Chapter 2

The only place where Assassins roam around, a place filled with monsters throughout the area. Assassins have no fear of the residing monsters, for they are there for target practice. The leader of the Assassin Guild, Shadow Zero had set up a mission for his two daughters to fulfill, for they had just become assassins. Their older brother Oni Crevan had just become Assassin Cross, for he was to carry out the legacy he had passed down to all males.

As an Assassin Cross, Oni was given his first mission: To watch over Kyubei and Apple as they fulfilled their first Assassin mission. Oni spotted Kyubei and Apple walking their way out of the Assassin Guild, and began their journey to complete their task. Shadow hadn't told Oni what their mission had been, as it was classified. He was only instructed to do one thing: "Watch over your siblings, and make sure no harm comes to them." As Oni already wanted to do that, his father read his mind, as he always happens to.

He leapt from rooftop to rooftop, until they had gotten out of the guild's territory. He had to hide a few times from being detected by his sister Kyubei. She had a knack for knowing she was being followed by him. For their souls were identical. They always knew what each other was thinking, and could feel what the other was feeling without even speaking about it.

Kyubei had a small feeling that she and Apple had been watched from afar, but she gave a small smirk and shrugged it off, assuming that she was being followed by Oni. It had been many days since Apple, Kyubei, and Oni's journey had begun. There had been many slaughtered monsters in their path, for they never stood a chance against the girls when they were combined. Though Oni preferred not to engage in combat with creatures weaker than he, for his favorite animal was the Wolf. So he usually cloaked himself and walked past herds of wolves.

It had been a week, and they finally made it to south Prontera field. They only had to head North through the merchant-filled Prontera, and into the Prontera Castle, where King Stephen resided.

The two assassins managed to get past the front guards at the gate by entering the castle through the sewer entrance, a few miles to the east of the castle. Kyubei and Apple were exhausted from their struggle through the castle sewers. They now found themselves inside, with guards all around it came apparent they would have a difficult task of staying hidden from sight. There had been so many guards throughout the whole castle, especially in the section where their target had been located. Oni has no challenge making his way through the vast numbers of guards. He now saw before him, the girls' prize, their mission will soon be complete: The most important and precious item to the Royal family: The Sword of Qamera, rumored that it gave the wielder unbelievable power. Its weight was tremendous. Only the rightful wielder of the sword could carry it around so lightly, so a group of assassins would have great difficulty trying to snatch it.

As Kyubei and Apple reached their destination, there had been someone there waiting to welcome them. The silhouette appeared from behind them, and scared them by tapping them on the shoulder. Once they saw it was Oni, they had a look of anger in their eyes. Oni stuck out his tongue and pointed to the Sword of Qamera, they both looked at it, then at each other, and then to Oni.

"How should we steal this thing? You know the myth it has."
"I can't help you guys steal it, Apple. I'm only here to observe."
"We both can carry the sword no problem, but it would take us a while to take it out of the castle." Kyubei had stated with a stern look on her face.

As they were discussing how to take possession of the blade, a guard wandered into the room. He was about to call on the other guards in the section, but Oni had already covered his mouth with his hand, and had a murderous intent in his eye.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you..." he said as the guard's skin tone turned a pale white. Oni had that effect on people, even if he didn't mean for it to happen. His eyes just gave off the impression that he was a psychotic mad man that had murderous intent. Oni had let go of the guard, and the guard gave a big gulp. He asked what business they had in this castle.

Oni said "I'm afraid I can't tell you that." as he equipped his jur, "It's classified information." "Kyubei, Apple, I'm afraid we have to postpone your mission, as things are about to become a bit difficult from here on out."
"Right." They said in unison as they equipped their katars to get ready for combat.

Deep down, Oni didn't want to fight the guards, but he had to so his sisters could complete their first task. He gave them only one instruction before the fight inside the castle had begun: "Only knock them out, don't kill them. We're not here to fight, remember that."

But what he hadn't known was that outside the room, there were over 60 guards waiting for the battle to begin. Oni started the fight by kicking the first guard out of the door, and then the assassins leapt out of the small room and into the big hall. Before they knew it, they were surrounded by many guards. The three were back to back.

War cries were heard as the first wave of guards came before them. Prepared for battle, swords and weapons held in hand...