Chapter 9 - IX

There was a beam of light, shining across his eyesight. The clouds were floating through the amber sunset leading towards a hill with a single, volatile cherry blossom tree. The sakura petals soaring through the wind.

He walks up the hill keeping a cautious set of mind. When he speaks the top of the hill he sees a young girl. She looked just like the one girl from last time.

"Ah… so we meet again, Kyuu." She spoke out when she turned to look at him.

"Wait aren't you the girl from last time. Echo I think it was?" Kyuu replied to the girl as he closed the distance.

"Bingo!! So you do remember." The girl announced with a smile on her face.

"So… Echo, why are we here?" Kyuu asked the girl as he looked around at the surrounding which has slightly been changed from last time.

"It seems whenever you are unconscious, you end up coming to this world which is completely different from your world." Echo answered with a happy facial expression.

"Why do you seem so happy about that?" Kyuu replied in a confused manner.

"Because I get to see you." Echo replied as she smiled at Kyuu.

"I wonder if I can use magic here? Do you know?" Kyuu said as he looked at Echo questioning her.

"I'm not sure, it never came to mind but we could try." She replied with a cheerful smile.

Kyuu looked out into the open and extended his hand. Kyuu then said the words "Summon Dark Abyss" then his midnight black blade emerged from a light that appeared from his hand.

"Wow, what is that Kyuu?" Echo asked Kyuu in a delighted manner.

"This is the blade that I forged three years ago before leaving my realm. I named it 'Dark Abyss' so I can summon it when I needed it most." Kyuu explained trying not to confuse little Echo.

"Wow, I didn't even know you could use magic. What species are you anyway?" Echo asked Kyuu in wow from his ability to use magic.

"Me, I thought I told you. I'm Kyuu, the first prince of the Nero's Kingdom. Do you remember who you really are yet?" Kyuu announced as he sat back down with Echo.

"Y… You're a prince!!" Echo quickly screamed then jumped back in surprise.

"What was that reaction for anyway. It's not that much of a big deal." Kyuu replied as Echo was panicking.

"But your THE prince of the Nero's Kingdom. You are going to be king of almost all of our realm and you aren't fazed by that a little bit." Echo announced While she was still dazed by the thought of Kyuu being a prince.

"Of course I'm not, I've been brought up this way, even though I don't want to be king." kyuu replied as he sat down next to echo again.

"Oh if you haven't noticed by now I'm also a Nine-Tailed Fox." Kyuu quickly said thinking about the question she asked earlier.

"That explains the amount of power you have." Echo mumbles to herself.

"What was that Echo," Kyuu asked her in a confused manner, not knowing what was going on anymore.

"Oh don't worry about it. I was just thinking out loud again. I do that a lot." Echo quickly replied as she looked at Kyuu.

"Really? Do you do that a lot." Kyuu asked Echo with a smile on his face.

"I'm not sure if I do or not," Echo questioned herself as she looked back at Kyuu.

"I guess I should be getting back. I promised to train some friends of mine earlier." Kyuu announced as he looked at Echo.

"Sure, well talk some other time Kyuu," Echo announced as she looked up at Kyuu.

"Return" Kyuu announced then a cloud of light appeared and Kyuu disappeared into the light.

As Kyuu returned back to his realm he left to go back to the arena. When he arrived Silvia and kusaragi were waiting for him.

"So you are finally here" Silvia announced as she turned around to see Kyuu.

"Yes, I am and are you ready for some training," Kyuu announced as he leads them to the armoury.

"Sure thing," They both said at the same time with a smile on there faces.

"I never said that I would go easy on you two, did I," Kyuu said with a huge grin on his face.

"What are you planning. You know I'm new to this." Silvia announced as she followed Kyuu

"Not much, just some training," Kyuu replied with a large grin on his face.

"Now Both of you get in a stance you find comfortable. From that, I can determine your fighting style." Kyuu said as he gave them both a wooden practice sword.

"Sure I can try," Silvia said as she got into a comfortable stance with her sword.

"Why don't you two have a quick duel," Kyuu announced as he gave kusaragi a wooden sword.

As Silvia and Kusaragi stood opposite each other Kyuu counted down to start the duel. As the duel started Kusaragi charged straight towards Silvia, holding his sword in the air, forgetting all of his training. Silvia stays calm and uses the agility she possesses, which is heightened from her kind, to dodge his attack. Silvia then turns around and hits Kusaragi in the back.

"Wow, Silvia, I wasn't expecting that. Did you practice in your spare time or something." Kyuu announced at the end of the battle.

"Well yeah, I learned at home. I have to have some way to protect my beloved." Silvia replied in an excited manner.

"Hey, you two… Stop flirting already." Kusaragi quickly shouted as he stood their uncomfortably.

"Oh right. Sorry about that Kusaragi." Kyuu replied as he stepped back in embarrassment.

"Well, that's it for training. We should go to bed and sleep for the night." Kyuu announced as he walked out of the arena.

"Well I'll see you later then," Kusaragi said as he walked off in the opposite direction.

When Kyuu enters his room with Silvia, he instantly drops onto the bed again. Silvia soon follows and they fall asleep on the bed next to each other. Soon After one of the servants run into the bedroom screaming "The king has been murdered!"