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After awhile, Rayne have grown tire of staying the Ico clan base and decided to exit the castle. He wander through the sceneries that he is familiar with and was taking a small break. It is strange....there have been a rumor....of some..strange being....joining the Ico rebels...very strange indeed..but it is quite common....to have....strange and powerful....beings to be sided with....anyone..He thought to himself silently as he sat on a stone nearby a small stream. As he stood up once more the area seem to be loosing its illumination, since the sun's ray started to leave the area and was setting down to east side of the mountain, making the forest almost artificial night. As the sun was beginning to set, Rayne stood up and leaped upward into a tree. He begins to leap from tree to tree, moving swiftly and silently trying to not startle or draw attention to himself.

At last he have arrived at the castle and decided that it was time to excute one of his plans , yet this time he was more cautious, since he have drawn information from a Ico scout that have been to the fourth base of the second general. He have heard about this general being very skilled in swordsmanship and was very well aware that the general uses a wakizashi, yet since it was a situation that he knows that he might not have a chance to win with the use of his katana, he have decided to use his chikai tantou kens. He stood there looking over the outlined plan and checked if there were any flaws within the plan. Finally at last with a satified feeling, Rayne looked up and nodded to the Ico scout and both of them started to rally in the two groups of elite Ico members.

As the members were rallied together, Rayne started to speak about the plans, giving them information, and the possible flaws that can be avoided. All them understood there positions and started to move out of the Ico base, but this time they are to infiltrate two bases at once and there were many parts to the plan making it complex. The first group was to sabotouge the first base and take out the general, yet it is also to put that base out of commission without any chance of reviving it. The second group is that they are to inflitrate the information in the Ico rebel group and take one of them as capitive making sure that it is a elite member. They are to question him or her and make sure what their leader is planning.

Rayne moved swiftly through the forest-like area and many of the Ico members were keeping up with him as he was moving with great speed. As he approached the base he signaled everyone to get into the positions and they did so without hesitation. As they all went into their positions, Rayne leaped upward and landed on a nearby tree that hungs over the roof of the Ico rebel base. He spotted about twenty to twenty five guards at the most in the entrance of the base. He stood there for a moment contemplating on the situation that was laying before him. The moon itself was shining with a pale light of brillance that shimmered itself upon the Ico rebel base. As Rayne leaped downward, he instantly unsheathed his katana and connected his blade on the very head of the Ico rebel,cutting him lengthwise. As the guard fell dead, he spewed out blood that formed a pool of blood. He then signaled the Ico members to move forward and they did so.

The Ico members met some resistance as they begin to clash swords with many of the Ico rebels. Rayne charged forward and started to utilize great speed, excuting the true form of the Tsuubun Daichi technique. Two Ico rebels charged forward and slashed at the blurry image of the hitokiri Ten Hinote, but it was hopelessly for Rayne was moving to quickly. The two of the Ico rebel members tried once more and did not succeed, but before they were even able to finish their sword stroke both of them fell to the ground and leaked out blood forming two huge abstract bloody shapes. More Ico rebels and Ico members alike started to loose stamina and some fell dead to the ground by getting a blade of a katana connected to their body. Rayne ended the battle by excuting the Maro Ten Kuusho Tentou Sastsu and reappear behind three final Ico rebel guards of the entrance. The Ico members never saw such great speed that formed a heavenly technique that killed instantly and they were in awe, but some of them were not suprise, since he was the legendary Hitokiri Ten Hinote. The three Ico rebel guards fell dead to the ground without any expression on their faces. Just as the guards fell dead to the ground , the moon shines it's brillant pale-like glow upon Rayne's face.

Rayne started to approach the main buildings and knowing that there will be more guards on the inside than the outside, he was well prepare for this, since he have brought some of the more elite members of the Ico clan.

She sighed and her once happy golden eyes turned sad and a distressed frightened look spread across her once smiling face. "I'm not letting you go alone Kyo....I'm going with you...."

Her eyes were still serious when she spoke to him again. "Kyo I dont care if I get hurt, I'm worried that you will get hurt and die and that I will not be there to heal you...I'm going whether you like it or not...." After a few minutes, her eyes softened as she gazed back at him. "I'm feeling much better...."

Her face paled at the mention of food and her skin became noticably clammy. During the wedding she hadnt felt too well either and she had broken into a cold sweat, but it was worse now at the mention of food. Her smiling face dropped as her stomach lurched and she threw up on the ground.

Her forehead was sweating noticably and her breathing became ragged as she clutched her stomach. She took in a deep breath to answer him, however, she only through up again, and again after that. Her stomach was churning and she was lightheaded.

She smiled even though she didnt feel good at all and glanced at Kyo who had fallen on the floor. She wanted to help him up, but she felt to shaky to get up right now and she threw up again, and afterwards, asked the doctor to wake up, as she threw up again.

She was overjoyed seeing him so happy. However, when she spun her around in his arms, it made her lightheaded and made her stomach upset again, causing her to throw up repeatedly on the ground. She moaned and laid back, her head hitting the pillows softly.

The Leader summoned Arrode to his private study. She was escorted to his quarters. She eyed them warily and continued on. As she walked along the handlebars of the stairs, she noticed that many of them were gripping their swords, shields, and spears tighter than before. Finally they arrived at the destination. She opened the door and the Leader sliced at her with his wrist razors. Arrode backflipped and gracefully dodged each individual attack of the lined up soldiers in her acrobatic performance. She landed squarely at the base of the stairs. The Leader's guards surrounded her. The clicking of boots could be heard as more reinforcements rushed down the stairs.

"Blitz!" Arrode tackled one guard, sending him flying. He knocked over another guard, and another, and a chain reaction followed. A guard swiped at thin air, at the very spot where Arrode should have been a moment ago. She was already past the front gates of the fortress. Several guards stood up, rubbing their noses where her footprints marked.

Arrode blitzed across the land, blazing away from that dreaded fortress...and that prison. Grass, trees, and rocks blurred past her in nanoseconds. The wind, insulted by her speed, took on the challenge and raced behind her, uprooting the scenery that she just passed seconds ago.