english translations chapter 17

"Why professor, why did ya do it? Wasn't there any other way, what was so important that made you take your own life?" whispered Kaye sadly as tears threatened to come down.

"Kaye, are you going to be alright?" asked Cye as he and Kento stood to either side of her.

"I don't understand it Cye, why did he do it?" asked Kaye in confusion.

"I'm sorry Kaye, but I don't know why. Maybe he was protecting something that he didn't want them to know about." replied Cye as he tried to comfort her.

"Protect what, and from who Cye? What could be so important that it would make him take his own life?" asked Kaye as tears were finally coming down from her eyes.

"Kaye, I know that everything will work out. We'll find out what is going on around here, I promise." said Kento as he pulled her into his arms.

"Thank you Kento." whispered Kaye as she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Kento picked Kaye up and carried her over to where the others were talking by the fire.

"Kento, how's Kaye holding up?" asked Mia as she watched Kento lay Kaye down next to the fire.

"Besides being very confused about what the professor did, she's seems to be doing ok." replied Kento as he sat down next to her.

"I'm betting that she's not the only one that is confused around here." said Cye as he joined the others.

"Yea Cye, you're right, but it seems like those two are not telling us the whole story here. I think that it's time to get some answers of our own." replied Rowen as he looked over to where Teofilo and Tobias were talking.

"Yea, I agree with you Rowen, but how are we going to get those two to tell us what exactly is going on around here?" asked Sage.

"Right at the moment Sage, I'm not sure, but some how we are going to get some answers." replied Rowen as he turned his attention back towards the rest.

"It doesn't look like we're going to get any answers tonight. So I suggest that we try and get some sleep." said Ryo.

"Are you serious Ryo, how can we get any sleep tonight, especially with those two haning around?" asked Kento with a hint of anger.

"Don't worry Kento, it's like what Teofilo said, this place is a sanctuary. Nothing is to happen to us while we're inside, and besides White Blaze and Lightning will be keeping watch anyway. So try and get some sleep." explained Ryo.

"Fine, whatever you say Ryo." replied Kento reluctantly as he and the others finally fell asleep.

"Teofilo, are you sure that these outsiders can be trusted, especially that girl that has the amulet stilled tied to her arm?" asked Tobias as he looked over to them.

"Yes Tobias, I'm positive that they can be trusted. Somehow we have to get the white book back into our possession again. Otherwise you know what will happen if we don't." said Teofilo as he pulled onto a hidden lever that opened a secret door.

"I suppose that you are right Teofilo. I just hope that your faith isn't misplaced in these outsiders." replied Tobias as he followed Teofilo into the hallway as the door began to shut behind them.

Meanwhile outside of the temple, Liber, Hoax and Reyes were listening intentively to the conversations that were going on inside. "Very interesting, it looks like there is some feelings of mistrust going on between our seers and the outsiders. This could very well play into our favor." mused Liber.

"What are you planning Liber?" asked Hoax with interest.

"Nil desperandum don't despair, everything will fall into place, just be patient Hoax and you will see." replied Liber as he began to walk away.

"Whatever Liber has planned Hoax, it had better work that's all I have to say about it." whispered Reyes as he began to leave.

"I'm sure that whatever he has planned, it should be very interesting indeed." mused Hoax as he followed Reyes.

Hours later inside of the temple, everything seemed to be quiet, until something made both Lightning and White Blaze get up from where they were keeping watch. The two tigers began to cautiously look around to see where the sound was coming from. Neither one could find anything that seemed to be so to speak out of place. So they began to go back to where they were keeping watch. Just as they began to settle back down, the sound came back again, but this time a little bit louder than before.

'Ok now this is getting ridiculous. Maybe I should wake up Kaye and, no I better not she and the others need their rest for tomorrow.' thought Lightning as he began to walk towards the direction of where the sound was coming from. White Blaze saw what Lightning was up to and gave a low growl to let Lightning know what he was doing. Lightning gave a low growl back and continued to cautiously approach the sound's direction.

'This wasn't here before, so why is it here now?' wondered Lightning as he approached the hidden lever. Lightning carefully pulled down the hidden lever and a trap door opened up and he fell right into it.

'Ouch, ok maybe that wasn't the best idea at the time. Oh great it looks like I won't be able to climb out, because the walls are made of stone. Maybe I can teleport out of here, wherever here is.' thought Lightning as he began to teleport back up to the room that he disappeared from.

Just before Lightning could teleport, he fell to the ground unconscious. "Sorry kitty, I don't think so. You're going to be an important part of our plan." whispered Hoax as he and Lightning disappeared.

Meanwhile upstairs where the others were sleeping, White Blaze was looking around the area of where Lightning disappeared. He couldn't find a trace of Lightning anywhere, so he did the only thing that he could think of at that moment, he gave a very loud howl.

"White Blaze! What's going on, what's the matter?" asked Ryo as he shot up from the ground.

"Ryo what is it? What is he doing?" asked Mia as she looked over to where White Blaze was digging at the trap door.

"I'm not sure Mia, but something is definately up." replied Ryo as he finally joined beside White Blaze.

'Lightning, hey Lightning where are you? This isn't funny, come on answer me!' thought Kaye as she searched around the room for her tiger.

"Kaye, what is it, what's wrong?" asked Kento.

"It's Lightning, he's missing! I knew it! Those jerks, they took Lighting!" said Kaye angrilly.

"Kaye, how can you be so sure that they took him? Now just calm down, and try to call out for him again ok." said Cye as he looked over to Kaye in concern.

"Alright Cye, you're right I'll try." replied Kaye as she tried to communicate with Lightning again.

"Any luck Kaye?" asked Sage.

"No, nothing." replied Kaye sadly.

"Hey you guys come over here, it looks like Blaze found something." said Ryo as he called them over to where White Blaze was digging.

"Great job Blaze! Would ya look at that, now isn't this interesting." mused Rowen as the trap door began to open.

"Well, it looks like we found out how Lightning disappeared, now what do ya say that we go down there and see what we can find." said Kaye as she began to go into the shoot.

"Kaye, now wait a minute, we don't know what's down there so it's not a good idea to just go and jump into this thing." said Sage as he grabbed Kaye's arm and pulled her out.

"I'm sorry Sage, but right at the moment I don't care what's down there. All I know is that somehow Lightning is somewhere down there. He could be hurt or worse, I have to know, so either you let go of my arm right now, or I'll make you let go." warned Kaye as she glared at Sage.

"Alright, fine Kaye, but we're going with you. There is no way that we are going to be letting you search for Lightning on your own. Besides we're curious to find out what is really going on around here." said Sage as he grinned at her.

"Thanks Sage." replied Kaye as she grinned back at him.

"Well then let's quit talking and start sliding." said Kento as he went down the shoot first.

"Hey Kento, how is it down there?" yelled Rowen.

"It's dark and a little damp around here, other than that I can't really tell." Kento yelled back.

"Hey Kento, heads up I'm coming down." yelled Kaye as she began to slide down the shoot. Kento moved away from the opening so Kaye wouldn't collide into him when she got there.

"Well Kaye what did you think of the ride?" asked Kento as he helped her up.

"I've been on better." replied Kaye with a grin.

"Hey guys, are you coming or what?" yelled Kento to the others.

"Yea Kento we're coming, both of you just stay where you are, and we'll be right there." Cye yelled back as he was the next one down the shoot. Just after Cye went down the shoot, it didn't take long for the others to join them in the dark, damp room.

"Ok we're all here now what, we can't really go anywhere if we can't see where we are or where we're going." asked Sage. Just then the amulet that's still tied to Kaye's right arm began to give off somewhat of a glow.

"It looks like your question has been answered Sage." replied Kaye with a smirk.

"What's this? Kaye get down here, I think that I see something that you might want to check out for yourself." said Ryo.

"What did you want me to see Ryo? What the...." asked Kaye in confusion.

"Kaye what is it?" asked Mia as she and the others went over to Kaye and Ryo.

"It looks like Lightning's paw prints, but there's also a different foot print right beside them." explained Kaye.

"Kaye, it looks like you were right about those two taking Lightning." said Kento as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"No actually Kento, I was wrong about them. They didn't take Lightning." replied Kaye with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Then who?" asked Mia.