Kaye was having trouble sleeping, she was thinking about what Kento was talking about with her before they turned in for the night. "Kento, I'm scared. I don't know what's going to happen. Why couldn't I see this coming in my dreams? What if...?" asked Kaye as she tried to stop herself from shaking.
"Kaye, we're all scared, no one knows what will happen, but you have to know that all of us will pull through. You just have to believe in that ok. Maybe you were not suppose to see this coming." replied Kento as he took her into his embrace.
"I'm a dream walker Kento, I'm suppose to sense these things coming." said Kaye as tears began to slowly fall from her eyes.
"Hey just because you're a dream walker, dosen't mean that you have to put this extra pressure on yourself. So don't go and start blaming yourself if things start to get a little intense, alright. Now dry your tears and get some sleep, I mean it." replied Kento as he gave her a smile.
"Ok, ok Kento I'll get some sleep, I promise." said Kaye as she smiled back. Kento let go of Kaye and let her walk into her room. Then Kento started to go towards his room, Kaye started to say something.
"Kento." said Kaye.
"Yea." replied Kento as he turned around and looked at her.
"I just wanted to let you know that I love you so much, more than you'll ever know. I just wish that there was some way that I could tell ya how much." said Kaye as she started to blush.
"I love you too Kaye, good night." replied Kento as he gave her a wink.
"Maybe he's right, yea everything will work out." thought Kaye as she finally fell asleep. Not to far away Maji was watching the whole thing from where Lightning was explaining the reason behind the tests, to Kaye and Kento having their private discussion.
"Hum very intersting, they all have a strong bond with each other like some kind of family. But it looks like the one that has the Hardrock armor and the Tiger armor feel a lot more than that. This will play well in the tests, it will play well indeed." mused Maji with an evil grin. Just then Lightning appeared in the nexus and started to walk towards Maji.
'Hello Lightning, it's so good of you to finally join me. That was one heck of a risk that you took in explaining the tests of the armors.' said Maji as he looked at Lightning.
'They did have a right to know Maji. You know as well as I do that the wearers of the armors have to be tested to see if they are worthy of keeping them.' replied Lightning.
'Yes I know, but don't you think that you told a little too much?' asked Maji.
'Maybe I have, but now they know what to sort of expect what might happen, unlike the ones that wore the armors before them.' replied Lightning as he glared at Maji.
'I think that you have a soft spot for the dream walker. Just because she freed you from your prison, don't think that you can protect her and the others from the tests.' said Maji as he began to walk towards the portal that looked into the Koji mansion.
'What are you talking about?' asked Lightning as he walked over to where Maji was standing.
'Oh come now, do you really think that I'm that stupid? I know everything that went on from when I left to when you arrived.' replied Maji as he showed Lightning what he was talking about.
'You were spying on us the whole time?' asked Lightning as he began to get angry.
'I was watching more than you informing them on what lies ahead, why don't you see for yourself and see what I mean.' said Maji as he made the images on the portal play like a movie projector. Lightning saw everything that went on from the time he left until Kaye and Kento said their good nights.
'I knew that you were low Maji, but I never thought that you would do something as low as this.' said Lightning angrily.
'Don't the two of them make such a good couple? I wonder what would they do if something unforseen would happen to one of them? How would they react? Why don't we find out?' taunted Maji as he started to glow red.
'Maji, you wouldn't! Don't you even try of doing anything to any of them! Do you understand me?' warned Lightning angrily.
'Me? Why I wouldn't dream of it.' replied Maji in mock surprise.
'Good, now see that you don't! Because you know what will happen if you attack them one more time before the tests actually begin.' warned Lightning as he began to leave the nexus.
"Stupid tiger, who does he think that he is anyway? Just because he is one of the elders that gets to see if they keep their armors. Well we'll see about that, but for now I think that it's time for me to get some rest as well. I wouldn't want them to think that I wasn't prepared for this. I've waited too long to blow this now. I'll get what I want, I always get what I want and I don't care how I get it." thought Maji as he began to laugh.
The next morning, "hey Kento where are ya going?" asked Rowen as he noticed that Kento was getting his jacket and heading for the door.
"I'm just going to go for a walk in the back. I shouldn't be gone long, anyone want to come with me?" asked Kento as he looked at them. The others shook their heads no, showing that they decline from his invitaion. So he left and started out on his walk, meanwhile upstairs Kaye was finally getting up out of bed.
"Hum I wonder where he's going?" thought Kaye as she looked outside of her window seeing that Kento was outside. Kaye shrugged and then decided to get ready. It didn't take long for her to change and head downstairs where the others were quietly talking around the kitchen table.
"Morning." said Kaye as she walked by the table.
"Well look who decided to finally wake up." replied Rowen sarcastically.
"Ha, ha very funny Rowen. I'm surprised to see you up this early. Hey what's Kento doing in the backyard?" asked Kaye as she looked at the guys and Mia.
"He's just taking a walk, he said that he'll be back shortly. Hey, may I ask where are you going?" asked Cye as he noticed that she was getting her jacket and heading for the door.
"I'm going to go out and see if he wants company." replied Kaye with a wink as she went out the door.
Outside, "hey Kento wait up!" yelled Kaye as she ran to catch up with him.
"Morning Kaye." replied Kento as he waited for her.
"What's on your mind Kento?" asked Kaye as the two began their walk together.
"What makes you think that something is on my mind?" asked Kento.
"Since when do you go for walks in the backyard?" Kaye asked back.
"I guess you got me. Yea something is on my mind, I guess that I just needed some time to myself to try and get my thoughts together." replied Kento with a small smile.
"Oh I see, well if ya want me to go, then just say the word and I'll leave ya alone." said Kaye nervously.
"No, actually I was hoping that you would stay with me, that is if ya want to." replied Kento teasingly.
"Kento, of course I want to stay with you. What possessed you to ask a question like that?" asked Kaye.
"I could of said the same thing about the one that you asked about being alone." replied Kento with a grin.
"Ok, ok, you win Kento." said Kaye with a grin.
"Kaye there is something that I've been wanting to talk with you about." said Kento as he stopped in front of the lake.
"Oh, and what's that?" asked Kaye as she stopped and looked at him in confusion.
"Yes Hardrock, what did you want to ask your lovely friend? Go on and ask her, I'm sure that we both would like to know." said Maji as he appeared hovering over the lake.
"You have a lot of nerve pal, why don't you just go back to wherever you came from and never come back." replied Kento angrily.
"Sorry but I can't do that Hardrock, the time for the tests has now officially begun. Now I would suggest that you and your lovely friend hand over your kanji orbs, or else." warned Maji as he glared at them.
"Kaye, go to the mansion and get the others. I'll hold him off." said Kento as he kept his eyes on Maji.
"Kento I can't just leave you here with him!" replied Kaye as she began to get a little angry.
"Kaye don't argue with me, just do it! Go!" replied Kento as he pushed her in the direction of the mansion.
"Kento be careful!" yelled Kaye as she looked back while running to the mansion.
"Now it's just you and me Maji. There's no way that I'm going to let you get my or the others orbs, so you can just forget it." replied Kento as he quickly tranformed into his full armor.
"Fool, I gave you the easy way out, but you decided to do it the hard way. So be it, but know this Hardrock I always get what I want." warned Maji as he got ready to fight Kento.
Inside, "Guys, hurry Kento needs help. Outside, he's fighting Maji. We have to help him." said Kaye as she was trying to catch her breath.
"Kaye calm down!" said Sage.
"Calm down! All that you can say Sage is calm down? Kento is out there fighting Maji, and all you can tell me is to calm down?!" asked Kaye in alarm.
"Sage wait, Kaye's right Kento is fighting Maji and it looks like he is going to need some backup, and fast." replied Cye as he started to run out the door. The others quickly ran outside seeing that Kento was about to deliver his sure-kill.
"Alright pal you asked for it! Iron Rock Crusher!" yelled Kento as he launched his sure-kill. Maji deflected Kento's attack with ease, and then gave Kento an evil smirk.
"That's all you can do Hardrock? I'm surprised at you, I thought that someone with your power could do better." taunted Maji as he got ready to deliver an attack.
"Kento watch out!" yelled Kaye as she watched Maji deliver a different attack at him.
"What! Ahhh!" yelled Kento as Maji's attack hit it's target. The black energy ball encompassed Kento totally inside.
"No! Kento!" yelled Kaye as she ran to him.
"Kaye wait!" said Rowen as he tried to grab her arm. Kaye was too quick for him so they took off after her.
"Stay back!" yelled Kento as he noticed that Kaye and the others were getting closer.
"I think that it would be wise for all of you to listen to the man. Otherwise you'll go through the same thing." warned Maji as he made the energy ball become even smaller.
"Let him go! Or I'll..." warned Kaye as she glared at Maji.
"Or you'll what! You can't do anything to help him now. So I would suggest that all of you back off if you know what's good for you." replied Maji as he returned her glare.
"Why isn't he trying to collect all of the kanji orbs at once instead of one at a time?" asked Mia in confusion.
"That's a good question my dear. I thought that it would be more fun this way. Watching them try to keep their orbs from me is rather amusing. I didn't realize that I might get this kind of resistance, but then again this fool is the first of my victims. I can't wait to see how the rest of you will do against me." Maji answered.
"Kento." whispered Kaye as she noticed that he wasn't moving.
"It looks like Hardrock didn't put up much of a fight now did he. Well his kanji orb is now mine. I would suggest that the rest of you hand them over or I'll do the same to you as I did to him." replied Maji as Kento's kanji orb floated over to Maji's open hand.
"You monster! Give that back right now!" yelled Ryo as he and the others got ready to attack Maji.
"I wouldn't advise trying to attack me right at the moment, you do have your friend's life to consider. Besides I didn't leave him completely helpless, I did let him have his sub-armor. Now that I have his orb, getting the rest of yours will be easy." replied Maji as he disappeared.
"Kento, oh God, Kento! Wake up, please wake up!" whispered Kaye as tears ran down her cheeks.
"Ah, Kaye where are you?" asked Kento weakly.
"Kento, I'm right here don't move. You're going to be alright, why did you make me go Kento? I could have backed you up. We could have taken him together." Kaye said quietly.
"Sage." said Ryo as he motioned over to where Kento was laying.
"I'm already on it Ryo. Rowen get Kaye away from Kento, I can't heal him if she's there." said Sage as he got ready to heal him. Rowen nodded and pulled Kaye away from Kento. Kaye was thrashing around trying to make him let go, but he wouldn't loosen his grip.
"Rowen let go! Kento needs me, now let go!" said Kaye histerically.
"Kaye stop it! You're not going to help Kento by acting this way, now let Sage heal him and then we'll get him back inside to rest." replied Rowen as he tried to calm her.
"Rowen, you don't understand, he needs me, he needs me." said Kaye as she finally stopped thrashing and started to cry freely.
"It's going to be alright Kaye, look Sage is done and Kento is looking a lot better than he did before, see." replied Rowen.
"Guys, I'm going to need some help getting Kento upstairs and into bed." said Sage as he began to lift Kento off of the ground. Ryo walked over to where Sage and Kento were and gave a hand. They all walked back inside of the mansion, Kento was in his room and Kaye was right there beside him. A few minutes later Rowen walked into the room to check on Kento. Kaye looked from Kento to Rowen, her eyes searching his for some kind of explanation of why this had to happen.
"Rowen, I'm sorry for what I said outside, I mean about you not understanding. I didn't mean it the way that it came out. I was..." said Kaye as tears were starting to flow again.
"It's alright Kaye, I know that you didn't mean it. Kento will pull out of this, you'll see he's too stubborn not to, besides there's something here that he wouldn't want to ever leave behind." replied Rowen as he looked at her.
"Oh yea and what's that?" asked Kaye quietly.
"You." replied Kento weakly.
"Kaye, we're all scared, no one knows what will happen, but you have to know that all of us will pull through. You just have to believe in that ok. Maybe you were not suppose to see this coming." replied Kento as he took her into his embrace.
"I'm a dream walker Kento, I'm suppose to sense these things coming." said Kaye as tears began to slowly fall from her eyes.
"Hey just because you're a dream walker, dosen't mean that you have to put this extra pressure on yourself. So don't go and start blaming yourself if things start to get a little intense, alright. Now dry your tears and get some sleep, I mean it." replied Kento as he gave her a smile.
"Ok, ok Kento I'll get some sleep, I promise." said Kaye as she smiled back. Kento let go of Kaye and let her walk into her room. Then Kento started to go towards his room, Kaye started to say something.
"Kento." said Kaye.
"Yea." replied Kento as he turned around and looked at her.
"I just wanted to let you know that I love you so much, more than you'll ever know. I just wish that there was some way that I could tell ya how much." said Kaye as she started to blush.
"I love you too Kaye, good night." replied Kento as he gave her a wink.
"Maybe he's right, yea everything will work out." thought Kaye as she finally fell asleep. Not to far away Maji was watching the whole thing from where Lightning was explaining the reason behind the tests, to Kaye and Kento having their private discussion.
"Hum very intersting, they all have a strong bond with each other like some kind of family. But it looks like the one that has the Hardrock armor and the Tiger armor feel a lot more than that. This will play well in the tests, it will play well indeed." mused Maji with an evil grin. Just then Lightning appeared in the nexus and started to walk towards Maji.
'Hello Lightning, it's so good of you to finally join me. That was one heck of a risk that you took in explaining the tests of the armors.' said Maji as he looked at Lightning.
'They did have a right to know Maji. You know as well as I do that the wearers of the armors have to be tested to see if they are worthy of keeping them.' replied Lightning.
'Yes I know, but don't you think that you told a little too much?' asked Maji.
'Maybe I have, but now they know what to sort of expect what might happen, unlike the ones that wore the armors before them.' replied Lightning as he glared at Maji.
'I think that you have a soft spot for the dream walker. Just because she freed you from your prison, don't think that you can protect her and the others from the tests.' said Maji as he began to walk towards the portal that looked into the Koji mansion.
'What are you talking about?' asked Lightning as he walked over to where Maji was standing.
'Oh come now, do you really think that I'm that stupid? I know everything that went on from when I left to when you arrived.' replied Maji as he showed Lightning what he was talking about.
'You were spying on us the whole time?' asked Lightning as he began to get angry.
'I was watching more than you informing them on what lies ahead, why don't you see for yourself and see what I mean.' said Maji as he made the images on the portal play like a movie projector. Lightning saw everything that went on from the time he left until Kaye and Kento said their good nights.
'I knew that you were low Maji, but I never thought that you would do something as low as this.' said Lightning angrily.
'Don't the two of them make such a good couple? I wonder what would they do if something unforseen would happen to one of them? How would they react? Why don't we find out?' taunted Maji as he started to glow red.
'Maji, you wouldn't! Don't you even try of doing anything to any of them! Do you understand me?' warned Lightning angrily.
'Me? Why I wouldn't dream of it.' replied Maji in mock surprise.
'Good, now see that you don't! Because you know what will happen if you attack them one more time before the tests actually begin.' warned Lightning as he began to leave the nexus.
"Stupid tiger, who does he think that he is anyway? Just because he is one of the elders that gets to see if they keep their armors. Well we'll see about that, but for now I think that it's time for me to get some rest as well. I wouldn't want them to think that I wasn't prepared for this. I've waited too long to blow this now. I'll get what I want, I always get what I want and I don't care how I get it." thought Maji as he began to laugh.
The next morning, "hey Kento where are ya going?" asked Rowen as he noticed that Kento was getting his jacket and heading for the door.
"I'm just going to go for a walk in the back. I shouldn't be gone long, anyone want to come with me?" asked Kento as he looked at them. The others shook their heads no, showing that they decline from his invitaion. So he left and started out on his walk, meanwhile upstairs Kaye was finally getting up out of bed.
"Hum I wonder where he's going?" thought Kaye as she looked outside of her window seeing that Kento was outside. Kaye shrugged and then decided to get ready. It didn't take long for her to change and head downstairs where the others were quietly talking around the kitchen table.
"Morning." said Kaye as she walked by the table.
"Well look who decided to finally wake up." replied Rowen sarcastically.
"Ha, ha very funny Rowen. I'm surprised to see you up this early. Hey what's Kento doing in the backyard?" asked Kaye as she looked at the guys and Mia.
"He's just taking a walk, he said that he'll be back shortly. Hey, may I ask where are you going?" asked Cye as he noticed that she was getting her jacket and heading for the door.
"I'm going to go out and see if he wants company." replied Kaye with a wink as she went out the door.
Outside, "hey Kento wait up!" yelled Kaye as she ran to catch up with him.
"Morning Kaye." replied Kento as he waited for her.
"What's on your mind Kento?" asked Kaye as the two began their walk together.
"What makes you think that something is on my mind?" asked Kento.
"Since when do you go for walks in the backyard?" Kaye asked back.
"I guess you got me. Yea something is on my mind, I guess that I just needed some time to myself to try and get my thoughts together." replied Kento with a small smile.
"Oh I see, well if ya want me to go, then just say the word and I'll leave ya alone." said Kaye nervously.
"No, actually I was hoping that you would stay with me, that is if ya want to." replied Kento teasingly.
"Kento, of course I want to stay with you. What possessed you to ask a question like that?" asked Kaye.
"I could of said the same thing about the one that you asked about being alone." replied Kento with a grin.
"Ok, ok, you win Kento." said Kaye with a grin.
"Kaye there is something that I've been wanting to talk with you about." said Kento as he stopped in front of the lake.
"Oh, and what's that?" asked Kaye as she stopped and looked at him in confusion.
"Yes Hardrock, what did you want to ask your lovely friend? Go on and ask her, I'm sure that we both would like to know." said Maji as he appeared hovering over the lake.
"You have a lot of nerve pal, why don't you just go back to wherever you came from and never come back." replied Kento angrily.
"Sorry but I can't do that Hardrock, the time for the tests has now officially begun. Now I would suggest that you and your lovely friend hand over your kanji orbs, or else." warned Maji as he glared at them.
"Kaye, go to the mansion and get the others. I'll hold him off." said Kento as he kept his eyes on Maji.
"Kento I can't just leave you here with him!" replied Kaye as she began to get a little angry.
"Kaye don't argue with me, just do it! Go!" replied Kento as he pushed her in the direction of the mansion.
"Kento be careful!" yelled Kaye as she looked back while running to the mansion.
"Now it's just you and me Maji. There's no way that I'm going to let you get my or the others orbs, so you can just forget it." replied Kento as he quickly tranformed into his full armor.
"Fool, I gave you the easy way out, but you decided to do it the hard way. So be it, but know this Hardrock I always get what I want." warned Maji as he got ready to fight Kento.
Inside, "Guys, hurry Kento needs help. Outside, he's fighting Maji. We have to help him." said Kaye as she was trying to catch her breath.
"Kaye calm down!" said Sage.
"Calm down! All that you can say Sage is calm down? Kento is out there fighting Maji, and all you can tell me is to calm down?!" asked Kaye in alarm.
"Sage wait, Kaye's right Kento is fighting Maji and it looks like he is going to need some backup, and fast." replied Cye as he started to run out the door. The others quickly ran outside seeing that Kento was about to deliver his sure-kill.
"Alright pal you asked for it! Iron Rock Crusher!" yelled Kento as he launched his sure-kill. Maji deflected Kento's attack with ease, and then gave Kento an evil smirk.
"That's all you can do Hardrock? I'm surprised at you, I thought that someone with your power could do better." taunted Maji as he got ready to deliver an attack.
"Kento watch out!" yelled Kaye as she watched Maji deliver a different attack at him.
"What! Ahhh!" yelled Kento as Maji's attack hit it's target. The black energy ball encompassed Kento totally inside.
"No! Kento!" yelled Kaye as she ran to him.
"Kaye wait!" said Rowen as he tried to grab her arm. Kaye was too quick for him so they took off after her.
"Stay back!" yelled Kento as he noticed that Kaye and the others were getting closer.
"I think that it would be wise for all of you to listen to the man. Otherwise you'll go through the same thing." warned Maji as he made the energy ball become even smaller.
"Let him go! Or I'll..." warned Kaye as she glared at Maji.
"Or you'll what! You can't do anything to help him now. So I would suggest that all of you back off if you know what's good for you." replied Maji as he returned her glare.
"Why isn't he trying to collect all of the kanji orbs at once instead of one at a time?" asked Mia in confusion.
"That's a good question my dear. I thought that it would be more fun this way. Watching them try to keep their orbs from me is rather amusing. I didn't realize that I might get this kind of resistance, but then again this fool is the first of my victims. I can't wait to see how the rest of you will do against me." Maji answered.
"Kento." whispered Kaye as she noticed that he wasn't moving.
"It looks like Hardrock didn't put up much of a fight now did he. Well his kanji orb is now mine. I would suggest that the rest of you hand them over or I'll do the same to you as I did to him." replied Maji as Kento's kanji orb floated over to Maji's open hand.
"You monster! Give that back right now!" yelled Ryo as he and the others got ready to attack Maji.
"I wouldn't advise trying to attack me right at the moment, you do have your friend's life to consider. Besides I didn't leave him completely helpless, I did let him have his sub-armor. Now that I have his orb, getting the rest of yours will be easy." replied Maji as he disappeared.
"Kento, oh God, Kento! Wake up, please wake up!" whispered Kaye as tears ran down her cheeks.
"Ah, Kaye where are you?" asked Kento weakly.
"Kento, I'm right here don't move. You're going to be alright, why did you make me go Kento? I could have backed you up. We could have taken him together." Kaye said quietly.
"Sage." said Ryo as he motioned over to where Kento was laying.
"I'm already on it Ryo. Rowen get Kaye away from Kento, I can't heal him if she's there." said Sage as he got ready to heal him. Rowen nodded and pulled Kaye away from Kento. Kaye was thrashing around trying to make him let go, but he wouldn't loosen his grip.
"Rowen let go! Kento needs me, now let go!" said Kaye histerically.
"Kaye stop it! You're not going to help Kento by acting this way, now let Sage heal him and then we'll get him back inside to rest." replied Rowen as he tried to calm her.
"Rowen, you don't understand, he needs me, he needs me." said Kaye as she finally stopped thrashing and started to cry freely.
"It's going to be alright Kaye, look Sage is done and Kento is looking a lot better than he did before, see." replied Rowen.
"Guys, I'm going to need some help getting Kento upstairs and into bed." said Sage as he began to lift Kento off of the ground. Ryo walked over to where Sage and Kento were and gave a hand. They all walked back inside of the mansion, Kento was in his room and Kaye was right there beside him. A few minutes later Rowen walked into the room to check on Kento. Kaye looked from Kento to Rowen, her eyes searching his for some kind of explanation of why this had to happen.
"Rowen, I'm sorry for what I said outside, I mean about you not understanding. I didn't mean it the way that it came out. I was..." said Kaye as tears were starting to flow again.
"It's alright Kaye, I know that you didn't mean it. Kento will pull out of this, you'll see he's too stubborn not to, besides there's something here that he wouldn't want to ever leave behind." replied Rowen as he looked at her.
"Oh yea and what's that?" asked Kaye quietly.
"You." replied Kento weakly.