The bladebreakers trekked throughout the afternoon from mountain tops to valleys. The town was more nature protected than most of the places they have visited. The weather was surprisingly on their side today. Jake lead the team in the front whereas Katysha skated behind the others.

Jake narrated different tales related to the sights they passed. Kenny and Dizzy inserted their information from time to time. Katyusha was skating while the others were cycling along. More than skating, she was twirling around in circles as the group moved further. Kai was pretty sure she would twirl to her death if she continued her agenda of turning into a ballerina without training on a cliff.

Kai reached out and pulled her arms before she fell to her death.

"Woahhh," she screamed. Her hair flipped right into Kai's face, stinging his face like darts. He pulled her closer with one hand while barely keeping his cycle in stable condition in the steep pathway.

It was the third hill they were going to cross today. Out of all the other hillsides, he remembered this particular hill with detailed memory. It was the hill where Katyusha and Kai had first met each other.

He had been immensely annoyed by her, even on the first meeting. She had the undying ability to be stubborn. Even today, her stubbornness had remained right where it was in the starting, if not increased with time. But Kai knew better now. Even behind the stubbornness, laid a very valid reason which distinguished her from everyone around. Behind the aimless human, resided a girl with abilities people envy to learn throughout their life. The only thing which remained common between Voltaire and his grandson was the capability to recognize the faintest thread of extraordinary power. It had been proved various time through the years, but never demonstrated at such high level from anyone except her and Tyson.

His heart hurt when he thought about her. An unnatural feeling coil inside his body every time he thought about Katyusha. Throughout the years together, he had tried his best to avoid her because of the feeling of want which would seize him just when they get close together. The sensation had started to change into comfort now. A wish to surrender his guards and just believing in her presence. A feeling which had begun to make Kai feel uneasy rather than comfort.

His eyes travelled from her wrist to a pair of soft brown eyes glaring at him. He held her stare until her eyes smoothened to soft lines.

Jake brought their attention back to him.

"You know, there is a very famous myth surrounding this place. Everyone who ever visited this place knows about it."

Before someone could open their mouth, Jake continued with his story.

"According to the myth, the people who end their life in this particular hill are given a second chance to live their life."

He felt Katyusha tense under his grip. He looked up to see a horrific expression crossing her face. It was there was a split second but the intensity of the horror displayed on her face for that moment was enough to present years of panic.

The bladebreakers suppressed their curiosity just enough for Jake to continue. Max and Tyson were asking question whereas Daichi was screaming about something in an unknown language. Or maybe he was speaking gibberish. But his whole attention was on the girl beside him.

"What are these rumours based on?"

"Its something new."

Doesn't Kai like such things? He will surely like such things!"

"Kenny quit talking about him like he isn't present with us."

All their words floated over his head. He didn't dare to take off his mind one bit from Katyusha, trying to read her expression. Her expression had gone from horrorstruck to neutral in a split second. Her guards were up again.

Kai took his eyes off his friend and motioned Jake to continue with his ultimate tales of his beloved city, "Care to continue?"

"Oh yeah of course. Hmm..so yeah. This rumour started long ago based on a tale which was recited by the elder of the town." Jake continued.

"According to the tale, which took place at this exact place people who fell to death at this particular location had been sighted again by many people. However, it seemed like they restart their whole life once again without any memories of their past life."

T"hey come back to life like a human and change what they did? Isn't it something too surreal to start with?" Hilary noted

"I can't say if they are humans or not," Jake said thoughtfully, scratching his neck.

"THERE AREN'T HUMANS?" Max gulped

"Wow like if this was true it would be incredibly odd. Just imagine semi-human forms roaming on the earth." Ray spoke out.

" There is a relatively important reason behind their 'semi-human form', as you call them." Jake continued" it is because when one is given power, comes greater duties. They can be summed up like that.

" Do they have supernatural power or something? You know like flight or manipulating?" Tyson asked.

"Dunno. It's not like I know them." Jake said with an awkward smile.

The atmosphere shifted to something denser. Kai watched Katyusha. She had removed her hand from his grip. Now she rolled between the gap left for her to pass by. She clapped her twin on her shoulder and without turning back, said, "Not like they are real either way, Jake."

She looked up and, Kai's eyes widened. She had gone from the inhospitable to giving her brother the warmest smile. A smile warm enough to hurt peoples heart. A warm smile enough to break someone heart.

His girl wasn't someone he knew.

The other members looked at her in utter confusion. Ray was giving her he suspicious glances, but nothing new is there in it. It made sense. Katyusha was known to speak in a very abstract way. In a way, it was difficult for others to sort out the words before the conversation was already moving.

Tyson stared at his companion's face with an extra serious expression crossing his face. Oh, Kai knew what is coming up

"I am hungry," Tyson said in a deadly serious tone. The whole group burst out laughing. Even Katyusha joined her friends. Kai couldn't join them.

He couldn't shake off the disturbing feeling in his mind. Her passive-aggressive state of mind has been taking over her a lot recently. Her buried feelings are slipping out of her grip faster than before. Something is very wrong.

"TYSON! You just ate right now!" Hilary questioned her boyfriend

"Don't blame him, Hil." Katyusha joined Tyson. "You can't control feeling and hunger, can you?"

"Ahh. We got two people who can munch a full aeroplane of food. Maybe if possible the aeroplane intact too."

"A person called Mangetout managed to do so," Katyusha said with a proud face. One can't possibly outwit Katyusha when she starts stating facts. And this itself is a known fact.

"What? Are you serious?" Daichi asked, for once not moving. His mouth fell open, trying his best in digesting the fact. Hilary stood looking between Tyson and Hilary. Max and Ray were trying to find logic in this new information by annoying Kenny to search it up.

"This is true. 'He was able to consume the aircraft over two years between 1978-1980. Other notable items he ate throughout his career include Bicycles, shopping carts, beds, chandeliers, television sets, a small section of the Eiffel tower and a coffin.'"

"Does this even make sense? Lord! My head is spinning. Too much information to digest." Tyson complained.

"Now giving it a thought, how does the conversation accelerate at this level?" Ray countered.

The bladebreakers glared at Katyusha who was the main culprit behind the whole situation. She instantly backed off, putting her hands in front of her in case of any surprise invasion of personal space.

Kai snorted at the familiarity of the scene. She can never be on the same thought process as them.

"At the rate, we are moving, the evening will arrive before we can even reach the place," Katyusha called her friends.

"How far is this place either way?" Max enquired, getting ready to paddle some more kilometres with ease. Tyson followed suit while Katyusha switched with Jake for navigation purposes. Now Kai wasn't sure if they would be reaching the destination anytime sooner.

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They arrived much before anyone anticipated. The hills were more appealing than most of the places they have seen to date.

"It's beautiful," Kai explained, feeling impressed by the expanse of nature around him. The hilltop was wrapped with shrubs and herbs of all types. The layered ground was again crowded with a massive number of pine trees, growing from every open place it could find.

A part of his head told him how perfect this place to play hide and seek.

"I thought I would die because I haven't been able to hear your voice at throughout the day," Katyusha said with a smirk.

"I know how to appreciate beauty." He stated, side-eyeing her. Another proud look spread over her face.

"How lovely," she said before she stalked towards the group. Kai could hear the other members shouting over each other.

"DAICHI! LET'S SEE WHO CAN SWIM FASTER!" TyIt's triggered Daichi.

"I am pretty sure neither of you can even reach my level of swimming." Maxxie joined

"Let's SEE!" Tyson roared

"TYSON HE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. WHAT ARE YOU SCREAMING FOR?" Hilary screamed right back.

"ITS DEFINITELY ME." Daichi was the only one left to scream. And he didn't disappoint Tyson's plan for sure.

Daichi couldn't swim. It was a known fact. Everyone knew about it except Daichi perhaps.

The boys rushed to the end of the hill. They twisted the clothes off their body in a swing, throwing away all the clothes and rushed to end.

"GUYYSSS! DON'T RUN TO THE END. THERE IS A DROP THER-", Katyusha shouted, warning the boys who ran to the edge of the hill and jumped.

she stopped right on track,"-well, why did I even try?"

"I have been asking myself the same question for my entire life at this point." Ray joined them.

He was the only one who hadn't jumped off the cliff in the water below. Hilary and Kenny put up the picnic basket for everyone. The hill was a cliff enclosed around a water body. The tree near the end of the hill was highly famous as it marked the first time Kai and Katyusha fought in this area. For some reason, he remembers Katyusha telling him how important this tree was to her.

He had kept all her secrets as his own till date. This fact sent a shudder through his body. Katyusha was not a person who had opened up to anyone till date. She had shared what was business-related, nothing more nothing less. Thinking that he knows many of her secrets, it just says how many portions of her life is revolving around him not how much more she has left to say.

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HELLO readers, Happy Halloween! I hope everyone is having a blast howmuch ever you are allowed that is. And next, Sorry for the late update. I had exams this month and most probably the next month will also be occupied with the same problem. Hopefully I will be able to actually write something other than exam papers.