(English translations)
"Lightning, I can't believe you! How could you bring them here? You totally threw the plan out the window!" Kaye said as she stared angrily at her tiger.
"Take it easy on him Kaye, he just wants to make sure nothing goes wrong. Besides, it's not all his fault anyway, just before you two disappeared we kinda, sorta hitched a ride." Rowen said in the tiger's defense.
Kaye just shook her head, and then everyone decided to split up and look around. "Why is this place so familiar to me?" Kaye wondered.
"Do you remember this place Karasu (Raven)?" Imita asked as she appeared out of nowhere. Both Kaye and Lightning turned around. The tiger got in front of Kaye and roared loudly at Imita, warning her that was close enough. Imita got the hint and stopped right where she was. The others were close enough to hear the roar, and then ran to where it was coming from. When they got there, they saw that Kaye and Imita were having a conversation.
"Should I remember?" Kaye asked as she glared at her.
"This was your home." Imita replied as she walked over to a clearing.
"My home?" Kaye asked as she carefully followed her.
"Yes, see over there, do you remember what happened?" Imita asked as she glanced back at her daughter.
"No, I don't remember, and I don't want to." Kaye replied as she quickly turned her head away from there.
"You are a terrible liar Karasu (Raven), you've always been. Now look again, and tell me that you don't remember." Imita said as she turned around and faced her.
Kaye slowly turned her head back to the spot where her mother was talking about. A sudden flash back occurred. The images of the day that the invaders came flooding back, making Kaye fell to her knees. "Stop it! Someone make it stop! No more, no more!" Kaye yelled as she clutched her head.
"Kaye! Dammit Imita, stop it! If you care anything for her, then you will make those images stop right now!" someone said from the shadows.
The images that plagued Kaye's mind suddenly vanished, and then she looked over to the shadows where the voice came from. Kaye squinted to see if she could get a better look, she couldn't believe what, or actually who she saw. ""Kento? If it's you, say something, anything." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on the person that was hidden among the shadows.
"Yea it's me. Kaye you shouldn't have came." Kento said as she stayed in the shadows.
"Kento, what are you talking about? Of course I was going to come, why wouldn't I? Hey wait a minute, what's going on? Imita, what did you do to him?" Kaye asked.
"I didn't do anything. What possible advantage would I have if I did?" Imita replied with a smirk.
"I don't like this, something doesn't feel right." Sage said as he was looking around.
"What do you mean Sage? Talk to me." Ryo said as he looked over at him by the corner of his eye.
"I mean if that's actually Kento, then why won't he come out of the shadows? It sounds like him, but...I wonder." Sage replied as he brought his nodachi in front of him and closed his eyes. Sage's hunch was right, that wasn't Kento they were seeing, it was something else entirely, something of pure evil.
"Kaye get away from there, that's not Kento!" Sage yelled.
"Sage, wha..." Kaye replied as she saw what he was talking about. The figure in the shadows shifted from Kento's form and into the dark entity.
"Remember me?" the dark entity asked as he glared at Kaye with its eyes glowing bright red. Kaye's mind screamed for her to run, but for some reason her body wouldn't move.
"Imita, what's the meaning of this? Why are you siding with that, that thing?" Ryo asked as he looked between her and the dark entity.
Imita gave an evil laugh, "This thing, as you call it, and I struck a bargain." Imita said as she gave an evil grin.
"What kind of bargain?" Sage asked curiously while keeping his guard up.
"I told Imita that I would assist in getting her daughter back." the dark entity hissed as it kept its eyes on Kaye.
"And I promised that I would serve it without question. Enough talking, we are going to meet up with my lord Taka (Falcon), and we're going now!" Imita replied coldly. A swirl of clouds suddenly appeared around them. Then in a blink of an eye, they've all disappeared, leaving nothing but the charred ruins of an old village and an echoing of evil laughter.
In the tower, Taka (Falcon) decided to check on his "guest." "How do you like your accommodations?" Taka (Falcon) asked with a sneer.
"To be honest, I've seen better in a magazine called better lairs and towers. I think that you probably missed that one." Kento replied with a smirk.
"That's enough out of you!" Taka (Falcon) said as he struck Kento a crossed the face.
"Ok, that does it, he just got strike one." Kento thought as he glared at Taka (Falcon) angrily.
"My lord, Imita is back, and she brought company." a guard said as he came up to the tower window.
Taka (Falcon) nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he turned around and looked inside. "Sorry that we couldn't continue our little conversation, but I think that I better go and greet our guests." Taka (Falcon) said as he took one final look towards Kento, and then walked away.
In the main chamber, Imita along with the dark entity and their "guests" were waiting for Taka's (Falcon's) arrival. "Soon, everything will come into play, and I will gain my true form once again." the dark entity thought as Taka (Falcon) came into the main chamber.
"Imita, you've done well." Taka (Falcon) said as he looked over at their "guests."
"Thank you my lord." Imita replied as she bowed.
"Where's Kento? If you've hurt him, I'll personally tear out your so called heart, and feed it back to you." Kaye asked angrily as she glared at Taka (Falcon).
"Kaye, don't! Calm down, this won't help Kento if you decide to go all ballistic." Cye said as he tried to calm her down.
"It would be wise for you to listen to your friend, Karasu (Raven). Otherwise, who knows what might happen. Very well, if you're so insistent on seeing him, then come with me." Taka (Falcon) replied as he began to leave the main chamber.
"Do you think that we can trust him?" Sage asked.
"You don't exactly have a choice, now follow me if you want to see your friend." Taka (Falcon) replied as he took a quick look back and then continued to lead them to the tower.
As Taka (Falcon) was leading the other Ronins and Kaye to Kento, Imita went to her chambers so she could rest, while the dark entity stayed in the main chamber. "He's in here." Taka (Falcon) said.
Kaye looked inside of the tower, what she saw made her anger go through the roof. Kento was hanging from the wall, his body was bruised, bloody, and he was barely breathing. "Open this door!" Kaye said as she turned around and glared at Taka (Falcon).
"As you wish." Taka (Falcon) replied with a grin. Taka (Falcon) opened the door, then Kaye and the other Ronins ran inside.
"Oh God...Kento." Kaye whispered as she looked up at him with concerned eyes.
Just as they were getting closer to where Kento was hanging, the door to the tower was slammed shut. "Don't even think of trying to escape. As you can see, there's nowhere that any of you can run. But if you think that you can, you are more than welcome to try." Taka (Falcon) said as he left them in the tower.
A groan from Kento made them turn around, "Hey, is someone going to get me down from here? I don't feel like hanging around all day." Kento said as he was slowly coming to. Ryo quickly jumped up and cut Kento loose. Sage quickly went to Kento's side and started to heal him.
Then as soon as Sage was done, Kaye knelt down beside him. "Kento, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Kaye whispered as her tears flowed freely down her face.
Kento slowly sat up against the wall, and looked into her eyes. "Hey take it easy, see I'm ok." Kento said as he tried to comfort her.
"Well, this is interesting." Imita said as she appeared at the tower window.
"What do you want?" Rowen asked as he and the others glared at her.
"It's none of your concern, but if you must know, I've came for my daughter." Imita replied coldly.
"She's not going anywhere with you. So you can just forget it!" Kento said as he held Kaye close to him.
"Oh please, like there's anything that any of you can do about it. Guards, go and retrieve my daughter, by any means necessary." Imita replied as the guards entered the tower.
As soon as the guards entered, Ryo, Rowen, Sage and Cye stood in front of the guards, trying to keep them away. "Kaye stay close to me alright." Kento said as he stood protectively in front of her. She nodded and then continued to watch her friends fight off the guards. It seemed like the fight was endless, no matter how many they knocked down, they kept on coming.
"Guys, I'm not sure how long we can keep this up." Cye said as he blocked an attack.
"I know, but we can't let them through." Ryo replied as he attacked a guard. Just then with a sudden burst, the guards pushed past the four Ronins and went towards the two that were behind them. Now the only one that kept the guards away, was Kento, and he wasn't exactly up to speed yet. Kento knew that he was getting overwhelmed, but he kept on fighting, he had to, or otherwise he would lose her.
Somehow a couple of the guards got behind Kento, and grabbed Kaye. "Kento!" Kaye yelled as the guards were taking her away.
"Let her go!" Rowen said as he and the others tried to get through the guards.
"Sorry Ronins, but it's like I said, Karasu (Raven) is coming with me and there's nothing that any of you can do about it. Oh yea one more thing, if you do try to escape, and come after us, well let's just say that I won't be held accountable for what might happen." Imita replied as the guards brought Kaye next to her with her blade out and pointed at Kaye's throat.
"Why are you doing this? If you do this, then you're nothing more than a heartless kaibutsu (monster)!" Sage said as he glared at her.
"You'll know soon enough. Now if you gentlemen would excuse us, my daughter and I have an appointment to keep." Imita replied as they disappeared from the tower.
"Lightning, I can't believe you! How could you bring them here? You totally threw the plan out the window!" Kaye said as she stared angrily at her tiger.
"Take it easy on him Kaye, he just wants to make sure nothing goes wrong. Besides, it's not all his fault anyway, just before you two disappeared we kinda, sorta hitched a ride." Rowen said in the tiger's defense.
Kaye just shook her head, and then everyone decided to split up and look around. "Why is this place so familiar to me?" Kaye wondered.
"Do you remember this place Karasu (Raven)?" Imita asked as she appeared out of nowhere. Both Kaye and Lightning turned around. The tiger got in front of Kaye and roared loudly at Imita, warning her that was close enough. Imita got the hint and stopped right where she was. The others were close enough to hear the roar, and then ran to where it was coming from. When they got there, they saw that Kaye and Imita were having a conversation.
"Should I remember?" Kaye asked as she glared at her.
"This was your home." Imita replied as she walked over to a clearing.
"My home?" Kaye asked as she carefully followed her.
"Yes, see over there, do you remember what happened?" Imita asked as she glanced back at her daughter.
"No, I don't remember, and I don't want to." Kaye replied as she quickly turned her head away from there.
"You are a terrible liar Karasu (Raven), you've always been. Now look again, and tell me that you don't remember." Imita said as she turned around and faced her.
Kaye slowly turned her head back to the spot where her mother was talking about. A sudden flash back occurred. The images of the day that the invaders came flooding back, making Kaye fell to her knees. "Stop it! Someone make it stop! No more, no more!" Kaye yelled as she clutched her head.
"Kaye! Dammit Imita, stop it! If you care anything for her, then you will make those images stop right now!" someone said from the shadows.
The images that plagued Kaye's mind suddenly vanished, and then she looked over to the shadows where the voice came from. Kaye squinted to see if she could get a better look, she couldn't believe what, or actually who she saw. ""Kento? If it's you, say something, anything." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on the person that was hidden among the shadows.
"Yea it's me. Kaye you shouldn't have came." Kento said as she stayed in the shadows.
"Kento, what are you talking about? Of course I was going to come, why wouldn't I? Hey wait a minute, what's going on? Imita, what did you do to him?" Kaye asked.
"I didn't do anything. What possible advantage would I have if I did?" Imita replied with a smirk.
"I don't like this, something doesn't feel right." Sage said as he was looking around.
"What do you mean Sage? Talk to me." Ryo said as he looked over at him by the corner of his eye.
"I mean if that's actually Kento, then why won't he come out of the shadows? It sounds like him, but...I wonder." Sage replied as he brought his nodachi in front of him and closed his eyes. Sage's hunch was right, that wasn't Kento they were seeing, it was something else entirely, something of pure evil.
"Kaye get away from there, that's not Kento!" Sage yelled.
"Sage, wha..." Kaye replied as she saw what he was talking about. The figure in the shadows shifted from Kento's form and into the dark entity.
"Remember me?" the dark entity asked as he glared at Kaye with its eyes glowing bright red. Kaye's mind screamed for her to run, but for some reason her body wouldn't move.
"Imita, what's the meaning of this? Why are you siding with that, that thing?" Ryo asked as he looked between her and the dark entity.
Imita gave an evil laugh, "This thing, as you call it, and I struck a bargain." Imita said as she gave an evil grin.
"What kind of bargain?" Sage asked curiously while keeping his guard up.
"I told Imita that I would assist in getting her daughter back." the dark entity hissed as it kept its eyes on Kaye.
"And I promised that I would serve it without question. Enough talking, we are going to meet up with my lord Taka (Falcon), and we're going now!" Imita replied coldly. A swirl of clouds suddenly appeared around them. Then in a blink of an eye, they've all disappeared, leaving nothing but the charred ruins of an old village and an echoing of evil laughter.
In the tower, Taka (Falcon) decided to check on his "guest." "How do you like your accommodations?" Taka (Falcon) asked with a sneer.
"To be honest, I've seen better in a magazine called better lairs and towers. I think that you probably missed that one." Kento replied with a smirk.
"That's enough out of you!" Taka (Falcon) said as he struck Kento a crossed the face.
"Ok, that does it, he just got strike one." Kento thought as he glared at Taka (Falcon) angrily.
"My lord, Imita is back, and she brought company." a guard said as he came up to the tower window.
Taka (Falcon) nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he turned around and looked inside. "Sorry that we couldn't continue our little conversation, but I think that I better go and greet our guests." Taka (Falcon) said as he took one final look towards Kento, and then walked away.
In the main chamber, Imita along with the dark entity and their "guests" were waiting for Taka's (Falcon's) arrival. "Soon, everything will come into play, and I will gain my true form once again." the dark entity thought as Taka (Falcon) came into the main chamber.
"Imita, you've done well." Taka (Falcon) said as he looked over at their "guests."
"Thank you my lord." Imita replied as she bowed.
"Where's Kento? If you've hurt him, I'll personally tear out your so called heart, and feed it back to you." Kaye asked angrily as she glared at Taka (Falcon).
"Kaye, don't! Calm down, this won't help Kento if you decide to go all ballistic." Cye said as he tried to calm her down.
"It would be wise for you to listen to your friend, Karasu (Raven). Otherwise, who knows what might happen. Very well, if you're so insistent on seeing him, then come with me." Taka (Falcon) replied as he began to leave the main chamber.
"Do you think that we can trust him?" Sage asked.
"You don't exactly have a choice, now follow me if you want to see your friend." Taka (Falcon) replied as he took a quick look back and then continued to lead them to the tower.
As Taka (Falcon) was leading the other Ronins and Kaye to Kento, Imita went to her chambers so she could rest, while the dark entity stayed in the main chamber. "He's in here." Taka (Falcon) said.
Kaye looked inside of the tower, what she saw made her anger go through the roof. Kento was hanging from the wall, his body was bruised, bloody, and he was barely breathing. "Open this door!" Kaye said as she turned around and glared at Taka (Falcon).
"As you wish." Taka (Falcon) replied with a grin. Taka (Falcon) opened the door, then Kaye and the other Ronins ran inside.
"Oh God...Kento." Kaye whispered as she looked up at him with concerned eyes.
Just as they were getting closer to where Kento was hanging, the door to the tower was slammed shut. "Don't even think of trying to escape. As you can see, there's nowhere that any of you can run. But if you think that you can, you are more than welcome to try." Taka (Falcon) said as he left them in the tower.
A groan from Kento made them turn around, "Hey, is someone going to get me down from here? I don't feel like hanging around all day." Kento said as he was slowly coming to. Ryo quickly jumped up and cut Kento loose. Sage quickly went to Kento's side and started to heal him.
Then as soon as Sage was done, Kaye knelt down beside him. "Kento, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Kaye whispered as her tears flowed freely down her face.
Kento slowly sat up against the wall, and looked into her eyes. "Hey take it easy, see I'm ok." Kento said as he tried to comfort her.
"Well, this is interesting." Imita said as she appeared at the tower window.
"What do you want?" Rowen asked as he and the others glared at her.
"It's none of your concern, but if you must know, I've came for my daughter." Imita replied coldly.
"She's not going anywhere with you. So you can just forget it!" Kento said as he held Kaye close to him.
"Oh please, like there's anything that any of you can do about it. Guards, go and retrieve my daughter, by any means necessary." Imita replied as the guards entered the tower.
As soon as the guards entered, Ryo, Rowen, Sage and Cye stood in front of the guards, trying to keep them away. "Kaye stay close to me alright." Kento said as he stood protectively in front of her. She nodded and then continued to watch her friends fight off the guards. It seemed like the fight was endless, no matter how many they knocked down, they kept on coming.
"Guys, I'm not sure how long we can keep this up." Cye said as he blocked an attack.
"I know, but we can't let them through." Ryo replied as he attacked a guard. Just then with a sudden burst, the guards pushed past the four Ronins and went towards the two that were behind them. Now the only one that kept the guards away, was Kento, and he wasn't exactly up to speed yet. Kento knew that he was getting overwhelmed, but he kept on fighting, he had to, or otherwise he would lose her.
Somehow a couple of the guards got behind Kento, and grabbed Kaye. "Kento!" Kaye yelled as the guards were taking her away.
"Let her go!" Rowen said as he and the others tried to get through the guards.
"Sorry Ronins, but it's like I said, Karasu (Raven) is coming with me and there's nothing that any of you can do about it. Oh yea one more thing, if you do try to escape, and come after us, well let's just say that I won't be held accountable for what might happen." Imita replied as the guards brought Kaye next to her with her blade out and pointed at Kaye's throat.
"Why are you doing this? If you do this, then you're nothing more than a heartless kaibutsu (monster)!" Sage said as he glared at her.
"You'll know soon enough. Now if you gentlemen would excuse us, my daughter and I have an appointment to keep." Imita replied as they disappeared from the tower.