I opened the Apkallu site. There was another post under 'Where are you.'

Dude, that looks like Atoli, but then again, she looks like Shino... who is your sister anyways.

The person who had posted the picture said:

An Emperor, I believe...

An Emperor? Well, there have only been five female emperors, but technically four since Alkaid was one twice. That means Natsume, Alkaid, Atoli or Kaden...

I jolted back, amazed. One of us, I thought.

I logged into 'the World', for I had recieved an e-mail from CC Corp.

It was time for me to fight Kuhn.


"Ooh, this'll be good! Go Kaden!" Gaspard shouted.

"You're going to root for Kaden?" Silabus asked.

"Yeah, why not?" He asked.

"You did see who she's fighting right?"

"Um, no..."

"She's fighting Kuhn." Silabus said sadly

Gaspard smiled. "It'll be even better!"


"Matsu, what do you think? Will it be the Propagation or the Rebirth?" Zelkova asked.

"The what or the who?" Matsu scratched his head.

"Oh, ha, nothing..." Zelkova shut his eyes.

Are you watching?

"Of course I am." The girl behind him smiled gently.

"So, you managed to break out." Zelkova said without opening his eyes.

"Sort of. She's read the post, but she hasn't put two and two together. She doesn't like reading Apkallu posts I guess..." She shrugged.

"Mm."

"Uh, who are you?" Matsu's voice shook slightly, as if he was intimidated.

The girl laughed.

"I am..."


"Damn you Miriam!"

"Calm down, Masquerade." Sakaki hissed.

"Yes, yes, calm."
"What is your plan?"

"Just watch my dear." Masquerade whispered.


"Today we have Kaden, an Ex-Sage Palace emperor, versus Kuhn, another Ex-Emperor! We've seen them fight before, but who will win this time?! Today we have Alkaid, who is part of Kaden's guild, 'The Dawn Sky Protectors.'"

"What the?" I whispered.

Atoli smiled innocently from the crowd and winked.

"So Ms. Alkaid, what do you think about today's match?!"

"It's just Alkaid. And I know that Kaden's gonna win!"

"Such positive attitude, but you do know who she's fighting right?!"

"Yeah, duh! Trust me, I know her, she'll win! C'mon Kaden!"

I cocked an eyebrow and looked at Atoli. She smiled again, and then flinched and pointed as Pi cleared her throat. Kuhn had arrived.