"Cye, I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that..." Kaye said quietly as she
closed her eyes and lowered her head.
Cye's anger subsided, as he looked at her with concerned eyes. "Hey, it's all right. I
shouldn't have snapped at you either. With all of the tension of Lieah and Alex holding Kento, and you doing that astral walk, I guess that I felt like something had to be done. When it comes down to it, I felt just like you, tired of just sitting on the sidelines and waiting for them to make their move." Cye explained.
Kaye opened up her eyes and then raised her head. "Cye, it's just that I can't stand it when someone that I care about is in some kind of trouble. No matter if it's Kento, you, or any of the others." Kaye replied quietly as she met his gaze.
"Kaye, we all feel the same way. But you have to know that whatever happens, everything will work out." Cye said as he gave her a small smile.
"Yea, I know that you're right. Thanks Cye." Kaye replied as she smiled back.
A sudden knock on the door made both of them quickly turn around. "Hey are you two going to come down or what?" Ryo asked as he poked his head in.
"Yea Ryo we're coming." Cye replied as he and Kaye followed Ryo to the main floor where everyone else was waiting for them.
"It's about time that you two decided to join us." Rowen said as they entered the kitchen.
"Yea, yea whatever Rowen." Kaye replied as she darted a quick look towards him.
"So what's the deal? Are you two going to tell us what happened or what?" Ryo asked.
"You're definitely not wasting any time getting to the point, are you Ryo?" Cye replied.
"Sorry, it's just that..." Ryo said as he was trying to explain. Kaye leaned back onto the counter, as she looked over at him.
She gave a small sigh, before going into the whole story of what happened from the time that she went into her trance for being in her astral form, all the way to the conversation between her and Cye. When she was done, there was complete silence in the room for about the next what seemed like to be ten minutes until, "so, what do we do now?" Sage asked as he broke the silence.
"To be honest, I don't really know. I guess that Ryo was right; we have to wait until Lieah arrives in a couple of days. Maybe I was being too rash, I thought that maybe if I could pull it off, then Kento would be back here with us." Kaye replied quietly.
"Maybe you were..." Rowen began to say.
"Thanks a lot, Rowen." Kaye replied in annoyance.
"You didn't let me finish. As I was saying, maybe you were, but then again maybe you weren't." Rowen said.
"Ah Rowen, come again?" Cye asked in confusion.
"All I'm saying is that with everything that happened, thanks to Kaye, we know a little more of what's going on, and also thanks to Cye for somehow bringing her back. How that was possible, I'm actually stumped for once, but the important thing is that the both of you are all right." Rowen replied with a glance in his direction.
"So then I guess it's decided." Mia said as she crossed her arms.
"Yea, looks like it." Sage replied.
"Kento, I don't know how, but I promise. No matter what it takes, I'll make sure that you'll come back to me...to us." Kaye vowed as she clutched onto her silver kanji orb that she wears around her neck.
Meanwhile...
"Ok, ok come on Kento you have got to think of somehow to get out of this crazy place. I know that if I use my sure-kill, this whole place will come crashing down. Even though it would be fun, I would like to get back home alive and in one piece." Kento thought as he was looking around.
"Time for me to have some fun, and we know that you can't run..." Alex sang as he was walking over to Kento's cell.
"You're giving me a headache, so I hope that your stupid singing is done." Kento replied in annoyance.
Alex gave him a quick look and then turned away, "now where did I put it?" Alex mused as he was looking for something.
"Don't mind him lover. Now what do you say that we get down to business?" Lieah asked with an evil smile.
"Whatever you're selling, I don't want any. So go and take it elsewhere." Kento replied with a smirk.
"You're still as brass as ever." Lieah said with a mock hurt look.
"Yea, well you're still a hundred percent psycho with no heart." Kento replied.
"Ah, you wound me to the quick!" Lieah said as she pretended that his statement hurt her.
"Get over it already!" Kento replied as he turned his back to her.
"Humph, it doesn't matter what you say, I'll still have my way with you." Lieah said with an evil glint in her eyes.
"Keep dreaming, because when Kaye leads the other Ronins here, they'll get me out and you and your crazy brother will go down hard and fast." Kento replied as he turned back around and faced her with fire in his eyes.
"Kento, Kento, Kento you seem to have forgotten that I told your so called precious one that we'll be back to settle this little matter in a couple of days. So you can just put that thought of a cavalry out of your hard head. So in the meantime, you're all mine." Lieah taunted with a grin.
"Lieah, you said that I could torture him too." Alex whined like a small child.
"Yes of course, you know that I wouldn't go back on my word. Don't you?" Lieah asked as she glanced over at her brother.
"Well duh, I was just making sure that's all." Alex replied as he found what he was looking for.
Back at the mansion...
"What did happen? Why did I, no, how did I know that Kaye was in trouble? And what was with me being able to have my energy bond with hers?" Cye thought in confusion.
"Cye?" Kaye asked as she noticed that he seemed to be in deep thought about something.
"Will it happen again? If there was some kind of connection between us, then why did it just start recently?" Cye wondered.
"Cye!" Kaye said as she waved her hand in front of his face.
"Huh, oh ah Kaye, hi sorry about that, I guess that I have a lot on my mind." Cye replied with a small blush.
"Yea, no kidding. So, what's on your mind? Care to talk about it?" Kaye asked as she looked towards him in concern.
"It's nothing." Cye replied as he avoided eye contact.
"That's a bunch of bull Cye. Whenever any of us have something on our minds, you could always tell. You were always there when we needed someone to talk to, and now the roles are reversed." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on him. Cye kept quiet, keeping his gaze forward.
"All right Cye, if you don't want to talk, then I won't push you. But keep this in mind would ya? If you keep whatever is bothering you bottled up inside, then it'll make you feel like you're going to explode. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. I guess that I'll just leave ya with your thoughts. But remember this Cye, I'll be here, if you ever need to talk." Kaye said, as she was about to leave.
Just then Cye quickly grabbed onto her arm. Kaye turned around and slowly looked from her arm, and then all the way up to his face. "Thanks Kaye." Cye replied with a smile.
"Sure Cye, anytime." Kaye said as she smiled back as he let go of her arm.
"Sorry Kaye, but I don't think that this is something that I can talk with you about just yet. I have to try and figure it out for myself." Cye thought as he watched her leave.
"You know what Cye, she's right. You shouldn't be keeping things to yourself, it's not healthy." Sage said as he emerged from the corner.
"And you should know that it's not healthy to listen in on private conversations Sage, especially in this house." Cye replied as he kept his gaze forward.
"Yea, I suppose you're right." Sage said as he leaned back against the wall.
"Question, how long were you standing there, and how much of our conversation did you hear?" Cye asked.
"Actually I was coming inside when the two of you were talking. I didn't want to just walk on in and interrupt. Besides, I didn't have to hear much to know that something is bothering you." Sage replied.
"Sage, now don't you start! I mean it!" Cye replied as he gave a quick glance over at him.
"Ok, ok Cye calm down. I didn't mean anything by it, I was just concerned." Sage said as he held up both of his hands.
"I didn't ask for you to be concerned about me, now did I? I think that we should be more concerned about how to get Kento back, and how to defeat Lieah and Alex when they show up." Cye replied with a hint of anger.
"Hey! Cye take it easy." Sage said as he noticed that Cye was starting to get defensive.
"What's up with him, this is definitely not like Cye." Sage thought as he kept his eyes on him.
"If you don't mind, it's starting to get a little stuffy in here." Cye said, as he was about to leave.
At this point Sage had enough, he reached out and grabbed onto Cye's arm making him stop in his tracks. Cye looked down at Sage's grip and then looked right into Sage's eye. "Let go of my arm Sage." Cye warned with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"Cye, I'm just trying to help you." Sage replied as he kept a hold on him.
"I don't need or want your help Sage, if I did, then I would ask for it. Now if you don't mind, I'll say it one last time, let go of my arm." Cye said as he kept his gaze.
"And if I don't?" Sage asked.
"Do you really want an answer to that question?" Cye asked back as he yanked his arm from Sage's grip.
closed her eyes and lowered her head.
Cye's anger subsided, as he looked at her with concerned eyes. "Hey, it's all right. I
shouldn't have snapped at you either. With all of the tension of Lieah and Alex holding Kento, and you doing that astral walk, I guess that I felt like something had to be done. When it comes down to it, I felt just like you, tired of just sitting on the sidelines and waiting for them to make their move." Cye explained.
Kaye opened up her eyes and then raised her head. "Cye, it's just that I can't stand it when someone that I care about is in some kind of trouble. No matter if it's Kento, you, or any of the others." Kaye replied quietly as she met his gaze.
"Kaye, we all feel the same way. But you have to know that whatever happens, everything will work out." Cye said as he gave her a small smile.
"Yea, I know that you're right. Thanks Cye." Kaye replied as she smiled back.
A sudden knock on the door made both of them quickly turn around. "Hey are you two going to come down or what?" Ryo asked as he poked his head in.
"Yea Ryo we're coming." Cye replied as he and Kaye followed Ryo to the main floor where everyone else was waiting for them.
"It's about time that you two decided to join us." Rowen said as they entered the kitchen.
"Yea, yea whatever Rowen." Kaye replied as she darted a quick look towards him.
"So what's the deal? Are you two going to tell us what happened or what?" Ryo asked.
"You're definitely not wasting any time getting to the point, are you Ryo?" Cye replied.
"Sorry, it's just that..." Ryo said as he was trying to explain. Kaye leaned back onto the counter, as she looked over at him.
She gave a small sigh, before going into the whole story of what happened from the time that she went into her trance for being in her astral form, all the way to the conversation between her and Cye. When she was done, there was complete silence in the room for about the next what seemed like to be ten minutes until, "so, what do we do now?" Sage asked as he broke the silence.
"To be honest, I don't really know. I guess that Ryo was right; we have to wait until Lieah arrives in a couple of days. Maybe I was being too rash, I thought that maybe if I could pull it off, then Kento would be back here with us." Kaye replied quietly.
"Maybe you were..." Rowen began to say.
"Thanks a lot, Rowen." Kaye replied in annoyance.
"You didn't let me finish. As I was saying, maybe you were, but then again maybe you weren't." Rowen said.
"Ah Rowen, come again?" Cye asked in confusion.
"All I'm saying is that with everything that happened, thanks to Kaye, we know a little more of what's going on, and also thanks to Cye for somehow bringing her back. How that was possible, I'm actually stumped for once, but the important thing is that the both of you are all right." Rowen replied with a glance in his direction.
"So then I guess it's decided." Mia said as she crossed her arms.
"Yea, looks like it." Sage replied.
"Kento, I don't know how, but I promise. No matter what it takes, I'll make sure that you'll come back to me...to us." Kaye vowed as she clutched onto her silver kanji orb that she wears around her neck.
Meanwhile...
"Ok, ok come on Kento you have got to think of somehow to get out of this crazy place. I know that if I use my sure-kill, this whole place will come crashing down. Even though it would be fun, I would like to get back home alive and in one piece." Kento thought as he was looking around.
"Time for me to have some fun, and we know that you can't run..." Alex sang as he was walking over to Kento's cell.
"You're giving me a headache, so I hope that your stupid singing is done." Kento replied in annoyance.
Alex gave him a quick look and then turned away, "now where did I put it?" Alex mused as he was looking for something.
"Don't mind him lover. Now what do you say that we get down to business?" Lieah asked with an evil smile.
"Whatever you're selling, I don't want any. So go and take it elsewhere." Kento replied with a smirk.
"You're still as brass as ever." Lieah said with a mock hurt look.
"Yea, well you're still a hundred percent psycho with no heart." Kento replied.
"Ah, you wound me to the quick!" Lieah said as she pretended that his statement hurt her.
"Get over it already!" Kento replied as he turned his back to her.
"Humph, it doesn't matter what you say, I'll still have my way with you." Lieah said with an evil glint in her eyes.
"Keep dreaming, because when Kaye leads the other Ronins here, they'll get me out and you and your crazy brother will go down hard and fast." Kento replied as he turned back around and faced her with fire in his eyes.
"Kento, Kento, Kento you seem to have forgotten that I told your so called precious one that we'll be back to settle this little matter in a couple of days. So you can just put that thought of a cavalry out of your hard head. So in the meantime, you're all mine." Lieah taunted with a grin.
"Lieah, you said that I could torture him too." Alex whined like a small child.
"Yes of course, you know that I wouldn't go back on my word. Don't you?" Lieah asked as she glanced over at her brother.
"Well duh, I was just making sure that's all." Alex replied as he found what he was looking for.
Back at the mansion...
"What did happen? Why did I, no, how did I know that Kaye was in trouble? And what was with me being able to have my energy bond with hers?" Cye thought in confusion.
"Cye?" Kaye asked as she noticed that he seemed to be in deep thought about something.
"Will it happen again? If there was some kind of connection between us, then why did it just start recently?" Cye wondered.
"Cye!" Kaye said as she waved her hand in front of his face.
"Huh, oh ah Kaye, hi sorry about that, I guess that I have a lot on my mind." Cye replied with a small blush.
"Yea, no kidding. So, what's on your mind? Care to talk about it?" Kaye asked as she looked towards him in concern.
"It's nothing." Cye replied as he avoided eye contact.
"That's a bunch of bull Cye. Whenever any of us have something on our minds, you could always tell. You were always there when we needed someone to talk to, and now the roles are reversed." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on him. Cye kept quiet, keeping his gaze forward.
"All right Cye, if you don't want to talk, then I won't push you. But keep this in mind would ya? If you keep whatever is bothering you bottled up inside, then it'll make you feel like you're going to explode. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. I guess that I'll just leave ya with your thoughts. But remember this Cye, I'll be here, if you ever need to talk." Kaye said, as she was about to leave.
Just then Cye quickly grabbed onto her arm. Kaye turned around and slowly looked from her arm, and then all the way up to his face. "Thanks Kaye." Cye replied with a smile.
"Sure Cye, anytime." Kaye said as she smiled back as he let go of her arm.
"Sorry Kaye, but I don't think that this is something that I can talk with you about just yet. I have to try and figure it out for myself." Cye thought as he watched her leave.
"You know what Cye, she's right. You shouldn't be keeping things to yourself, it's not healthy." Sage said as he emerged from the corner.
"And you should know that it's not healthy to listen in on private conversations Sage, especially in this house." Cye replied as he kept his gaze forward.
"Yea, I suppose you're right." Sage said as he leaned back against the wall.
"Question, how long were you standing there, and how much of our conversation did you hear?" Cye asked.
"Actually I was coming inside when the two of you were talking. I didn't want to just walk on in and interrupt. Besides, I didn't have to hear much to know that something is bothering you." Sage replied.
"Sage, now don't you start! I mean it!" Cye replied as he gave a quick glance over at him.
"Ok, ok Cye calm down. I didn't mean anything by it, I was just concerned." Sage said as he held up both of his hands.
"I didn't ask for you to be concerned about me, now did I? I think that we should be more concerned about how to get Kento back, and how to defeat Lieah and Alex when they show up." Cye replied with a hint of anger.
"Hey! Cye take it easy." Sage said as he noticed that Cye was starting to get defensive.
"What's up with him, this is definitely not like Cye." Sage thought as he kept his eyes on him.
"If you don't mind, it's starting to get a little stuffy in here." Cye said, as he was about to leave.
At this point Sage had enough, he reached out and grabbed onto Cye's arm making him stop in his tracks. Cye looked down at Sage's grip and then looked right into Sage's eye. "Let go of my arm Sage." Cye warned with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"Cye, I'm just trying to help you." Sage replied as he kept a hold on him.
"I don't need or want your help Sage, if I did, then I would ask for it. Now if you don't mind, I'll say it one last time, let go of my arm." Cye said as he kept his gaze.
"And if I don't?" Sage asked.
"Do you really want an answer to that question?" Cye asked back as he yanked his arm from Sage's grip.