Kaen POV " Hey, sleepyhead. Time to wake up." A familiar voice whispered to me as I could feel a warm breath against my cheek. " Mhh?" I felt a hand run through my hair. I slowly open one eye and came face to face with Hikaru who was just inches away. Normally I would have been surprised at this but now I felt calm and relaxed at the sight of him. " What do you want Rookie?" I asked him as I snuggle against my pillow while a happy feeling overwhelmed me. The very thought of having a friend who is as close as family. A brother in arms, someone that always has your back on and off of battle, an equal to me. " Everyone is gathering for an early dinner since most of us missed lunch. You have to keep your strength up if you want to join tonight's patrol. " Hikaru gently informs me as he sits down on the edge of my bed. " Hmm... I hope they strike again tonight. I'm really looking forward to giving Bankotsu the beating of a lifetime. " I said in a half-asleep manner an
Kean POV Should I lie about another fight with Bankotsu? Another attack? What should we do?! ... Lie after lie soon it will all catch up to us. Maybe I should just admit my fear of that Goblin Champion. I open my mouth ready to admit, it to everyone, but before I could Hikaru jumps in. " Kaen's wounds reopened after the fight with the beast and he needed time to heal. His mana was low and took longer to heal. Kaen didn't want to say since it's a Version thing but seeing that now everyone knows who and what Kaen is. It doesn't matter anymore. " Hikaru said with a shrug. " Wait! Our whole team knows?" Kagome asks as she turns to Terrius. " How come the priest gets to know before me? Aren't you guys afraid of holy magic?" Terrius asked in shock as he gestured at Kagome. " Actually holy magic can't do much harm to us, it just has a really really really really annoying unbearable sting to it that lasts for 3 days." V4 says as he, me, and Manor shiver at the thought of t
Kaen POV " Damn! I can't believe you still get to keep your mirror even though you have already been replaced!!" V4 grumbles as soon as he sees the mirror. " I am the leader of the versions and no one is going to be taking my place!! This mirror belongs to me and me alone! It was created for me, only I can and will use it!" I growled at V4. " Until V0 gets her hands on it and resets it." V4 muttered to himself. " What was that old man? Do you want to walk there?" I asked to clarify. " .... Wow you're such a wonderful and great leader! Let me help you through your mission!" V4 says as nicely as he could, pulling the most charming smile he could but I recognize every last single trick of his. The only way I can actually prove him wrong is to get Misaki to re-register me as the leader. I sigh at the thought before gesturing for him to get into the mirror. " Yes!" V4 jumps through the mirror as Hikaru slowly follows behind him. Alright! Let's do this! I thought
Kean POV " Sana, due to circumstances, me and Master Kaen are joining the palace guards for night duty to insure your and everyone's safety but we would be needing Whiskers powerful tracking skills to help us. Is it alright if we have him for the next couple of nights?" Hikaru nicely informed and asked as if he wasn't affected by such a sight. " Oh! Please do! Take him for all the nights in the world!! Just catch that bad man and bully him until he cures Jessica!" The Princess says as she immediately takes off the makeup and the accessories that she put on him. " Whiskers, go help them alright? We'll finish this tea party another day. Be careful alright?" The Princess says to him as she hugs him, V6 chuffed and nuzzles against her before walking towards us. " Don't even say it!" V6 immediately says as he glares at V4 who was still laughing his head off. " * Laughing* And I thought V5 had it bad!! A pet!! A fat pampered pet cat!! * Laughing*" V4 wheezed out betwee
Kaen POV I say casually as I watched the fountain in a daze, wondering how this was so magical that night but so boring right now. " Maybe this is a sign that you shouldn't be together. I mean, she's a mermaid, she belongs with her own kind away from bloodshed and worries. She wouldn't be able to take it." Hikaru shared his opinion. " I know, you pointed that out before. I gave it some thought and... I think she can, I mean how can't she? She's my fated one and if we are fated to be together then nothing can stop us right?" I asked as I turned to him, just to see him staring at me with those ocean blues eyes that remind me of ripples through the waves washing up old or damaged items from shipwrecks. Long treacherous tale, forgotten, and unwanted. Holding only value to its owner. As they finally settled on the shore just to be buried in the sand. " Will you, give up finding Misaki's son?" Hikaru's question snaps me back to reality as a blush forms on my face. I ca
V4 (Galahad) POV Version's log 27 October 627 AGW Today marks my second whole month of being dead, we are still guarding the palace's wall throughout the night. It's been 3 days since we started and there's still no sign of the blindfolded Version Slayer. But no sign gives us the time we need to higher the palace defenses. Each of the teams has taken up 6 hours of guarding at night and 6 hours increasing the defenses during the day. Most of us work on the defenses during our guarding duties since it's often boring but we always have a pair of eyes from each tower watching, waiting, and plotting for the impending doom of the blindfolded Version Slayer. " Hey!!" I shouted as V6 grabbed my book from right under my stolen fountain pen. " Wow, I didn't know you kept a dairy!" V6, The moron says as he flips through it. I immediately snatched it back from him. " It's not a dairy!! It's a journal!!" " I thought you're supposed to update your dairy daily with what you feel an
V4 (Galahad) POV " Cells in a body." Terry answered. We all turned to Terry in shock. " What? Why cells?" I asked. " Where there's a beginning there's an end, where there's an end, there's a beginning. This is the cycle of all and nothing. One cannot exist without the other, just like light and darkness. Nothing stands alone. The universe must always be balanced. Well, that's my conclusion after loads of experimentation with only one similarity between all and that is balance. " Terry explained. " Whoa, that's just deep." Punk commented. " Really makes you wonder. " Brat nodded. " Yeah, but now is not the time for it. Let's focus on the task before us. Brat, Punk, no horsing around, got it?" I reminded. " Got it." Punk (Manor) and Brat (Kaen) answered at the same time. "Good, keep sharp." I said as I headed towards the stairs. " Hey! Old Man! Be careful. " Brat warned with a concerned voice. " * Scoff* Aren't I always?" I huffed. " The time
Kaen POV * Huff Huff* I stood there watching him as I catch my breath, the once pitch-black sky was now a dark blue filled with stars lighting up the forest around us. The sky had turned back to normal, halfway through our fight in the palace, which resulted in his hood falling off his head revealing his dark blue hair, the blindfold magically appearing around his eyes and his hands turned back into human ones. I was pissed at the sight that he didn't have a single scratch, I used up half my strength and rammed him through the palace's outer wall. He slowly gets up, blood now staining his face and clothes as a strong strawberry smell hits me. " What?! No illusions?!" He yelled at me. " You should be honored that I want you to see me as clearly as possible as I rip out your throat. " I growled. He was struggling to stand up straight and was unsteady on his feet. Something isn't right here..... earlier I rammed him through trees, attack him like there was no tomorrow, an