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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:06 pm
"Well, if you only believe you asked for six then I guess it's not a problem." She grinned. She knew that wouldn't work, but she loved to get her aunt riled up. "Though, if there is a problem, I could always just kill her. After all, she's of no use to me." Shadows wrapped around Katsuko's throat.Kyumia immediately rushed back to where they had just came from.Lorelei growled. She shifted forms and ran toward the exit.Masato looked at Sora. "What is their plan..." He thought to himself. He needed to see what the twins do next before he could figure out their plan.Maia sighed. "Grab her and lets go." She stated and continued along the trail to Lorelei.Kylee jumped up to the tree, grabbed Kaiko, then jumped down. She followed after Maia.Kaiko flailed about. "Hey! Let me go!"
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:40 pm
Shion frowned. She always knew her niece could be devious. "Wait dear, I forgot how bitchy you could be when you don't get your way." Sighing, Shion leaned forward. "Get me at least two more twin and I will free the girl. That sounds fair don't you think? Because remember, if the other dragon dies, the brat dies as well. So what do you say? I get part of what I want and you get what you want. Sounds like the odds are in your favor no?" Shion knew her niece would kill the brat, but she had a little leverage, as small as it would be.
Raiko listened intently, he didn't think this would work, but he wasn't keen on his sisters life hanging by a decision of another.
Akira linked telepathically to Sora and relayed the plan as Lorelei ran out. He walked calmly towards the hole as he talked to his brother so they could come up with another plan for Masato.
Aaleah and Jayden looked and finally found a small hole in the ground that they think Katsuko was talking about and slowly entered, in case it was booby-trapped.
"H-Hey, wait up!" Katerina called as she followed clumsily behind them. Using the wind to help steady herself, she followed behind the others.
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FangedNinjaKid5 Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:50 pm
The shadows clutching Katsuko's throat dissipated as Mizuki let out a sigh. "Nah, too much work. I have a better idea." She smirked. She had an offer she knew her aunt couldn't refuse. She walked closer to the desk and leaned both of her hands on it as she laid out her offer. "I get what I want, and you get everything I know about my mother and her plans. Remember, I looked for her for years after she was supposedly dead. I found a lot of interesting things, despite none of them leading directly to her."
Kyumia arrived at the area she left Aaleah. She kicked up some dirt when she saw that Aaleah was gone. She listened to the wind in order to find Aaleah.
Lorelei shifts back into her human form when she reaches her destination. She looks around for Jayden and Aaleah.
Masato glances at Lorelei then looks at Sora again. "Damn it... Do something already, we don't have an eternity!" He thought to himself, growing impatient.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:22 pm
"And how am I to trust this information niece? Just because you said so? Come now, I am not foolish." Shion frowned. She was very interested, but not naive. One does not trust information without proof. "How do you expect me to validate something like that and in such little time?"
Jayden and Aaleah jog into the clearing, looking around. They hoped they weren't caught and that their sister was still preoccupied.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:39 pm
"There is no way to validate the information in the first place, just like there is no way to verify that my mother is alive. I will not make this offer twice. If you must find a reason to believe the information, then how about using your head. When have I ever bothered to lie about anything? Frankly, lying is a waste of time." Mizuki states, her composure not faltering a bit.
Kyumia takes off into the air as she hears their footsteps.
Maia and Kylee arrive at the mansion. Maia looks up at the mansion. "Been a while since I've been here." She then looks at Lorelei. "I found a little lost lamb." She motions towards Kaiko, who does not look pleased to be being carried by Kylee.
Kaiko manages to squirm out of Kylee's grip. She looks takes a quick look around. Only seeing two familiar faces that she'd be comfortable hiding behind, she runs over to them. She hides behind Sora and Akira. "Hmph..." She pouts.
Kylee let go of her grip on Kaiko as soon as she saw Masato. She unsheathed her sword and aimed it at him. "What are you doing here?!"
Lorelei looks at Maia as she arrives. She didn't notice Kaiko until Maia pointed her out. "....Seriously?" That was all she could think of to say as she looked at Kaiko. After all, she knew Jayden was in a tizzy over his new crush, and his new crush was all upset because Kaiko was missing, and now she just shows up out of no where? Typical.
Masato looks at Kylee and adorns a grin. "Oh, it's the paladin who was betrayed by her crush and lost her team all at once. Playing bodyguard again?" He mocks her. Though, normally he wouldn't do that, at least as far as Yuzuki would've seen. Perhaps he's just gotten to use to playing the role of a bad guy?
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:24 pm
Shion hummed as she thought, "I want at least one other twin and the information. That way if its bullshit I can have at least half of what I want. That is the only and final compromise I am willing to do." She stated seriously as she looked Mizuki in the eye. "Otherwise, I will sell the brat to the highest bidder and with what she can do, I can have whatever I want." she shrugged. She wasn't losing twins for faulty information. Her niece may have never lied to her, but anything could happen.
Seeing the commotion, Jayden and Aaleah attempt to quietly sneak up on the scene and stand next to Sora and Akira. They see Kaiko and get confused but say nothing in an attempt to bled in like they were there the whole time.
Kate stumbled into the clearing, face first, as they arrived. She jumped up slightly embarrassed and saw her superior with her sword drawn, wondering if she should do the same.
Yuzuki frowned and looked at Masato. It was a new side of him she hasn't seen, but she could kind of hear the playful undertone. She knew he can change how he acts, getting close to his aunt was proof enough, but she wondered how much of it was real.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:51 pm
 "I feel like right about now you're making some sort of serious face to show that you're serious." Mizuki waved her hand in front of her eyes to show that she did not flinch at it, thus showing her blindness. "But I cannot see it. Ah, but that doesn't matter. I'm not looking for a compromise, auntie dearest. It's a take it or leave it offer, and obviously, you want to leave it. That's fine, though. I'll just teleport the girl back to where I found her." She used the shadows to forcefully take Katsuko from Raiko's grasp, so that he wasn't touching her, then raised her hand into the air as she was about to teleport Katsuko.Maia looked at Kylee, then at Masato. "Hm... His face looks familiar... Oh, that's right. He looks different from the sketch, but he is the second most wanted in your paladin order, isn't he? The name on the sketch was... Dynrel. Though, looking at you now you look like Mizuki's supposedly dead brother. That would make you Masato "Dynrel" Crystal, correct? Interesting."Kylee looked at Maia, her stance faltering. She obviously had no idea about the connection between Mizuki and Masato. "That's Maia for you. Aside from his family, only Maia would be able to recognize him as Mizuki's brother." She thought to herself as she regained her composure. She looked at Masato again. "I'll ask once more, what are you doing here?!" She warned as she moved forward a bit in an effort to be in front of Katerina and Maia."Oh, come on. Surely you could connect the dots with what the know it all said." He continued to speak as though mocking her. "What's wrong with me visiting where I once lived?" He glanced at Sora and Akira before fixing his gaze on Kylee again. "I still don't know what their plan is, but I better keep up the act to keep all options open." He thought to himself.Kaiko tugged at Sora's shirt. "W-Where's my sister...? She asked in a meek voice.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:27 am
 Shion's lip curls in anger, "Well, I guess we have no deal. I will not give into an insolent brat." she sneers. "As for you Raiko, your time limit is three days. If I don't get those twins you never see your sister." Standing, Shion stares down at her niece, "Either leave the girl and the information on your mother for the boy's sister or leave. I will eventually get her with your help or without. Choose."Hearing that they are in the face of the second most wanted person in the Paladin, Katerina quickly stood and unsheathed her sword so gracefully, people would think it was another person. Her stance was perfect with no openings as she looked fearlessly at their possible opponent."I don't know" Akira whispered, "She went looking for you. No one knows where she is." Akira looked at Sora then his sister. "Be back" he said to Kaiko as he grabbed his siblings sleeves and teleported them into the building. "We need to talk about Masato. We....we think he is bad." Akira mumbled looking at his feet.Sora looked his sister in the eyes "He plans to hurt you, like really bad. When he captured us he kept saying stuff like 'Yuzu won't know what hit her.' or 'It took years, but she blindly follows me.' and things like that. Don't trust him. We need to get away, he really is working with Shion and he really is trying to capture us.""W-what? Mato-tan would never..." Yuzuki said trailing off. Yeah, his behavior today was weird when the Paladins showed up, but he's wanted to them. "Mato-tan wouldn't hurt us. I've known him forever, he's sweet, I swear.""Enough to put our lives at steak? I thought you loved us and wanted to be a family again." Akira turned to walk out but stopped "But I guess your friend is more important than your brothers." he said and walked away.Sora looked at his sister and opened his mouth to speak, only to just shake his head and follow his younger brother and leaving a sad, confused, and heartbroken Yuzuki behind.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:57 am
Mizuki ends up dropping Katsuko as she bursts out laughing. "Hahahaha! That's priceless!" She wraps her arms around her abdomen as she laughs. "You think you can outsmart two dragons, a couple of elves, a Valkyrie, the paladins, and Maia? Hahaha, that's absolutely hilarious! You may be smart, auntie dearest, but Dragons are wise beyond their years. Let me tell you, this girl's plan wasn't a bad one. If she wasn't relying on too many uncertainties it would've been a perfect plan! But never mind their intelligence. Eventually Maia is going to go back to Lorelei. When she does, she will do anything she can to help Lorelei." She looks at her aunt with a devious smirk. "You've met Maia, right? You know her strongest ability is her supernatural intelligence. She can process the situation, come up with a plan, and react faster than anyone." She plops onto the floor, leaning her back against Katsuko, as she continues to laugh. "Hahaha, but that's not even the most hilarious thing you said! You honestly think I'm the insolent brat here. Ha! Honestly I thought you were smart enough to figure this out. You're the one chasing after your sister's "prophecy", chasing after a sister who is using you. Hell, who even knows if her prophecy wasn't all a load of s**t? You claim to be smart, you act like you have it all together. You act like your entire life hasn't just been chasing after a sister that you thought was dead!" She looks at her aunt with a confident grin. "Lets face it, auntie. That prophecy was the only thing you had left of my mother, so you chased after it. Despite your intelligence you willingly ignored the possibility that her prophecy was all a bunch of baloney. Heck, you probably still will! Can you really deal with passing up the one opportunity you might have to finally clear up all the doubts about what you've done with your life?"
Kyumia lands near Jayden and Aaleah. She looks around "I know you two are here! I could hear your footsteps in the wind!" She calls out.
Lorelei goes over to "Jayden" and "Aaleah". "Did you honestly think I wouldn't notice that you weren't here a minute ago?"
Kaiko looks down and fidgets with her dress nervously. She makes her way to hide behind "Jayden" and "Aaleah".
Kylee scowls at Masato. "Maybe I'd believe that was the only thing you were doing here if I didn't happen to know that you were seen working with Shion! I'm done talking to you, foul demon!" She lunges at Masato, intending to stab him with her sword.
Masato's eyes widened slightly when Akira took Sora and Yuzuki away somewhere. "They're bringing her into their plan?!" He nearly didn't see Kylee lunging at him due to him thinking. Luckily, he did end up noticing, and skillfully dodged out of the way. He looks at Kylee. "Look, I ain't here on business, so I have no intention of doing Shion's bidding. Can ya at least give me some time to relax and reminisce?" He sticks to the wall of the mansion, looking down at Kylee.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:35 am
"H-hey sis, w-what do you mean? We've been here this entire time. Swear." Jayden said as Aaleah nodded, both with nervous grins on their faces. They see a nervous Kaiko and smile at her, hoping to put her at ease as she comes over.
Jayden and Aaleah froze, not making a sound. Jayden was nervous, he didn't know how much longer he had until his powers wore off.
Aaleah quickly made another set of clones to send out and try to fool Kyumia. Her clones walked a few steps looking down, feeling nervous, since the maker was, at being caught.
Mizuki had a point and it pissed Shion off. She of course still believes she can outsmart those idiots, unless Maia is in the mix, then she would be in trouble. She also knows that information is key and can make a difference to any plan. "You know what, your right," Shion said as she sat down. "I agree, I will take the information and in return, I give you the brat."
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FangedNinjaKid5 Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:56 am
"I thought you might see it that way." She stood up, using the shadows to keep track of Katsuko."First you bring his sister out here, then I will give you this girl. After you've handed his sister over completely, I will give you the information. Sound good?"
Lorelei crossed her arms. "Stop acting, I was looking for you before you arrived."
Kyumia looked at the clones. "Just what do you think you two are doing? You know how Lorelei's going to feel about this, don't you?!" She crossed her arms and looked away, pouting. "And you don't even let me know what's going on. I thought I was suppose to be staying with you both and Lorelei from now on..." She looked hurt.
"Hm..." Maia eyed Masato up and down. She looked around at everyone else she could see. "Leave him be, Kylee. He is in his demon form right now, you will get no where with fighting him. I'd rather not leave Mizuki's childhood home in shambles due to your fight; well, more shambles than it already is."
Kylee sighed and sheathed her sword. "Very well. I will not put you in unnecessary danger."
"Ever the noble bodyguard." Masato mocked, to which he was returned a glare. He glances around, looking for any sign of Akira, Sora, or Yuzuki.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:14 am
"You hand over the girl and she will be taken elsewhere while his sister is brought in and after you give the information you walk out with his sister. I will not budge on this since there would be nothing to stop you escape." Shion said seriously "The girl will even be unchained for you to show how serious I am. Or we sign a blood contract. Its not that I don't trust you dearie, its just that I don't trust you." she smiled awaiting a response.
The clones and the originals felt bad, they wanted Kyumia to feel welcome, but they don't think she would help because of the danger. "If we tell you, do you promise to never tell the others? No matter the risks involved to us? We didn't say anything to you because you may try and stop us and we can afford that." the Aaleah clone explained, wanting to have backup help in case their plan failed.
Kate saw her mentor put her weapon away, but didn't lower hers. How could Kylee stop fighting against a major threat? She won't demon or not, he was a wanted criminal! Shifting her stance, Katerina called on the wind to give her a speed boost and to lengthen her sword as she got ready to attack.
Sora and Akira glared at Masato as they ran by to stand next to the other twins to keep up their act of distrust towards the older male, although it wasn't much of an act since they didn't trust the man to be on their side.
Yuzuki followed quietly behind as she thought over everything about Mato-tan. Some thoughts pointing towards trust while others pointed towards mistrust. She was so confused, especially when she looked up at him. 'Akira is right though, I can't risk their saftey for him...I can't...' she thought looking away from him when she caught his eye. Her brothers come first.
The twins with Lorelei shrugged. "We went for a walk." Jayden said casually, as he looked around. "Too much going on and s**t you know?" Aaleah added with a smirk cursing to try and get Lorelei off their disappearance. "Why the f*ck do you care, b*tch?" she added evilly.
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FangedNinjaKid5 Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:28 am
Mizuki shrugged. "Sure, whatever. I'll just kill you if you double cross me anyway."
Kyumia nodded at Aaleah. "I promise!"
Kaiko looked between Akira, Sora, Yuzuki, and Masato. "W...What's going on... What happened to my sister...?!" She holds her dress tightly.
Masato was obviously hurt at Yuzuki's reaction to him, it showed on his expression. He quickly looked away and closed his eyes, regaining his composure. "Sora wouldn't have suddenly changed his mind about her... This has to be part of their plan..." He thought to himself. He took a deep breath in and out. He then opened his eyes and looked at Katerina with an emotionless expression. "You seem like a novice. Don't throw your life away like this, kid. There's no way you can defeat me."
"Aaleah! Why would you even say that?!" Lorelei snapped at Aaleah, her expression showing that she was hurt by the statement.
Maia watched everything unfolding in front of her. "This is a mess of a situation..." She let out a sigh. "I almost feel bad for the guy. I wonder how long he'll be able to keep up this act." She thought to herself.
"Katerina, don't! You're not ready to face someone like him yet! You know only the most skilled get to the top of our list, don't do this!" Kylee called out to Katerina.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:17 am
Shion nodded and waved her hand. A door appeared and two people walked through. A large buff man withe a gray fur and a animal like muzzle came through holding the hand of a small girl with white and black bear hoodie and silver hair with sparkling purple eyes. Letting go of the toddler, the man went to grab an unconscious Katsuko and left the room, the door fading behind him.The young girl looked around, taking in every detail of the room and the people. She stopped at the familiar reddish brown hair and eyes. Tilting her hear she went through everyone she has ever met and remembered this was her older brother. "Hi big brother." she said, her voice soft and light, but also devoid of emotion. She looked at Shion "What do you want hag?"Shion glared at the disrespectful brat "Looks like its your lucky day, our actually worth something." she told the girl with a sneer."Asuha." Raiko took a step towards his sister, its the first time he has seen her in a year and a half. Raiko wanted to hug his sister, even though she didn't care for affection.The Aaleah and Jayden with Lorelei flickered slightly due to the emotional turmoil. "S-sorry. It was a joke...a bad joke." she said feeling awful."Your sister went looking for you. No one knows where she went." Sora said "When we couldn't find you, she flipped and left."
He knew he was being blunt, but he couldn't help since that was all the information they had. "We are looking for her though." he whispered in her ear lowly, so no one would hear them."we ar looking for Katsuko." Jayden said. We think she is in this hideout with Mizuki, but we aren't fully sure." he said "We could be taken if this is a trap or we find Katsuko, that is all we know."The real Jayden and Aaleah stayed hidden, in case Kyumia decided to take them back, but Jayden's power was about to give out. "As a Paladin it is my duty to apprehend criminals, if I lose my life or not!" Katerina shouted as she shot of towards Masato, blade poised to strike.Without thinking, Yuzuki pulled a hidden blade out and blocked the girl from getting to Masato. At best, the brat would be hurt, the worst, she would die. "Paladin or not, to die for no reason is foolish. No one will try to kill or capture this man if you die. You would be another body." she tried to reason.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:51 pm
Mizuki had shadows wrap around the girl, to ensure her safety. "Well then, to start off with, I can tell you that this "prophecy" nonsense isn't nonsense. However, it wasn't a prophecy. I found mother's diary, well, diaries. She kept quite a detailed log of things. When she first told the legend and the prophecy, she saw it in a dream. When she was older she realized it wasn't just a dream. It was her memories of her past life. She realized that her prophecy wasn't a prophecy at all. It was something she had to make happen; it was why she was reborn. Her entire life from that point was merely an elaborate plot. She planned everything from beginning to her end. Even beyond that. She determined that her sister would be perfect to carry out the prophecy, as she couldn't do it herself. I think it was stupid of her to write all of this down, but oh well. The biggest mistake was writing down the information that might be of the most interest to you. Once the prophecy is fulfilled, the one who got the prophecy to come true will get infinite power, however, the twins can take it away. Unfortunately, she did not detail exactly how the twins would take the power away, other than if they were to do so, all changes to the world made via the infinite power given would be reversed. Though, that leaves room for many loopholes. Oh, she also noted my psychic shield. The infinite power's weakness would be abilities like my psychic shield, as such powers cannot be overcome by it." She went over to the young girl and grabbed her hand.
"I didn't hear any other sounds of creatures coming from here when I was listening to the wind..." Kyumia frowned.
Lorelei's ears perked up in surprise at the slight flicker. "...You're not even here, are you?" She adorned a disappointed expression.
Kaiko's eyes widened. "W-What?! You..you lost my sister?!" Tears swelled in her eyes. "I-I finally got back to all of you a-and Katsu isn't here..." She looked down, her grip on her dress tightening.
"A paladin follows orders." Maia stated in a monotone. This is all she contributed to the situation, though. She continued to observe everything that was happening.
Masato jumped from his spot on the wall. He slipped past Yuzuki, going straight for Katerina. He gave a swift, hard kick to her abdomen, avoiding the blade. An emotionless expression adorns his face as he flew in the air via his wings. "Do you really want to do this? You do know what I am, don't you? You might die of embarrassment by the time I'm done with you." He adorned a devious smirk, though the rest of his expression remained emotionless.
"Katerina!" Kylee rushed over to Katerina. "Don't you dare touch her, you monster!" She had unsheathed her sword again and now pointed it at Masato once more.
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