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Chapter 15
Intermission

In a land far away in the dead of night, there are three people, two men and a woman, wearing brown hoods running through the mountainous area.  One of them is carrying a young Catus girl, who is scarred and confused.

“Mommy, where are we going?”, she asks.

“Somewhere safe, I promise.”, her mother says as she continued running.

Hooded man: The cave’s up ahead!

They made to the cave and the women set her daughter down.

“Go inside, young one. You’ll be safe in here until we return.” Her mother says.

Suddenly they hear a monster’s roar echoing in the distance.

Hooded man: Damn! They’re coming!

The trio was ready to leave but the girl tried to follow them.

Girl: Mommy!

Woman: Do not follow me. You must stay in the cave until we return. If we don’t, then you must live. You are the seed of hope for our people.

The woman runs ahead with the others. Suddenly a demonic creature appeared in front of her.

“Run child!” the woman yelled.

Girl: Mommy!

“Mommy!”, Lily yelled as she wakes up in cold sweat. She was scarred and confused about the dream she just had. She looked across the room hoping she didn’t wake Dani.

Lily: (Oh good. I didn’t wake her.)

She looked at the alarm clock and sees that it’s 5:55 AM.
Then Lily looked at her mark and her pendant. She was surprised that they’re glowing.

Lily: (Was that my memory or just a nightmare? It felt so real.)

She got out of bed and goes into the boys’ room.

“Hiro, are you awake?”, she whispered as she shook him a little.

Hiro: Mmm…Lily? Did something happen?

Lily:  Get up, but don’t wake the others.

Hiro: Okay.

Minutes later Hiro meets Lily on the roof of HQ.

“What’s wrong Lily?”, he asks.

Lily: I had the strangest dream. I think that it might’ve been one of my memories returning.

Hiro: Really?

Lily: Yeah. The thing is, I usually see bits and pieces, but this time it was so vivid.

Hiro: What do you mean?

Lily: In the dream, I was being carried off in a mountains hiding form a monster chasing us. There three people in brown hoods taking me there. I think one of them was my mother.

Hiro: Your mother?

“Yeah, but I never saw her face. She said I’m the seed of hope for our people. Then the dream ends with the monster coming towards her.”, Lily says with a tear rolling down her cheek.

“You okay?” Hiro asks.

“That dream felt so real. I felt scarred. I felt like when I felt Taiga’s sorrow.” , she says.

Hiro: Do you still want to find your home?

Lily: Of course I do. I’m just a little nervous about what we might find that’s all.

Hiro: Lily….

Suddenly sun began to rise changing the dark blue sky to a rose colored sky. Hiro and Lily were amazed to see that, because they see Haven in a different light than before.

“So, what do you want to do, Lily?”, Hiro asks.

Lily continued to look at the morning sun and then she looked at her mark.

Lily:  I…I want to keep going. I want to know if my family is still alive out there and why I’m this seed of hope. I know it might be a painful road but I need to seek out answers.

Hiro: Somehow I got a feeling you would say that.

“Did you really?” Lily asks.

Hiro: Little bit.

Lily: Let’s head back.

Hiro: Yeah, I want catch more Z’s, before Uncle Roku’s training session.

Lily: Same here.

Minutes later Hiro and Lily are walking down the hall thinking about everything they went since joining the Crusaders.

“Can you believe it?”, Hiro asks.

Lily: What?

Hiro: It’s been over a month since we've been here.

Lily: Yeah, I haven’t realized that until now. One month since we lost our home.

Hiro: Yeah. By the way, are you going to tell Dani about the dream?

Lily: No not yet. I want to have more information about it until tell her.

Hiro: All right then. Next topic do you think we can go other missions any time soon?

“Master Roku told us we’re not ready yet after what Specter said about the other Renkai.”, Lily says.

Hiro: Oh yeah….

Hiro remembers what Specter said a month ago.

(Specter: Suppose you do defeat me; who’s to say that the Reapers won’t come after you.

Hiro: Huh?

Specter: You’re their main target, kid.

Hiro: So what? We already defeated Alistair.

Specter: Oh, Alistair? He survived your battle. Right now he’s being healed and yes he is pissed.

Hiro: Anyway, why am I being targeted by the Reapers?

“It’s because of your special ability.” Specter says.

Hiro: Special ability? You mean curing the Infected?

Specter: That’s right. Since you’re going to die anyway, I’ll let you in on a little secret.

Hiro: What’s that?

Specter: There are other Renkai besides the ones of Ragnarok. Right now the Reapers already has five of them. That includes another Ragnarok Renkai of thunder. The Reapers wants you out of the equation. Your power is not needed. And your pitiful existence as well!)

However Hiro only told Kaden, Lily, Ezra, Dani, and Taiga about the Reapers targeting him because of his ability to cure the Infected.  He didn’t tell Mira and Roku about it.

A month ago, after their return, Mira and the six rookies entered the Main Room to meet with Roku.

“Was the mission successful?”, Roku asked.

Mira: Yes. Meet our new recruit, Taiga.

Roku approached Taiga and extended his hand to him.

Roku: My name is Roku Etro, Captain of the Crusaders. It is nice to meet you, Taiga.

Taiga shook his hand and says, “Honor to meet you. Hiro and Kaden tell Taiga many things about Roku.”

Kaden: That’s right. If you want to become stronger, this is the guy to do it.

Roku: Anything else happen on the mission?

Mira: Remember Caius Bane? We ran into him during the mission.

Roku: Caius!? I thought he was sent to the Citadel.

Mira: I guess the Reaper had something to do with that. He had enough power to destroy the village if we hadn’t showed up. Also now we know that they capture five other Renkai.

Roku: I see.

Then Roku noticed that Hiro was upset about something.

“Hiro, are you feeling okay?”, he asked

Hiro: Huh?, Oh yeah, I’m fine.

He was thinking about what Specter said about the Reapers are targeting him because of his special ability.

Roku: is there something you need to tell me about?

Just before he could say anything, he remembered what Kaden and Specter said about Roku almost died trying to protect him from Specter.

Suddenly Hiro smiles and said “Nope.”

Lily, Dani, Taiga, Kaden, and Ezra were surprised about his answer.

“Are you sure?”, Roku asked.

Hiro: Yeah, I’m just a little tired from the mission, ya know? Anyway I’m going to bed for a while.

He leaves the Main Room while Kaden, Lily, and Ezra followed him into the hallway.

Kaden: H-hey! What was that all about!?

Hiro: What?

Kaden: You didn't tell him that the Reapers are targeting you.

Ezra: Why didn't you tell him, bro?

Hiro: Not ready, yet. I’ll tell him soon.

“How soon?”, Lily asked.

Hiro: I don’t know; soon I guess. Just let me tell him. Will you tell Dani and Taiga this as well?

Lily: But Hiro-

Before she could say anything else, Kaden puts his hand on her shoulder to stop her.

Kaden: It’s okay, lil bro. Just take your time, all right.

“Yeah, thanks Kaden.” Hiro said in relief as he continued on his way.

Lily: But Kaden..

“I’ll tell you later.” Kaden whispered.

Present day…


“By the way did you tell Master Roku about the Reapers?”, Lily asks.

Hiro: Hmm? Oh, no not yet.

Lily: Hiro, its matter of time before he finds out the other way. You know how he gets about us keeping secrets from him.

Hiro: Actually, I was going to tell him the day after we came back from Taiga’s world, but I overheard you guys in the Training Room that day.

Lily: You did?

A month ago…

Hiro was walking through the hallway looking for Roku to tell him about the Reapers targeting him until he saw Mira walking from the other end of the hall.

“Miss Mira, do you know where Uncle Roku is?” he asked

Mira: He’s in the Main Room.

Hiro: Thanks. Can I ask you something?

“What is it?”, Mira asked.

Hiro: Yesterday, you said that Roku was right about something. What do you mean by that?

Mira: Oh yeah. He said that you have the power to be connected with the other Renkai which is why you have those headaches.

Hiro: Connected?

Mira: If you want to know more, ask him.

“Okay thanks.” Hiro said as he continued to the Main Room.
He continued on until he heard voices coming from the Training Room. He sneaked a peek inside in and sees Kaden, Lily, Ezra, Dani, and Taiga sitting in a circle. He can hear what they were saying.

“Okay, what did you want to tell us?”, Lily asked.

Kaden: It’s something Specter said yesterday got me Ezra worried.

Dani: What?

Kaden: He said we might be afraid of Hiro if the darkness takes over him and Roku might strike down when that happen.

Lily was shocked for a moment, but she shrugs it off and says, “This is Master Roku we’re talking about. He would never do that.

Ezra: We thought so too. Then Specter said “Considering his hatred towards the darkness, you’ll see.”

“I might know something about that.”, Dani says.

Kaden: What?

Dani: Well Aunt Mira told me this, around ten years ago, someone used that power to take the lives of his wife and children.
Everyone was shocked to hear that. Hiro couldn't believe what he just heard.

Ezra: Whoa…He never told us that.

Kaden: Why would he?

“Roku might kill Hiro?”, Taiga asked

Lily: Roku would never kill him. Kaden, Ezra, you guys know he wouldn’t do that.

Ezra: We know.

“You guys are really sure about that, huh.” Dani says

Kaden: We’re sure because Hiro is Roku’s godson.

Ezra: Roku treated us like family back at the Warren. But Hiro is really close to him.

Kaden: But what happens if the Darkness over take him? Would Roku...

Before he could hear anything, Hiro felt a hand on his shoulder. He quickly turned around and sees Roku standing behind him.

Hiro: Oh, hi Uncle!

Roku was confused about the way Hiro was acting.

"Is something the matter, Hiro?", he asked.

Hiro: Uhh...N--No, no, nothing's wrong, ya know?

Roku: Right. Mira said you wanted to tell me something. Is something on your mind?

Hiro: Uh....

He wanted to tell him what Specter said before, but after hearing what others said earlier, I got a little nervous.

Hiro: Ya know, I forgot.

Hiro laughs nervously.

Roku: Are you sure?

"I-I really got to go. See ya later!", Hiro said as he was leaving.

In present day...

Lily: You heard all that, huh?

Hiro: Yeah.

Lily: But still, you know he wouldn't do that. He loves you. You're like a son to him.

Hiro: I know but after hearing about what happened to his family....

Lily: Which by the way, It might be good idea you don't mention it to him. We don't know how he would react.

Hiro: Yeah.

A month go......

Lily walked down the hall to the Main Room, until she hears sounds of grunts form the the training room. She looked in, and sees Hiro training alone wth fighting and sword techniques. Suddenly his body is covered in a dark purple aura. Then he falls on his knees in exhaustion.

Present Day,

"Is that why you were training alone all last month?", Lily asks.

Hiro: That was part of the reason.

Lily: What's the other part?

Hiro: Specter.

Lily: Specter?

Hiro: Yeah. You remember that day he came to the Warren and attacked you guys?

Lily: Yes.

Hiro: He said he came after me that day. As a result, you got kidnapped and Uncle Roku almost died. Also because that I couldn't help you when he and Phantema kidnapped you again back on Gurau. I want to become stronger.  Strong enough to fight him so so he won't hurt you and others again.

Lily: I'm sure there's a way to beat him, but not by yourself.

Hiro: I hope so. And Roku....

Lily: Hiro, come on. I told you he wouldn't hurt you.

Hiro: I know. I was thinking about what he went through back then. All the sadness and hurt he felt losing his family like that.

"You know, I think I know why you two are so close. You guys share the same pain." Lily says.

Hiro: Really? Anyway, we got a lot work to do today.

Lily: Yeah the Master's training session. It'll be brutal.

Hiro and Lily laughed as the kept walking on. Little did they know, Roku was listening in from one of the rooms.

Roku: (Hiro...)
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