Mizu_Tenshi: All the action is in this chapter plus lots of violence so
stay away kiddies!
"." Speech '.' Thought *.* Implied words
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I keep telling you that. I own nothing!
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Chapter 16: The End of Biovolt
They were just outside the grounds behind Biovolt but no one proceeded any further. They knew that there were cameras hidden in the outside grounds all around Biovolt.
"Don't worry, all Biovolt branches use the same blueprints," Kai informed them. "I know where the cameras are hidden and where the trip wires all are." Kai pointed to a tree; there they could just make out a red flashing light in the darkness.
Tyson got out his launcher and set his beyblade into position.
"Tyson, if you miss this I swear to you I'll make you pay!" Kai growled.
"Hey, chill, I'll be careful," Tyson grinned.
He took aim and pulled the rip cord sharply. The blade flew through the air and cut the camera wire before returning to Tyson's hand.
"What did I tell ya? Nothing to worry about!" Tyson said proudly.
"Let's go," Kenny urged them on. "When they realise a camera's been taken out they're gonna send someone to come check it."
The group proceeded onwards, cutting wires with their blades as they went along. Finally they reached the wall they were heading for, long tendrils of ivy twisted up the side and to the window of the second floor.
"Um.I know we're meant to climb this," Mariah said. "But what about." she thrust her finger at Gary. He was obviously too heavy to climb the delicate vines of ivy.
"Ah, well I guess he could stand here and keep guard," Ami suggested.
"Stay out of sight, Gary, make sure the way out is secure, okay?" Li ordered.
"Okay, Gary do what you want." With that Gary trundled off to hide in some bushes while the others climbed the ivy.
"You're lucky, Gary," Ami muttered.
With some difficulty they all took turns in climbing up the ivy and into an empty room via an unlocked window. Once they were all in they slid it shut but did not lock it.
"Okay," Kai got them sorted. "Split into your groups, you all know what to do and once you've done your job get back to the hotel as soon as possible, no lagging behind!"
"Wow Kai, have you done this before?" Max asked, earning him a harsh glare from Kai.
Tori checked outside. All the corridors were empty, lined with red carpet and with paintings hung on the walls. It looked perfectly innocent but he knew that all the illegal stuff was underground or at the back of the first floor.
"It's all clear," Tori nodded.
The group took a tentative step outside the room. Ami and Kenny went down the corridor and into the room a few doors down while the others stole downstairs.
~ Ami and Kenny ~
(A.N.I have no idea about hacking so some stuff may be wrong, no really I have nothing to do with hacking! *Puts away 'The anarchists cookbook'*)
Ami locked the door to Boris' office and then brought out her laptop. Kenny already had Dizzi out and was linking her up to the computer in the office.
"Let's get this virus in quickly," Kenny muttered to no one in particular.
"Woo-hoo" Ami mumbled sarcastically.
She attached her laptop to the computer too and they silently began to hack through the security system, their fingers moving rapidly up and down the keys.
"Whoa! Not to fast," Dizzi warned.
"A firewall!" Kenny was clearly annoyed. "How are we supposed to get the virus into the other networks with a firewall?"
"Hey, leave it to me," Dizzi reassured them. "I've thought of everything, this virus is disguised as a normal piece of data, the computer should let it pass through no problem!" It took a while but the 'data' passed through the firewall.
"Well, I gotta hand it to you, Dizzi, you really do have everything taken care of," Kenny complimented his loudmouth laptop.
"While we're here we might as well make things easier for the others and disable the traps and cameras they haven't gotten yet," Ami suggested.
It was fairly easy, the only thing they had left to do was to destroy the data, which was obviously locked and encrypted.
"Okay, now we just uninstall the anti-virus software and then we get this thing in," Ami was obviously enjoying what she was doing.
It was easier than they thought it would be. The virus quickly infected the mainframe and all the two computer experts could do was to sit back and watch each blinking Biovolt light go out. This would create a lot of trouble for all the branches across the world and it was sure to alert the staff here.
"Ah, bytes to bytes, hertz to hertz," Dizzi sniffed.
"Come on our job's done, let's go back to the hotel," Kenny packed up the laptop. "Oh and Ami, good one, it's been a pleasure hacking with you."
~ With the others ~
The rest of the group was now underground when the red siren began to spin and wail.
"Don't panic," Tori reassured them. "It just shows us that Kenny and Ami have done their job."
"The Origin's chamber is that way," Kai pointed to the left.
They entered cautiously into the large, eerie, stone chamber. Tarae was there, floating in a tube submerged in yellow liquid but there was something else there, standing in the shadows of the room.
"Tala?" Kai approached confidently.
"What do you want?" Tala growled menacingly.
"It's time to get that thing out of you." Kai said but his tone indicated that he couldn't care less whether Tala had an Origin inside of him or not.
"No way this power was given to me to help my team!" Tala tried to stand up but couldn't and that's when everyone noticed a red patch around his leg.
"You were shot in the leg?" Minako looked at the Russian boy. "Come with us and we'll patch you up."
"No!" Tala refused her help.
"Don't be an idiot Tala!" Rei yelled. "If you can't control it you may never be able to regain control!"
"Let's just destroy Tarae first." Tori ran to the controls and began to fiddle with them.
"No!" Everyone spun round to see Boris standing in the doorway with a gun in his hand.
Tori growled but backed away from the tube.
"That's a good boy," Boris nodded his approval. "Now, listen to me and listen good, you will all stay still until my back-up arrives to kill you all."
"Scheiße!" Minako exclaimed with a stamp of her foot.
"What did you say?" Boris turned to point his gun at her.
Tori took this opportunity to lunge at Boris. Both fell to the ground, the gun knocked out of Boris' hand, it fired upon hitting ground.
Everyone automatically ducked as the bullet flew above everyone's heads and buried itself into extracting machine. It sizzled and then there was a minor explosion.
"You bastard!" Sam gasped at Boris. "We needed that thing!"
Boris ignored Sam and made a lunge for the gun but someone else got there first.
"Yay! I've got the gun! Now who's gonna wait to get killed, asshole?" Kevin grinned as he pressed it right against Boris' stomach.
"You okay, Kevin?" Li looked worried.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Can we please just destroy Tarae?" Tori cut through them.
"I'm on it!" Minako ran to the tube and began fiddling with the buttons.
The control panel bleeped and then the yellow liquid began to drain away, the glass case opened and Tarae's eyes snapped open. It hissed loudly and slithered around the room at an incredible speed, looking for the right person to merge with.
It found one.
Boris.
"Err...whoops?" Minako grinned sheepishly.
Boris' eyes instantly turned to the colour of gold as he snarled with rage.
"Shoot him!" Sam yelled.
"What and kill him?" Kevin looked nervous.
"In the leg, in the leg!" Mariah ordered.
Boris/Tarae made a lunge for the gun in Kevin's hands. Without warning the gun went off but not in the leg.
Boris fell like a lifeless rag to the ground, a large hole in his head.
I didn't mean to!" Kevin flung the gun to the door as if it carried some unknown disease.
"Don't worry about it, let's just go," Li reassured his little team-mate.
"Come on Tala," Tyson urged the redhead to follow.
"Not without my team," Tala shook his head.
"If we find your team will you come with us?" Tyson asked.
Tala looked at Boris' still figure and then at the empty test tubes and nodded.
"You're not going anywhere!"
Everyone mentally groaned at the appearance of Voltaire. This was just getting ridiculous, they wouldn't be surprised anymore if the All stars suddenly crashed through the roof.
Voltaire picked up the gun that Kevin had flung to the door and used it to keep everyone still and quiet.
Glancing at Boris and then back at the group he began to talk in the same way all the bad guys talked in the 'James Bond' movies.
"You've been very troublesome, I left Russia three days ago to come and deal with you myself."
"Oh yeah?" Tyson yelled at the old man. "Well guess what? We've taken down your corporation! You've got no more data!"
Voltaire snarled but he didn't shoot the loudmouth teen. Instead he turned to Tori and said: "Well, I never thought you'd have the guts to show your face here. I hope you enjoyed your reunion with Kai 'cause I'm going to have to reclaim what's mine now. Have fun in your pathetic little life."
Kai looked quizzically at Tori and then at Voltaire but he got no answers or even an acknowledging glance from either of them.
"I like my life and the way things are going for me," Tori glared at the man he hated so much. "But I can't help but wonder what it would be like if you just died. Maybe me and Kai would've stayed in Japan with Sam and never formed our own team like we always dreamed of, I know it's a little late but I'd like to see how different life will be."
"You forget," Voltaire was on the end of his tether. "You forget who holds the gun and who can kill you just like that!"
Kai was even more confused than before. Images seemed to flash across his mind.
A sunny day sitting on a bench outside. Sam and Tori when they were little. Flowers and grass dancing in the wind under a clear blue sky...he began to remember.
"Bastard, you've always gotta ruin everyone's life just so you can get a few more measly pieces of paper into your pocket," Tori kept on talking, unafraid of the shiny nozzle of the gun.
Voltaire finally snapped. He pulled the trigger; the gun clicked lamely and once again there was silence.
"Two bullets?" Kevin blinked. "Now that's stupid, there's not even enough to go around."
But Voltaire wasn't willing o give up so easily. He dropped the gun and lunged at the nearest person to him. The nearest person happened to be Kai.
Kai hit the ground and his eyes changed to their golden hue upon impact.
Kai/Dryx struggled free and dashed for the gun. Voltaire dived upon one of Kai's ankles to prevent him from getting hold of the weapon and began to drag Kai/Dryx towards him.
He growled like the wolf inside of him and used his free ankle to kick Voltaire in the face, instinctively Voltaire reeled back from the blow allowing Kai/Dryx enough time to get the gun.
Voltaire got up from the floor, Kai/Dryx stood in front of him with a smirk on his face. The next minute Voltaire fell to the floor after being hit in the stomach with the butt of the gun.
Kai/Dryx looked like he was going to turn on everyone else but two things happened to stop him.
One was Ray, Tyson, Max and Li deciding to dog-pile on him and the other was Minako calling his name.
Kai's eyes reverted back to crimson as he ordered the others to get off of him.
"Let's get Tala's team and meet back at the hotel." Tori shouted orders to everyone.
Tori gestured the others to follow as Tala led the way to his team.
"Um...people Boris is dead!" Sam cried hysterically. "What if the police find out?"
"Well then they'd have to find out about the experiments going on here and Voltaire wont risk that so he'll probably keep silent when he wakes up," Tori reassured her.
"B...But he's just lost everything! Why not try and take us down too?"
"He still has money in the bank," Tori pointed out as they ran.
"Here," Tala grunted and turned a sharp corner.
They were lead to a narrow corridor lined with barred cells. Tala ran up to one and barged into it.
"Ian, Spencer, Brian!" Tala called as he continued ramming the door. "We're flying, don't ask why just come with me."
There was silence and then a moment later Tala was on the ground, he scrambled out of the way just in time to prevent the large door falling on him.
"Brian! If you could do take down that door then why didn't you do that at the beginning?" Ian asked.
"I like to wait for the right time," Brian shrugged.
"Let's go," Tala ordered his team.
"Hey, wrong way!" Tyson called after them.
"There's more than one way to get out of Biovolt," Tala glared at the teen despite all the help he had received. "What did you think I was gonna do? Go back to the hotel with you babies?"
"Hey! We did help you, you could at least say thank you!" Mariah yelled.
"Huh," Tala grunted and then turned to walk away with his team but, before he was swallowed by the darkness, he raised his arm above his head, his beyblade clasped firmly in his hand.
The sign of allegiance.
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Mizu_Tenshi: That thing that Tala does; it's what Kai did after the frozen lake. Just for the record, I did not intend for some of this stuff to happen but it kind of naturally flowed in. I need you to vote again, this time on who should win the tournament.
a) Bladebreakers
b) Terrabladers
c) White Tigers
Anime the Fallen Angel - My mom's gonna kill me when she sees this mess...well at least the sugar is safe. Thanks for reviewing!
anomynous - Thank you, pairing to be confirmed next chapter!
starwolf - You're the only person who has voted for Ray to be single. I thought more people would like the idea. Oh well, thanks for reviewing!"
Lavender - ^_^ Yay, votes!
Paiku - Good point, thanks for reviewing. I've counted up the votes for the next chapter.
deon - You really think so...whew, I thought I might be making the romance too fluffy
Miyuka15 - Thank you for voting and for reviewing
Galux Kitty - Well I think you'll like the next chapter then.
"." Speech '.' Thought *.* Implied words
Disclaimer: I own nothing, I keep telling you that. I own nothing!
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Chapter 16: The End of Biovolt
They were just outside the grounds behind Biovolt but no one proceeded any further. They knew that there were cameras hidden in the outside grounds all around Biovolt.
"Don't worry, all Biovolt branches use the same blueprints," Kai informed them. "I know where the cameras are hidden and where the trip wires all are." Kai pointed to a tree; there they could just make out a red flashing light in the darkness.
Tyson got out his launcher and set his beyblade into position.
"Tyson, if you miss this I swear to you I'll make you pay!" Kai growled.
"Hey, chill, I'll be careful," Tyson grinned.
He took aim and pulled the rip cord sharply. The blade flew through the air and cut the camera wire before returning to Tyson's hand.
"What did I tell ya? Nothing to worry about!" Tyson said proudly.
"Let's go," Kenny urged them on. "When they realise a camera's been taken out they're gonna send someone to come check it."
The group proceeded onwards, cutting wires with their blades as they went along. Finally they reached the wall they were heading for, long tendrils of ivy twisted up the side and to the window of the second floor.
"Um.I know we're meant to climb this," Mariah said. "But what about." she thrust her finger at Gary. He was obviously too heavy to climb the delicate vines of ivy.
"Ah, well I guess he could stand here and keep guard," Ami suggested.
"Stay out of sight, Gary, make sure the way out is secure, okay?" Li ordered.
"Okay, Gary do what you want." With that Gary trundled off to hide in some bushes while the others climbed the ivy.
"You're lucky, Gary," Ami muttered.
With some difficulty they all took turns in climbing up the ivy and into an empty room via an unlocked window. Once they were all in they slid it shut but did not lock it.
"Okay," Kai got them sorted. "Split into your groups, you all know what to do and once you've done your job get back to the hotel as soon as possible, no lagging behind!"
"Wow Kai, have you done this before?" Max asked, earning him a harsh glare from Kai.
Tori checked outside. All the corridors were empty, lined with red carpet and with paintings hung on the walls. It looked perfectly innocent but he knew that all the illegal stuff was underground or at the back of the first floor.
"It's all clear," Tori nodded.
The group took a tentative step outside the room. Ami and Kenny went down the corridor and into the room a few doors down while the others stole downstairs.
~ Ami and Kenny ~
(A.N.I have no idea about hacking so some stuff may be wrong, no really I have nothing to do with hacking! *Puts away 'The anarchists cookbook'*)
Ami locked the door to Boris' office and then brought out her laptop. Kenny already had Dizzi out and was linking her up to the computer in the office.
"Let's get this virus in quickly," Kenny muttered to no one in particular.
"Woo-hoo" Ami mumbled sarcastically.
She attached her laptop to the computer too and they silently began to hack through the security system, their fingers moving rapidly up and down the keys.
"Whoa! Not to fast," Dizzi warned.
"A firewall!" Kenny was clearly annoyed. "How are we supposed to get the virus into the other networks with a firewall?"
"Hey, leave it to me," Dizzi reassured them. "I've thought of everything, this virus is disguised as a normal piece of data, the computer should let it pass through no problem!" It took a while but the 'data' passed through the firewall.
"Well, I gotta hand it to you, Dizzi, you really do have everything taken care of," Kenny complimented his loudmouth laptop.
"While we're here we might as well make things easier for the others and disable the traps and cameras they haven't gotten yet," Ami suggested.
It was fairly easy, the only thing they had left to do was to destroy the data, which was obviously locked and encrypted.
"Okay, now we just uninstall the anti-virus software and then we get this thing in," Ami was obviously enjoying what she was doing.
It was easier than they thought it would be. The virus quickly infected the mainframe and all the two computer experts could do was to sit back and watch each blinking Biovolt light go out. This would create a lot of trouble for all the branches across the world and it was sure to alert the staff here.
"Ah, bytes to bytes, hertz to hertz," Dizzi sniffed.
"Come on our job's done, let's go back to the hotel," Kenny packed up the laptop. "Oh and Ami, good one, it's been a pleasure hacking with you."
~ With the others ~
The rest of the group was now underground when the red siren began to spin and wail.
"Don't panic," Tori reassured them. "It just shows us that Kenny and Ami have done their job."
"The Origin's chamber is that way," Kai pointed to the left.
They entered cautiously into the large, eerie, stone chamber. Tarae was there, floating in a tube submerged in yellow liquid but there was something else there, standing in the shadows of the room.
"Tala?" Kai approached confidently.
"What do you want?" Tala growled menacingly.
"It's time to get that thing out of you." Kai said but his tone indicated that he couldn't care less whether Tala had an Origin inside of him or not.
"No way this power was given to me to help my team!" Tala tried to stand up but couldn't and that's when everyone noticed a red patch around his leg.
"You were shot in the leg?" Minako looked at the Russian boy. "Come with us and we'll patch you up."
"No!" Tala refused her help.
"Don't be an idiot Tala!" Rei yelled. "If you can't control it you may never be able to regain control!"
"Let's just destroy Tarae first." Tori ran to the controls and began to fiddle with them.
"No!" Everyone spun round to see Boris standing in the doorway with a gun in his hand.
Tori growled but backed away from the tube.
"That's a good boy," Boris nodded his approval. "Now, listen to me and listen good, you will all stay still until my back-up arrives to kill you all."
"Scheiße!" Minako exclaimed with a stamp of her foot.
"What did you say?" Boris turned to point his gun at her.
Tori took this opportunity to lunge at Boris. Both fell to the ground, the gun knocked out of Boris' hand, it fired upon hitting ground.
Everyone automatically ducked as the bullet flew above everyone's heads and buried itself into extracting machine. It sizzled and then there was a minor explosion.
"You bastard!" Sam gasped at Boris. "We needed that thing!"
Boris ignored Sam and made a lunge for the gun but someone else got there first.
"Yay! I've got the gun! Now who's gonna wait to get killed, asshole?" Kevin grinned as he pressed it right against Boris' stomach.
"You okay, Kevin?" Li looked worried.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Can we please just destroy Tarae?" Tori cut through them.
"I'm on it!" Minako ran to the tube and began fiddling with the buttons.
The control panel bleeped and then the yellow liquid began to drain away, the glass case opened and Tarae's eyes snapped open. It hissed loudly and slithered around the room at an incredible speed, looking for the right person to merge with.
It found one.
Boris.
"Err...whoops?" Minako grinned sheepishly.
Boris' eyes instantly turned to the colour of gold as he snarled with rage.
"Shoot him!" Sam yelled.
"What and kill him?" Kevin looked nervous.
"In the leg, in the leg!" Mariah ordered.
Boris/Tarae made a lunge for the gun in Kevin's hands. Without warning the gun went off but not in the leg.
Boris fell like a lifeless rag to the ground, a large hole in his head.
I didn't mean to!" Kevin flung the gun to the door as if it carried some unknown disease.
"Don't worry about it, let's just go," Li reassured his little team-mate.
"Come on Tala," Tyson urged the redhead to follow.
"Not without my team," Tala shook his head.
"If we find your team will you come with us?" Tyson asked.
Tala looked at Boris' still figure and then at the empty test tubes and nodded.
"You're not going anywhere!"
Everyone mentally groaned at the appearance of Voltaire. This was just getting ridiculous, they wouldn't be surprised anymore if the All stars suddenly crashed through the roof.
Voltaire picked up the gun that Kevin had flung to the door and used it to keep everyone still and quiet.
Glancing at Boris and then back at the group he began to talk in the same way all the bad guys talked in the 'James Bond' movies.
"You've been very troublesome, I left Russia three days ago to come and deal with you myself."
"Oh yeah?" Tyson yelled at the old man. "Well guess what? We've taken down your corporation! You've got no more data!"
Voltaire snarled but he didn't shoot the loudmouth teen. Instead he turned to Tori and said: "Well, I never thought you'd have the guts to show your face here. I hope you enjoyed your reunion with Kai 'cause I'm going to have to reclaim what's mine now. Have fun in your pathetic little life."
Kai looked quizzically at Tori and then at Voltaire but he got no answers or even an acknowledging glance from either of them.
"I like my life and the way things are going for me," Tori glared at the man he hated so much. "But I can't help but wonder what it would be like if you just died. Maybe me and Kai would've stayed in Japan with Sam and never formed our own team like we always dreamed of, I know it's a little late but I'd like to see how different life will be."
"You forget," Voltaire was on the end of his tether. "You forget who holds the gun and who can kill you just like that!"
Kai was even more confused than before. Images seemed to flash across his mind.
A sunny day sitting on a bench outside. Sam and Tori when they were little. Flowers and grass dancing in the wind under a clear blue sky...he began to remember.
"Bastard, you've always gotta ruin everyone's life just so you can get a few more measly pieces of paper into your pocket," Tori kept on talking, unafraid of the shiny nozzle of the gun.
Voltaire finally snapped. He pulled the trigger; the gun clicked lamely and once again there was silence.
"Two bullets?" Kevin blinked. "Now that's stupid, there's not even enough to go around."
But Voltaire wasn't willing o give up so easily. He dropped the gun and lunged at the nearest person to him. The nearest person happened to be Kai.
Kai hit the ground and his eyes changed to their golden hue upon impact.
Kai/Dryx struggled free and dashed for the gun. Voltaire dived upon one of Kai's ankles to prevent him from getting hold of the weapon and began to drag Kai/Dryx towards him.
He growled like the wolf inside of him and used his free ankle to kick Voltaire in the face, instinctively Voltaire reeled back from the blow allowing Kai/Dryx enough time to get the gun.
Voltaire got up from the floor, Kai/Dryx stood in front of him with a smirk on his face. The next minute Voltaire fell to the floor after being hit in the stomach with the butt of the gun.
Kai/Dryx looked like he was going to turn on everyone else but two things happened to stop him.
One was Ray, Tyson, Max and Li deciding to dog-pile on him and the other was Minako calling his name.
Kai's eyes reverted back to crimson as he ordered the others to get off of him.
"Let's get Tala's team and meet back at the hotel." Tori shouted orders to everyone.
Tori gestured the others to follow as Tala led the way to his team.
"Um...people Boris is dead!" Sam cried hysterically. "What if the police find out?"
"Well then they'd have to find out about the experiments going on here and Voltaire wont risk that so he'll probably keep silent when he wakes up," Tori reassured her.
"B...But he's just lost everything! Why not try and take us down too?"
"He still has money in the bank," Tori pointed out as they ran.
"Here," Tala grunted and turned a sharp corner.
They were lead to a narrow corridor lined with barred cells. Tala ran up to one and barged into it.
"Ian, Spencer, Brian!" Tala called as he continued ramming the door. "We're flying, don't ask why just come with me."
There was silence and then a moment later Tala was on the ground, he scrambled out of the way just in time to prevent the large door falling on him.
"Brian! If you could do take down that door then why didn't you do that at the beginning?" Ian asked.
"I like to wait for the right time," Brian shrugged.
"Let's go," Tala ordered his team.
"Hey, wrong way!" Tyson called after them.
"There's more than one way to get out of Biovolt," Tala glared at the teen despite all the help he had received. "What did you think I was gonna do? Go back to the hotel with you babies?"
"Hey! We did help you, you could at least say thank you!" Mariah yelled.
"Huh," Tala grunted and then turned to walk away with his team but, before he was swallowed by the darkness, he raised his arm above his head, his beyblade clasped firmly in his hand.
The sign of allegiance.
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Mizu_Tenshi: That thing that Tala does; it's what Kai did after the frozen lake. Just for the record, I did not intend for some of this stuff to happen but it kind of naturally flowed in. I need you to vote again, this time on who should win the tournament.
a) Bladebreakers
b) Terrabladers
c) White Tigers
Anime the Fallen Angel - My mom's gonna kill me when she sees this mess...well at least the sugar is safe. Thanks for reviewing!
anomynous - Thank you, pairing to be confirmed next chapter!
starwolf - You're the only person who has voted for Ray to be single. I thought more people would like the idea. Oh well, thanks for reviewing!"
Lavender - ^_^ Yay, votes!
Paiku - Good point, thanks for reviewing. I've counted up the votes for the next chapter.
deon - You really think so...whew, I thought I might be making the romance too fluffy
Miyuka15 - Thank you for voting and for reviewing
Galux Kitty - Well I think you'll like the next chapter then.
