Now everyone was sleeping and in the darkness of night a lone figure jumped from building to building. The finger headed for Kyle and the others rooms the person opened a window and went into manta and ryu's room. The figure walked up to manta and grabbed him.

The next morning ryu woke up to find manta gone. Rhy ran to yoh's room to tell him Yoh couldn't believe it.

"We've got to find him," Yoh shouted.

"Calm down Yoh" Anna said.

"I'm sorry I just hope he's ok," Yoh said.

"Don't worry Yoh we'll find him" ryu told the boy.

"Thanks Ryu" Yoh replied.

Soon Yoh Anna and Ryu were joined by horo ren and team Hawkins. Kyle and the others would have joined them but they had to get ready for their matches. Meanwhile manta found him self locked in a dark room. The door to the room opened and a figure walked into the room. Manta couldn't see the figures face with the room being so dark.

"Who are you" manta asked.

"Who I am is unimportant but why you're here is" the figure replied.

"So why am I here" manta asked.

"Because your friend Yoh and I have a score to settle," the figure explained.

Yoh and the others spent the day searching for manta but no one had seen him. Now it was late afternoon and Yoh and the others were no closer to finding manta.

"This is hopeless" Yoh said.

Yoh sat down he looked really worried.

"We're never going to find him," Yoh said.

Yoh held his head in his hands Anna sat next to him.

"We'll find him I promise," she said.

Anna put her arm around Yoh.

"How touching"

A man came out of a doorway.

"Carlos" keyran said.

"I see you've lost one of your friends" Carlos said.

"Where is he" Yoh yelled.

"Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you" Carlos replied.

"So are you saying your boss isn't behind mantas disappearance" keyran asked.

"I'm not saying anything I don't know everything my master does"

Carlos turned to leave.

"Wait" Yoh shouted.

Yoh tried to go after Carlos but keyran stopped him.

"Let him go Yoh he's not going to tell us anything" he said.

Carlos came to a side street and found claw waiting for him.

"So how did it go"?

"It went well they defiantly suspect you kidnapped asakuras friend," Carlos told his master

"Good" claw replied.

"So who do you think really has asakuras friend" Carlos asked.

"I'm not sure obviously there's someone else after asakura" claw answed.

"Dead eye" Carlos asked.

"No it's not his style he uses more direct means" claw replied.

"So what do we do now master"

"We'll see what happens when Kyle and the others join them then we'll make our move"

Claw smiled to him self.

Meanwhile at the ring Kyle had just beaten the leader of team Randolph giving team lee 3 wins Kyle's team was now in the quarterfinals. Early in the day team phoenix had beaten team skies and team foster had beaten team Anderson. Soon it was time for the last match of the first round first up was mike vs. Stan. Mike fought bravely but Stan managed to win the fight. Nathan too put up a good fight but his opponent was too much the last fight was Joe vs. Ricky. This match was close both Joe and fought a great fight but in the end youth won over experience as Ricky knocked Joe out of the ring.

Now the quarterfinals had been decided.

Team Asakura vs. Team Dead eye.

Team Hawkins vs. Team Claw.

Team Foster vs. Team Phoenix.

Team Lee vs. Team Myran.

It was announced that all the quarterfinals would take place over two days. Kyle and the others left the ring and met up with Yoh and his friends and found out they still hadn't found manta. Kyle decided everyone should split up and find the main suspect in mantas kidnapping claw. As everyone went there separate ways to find claw no one saw Carlos watching them. Carlos left to report to his master.

"So they've split up to look for me" claw said.

"Yes master" Carlos said.

Claw clenched his fist to revel his twin blades.

"Then lets not disappoint them"

Kyle Yoh and Anna headed to a local bar to see if anyone had seen claw or where to find him. Unfourtatly no one seemed to know anything but as Kyle left the bar someone was following them. Kyle and the others came to a park when Kyle stopped dead.

"What is it" Yoh asked.

"I thought I heard something," Kyle said.

Kyle listened.

"Get down" he yelled.

Kyle Yoh and Anna dropped to the ground as a circular saw blade stuck into a wall behind them.

"Where the hell did that come from?" Yoh said.

"From me"

All 3 looked up to see a figure looking down on them from a rooftop.

"Mask what do you want" Kyle said.

"Oh I couldn't wait for the fight tomorrow so I fought we'd fight your friend asakura now" mask said.

Grey wolf and Red fox appeared.

"Yoh get out of here" Kyle said.

"What about you" Yoh said.

"Don't worry about me just go"

Yoh nodded and left with Anna.

"I love it when they run" mask said.

Grey wolf and Red fox attacked Kyle as mask went after Yoh and Anna.

On the other side of town horo ren and ryu were busy searching for claw.

"Man this guys sure hard to find" horo said.

"Well I'm sure one of the groups will find him" rhy said.

"And that group is you"

Everyone turned to see claw.

"That's him" horo shouted.

Horo pointed at claw.

"I see my plan worked" claw said.

"What plan" ryu asked.

"Why to get you boys on your own" claw explained.

"You mean to tell us you kidnapped manta just to get us on our own" ren said.

"Not quite you see I'm not the one who kidnapped your friend. But I knew you'd think I had" claw said.

"And you knew if we did we properly split up to find you" ren said.

"I see we have a bright one" claw replied.

"So are you planning on knocking us out of the tournament" rhy said.

"Oh no I just want to make your friend asakura suffer"

Carlos and the chaos brothers appeared.

"And what better way to make someone suffer than to have a go at his friends"

Claw smiled evilly to him self.

"Go get'em boys"

Carlos and the chaos brothers charged at yoh's friends.

To be continued.

What will happen to yoh's friends? Will Yoh and Anna escape from mask? Will Kyle be ok? And who kidnapped manta find out in the next part of island of heroes.

Hope you like this chapter who do you think is holding manta please tell me what you think. Thanks again for the reviews and thanks to the crippler for the idea I love it if you have anymore let me know.

Thanks again. TK LEE

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