(english translations)
Inside, "Mia, how did it go with Kaye?" Cye asked in concern.
"I got her to talk finally. but I could of sworn that she was right behind me." Mia replied as she looked back to where she came inside.
"What the...Mia, get away from the door!" Rowen said as he quickly pulled her away from there. Just as Rowen pulled Mia away, Kaye flew through the door and landed face down on the floor.
"Kaye, what happened!?" Cye asked as he rushed over to her. She groaned as she was slowly getting up.
"I'm what happened, hello Ronin Warriors, we meet again." Imita said as she grinned evilly while floating in the doorway.
"What do you want? Why are you here?" Ryo asked angrily as he glared at her.
"I'm here to deliver a message to my daughter." Imita replied as she looked over to where Kaye was leaning onto Cye for support.
"Whatever you have to say, we're not interested." Sage said coldly.
"Not even if it's about your friend, Kento of Hardrock? Well then, if you're not interested in finding him, then I'll just leave." Imita taunted as she turned around and started to leave.
"Wait!" Kaye said as she tried to stop Imita from leaving. She stopped and then turned to face Kaye with a smirk.
"Yes?" Imita asked.
"Where is he? Is he all right? You better tell me, or I'll..." Kaye warned.
"Or you'll what?" Imita taunted.
"This!" Kaye replied as she attacked Imita. Imita dodged Kaye's attack thinking that she missed. Kaye landed to the side and smirked.
"What do you think that you are smiling about, you missed me with your attack?" Imita asked as she was staring at her.
"Guess again, why don't you look in the mirror and see for yourself?" Kaye replied as she motioned over to the mirror that was across the room. Imita looked at Kaye in a skeptical manner, but then she complied none the less. When she looked, she couldn't believe it, Kaye did land her attack. A bruise was beginning to form around her eye.
Imita suddenly became very angry, "If you ever want to see him ever again, I would be quiet and listen good because I'm only going to tell you this once." Imita replied.She then explained when and where they would have to meet, in order for them to go to where Kento was being held.
"Do you understand what you have to do Karasu (Raven)?" Imita asked as she was about to leave.
Kaye nodded her head, and then stared angrily at Imita. "One more thing before I go, here's something that I'm sure you'll recognize. Now don't be late, or otherwise you'll never see him ever again." Imita said as she produced a yellow headband out of thin air, and then threw it to the floor just before she disappeared. Slowly Kaye started to walk towards the yellow headband, picked it up and clutched it in her hand.
"Kento." Kaye whispered as a single tear ran down her cheek. The guys and Mia looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Then Kaye started to walk up the stairs, while leaning onto the railing for support. Kaye finally made it to her room, she then shut the door behind her and leaned back. She closed her eyes, trying to hold back her tears of frustration.
A quiet knock on the door startled her, "Kaye, it's Cye, come on open up ." Cye said as he called to her through the door.
"Just a minute." Kaye replied as she turned around and opened the door. Kaye let Cye enter, she then shut the door behind him.
Meanwhile...
"If you know what's good for you, you'll get me out of here right now!" Kento said angrily as he thrashed around trying to break the chains.
"Calm yourself, you're not going to do yourself any good if you keep going on like this." Taka (Falcon) said as he smirked.
"When I'm out of here, I'm going to kick your sorry ass!" Kento replied as he glared angrily at him.
"You are going to do nothing of the sort. Especially if I have anything to say about it. Besides, as long as I still have you, Karasu (Raven) will do everything as I say." Taka (Falcon) said with an evil grin. Kento just glared at Taka (Falcon), waiting for his chance to get back at him.
"Is this a private party, or can anyone join in?" Imita asked as she appeared in the tower.
"Imita, how did it go? Were you able to deliver your message?" Taka (Falcon) asked.
"Instead of telling you, how about I show you." Imita replied as she brought up the images in front of them. As they watched what happened, Kento became more and more angry as he was forced to watch. Then Imita stopped the images, and turned towards Taka (Falcon) and grinned evilly.
"You've done well Imita." Taka (Falcon) said as he praised his favorite assassin.
"Thank you my lord." Imita replied as she bowed before him.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I better go and make sure that everything is ready for when our guests arrive. Imita, don't stay too long, I'm going to need your assistance soon." Taka (Falcon) said as he was about to leave.
"Of course my lord." Imita replied as she watched Taka (Falcon) leave the tower.
Imita then turned and grinned at Kento. "What are you grinning about?" Kento asked.
"Soon, very soon I'll have my daughter back, and it's all thanks to you." Imita replied as she walked over to Kento.
"Don't count on it!" Kento replied angrily.
"You better hope that she comes, because if she doesn't, then you'll be here for a very, very long time." Imita said as she caressed Kento's face with the back of her hand. Kento pulled away, and then gave an icy glare. As Kento got a better look at Imita's face, he noticed that a bruise was forming around Imita's eye. He gave a small smirk as he noticed this.
"What are you smiling about?" Imita asked.
"Nothing, except for the bruise that you have around your eye. I'm betting Kaye had something to do with that." Kento replied with a smirk.
"Enough! You know what, you don't have to be alive when my daughter trades herself for you." Imita said as she took her small dagger and pointed it at Kento's throat.
"Try it and see what happens. I'm sure that when they find out that I'm dead, you're going to have more than a black eye to worry about." Kento said as he stared into her eyes.
Imita lowered the dagger, "Forget it, you're not worth the trouble. Besides, my lord is expecting me, and I wouldn't want to keep him waiting." Imita replied as she disappeared.
Kento let out a big breath of relief, "That was close, I thought for a minute that she would actually try and kill me. There has to be a way out of here. Come on, Kento, you have to think of something." Kento thought as he was looking around the tower.
Back in Kaye's room, "Cye, I've just realized something." Kaye said as she looked down sheepishly at the floor.
"What's that?" Cye asked as he looked at her in concern.
"I've realized that, well ever since this whole thing started, finding out that my mother is alive, and now that Kento's gone. That I haven't asked on how the rest of you have been doing, I've been too wrapped up in my own feelings, to even see how this is effecting the rest of you. I'm sorry, Cye. Forgive me?" Kaye said as she kept her gaze on the floor.
To say the least, Cye was kind of shocked by what she said. He then shook his head and smiled, "Kaye, there's nothing to forgive. You were just as confused and concerned as the rest of us, maybe more so. Everything will work out, you just need to have faith." Cye replied as he smiled.
Kaye looked up at him, and then gave a small smile of her own. "Thanks, Cye, I guess that I just needed to hear that." Kaye replied.
"Now that we've had this talk, how about we go back downstairs and join the others." Cye suggested as he walked over to the door. Kaye nodded and then they both went downstairs to see if any one came up with any kind of plan.When Cye and Kaye finally made it downstairs, they found their friends sitting quietly in the living room.
"Hey, what's with everyone being so quiet?" Kaye asked. Everyone whirled around and saw that they were standing there in the entry way to the living room.
"Kaye, are you all right?" Mia asked as she rushed up to her.
"Yea, Mia, I'm alright. Did anyone come up with any kind of plan?" Kaye replied as she became serious.When no answer was give, Kaye knew that they were in major trouble.
"Ok then, it looks like Imita has the upper hand in this deal." Sage said as they returned back to the living room.
"Actually, Sage, I think it's more of a stand still. Because she has Kento, and I'm here, so that means as long as they keep him alive, they know that I'll do whatever they say." Kaye replied as she stared into the fire.
"So then what are we suppose to do? Are we going to jump every time that they say jump, or what?" Ryo asked as he started to get annoyed.
"No, not quite." Kaye replied as Lightning suddenly appeared next to her.Rowen stared at Kaye curiously for a few minutes, and then it finally hit him.
"You have something in mind, don't you." Rowen said as he grinned.
"Yea I do, but I don't think that any of you are going to like it." Kaye replied as she stroked the tiger's head.
"Oh no you're not, no way! Are you out of your mind? Kaye, what could you be thinking? Forget about it!" Cye said as he figured out what she had planned.
"Cye, it's like what you said to me upstairs, and I quote, everything will work out, you just need faith, unquote." Kaye replied as she glanced over at him.
"Would you mind explaining what Cye's getting so upset about?" Mia asked as she looked over towards Kaye.
"The reason he's getting upset, is because I'm planning on meeting Imita alone." Kaye explained as she got up from where she was sitting.
"What! Kaye are you totally out of your mind? Did it ever occur to you that is exactly what she wants you to do? What happens if you do show up alone and she doesn't bring Kento with her, then she would have both of you?" Ryo asked as he quickly got up from his chair.
"Would you hold on, you didn't let me finish what I was going to say. Now would you calm yourself and sit down already?" Kaye asked as she faced Ryo.
Ryo was a little reluctant at first, but then he finally sat back down. "Ok you have our attention, so continue with what you were going to say." Ryo replied as he and the others put their full attention onto her.
"Thank you, as I was saying, I'm going to meet Imita alone. Well I shouldn't say totally alone, I'll have Lightning with me. When she comes to the meeting, she'll take me back to where she's probably keeping Kento. Then as soon as I know that he's alive, I'll have Lightning teleport the
rest of you to our location. But if things start to get intense, I'll have Lightning teleport us out of there. If anyone has any objections, now would be the time." Kaye explained as she looked around at each of them to see what their reaction would be.
"I don't like it, but unfortunately, it's the only plan that we have at the moment. So I guess that we'll go with it." Ryo replied.
"It's almost time for the meeting. We better get going, keep your fingers crossed and hope that this works." Kaye said as she looked at her watch.
"Good luck, Kaye, and watch your back. I don't trust Imita as far as I can throw her." Rowen replied as he and the others stood up.
"Thanks, Rowen, I have a feeling that I'm going to need it." Kaye replied. Just before Kaye and Lightning were about to leave, she noticed that when she looked over at Cye, there was something that she saw in his eyes that she couldn't quite understand. She then walked over to him, placed her hands on top of his shoulders, and looked into his eyes.
"Don't worry, Cye, I'll make sure that Kento comes back safe and sound. I promise." Kaye said quietly. Cye nodded, Kaye then gave him a small smile, and then she walked over to Lightning. She looked over at them for a little while longer, and then disappeared.
Inside, "Mia, how did it go with Kaye?" Cye asked in concern.
"I got her to talk finally. but I could of sworn that she was right behind me." Mia replied as she looked back to where she came inside.
"What the...Mia, get away from the door!" Rowen said as he quickly pulled her away from there. Just as Rowen pulled Mia away, Kaye flew through the door and landed face down on the floor.
"Kaye, what happened!?" Cye asked as he rushed over to her. She groaned as she was slowly getting up.
"I'm what happened, hello Ronin Warriors, we meet again." Imita said as she grinned evilly while floating in the doorway.
"What do you want? Why are you here?" Ryo asked angrily as he glared at her.
"I'm here to deliver a message to my daughter." Imita replied as she looked over to where Kaye was leaning onto Cye for support.
"Whatever you have to say, we're not interested." Sage said coldly.
"Not even if it's about your friend, Kento of Hardrock? Well then, if you're not interested in finding him, then I'll just leave." Imita taunted as she turned around and started to leave.
"Wait!" Kaye said as she tried to stop Imita from leaving. She stopped and then turned to face Kaye with a smirk.
"Yes?" Imita asked.
"Where is he? Is he all right? You better tell me, or I'll..." Kaye warned.
"Or you'll what?" Imita taunted.
"This!" Kaye replied as she attacked Imita. Imita dodged Kaye's attack thinking that she missed. Kaye landed to the side and smirked.
"What do you think that you are smiling about, you missed me with your attack?" Imita asked as she was staring at her.
"Guess again, why don't you look in the mirror and see for yourself?" Kaye replied as she motioned over to the mirror that was across the room. Imita looked at Kaye in a skeptical manner, but then she complied none the less. When she looked, she couldn't believe it, Kaye did land her attack. A bruise was beginning to form around her eye.
Imita suddenly became very angry, "If you ever want to see him ever again, I would be quiet and listen good because I'm only going to tell you this once." Imita replied.She then explained when and where they would have to meet, in order for them to go to where Kento was being held.
"Do you understand what you have to do Karasu (Raven)?" Imita asked as she was about to leave.
Kaye nodded her head, and then stared angrily at Imita. "One more thing before I go, here's something that I'm sure you'll recognize. Now don't be late, or otherwise you'll never see him ever again." Imita said as she produced a yellow headband out of thin air, and then threw it to the floor just before she disappeared. Slowly Kaye started to walk towards the yellow headband, picked it up and clutched it in her hand.
"Kento." Kaye whispered as a single tear ran down her cheek. The guys and Mia looked at each other, not knowing what to say. Then Kaye started to walk up the stairs, while leaning onto the railing for support. Kaye finally made it to her room, she then shut the door behind her and leaned back. She closed her eyes, trying to hold back her tears of frustration.
A quiet knock on the door startled her, "Kaye, it's Cye, come on open up ." Cye said as he called to her through the door.
"Just a minute." Kaye replied as she turned around and opened the door. Kaye let Cye enter, she then shut the door behind him.
Meanwhile...
"If you know what's good for you, you'll get me out of here right now!" Kento said angrily as he thrashed around trying to break the chains.
"Calm yourself, you're not going to do yourself any good if you keep going on like this." Taka (Falcon) said as he smirked.
"When I'm out of here, I'm going to kick your sorry ass!" Kento replied as he glared angrily at him.
"You are going to do nothing of the sort. Especially if I have anything to say about it. Besides, as long as I still have you, Karasu (Raven) will do everything as I say." Taka (Falcon) said with an evil grin. Kento just glared at Taka (Falcon), waiting for his chance to get back at him.
"Is this a private party, or can anyone join in?" Imita asked as she appeared in the tower.
"Imita, how did it go? Were you able to deliver your message?" Taka (Falcon) asked.
"Instead of telling you, how about I show you." Imita replied as she brought up the images in front of them. As they watched what happened, Kento became more and more angry as he was forced to watch. Then Imita stopped the images, and turned towards Taka (Falcon) and grinned evilly.
"You've done well Imita." Taka (Falcon) said as he praised his favorite assassin.
"Thank you my lord." Imita replied as she bowed before him.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I better go and make sure that everything is ready for when our guests arrive. Imita, don't stay too long, I'm going to need your assistance soon." Taka (Falcon) said as he was about to leave.
"Of course my lord." Imita replied as she watched Taka (Falcon) leave the tower.
Imita then turned and grinned at Kento. "What are you grinning about?" Kento asked.
"Soon, very soon I'll have my daughter back, and it's all thanks to you." Imita replied as she walked over to Kento.
"Don't count on it!" Kento replied angrily.
"You better hope that she comes, because if she doesn't, then you'll be here for a very, very long time." Imita said as she caressed Kento's face with the back of her hand. Kento pulled away, and then gave an icy glare. As Kento got a better look at Imita's face, he noticed that a bruise was forming around Imita's eye. He gave a small smirk as he noticed this.
"What are you smiling about?" Imita asked.
"Nothing, except for the bruise that you have around your eye. I'm betting Kaye had something to do with that." Kento replied with a smirk.
"Enough! You know what, you don't have to be alive when my daughter trades herself for you." Imita said as she took her small dagger and pointed it at Kento's throat.
"Try it and see what happens. I'm sure that when they find out that I'm dead, you're going to have more than a black eye to worry about." Kento said as he stared into her eyes.
Imita lowered the dagger, "Forget it, you're not worth the trouble. Besides, my lord is expecting me, and I wouldn't want to keep him waiting." Imita replied as she disappeared.
Kento let out a big breath of relief, "That was close, I thought for a minute that she would actually try and kill me. There has to be a way out of here. Come on, Kento, you have to think of something." Kento thought as he was looking around the tower.
Back in Kaye's room, "Cye, I've just realized something." Kaye said as she looked down sheepishly at the floor.
"What's that?" Cye asked as he looked at her in concern.
"I've realized that, well ever since this whole thing started, finding out that my mother is alive, and now that Kento's gone. That I haven't asked on how the rest of you have been doing, I've been too wrapped up in my own feelings, to even see how this is effecting the rest of you. I'm sorry, Cye. Forgive me?" Kaye said as she kept her gaze on the floor.
To say the least, Cye was kind of shocked by what she said. He then shook his head and smiled, "Kaye, there's nothing to forgive. You were just as confused and concerned as the rest of us, maybe more so. Everything will work out, you just need to have faith." Cye replied as he smiled.
Kaye looked up at him, and then gave a small smile of her own. "Thanks, Cye, I guess that I just needed to hear that." Kaye replied.
"Now that we've had this talk, how about we go back downstairs and join the others." Cye suggested as he walked over to the door. Kaye nodded and then they both went downstairs to see if any one came up with any kind of plan.When Cye and Kaye finally made it downstairs, they found their friends sitting quietly in the living room.
"Hey, what's with everyone being so quiet?" Kaye asked. Everyone whirled around and saw that they were standing there in the entry way to the living room.
"Kaye, are you all right?" Mia asked as she rushed up to her.
"Yea, Mia, I'm alright. Did anyone come up with any kind of plan?" Kaye replied as she became serious.When no answer was give, Kaye knew that they were in major trouble.
"Ok then, it looks like Imita has the upper hand in this deal." Sage said as they returned back to the living room.
"Actually, Sage, I think it's more of a stand still. Because she has Kento, and I'm here, so that means as long as they keep him alive, they know that I'll do whatever they say." Kaye replied as she stared into the fire.
"So then what are we suppose to do? Are we going to jump every time that they say jump, or what?" Ryo asked as he started to get annoyed.
"No, not quite." Kaye replied as Lightning suddenly appeared next to her.Rowen stared at Kaye curiously for a few minutes, and then it finally hit him.
"You have something in mind, don't you." Rowen said as he grinned.
"Yea I do, but I don't think that any of you are going to like it." Kaye replied as she stroked the tiger's head.
"Oh no you're not, no way! Are you out of your mind? Kaye, what could you be thinking? Forget about it!" Cye said as he figured out what she had planned.
"Cye, it's like what you said to me upstairs, and I quote, everything will work out, you just need faith, unquote." Kaye replied as she glanced over at him.
"Would you mind explaining what Cye's getting so upset about?" Mia asked as she looked over towards Kaye.
"The reason he's getting upset, is because I'm planning on meeting Imita alone." Kaye explained as she got up from where she was sitting.
"What! Kaye are you totally out of your mind? Did it ever occur to you that is exactly what she wants you to do? What happens if you do show up alone and she doesn't bring Kento with her, then she would have both of you?" Ryo asked as he quickly got up from his chair.
"Would you hold on, you didn't let me finish what I was going to say. Now would you calm yourself and sit down already?" Kaye asked as she faced Ryo.
Ryo was a little reluctant at first, but then he finally sat back down. "Ok you have our attention, so continue with what you were going to say." Ryo replied as he and the others put their full attention onto her.
"Thank you, as I was saying, I'm going to meet Imita alone. Well I shouldn't say totally alone, I'll have Lightning with me. When she comes to the meeting, she'll take me back to where she's probably keeping Kento. Then as soon as I know that he's alive, I'll have Lightning teleport the
rest of you to our location. But if things start to get intense, I'll have Lightning teleport us out of there. If anyone has any objections, now would be the time." Kaye explained as she looked around at each of them to see what their reaction would be.
"I don't like it, but unfortunately, it's the only plan that we have at the moment. So I guess that we'll go with it." Ryo replied.
"It's almost time for the meeting. We better get going, keep your fingers crossed and hope that this works." Kaye said as she looked at her watch.
"Good luck, Kaye, and watch your back. I don't trust Imita as far as I can throw her." Rowen replied as he and the others stood up.
"Thanks, Rowen, I have a feeling that I'm going to need it." Kaye replied. Just before Kaye and Lightning were about to leave, she noticed that when she looked over at Cye, there was something that she saw in his eyes that she couldn't quite understand. She then walked over to him, placed her hands on top of his shoulders, and looked into his eyes.
"Don't worry, Cye, I'll make sure that Kento comes back safe and sound. I promise." Kaye said quietly. Cye nodded, Kaye then gave him a small smile, and then she walked over to Lightning. She looked over at them for a little while longer, and then disappeared.