"They say that you never feel the true value of anything until losing it... but what if you truly felt its value?... you loved it...cared about it...in this case the pain is going to be different... you wanted more... you didn't want it to go...and the pain is going to be even harder if you didn't show your happiness before... your respect for it... you wish you did... but it's too late…"
*Kakon-shi,a day after the battle*
*Shinitshi wakes up in a hospital,he jumps out of the bed immediately he's worried*
Shinitshi:"Where's she?!"
A doctor:"You mean Diana?"
Shinitshi:"What did you do to her?!"
Diana:"Oh hey, Shinitshi! You woke up! Those people are really nice! They helped us after the battle and took care of all of your injuries! And they understand humor... unlike someone…"
Shinitshi:"Oh... but…"
The Doctor:"Don't worry about that now... you have to rest,we will explain everything later."
Shinitshi:"There's no later, you could be fooling us... maybe another legendary guardian is on his way to us right now!"
The Doctor:"I understand... come on, you must be starving, we'll talk after dinner!"
*Shinitshi and Diana goes with the people of Kakon-shi*
Shinitshi:"So...why did you help us?"
Diana:"Shinitshi! You have to stop talking like this to our new friends!"
Shinitshi:"They are not our friends!... just...stay out of this for now... you don't understand…all the people of Shoryu are loyal to The Great Master."
An old man:"Yes... that's what everybody thinks... but thirty years ago...we met two good people... Master Hiro...and Master Hunda...they were the first to escape from the Great Master's system...they were so nice...they even had a cute little girl called... Reika...they informed us about everything... about how we should resist... how we should fight back... but at one day...one cursed day...The Great Master attacked...he and his men were killing everybody blindly...they killed Hiro and Hunda...they took their daughter...they didn't care if they were hurting children...the few of us who survived denied having anything to do with the resistance...we were afraid... not because they would hurt us... but because they would hurt our children...I am sorry, young man...we were just too weak…"
*Shinitshi and Diana are looking at each other...they don't know what to say*
Another man:"But you two... you are our new hope! You can free us from The Great Master! We believe in you!"
Shinitshi:"I don't think I-"
Diana:"We'll do our best!"
A lady:"We will help as much as we can...we know you're going to Aetheria, it's a long way,we will give you all the food and supplies you'll need!"
Shinitshi:"I am sorry about before... thank you for your help!"
*Next morning*
The people of Kakon-shi:"Good bye! Shinitshi, Diana! We will miss you!"
Shinitshi:"We are going to make it...for you...for all of us!"
*A lady whispering to Diana*
The Lady:"Hey... you said that you like this toy from my store... you can keep it...it really looks like your boyfriend!"
Diana (embarrassed):"Thank you...I am going to take care of it."
*Shinitshi and Diana are walking forward...to a better tomorrow…*
*At The Four Legendary Guardians Secret Base*
*Takemaru reading The latest message*
*Kaien looks with a curious but also worried look*
Takemaru:"Reika is...gone...I am sorry, Kaien…"
*Kaien looks around like he can't believe it...he stands up...he hugs Takemaru and cries... but he doesn't make a sound…*
Takemaru:"I know...we all gonna miss her…"
Takemaru:"I know that you aren't in the best mood, but the Great Master sent a special message for you."
*Kaien opens the message...his face turns serious*
Takemaru:"You are going after him too?"
*Kaien goes to his room to prepare*
Takemaru (in his mind):"I don't understand! For the first time...The Great Master's actions aren't logical to me...if he really wanted to get rid of Shinitshi and the girl...why didn't he send me and Kaien together?!"
*Kaien is in his room...in the middle of the darkness... loneliness...he wears his two gauntlets...his legendary weapon...he still can't hold his tears...a tear drops on one of the gauntlets...he closes his hands strongly...he is ready...for revenge…*
*Kaien remembers some moments of him with the other legendary guardians before what happened to Hayato and Reika*
Hayato:"I am telling you,man! This is the best ramen place in Shoryu!"
Takemaru:"I didn't like it,and stay calm before The Great Master gets mad because of the noise."
Hayato:"Oh,are you afraid? That's cute,what about a little fight?"
Reika:"You can't defeat Takemaru even in your dreams! You're just too weak!"
Hayato:"Stay out of it, woman! Or do you want to fight me too?!"
Reika:"After thinking... you can't even defeat me! Wow! How weak could you possibly be?"
Hayato:"That's it! Let's settle this out!"
Takemaru:"You know that you started all of this because of ramen, right?"
Hayato:"Don't you dare talk about ramen!"
Reika:"Guys wait... look!"
*Kaien is smiling...he looks extremely happy*
Hayato:"Huh? What's wrong with him? Is he broken? Or did he fall asleep?"
Takemaru:"Stop it! He is the oldest legendary guardian! you have to respect him!"
Hayato:"But he's so weird! Right, Reika?"
Reika:"I don't know about that...I think that he's just a cute old man."
Hayato:"EW"
*Kaien's smile is getting even bigger...he is living the best days of his life…*
*Back to the present,at The Training Arena*
*Kenta is doing push ups while thinking*
Kenta (in his mind):"I don't know what I should do right now... but whatever it is...I have to be stronger to do it!"
*Kenta looks at his students*
Kenta (in his mind):"I have to be stronger...for them...and I have to make the right choice... because I think they are going to follow me...I want them to…"
Lisa:"Hey, Master! What about another 3VS1 fight?"
Yozuriha:"I told you to leave the master alone! He must be very hurt after what happened…"
Tenma:"Are you ok, Master?"
Kenta:"Don't worry about me, kid...worry about your asses I am about to kick!"
*All the students are smiling...they got their master back*
*Later that day*
Diana:"That's... outstanding!"
Shinitshi:"Yeah... that's the Reihou Seijaku mountains…after it there's some watchtowers and houses...and then Aetheria…those mountains are very special for me... it's the best place for training…"
Diana:"I know, you came here with Master Takemaru when-"
Shinitshi:"Let's keep going."
*Shinitshi and Diana are taking while walking on the mountain, going for the top*
Diana:"You know you can't run away forever...we can start with me...do you wanna know anything about me or Aetheria?"
*Shinitshi became excited but immediately tried to hide it...he loved the magical creatures he saw in Diana's memories*
Shinitshi:"Well... you can tell me more about Dragons...or the other weird creatures you have in Aetheria…"
Diana:"Of course! In Aetheria,we have more than 100 different species of magical creatures! We have Orcs, Goblins, Elves, dragons,and more...every magical creature has a special look and abilities...my mother...the queen is human like all the Royal Family...we ruled Aetheria for more than a thousand years... right after The Queen there's The Three Souls of The Kingdom... Iris the leader of The Elves... Richard the leader of The Goblins...and William the youngest and the human part of the Three Souls of The Kingdom…in Aetheria...we respect all of those beautiful creatures...they help us at every part of our lives... maybe when we reach Aetheria I will give a flying trip with my dragon friends!"
Shinitshi:"Really?! I mean-"
*Diana is laughing*
Shinitshi (with a serious face):"I wanted to ask you about something else...in your memories...I saw you multiple times crying alone...I am just curious-"
Diana:"Well it's not easy to talk about it, but I trust you just like you should trust me,so I am going to tell you...my life was very different from yours, Shinitshi... You were born an orphan... you had nothing... but then life smiled at you...and you managed to prove yourself to the world!... but on the other hand...I was born as a member of The Royal Family...I had to be good enough... but I wasn't...all the people of the kingdom loved me... but I felt like they pitied me...they saw it...they knew that my mother would never accept me as her daughter until I awaken my magic...they told me:"It's ok","We will still love you anyway", but they didn't mean it...it was like I had no magic at all...I was hopeless...well... until life smiled at me too...I met you, Shinitshi... you gave me my magic...my light...my hope!"
Shinitshi(nervous):"I...I have to go and train on using Master Reika's weapon…"
*Diana smiles at Shinitshi*
*Meanwhile at Shoryu's army training place*
*Kaien is walking in... everybody stops talking...they kneel for him*
*Kaien goes to their leader "Zara"*
*Zara is terrified,he can barely stand on his legs*
*Kaien gives Zara a piece of paper*
*Zara starts reading*
Zara:"Of course, Master! We are going to be ready!"
*Kaien sits... he's waiting in the rain...he looks at the sky…*
*Meanwhile at The Great Master's Room*
The Great Master (talking quietly):"So Reika was a failure after all...I am not gonna lie...I really liked her...she was a good student...I am sure that Kaien is going to give them a harder fight... but I knew Reika very well... Kaien...he was always…a strange man…"
*The Great Master remembers the first time he met Kaien*
A ninja:"Great Master! The Silent Shinigami destroyed another base!
*Later*
A ninja:"Great Master! The Silent Shinigami killed another squad!"
*After that*
A ninja:"Great Master! I don't think we can stop The Silent Shinigami... maybe you should send a legendary guardian?"
*The Ninja's head suddenly fell of his body*
The Great Master:"I wanna go and see... how strong is this Silent Shinigami…"
"Kaien was the most famous criminal in all of Shoryu...he was a killer...and he was great at his job...he never made any noise...and he never left a track behind him...and for some reason...he cried really hard after every life he takes... but nobody really knew that... because nobody met him and lived to tell the story…"
*Kaien is at the middle of the forest putting his sword in the last ninja of the squad...he killed them all...his tears are all over his face*
*The Great Master walks in*
The Great Master:"So you are The famous Silent Shinigami... doesn't look very strong to me…"
The Great Master:"What's your name, son?"
*Kaien looks at The Great Master in sadness*
*The Great Master suddenly disappeared…*
*The scene cuts to Kaien's face under The Great Master's leg, Kaien is still crying*
The Great Master:"Yeah... really sad,I know... but you are really strong... listen...I can just smash your head right now...or you can work for me...as a legendary guardian... what's your answer?"
*Kaien looks at The Great Master in despair*
*Back to the present, on the way to Reihou Seijaku*
*Kaien is walking confidently,and... hundreds of ninjas are walking after him in the middle of the rain,the only sound heard is the sound of thunder…*
*Meanwhile in a cave in Reihou Seijaku*
*Shinitshi is training in Reika's legendary Bo Staff while he's in a spiritual connection with Diana*
Shinitshi (in his mind):"Now I am faster... stronger... much better than what I was at The fight against Master Reika...I really don't know how I won...it was a miracle...and now you can kinda talk to me while we are making the connection... right, Diana?"
Diana (in Shinitshi's mind):"Yeah, kinda...and now you can make the connection without touching... but we still have to stay close to each other…"
Shinitshi:"Yeah...hey...I wanna try something."
*Meanwhile at The Four Legendary Guardians Secret base*
*Takemaru is sitting in front of the window drinking green tea...he saw a message left on the table*
*Takemaru opens the message... it's form Kaien...his writing is very hard to read.. very strange...and very... scary…*
*Takemaru reads the message...it says:"I am sorry about what's going to happen to your boy...I know it's sad for you...It is for me too…"*
*Takemaru looks at the message in a cold face*
The End of Chapter 10:"Quiet Times"
Next Chapter:"The Silent Shinigami"