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Chapter 33

Tono tugged at his purple necktie and kept moving around in his seat.

"Youichi, how is it you can sit in this stiff outfit?"

"You get used to it. Besides, its not everyday that I can be dressed in such fancy clothes. The Hyuuga family is defintly generous." The grey-eyed, now 13 year old boy sat straight in his seat, not wanting to create any creases on his only formal outfit.

Letting out a loud sigh in disappointment, Tono looked at his mistress and commented, "It's a pity they didn't send Yura-chan a pretty ballgown."

The priestess turned her attention away from the scenary to the conversation, her silver hair catching the moonlight as she did so. "In fact, Hyuuga-sama did send me a dress, but I prefered to wear something more comfortable and something that I was used to."

Tono sulked, "Then you should have allowed us to do the same."

"We can't all go in shabily can we? Especially you Tono, with that old cotton shirt which hung loosely on your body like some sack."

Youichi let out a small giggle and quickly supressed it after receviving a glare from his senior. "And how is Youichi going to keep his 13 year old form? The clothes he's given will be all a waste after a few hours."

"Ah, that's the wonders of Nonoko-san. Along with the clothes that she delivered, she gave Youichi a small potion which would allow him to retain his form for 12 hours. So have all the fun today." Yura looked at the glowing teenager and left him in his euphoric state.

The party of 3 sat silently in their assigned carriage and waited till the footmen had opened the door, indicating that they should depart their mode of transport. Gathering the bright red fabric that pooled at her feet, the priestess, Yura Otanashi exited that carriage first followed by her helpers, Akira Tonochi and Youichi. Tono offered his arm out to Yura, and they briskly walked to the ballroom, with Youichi awed by the magnificense of the palace.

"Keep up Youichi, or else we'll leave you." Tono teased the boy. Standing outside the double large oak doors, the three smiled, knowing that they had arrived just on time.

"… and now, we'll like to present the final judge. Please put your hands together to welcome Yura Otanashi and her escorts, Tono-san and Youichi-san!"

The double oak doors swung open and the party were momentarily blinded by the sudden brightness. Unlike the hallway which they were just at, it was only lit by a handful of candles, but in the ballroom, large diamond chandeliers littered the ceiling and somehow, light was emiting from them without the use of candles.

After their eyes had adjusted to the brightness, the trio entered the room and walked down the short flight of stairs. Stopping in front of the king and queen, they paid their respects and the party resumed with the commentator introducing a waltz.

Kazumi Yukihira took this opportunity to approach the priestess who was watching the dancing couples from the side of the ballroom. Yura noted the tall man walking towards her and signalled to Tono and Youichi to give them some privacy.

"Good evening Yukihira-sama." Yura curtsied.

"Same to you Yura-san. As the rumors have mentioned, you are well informed."

"The humans can never hide anything from the spirit world, your highness." Yura bowed again and avoided eye contact with the elderly man, highlighting the difference in their social status.

"I haven't been in the monarchy for a long time… you don't have to address me so formally. Besides that, I'm here to discuss the preparations for tonight's announcement."

"And that is not all Yukihira-sama, you wish to seek advise from me."

"That is correct." Kazumi looked around making sure that no one was evesdropping on their conversation, "is he really planning an attack tonight?"

"From his preparations and decision made in the course of the day, I would say chances are relatively high. Also, from the stationing of guards, I can tell that the Hyuuga family is aniticipating this as well."

"Will you be able to tell if he's here?"

"I will be. From a 20 metre radius. Youichi here have stationed his spirits at strategic points on the road to the palace. If he should pass any of those points, Youichi would be the first to notice."

"Good. Then, do enjoy the evening, we'll be announcing the winner at a quarter pass midnight, after the children have disappeared."

Kazumi bowed slightly and disappeared amongst the crowd. Noting that the man with his mistress was gone, Tono returned to Yura's side. "Suni-hime's child is really something isn't she? Look at her, she's like a beautiful flower, attracting all the bees to herself. And that kid over there," pointing at Tetsuya, "took exactly after his father doesn't he? Scowling half the time but yet girls still fall for him."

Yura let out a small laugh, "Youichi is attracting quite a crowd himself." The teenager was glaring at the princesses who were bold enough to approach him and ask him to dance. Unable to fend the growing crowd, he was slowly backing away but that made the crowd advance even more. "I think you should save him Tono, before he gets trumatised."

As Tono was about to walk away and Yura, on second thoughts, grabbed his arm, "Do keep an eye out for anyone suspicious. The children are the main targets today." Tono patted the priestess hand reassuringly and glided across the ballroom to save his companion from a horde of raging hormonal girls.

"You are to stay on the balcony overlooking the front gate and the inside of the ballroom. Read all thoughts of EVERY visitor. You are to inform us of any suspicious thoughts, and if by chance, Kuonji decides to use the front door, read his thoughts, inform us but at all times, STAY AT YOUR POST!"

Ruffling his hair in frustration, Koko stared at the ballroom from the other side of the glass window for he wanted very much to be on the dance floor, dancing with Sumire, who chose to dress herself in Koko's opinion, the sexiest dress he had seen in the last few years. Spotting the black material glittering under the lightblulbs, Koko immediately found his lover flirting with every available man in the ballroom. To every sane male, seeing their partner openly flirting with another guy would drive him insane, but Koko simply smirked at Sumire's feeble attempts to make him jealous as she glanced up at his position every 5 minutes.

Looking away from the ballroom scene and focusing on the palace gates, he recalled how Hotaru and Natsume had each given him a 10 minute long lecture about the extreme importance his role is, and how he would have to sacrifice any 'fun' that he had in mind to keep their friend safe.

"It's the one time where I'll be able to dance with her and look where I'm stuck at, the balcony, on the SECOND floor, AWAY from anything LIVING!"

The large clock face that indicated the time, above his head, started to chime nine, and Koko took note that an hour had passed since the party started. Leaning with his back against the ballroom scene on a wall, Koko saw the palace gates still remained closed and a handful of guards patrolling on the outside. A little further off into the scenary he saw flashes of red, yellow and orange. He knew that the commotion caused by the people have not settled down despite personal efforts of Natsume and his father, and now Kuonji had injected a new thought into the Firenze kingdom; the thought that the royal family is no longer concerned of its people.

This was obviously not true, but due to the safety of the visiting princesses and delegates being prioritised over the people, the citizens felt that they came as an afterthought. The 'Reo Incident', as most commonly known by the people, did help to improve relations between the people and the potential new crown princess to some degree, but they were once again left to fend for themselves as the royals withdrew behind the castle walls.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Koko straightened the official garment that he was forced to wear. He had to remain focused as he was the first line of defense. All the thoughts which he had read were just mainly about the results and how grand this ball was. Turning to look at the palace gates once again, a flash of white was caught in the moonlight and initially Koko thought he was getting tired. After rubbing his eyes and staring at the spot which he first saw the flash, it happened again.

Someone was infiltrating the palace.

Looking at the status of the guards, he noted that they were still conscious and strangely, patrolling as if nothing had happened. Again in flashed, this time a little closer to his position. His right hand immediately reached for the sword that was hanging at his waist while his left hand shot for his ear.

"Hotaru, I think it's starting, someone just inflitrated the palace gates." Koko spoke in whispers as he hid in the shadows of a large pillar and watched for the flashes to near.

"Can you read the infiltrator's thoughts?" Hotaru replied in a cold voice.

The whiteness was seen again under the veranda of the drop off point; the infiltrator was a few steps away from the ballroom entrance. Koko concentrated on reading the thoughts of this infiltrator.

"I can see you, ouji-san. I'm Persona. Please do not be alarmed."

Koko nearly leapt out of his own skin. Firstly, how on earth did Persona know that he was hiding behind the pillar, no one could see him from the palace gates, and secondly, how does Persona know his alice? Koko was one prince who kept a low key and not many people could identify his alice unless he blurted their absurb thoughts out.

Constantly trying to read the thoughts of Persona, he was once again surprised when he read, "I'm behind the pillar in front of you."

Stepping out from behind his own pillar, Koko confronted Persona, "are you here to harm Mikan and her child?". Koko needed to confirm that what Mikan had overheard last night was the truth.

Persona remained silent but spoke with his thoughts instead, "No, I'm here to warn you. Kuonji will launch his attack at 10pm sharp. He will use the people."

"Er… give me a moment."

Koko sheathed his sword and used his free hand to cover his mouth. ".Ru. The infiltrator is Persona, he just gave away Kuonji's plan, saying that Kuonji will attack at 10pm and will use the people."

"Other than the timing, we already have that information Koko. Get something more out of him and ask him why he's telling us this." The ice queen drawled on.

"Why aren't you one bit concern about him? Or about my safety?" Koko hissed into his earpiece.

"Because Persona is no idiot, and there would be no fun in ending your life."

Annoyed Koko asked Persona to elaborate on the plans and found that Kuonji was marching with a rather large group of people to the palace. They had finally snapped, as Kunoji released details of the Hyuuga family having a ball to celebrate their new crown princess while leaving the people to suffer under the hands of thugs and famine. Citizens took up pitchforks, axes, saws and torches and were marching under the banner of Kuonji.

What surprised Koko was Persona's reason for telling him this.

"I believe, despite the hurt we've caused Natsume and Mikan, they would be able to rule their individual countries with dignity and justice. Something Kuonji was never able to do. Not only that, both of them have the capacity to forgive. From what I've seen and experienced, these two people are one of a kind and letting Kuonji end their rule just like that, it's not something my mentor would be proud of."

Reaching for his left ear, Koko reported, "We have him on our side. I'll inform you of any other changes."

"These are the earpieces that all of you should have at all times. If you lose it, I will not hesitate to demand a fee of 1 million rabbits, not that any of you can't afford it. Also, I have spent the last week installing booby traps for Kuonji and his little crew, should he take some people in. Of course to keep things safe, I will not be telling you where the traps are, in case Kuonji has a mind reader or forces Koko to reveal them."

Hotaru was dressed in her ice blue halter gown and looked at her reflection on the plate of crab legs which she had just polished. There were obvious dark circles under her purple eyes due to the lack of sleep she had to endure for the past nights. Designing and creating seamless booby traps was not one of her specialit, but if its to keep her best friend from dying, properly at that, this time, she would sacrifice anything she could.

The waiter, seeing that Hotaru had finished her 10th plate of the Atlantic crab legs, quickly dished out another plate to keep her temper under wraps. Digging into her nth number of crab leg, she was annoyed at Koko's voice interrupting her meal.

"Hotaru, I think it's starting, someone just inflitrated the palace gates."

Hotaru froze at her position, she expected Koko to be whining about being stuck on the second floor balcony, not to be reporting to her that there is an infiltrator on palace grounds. Glancing at her watch, there was a nagging feeling that told her this was not Kuonji. He had clearly revealed to make an entrance near the result announcement time.

Deciding not to reveal her anxiousness, Hotaru replied Koko in her signature monotonous voice.

"It's Persona."

Those two words gave her time to take in a deep breath before replying her comrade. Even though they knew Kuonji was coming and he was going to attack, the thought of him actually coming felt surreal. It was almost as if she was in some nightmare, waiting for the sunlight to hit her face and get up.

She had to remain cool, she could not let the others know that she was on her nerves. Besides her, Natsume and Shiki-san were the group's pillar of support. If anything went wrong, they had to immediately give orders to make changes in the plan. Hotaru was definitely not going to let her friends down. Calmly reaching for another crab leg, she broke the leg cleanly, digging out the flesh to eat while listening to Koko rant.

However, the calmness was not to last. Hotaru saw a courier entered the ballroom and passed Natsume a letter.

"How did the courier get past Koko? Natsume is going to fry that boy's hair." Hotaru thought while wiping her fingers with the napkin on her lap.

Watching the crimson eyed boy stare at the letter, he read it once and burnt it on the spot, not caring that his guest jumped away at the sight of the fire. Enraged, he marched towards Hotaru, and just as she expected, he was hissing into his earpiece, giving the mind reader a piece of his mind.

Hotaru pressed a button on her earpiece, enabling the conversation to be heard by everyone. "Koko… did you notice anyone enetering the front gate?" Natsume was clearly trying to suppress his anger.

There was a little static before Koko replied, "Nope. No one slipped pass me."

"Well then, you must be having a party up there aren't you? NO ONE is allowed into the palace except through the front gate. Do you know that I just RECEIVED a letter from A COURIER. A ROYAL COURIER?"

"Oh him. I thought it wasn't necessary to report that he was coming through. He didn't have any, suspicious thoughts?"

"Do you go about receiving letters in the middle of a ball?"

"No…"

"Precisely. So PAY ATTENTION!" Natsume was now standing next to Hotaru, supporting himself on the chair she was sitting on while watching Mikan dance with various ambassadors.

"It's a little hard while trying to get as much information out from Persona you know."

"PERSONA IS HERE?" Ruka and Sumire yelled into the earpiece at the same time. This only made Natsume even more edgy.

"Why. Did. You. Not. Tell. Us? Are you wishing for your death Koko?"

"I thought Hotaru would report this to you!"

"Koko be serious!" Sumire hissed, as if trying to keep her voice down.

Mikan excused herself from the dance and went to get a drink. Using this opportunity, she spoke, "Everyone please, this isn't the time to be fighting. Koko tell us what Persona has said."

"He just said that Kuonji's attacking at 10pm sharp and he's currently marching to the palace with a large group of citizens who are armed. Oh, and the group's growing as we speak. From my position, I can hear gunshots and explosions. He's getting closer."

Everyone telepathically looked up at a clock and saw that they had half an hour before Kuonji attacked.

"Oh Persona says hi by the way." Koko broke their thoughts with the sarcastic comment. "Now let's not get lost in our thoughts and do tell what the note said."

Natsume offered his arm to Hotaru for a dance and only when the music started did he quote the note, "It said 'When the chess pieces are on the board, the rook would be sacrificed for the king. The checkmate will come when the pawn corners the king.' Its also in Kuonji's handwriting. Now either this man is a chess lunatic, telling me this right before he attacks, or this is him gloating."

Ruka's voice then came through, "it's him gloating. It's another clue to how he'll be operating when he enters the palace."

"We don't have time to get clues, so everyone keep your eyes and ears out. When the clock strikes 10, prepare for some fireworks." Natsume instructed and left the conversation.

Looking at a worried Mikan who was standing next to Keiko, Natsume swore silently to keep them safe at all cost.

"Yura-sama, he's on the way here. He just passed my third ghost."

"Kazumi-san, he's 10 metres away from the front of the ballroom doors."

"Tsubasa, Misaki, I need you to position yourselves in a strategic point. Do not be in this ballroom, find someplace to conceal yourselves and time your attacks together."

"Shiki, prepare your barrier."

As expected, one minute before the said time, Koko saw the palace gates crash down. Kuonji was not leading them and the mass of people rushed in with their weapons held high, attacking anything that was royalty. The royal guards were quickly deployed to prevent them from reaching near the entrace of the palace. Koko glanced into the ballroom and noted that no one knew of the commotion going on outside.

Pressing his left hand to his ear, he quickly reported, "It's started. Be prepared because I don't see Kuonji at all."

Adrenaline was rushing through his blood, Koko was poised for a fight, but before that he had to find out where Kuonji was. Scanning the crowd while reading their thoughts, it was as if he was trying to tune to a radio channel. Each time he read someone's thoughts, it was clear, but otherwise the rest just bounced around in the background as noise. As soon as he picked up words such as 'Kuonji', 'master', 'masterplan' or 'diversion', he read those thoughts.

"Narumi-sensei, Misaki-sensei, could you…" Koko was voicing out for back up but he was replied with a "We've got it, keep reading their thoughts."

Narumi walked cooly out into the center of the path which the crowd was running to and immediately release his pheremones, causing the front few rows to pause in their track and regard Narumi with awe.

"Hello people of Firenze, can any of you tell me whether you've seen a small boy by the name of Kuonji? The person who gets the answer correct will receive a kiss from the beautiful me!" Narumi pranced around the stunned group, directing their attention to him.

This only brought on a frantic desire to answer first, not caring if whatever they were saying were true or accurate at all. However, Narumi pressed on, asking question which may prompt any subconscious thoughts on where Kuonji would be. Misaki-sensei on the other hand had taken on a more violent approach.

Thanks to Hotaru's booby traps, the plants which he was breeding were doing just fine and helping him collect research materials. The chlorophyll filled plants sprung out from the ground after the first few rows stepped on them, triggering them to grow at a super speed rate and spat out a sticky mixture which prevented anyone from taking another step. The people who were not caught in the goo, decided to make a sprint for the doors but were stopped by the whip bean Misaki was holding. Tossing a pod to Narumi, Misaki quickly caught those who were within his range and stuck them into a goo puddle the plants had created.

Narumi, no matter how you'd look at it, was now taking a sadistic approach. He plastered a smile on his face, promted questions and whipped those who escaped from Misaki's range such that they fell into his pheremone radius. Those who were whipped before, ended up taking a masochist attitude towards Narumi, begging him to whip them.

"They're not giving me anything valuable! They have no idea who he is! Where on this damn place is Kuonji!" Koko shouted into his earpiece, frustrated at the lack of information and to the knowledge that Kuonji had just waltzed pass the first defence.

Persona who was standing beside him, saw the boy trying his best to pick up on the trail of thoughts and decided that he would probably be able to find Kuonji first. Slipping into the shadows, Persona left to find Kuonji. It was easier for him since his Alice was pulsing through Kuonji. Just as a loyal dog would respond to his master, his Alice responded to his call. Persona closed his eyes and felt his Alice radiating from the ballroom entrance. Panicking, he quickly ran to the place as fast as he could, repeating 'Kuonji is at the ballroom entrance' in his mind, hoping that the mind reader would pick it up.

Not knowing if the boy did, Persona was too late as he saw Kuonji push the doors open and enter into the ballroom with two other men.

The double doors to the ballroom were flung open, the music that was playing was stopped abruptly and everyone present stared at the trio who had crashed the ball. Parading down the short flight of stairs, they stopped at the bottom and Kuonji started to speak.

"Good evening royalty of the various kingdoms and of course to our dear royal Hyuuga family." Kuonji sneered as he looked at everyone in the room.

Luna tensed up as she saw her own personal guard standing next to Kuonji. Never did she imagine that she would be served by someone who worked for him and yet not know it herself.

"Goshima?" Luna cried out.

"Ah, hello Luna, I trust you had been enjoying yourself in this lavishness. I also see that you have met Goshima, my right hand man."

"I thought Persona was your right hand man!" By this sentence, the whole ballroom started murmuring, Luna had been exposed for siding with this man.

"He won't be for long. He's dying." Kuonji laughed in a evil way. "Do come over here and stand next to me Luna. I would require your Alice soon enough. Oh I see, here's your son!" Kuonji saw Tetsuya and the light brown material of a gown shimmered. Seeing something squirm behind Tetsuya, Kuonji gave a signal and the other man turned the guest beside Tetsuya into stone. This elicit a small scream for Keiko who saw the elderly man turn to stone in front of her and she jumped from behind Tetsuya.

"This must be the other child! Oh how lovely, such a pretty sight to behold, just like her mother, Mikan Sakura." Kuonji now smirked as he stared straight at Mikan, his gaze burning into her very soul.

The stories of Mikan never died down despite the incident happening six years after her death, and everyone except those who knew Mikan's true identity turned to look in the direction of Kuonji's gaze. People started talking, most expressing their displeasure at Kaoru-sama and Natsume.

Seeing that he had inflicted enough gossip, Kuonji started walking towards the Hyuuga children.

However he was stopped by a blade pressed to his throat, Ruka stood in between him and the next generation of Hyuuga children. "Don't you dare touch them."

"Why hello Ruka, I don't think that's the right way to greet your new ally." And immediately, Ruka's left arm was turned to stone causing him to yell in pain and he dropped his sword to clutch his now solidified left arm.

"Ruka! Keep your cool, stop moving, you'll only cause that man's alice to work faster. Your bravery will not go unnoticed." Hotaru spoke softly into her ear piece to avoid drawing attention to herself.

"Have you all not gotten the message, if you move, you'll be turned to stone! Why, must I spell out everything for you?" Kuonji now stood in front of Keiko and looked into her eyes, "come with me Keiko". He stretched out his hand, waiting for her to respond.

Mikan looked at her child and kept shaking her head, telling her not to go with Kuonji but Keiko couldn't seem to control her own body. Her body was doing the things Kuonji was telling her to. Tetsuya tried to pull his sister's hand back, but this only caused the people around him to turn to stone. He then gave up and let his sister's hand go.

"No! NO! Why isn't my body reacting the way I tell it to!" Keiko screamed. Stretching out her own hand, Keiko placed her small hand in Kuonji's and he walked her back to where he was first standing.

"Now Keiko I need you to do something for me, I need you to concentrate and use your alice."

"Why?" Keiko asked.

"Because your grandmother stuffed this dreadful alice stone within me and it's making me very weak. You wouldn't want to see me suffer do you?"

"I don't care about you. You hurt Ruka onii-chan."

"Wrong answer Keiko."

Kuonji used summoned the mark of death alice within him and chanalled it towards Tetsuya. A black cloud engulfed Tetsuya's right hand and he screamed in pain as the rotting was immediate. His screams bounced off the cold walls of the ballroom.

"STOP IT!" Keiko shouted at Kuonji as tears streamed down her face.

"Then take the stone out Keiko. I can command your body to do it, but isn't it better if you comply consciously?"

"Leave her alone Kuonji! Can't you pick on someone your own size!" Mikan spoke up.

"You mean ask you? Would you do it? No. In fact, why ask you when I can have so much fun torturing your daughter in front of you. You're probably wondering how her body is doing whatever I command, well, Tetsuya did a good job in feeding her the solution I've been preparing all these months."

"What… what are you saying?" Tetsuya said through his clenched teeth.

"Remember the sweets Persona gave you? Firstly, that wasn't Persona, it was Goshima here who gave them to you." Goshima then changed his face to replicate Persona's exactly. Tetsuya wringed in pain and stared in horror.

"No…"

"YES! And the sweets you gave your dear sister contained that solution." Kuonji chuckled. Seeing delegates trying to move out of the room, Kuonji unleashed a larger cloud of Persona's alice and they collasped to the ground in pain, covered in rotting flesh. "Ah ah, it's rude to leave when someone is speaking. Now Keiko dear, take this dreaded stone out now."

"Don't do it Keiko!" Mikan shouted to her child.

"Do it. Put your hand on my chest Keiko." Kuonji Instructed. Keiko's right hand shot to Kuonji's chest and it was stuck there.

Luna who was standing there watching all this realisd that she had the power to do something, to stop Kuonji. All she needed to do was to control the man who was turning everyone into stone and turn Kuonji himself into a statue. Inching away from her position, she slowly made her way behind the raven haired man with glasses.

"Now Keiko, activate your alice." Kuonji's voice enchoed throughout the ballroom and everyone else watched in horror and fear of what is to come.

Feeling power surge within her body, Keiko closed her eyes, not wanting to see her mother's disappointed face. She mentally tried telling herself to stop her alice but it was futile. She felt the warmness in her right hand, then she felt something hard form within her palms.

Luna took this opportunity to pounce on her target, but it seemed that her move was pre-empted. The man moved to his right, and Kuonji did the same, causing Luna to be in contact with Keiko's palm as she activated her alice. A bright light enveloped the two and as soon as it disappeared, Luna was on the ground while Keiko grasped an orange alice stone in her hand.

Luna eyes shot open as she felt her body starting to age.

"You removed the nullification stone?" Luna looked at Keiko.

Not knowing what happened, Keiko dropped the stone and knelt next to her aunt. "I'm not sure. What's happening to your body aunty?"

"It's aging." Luna's limbs grew longer and her face began to show wrinkles, but worst of all, Luna felt her alice surge up within her. She tried controlling it but it seemed overwhelm her. The skin that Keiko touched turned very hot, so hot that Keiko yelped in pain as she saw her aunt glow a bright red.

"Thank you Keiko." Those were Luna's last words as she gave a shrill scream and incinerated in front of Keiko.

When the flames died down, Keiko stared at the black mark on the floor which Luna once laid and there was her pendant that she wore. Picking it up from the ground, Keiko clutched it and cried.

"Okaa-san…" Tetsuya crawled to Keiko, disillusioned and in disbelief. "Okaa-san…"

Kuonji who watched his previous servant catch in flames started to laugh out loud. "Well, my hunches were right. The removal of the stone would cause our Alice to be overworked. It wouldn't be used to a larger body, since it has been accustomed to producing just enough alice for our current bodies. Luckily for me I survive."

Looking around the room for his next target, Kuonji saw the Hyuuga children crying on the floor and decided to inflict more psychological damage to them. "Don't cry children, you'll see so much of death that you'd want to die yourself." Deciding to target Mikan next so as to deal a bigger blow to Keiko, Kuonji turned to face her, but she was not at her previous positon. Scanning the entire ballroom, he realised that she was no where in sight.

"It's your turn to wish for death Kuonji."

It's ending in 2 more chapters! Though not many of you replied as to whether you would like an epilogue, I'll be putting one in since the plot for it has been swirling in my head. For those who wanted more action, I hope this chapter satisfied that thirst!

Now on to replies!

Blyeberryxn: First review again! haha, you'll get your epilogue! It's going to be fun!

akjupiter: I was faced with a huge writer's block in the last chapter, so couldn't think of awesome fight scenes. Hopefully this chapter is better since I spent a lot of time watching and reading books with fight scenes. Also was listening to Angel Beats! soundtrack to get into fight mood.

RandomDalmatian326: Really? My mother never taught me to tell her if someone said 'this is a secret'. haha! :) I love your compliment! Really made my day, and really made me feel like writing another fanfic!

Shimmering: You have your first death. There'll be 2 more! Who were you expecting? :) Sorry for the lack of updates! Uni stuff have been driving me crazy.

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