To Iisnonoob: Thanks again, I'll try to update as soon as I can!

I awoke in a dark cell and slowly looked around to see Vel'Koz and Lux beside me.

"Wh...What happened?"

Vel'Koz focused his gaze on me, trying to explain what the hell was going on.

"They threw me, Katarina and Riven into the arena and I was the only victor. I'm afraid that Katarina and Riven weren't as lucky as me since they were given weak eroded weapons while I just disintegrated my opponent."

"Are they alright?"

"Not quite likely, the Rakkor tribe tortures and then executes the losers and they both lost."

My eyes filled with tears and anger as soon as I heard him utter the word execute.

"Katarina…Riven… Gone! I swear I will make them pay for what they have done!"

"Do not weep for them just yet, the Rakkor said the executions will commence in half an hour so we still have time!"

I began to throw myself at the cell gate, trying to get out in any way possible.

"What are we waiting for, let's get out of here!"

I stopped and lost all hope as soon as Vel'Koz revealed that it is impossible to escape.

"The cell gate is magically enchanted from the inside, we cannot exit!"

Then I remembered, Thresh was missing and Vel'Koz didn't mention him competing in the arena.

"Wait, what happened to Thresh!?"

"After his head was punctured by the spear I lost connection to his mind for a while but it came back soon after. By what I can read from his mind he is currently being buried him next to the Rakkor's dead, but he's still alive."

The tribesmen had begun to bury me underground without knowing that a spectre cannot die so easily from just one spear. Before they could cover me with any more dirt, I jumped up and slashed through them with my scythe.

"Ugh, I can sense the armor pulling me somewhere!"

I followed the energy emanating from the armor, sneaking by guards until coming to what seemed like an arena.

"Guess they must be in here!"

In noticed a small crack in the arena's walls which lead me to the underground jail room. The armor's energy was growing even stronger as I walked by empty cell rooms until coming face to face with a familiar person.

I heard footsteps coming from outside the cell when I saw the familiar green figure before me.

"Thresh!"

"Hello Liam!"

"Can you get us out of here please?"

"Now how am I supposed to do that?"

"The keys are right next to you."

"Oh."

He unlocked our cell gate with a golden key, setting us free once and for all. I rushed and grabbed my weapon also tossing Lux her staff. We ran like never before, the lives of Katarina and Riven depended on us. I rushed into the arena seeing the two women chained with their heads lowered and their necks exposed. A man carrying a large axe approached them, but before he cause them any harm Vel'Koz unleashed his powerful disintegration ray and reduced him to ashes. I ran towards Katarina and broke her chains as Thresh broke Riven's, she was very happy to see me.

"Liam!"

She jumped on her feet hugging me tightly and burrowing her head in my chest. Her body was full of cuts and bruises.

"Thanks for saving my life again!"

"What have they done to you?"

"Not much, a few whippings and beatings that's all."

I was surprised, how is that not much to her?

"I'm glad that you're okay!"

Enraged the tribesmen surrounded us with their weapons drawn. Before they were about to attack, I stepped forward and challenged their greatest champion to a duel.

"Enough, we will settle this once and for all! I challenge your greatest champion to a duel and if he loses we are free to go!"

They agreed and stepped back they called out their champion's name while slamming the ground with their spears.

"Pantheon, Pantheon, Pantheon!"

And then he came wielding his spear, ready to kill.

"You dare challenge me, Pantheon, you shall regret your decision soon enough!"

"Stop with the talking and let's do this already!"

"Very well, but if you lose we will kill all of your friends and take your women as slaves for my men's pleasure."

I launched my mini scythe at him trying to grab his soul, only to have blocked by his shield. He jumped forward smacked me in the head with his shield then tried to impale me on his spear, but I jumped out of the way and slashed at him with my sword. I managed to strike him in the leg, but he didn't show any signs of pain only signs of rage. He began attacking me like crazy; I barely dodged his attacks this time. He pushed me away and threw his spear towards me, but I slid under it, vaulted over him and kicked him in the back. My friends were cheering for me all the way, but for what was about to come next not even their cheering could save me. In all his rage, Pantheon jumped high into the air and plummeted down on me with such a powerful force that I was knocked down on the ground immediately after impact. As I got up he smacked my head with his shield and punctured my stomach with his spear. My friends gasped in horror as Pantheon slowly walked away, receiving applauds from the crowd.

"No one can defeat the almighty Pantheon!"

I felt a powerful energy course through my veins, it was void magic!

"This must be the power that I gained from Vel'Koz!"

The purple void energy consumed me entirely as my mind became twisted and evil as if an unknown force was controlling it. The hole in my stomach regenerated leaving no sign of it ever being present.

"WHAT IS THIS WEAK MORTAL BODY, YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS INTRUSION!"

Before he could react the force in the command of my body lunged forward and began assaulting him with unnatural speed. He was powerless to react as I beat him senselessly, knocking him on the ground with the final blow. He tried to get up, but fell on the ground instantly. The energy abandoned me as I became normal once more.

"I yield, you are the victor!"

My friends came running to me one by one. Katarina jumped and hugged me tightly as Lux and Riven did the same. Vel'Koz and Thresh came by and nodded in my approval, not wanting to join the group hug. After minute or so we slowly let go of each other and as we did Pantheon approached me, kneeling before me.

"Never before have I lost a duel and I am proud to pronounce you the new champion!"

The crowd called out my name while slamming their spears at the ground.

"Liam, Liam, Liam!"

"It would be of my utmost honor to serve you champion, wherever you go I follow!"

I happily shook his hand and welcomed him to the group.

"Welcome to the family Pantheon!"

We left the arena and waited for Pantheon to pack his things including a large war tent before we went back to our own camp by the cliff. We were all exhausted from all the fighting so we wished each other a goodnight and went straight to our tents. I and Katarina decided not to go to sleep just yet so I offered to mend her wounds. She stripped herself to only her underwear as I slowly began to clean her cuts with a rag I found in the tent.

"Does it hurt when I do this?"

"Nah not at all, I'm actually enjoying this!"

"She's one tough woman!"

"Hey do you want me to massage you for a little bit?"

She lied down on her stomach in response as I began to slowly massage her back.

"Ahh, I've waited so long to just take off my armor and relax for a bit!"

"Enjoying this aren't you?"

"Yeah, I've never had a massage before in my life."

"Do you have any oil or something I could use?"

"It's in the bag."

"Why do you even have massage oil if you've never been massaged?"

"For no reason…

I opened the bag she was referring to, not only finding massage oil but also a kitty suit.

"Well, well, look what I've found!"

She immediately snatched the bag from my hands, took out the oil and threw the bag back in the corner pretending like I never saw that suit.

I threw the bag away but it's was too late, he knows my secret now.

"Tell anyone about this and I'll kill you!"

"Your secret's safe with me, but why are you even carrying a kitty suit with you all the time?"

"It's very important to me, it's my favourite thing to wear but I've only worn it once and that was when I was all alone at home."

"That suit tells everything about your real soft and kind personality."

"Oh no, he thinks I'm a softie now!"

"Shut up, I'm definitely not soft or kind!"

"Just stop pretending to be someone you're not Katarina, be yourself for once!"

"He's right, why should I continue to hide my true self from him. After all he's my best friend and I think I'm in love with him too."

I looked deep into his eyes; it was all or nothing now I just had to make my move. He was staring back at me with confusion in his eyes, not knowing what to expect.

"You want me to be myself, fine then I'll be myself."

What I did next caught him by surprise; he was never expecting me to do such a thing after we've known each other for only three days. I closed my eyes, kissing his soft lips and here I was a Noxian assassin kissing a Demacian, but I didn't care about that anymore. He wasn't trying to struggle out of this instead he embraced it and gave in to the magical moment. I still couldn't believe this was actually happening, a few days ago I hated him and now I love him with all my heart. I slowly pulled away and as I did he muttered those three words I wanted to hear all along.

"I love you."

"I love you too Liam."

"This is the best moment of my life."

"Now come on, are you going to massage my back or not?"

He didn't hesitate squirting the oil on my back and began to massage me slowly. I was enjoying every moment of it, it just felt so good.

"A few days ago I would've never thought about you and me falling in love like this."

"Yeah me neither, remember how much I hated you until you saved my life?"

"You were a real bitch."

"I know."

"At least I got him before Lux could interfere!"

"That's it for tonight; I might do it tomorrow again if you ask nicely.

"But he just barely started!"

"Oh come on!"

"I'm sorry but I'm just too exhausted."

"Fine, but I'm expecting at least an hour of massage tomorrow!"

"Goodnight Kat."

"Did he just call me Kat?"

"Goodnight Liam."

I snuggled next to him as he put his arm around my waist, squeezing me tightly. I slowly drifted to sleep, feeling comfortable in his embrace.

While the others were sleeping, I and Thresh were just beginning to start a fresh conversation.

"So Vel'Koz, what do you know about me?"

"I know everything about you, your dark past and how you became a jailor."

"You know so much about me and yet I know nothing of you, so please introduce yourself to me."

"What is there to tell about me besides the fact I'm a voidspawn?"

"Tell me of your past."

"There was literally nothing besides hanging out in the void with my brethren."

"No loved ones?"

"Does it look like a spaghetti monster firing laser beams has any need for love?"

"We're quite alike then."

"Yes, but you were mortal once."

"That was a long time ago and besides, I remember absolutely nothing about my human self."

"I'm afraid that I cannot reach your forgotten memories so there is no way for me to help you remember."

"I don't even want to remember being frail and loving."

I woke up to the sound of Thresh laughing in the morning and boy that was creepy. I slowly exited my tent and went to talk to Riven.

"Good morning Riven!"

"Hi Lux, how was your sleep?"

"Not bad."

"Listen, I have something very important to tell you."

"Hmm, what could she possibly tell me?"

"I heard Liam and Katarina talking last night for quite a long time, I didn't hear what they were talking about but I'm certain that if you don't make your move on him now she might take him from you."

"Oh no, it was all or nothing now, I had to tell him!"

I nodded in response and with all my confidence I slowly walked towards Liam who was talking to Katarina when I saw something horrible.

I awoke in Liam's warm embrace, turned around to face him and snuggled closer. He woke up as well and smiled when he saw me moving closer.

"Good morning Kat."

I looked into his eyes and gave him a quick kiss on his lips.

"Good morning Liam."

"I still can't believe that we're actually together now!"

"Things change so quickly."

We got up on our feet and got dressed then headed outside. The refreshing mountain breeze relaxed me as I closed my eyes for a second, completely giving in as the bright rays of the sun warmed my body.

"It's such a beautiful day today!"

"Yeah, we could go sit on the tree over the cliff if you want to."

"That would be great!"

We were about to take our leave as I noticed Lux walking towards us.

"I better show her that he's mine now!"

As soon as Lux was close enough I pulled him in for a passionate kiss right in front of her eyes. She looked at us in shock as I looked over Liam's shoulder and straight into her eyes, giving her the signal. As we pulled away I muttered the three words out loud while hugging him tightly.

"I love you!"

"Wow that was one heck of a kiss Kat!"

I smiled evilly while looking at her through his shoulder as she ran away in tears.

"Perfect, there's no one left to steal him from me!"

"Did I just hear Lux?"

"Nah, you must've heard Pantheon's whistling."

"You're right, why is he whistling anyways?"

"How should I know?"

"I'll have to thank Pantheon one time for unknowingly providing such an excellent distraction!"

We enter his tent to find him polishing his weapons. His tent was way more massive than ours; it even had its own bedroom.

"Good morning champion!"

"Hello Pantheon, oh and please call me Liam."

"And who are you, lady?"

She introduced herself in a rough tone to imply her rough personality.

"My name is Katarina."

"I've heard of you before, you're called the Sinister Blade aren't you?"

"And you don't want to find out why!"

"Hmph, typical Noxian. Acts like a god but gets trampled easily under the feet of my tribe!"

She was about to release all of her anger at him, but I reassured her not to.

"Oh stop it Kat, he's our friend!"

She glared at me angrily and I think I know why.

"Don't call me that in front of other people!"

Pantheon laughed at us, immediately realizing that we were lovebirds.

"I can see that you two are definitely lovebirds!"

She grabbed my hand and began dragging me out of the tent.

"Well I guess I'll see you later Pantheon!"

"Farewell!"

She took me next to the tree leaning over the cliff, snapping angrily at me.

"Don't ever call me that again in public, EVER!"

"Here we go again…"

"Why not, I don't see what's wrong with that?"

"Do you know what would happen if anyone from Noxus heard that I was in love with a Demacian!?"

"Yeah I get it, you would be in trouble."

"Exactly, but they would come for all of us not just me!"

I would never do that again, but I still decided to joke around with her a bit

"I'm sorry, Kat!"

She simply smiled, knowing that I was messing with her and forgot about her anger.

"You know to be honest, I actually like that nickname."

"Hey, let's go sit on the tree."

We climbed up and sat on the same branch as yesterday giving us a perfect view of the surrounding area. I looked at her face and couldn't help but to wonder how she got that scar of hers.

"What are you looking at?"

"That scar of yours, how did you get it?"

"Well I got it while on a mission to assassinate a low ranking Demacian officer. I would've done what I was told, but I chose to assassinate their general instead of the officer. After the officer led his forces and ambushed our soldiers I was very furious so I set out to complete my original task. After a brutal fight I succeeded, but left the fight with the scar you see right now."

"You have the spirit of a true assassin it's a shame that because of it you had to hide your real loving personality."

"Yeah, I tried a lot of things to try and suppress that kind part of me but now I finally feel free. I mean, I do have the thrill to kill but on the other side I just want to be peaceful."

"It's actually smart that you're acting like a total badass so that your enemies know not to mess around with you."

"That's the reason I'm not nice to anybody except you of course."

"I think you should be nice to our friends too."

"I think Vel'Koz and Thresh are interesting, but I totally hate Lux."

"Why?"

Before she could answer though, Riven call out for me saying it's something important.

After Lux went outside I decided to have a little chat with Thresh who was sitting on a nearby rock, thinking to himself.

"Hey Thresh, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine, what do you want?"

"Nothing, I'm just bored."

"Yeah me too, there's nothing for me to kill!"

"He's such a psychopath!"

"I'm just going to go back to my tent; it was nice talking to you!"

"Whatever!"

I left him alone and headed back to my tent when I heard crying coming from Lux's tent. As soon as I saw her on her crying on her knees I rushed to her to comfort her.

"What happened?"

"I…I saw K…Katarina and Liam kiss!"

"Poor girl, she loved him so much!"

"Don't worry Lux; I'm sure there's a perfect guy in this world waiting just for you."

"But…but Liam was that perfect guy!"

"I'm going to go get him so we can talk about this and solve things together."

I ran out and found him sitting on the tree talking with Katarina.

"Hey Liam, come down now there's something important we need to talk about!"

He and Katarina jumped down from the tree as he approached me.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"It's about Lux. She's had a crush on you for about two years now and was about to confess her feelings to you this morning, but when she saw you and Katarina kiss her heart was shattered. I'm asking you to go talk to her and calm her down; it pains me to see her crying."

Katarina's expression changed immediately, she was enraged.

"I'm not going to let that little bitch ruin our relationship like that!"

"Chill Kat I'm only going to calm her down not ditch you for her, I still love you."

I thanked him for being so kind when she needed help the most.

"Thank you for being so understanding Liam, now follow me!"

I slowly entered the tent, seeing a crying Lux in front of me.

"Lux?"

"L…Liam?"

I crouched down next her and put my arm on her shoulder.

"I'm here for you Lux."

She tried to kiss me but I moved away. Seeing this, Katarina withdrew her blade and snapped at her in anger.

"Oh no, I'm not letting you steal him from me you hear me!"

I grabbed her arm before she could stab her and pushed her back.

"Katarina, get out NOW!"

My sudden anger terrified her as she obeyed my command, leaving me alone with Lux.

"Listen… I know you love me with all your heart and you are a really great friend but I just… I just love Katarina. I'll always be here for you when you need me, but I'm just not meant for you."

She stopped her crying and hugged me tightly, thanking me for being so supportive.

"Thanks Liam, you've always been so kind. I understand that you love her more and I've accepted it now."

"Are you going to be alright now?"

"Yeah, thanks again!"

"No problem!"

I left with Katarina and decided I would talk to her by the tree as her hate towards our friends was getting too out of hand.

"You disappoint me Kat!"

"She was trying to kiss you, what else was I supposed to do?"

"Shut up! She was clearly depressed and what did you do, you almost made it even worse for her!"

She slapped me hard across the face, growing even more furious.

"How dare you tell me to shut up?"

My rage boiled as I was barely holding myself from unleashing it.

"Do that again, I DARE YOU!"

She didn't hesitate and tried to slap me again, but I grabbed her arm and pushed her back a bit.

"Listen, I don't want to hurt you. You know that I…"

Before I could finish the sentence she shunpoed behind me and kicked me, making me fall to the ground.

"Oh, you're so going to regret doing that!"

"Come on then, get up and fight!"

I didn't get up but instead threw the mini scythe forwards as it wrapped itself around her legs and arms. I immediately pulled it towards me, pulling Katarina with it.

"Liam, I'm going to kill you!"

I ignored her and climbed up the tree, dragging the chain with me so that Katarina was hanging from the tree. I tied the chain around a large branch and jumped off, leaving her hanging upside from the tree.

"Wait, where are you going?"

I continued to ignore her while walking away from her, now I just had to wait.

"Get me down you bastard!"

"Liam!"

"Please…

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

I made a full stop the moment she apologized and turned around to face her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear you."

"I said I'm sorry, now can you please get me down."

I slowly stepped towards her, held her head in my arms and kissed her. I could feel her fury cooling down, she was back to being happy. I pulled away soon afterwards and untied her from the tree.

"Just stop being so toxic to our friends already, save the anger for your enemies!"

"Yeah I know I shouldn't have been such a bitch."

"I'm sorry for chaining you to the tree."

She smiled and hugged me, but just as I thought she was being forgiving she kicked me right in the balls.

"There, now we're even!"

"You bitch…

She laughed at me but I playfully tackled her on the grass. I expected her to throw me off or punch me but she just smiled and locked her beautiful green eyes with mine. We simply stared at each other for some time until she finally pulled me in for a kiss. Her kiss was that out of joy, she knew that I loved her with all my heart. As we slowly pulled away I laid down next to her as she turned towards me.

"I'm glad I was one of the soulbounds otherwise I would've never met such a loving, caring person."

"Me too Kat, I'm happy that I met you."

"I used to be such a bitch, but you're changing me with every passing day."

We were about to hug each other but our stomachs rumbled loudly, demanding food.

"Well Kat, we better go eat something!"