Ahri spends a few more days at the Kinkou Order, hold up in the room of her late caretaker. Akali was in charge of bringing her food and escorting her around until she fully recovers. During her entire stay, Ahri couldn't help but feel anguish and rage that she would bite her lower lip out of vexation from Shen's words, drawing blood. It was late and the two champions were undressing in the a locker room for a bath.

"You should heed Shen's words and move on. You can have your revenge against Jarvan on the Field of Justice in the near future. So, stop biting your lip." Akali says nonchalantly as she removes her boots.

"... Do you know anything about the room I'm staying in?" Ahri asks, giving Akali a daunting glare.

"Like who occupied it in the past?" Akali asks, wrapping a towel around her figure.

"..." Ahri just continues her glare.

"There isn't much to know. Someone named Fones owned that room before it became vacant and that was years ago... Why?"

Akali turns around at the doorway towards Ahri to see her looking at the ground reminiscing.

"Fones... Fones... what a particular name." Ahri whispers to herself, smiling warmly.

"Also, Shen shared the room with this person during his youth and the whereabouts of that guy, Fones, is unknown."

Akali mentioning Shen's name quickly turns Ahri's emotions on its head. However, Akali pays no mind and continues to the bath. From Ahri's observation of the the Fist of Shadow, she is unaware of Shen's actions of killing Fones. Shen appearing to keep it a secret makes his image fall even further. The question still remains, why did he kill Fones.

"Hurry up, Ahri."

Akali's call brings Ahri back to reality and causes her to quickly undress to join the ninja. Throughout her time in the bath, Ahri could only ponder and she continued to do so until she fell asleep in her room. Unfortunately, Ahri couldn't justify a reason for Fones' death and urges begin to surface.

Shen must die... Shen must DIE...

Only a few days have past since Shen broke the news and Ahri already feels the thirst for revenge coursing through her and the one responsible was among her all this time. She slowly rises from her bed with thoughts of reprisal, a feeling completely foreign to her. She walks through the hallways of the temple until she finally found her target meditating in moonlight alone. With his back turned, Ahri takes light steps on the rock garden. Soon within reach, she prepares her sharp nails to pierce his back, aiming for a killing blow.

"Do you honestly think I would be so obliviously to such blood lust, Ahri?" Shen asks, still showing his back.

"Then why are you vulnerable? To mock me?"

"To show my conviction that you won't do something so irrational. Revenge doesn't suit you nor will it be carried out."

"..."

Shen's words once again deal a mental blow on Ahri causing her to back down.

"I guess you found out his name..."

"Fones... Fones was..." Ahri gets cut off.

"A traitor. A deceptive silver-tongued traitor who saw the Kinkou Order as a means to gain power for himself. Like Zed, I let my guard down."

"W-What are you saying?"

Ahri steps back, but was motioned to sit next to him after he patted the empty space by him. She hesitated at first, but finally follows through with his offer. Ahri's frustration slowly grows into anxiety.

"Ahri, do you know what kind of fox you are?"

"A-A rare breed I-I suppose." Ahri anwsers, sitting seiza style.

"I'm not sure if you'll believe me or not, but..."

Shen's explanation takes hours, long enough for the sun to break the horizon. After he finished, he headed back to the temple to perform his duties and allow the nine-tailed fox to decide whether or not to believe. According to Shen, Fones only saw Ahri as a tool to perform a forbidden art that would upset the balance as he too shared the same ambition as Zed. Such a case would involve sacrificing her to obtain that forbidden power.

Shen's lying, he wouldn't do that.

Looking back, Ahri does realize some major details that were strange. On certain days, the boy's appearance was actually different. Some days he had grey eyes while on other occasions he had brown, not to mention his size was significantly smaller on those days.

Wait... Does that mean... Who's who then?

Ahri continues to struggles with her thoughts in the rock garden. The issue was that Shen had neither eye color yet she doesn't know if that was because he became the Eye of Twilight. The one who had the grey eyes had a habit of talking a lot, almost spoiling her to no end. The brown-eyed one, however, barely spoke and even tried to spend less time with her. Her flashbacks would be of him dropping off food and quickly walk off afterwards, but she would playfully tug on his pant leg, forcing him to stay and pet her. She also had memories of herself whimpering to get his attention. This never happened with the grey-eyed one, in fact he made sure to pamper her and spend the entire day with her.

Arrrgh... B-But Fones' gentleness was genuine... but which one was he?

Shen told Ahri he shared the responsibility with Fones to look after her per his request to gain the future Eye of Twilight's trust by acting like a good soul, but she couldn't bring herself to believe it. The blue eyed boy told Ahri many sweet words. On the other hand, the one that saved her during all those near-death experiences was the smaller brown eyed boy; he would only spare a few words of concern after risking his life to save hers. Be it a violent storm or a pack of wolves, that mini ninja was there to shield her. Shen even admitted to her that he sooner or later found that protecting her had a significant purpose as it represented his friendship with Fones and his change of heart for the tiny animal, considering his serious nature. In a sense, Ahri was Shen's first true friend and he still acknowledges that to this day. These thoughts cloud Ahri's judgement even further to a point that she ends up with a high fever, fainting during her walk back to the room.

In the end, she knew Shen can't tell lies, but she didn't want to believe the one she first cared about was merely pretending... planing to hold her trust until he decided it was time to carry out his plan and kill her. It was when Fones said his final goodbye before he was tricked by the Kinkou that he was killed by Shen. The Order discovered his plot and carried out his execution, disguising it as a ceremony to lower his guard. Shen was made to carry out his execution as part of his training to show no mercy to anyone. That reason would soon explain why Shen never returned to Ahri as he underwent his ceremony to become one step closer to earning his father's title.

In a deep slumber, Ahri's mind dwells further to sort out her thoughts on the matter. It wouldn't be long before Shen would answer more of her questions and finally put her worries to rest.