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Renisa and Ginek walked through the halls of the castle, seeing it abandoned. Ginek knew his way through this castle and led. He delibrilatley avoided the hall with the paintings. Renisa, so confused by the situation, followed silently, taking in all the sights and sounds. She could even hear the monsters sleeping. Walking through the hall would wake them, putting them in danger, and giving away Ginek's position. They went right to the window where Kai had jumped out with Mineko.
Ginek could see Kai and Mineko on the beach. He started to climb down, carefully keeping out of sight in case Kai were to look up at the mountain. Renisa saw Mineko, and hurried Ginek along. She was also afraid of Kai, so she stayed out of sight as well.
The tropical peninsula Mineko and Kai were on was very small, it was in a bay, surrounded by mountains, and connected to the mountain upon which the castle was built. Renisa found herself following Ginek through the forest, dodging branches. A few yards away from Mineko and Kai, Renisa started to run, but was stopped by Ginek's arm. He grabbed her and motioned her to be quiet with a finger to his mouth. He had a marking on his palm. He waved it a bit, and a spear appeared.
He instructed Renisa in a quiet tone, "Come on, we're going to catch them by surprise." Renisa stopped him, "That's Mineko! What are you doing?" She ran out to Mineko, who was still being held by Kai. Surprised, she ran to Renisa, and hugged her.
Renisa asked her, "What's going on? Are you ok? You look so different!" Mineko responded, "I could say the same." She laughed a little to herself, "Look what we've gotten ourselves into this time." Renisa smiled.
Ginek walked out of the forest. His spear was gone. Mineko, still crushing on him, blushed. She looked at him wide-eyed. "Min." he said. Mineko ran to him, confused by his new appearence. Kai seemed very uneasy, ready to attack Ginek if he tried anything.
Ginek smiled at Mineko. But this was different, she could see he had changed. His eyes held no gentleness. Mineko felt she was in danger of something. Ginek turned his gaze to Kai. He grinned at him, daring Kai to hurt him with Mineko right there. Kai shot him an angry look. Mineko stepped back, she felt herself getting in the way.
Ginek charged Mineko. He grabbed her and pulled her close. Mineko had liked Ginek, but she screamed, knowing that this wasn't for love. Kai, being truely ticked off, moved so fast that he became a blur. He grabbed Ginek by the face and shoved him into the dirt. Kai took Mineko and held her from behind, his free arm outstretched to protect her.
Renisa's eyes glowed, along with her marking. She wasn't herself anymore. She moved to Ginek's side with great speed. Kai could see it was time to go. Renisa shot an evil look at Mineko. As she was carried away, she could just see Ginek's hand up, controlling Renisa like a puppet. She yelled to Kai, "We have to go back!" Kai was resolute, "You're not going back! Not again! He won't do anything to Renisa as long as she's useful to finding you."
Mineko stared at him in awe, "So we're just going to leave her?!" Kai looked forward, then slowly nodded. "No! We have to get her!" Mineko started to kick and struggle. It was no use. She started to pray for Renisa's safety.
Mineko fell asleep. She had never felt as tired as she did right now. Kai, also feeling drained, stopped running. They had ended up in a field far away. Kai set Mineko down and went to sleep a few feet away.
She woke up. The time seemed to be mid-day. Seeing that Kai was still asleep, Mineko began to walk. She wanted to go back for Renisa. She took a guess at which direction to go, and didn't stop for miles. almost a third of the way to the peninsula, Mineko realized how hungry she was. There were no fruit trees or berry bushes in sight. Mineko also had no money in case she found a town.
Finding nothing else she could do, Mineko got out her violin. She began to play a sad song. Kai, meanwhile, was still asleep. Subconciously, he began to dream of his past. He could hear Mineko's song in his ears even when she was far away. In his dreams, he could see events until now buried back into the deepest darkest parts of his mind... This was Kai's dream:
"'Mineko! Mineko! Where are you?' Kai ran, looking for her. 'Kai!' Mineko yelled, 'Help!' Kai found a small room with an open door. Inside the room was Ginek and Mineko. Ginek was tying up her mouth, all the more enraging to Kai. He ran to the door, but the hall seemed to get longer and longer. When he finally reached the room, it was too late. He saw Ginek, letting her slip from his 'saving grasp'. He saw the crest shine the dark light, and he saw his love disappear into the abyss."
Kai woke with a sudden jerk. He had broken into a cold sweat during his sleep and found himself panting. Kai looked around to see if Mineko was safe. Then he heard the melody, and began to run. He followed the sound until he came upon Mineko, still playing her violin.
With a quick swipe, he moved his hand through her violin and pressed his forefinger to her forehead. Her violin disappeared and she looked at him blankly. She knew she wouldn't have the energy to run anywhere, so she floped backward onto the grass. She laid there, not really caring about what would happen now.
Kai laid down beside her, resting his head in his palms. He lay staring at her, and after a silence, he spoke, "So why'd you run?" He acted like he didn't know. Mineko responded, playing along, "What'll happen to Renisa?" Kai stayed quiet for a long time... They laid there, just sitting in the sun.
It grew dark. Mineko asked another question, "Kai?"
Kai answered, "Mhmm?"
"Where are we?"
"..."
"Kai, I want to go home."
"Why?"
Mineko looked at him, as if he'd just asked the stupidest question in the world. Then, she thought to herself. She'd never been the most popular, and she was never close to her parents, not enough to really care. She mostly took care of herself. She responded, "I guess... I thought that maybe things would be normal again if I went home."
Kai looked at her, "You really don't know."
Kai got up. "C'mon." He grabbed Mineko's hand and pulled her up and on to his back like a piggy back ride. Mineko yelped a bit. Kai set off walking into the forest.