The next morning, "Alex! Alex! Damn, where is that no good brother of mine?" Lieah wondered as she looked around for him.
"What do you want Lieah?" Alex asked in annoyance as he appeared beside her.
"I need you to go and retrieve Kento from his cell, while I tie up some loose ends here." Lieah replied as she kept her back towards him.
"Of course, whatever you say." Alex said as he walked down the stairs.
"What do you want?" Kento asked in annoyance as Alex was searching for the key.
Alex quickly looked around, and then began to unlock the cell. "Shut up and listen to what I have to say." Alex replied in a hushed voice.
"Hey, I asked you a question!" Kento said angrily.
"And I said shut up! Now, listen to me. I'm going to let you out." Alex replied as he kept watch for his sister.
"What! You're letting me go, just like that? What are you up to?" Kento asked in mistrust.
"Yes I'm letting you go just like that! Now go already before Lieah finds out about this!" Alex hissed.
"How do I know that this isn't a trick?" Kento asked.
"It's not, you're just going to have to trust me." Alex replied as he tried to hurry Kento towards a window.
"Trust you? How stupid do you think I am?" Kento asked as he grabbed Alex's wrists.
"Right now I don't have the time to give you an answer." Alex replied as he winced from the force of Kento's strong grip.
"Alex! What's taking you so long?" Lieah called from the top of the stairs.
"Just a minute!" Alex called back. "Hit me."
"What?" Kento asked in disbelief.
"I said, hit me. What part of hit me didn't you understand?" Alex asked as he started into his eyes. "I'm trying to help you get out of here."
"Why?" Kento asked as he let him go.
"I have my reasons. Now hit me, and make it look good." Alex replied as he made himself an easy target. Kento didn't hesitate any longer; he delivered two blows, one to Alex's right eye, and the second, right to his stomach making him fly across the room.
"Alex, what's with all of the commotion?" Lieah yelled as she started to walk down the stairs. Kento took a quick look between the unconscious Alex and the window; he could hear Lieah getting closer and closer by the minute. He didn't waste anymore time, he quickly jumped onto a nearby table and then through the window, getting away just before Lieah made it to the room.
"NO!" Lieah yelled angrily as her echoes rang out to the sky.
A sudden groan came from behind; Lieah turned around and saw that Alex was lying on the ground. "What happened?" Alex asked groggily as he was coming to.
"You tell me! He got away! How could you let him get away?" Lieah yelled as she grabbed onto her brother's collar.
"I guess that he surprised me." Alex replied weakly.
"Ah, you baka!" Lieah said as she threw him back down. "No matter, my revenge will still go on as planned."
"But how? Without our...I mean your ace in the whole, then your plan won't work? Will it?" Alex asked as he slowly got to his feet.
"Don't you worry about that. Lucky for you, I always have a backup for just an emergency." Lieah replied with an evil grin.
"What the heck was all of that about?" Kento wondered as he kept running. As he ran, he could hear voices, familiar voices, as he was getting closer to some familiar ground.
"Hey Rowen, what kind of an attack was that?" Kaye asked as he helped her up from the ground.
"Sorry, but I had to see how fast you could react when you're getting attacked from your blind side." Rowen replied with a smirk.
"Come on Rowen, give me a break." Kaye said as she rolled her eyes.
"Hey, you're the one that asked me to train with ya, so deal with it. But I am curious about something though." Rowen replied as he stood down.
"Yea, what?" Kaye asked.
"Why did you ask me to train with ya? I'm sure that the others would of said yes." Rowen asked curiously.
"Point blank, you're the fastest one out of them, and I need to become quicker on my feet so I'll be able to stand a chance when Lieah and her brother get here." Kaye replied.
"Oh I see, well then I think that you've made a good choice." Rowen said with a grin.
"You definitely will be able to stand your ground with them, no question." Kento replied as he came into view.
"Kento!" Kaye exclaimed, as she was about to run to him.
"Kaye wait!" Rowen said as he stopped her from going to him. "Hold it, how do we know that you're the real Kento, and not Alex?"
"Rowen, come on man. It's me." Kento replied as he looked at him in shock.
"Prove it." Rowen said as he stared at him.
"Prove it, how?" Kento asked.
"I know. Kento what did you call me the morning that you proposed to me?" Kaye asked as she looked over at him.
Kento smiled, because the only people that knew what he called her were Cye, he and Kaye. "I called you, my angel."
"It's him, it's really him," Kaye said as she got out of Rowen's grip and ran towards Kento. As she got to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, spinning her around.
Then he stopped, "it's good to see you again," Kento said as he held her close.
"It's good to see you too." Kaye replied.
"Hey, what's going on out here? Kento!" Cye exclaimed as he and everyone else ran outside.
"Kento, how? When? What?" Ryo asked in confusion.
"You're forgetting, who, and where," Kento replied with a grin as he let go of Kaye.
As they were bombarding Kento with question after question on how he got away, no one seemed to notice that two very angry people were close by. "Alex, it's time." Lieah said as she glared at them from their hiding place.
"Lieah, are you sure about this?" Alex asked as he glanced at her.
"Don't tell me that you're thinking of backing out now. I thought that you would want to give some payback for what he did to you." Lieah replied coldly.
"Well yea, of course I want payback." Alex shot back.
"Then stop acting like a coward, and do what I tell you." Lieah said angrily. Alex nodded, he knew that it was pretty much suicide to go against his sister. But he also knew that once this revenge craze of hers was over, he'd be the next one to go.
Suddenly, an ice-cold gush of wind came out of nowhere. Dark-ominous clouds blocked out the sun. Lightning coming down in various directions. Rain started to pour down hard from the sky. "What's going on? There was nothing on the news about any kind of storms!" Mia yelled from the howling winds.
"Everyone, take cover!" Ryo yelled as he saw a tree that was falling towards them.
"Hey, is everyone all right?" Sage asked as he looked around.
"Yea Sage, we're all fine. What do you think caused this?" Cye asked curiously.
"I'll give you two guesses." Kento said as he spotted Lieah and Alex nearby.
"Oh great! Don't they ever give up?" Kaye asked in annoyance.
"Unfortunately, no." Ryo replied as he glared over at them.
"Ronins! Why don't you come out and fight us, instead of acting like scared little mice." Lieah yelled to them.
"Hey! Watch who you're calling scared little mice, you annoying cockroach." Kaye yelled back.
"Cockroach?" Kento asked as he glanced at her.
"Sorry, it looks like I still need to work on my comebacks huh." Kaye replied with a small smile.
"Ah, yea." Kento said as he returned the smile.
"As interesting as I find this conversation, it's not exactly the time to get into it." Rowen said as he tried to get their attention back to the matter at hand.
With everyone keeping their attention on Lieah and Alex, no one even noticed that someone was slowly moving behind them. A cold, evil smile crept along Lieah's face, as she watched her unsuspecting prey. Then in a blink of an eye, the silent attacker quickly took the dagger, held it about his head, and then impaled it into the nearest person's shoulder.
"What do you want Lieah?" Alex asked in annoyance as he appeared beside her.
"I need you to go and retrieve Kento from his cell, while I tie up some loose ends here." Lieah replied as she kept her back towards him.
"Of course, whatever you say." Alex said as he walked down the stairs.
"What do you want?" Kento asked in annoyance as Alex was searching for the key.
Alex quickly looked around, and then began to unlock the cell. "Shut up and listen to what I have to say." Alex replied in a hushed voice.
"Hey, I asked you a question!" Kento said angrily.
"And I said shut up! Now, listen to me. I'm going to let you out." Alex replied as he kept watch for his sister.
"What! You're letting me go, just like that? What are you up to?" Kento asked in mistrust.
"Yes I'm letting you go just like that! Now go already before Lieah finds out about this!" Alex hissed.
"How do I know that this isn't a trick?" Kento asked.
"It's not, you're just going to have to trust me." Alex replied as he tried to hurry Kento towards a window.
"Trust you? How stupid do you think I am?" Kento asked as he grabbed Alex's wrists.
"Right now I don't have the time to give you an answer." Alex replied as he winced from the force of Kento's strong grip.
"Alex! What's taking you so long?" Lieah called from the top of the stairs.
"Just a minute!" Alex called back. "Hit me."
"What?" Kento asked in disbelief.
"I said, hit me. What part of hit me didn't you understand?" Alex asked as he started into his eyes. "I'm trying to help you get out of here."
"Why?" Kento asked as he let him go.
"I have my reasons. Now hit me, and make it look good." Alex replied as he made himself an easy target. Kento didn't hesitate any longer; he delivered two blows, one to Alex's right eye, and the second, right to his stomach making him fly across the room.
"Alex, what's with all of the commotion?" Lieah yelled as she started to walk down the stairs. Kento took a quick look between the unconscious Alex and the window; he could hear Lieah getting closer and closer by the minute. He didn't waste anymore time, he quickly jumped onto a nearby table and then through the window, getting away just before Lieah made it to the room.
"NO!" Lieah yelled angrily as her echoes rang out to the sky.
A sudden groan came from behind; Lieah turned around and saw that Alex was lying on the ground. "What happened?" Alex asked groggily as he was coming to.
"You tell me! He got away! How could you let him get away?" Lieah yelled as she grabbed onto her brother's collar.
"I guess that he surprised me." Alex replied weakly.
"Ah, you baka!" Lieah said as she threw him back down. "No matter, my revenge will still go on as planned."
"But how? Without our...I mean your ace in the whole, then your plan won't work? Will it?" Alex asked as he slowly got to his feet.
"Don't you worry about that. Lucky for you, I always have a backup for just an emergency." Lieah replied with an evil grin.
"What the heck was all of that about?" Kento wondered as he kept running. As he ran, he could hear voices, familiar voices, as he was getting closer to some familiar ground.
"Hey Rowen, what kind of an attack was that?" Kaye asked as he helped her up from the ground.
"Sorry, but I had to see how fast you could react when you're getting attacked from your blind side." Rowen replied with a smirk.
"Come on Rowen, give me a break." Kaye said as she rolled her eyes.
"Hey, you're the one that asked me to train with ya, so deal with it. But I am curious about something though." Rowen replied as he stood down.
"Yea, what?" Kaye asked.
"Why did you ask me to train with ya? I'm sure that the others would of said yes." Rowen asked curiously.
"Point blank, you're the fastest one out of them, and I need to become quicker on my feet so I'll be able to stand a chance when Lieah and her brother get here." Kaye replied.
"Oh I see, well then I think that you've made a good choice." Rowen said with a grin.
"You definitely will be able to stand your ground with them, no question." Kento replied as he came into view.
"Kento!" Kaye exclaimed, as she was about to run to him.
"Kaye wait!" Rowen said as he stopped her from going to him. "Hold it, how do we know that you're the real Kento, and not Alex?"
"Rowen, come on man. It's me." Kento replied as he looked at him in shock.
"Prove it." Rowen said as he stared at him.
"Prove it, how?" Kento asked.
"I know. Kento what did you call me the morning that you proposed to me?" Kaye asked as she looked over at him.
Kento smiled, because the only people that knew what he called her were Cye, he and Kaye. "I called you, my angel."
"It's him, it's really him," Kaye said as she got out of Rowen's grip and ran towards Kento. As she got to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, spinning her around.
Then he stopped, "it's good to see you again," Kento said as he held her close.
"It's good to see you too." Kaye replied.
"Hey, what's going on out here? Kento!" Cye exclaimed as he and everyone else ran outside.
"Kento, how? When? What?" Ryo asked in confusion.
"You're forgetting, who, and where," Kento replied with a grin as he let go of Kaye.
As they were bombarding Kento with question after question on how he got away, no one seemed to notice that two very angry people were close by. "Alex, it's time." Lieah said as she glared at them from their hiding place.
"Lieah, are you sure about this?" Alex asked as he glanced at her.
"Don't tell me that you're thinking of backing out now. I thought that you would want to give some payback for what he did to you." Lieah replied coldly.
"Well yea, of course I want payback." Alex shot back.
"Then stop acting like a coward, and do what I tell you." Lieah said angrily. Alex nodded, he knew that it was pretty much suicide to go against his sister. But he also knew that once this revenge craze of hers was over, he'd be the next one to go.
Suddenly, an ice-cold gush of wind came out of nowhere. Dark-ominous clouds blocked out the sun. Lightning coming down in various directions. Rain started to pour down hard from the sky. "What's going on? There was nothing on the news about any kind of storms!" Mia yelled from the howling winds.
"Everyone, take cover!" Ryo yelled as he saw a tree that was falling towards them.
"Hey, is everyone all right?" Sage asked as he looked around.
"Yea Sage, we're all fine. What do you think caused this?" Cye asked curiously.
"I'll give you two guesses." Kento said as he spotted Lieah and Alex nearby.
"Oh great! Don't they ever give up?" Kaye asked in annoyance.
"Unfortunately, no." Ryo replied as he glared over at them.
"Ronins! Why don't you come out and fight us, instead of acting like scared little mice." Lieah yelled to them.
"Hey! Watch who you're calling scared little mice, you annoying cockroach." Kaye yelled back.
"Cockroach?" Kento asked as he glanced at her.
"Sorry, it looks like I still need to work on my comebacks huh." Kaye replied with a small smile.
"Ah, yea." Kento said as he returned the smile.
"As interesting as I find this conversation, it's not exactly the time to get into it." Rowen said as he tried to get their attention back to the matter at hand.
With everyone keeping their attention on Lieah and Alex, no one even noticed that someone was slowly moving behind them. A cold, evil smile crept along Lieah's face, as she watched her unsuspecting prey. Then in a blink of an eye, the silent attacker quickly took the dagger, held it about his head, and then impaled it into the nearest person's shoulder.