alright I'm coming." replied Kaye as she was laughing.

"Well it took you two long enough, what kept ya?" asked Ryo as Mia and Kaye walked into the room.

"Sorry Ryo it's my fault, I got wrapped up into trying to figure out more abuot the white book and the amulet." replied Kaye.

"Did you get anywhere?" asked Rowen.

"Yea I did, so what do you guys say that we finally go to town." replied Kaye with a grin.

"It's about time, so let's go already!" said Kento as they left.

"It took them long enough to leave. NOw I can finally retrieve the white book and the amulet." thought Liber as he snuck into the mansion.

"Well Kento is that the same guy that was in the professor's room?" asked Cye.

"Yea that's him, so now what do we let him get what he wants and just let him leave?" asked Kento.

"Just wait a few more minutes, our visitor is going to find a couple of surprises waiting for him." replied Kaye with a grin.

"Kaye what are you talking about?" asked Sage.

"Hey wait a minute, where are White Blaze and Lightining?" asked Ryo. As an answer to both of their questions, two different loud roars were heard from inside of the mansion.

"Oh did I forget to mention that White Blaze and Lightning were a part of this too?" asked Kaye mischievously as she started off towards the mansion.