Chapter 56

Sasuke spun around, throwing a roundhouse directly aimed at Naruto's stunned face before the latter crossed his arms bracing for the impact.

The Uchiha smirks before he redirected his foot and kicked Naruto's left shoulder, causing the blond to lose his guard. The jet-black haired boy saw this as a chance before jabbing his knuckles right on Naruto's face.

"Tche. That hurts ttebayo...!"

Sasuke pulls his arm back only to realize Naruto locked his arm before he was lifted into the air.

"This is a payback!"

Naruto felt Sasuke's hand on top of his head as he forcibly drop Sasuke down to the ground only for the Uchiha to slow down the momentum. He slammed his palm to the ground the moment Naruto pulled away his clenched fist from his garb.

Sasuke was able to land safely on his fours only to see Naruto's foot inches away from hitting his face. He crossed his arms blocking his sight only to feel a force of pain causing his arms to loosen their guard.

'Don't tell me he's...!'

He caught Naruto's fist then pulled the blond towards him before digging his fist into Naruto's flesh sending the latter to blow off.

"Uwargh!"

Sasuke stood properly as he fixed his posture while watching Naruto slide down against the tree.

'He copied my moves...'

"Kon...konoyaro! That hurts! Are you trying to kill me?!"

Naruto cried out as he curls himself to a ball as he hold his tummy in pain.

'A fluke huh...?'

He sighs first before running towards his friend. "Idiot, learn how to dodge, will you?"

Naruto closed his eyes as a wet soft clothing pressed against his skin.

"Ouch! Ouch!," he squirmed on his seat on the grass as Sasuke applies antiseptic on the scratches on his face.

Naruto's eyes were closed as Sasuke dressed up the deep wound on his cheek. Even with his eyes closed, Naruto knew that the Uchiha was having a hard time taping the gauze pad to his face.

"You're really bad at this aren't ya?"

"Shut up dobe."

Naruto grinned as he patiently waited for Sasuke to finish.

"So?," Naruto started as Sasuke finished cleaning up the materials he used to treat his teammate.

"What?," Sasuke asked, a vein popping over his forehead.

"Why did you go out of your way to call me out of nowhere?," Naruto wiggled his eyebrows around teasing his teammate. "And, you're really treating me well today but, you're still a jerk."

Sasuke stared at him in incredulity. "I'm surprised you noticed. When did you grow your brain?"

"Are ya picking a fight?! Anyone will notice!," Naruto raised his fist in fury. "So? What favor do you want to ask from me?"

Sasuke looked down as he turned around, his back facing Naruto. His bangs covered his face as he open his mouth while he touches his crossed ankles.

"Huh?," Naruto leaned forward, placing his hand over his ear. "Can't hear you."

Naruto's ears perked up, hearing Sasuke's favor.

"Ah...you want to ask me what would Lhexi want on her birthday?"

A silent 'hn' from his teammate made Naruto slam his palm against his mouth as he pulls every corner of his strength not to laugh causing his whole body to shake.

Soon enough he felt Sasuke's firm grip on both his temples, squeezing his face while making sure that he doesn't press on his wounds. Well, considering Sasuke's personality he would have been dead by now, Naruto expected nothing less of him.

After several minutes of agonizing torture, Naruto rubbed his swollen face as he answers Sasuke's request. "Lhexi-chan you see...she doesn't like celebrating her birthday, believe it. I've tried surprising her once before but, she didn't looked happy at all!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

The blond scratched the back of his hair. He closed his eyes, harken back to the time of hearing Lhexi's whimpers as her nightmares hunted her, her calloused fingers tightly clenching onto his own. If he wasn't there beside her, she would be digging her nails against her arms instead.

He could only helplessly watch over her face trickling with tears as her trembling voice calls out for her family. It wasn't like Lhexi at all, sometimes he felt as if he was tending on to someone else.

Everytime when the first snow of the year drops, he remembers watching the girl fluttering her long eyelashes as she wakes up from her deep slumber. He would silently lie on his side as he rests his head against his arm, he would smile in adoration at her bright-jeweled golden eyes. 

She would mouth the usual phrase to him and he would listen as always.

His memories recoiled back, his blue eyes opening to the sky.

"Dunno!", he replies to Sasuke and the latter simply sighs in return. 

..........

There was silence as Kyuuji read the contents of the red scroll accompanied by a folded document. As his fingers unfolds the paper, his eyes dilated as his shoulders tensed.

'Get rid of her.'

He quietly placed the paper inside the pocket of his robe as he stared at the white colored ceiling. He leaned his back against his chair as he stared at the katana hanging against the wall. The same sword he used to exterminate his own clan.

And now, he has to use it again. 

He pushed himself from his seat, taking his weapon before he trudged outside his doors. He would be lying if he said he was calm. He wasn't but, he was rational and he knew what he had to do.

His knuckles thumped against the other door. His target simply behind the other side. He hoped that the door would not open but, contrary to his wishes he was greeted by the velvety purple eyes of his student.

"Sensei? Why are you here already? I thought we would leave by 14 o'clock.", hearing her familiar soft voice, Kyuuji didn't reply with his usual cold tone.    

"I have to discuss the mission to you first before we leave."

Lhexi raised her eyebrows hearing his distinct soft and tired tone before she smiled. "Then, wanna have some tea with me as you brief me to it."

Kyuuji nodded nontheless, for this would be the last time he would get to share tea with her.

"Ne sensei, what would you like chamomile or bamboo tea?", Lhexi asks as she looks through at the jars.

"What would you like?", Kyuuji asks her and she looks back at him before she smiled in return.

"Let's go with the bamboo then...!"

Kyuuji looks aroud at her apartment, holding his katana tightlier than ever. As he awaits for his target to finish boiling the tea, he walks over towards her balcony, pulling the curtains over the glass doors.

Lhexi notices this and asks as she touches the rim of the cup she was holding, "Sensei, you don't like the sun very much, do you?"

"I do...just not today..."

His voice was rather softer than usual and less colder than before. Lhexi couldn't help but feel that something was going on inside her teacher's head. "Is there something bothering you perhaps?"

"It's nothing..."

The black-haired girl turned around and let out a sigh before she places the tea on the table. She pulls her hair up before she bites on her hair tie around her wrist, tying her hair up messily.

Sitting quietly she watches with her jeweled-purple eyes as Kyuuji approaches the table, his footsteps unnoticeable. He rests his katana on top of the table before he sat quietly.

He looks down on his tea when the corner of his eyes caught a glimpse of  Lhexi's jeweled eyes. They were so similar yet so different.  A wave of emotions hit him like a tidal wave as his eyes softens at the sense of deja vu.

"Sensei?"

.....................

"Why are you staring at my eyes again, Kyuuji-nii?", the princess asks as she looks at her servant through the mirror.

Young Kyuuji was fixing her hair to prepare her for the banquet. His smile slightly falters as he realizes what he have been doing. "They resemble the sun very much."

"The sun...?", Asuns asks as she glances at her reflection. "How so...? They look normal to me."

"Outside this compound, not many people have golden eyes like yours. Perhaps  it's because you're very special, hime-sama.", Kyuuji sways the princess again with his words as she blushes at the compliment.

"Really?!"

Kyuuji fakes another smile as he continues brushing her long silky hair. It was so incredibly easy to manipulate her but, sometimes, her eyes...it feels like a different entity is watching his every move. Her eyes...it made him wanna pluck them out sometimes.

Asuna hums to herself as her mind wonders around. "Hey nii, can I introduce you to chichiue?"

Kyuuji was slightly taken a back. "His grace...?"

"Yes!"

Kyuuji thinks for a while...his plan...was moving too swiftly. "I don't mind but, is that really alright with you?"

"Yes!"

The young male slowly pulls something out of his robe. "Then before that, will you give this to him?"

Asuna stared at the neatly stacked tea bags on his hand.

"Hm...?"

"Weren't you trying to make some bamboo tea for your father?" His eyes turned cold as his brown eyes darkens at the same time, he was still holding a fake smile.

Asuna bits her lips as she looks down. "Yeah...but they tasted horrible...did you made those...?"

The princess trusted him more than anyone. "Yes. I made these from the sample you made. You don't have to tell him I helped you, you just have to gift it to him. You want to make your father happy right...?"

Asuna pauses first making Kyuuji sweatdrop a little..."But, you did all the heavy stuff...it feels like I'm taking the benefits of your hard work..."

Kyuuji lowers himself down to her level, before he rests on his knees as she looks down at him. "It's fine...you looked frustrated that you couldn't give him anything last time. Let's just say you owe me one."

Asuna didn't wanted to take advantage of her servant's work but, the offer...she couldn't turn it down. "Alright..."

She nods taking the powdered bags. "Sorry...Kyuuji-nii..."

"You don't have to...I'm just glad I could help you."

If Kyuuji could turn back time, he would not give those to her. He was just slightly relieved that Asuna died without realizing that she was the one who killed her own beloved father.

...........

"Who are they?", Kyuuji tilts his head to the side to get a clearer view of the picture frame placed on the third column of the shelf.

Lhexi turns around as the corner of her lips curl up. "Ah...that's my family."

"Right..." Kyuuji replies as he takes a sip of his tea, his tense shoulders immediately relaxing. "Did you made this on your own?"

"Hm? Oh, yes I did.", Lhexi places her elbow on the table as she rests her chin on her palm, leaning slightly forward, her lips curling up in satisfaction as her eyes display cold malice. 

"I improved, haven't I?"

In a flash, Lhexi felt the cold tip of his katana grazing her skin. His hazel eyes burning with ice-cold murderous intent hinted with pain. Blood slowly seeped from the shallow cut on Lhexi's neck yet she simply smiled. Kyuuji tried to move his body when blood pooled on the floor as he repeatedly chokes on his own blood at the same time his hand lost its grip on his sword.

Lhexi watches with amusement in her eyes as he collapsed on his knees holding his chest in pain, trying to get his breathing right. There was no strength in his body as he tried to force his trembling body to move.

"Sensei..are you alright? Need some help?", Lhexi asked sarcastically with spite and venom in her voice as she rests her back against the seat.

Kyuuji's blurred eyes could make out the vision of her crossing her legs as she sips her tea.

"Wh...who...the hell...are you...?", he asks in between deep breaths.

"Shouldn't you have figured it out already by this time...?", she playfully tilts her head to the side before she resumes cooling down her drink.

"I didn't know that you could actually be this stupid. Oh wait...no...Sensei...you're really smart but, that's makes you easier to read. Idiots are harder to understand afterall, just like my adorable little pumpkin pie.", her eyes smile at the thought.

Kyuuji's long brown hair slides down his back as he desperately tried to stand up. His body won't move to his commands.

"You better give up now, sensei.", Lhexi starts as she stands up. "The poison isn't just any ordinary one."

She squats down looking at her teacher with hostility. "I would make you spit all your organs before I'll force you to swallow them back in your throat. You won't die...don't worry, I'll just heal you up if you get close to." Her voice speaks playfullness as her tone gradually turn colder as she whispers. "...you don't deserve any mercy and I will do anything to make you beg in pain."Lhexi sees the same calm expression on his face making her wonder what was happening. "Is the poison not working properly...?", she asks herself as she stood up.

She walks over towards the table to pick his tea cup. "Hmmm...I'm sure I placed the right dosage..."

"You...half...breed..."

Her head turns around hearing him grunt in pain as her eyes widen mischievously. "I'm not a half-breed like you sensei."

"Did you get the wrong info...?", Lhexi asked him as Kyuuji crease his eyebrows at the confusion.

"I guess, I'm what you call a full-blooded Ryuugaime...?", she emphasizes as she stretch  her hand. "Although I'm wondering how I still look normal despite our clan's hundred years of practicing incest. And if I were to revive our clan, we would have to fuck don't we?", she sees his indifferent stare. "Hey, don't judge me, we're the last ones after all."

Perhaps there was one thing Lhexi miscalculated when she turned her back around. Kyuuji didn't have to move to control his ice release. And...his body will soon get used to the poison...make him adapt to it.

As Kyuuji controls his chakra, his blood solidifying, creating sharp shards. As they fly towards her, she looks back, her eyes no longer purple. "Tch..."

It just took her a glance to stop the flow of chakra in the air, melting his solidified blood before it could even reach her, only droplets of Kyuuji's scarlet blood reaching her cheeks.

"Seiryuugan...h...how...are you...still...alive....", Lhexi purse her lips into a thin line as she thought about it.

"Techically you already killed me. But I revived myself...?", she takes a glance at him. "Don't even ask how I did that. I just did."

"I wasn't planning on using this on you, but whether you're dying or not, you're still a threat to me.", Lhexi squats down in front of his body before she pulls out a syringe, injecting the liquid into the veins in his arm. "All right, there we go...how do you feel?All worse?"

"who...are you..?"

Kyuuji speaks in a low voice when Lhexi's emotionless golden eyes moved towards him freezing him on the spot.

Those eyes...it can't be...Asuna....Asuna...Asuna...

"...hime....sama....", a single drop of tear tickled his cheek as his hazel eyes dilate.

Kyuuji's body stop convulsing with pain as his heart clenched bitterly. Those eyes...those eyes...could only belong to the girl he adored...Lhexi didn't move an inch when she felt Kyuuji's rough and calloused fingers--caressing her cheeks.

Alexa puts on an innocent smile as she deliberately held his hand as she leans in to his touch, her eyes screaming with loathe and despise as she lets out Asuna's voice for a second.

"Kyuuji-nii..."

She watched as Kyuuji's expression morphed into horror and grief at the sight of her. He didn't made this expression when he was being tortured to death with pain. Perhaps this was the better way.

This guy...was he always been obsessed with Asuna...? What a pervert...wasn't she 8...back then? Wait...I'm technically her, right?

Kyuuji's voice trembled as he desperately tried to crawl closer towards the girl, surprising even Lhexi herself. The poisoned was designed to immobilize the whole body, she even gave him another poison to block his tenketsu points, but perhaps he was able to move because of a surge of adrenaline...or was it his desperation...?

His mouth opens wide as Lhexi watches him painfully inching himself towards her. It made her sigh. She wanted to destroy his ego, but Asuna's mere eyes were enough to break his soul. What a disappointment.

She wouldn't have gone through all those hurdles to hide her identity if she knew that she could easily break Kyuuji's wholebeing like this so easily.

Damn it. Feels like I got cheated on.

Lhexi's bored eyes shifted back towards Kyuuji's shaking ones. "...a...su...na..."

But...how should she put this...it felt like she didn't got her revenge properly.

The girl inched dangerously closer towards his face, her lashes almost touching his. "I have a question...wh--!"

The tender caress of his fingers suddenly became rough when she felt his calloused hand wrapped around her neck, pushing her down with force, catching her by surprise as her Seiryuugan deactivated. Her body reacted instinctively, chakra forming in her hands creating an ice dagger that pierced through his shoulder, dangerously close to his heart.

As his blood dripped on her cheeks, she felt a tidal wave of wind crashing down against her skin, destroying her apartment and her eyes widened, realizing what Kyuuji did by pushing her down.

...he protected her...?

The surprise in her eyes immediately turned venomous as she twisted her hand around her dagger making Kyuuji groan in pain. He held her small hand tightly before he leaned forward, whispering her something that made her question his actions.

"Push me and run..."

"SHut it." Her arrogant voice leaked out as she pulled her dagger. She didn't care if he protected her or not, she's goig to kill him one or another. She stabs him once again back inside his wound to deliver more pain, he could have dodged that easily but he didn't...and one thing that Lhexi noticed was that his body have already adapted to the poison she developed herself for years.

"Taichou!"

Hearing the familiar voice of his subordinate he felt a strong impact against his abdomen, realizing Lhexi have kicked him far enough for him to slam against the wall, breaking through even.

He immediately picked himself up as he searches for her chakra signature who have quickly dispersed. "...Asuna..."

"Taichou. You sent an SOS. Was it really Takeda Alexa?", Hikari asks, her voice shaking as she sees his condition.

He pauses for a while to buy more time for Lhexi to run away until Shinui walked towards him.

"I asked for backup. She's a Ryuugaime, isn't she?", his emotionless voice spoke.

Hikari's blue eyes widened. "I told you so...! Damn it...! Why didn't you believe me?!"

The former ANBU, Shinui, notices their captain's dire state, poisoned blood, half-paralyzed body, and a deep stab wound. His eyes narrow down. "It's my first time seeing you like this, was she that powerful?"

"I don't know but, she got me good.", he spoke lowly, catching his breath as he placed his palm on his wound to stop himsef from bleeding.

Asuna...she's alive...did she really...revive herself...?

"How much time do you need?", Shinui asks as Hikari helps their captain rest himself.

"An hour."--15 minutes is all I need.

"Too long. Half an hour. You have to get better in half an hour. We won't catch her if you take too long. If she's truly a Ryuugaime even a child like her is a threat, and you're the only one here who can kill her with ease.", Shinui can't feel any emotions but, he could feel something...something dreadful that's about to befall the Leaf.

Hikari's hands began to glow green as she focused on healing Kyuuji, color returning to his pale skin. "This poison...what is it...?"

"What's the matter Hikari?", Shinui asks as he goes down on one knee.

"Its stopping the flow of chakra in his tenketsu points.", Hikari responded as she have never seen a poison like this before.

"I guess you would be useless for a little while.", Shinui states as he hears Kyuuji's chuckle.

"Perhaps..."

..........As the two boys of Team 7 returned to Konoha, the village was already in pure chaos. Paper bombs have exploded on almost every building as dozens of defusers tried to deactivate them.

"Hurry! Where's the medical unit?!"

"My husband is trapped in our house! Someone please help us!"

"Hurry up and evacuate everyone!"

Naruto was left speechless at the sight of turmoil, screams, explosions, and fire. "What's happening dattebayo...?"

As he runs through the middle of the crowd pushing against each other as they try to escape from the paper bombs about to detonate, his blue cerulean eyes catches a glimpse of a girl lost, not knowing what to do, not knowing that a building was about to collapse on top of her.

His body moved on its own as he pulls her towards his arms before he tried to run as fast as he can at building crashing down one after the other like a domino toppling.

Focusing on dodging the falling debris, he trips on a rock causing his body to lean forward falling. He feels a tight grip around his jacket before he was thrown as he successfuly landed on both his feet while holding the girl safe in his arms.

"Success...!", he rejoices quietly as he looks back at Sasuke runnig towards him. "Thanks, Sasuke!"

"Do that once we are out of here. It looks like, this is not stopping anytime soon.", he says as he calmly ran away from the explosions as he made sure that his friend and the child was safe. ..........

One particular girl, a kunoichi, now branded as a criminal runs through the green dark forest, as ninjas swiftly follow her trail of scent. Forming the Tiger sign, she immediately creates several clones of herself. Removing her top, she immediately rips it to shreds as her clones took a piece of her clothing before they dispersed. She was left with her bandaged chest with her fishnet--chainmail top over it.

As she manages to get away pretty quickly, her eyes caught a kunai with an attached explosion tag flying towards her. In response she flipped back down towards the ground, hearing an explosion detonating.

She didn't know why but, but her body instinctively moved to the side barely inches away from a trench knife slicing through her neck. Her wristed twisted as she blocked the next attack with her katana.

Asuma lands a few meters away from her as she narrows her sharp eyes. "Yo, brat."

He puffs a smoke first before he spoke once more. "Heard you almost killed Kyuuji."

His eyes sees the sword she was holding before he chuckles. "You even stole his sword, huh?"

"Do you even know where that sword was used?", he asks as he sees Lhexi's indifferent expression. Was it pure contempt...and disgust?

"To kill my clan...? Of course I know that.", Lhexi finally speaks, Asuma quickly notices the maliciousness in her voice. As if she was being playful?

Have she already gone mad...? Her clan's curse must have already started to take effect on her.

He puffs one last smoke before he threw his cigarrete to the ground. As soon as it's burning tip hit the soil, Lhexi have advanced towards him, swinging the katana with the attempt to kill the man before her.

Asuma anticipated her attack as he bends his knees to block her sword, swinging his other knife towards her torso. Their weapons clashed as Lhexi used her otherworldy-physical strength to overpower him, but he doesn't budge even a bit. He simply grins with every swing of Lhexi's weapon against him, their impact as he blocked it getting heavier each time.

She may be able to overpower him with her physical strength but, she cannot catch his speed. As he directs Lhexi's attack down to his side, he swings his wind-chakra infused blade aiming for her neck. Lhexi's purple eyes glows golden for a second which Asuma noticed causing his chakra to leave his body. He sweatdrops as Lhexi catches his now-normal blade with her palm infusing it with her own lightning affinity causing Asuma to get electrocuted, his body trembling greatly as a result.

A grin plasters on Lhexi's face before she used her ice-affinity to stab his chest. It all happened so quickly before his eyes.

Why did no one said about her having the Seiryuugan...?

She sees another kunai attached with paper bomb thrown at her before she could swing her sword once again. She stopped momentarily and there she noticed that the paperbomb didn't explode as her body couldn't move for she was already caught by the shadows.

A fake...huh?

"Nice timing, Shikamaru...", Asuma says in relief as he removes the ice shard from his chest. "Don't worry, it wasn't deep!"

Her eyes traveled up towards the tree branch where Shikamaru was standing on. Before she could even use the Seiryuugan on him, Asuma slaps a sealing talisman to cover her eyes.

"You saved me there...!", Asuma states as he stumble backwards.

"I thought you didn't wanted me to come?", Shikamaru asks as he jumps down from the tree branch.

"Sorry..sorry, anyway you wanted to see with your own eyes, right? The one who is destroying Konoha at the moment." 

The Nara heir still couldn't believe his eyes, veins popped over all over his neck and forehead as he clenched his hands into fists. "Why would you do this...? Out of all people, you were the last person I would even suspect."

Lhexi smiles, hearing the boy's frustrations. "Shika...haven't you heard...? I'm a Ryuugaime. And...? What happened to the Ryuugaime clan again...? Right, they were massacred by the Leaf. Do you understand now, Shika?" She was talking sweetly to him as if she was teaching a toddler.

"Asuma-sensei...you better kill me right away before you regret it.", she turns her conversation towards the Jonin as she smiles mischievously. "You wouldn't want to regret it later, right?"Asuma stands up properly as his body adjusted to its current condition. "No, not yet. You have someone backing you up. You wouldn't have been able to do this on your own. Who are they? Tell me. Was it Orochimaru? Or is it another survivor of your clan?", he interrogated her adding dominance and coldness to his voice.

Her lips curled up, causing the both of them to stare at the next words that came out of her mouth. "I gave you a chance...now you ruined it."

Her body slowly cracked, causing Asuma and Shikamaru to leap backwards.

"Stupid...!", she yells out, playfully teasing the two of them as her body slowly lost its color, turning transparent only leaving a blue, transparent case of ice, it cracked once more before it tipped down, crashing into several pieces in return. "Right..Shika?"

"SHIT!", Asuma curses as he looked around him to see his student missing.

"Don't move.", Lhexi warned as soon as she had her hands on the Nara heir. An ice shard pointed at his neck, cutting through his skin. "Shika...you as well...", she whispers with a jolly threat.

"One...two...three...five...seven...eleven....fifteen...oh?"

The male Chunin creased his eyebrows in confusion before he realized she was counting the number of Konoha shinobi approaching them.

"Let that boy go, Lhexi.", her eyes screamed danger when Asuma tried to step forward.

"Sorry, Shika...but, you can live with only one arm, right?"

Asuma dashed forward at an incredible speed but, Lhexi's wrist was faster. Shikamaru looked down only to see his arm held by Lhexi--deattached.

"Huh?", he question himself once more at what he saw when he heard the crash of ice on his side as Lhexi blocked Asuma.

Lhexi flails his arm around, his blood flowing richly from the cut. His own blood splashing against his face as Lhexi held it up. "Ah! I got you dirty...!"

He fell down on his behind as he clutched his shoulder before the realization hits his head like a brick. "Ha--! Haaa--!"

His body convulsed with pain, screaming loudly as Lhexi covers her ears with her palms, with his arm hanging in between hers.

She looks up, not knowing what to say. "Sorry...I guess...?"

She pulls out her sword from its sheathe as she points it towards the screaming male, wodering if she should kill him or not. "Argh...what do I do with you...? You didn't do anything wrong so its would be too unfair if I kill you right now. But if you manage to grow up, you would be a pain in the ass."

"Say...should I kill you?", Shikamaru didn't respond as he tries to calm his raging breaths because of what just transpired. Lhexi's betrayal, him losing his arm, it was all too much for him to take.

"Should I stab you...or not...? Well, it would actually be much easier to carry your head than your body anyway." Lhexi stepped forward, as she raises her sword once again. Her eyes were cold, calculating, and lacked remorse.

The Nara heir looked up noticing her shadow over his body. For the first time he felt terror mounting with every step, his heart pounded as fear tormented him.

She was careful at the same time violent, threatening and unpredictable. HIs life flashed before his eyes as Lhexi swings her sword down towards his neck. He felt his head hitting the ground as sound fell deaf in his ears, the world felt like turning upside down.

He could see himself getting picked by Lhexi's grip, her dark and cold malicious purple eyes glowing as she stares right into his eyes.