DISCLAIMER: I do not own KagePro or any of its characters.

I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE. Exam week just ended, so I didn't have much time to post. And when I was gonna update on Friday, I lost internet connection. I got it back yesterday, but it was so slow that I could barely even view my private messages.

Anyway, I'm really sad that this story is almost ending, but expect that I'll be posting some one-shots every now and then. During holidays, I'll try making a new chapter story. BTW, this August, I will finally get a drawing tablet~! Once I get a tablet, you'll finally be seeing KonoAya fanarts on the inernet :D

"Where...are we?" Momo rubbed the back of her head. They weren't at Kenjirou's house anymore.

"Hibiya?" She frowned, Hibiya didn't look so good.

He smiled dryly, his eyes scanning the surroundings. "The repeating world..."

Momo bit back her tongue.

"This is where Onee-chan is?" Kano looked up at the red sky.

"Presumably." Shintaro answered. The place felt weird to him. The air was different. The feeling was different.

He didn't like this world.

"What a weird place!" Ene exclaimed, floating next to her master.

"Indeed-what on Earth is-why the heck-" Shintaro stuttered. He gawked at blue haired girl.

"Master?" Ene tilted her head. Only then did she realize that she was not inside the phone anymore. "I'm free?!"

"Sort of." Shintaro pointed at her legs, which were still pixelated. "The laws on physics in this world doesn't seem to apply to us."

Ene twirled around, "At least for now, I'm not inside my master's gruesome phone~!"

Kido narrowed her eyes, "Will you guys please stop playing around? How could you be so casual when we're in a place far from home!"

They knew Kido was right, so they nodded and kept quiet.

"How did Kenjirou-san take us here?" Seto asked. Everyone shrugged.

"It doesn't matter," Kano put his hands inside his pockets, his expression was still neutral. "Let's just focus on finding Onee-chan. Get her back. And we're out of here."

"Since when did you become the leader?" Hibiya grunted, glaring up at the blond. "You barely even know this place."

"Well-what do you know?" Kano wasn't smiling. He didn't care anymore. He didn't even bother using his deceiving powers to mask his scowl. He just wanted to run and look for Ayano.

"Stop fighting." Shintaro said, stepping in between Kano and Hibiya. He voice sounded a little constricted. His throat felt constricted. The scarf seemed to be tightening around his neck, or was it just his imagination?

"Wait...where's Konoha?" Ene asked. They looked around them, no sign of the android boy.

"Let's not worry about him for now, he already knows this place. He'll be fine." Shintaro tried to assure them.

Hibiya sighed, "Something's changed. This world wasn't like this when I first came." He looked up the sky. No clouds. Just plain red. "It was supposed to look like the real world."

Kido pulled her hood over, "It's Ayano-nee's doing."

Just as Kido said the name, the surroundings changed. It's like the whole world shifted. Walls sprung from the ground.

It turned into a giant maze.

Shintaro swallowed, looks like they weren't gonna reach Ayano easily.

A transparent clock appeared on the walls of the maze, "11:32"

"Here are the rules of the game," A voice said. Everyone's heads shot up.

"There are four entrances, only one leads to the 'Queen'."

"Guess we should walk in pairs?" Seto said, he didn't look like he approved of the idea.

"The other three would lead to a dead end." Everyone shuddered. "Those who give in to the temptation will never leave this world again."

"Temptation?" Mary tilted her head. "Mekakushi Dan won't tempted easily...right?"

Seto smiled sadly at her. "Everyone will give it their best shot."

Mary's eyes welled up with tears, "I don't...I don't want to lose anyone."

"You have one hour to finish the game and reach your destination."

"Only an hour?" Kido clicked her tongue.

"If you fail, you lose. All of you would be sent back to the real world and remember nothing about this."

"Is it really worth risking our lives?" Momo's hands started to become clammy.

"It's for the whole group's sake." Hibiya answered. He may not know Ayano, but he knew that she was important to the brigade.

"Everyone is allowed to use their eye abilities if needed, but you could only use it once. Those who violate the rules shall be sentenced to death."

"Check if your phones are working," Shintaro instructed. Everyone brought out their phones (except for Ene, Hibiya and Mary).

"The game will begin in 5..."

"My phone seems to be working." Momo answered.

"4..."

"Mine too." Kido said, showing her phone.

"3..."

"My phone's okay." Seto waved his phone. Kano flinched.

"2..."

"What's wrong?" Shintaro asked.

"...My phone won't even turn on." He said in response. Shintaro sighed, he knew this would happen.

"1..."

"Momo, you go with Hibiya. Seto, with Kano. Kido, with Mary. Ene, you're coming with me."

"Let the game begin."

"I guess I'm stuck with you..." Seto murmured as he and Kano ran.

"I didn't want to be paired up with you too, so don't worry." Kano said, smiling sarcastically at the green-hooded boy.

Seto slowed down, "You've always hated me, even when we were young, huh? I never understood why."

Kano stopped, "You really want to know? Why not use your ability to find out?"

At first, Seto thought Kano was joking, but the seriousness in his tone made him think otherwise.

"You were everyone's favorite."

"What?" Seto shook his head. "That's not true."

"Is." Kano smirked. "Kido rarely punches you. That's for one."

"Kido punches you only because you're annoying." Seto said, crossing his arms. Kano laughed a little.

"Yeah, and you're not." Kano lips stretched into a wide grin as he looked up at the red sky. "Onee-chan, too. She liked you a lot."

"Onee-chan loves all of us, you know that." Seto answered. He was beginning to sound annoyed.

"Mhm, but she loved you more." Kano's voice faltered. "You were her favorite among the three of us. She came to your aid first. Comforted you first. Played with you first. Did everything with you first."

"You sound like a kid." Seto snapped. "I thought you were the mature one."

He narrowed his eyes and stepped closer. "At least I'm not a coward. At least I don't run away. At least I accept my abilities."

Seto balled his hands into fists. "What are you trying to say?"

"I'm the 'deceiver', you're the 'truth-teller'. I'm the devil, and you're the oh-so-perfect angel of Mekakushi Dan." Even as he speak, Kano's bitter smile didn't leave his face. Seto wasn't sure what to say. He's never seen this side of Kano, much less have a conversation as serious as this. "Don't you get it, Kousuke? You're my opposite. You're everything that I'm not. Everything that I wanted to be."

"Is that really the truth, Shuuya Kano?"

"Kido-chan, d-do you think Seto's gonna be okay?" Mary's voice quivered. Kido sighed and ruffled the girl's hair.

"Even though he's with Kano, I'm sure he'll be fine." Kido smiled a little. "Those two might not get along very well, but trust me...they'll be okay."

Mary nodded, though she still looked like she was about to cry. Kido clapped her on the back reassuringly. "Kido-chan never lies...so I believe in Kido-chan's words."

Kido's eyes widened a bit, then her expression softened. Mary; the girl who was locked up in her house for a century, the girl who hated being around people, the girl who was so scared of being seen by someone else...she was now happy. She was in Mekakushi Dan. Kido knew that the group was very important to Mary, too. She was determined not to shatter this girl's happiness.

And not just that.

Kido silently reminded her self to beat the hell out of the person who started all this, the person who took away their most beloved person, the person who took their big sister.

"After this, I'm making tea for everyone!" Mary suddenly exclaimed. Kido figured that she must've been putting a scary face right now, or maybe Mary just sensed that Kido was again lost in her dark thoughts.

Kido nodded. "And then we'll go to the amusement park...with Ayano-nee."

Konoha woke up with a bad headache.

"You're awake..." He heard someone say. He looked up and saw the person he wasn't expecting to see. At least not in that condition. "Welcome back."

AMG, I'm having a bad case of writer's block right now. Ugh, this story sounded way better in my head. Writer block sucks.

Ayano: -sighs-

Scarlet: You'll come back soon. You'll even get a whole chapter to yourself.

Hiyori: What about me?

Scarlet: Oh-I almost forgot you were even in this story, Hiyo-sama.

Hiyori: That's good to know? ._.

Scarlet: Anyway, in the next chapter, we will be seeing how Momo, Hibiya, Shintaro and Ene are doing. Also Konoha. Lol. And the 'temptations' will be revealed too. Tata~