Test of the Armors
chapter 2
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"Morning!" said Kaye cheerfully as she walked into the kitchen.

"Morning Kaye, looks like someone had a good night's sleep." replied Mia with a smile.

Yea I sure did and it's about time too. No weird dreams, no predictions, just a quiet night's sleep." said Kaye as she grabbed her jacket.

"Where are you off to this morning?" asked Cye as he came into the kitchen.

"I'm going for a walk. Do either of you want to come with me?" asked Kaye as she waited by the door.

"Acutally Kaye yea I'll come with you." replied Mia as she grabbed her jacket and met with Kaye at the door.

"Cye how about you?" asked Mia.

"Sorry, I think that I'm going to pass, thanks though, but I think that someone should be here when the others wake up." replied Cye with a grin.

"Alright Cye, we shouldn't be too long. See ya in a while." said Kaye as she and Mia left from the back door.

Outside Mia and Kaye were walking around the backyard and enjoying the chilly autumn morning air. "Mia." said Kaye as they were walking towards the lake.

"Yes Kaye?" asked Mia.

"It's been a while since it was just you and me haning out together." said Kaye.

"Yea you're right, so what did you want to talk about?" asked Mia.

"I'm that transparent huh." replied Kaye with a smile.

"Yea you are, but hey what are best friends for right." said Mia as she returned a smile.

"Mia, when we were going through our training session yesterday. I felt something, I can't really explain it, but I'm also wondering if the guys did too?" said Kaye as she stopped and locked her gaze onto the lake.

"Kaye why are you talking to me about this instead of the guys?" asked Mia as she looked at Kaye.

"I didn't want the guys to worry about this, especially since it might not be anything." replied Kaye.

"I'm sure that it is nothing, but maybe we should talk to the guys and see what they say." said Mia.

"Yea you're probably right, well what are we waiting for?" asked Kaye as she took off towards the mansion.

"Hey!" yelled Mia as she quickly took off after her.

"Come on Mia, I'm going to win if you don't kick it up a notch." Kaye teased.

"You wanna bet!" Mia said as she suddenly passed Kaye and was almost at the door.

"How in the world?" thoguth Kaye as she finally made it to the door where Mia was waiting.

"You were saying something about kicking it up a notch." said Mia mockingly.

"Mia since when were you faster than me?" asked Kaye.

"You really want to know?" asked Mia.

"Yea." replied Kaye curiously.

"Wouldn't you become faster if you were being chased by the dynasty?" asked Mia with a grin.

"Good point, well since we're here let's see who's up." replied Kaye with a grin. As Mia and Kaye entered the mansion, they couldn't believe what they were seeing. All of the guys were sitting at the table, and they were actually acting civil.

"Morning Mia, Kaye we were waiting for the two of you." said Sage with a smirk.

"Ah Mia, are we in the right mansion?" asked Kaye.

"Yea I believe so, this is the mansion, but I'm not too sure if these are the same guys." replied Mia with a smirk.

"Very funny you two, now come and eat before Kento eats everything in sight." said Ryo. Mia and Kaye looked at each other and began to laugh.

Then Kaye looked at Ryo with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Sir, yes sir!" said Kaye as she gave a mock military salute. This got everyone to laugh, they we're not laughing because of what Kaye did, but because of the reaction on Ryo's face.

"Funny Kaye, just for that you can have kitchen duty today." said Ryo with a smirk.

"Aw Ryo come on." said Kaye as she looked at him.

"Don't worry about it Kaye, I'll help ya." said Kento with a smile.

"Thanks Kento." replied Kaye as she returned a smile of her own. After breakfast was done, Kaye and Kento cleaned up the kitchen and joined the others in the livingroom.

"Now this is more like it, peace and quiet." Rowen said as he laid back in his chair.

"Yea I hear ya Rowen. No more dynasty soliders, no more warlords trying to get our armors, just peace and quiet." replied Cye as he stretched out on the couch.

"Well you two may feel good with that, but I could definately use some action." said Kento as he sat down in his chair.

"You know what they say Kento, be careful what you wish for you just might get it." Sage said as he glanced at him.

"Yea, yea whatever you say Sage. All I'm saying is, if something does come our way they better watch out." replied Kento with a grin.

"I'm going to have to agree with Kento on this one." said Ryo.

"You do?" said Kento being a little surprised.

"Yea, they better watch out, or you'll eat them out of house and home." replied Ryo with a big grin.

"Hey! You better start running Ryo." warned Kento as he started to get out of his chair.

"Try and catch me Kento." taunted Ryo.

"You're asking for it." replied Kento as he took after Ryo. As everyone else was watching Kento chase Ryo all over, Kaye was trying to figure out what she felt yesterday.

"That sensation felt so familiar. Could it have been Lightning? If it was him, then why didn't he show himself, or at least talked to me?" thought Kaye.

"Kaye, hey Kaye watch out!" yelled Mia as she noticed that Ryo wasn't watching where he was going.

"Ryo put on your breaks! Oh man this is going to hurt." said Kaye as she braced herself for the collision. Ryo collided with Kaye and they both landed on the floor.

"Kaye are you alright?" asked Ryo as he began to get up.

"Yea, I'm fine Ryo, honest just a little sore." replied Kaye with a small laugh as she started to get up.

"Way to go Ryo." said Kento in annoyance.

"Hey this wouldn't have happened if you started chasing me." replied Ryo.

"No, it wouldn't have happened if you didn't make that crack about me eating them out of house and home." replied Kento.

"Guys enough, what happened is what happened. It doesn't matter how it started. Besides part of it was my fault for not paying attention." said Kaye as she tried to calm them down.

"Now that you mention it Kaye, what was on your mind to have your full attention?" asked Cye.

"It's nothing to be concerned about Cye. So don't worry about it." replied Kaye.

"Come on Kaye, either you tell them what we talked about this morning or I will." said Mia as she gave her a stern look.

"Mia." replied Kaye as she glared at her.

"Kaye what's Mia talking about?" asked Rowen.

"Alright, fine I'll tell ya, but I don't think that you guys have to worry about it." replied Kaye.

"We'll be the judges of that Kaye, now would you tell us what's going on?" asked Sage as he and everyone else sat down and gave her their full attention.

"Ok here it goes, during our training session yesterday I felt some kind of presence. Except that I couldn't tell where it was coming from. It felt in a way familiar but at the same time different. That's the best way that I can explain it." explained Kaye.

"Interesting." mused Rowen as he sat back in his chair thinking.

"Interesting? Rowen is that all you have to say is interesting?" asked Kento.

"I'm going to have to agree with Kento, Rowen. There might be a new threat and all you can say is interesting." replied Cye curiously.

"All I'm saying is that this presence that Kaye felt might be somehow connected to Lightning's disappearance." explained Rowen.

"Do you think that could be a possibility Kaye? Is Lightning trying to get in contact with you?" asked Ryo.

"I'm not sure Ryo, if it's him, then why doesn't he give me some kind of sign instead of playing this game?" replied Kaye.

"Kaye have you tried to contact Lightning telepathically? He might be in a close enough range." suggested Sage.

"Not since a couple of nights ago. Why would you think that now would make any difference?" asked Kaye.

"I'm not saying it will and I'm not saying it won't. All I'm saying is that you should try it now." replied Sage.

"Fine Sage I'll do it, but I doubt I'll get a straight answer if I even do attempt this." said Kaye with a little annoyance.

'Lightning, hey are you there? If you are giave me some kind of sign would ya?' asked Kaye telepathically. A few minutes went by and it seemed like nothing was going to happen. So Kaye opened her eyes and fell back into her chair.

"Kaye are you alright?" asked Kento in concern.

"Yea Kento I'm fine. What did I tell ya Sage, I got..." said Kaye as she suddenly vanished from her chair.