english translation chapter 9

As Kaye was getting closer to the mansion, the guys and Mia we're not far behind. "Kaye I really wish that you would of told us about this before hand." said Ryo.

"Sorry about that, but it was Lightning's last minute idea." replied Kaye as she opened the door. When they got inside they found their visitor being cornered by two angry tigers.

"Call off your tigers." said Liber.

"First give back those items, and then maybe I'll call them off." replied Kaye sternly.

"They don't belong to you, I'm taking them back to where they belong." said Liber as he tightened his grip on them.

"Fine then, ok you know what I forgot that it was my turn to feed them today. Oh boy I'm sure that they are pretty hungry by now." taunted Kaye. Lightning and White Blaze slowly walked closer to Liber.

"Alright here, take them now call them off." said Liber.

"Just wait a minute I have a few questions that need answering." replied Kaye.

"Fine I'll tell you anything that you want to know, just call off your tigers." said Liber.

"White Blaze, Lightning back off, but don't go too far. Now for you, what's your name and why are you so interested in the white book and the amulet?" asked Kaye as she put them in her backpack.

"My name is Liber. The white book and the amulet as you already know about, I was suppose to take them back to the Forgotten City." said Liber.

"Then why did you leave that inscription next to the carving that was on the wall?" asked Mia.

"Like I said before, I wanted to draw out the person that is in possession of them." replied Liber as he began to become impatient.

"Why, why do you want them so badly that you had to attack Kaye and Mia? How come you just didn't ask for them?" asked Kento as he glared at Liber.

"I don't think that is any of your concern." replied Liber in anger.

"Watch it pal, you don't know who you're talking to!" warned Kento.

"Kento that's enough." said Kaye as she eyed Liber.

"Come on Kaye, are you going to let him get away with that copout?" asked Kento in disbelief.

"Liber, you can leave, but if any of us find you around here again." warned Kaye as she motioned Liber to the exit.

"I understand, I'll take my leave. But know this, I will get those items and you will pay for your insolence." threatened Liber as he began to leave. White Blaze and Lightning followed Liber outside and made sure that there was no trace of him before heading back.

"Kaye, why did you let that jerk go, you know that he wasn't telling the whole story?" asked Ryo.

"Yea I know." replied Kaye with a smirk.

"Kaye, what are you up to?" asked Sage in a curiousity.

"You'll understand soon enough, trust me." replied Kaye with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"If I didn't know you any better, I would say that you knew he wouldn't tell us everything and that he would try to take them again." said Rowen.

"You could say that, yea of course he wasn't going to tell us everything. Actually I have a better idea. You guys might just find it very interesting." replied Kaye as she began to look through her backpack again.

"Kaye what are you looking for?" asked Cye as he got closer to her.

"Where are they, I know I had them in here? Ah, here they are!" said Kaye as she took out something out of her backpack.

"Are those what I think they are, and how did you get them?" asked Rowen as he crossed his arms.

"Yea Rowen, there tracking devices, I got them from some friends of mine in the police department. I figured that they owed me one." replied Kaye as she picked up the white book.

"Now that's a great idea Kaye." said Mia as she caught onto what Kaye was thinking.

"Mia what are you talking about?" asked Kento.

"Kaye wanted Liber to believe the set up that he was put into so he would come back and try to claim the white book and the amulet while we were sleeping. Then we would follow him to the Forgotten City." Mia explained.

"Yea Mia you hit it exactly on the head." replied Kaye as she put the white book back onto the table.

"Ok now I understand, well then what about the amulet?" asked Ryo.

"The amulet is going to stay with me the whole time. I don't really need the book anymore just the amulet." replied Kaye as she tied it to her arm.

"Well then since that's settled, I suggest that we get to bed it's late." said Sage as he headed upstairs. Everyone else agreed with his idea and retired for the night as well.

Outside Liber was watching and waiting for his chance to snatch what he desires. "I can not believe that girl, she is definately an interesting adversary. I'm betting that her friends are also a threat to what I want as well. For now jacta est alea the die is cast I can not return without the white book or the amulet. It looks like they have finally turned in for the night, the fools don't realize what they are getting themselves into." thought Liber as he began to make his way to an open window. Liber quietly sneaked into the mansion making sure not to wake any one. He began to look around to see if the white book and the amulet were anywhere in sight. Just then Liber saw something on the table that was partially covered by Kaye's backpack.

"I finally have the white book, but where is the amulet? It's not here, I bet that girl has it with her. I don't have time to fool around, I have to get back to the Forgotten City." thought Liber as he quickly left the mansion with the white book.

"Alright Kaye, he has the book now what?" asked Sage.

"You'll love this, trust me." replied Kaye as she turned on the small tracking device. The tracking deviced showed a small blinking light was moving to the north at a very fast pace.

"Kaye you definately need to get me one of those." said Kento.

"We better get going or we are going to lose him." said Mia. They ran outside and took two different vehicles with Kaye's car in the lead while she was giving Cye directions. It didn't take them long to catch up to Liber.

"Cye hang back a little bit, I don't want him to see us just yet." Kaye said.

"Kaye, you are enjoying this aren't you?" asked Kento.

"Actually Kento yea, I am." replied Kaye with a smirk.

"Guys I hate to break this up, but we're running out of road." said Cye as he was trying to get their attention.

"Oh just great! Ok, Cye quick stop the car, we're going to have to go on foot." said Kaye as she got ready to jump out of the car. Cye quickly stepped onto the breaks and skidded to a stop, Mia saw what was happening and did the same.

"Hey what's the deal?" asked Ryo as they ran to catch up with them.

"Couldn't you tell, we were running out of road, so now we have to go on foot." replied Cye as he kept on running.

'Lightning, I'm going to need you to be point and scout ahead and see how far of a head start that Liber has on us.' said Kaye. Lightning nodded and took off to see what he could find.

"Kaye, what did you say to Lightning for him to take off like that?" asked Sage.

"I asked him to see how much of a head start Liber has on us, besides with the pace that he is going, there is no way this thing can pick him up anyway, but Lightning can." replied Kaye. Lightning picked up Liber's trail, he wasn't too far ahead of him. Liber sensed that there was someone following him, so he decided to try and lose them. Liber saw a river bed that was close by, he decided to run through it thinking that it would throw his persuer off his trail and then he jumped into the trees to see if his plan worked.

Just then Lightning arrived on the scene. "This is great, he's gone. I better get back and tell Kaye that he got away.' thought Lightning as he teleported back to Kaye and the others.

"I have to be dreaming, a tiger that can disappear like magic. How can this be? That's the same tiger that was with the others that I took this book from. Then it must mean that they are following me. No matter I have what I came for, well half of the items is better than none. I better get back before I'm missed." thougth Liber as he continued on his way back to the Forgotten City.

It didn't take long for Lightning to teleport back to Kaye and the others. He appeared a few feet ahead of them. 'Lightning, what happened, did ya find him?' asked Kaye as she met up with him.

'SOrry Kaye, he got away from me.' replied Lightning.

'That's alright, we can pick him up with the tracking device anyway.' said Kaye as she turned it back on. It didn't take long for the others to catch up to where Kaye and Lightning were standing.

"Well Kaye did he find him or what?" asked Kento.

"Yea he found him, but he got away. At least we know where he's going." replied Kaye as she looked back to the tracking device that's in her hands.

"Alright Kaye, since you're the one with the equipment, which way do we go from here?" asked Sage as he looked towards her.

"The tracking device says to go in that direction." replied Kaye as she started to run in the direction of where the beeps were coming from. They followed Kaye until they came upon the same river bed that Lightning came upon when he was tracking Liber.

"This must be the place where Lightning lost him. What does your tracking device say?" asked Mia as she looked around their surroundings.

"I don't get it, it says that he's around here somewhere, but I don't see anything. Ok that does it, when we get back, I'm going to tell my friend at the police department that this thing is defective." said Kaye as she turned it off and put it back in her backpack.

"Kaye, you might want to check out your arm." said Rowen as he motioned to it.

"What about my arm Rowen? Oh man, what in the world?" asked Kaye as she now noticed that the amulet that is tied to her arm is now glowing.

"Ah guys the amulet on Kaye's arm isn't the only thing that is glowing." said Cye as he directed everyone's attention to a place that was in front of them.

"Ok now this is way beyond weird. Why would the amulet on Kaye's arm and that what looks like some kind of door be glowing, unless." said Rowen as he realized what's going on.

"Rowen, why don't you tell us what you think is going on already?" asked Ryo.

"I think that the amulet that Kaye has tied to her arm is some kind of key to open that door over there. I'm also betting that when we open it, we'll find the Forgotten City." replied Rowen.

"Come on Rowen you have to be joking, there's no way that a whole city can be invisible, can it?" asked Kento.

"No Kento I think that Rowen is right, besides we won't know unless we try." replied Kaye as she began to make her way to the glowing door.

"Kaye, be careful, we don't know what type of welcoming committee will be behind that door." warned Sage. Kaye gave a nod to show that she heard what he said and continued on. When Kaye finally made it to the door, it opened. The others ran up to next to Kaye and no one could believe what they were seeing.