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11: Absence of wisdom
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What a way to enter another country, crashing into its harbor. Cye thought sitting in a lifeboat next to several people and Rowen who sat with his legs pulled up against his chest. Cye noticed he wasn't to keen about being around unknown waters, he didn't like being in a body of water he wasn't too familiar with either but his love for water prevented him from being uneasy around it.
"Does this thing have a motor on it?" Rowen asked irritably furrowing his eyebrows. Cye blinked at his friend shrugging, he looked down at the water curiously it was oddly clear, the gleaming sunlight on its surface stung his robin blue eyes. Cye turned his gaze at the suitcase in his grip beside him as two men began to row the lifeboat toward the shore with two ores naturally.
Rowen hugged his legs closer to him looking at the buildings across the water as the wind blew through his untamed blue hair, he blinked slowly shifting his gaze upward staring at the moving clouds and the birds that cawed to eachother or chased eachother in the sky before staring at the water. "I've gotta pee," He muttered. Cye sweatdropped at his remark laughing nervously.
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Cye and Rowen walked through the semi-crowded street of HK with a map of the city and a list of hotels to stay at, Cye's mind however was bit more focused on the letter the strange blonde had given them on the airplane, he didn't see her anywhere amongst the people on the life boats so where could have she gone off to? Did she swim to shore...?
Nah that was impossible, the flight attendants were blocking the exit of the plane until the life boats were gathered up. Cye was brought out of his thoughts by sound of someone clearing their throat, he turned to find his friend Rowen with his hand balled into a fist covering his mouth with an annoyed look on his face, Cye's robin blue eyes went wide with amusement and patted his friend on the shoulder chuckling.
"Did you hear anything I said Cye?" Rowen asked with narrow eyes. Cye shook his head as a response, Rowen sighed in frustration wanting to get his revenge against Cye for slapping him so badly. "I said we should find a hotel and then wait for that woman to come and find us ... if she can," He explained dryly as they rounded the corner.
"Right, let's just find one of these nice four star hotels and order room service," Cye proclaimed picking up his pace. Rowen shook his head going after his friend, he was going to have a hard time keeping up with his young comrade since he was the most worried out of the both of them. Rowen began to wonder if room service food was any good at all. He had never been to a hotel before, mostly because he didn't go with his mother on one of her trips out of Japan.
Instead he stayed with his rotten father. He scolded himself several times in the past for not begging his mother to take him with her, let alone not asking at all. Rowen's train of thought was rudely interrupted when he crashed into a person that happened to be inconveniently in his way, the woman or man moved letting Rowen's body topple over to make contact with the ground but instead she or he helped him by grabbing Rowen's collar and stopped him in mid-fall.
"I've been looking for you Rowen Hashiba and Cye Mouri," Came a deep feminine voice full of amusement. Rowen figured it had to be that mysterious woman they had met on the plane. Cye stopped walking to find out who the owner of the voice belonged to, his heart jumped slightly when his gaze rested on the woman dressed in a man's blazer with thick blonde hair and a smirk on her face as she brought Rowen up on his feet dusting his sleeve off slightly.
The 16-year-old turned completely around making his way over to the two with a look of utter surprise, Rowen folded his arms not wanting to speak to this woman he had an uneasy feeling whenever she was around ... even if that was once. "Ma'am if you don't mind me asking.... *pause* what's your name, and why are you looking for us?" Cye asked once he had gotten over to where she and Rowen stood.
The green-eyed woman shifted her gaze from Rowen to Cye with a smirk as several strands of hair fell over her left eye blocking her line of slight her temporarily, Rowen noticed that this woman reminded him of Sage when her hair fell over her left eye, the resemblance to his still calm face was uncanny. "My name is Ten'ou Haruka, a distant cousin of Sage's. Haruka said, shoving her hands into her pockets. "I caught wind that you were looking for my nephew, and niece, when the news reported a little girl missing."
Rowen humped skeptically, not believing in her story while Cye was confused by how she found them so quickly, why Sage never introduced them to this Ten'ou Haruka was beyond him. "Why were you looking for us, and why do you proclaim we're warriors?" Cye asked cocking an eyebrow at a narrow eyed Rowen. Ten'ou chuckled cocking her head to the side staring curiously at him before returning her attention back to Cye. She thought it rude to keep the brown-haired boy in waiting for so long.
"I wanted to give you a gift that would aid you," Ten'ou began. "To be specific, the legend of the Halo and Inferno armor was quiet known in my family. I've known of the Ronin warriors since childhood, and when I saw the Kanji's upon your foreheads I knew you were indeed two of the five warriors.... Seiji himself is bearer of the Halo armor If I'm not mistaken?"
Rowen reluctantly nodded to her question before watching Haruka turn her back to them, Cye's eye brow's raised in question as she walked away from them smirking. "C'mon I've got someone I wanna show you," She said looking over her shoulder. Cye nodded running after her while Rowen stood in the middle of the sidewalk with a skeptic expression on his face still;
This Ten'ou knew alot more than she was letting on and Cye was following her like a lost puppy. Well... technically they were lost in a city they had never been in before, and Rowen had no idea where to look for Ryo and the others..... with an exasperated look and a growl Rowen went running after the two who were now way ahead of him with little trust in Haruka.
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(Blue-Blossom park not too far away from the shrine of the dead):
Mina was awakened from her sleep by the feel of someone slapping her on the cheek continuously. She shifted her head away from the hand but it followed and relentlessly continued slapping her possibly waiting for her to snap. And snap she did, Mina grabbed the hand setting herself in an upright position with a sore red cheek, the muscle seemed to twitch along with her eyebrows. "You're awake, are you all right?" Came a too-sweet voice full of worry.
Mina swallowed realizing her mouth was dry and also sore begging for water, regardless of this, the dirty blonde nodded as a reply to the woman's answer. "Been better," Mina rasped wincing at the pulling sensation in her throat. She slowly opened her eyes making out a long brunette haired figure an inch taller than she. Mina blinked several times to get the sleep out of her eyes making out a smile upon the woman's face.
Her unnatural coalbolt blue/green eyes widened in surprise leaning forward to get a better look at the woman's face. "A-are you Mia Koji?" She asked sounding something like Clint Eastwood (raspy). Mia nodded blinking in confusion, Mina coughed roughly wishing she had some water with her at the moment, Mia placed her hand on the 15-year-old's back slapping her until her coughing fit ceased completely.
"Where's Yulie? He's been worried sick about you!" Mina tried to shout but with her throat being as dry as it was her shout came out as a whisper instead. Mia looked down at her lap rather ashamed of herself and at the same time confused. Everything was a complete blur, and she remembered nothing after being grabbed by that armor.
"I'm right behind ya!" Came a cheery voice that startled Mina to the extent that she almost slapped Yulie. The black-haired boy ducked her swinging hand with a yelp, he moved to the right side of the dirty blonde before tackling her with a bear hug. Mina groaned in slight annoyance wondering how she ever got stuck with this overly-emotional boy.
Yulie laughed wholeheartedly into her side, he stopped for a brief moment to gaze up at Mina's filthy face. "I found Mia, Mina-san!" Yulie cheered glancing over at his baby-sitter. Mina looked up at Mia with a humorous glint in her eyes, Mia simply smiled bowing slightly to the girl with a smile of her own to show.
"Thank you for taking care of Yulie, I am in your debt," Mia spoke so fluently it was almost creepy to Mina to hear her speak at all. "You don't owe me anything, watching Yulie was . . . er . . . was enough to satisfy me," Mina sputtered coughing. "Anyway, how the seven hells did we end up here?" Mia shrugged, scanning their surroundings.
It looked a lot like something out of a Japanese fairytale come to life. There were blossoming blue flowers everywhere majority of the flowers were in the trees giving their green leaves character, the deep green grass was obviously taken care of, Mia spotted a fountain three feet away from them spurting crystal like water from the naked child's statue bucket he held against his chest with two birds atop his curly head.
Mina sweatdropped at the sheer appearance of the area that she sat in. It was too fantasy-ish for her taste when she realized . . . there was water coming out of that fountain! Hallelujah! She thought trying to climb to her feet, the dirty blonde's legs decided they were not ready to function yet and Mina fell onto her bottom thinking she had broken a bone.
"Thirsty!" Mina moaned coughing lightly. Yulie patted her on the back with a humorous smile possibly unaware of Mina's plight or he just wanted to cheer her up. Mia sighed climbing to her feet brushing damp flower pedals off her clothes mumbling.
"Well, we're not in Japan that much is for certain," The 21-year-old pointed out. "If I'm not mistaken, we're in the blue-blossom park in Hong Kong." Mina fell over whinnying, her mother was gonna kill her! Where's Cye when you need 'em? She thought as Yulie helped her up onto her feet.
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"How much farther do we have to go?" Rowen complained yawning. Their new friend Ten'ou had been leading them around the city like a tour-guide all afternoon until most of the sunlight had fled leaving dusk to greet the big city. The blue haired boy was beginning to wonder if they'd ever see this 'someone' that Haruka spoke faster than they could be mugged and robbed of their possessions.
To be perfectly honest Ten'ou Haruka looked out of place in China, she appeared to be very conspicuous to him of course Cye managed to see passed his problems with Ten'ou and let her lead him by the nose to wherever she was taking them. Haruka glanced behind her at Rowen who walked behind her and Cye with his arms folded across his chest with a fiery glare in his eye meaning he didn't trust her at all.
He hung around Sage too much. Her nephew was just the same around her when he was younger, he'd never let Ten'ou within hugging range unlike Satsuki who would let her hug and kiss her on cheek all the time she came over to their house. Sage however only let her gets close to him when he was having a hard time with drawing the Christmas tree lit up surrounded with presents, wrapping paper and dolls that belonged to Yayoi and Satsuki along with a skirt given to him by Ten'ou herself.
Sage bluntly explained to Haruka that he was 11 years old and would not be dressing like a girl any longer, Haruka was slightly broken hearted; she loved to dress him up in her old skirts so much that she ignored the hateful expression he'd give her everytime she forced him into a pink sparkled ball dress when he was 3. The 11-year-old hated her skirt so much that he snatched it from her hands and tore it in half in front of the entire family before storming out of the house dodging his grandfather's reaching grasp shouting 'I hate all of you! And I shall dress like a boy! I'm no girl!'.
This was around the time he had met his 'blue-haired' friend he'd never tell anyone about until his teen years. I wonder . . . if he'll let me touch him at all now? Haruka thought before stopping in front of a dingy old building next to a drug store. Cye eyed her curiously; his mouth shifted slightly to the other side as she climbed the stairs gripping the door knob tightly. Rowen sped up coming over to Cye glaring still.
Haruka smirked at Rowen knowing he was indeed the 'blue haired' boy Sage was talking about to an old man in a monk's outfit in the forest he stayed in for two-weeks before Yayoi brought him home. "C'mon, she's in here," Ten'ou informed opening the front door stepping inside hall way.
Cye followed her inside pulling Rowen along with him who was opting they leave this unfit place to live. Cye smacked him upside the head dragging him up the stairs after Ten'ou. Rowen felt a sudden chill go through his body as he yanked his arm out of the brown-haired boy's grip growling he could walk just fine on his own. Cye shrugged and entered the bedroom that Haruka stepped into humming.
"This is such a bad idea," Rowen grumbled following Cye. The 17-year-old got the surprise of his life when he gazed upon the girl curled up in the bed gripping a glass of water like her life depended on it. A pair of gray eyes rested on him getting wider by the minute as well as her smile. "Mr. Rowen!" She cried leaping from under the covers rushing toward him in sheer joy. Cye snickered at the name the girl had given him before he shoved hard by the 17-year-old.
"O-oi! Suki!" Rowen exclaimed, as she embraced him in a hug around the waist. Satsuki stared up at him with teary eyes sniffling, Rowen kneeled down to her level with a sad smile placing his hand on her head calming Satsuki down with his simple touch. "Where's your brother?" He asked glancing up at Ten'ou. The 27-year-old winked at him before shifting her gaze to the window several feet away from her, Rowen ignored her bringing his attention back to the little-blonde in front of him.
Satsuki looked down at her bare feet trying not to cry while she shook her head in response. "I don't know.... I can't remember anything, except that I know you and my brother have met before you he got am..nes-ia!" Satsuki's dreary mood turned cheerful once again. "Amnesia?" Cye repeated striding over to the little girl. Satsuki looked up at Cye wearily nodding backing away slightly, Cye blinked in confusion stepping away from the girl to make her more comfortable.
Rowen's changed from a worried expression to a slightly surprised one, why would anyone be afraid of Cye? He placed his hands on Satsuki's shoulders with a smile. "Hey, don't worry about Cye, he's a good guy he won't harm you," He assured ushering the girl toward the English-accented boy. Satsuki gave Rowen a skeptic look but obliged coming nearer to Cye holding out a shaky hand.
"Are you gonna find my Onii-san before that lady hurts him?" She asked cocking an eyebrow at him. Cye suddenly felt nervous from the look Satsuki was giving him he began to wonder if the entire family had a gaze like Sage's, He hesitantly shook her hand quickly before nodding. Satsuki made a 'Hn' noise before turning her attention to Haruka who was turning two different colored blue orbs bigger than marbles.
Ten'ou looked to Rowen whose eyebrows narrowed considerably at the sight of her, with a smirk she threw the orbs toward him. The blue-haired boy caught them with ease keeping the dark-blue orb in his hand while he threw the light-blue one to Cye who fumbled with it to keep the ball in his grasp. "What's this -- Kanji-balls?" The brown-haired boy asked examining the new orb that rested in the center of his palm. Ten'ou nodded in response.
"They're backup. Une knows your armor down to its' core (Rowen: who doesn't?) meaning she could destroy them despite their mystical abilities," Haruka said in a heated tone of voice directed at Rowen. "She's a powerful 40,0000-year-old daemon, she is probably much older Talpa, much wiser and more in tuned with nether realms then he'll ever be." Cye nodded understanding what she was getting at.
Satsuki scratched her head in confusion, wondering what they were talking about. It didn't sound very fun or pleasant to her, she tugged on Rowen pant leg trying to get his attention, the tall boy swatted her hand away giving her pat on the head. Upset, Satsuki brushed passed Rowen (not that he would have noticed at that particular moment) heading toward open door storming out. They didn't even notice her leave.
"Are they copies?" Cye asked. Ten'ou shook her head. "Lie (no), there aren't copies. Their simply leftover armor from Talpa the Ancient used to create more armors ... the same ones. Sooo, I suppose their copies just not in the way you think they are," Haruka said quickly yawning. She looked down at the floor expecting to find Satsuki beside Rowen but stared at nothing but an empty space, her green eyes widen wide and blank before shifting upward to stare at the two Ronins in front of her.
Cye and Rowen looked to eachother in confusion glancing down at whatever she was looking at discovering that Satsuki was nowhere to be found! "Oi! Where'd she go?" Cye cried bolting from his spot rushing out of the room into the hallway. He rounded the corner leaping down the stairs halfway before tripping down the last two stairs.
"Kuso anata baka!!" He growled noticing the front door was wide open. He climbed to his throbbing feet groaning. Rowen came trailing down the stairs seconds before he spotted Cye dashing out the front door mumbling something to himself. Rowen leapt of the stairs landing with the grace of a cat, he stood up quickly, probably a little too quickly and stumbled out the front door shutting it behind him leaving Ten'ou in the house with her thoughts.
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Satsuki trudged around dingy part of the city wondering where she was, he feet were freezing yet she continued on not wanting them to freeze in one place rendering her unable to walk. How could Mr. Rowen just swat her hand away as if she were a fly!? Sage never treated her like that, why would his friend?
Nevertheless she hated to be ignored, luckily her Niisan made sure he paid attention to her when he wasn't busy with Kendo, homework or chores. Satsuki smiled, it was nice to her aunt Haruka again after 11 years. Satsuki sighed with a solemn expression crossing the unusually empty street toward a grassy park full of blue flowers.
She felt an odd presence somewhere in further into the park it gave her the creeps but she followed the pull that tugged at her curious mind. The 7-year-old broke into a run watching the trees zip passed her, the wind whipped through her hair giving her more than just chills her entire body felt frozen down to the bone, Suki did her best to ignore it. The little girl ran through the clearing skidding to a halt when she caught sight of three men dressed in spiky armor in a circle discussing something.
Who are they? Satsuki thought creeping sideways hoping they wouldn't notice her. She shifted her sight from the bush was nearing to the men who sat there with their eyes diverted downward at the ground. Good she thought, now. I can make my escape! Satsuki bolted from her spot bearing her feet hard against the ground, desperate to reach her goal when someone from behind grabbed her by the shirt collar yanking her off the ground.
"Well, well, what do we have here? A rat caught in a snake's trap! What shall we do Dais, eat her?" The man with green hair and a sinister voice chuckled, looking to the slightly taller man with a patch on his eye. "I must disagree on eating her Sekhmet, but's she rather large for a rat don't you think Cale?" The white-haired man asked shifting his eye toward the last male. Satsuki stared at the blue haired man named Cale with a scar located below his left eye. "Rather large indeed," He replied stepping forward with a finger pointing out at her.
Cale poked her stomach with a teasing look on his face, the 7-year-old up and slapped him for touching her. "Hentai (pervert)!" She shouted, spitting. Sekhmet laughed at the shocked expression on his friend's face before he heard the tearing of her shirt held. Satsuki fell to the ground scampering to get away, Dais grabbed her by the ankle pulling her off the ground, he grunted; this girl was quiet heavy.
Cale fought to control his anger while the girl shouted, kicked, screamed, and swore at Dais was trying not to laugh. "Lemmie go! Or I'll tell Mr. Rowen you've been bothering me!" Satsuki shouted while holding her skirt up. The former warlords of Talpa froze in their place at the mention of the name Rowen. They all looked at eachother leaving Satsuki in the dark. "Does she mean Strata?" Sekhmet exclaimed in question.
Cale arched an eyebrow at the girl still struggling to break free of Dais' grip. "I believe she does, Sekhmet," Came a voice. All three warlords turned in surprise to the two figures that stood in the shadows back-to-back with their arms folded across their chest. If only Anubis were here.... Sekhmet thought, as his green eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
"I know that voice from anywhere!" Cale snarled turning his attention back to Satsuki glaring at her. The girl stuck her tongue out at him with a triumphant smile on her face. The two figures' Rowen and Cye emerged from the shadows, with inquiring looks on their faces. "Dais, I suggest you put Sage's little sister down or you'll be dealing with me," Rowen snapped. Dais snorted at the teen tightening his grip on the girl's ankle, Rowen growled balling his hands into fists ready to fight at any given moment.
Cye felt the tension between the two and stepped in before something unnecessary happened, placed himself in front of Rowen with his hands up in a non-defense manner, as if he were trying to stop something from coming forward. "All right we're all friends here, or at least I thought were when Talpa was defeated and you the three of you saw the light as well as Kayura," Cye pointed out with a stern face. "We aren't here to fight any of you, we just want you to put Satsuki down is all, mates."
Dais' gaze shifted upward at the star filled sky with a thoughtful expression upon his face. Torrent was right, they weren't enemies anymore, meaning what side since he and his remaining two friends joined the side of justice leaving injustice behind, they were all still a bit sore about their defeats against them when they fought for Talpa.
With a roll of his eyes, he dropped the girl, Satsuki caught herself with her hands falling on her knees last. Sekhmet watched the pipsqueak scramble to her feet rushing over to Cye (unintentionally, she just wanted get away from them). She stood in front of Cye with her arms folded across her chest with a smug look. "An insolent girl," Cale sneered looking up at Rowen. "How is it that Halo has a sister? He never spoke of a family."
Rowen shook his head with a look of disdain aimed toward Cale. "So you can do what, use 'em as bait?" He inquired cocking his head to the side. "Don't think so Cale." Sekhmet placed a hand on Cale's shoulder when he advanced from his spot, and Cye shook his head in disappointment placing his hand on his forehead.
This was hopeless, he didn't see how they were ever coexist with eachother if they were still sore at one another. Satsuki blinked at the scene before her, they squabbled like they were siblings only they were non-related siblings. Dais stepped in front of Cale and Sekhmet with a stern look upon his face. "Tell me, where is Hardrock, Wildfire, and Halo? Its' unnatural to see you all separated." He quipped arching an eyebrow.
Cye opened his mouth to answer Dais' question but the rumbling of the ground and screams from afar, stopped him. Satsuki cried out in fear clutching onto Cye's pant-legs hoping it wasn't an earthquake. Rowen lost his balance momentarily staring passed the warlords who were in slight panic back-to-back in fighting stances ready for anything that came at them. "I sense Halo and others!" Sekmet cried his spliced eyes shifted from side-to-side to locate the three Ronins.
Cye's Kanji balls started to glow and blink at the same time as if a homing beckon had been triggered, his brown bangs slapped against his forehead as he whipped around to greet the oncoming attacker. A gust of wind knocked them down onto the ground, following the wind was the ground coming up out of his place heading toward them.
Rowen shoved his 'booster' Kanji ball into his pocket bringing forth his original Kanji-ball calling on its' power. Cye wrapped his arm around Satsuki's waist calling on his original Kanji ball's power. Once they were in their sub-armor, the two managed to leap out of the way, unscathed. Cye rolled over toward a tree in an upside-down position still hanging onto Satsuki who rested on her knees spiraled over Cye's upper body.
Rowen landed gracefully on the branch of a tree searching for Kento naturally since his armor was the only one with an attack like the one they had witnessed. Crackle! Rowen turned his head in the direction of the sound only to be attacked by a surge of electricity strong enough to kill a person protected or not. But luckily for him his sub-armor protected him from an untimely death. He cried out in pain as pain shot through his body and he plummeted to the ground like a rag-doll landing on his face.
Cye lifted a limp Satsuki off of him, she fell to the ground like a lifeless body, leaning his body to the side, the weight of his lower body helped him put himself into a sleeping position and climb to his feet. He scanned his surrounding area; the warlords and Rowen were down on the ground suffering from an attack, while he was untouched and hurting. "Armor of Torrent! Dao Shin!"
Cye called forth his Torrent armor, to his surprise it answered his call. The surge of blue light surrounded his body as his Kanji of trust came to life. Multicolored wallpaper shot up all around him soaring high before exploding into a million sakura blossoms raining down onto him. Cye was beyond shocked when he realized he was wearing his armor again, there was a nagging doubt in his mind that it wouldn't come if he tried summoning it ... guess he was wrong.
His ears twitched at the sound of approaching footsteps. Cye gripped his trident as the assailant neared his present area; the sound of crackling became evident as a figure came stepping out of the shadows swinging a fairly large sword like a bat in one hand humming.
The moon came out of hiding shining down on the dark park, the long sword's blade reflected its shine onto the ground as the person stepped forward into the moonlight. Cye almost dropped his trident when gazed upon the assailant. Sage stood before him in his Halo armor with it's helmets' metallic mask down, Cye was unable to tell what kind of expression Sage had, not that it mattered; he had a strong gut feeling Sage wasn't here to chat with him.
He lowered his trident slightly staring curiously at the hidden face of the blonde before he noticed Sage raising No-Datchi over his head preparing to attack. Cye's eyes almost bludged out of his head; didn't he see his sister behind him? Did he even care if he killed her by using his sure-kill? "Sage stop! It's me Cye! You don't wanna do that!" Cye cried out. Sage ignored him with a sharp intake of air, he kept his eye on Cye.
The Halo armor absorbed the light from the moon directing all it's power into the no-Datchi. Cye stood frozen in his place praying Sage would realize what he was doing, and stop before he ended up hurting someone. The 16-year-old watched the longsword glow a light green and Sage's eyes brighten to the extent that they almost looked transparent. Raising his trident Cye prepared to attack him with his own sure-kill.
"Thunderbolt cut!" The no-Datchi brightened considerably as Sage leapt into the air above the trees aiming his sure-kill down at Cye. Electricity crackled off his sword filling the air as he came down at his comrade. Cye didn't have enough time to gather enough energy to fire his attack, and as a result took the full force of Halo's sure-kill. Sage landed on the ground flawlessly, he watched as Cye was sent tumbling several feet across the ground pass his little sister and into a thick oak tree near a pond unmoving.
The brown haired boy's body was engulfed with overpowering pain, he couldn't even move with causing pain in the process, he looked up to find Sage's palm in front of his face. "S-Sage have you forgotten us completely? Can't you remember me? Your friends?" Cye wheezed trying to move. The blonde did not answer his question instead he lifted the helmet's mask revealing his face as a ball of crackling electricity formed in the center of his palm aimed at Cye's forehead. Cye's robin-blue eyes widened knowing what was going to happen next.
He was going to die.
(Ages: Ten'ou Haruka: 27, Une/Usagi-Michi: 40,0000. A/N: it seemed like an appropriate age for her ^ ^: I don't watch Clint Eastwood movies! My dad does. Sorry for any misspelled words or grammatical errors of any kind. Lemmie know and I'll fix them. Ja ne!)