I apologize for the long wait.

A lot of things have happened lately and...

I'm still recovering from it.

Now I'm ready to continue writing this Fanfiction.

I will update as soon as I can and when I am able.

Here's Chapter 3! Enjoy.

Chapter 3: Revelation

"Do I know you…?"

Aya cocked a brow at Len's inquiry and tilted her head a bit. The room was silent as she didn't give any response. She continued to stare at him and Len did the same. His brows furrowed and he was starting to get impatient.

"I don't have all day." He crossed his arms as he glared at Aya "Are you going to give me an answer or are you just going to gawk at me?"

"What would I gain by answering to you?" she responded immediately after Len had finished.

A vein appeared on his head as he was starting to get agitated. He took out his Guandao and was about to point it at her when Bason intervened.

"Master Len… I don't think brute force is going to work." He pointed out. Len's eyes narrowed at Bason… He sighed sharply and placed his Guandao over his shoulder with his other hand on his hip. "Fine."

He then turned to look at Aya and his eyes widened as he found himself face to face with her. He hadn't noticed that she stood up and walked towards him. He stepped back a bit and his cheeks turned a faint pink. "Wh-what's the big idea?"

"Did that chinese ghost just call you… Master Len?" her face was emotionless but Len could see that her eyes were filled with curiosity. Fenris trotted on over to Len's feet and started sniffing. She then looked up at him with eyes of familiarity as her tailed wagged happily.

Len gulped and straightened himself trying not to make eye contact as the distance between them was very little. "What's it to you?" he stuttered. Aya continued to stare at him… Her eyes then softened and she sighed. "Nevermind. I might have mistaken you for someone else."

She turned to face the window and walked towards it; returning to her previous position. Fenris looked at Aya and then back at Len. She then let out a grunt and walked behind Len and urged him to go near her Master. "Wh-what are you…!" Len stammered but it was too late, he was now standing next to her. Though Aya noticed that Len was standing just a few inches away from her… She didn't move and continued to stare outside.

Len scratched his head and whispered to Bason "What am I going to say to her, Bason? She seems highly uncooperative." Bason floated near his ear and whispered in response "You should consider asking her what she was in her past life…" he paused "Or perhaps where she had gotten that mark on her shoulder."

Len turned his attention toward the black haired girl staring out into the distance and hesitated. "Mind telling me where you got that tattoo on your arm?" his tone was more demanding than it should have been, but I guess you could say he was nervous.

Without turning to look at him, Aya unexpectedly answered "This mark was placed on me when I was just a kid." She paused "It's a symbol of loyalty to the clan we have served for millions of generations. I was tasked to guard and watch over the daughter and son of the family who has been forced into hiding… And their names were Tao Len and Tao Jun."

Len's eyes widened as well as Bason's at the sudden revelation. "Master Len…" Bason whispered "… Could she be…?" Len shook his head "I doubt it… If it is her… Then she would have a large wolf spirit… Not this…" As he looked down at Fenris, he was surprised to be looking at a giant paw instead. His eyes blinked as if he couldn't believe what he had just saw and carefully looked up to the Wolf's face. Fenris had an expression as if she was smiling and greeting him happily

The giant wolf nudged her huge head on Len's cheek making him drop his Guandao and whined she favorably. He was caught off guard and almost lost his balance. "I think this little…" Bason paused and blinked "… Giant just answered your doubts, master Len." Len couldn't help but hold unto her head as she continued to cuddle him. "Impossible…" his brows furrowed "I thought we lost her years ago…" Fenris pulled away from him but his hands still held on to her furry cheeks.

Len looked into her eyes and Fenris, with her huge blue eyes returned his gaze. "I somehow remember…" he pondered "big blue eyes that would gaze at me…" Fenris titled her head a bit, listening intently. Len blinked as he continued to look into the beast's eyes. His thoughts were interrupted when Bason floated beside him and asked "Master Len…?"

Len breathed in deeply as he held Fenris' gaze. He then tilted his head to look at the girl who silently sat on the Window, minding her own business. Len let go of Fenris's head and walked towards Aya. "Tell me…" he started "What happened to the… Clan you used to serve? Why aren't you there with them?"

Silence filled the room; Aya did not speak or respond. Len was now standing beside her patiently waiting for a response. A few minutes passed and not one word was said. Len rolled his eyes and sighed. He turned his back on the girl and started to walk towards the door; picking up his weapon as he did. "Let's go, Bason."

Bason was now floating in between Len and Aya, and Fenris' without changing, sat beside him. Bason frantically looked from Len and Aya, and vice versa. "But master Len…"

"Clearly she is not eager to cooperate." Len interrupted "There's no point in staying here and wasting our time." Bason opened his mouth to protest, but quickly closed it; he sighed and after taking one last look at Aya, floated towards Len and then without another word left them alone. Fenris shrunk down to her convenient size and whimpered. She then walked over to Aya's feet looking at her with sad eyes. "I doubt it, Fenris…" Aya sighed "I'm sure that they have completely forgotten about me."

We all were happily having lunch in the dining room. Anna continued to drink her soup, Yoh gulped down another bowl of rice, while Tammy and I chuckled watching Trey and Ryu fighting over the last piece of meat; 'til Yoh swiped it off of their chopsticks and ate it; leaving the two guys in tears. Just then Len walked in with an annoyed look on his face; I guess the conversation didn't go as well as we'd hope.

"So, how'd it go?" Yoh mumbled; still chewing on the piece of meat he swiped.

"I don't get why you ever thought that she would actually answer to me." He grumbled and sat down beside me "She's as stubborn as a mule."

"You didn't get ANYTHING?" Trey asked—surprised.

"I'm afraid not." Bason answered as he looked down on the floor.

"You people do not know how to sweep a lady off of her feet. We must-…" Ryu started but was shortly interrupted by Anna "Zip it, torpedo head. You have zero chance of getting answers from her." This sent Ryu sulking in the corner… AGAIN.

"So…" my brows slant in concern "What are we going to do?"

"I guess we'll just leave her alone until she's ready to talk." Yoh shrugged with a smile on his face.

"How certain are you that she's going to talk?" Len cocked his brow at Yoh with his arms crossed.

"Eeh…" Yoh stretched "She'll come around. Heehee."

"You're pretty calm about this, dude." Trey chuckled

"Hmn? You think so?" Yoh grinned

Just then a loud crash came from upstairs. Everyone looked up in alert. It sounded like it came from Aya's room. This could be trouble…

"What was that!?" Trey jerked up. "Let's check it out." Yoh immediately stood up and headed for the stairs, we followed him from behind. We reached Aya's room and slid the door open and what we saw… was not a pretty sight.

The room was a mess; it looked like a couple of wild animals found their way inside and wrecked the place and Aya was nowhere to be found. Tammy fell on her knees—frightened, Ponchi and Conchi tried their best to calm her down. Anna stood beside her with her arms crossed calm as ever. While me and the guys went in the room to investigate.

"What happened here?" Trey wondered as he looked around the room. "Ruuu.." Cory floated beside him and Shrugged

"Someone must have broken in and kidnapped Lady Aya." Ryu guessed as he crouched down observing the marks on the floor

"Oh, how very observant of you. Thank you for stating the obvious." Len shrugged.

"I don't think she would get kidnapped that easily." Yoh picked something up, it was white and torn. "I think she was attacked." He turned to face us showing the bandage in his hand.

"Oh no!" I gasped "We have to find her, she's still injured." I rushed and exited the room. "Morty's right, we've got to hurry." Trey added. We exchanged glances and not a moment too soon, ran out of the room, picked up our gear and headed out towards the forest at the back of the house.

Tammy and Anna followed but stayed at the back door. "D-do… Do you think they'll find her…?" the concern in Tammy's voice was unmistakable. "She's injured and running low on furyoku" Anna deduced "She couldn't have gotten far.

The guys and I ran through the forest in search of Aya. "Where could she have gone?" I wondered, I couldn't shake off the feeling that something was going to happen… And it was going to be something bad. "She's gotta be here somewhere." Trey replied. "For a stranger, she's causing a lot of trouble." Len complained "Why am I even tagging along with you, morons." "Hey! Watch it, Chinese boy! You were no help at all!" Trey barked.

"Come on you guys, focus!" Yoh urged. We continued running and we came to the center of the forest, and there she was.

"AYA!" I impulsively screamed.

Startled, she turned to look at us over her shoulder which almost cost her head but she was able to dodge in time. "What are you d-…" she was cut off when a zombie with sharp claws slashed at her and she parried it using her Katana. "GET LOST!" she screamed at us.

"What are you crazy!? You're getting clobbered!" Trey exclaimed "We're here to help whether you…" he then swooped in and blocked an attack that was going to hit her from behind "…like it or not!" Aya fell on her knees and turned her head to look at Trey, who was now standing beside her. "You're welcome."

There were a whole bunch of them this time… And the guys were having trouble keeping them at bay. I felt helpless since I couldn't do anything but hide behind the trees. If only I was a shaman… I could be of more use to them. I shook my head and slapped my cheeks. I have to be positive! I can't keep sulking! I can help them with my cheering and morale support! Just when I was about to get out from hiding, a Shuriken landed just a few inches away from my feet. "O-okay… I'll stay behind here then." I sighed—scared.

"What do these things want from you anyway?" Trey questioned as he shielded her from another attack. Before she could answer, Len rushed over to their blind spot and stabbed a Zombie doll in his chest "Less talk, more fighting." He ordered "Tch… Who made you the boss?" Trey rolled his eyes.

"There are too many of them…!" Ryu huffed, he was running out of energy. "We have to keep…" Yoh grunted as he pushed another one of those puppets off with his sword "fighting!". As I continued to watch the battle from the safety of the Shadow of a huge tree, I saw one of them fly up from out of nowhere and was about to stab Yoh from behind. "YOH! WATCH OUT!" I warned. Something then suddenly zipped passed Yoh and cut a zombie doll in half; Yoh turned around and to his surprise it was Aya. He grinned "I knew you cared." Aya just kept her head down but I could tell there was a hint of pink on her cheeks.

The fight went on longer than expected and went in deeper in the forest. it seemed as though the Zombie dolls kept increasing in number. The guys were almost out of Furyoku and things looked really bad. The guys were backed up near a huge cliff and there was nowhere to run. "I-.. I have to do something!" I thought to myself and out of impulse I came out of hiding and waved my hand frantically while calling out to the Zombie's. "Hey! Come and get me you piece of scraps!"

The Zombie's turned to look at me and what I thought was a good idea… Wasn't so good at all. "U-uh…" There was a brief silence and just when I thought they were gonna have me for lunch… They turned their attention back at the guys and this was somehow insulting.

Yoh smiled "Thanks for trying, Morty." "This is really bad, Yoh…" Trey gulped "We're gonna get skewered." "She has lost all of her Furyoku…" Ryu looked at Aya with concern who was crouched down on the ground and with Fenris in her cub form standing beside her growling and barking at the Zombie's "She can barely keep it together." He added.

"Looks like this is the end of the line for us." Yoh joked and laughed nervously. "I refuse to die this way." Len tightened his grip on his Guandao. They all braced themselves as the Zombie's came closer and closer.

From a distance, I noticed that Aya was standing up. "Huh…? What's she doing…? I whispered to myself. With what was left of her strength she walked passed the guys and was now standing in between them and the enemies. "What do you think you're doing!?" Len scolded, but she didn't answer nor did she flinch. "You could get yourself killed, dude!" Trey panicked. But she stood her ground… Fenris looked up at her and Aya returned her gaze. She nodded her head slowly and it seemed like Fenris understood.

Aya held out her hand holding the sword, desperately trying her best to keep her balance. "What is she…?" Ryu wondered "Run you dolt!" Len commanded but she didn't budge. Fenris hopped unto her shoulder and jumped on the blade. "In to the Katana…" she whispered and a red light glowed from her sword.

"This… This is incredible…" Ryu gawked "Is it just me… Or did she get stronger?" Trey was dumbfounded, but they were right, something felt weird. It' as if she reached a whole new level of Furyoku and Len's eyes widened as he kept his eyes on Aya. A sense of familiarity ran over him and to confirm his doubts… She raised her sword up high and screamed "Cerberus death strike!" she brought her sword down and as soon as it hit the ground, three huge flaming red heads that looked like rabid dogs shot out, 'ate' the puppets, making them vanish into thin air and none were left.

I couldn't help but run towards her in excitement and relief. "You did it, Aya!" I cheered. She looked at me with a nonchalantly and I didn't care. What was important is that they were now safe. "That was amazing!" Trey complimented "How come you didn't do that in the first place!?" "Yes, it was a magnificent sight. Who knew you had so much power inside of you." Ryu clapped. "If you hadn't done that, we'd be human burgers right about now." Yoh laughed. "Wayta go, buddy!" Trey was about to give Aya a pat on the back when his hand missed as she wobbled and fell down on the ground, crouched on one knee. Fenris' popped out of the sword, shook and ran to her side. Her eyes were filled with worry as her master used up all her energy. "Hey, take it easy…" I comforted and gently rubbed her back.

"I told you to get lost!" she snapped. Everybody fell silent and was lost for words. We exchanged glances before eyeing her again with worry and concern written all over our faces. I continued to rub her back as I noticed that she was shivering uncontrollably and she didn't seem to mind. "You would have been killed!" her voice croaked and I looked at her face more closely… I could see tears on the corners of her eyes.

"Hey… It's okay…" Yoh smiled softly "You saved us, see?" Yoh crouched down beside her on the opposite side of me. He was about to pat her head but she lashed out at him and he fell on the ground. "Hey!" Trey yelled "That was not very nice to shove of Master Yoh like that!" both of them rushed to Yoh's side and when Trey was about to give her a piece of his mind, She looked at them with her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with tears and her lips pursed in anger. Yoh and Trey's expression softened as their brows slanted.

She quickly turned her head to the ground and I could tell she wanted so much to hold back the tears, but with all the stress she had just been through… She couldn't help but let them out.

Len knelt down on one knee in front of her; she raised her head to look at him—frustrated while I looked blinked as I continued to rub her back gently. "It's been years." he started and I blinked "years?" Aya's expression seemed to change from frustration to confusion. Len raised his hand attempted to place it on her head. "Uh, Lenny… I wouldn't do that if I were you." Trey warned, but Len ignored him and finally placed his hand on her head.

Fenris' seemed to smile at the gesture; she got off of Aya's leg and stood right beside them—watching closely. "I thought we had lost you… Forever." Aya tilted her head a bit. "What… What are you…" she sniffed and her brows furrowed a bit, I then stood up and backed away. Len gently caressed her head and smiled gently and our jaws dropped as he did. "You stubborn 'pup'…" Len chuckled "Thank you for saving me… Again."

Aya's eyes widened as if remembering something and slowly softened after...More tears trickling down her cheek. "M-master… Len?"

"MASTER?" we gawked.

"I told you to stop calling me that… Or have you forgotten?" He tilted his head, his gentle smile not fading, looked at her with nostalgia and eyes filled with care. Her brows slant and this time and she sniffled. "Now, now Aya… I thought you didn't want me to see you cry…" he laughed softly. Hearing the sound of her name, she cried and I swear… She was smiling. "It… It really is you…" and she hugged. Fenris' barked happily as her tail wagged and us? Well… You could say we couldn't believe what we're seeing. But it seems to me, A family has just been reunited.