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Chapter 12:

The group soon found themselves in a location which only Hawk recognised. "The Land of the Dead." He turned to them. "So we continue?" Shen shook his head, suddenly realising something.

"Guys? Where's Lin Chung?"

The others looked around, their eyes wide, but there was no sign of him.

Lin Chung backed away from the figure in front of him. The figure was tall, bony and pale. His dark eyes gleamed in the dark, while his choppily-cut hair was startling with a mix of red and black.

"Rin!"

The original smiled sadly. "Lin Chung."

"What do you want?" He demanded, already reaching for his staff. But Rin stopped him.

"Don't." He turned around. "Walk with me." It wasn't a request; it was somewhere near a demand. Lin Chung cautiously followed him, his eyes narrowed. Rin ignored the look. "You hate me, don't you?"

Lin Chung nodded, frowning. "Everyone does. You joined Twin Masters."

"Not necessarily."

"Not necessarily? You killed millions."

"Something I now regret."

"Then why did you do it? You were Twin Masters' loyal pet." Rin scowled.

"No, I was not. I was under his control."

"You killed people even before you joined him!" Rin paused.

"And that is where the mixup happened."

"What mixup?"

"You know the tale of my sister?"

"You killed her." Rin didn't even bother to deny it. He nodded.

"Yes. Because she was the one working for Twin Masters. Twin Masters turned everything around so that it seemed like I was the bad guy. It was my sister who awoke him. It was she who pretended to be held hostage by him so that I would have to kill. It was she who pretended to be me. When I finally regained my senses, he tried to control me.

"It failed, of course. I was only under his control temporarily, and he would use those moments to send me to attack people. Other times, when he wanted his dirty work to be done, he would send my sister."

"So she was the one who framed you for everything?"

Rin nodded. "A very carefully laid out plan. For the first few years since I turned five, he had her 'held hostage', and I would kill, until they grew careless when I reached around the age of 12. That was when I found out. I was furious and attacked them. Even though I managed to wound them, they escaped. My sister begged me not to harm them.

"I did not know why I didn't do so, since they are the ones who deserve to die. Then, as I continued growing, my sister manipulated me into publicly pledging alliance to Twin Masters. I revealed her to the people, who instantly turned on her, though they still thought I was evil. My 'sweet innocent' sister died painfully and slowly. By then, my mind was already corrupted with the evils I had witnessed. Twin Masters slowly managed to make me want to turn, but I tried to refuse. Do you know how I died?"

"Aiden hunted you down." The answer was simple.

Rin shook his head. "That was another one of the 'official' stories. Aiden found out my story, and we both went to try and face Twin Masters. Knowing that he would get in trouble for helping me, he was forced to lie."

"About killing you." Lin Chung guessed correctly, though he tilted his head. "And why are you telling me this?"

"Because in my story, what is Twin Masters' most powerful weapon?"

"Deception. He deceived your sister, who deceived you, and you fell prey to Twin Masters."

Rin looked at Lin Chung carefully. "Do not trust your friends too much. Twin Masters will find a way to turn them on you."

"They won't." Lin Chung said, his eyes narrowed at Rin's words.

Rin sighed as he nodded. "Then be careful. And one thing. Try not to let those who deceive you get to you. They may only be acting because of Twin Masters. His power of deception is very powerful."

Suddenly, from their right, they heard someone calling Lin Chung. Lin Chung turned. "Hawk."

"Go." Rin instructed. "And do not turn back."