(english translations)
"Kaye, wait! Where are you going?" Kento asked as he quickly grabbed onto her arm.
"I'm going out for some air. Now would you please let go of my arm Kento before I make you eat the floor." Kaye said as she looked up into his eyes.
Kento reluctantly released her arm, and let Kaye grab her coat and head out the door. "If you know what's good for you my son, then you will go after her this instant!" mama Fuan said as she glared at him.
"Yes mam! You don't have to tell me twice!" Kento replied as he grabbed his coat and ran towards the door.
"I think that we better go too. Kaye's pretty good about hiding when she doesn't want to be found. Come on guys, let's go." Ryo said as he got up from the table and headed towards the door.
"We're coming too." Mei Ryu said as he grabbed his coat.
"No Mei Ryu, you, your brother and sisters will stay here with me, your mom, and grandpa while they go and look for her." Chan Fuan said as he looked at Mei Ryu.
"But dad?" Mei Ryu said.
"But nothing, we're wasting time arguing. Besides Kaye might come back here on her own, and someone should be here in case she does." Chan Fuan replied sternly.
"Yes dad." Mei Ryu said as he hung up his coat.
"Thanks pop, we'll be back before you know it." Kento said as he and the others ran out the door to look for Kaye.
Outside, "I can't believe that I made a total fool out of myself in there. What was he thinking when he talked with his family about what happened last night? He had no right! No, no he had every right, he's just concerned like everybody else. It's my fault for not telling them sooner about my past." Kaye thought as she stopped and looked over at the bridge that was on the other side of the street.
After a few minutes, Kaye finally decided to cross the street and walk to the center of the bridge, where she stopped again and leaned over the side. "Karasu (Raven), Karasu (Raven) where are you? Karasu (Raven)! Answer me!" an eerie voice called from the shadows.
Kaye quickly got into defensive position and began to look around her surroundings. "Who are you? Why do you keep calling me Karasu (Raven)? Come out so I can see you, or are you a coward?" Kaye said angrily.
"Fine, if that's the way it's going to be." the voice replied as a woman in a long hooded cape came out of the shadows.
"Now that we're face to face, tell me who are you, and why do you keep calling me Karasu (Raven)?" Kaye asked as she glared at the woman.
The woman reached up with both of her hands and slowly pulled down her hood from her face. She looked straight at Kaye, and then she started to approach Kaye. "Alright, stop right there, that's close enough." Kaye warned the woman. She stopped walking and kept her eyes on Kaye the whole time.
"You wanted to know who I am, as well as the reason I keep calling you Karasu (Raven), is because I'm your mother." Imita replied.
"No it can't be true, you're not my mother! My mother is dead, I saw her die!" Kaye replied in disbelief.
"Can't you tell that it's me with your own eyes? I'm here, and alive. I want you to come with me." Imita said as she began to approach Kaye again.
"No, stay back! You're not her, I won't believe you. There's nothing that you can say or do to persuade me otherwise." Kaye replied as she began to back away.
Not too far away, Kento and the others were closing in on Kaye's and Imita's location. "Kaye, where are you? Answer me!" Kento yelled out into the streets.
No response, then all of a sudden Sage stopped dead in his tracks. The others stopped and looked back at him. "Sage what's the deal? Why did you stop?" Cye asked.
"I'm feeling a powerful force." Sage replied as he was looking around trying to get a fix.
"Where is it coming from?" Rowen asked.
"Over there." Sage replied as he took off in the direction of where it was coming from.
"Do you think that we'll find Kaye if we keep going in this direction?" Mia asked as she ran beside Ryo.
"I hope so Mia." Ryo replied as they continued running. Just as they rounded the next corner, they saw Kaye carefully backing away from the woman.
"I'm warning you! Stay away from me!" Kaye said angrily as she kept her eyes on Imita.
"Kaye!" Kento yelled.
For a split second, Kaye quickly turned her head and saw that Kento and the others were running towards her. That split second is all that Imita needed in order to make her move. "Kaye, watch your back!" Rowen warned her as he saw Imita taking to the air and landing closer with her weapons ready.
Kaye quickly turned her head in Imita's direction, but Rowen's warning came a little too late. Because Imita already had a hold of Kaye with one of the katanas at her throat. "Stay back Ronins if you know what's good for ya." Imita warned coldly as she glared at them coldly.
"Let her go!" Ryo yelled angrily.
"Great, just great I had to leave my kanji orb back home. What was I thinking?" Kaye wondered as she was trying to figure a way out of this situation while still keeping her head.
"Who are you, and what do you think that you're doing with our friend?" Cye asked as they circled Kaye and Imita.
"My name is Imita, I'm Karasu's (Raven's) mother, I'm taking her back with me! Now back off! This is going to be your first and only warning!" Imita replied as she drew the katana closer to Kaye's throat.
Kaye let out a gasp as the blade came closer. "Sorry, but I don't think so lady. You see, Kaye is our friend, and we're not going to let you take her anywhere." Rowen replied as he glared at her.
"Your friends think that they actually can stop me from taking you back, Karasu (Raven)." Imita said.
"You won't get away, and they'll make sure of that!" Kaye replied angrily.
"There's no way that you could be Kaye's mother. Kaye told us that she saw her killed right in front of her a long time ago." Sage said as he was looking for an opening.
"Karasu (Raven), how could you say such a thing?" Imita asked as she drew her katana back a little more, causing a small cut on Kaye's neck.
"Because it's true, my mother is dead! Why can't you get that through your thick head?" Kaye said angrily. Imita slowly took the katana off of Kaye's neck. Then she turned around and stared at Kaye straight into her eyes. Imita's eyes flared with pure anger, and then became a void, free of any emotions. At that moment she became cold, and unforgiving. Kaye stumbled back, keeping her eyes on Imita.
"Go to your friends for now. I'll be back for you, and you can count on that! Don't think that this is over, it's far from over Karasu (Raven)!" Imita said as she disappeared.
"Kaye, Kaye are you alright?" Kento asked as he helped her up.
She gave no response, Kaye just kept on staring in disbelief at the spot where Imita was standing. Then she brought her hand up to the area of her neck where Imita cut her with the katana. When she took her hand away, there was blood smeared on the palm of her hand.
"Sage!" Ryo said. Sage nodded and transformed into his armor, quickly he healed Kaye's wound and then called it back.
"My mother, my mother is alive? If what she was saying is true, then why hasn't she, why hasn't she try to find me before?" Kaye whispered in disbelief.
"Kaye that woman couldn't possibly be your mother. A real mother wouldn't pull something like that." Mia said sternly.
"But she looked like her, she sounded like her, she acted like her. Everything was exactly like the way that my mother would be." Kaye replied in confusion.
"No Kaye, that woman wasn't your mother, end of story. That woman was nothing more than an ansatsusha (asassin)." Ryo said in anger.
"If she was an ansatsusha (asassin), then why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? Explain that one to me." Kaye replied angrily as she turned and faced Ryo.
"Trust me Kaye, she's an ansatsusha (asassin). Imita was wearing the markings of someone from an ansatsusha's (asassin's) guild." Ryo said sternly.
"How would you know Ryo?" Kaye shot back.
"I just know! Now come on, let's go back to the restaurant, and let Kento's family know that we found you, and that you're alright." Ryo replied as he lead the others back.
Kento noticed that Kaye wasn't with them. He looked back and saw that she was still standing in the same place that he helped her up from. So he turned around and went back for her. When he got there, he found that Kaye was trying so hard not to cry. But it couldn't be helped, with everything hitting her so hard and so fast, that she finally let it all out. Kaye saw his shadow and turned around to face him with tears streaming down her face.
"Come here, come here Kaye it'll be alright." Kento said as he brought her into his embrace.
"Kento, I'm sorry that I ruined all of your planning. I know that it took you a long time to get this put together, and here I go and ruin the whole thing." Kaye said as she was trying to stop crying.
"Hey what are you talking about? You didn't ruin anything. Everything went just fine, this whole thing was only so my family could finally meet ya. I know that I should of introduced you sooner, but I thought that this would be a better way of going about it. Besides I know for fact that my family likes you. So there's nothing to worry about, ok. Now what do you say that we dry these tears and go back to the restaurant." Kento said as he wiped away her tears.
Kaye gave him a nod and a smile. He smiled and then they started on their way back. They were half way there by the time that they met up with the rest of them. They just got to the front door, when Kaye pulled onto Ryo's arm. "Ryo, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." Kaye began to say.
Ryo turned around, "It's alright Kaye, no damage done. Now what do you say? Let's go inside and fill the Fuans in on what happened ok." Ryo replied with a smile.
"Sure Ryo, but I don't think that they have to know everything, do they?" Kaye asked.
"No they don't need to know everything. So are we going to go inside, or do you want to turn into a frozen icecile?" Ryo asked with a smile.
Kaye shook her head, and followed Ryo inside. "Kaye, I'm glad that they found you. Are you alright?" mama Fuan asked as she ran up to her.
"Yea mama Fuan, I'm alright, everything is ok." Kaye replied as she smiled at her.
"Kaye, you're back!" Mei Ryu said in excitement as he tackled her into the couch.
"We were worried about you." Yun said as he also tackled Kaye, who was already on the couch.
"Mei Ryu, Yun! Get off of her right this instant! I know that you're excited that she's back, but that's no way to greet someone. Now off!" Rinfi said as she and Chun Fa stood there with their hands crossed over their chests, and tapping their feet to show annoyance.
"Alright, alright we're getting off." Yun said as he and Mei Ryu got off of Kaye.
"It's ok Rinfi, they didn't hurt me if that's what you were worried about." Kaye said as she gave the them a smile.
"Who said that we were worried about them hurting you?" Rinfi asked mischievously.
"Oh, then why were you worried?" Kaye asked.
"It's like what my sister said, we weren't worried about them hurting you. It's the fact that we were going to do that first, but they beat us to it." Chun Fa replied with a mischievous grin.
"Kaye, wait! Where are you going?" Kento asked as he quickly grabbed onto her arm.
"I'm going out for some air. Now would you please let go of my arm Kento before I make you eat the floor." Kaye said as she looked up into his eyes.
Kento reluctantly released her arm, and let Kaye grab her coat and head out the door. "If you know what's good for you my son, then you will go after her this instant!" mama Fuan said as she glared at him.
"Yes mam! You don't have to tell me twice!" Kento replied as he grabbed his coat and ran towards the door.
"I think that we better go too. Kaye's pretty good about hiding when she doesn't want to be found. Come on guys, let's go." Ryo said as he got up from the table and headed towards the door.
"We're coming too." Mei Ryu said as he grabbed his coat.
"No Mei Ryu, you, your brother and sisters will stay here with me, your mom, and grandpa while they go and look for her." Chan Fuan said as he looked at Mei Ryu.
"But dad?" Mei Ryu said.
"But nothing, we're wasting time arguing. Besides Kaye might come back here on her own, and someone should be here in case she does." Chan Fuan replied sternly.
"Yes dad." Mei Ryu said as he hung up his coat.
"Thanks pop, we'll be back before you know it." Kento said as he and the others ran out the door to look for Kaye.
Outside, "I can't believe that I made a total fool out of myself in there. What was he thinking when he talked with his family about what happened last night? He had no right! No, no he had every right, he's just concerned like everybody else. It's my fault for not telling them sooner about my past." Kaye thought as she stopped and looked over at the bridge that was on the other side of the street.
After a few minutes, Kaye finally decided to cross the street and walk to the center of the bridge, where she stopped again and leaned over the side. "Karasu (Raven), Karasu (Raven) where are you? Karasu (Raven)! Answer me!" an eerie voice called from the shadows.
Kaye quickly got into defensive position and began to look around her surroundings. "Who are you? Why do you keep calling me Karasu (Raven)? Come out so I can see you, or are you a coward?" Kaye said angrily.
"Fine, if that's the way it's going to be." the voice replied as a woman in a long hooded cape came out of the shadows.
"Now that we're face to face, tell me who are you, and why do you keep calling me Karasu (Raven)?" Kaye asked as she glared at the woman.
The woman reached up with both of her hands and slowly pulled down her hood from her face. She looked straight at Kaye, and then she started to approach Kaye. "Alright, stop right there, that's close enough." Kaye warned the woman. She stopped walking and kept her eyes on Kaye the whole time.
"You wanted to know who I am, as well as the reason I keep calling you Karasu (Raven), is because I'm your mother." Imita replied.
"No it can't be true, you're not my mother! My mother is dead, I saw her die!" Kaye replied in disbelief.
"Can't you tell that it's me with your own eyes? I'm here, and alive. I want you to come with me." Imita said as she began to approach Kaye again.
"No, stay back! You're not her, I won't believe you. There's nothing that you can say or do to persuade me otherwise." Kaye replied as she began to back away.
Not too far away, Kento and the others were closing in on Kaye's and Imita's location. "Kaye, where are you? Answer me!" Kento yelled out into the streets.
No response, then all of a sudden Sage stopped dead in his tracks. The others stopped and looked back at him. "Sage what's the deal? Why did you stop?" Cye asked.
"I'm feeling a powerful force." Sage replied as he was looking around trying to get a fix.
"Where is it coming from?" Rowen asked.
"Over there." Sage replied as he took off in the direction of where it was coming from.
"Do you think that we'll find Kaye if we keep going in this direction?" Mia asked as she ran beside Ryo.
"I hope so Mia." Ryo replied as they continued running. Just as they rounded the next corner, they saw Kaye carefully backing away from the woman.
"I'm warning you! Stay away from me!" Kaye said angrily as she kept her eyes on Imita.
"Kaye!" Kento yelled.
For a split second, Kaye quickly turned her head and saw that Kento and the others were running towards her. That split second is all that Imita needed in order to make her move. "Kaye, watch your back!" Rowen warned her as he saw Imita taking to the air and landing closer with her weapons ready.
Kaye quickly turned her head in Imita's direction, but Rowen's warning came a little too late. Because Imita already had a hold of Kaye with one of the katanas at her throat. "Stay back Ronins if you know what's good for ya." Imita warned coldly as she glared at them coldly.
"Let her go!" Ryo yelled angrily.
"Great, just great I had to leave my kanji orb back home. What was I thinking?" Kaye wondered as she was trying to figure a way out of this situation while still keeping her head.
"Who are you, and what do you think that you're doing with our friend?" Cye asked as they circled Kaye and Imita.
"My name is Imita, I'm Karasu's (Raven's) mother, I'm taking her back with me! Now back off! This is going to be your first and only warning!" Imita replied as she drew the katana closer to Kaye's throat.
Kaye let out a gasp as the blade came closer. "Sorry, but I don't think so lady. You see, Kaye is our friend, and we're not going to let you take her anywhere." Rowen replied as he glared at her.
"Your friends think that they actually can stop me from taking you back, Karasu (Raven)." Imita said.
"You won't get away, and they'll make sure of that!" Kaye replied angrily.
"There's no way that you could be Kaye's mother. Kaye told us that she saw her killed right in front of her a long time ago." Sage said as he was looking for an opening.
"Karasu (Raven), how could you say such a thing?" Imita asked as she drew her katana back a little more, causing a small cut on Kaye's neck.
"Because it's true, my mother is dead! Why can't you get that through your thick head?" Kaye said angrily. Imita slowly took the katana off of Kaye's neck. Then she turned around and stared at Kaye straight into her eyes. Imita's eyes flared with pure anger, and then became a void, free of any emotions. At that moment she became cold, and unforgiving. Kaye stumbled back, keeping her eyes on Imita.
"Go to your friends for now. I'll be back for you, and you can count on that! Don't think that this is over, it's far from over Karasu (Raven)!" Imita said as she disappeared.
"Kaye, Kaye are you alright?" Kento asked as he helped her up.
She gave no response, Kaye just kept on staring in disbelief at the spot where Imita was standing. Then she brought her hand up to the area of her neck where Imita cut her with the katana. When she took her hand away, there was blood smeared on the palm of her hand.
"Sage!" Ryo said. Sage nodded and transformed into his armor, quickly he healed Kaye's wound and then called it back.
"My mother, my mother is alive? If what she was saying is true, then why hasn't she, why hasn't she try to find me before?" Kaye whispered in disbelief.
"Kaye that woman couldn't possibly be your mother. A real mother wouldn't pull something like that." Mia said sternly.
"But she looked like her, she sounded like her, she acted like her. Everything was exactly like the way that my mother would be." Kaye replied in confusion.
"No Kaye, that woman wasn't your mother, end of story. That woman was nothing more than an ansatsusha (asassin)." Ryo said in anger.
"If she was an ansatsusha (asassin), then why didn't she kill me when she had the chance? Explain that one to me." Kaye replied angrily as she turned and faced Ryo.
"Trust me Kaye, she's an ansatsusha (asassin). Imita was wearing the markings of someone from an ansatsusha's (asassin's) guild." Ryo said sternly.
"How would you know Ryo?" Kaye shot back.
"I just know! Now come on, let's go back to the restaurant, and let Kento's family know that we found you, and that you're alright." Ryo replied as he lead the others back.
Kento noticed that Kaye wasn't with them. He looked back and saw that she was still standing in the same place that he helped her up from. So he turned around and went back for her. When he got there, he found that Kaye was trying so hard not to cry. But it couldn't be helped, with everything hitting her so hard and so fast, that she finally let it all out. Kaye saw his shadow and turned around to face him with tears streaming down her face.
"Come here, come here Kaye it'll be alright." Kento said as he brought her into his embrace.
"Kento, I'm sorry that I ruined all of your planning. I know that it took you a long time to get this put together, and here I go and ruin the whole thing." Kaye said as she was trying to stop crying.
"Hey what are you talking about? You didn't ruin anything. Everything went just fine, this whole thing was only so my family could finally meet ya. I know that I should of introduced you sooner, but I thought that this would be a better way of going about it. Besides I know for fact that my family likes you. So there's nothing to worry about, ok. Now what do you say that we dry these tears and go back to the restaurant." Kento said as he wiped away her tears.
Kaye gave him a nod and a smile. He smiled and then they started on their way back. They were half way there by the time that they met up with the rest of them. They just got to the front door, when Kaye pulled onto Ryo's arm. "Ryo, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." Kaye began to say.
Ryo turned around, "It's alright Kaye, no damage done. Now what do you say? Let's go inside and fill the Fuans in on what happened ok." Ryo replied with a smile.
"Sure Ryo, but I don't think that they have to know everything, do they?" Kaye asked.
"No they don't need to know everything. So are we going to go inside, or do you want to turn into a frozen icecile?" Ryo asked with a smile.
Kaye shook her head, and followed Ryo inside. "Kaye, I'm glad that they found you. Are you alright?" mama Fuan asked as she ran up to her.
"Yea mama Fuan, I'm alright, everything is ok." Kaye replied as she smiled at her.
"Kaye, you're back!" Mei Ryu said in excitement as he tackled her into the couch.
"We were worried about you." Yun said as he also tackled Kaye, who was already on the couch.
"Mei Ryu, Yun! Get off of her right this instant! I know that you're excited that she's back, but that's no way to greet someone. Now off!" Rinfi said as she and Chun Fa stood there with their hands crossed over their chests, and tapping their feet to show annoyance.
"Alright, alright we're getting off." Yun said as he and Mei Ryu got off of Kaye.
"It's ok Rinfi, they didn't hurt me if that's what you were worried about." Kaye said as she gave the them a smile.
"Who said that we were worried about them hurting you?" Rinfi asked mischievously.
"Oh, then why were you worried?" Kaye asked.
"It's like what my sister said, we weren't worried about them hurting you. It's the fact that we were going to do that first, but they beat us to it." Chun Fa replied with a mischievous grin.