"Shino?" Kuhn asked.
"Hello. Kaden, Your sister and I used to be good friends."
"Ella..."
"As you probably know now, my name is Shino.... It's good to see that you're back. I was worried..."
"That's right, you were there, weren't you?" Kuhn asked.
"Yeah..." She nodded.
"I'm gonna fight too!" Aina crowed.
"Hey!" cried Kuhn.
I smiled. "You're out of luck"
"Great..." He sighed and looked at me.
"Don't worry. I've got it covered."
"Team Kaden, please report to the Arena counter for your next match."
"See you later Kuhn!" I waved and ran off.
Shino gave me her Member Address and I added the two into my party.
I checked the roster. Team Hetero... The team was comprised of Hetero(who I didn't know,) Atoli and Pi.
"I don't want to fight them..." I sighed.
"We have too... If we don't then..." Shino broke off.
"You're right." I whispered. "You're right, you're right, you're right."
Aina put her hand against mine and Shino put her hand on my shoulder.
"We're going to save Ella."
Kuhn gasped as he came upon the skydeck. Zelkova, Miriam and Matsu were talking. He ducked into the hall leading to it and listened to what they were saying
"So, the next match..." Miriam put her head on Matsu's shoulder. Matsu flinched and averted his eyes.
"The question is, does she have a chance? She's up against an AIDA infected player and two Epitaph Users." Zelkova said cheerily. "Hey, Kuhn, you're not fooling anyone."
Kuhn flinched and stood up. Miriam waved to him slightly, and whispered something to Matsu. Matsu seemed to be acting strangely around Miriam.
A sudden clashing of weapons brought Kuhn's attention down to the field.
"Ah, we must be going." Zelkova said, as Miriam's Data flickered
"There has to be an easier way to do this." I hissed as I dodged another attack from Pi.
"You could try breaking the hold AIDA has on them." Shino whispered in my ear as she healed me.
"Yeah, but how?"
I jumped up and twisted in midair as Hetero swung his scythe at me. I drew my twin blades and caught him while he was trying to recover from his previous attack.
He growled and his eyes grew black.
"USE MOON BRAND!" Saku shouted from the stands. I turned to see her smiling at me, standing right next to Bo.
"Got it." I whispered.
I drew the blade and swung.
The most stangest thing happened next.
When Moon Brand smacked into Hetero, the AIDA inside him flew out, and into my arm. I was about to flinch, when I felt that mysterious 'good' AIDA inside me twitch, and convert the other AIDA.
"What the?" Hetero whispered. He fell on the ground and looked up at me, a dazed expression on his face.
I turned to Pi, who was in the same state. Atoli on the other hand had a horrified expression. She looked at me.
"The bonds of love cannot be broken."The moment she whispered those words, she summoned her Avatar. Pi followed suit.
But for some reason they threw themselves in front of me, making defeat easy.
I data drained them, and they returned to normal. But something nagged me... they didn't even seem to resist my attacks, as if they wanted to be Data Drained.
I landed on the ground and looked at them. They were normal. Suddenly the Scythe that I had equiped appeared in front of me. It spun in a circle, entrancing me. Then, without any warning, the scythe exploded.
"The chain will be broken tonight."
A wave of darkness hit me, and I fell backwards.