Rho and Nigel.

  They were at the market. Rho was shopping.

  She looked around...

  Rho: Is it just me, or are most people watching us?

  Nigel: You're right...

  Rho: but why?

  Nigel: I think it's time to go.

  They go.

  Rin goes back to the ship, Ace and Kaya are still reading Nuri's diary.

  When they saw Rin, they hid the diary.

  Kaya: oh hey Rin what are you doing here? Is Nuri with you too?

  Rin: no, he stayed on the Island. He started to walk towards the room. He looked like he didn't look well.

  Ace: is everything okay?

  Rin: yes.

  Kaya: where are you going?

  Rin: I am going to lay down. His voice was cold

  Kaya: Now? Are you sure that everything is...

  Rin closed the door

  Kaya starts towards him but Ace stops her.

  Ace: just let him go, he'll be fine.

  Rho and Nigel:

  Rho put the hood on her head.

  Rho: what's going on here?

  Nigel: I think I know what's going on.

  There was a wanted poster on the wall, it was her picture. There were more posters.

  She took down several posters and put them in her bag

  Rho: We should warn the others too.

  She talked calm.

  Nigel: Shall we go back to the ship?

  Rho: Rin and Nuri are in here somewhere... I know. We can call them. Take out C6.

  Rho: I will call Nuri. You try Rin.

  Nigel: what color is that?

  Rho: white.

  They are trying to call. Not a single one answers.

  Rho: Great.

  Nigel: Let's go back to the ship first, it's not safe here, we'll try to call them on the way.

  They head towards the ship.

  Aboard

  Kaya: we should take this diary back to their room, I don't know when Nuri will be back...do you think Rin fell asleep?

  Ace: give it to me, I will di it. Where did you find it?

  Kaya: under Nuri's mattress.

  Ace slowly opened the door to their room and saw Rin sleeping. Slowly and quietly put the journal back in its place. She looked at Rin, and noticed that he looked bad, as if he had a nightmare. He was sweating and breathing rapidly. She moved closer to him and started to put her hand on his forehead to see if he had a temperature, but suddenly Rin grabbed her hand and pulled her closer. Slowly opens his eyes.

  Rin: What are you doing Mystery?

  He talked calm.

  Ace blushed at the proximity.

  Ace: I was just...

  Rin: What?

  Ace tries to pull away but Rin still holds her hand and pulls her closer again and straightens up.

  Ace: You looked bad, I just wanted to make sure you were okay...

  Rin: I am not.

  Ace: why?

  Rin: It doesn't matter.

  He loosens his grip on her hand.

  Ace: Well... then I won't bother you, I'll let you rest.

  She gets up from the bed, but Rin pulls her into a hug, and holds her tight so she can't move.

  Ace: What are you doing....?

  She blushed, and said surprised, she isn't used to hugging.

  Rin: Please, just let me do this.

  She let him hug her because she felt how much he needed it and how much pain he had inside, she didn't hug him back completely, but she put one hand on his shoulder.

  Rin: thank you...

  He pulled away and looked at her and laughed.

  Rin: I can't believe you let me. He laughs.

  Ace: Looks like I'm a better friend than I thought. He looked at her looking better.

  Rin: Are you blushing?

  He laughed more. She stands up, embarrassed and angry. She takes out her katana and points it at him.

  Ace: mention this to anyone, and it will be your last!

  Rin laughed.

  Rin: I know you won't hurt me.

  Ace: I wouldn't be so sure about it if I were you.

  Rin: you don't have to be ashamed, you're actually really cute when you blush.

  She goes crazy.

  Ace: you did not just say that...

  Rin: I am, and what are you going to do?

  Ace: you....

  she attacks him.

  Kaya rushes into the room to tell them that Rho and Nigel have arrived, only to find Ace holding a katana to his neck. She looks at them confused. They look at her.

  Kaya: I have so many questions right now and I don't know where to start.

  Ace moves away from him.

  Ace: Don't ask. She looked at her angrily, but she wasn't angry with her. . And put away the katana.

  Kaya: For security reasons, I will forget what I saw...

  Rin: What did you want? Was something wrong?

  Kaya: Rho and Nigel are back, and they have news for us.

  Ace: Good or bad?

  Kaya: I'll let you guess. And she came out.

  Ace and Rin start to leave but Ace turns around

  Ace: One more thing. She Punched him in the stomach.

  Ace: Call me cute one more time, and I'll show you how wrong you are.

  Rin holds his stomach.

  Rin: you're definitely not cute now...

  Ace laughed.

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  Ace: good boy.

  She teased him and she came out. He laughed and followed her out.

  Ace: Hey, what's going on?

  Rho takes out the wanted posters, and everyone is on them, except for Rin.

  Ace: we have posters? Cool.

  She talked relaxed

  Kaya: uh, let's see how much I have now! She said excitedly. Everyone was looking at the posters.

  Wanted ALIVE.

  Nuri Everston: 360,000 units

  Kaya Arias: 340,000 units

  Acacia Morgan: 490,000 units

  Nigel Eliro: 550,000 units

  Rhodri Rivers: 700,000 units

  Kaya: Not bad.

  Rho: not only do we have our own posters, but we are also called "Anarchists"

  Ace: and also looks like they figured out that you stole the documents, I mean you have the highest bounty

  Kaya; I get it for Rho, but why is your reward so much? She looked at Nigel.

  Nigel: You'll have to find out for yourself.

  Kaya: You're not fair.

  Ace: wait... where's Rin's poster?!

  Rin laughs.

  Rin: Looks like I was more careful than you.

  Kaya: you were just lucky okay.

  Rin: luck has nothing to do with it.

  Kaya: I have to say, Nuri will be disappointed when he sees that you don't have a poster... wait, where is Nuri anyway?

  Nuri

  A c6 was shining and ringing in his bag, but he didn't notice it.

  He was at the academy, learning to cook and was paired with another student.

  Nuri saw what he was doing and immediately stopped him,

  Nuri: Wow. Wow, you don't want to do that.... Nuri stops him from adding a certain ingredient.

  Max: why not? It says so in the recipe.

  Nuri: I know, but believe me, it tastes much better without it.

  Max: are you sure?

  Nuri: believe me, that was one of the first things my mom taught me, you don't always have to strictly follow the recipe.

  Max: I'll take your advice. I haven't seen you here before, are you new?

  Nuri: I'm just visiting, I'm Nuri, gives him a hand

  Max: I'm Max, nice to meet you.

  Nuri: too.

  Max: how come they let you attend? They don't let everyone in here?

  Nuri: my mother attended here and the teacher was her friend, so she allowed me to join you today.

  Max: well, you seem like you know a lot about this.

  Nuri: I like to believe that it is, but I can always learn more. Why did you choose to be here today?

  Max: I've always loved experimenting with food, I don't know, it calms me down. One day I want to be the best at this.

  Nuri: who knows, maybe one day you'll be the best, of course after me. Nuri laughed.

  Max: oh really? How about a contest?

  Nuri: I'm listening.

  Max: whoever gets a better score for the dish he made wins.

  Nuri: You are on!

  Isabel's friend watched them and remembered Isabel, how she sat in the same bench, and met her in the same way.

  Aboard

  Kaya: of course he is not answering. She tried to call Nuri

  Kaya: Do you think he's in danger?

  Rho: I hope not... but maybe we should look him up just in case?

  Rin: I'm sure he's still at the academy.

  Rho: but there is also the possibility that they caught him, the posters are new, and everyone remembers the new posters.

  Ace: I'm definitely tired of being on the ship, I'm going to town.

  Rho: do you know where the academy is?

  Ace: no, why do you ask?

  Rho: I thought you wanted to go check on Nuri.

  Ace: of course, but after some beer.

  Rin: don't worry, I'll go check on him.

  Kaya: why don't we all go?

  Nigel: shouldn't someone stay to guard the ship?

  Kaya: there's really no need. You know, when we were on the Provecta Island, I borrowed a device that allows it to send a signal to this device here if it senses any movements on the ship, plus it can track the location of the ship, and we just need to activate it before departure.

  Nigel: So you did steal something.

  Kaya: only after they attacked us... what, we were already screwed anyway,

  Nigel: Fair enough.

  Rin: and why did the two of you stayed on the ship to guard it if you didn't have to?

  Kaya: Because of our good hearts.

  She said in a teasing way.

  Kaya: Shall we?

  Everyone got off the ship and headed towards the Island.

  In the bar on the Island, there was a bounty hunter. Sorious drank his whiskey and sat in silence. Random people were talking

  H: Have you seen today's newspaper?

  Q: Yes, it was written about some kind of Anarchists?

  H: It said that they stole some important documents?

  P: not only that, they defied authority and escaped from custody.

  H: I heard how they set fire to government ships...

  S: have you seen their wanted posters? I mean, there are much bigger rewards, but then again, if those are their initial rewards...

  Sorious listened to it.

  The others

  They were walking through the city, it was already getting dark and there weren't many people outside.

  Rho: Where should we turn now?

  Rin: on the right, from that corner.

  They continued, when they were near the corner, the boy flew out and ran into Rin.

  Rin: careful child.

  The child was staring at her, and at all of them, he was on the ground

  Kaya: are you okay? Let me help you. She held out her hand to the child but he slapped her hand and tried to run again.

  Kaya: ouch!

  Rho stopped him.

  Rho: I think you forgot something

  Kid: No I didn't, let me go!

  Rho didn't like children, so she was already getting angry.

  Rho: you forgot to apologize.

  Kid: but I'm not sorry.

  Rho: Apologize and I'll let you go. The child bit her hand and ran away.

  Rho: Ouch! You little...

  Nigel laughed

  Nigel: I didn’t know you were such good with kids.

  Rho: You see now why I hate kids?

  Kaya: let him go, we certainly have better things to do.

  They continue on.

  Rho: Remember, stay out of trouble.

  Ace: you worry too much, if we escaped from that Island, we will escape easily from this one too.

  Rho: I'm not worried about that, I'm just saying, if we can avoid the problem already, why not?

  Ace: Speaking of which, I tend to ignore my problems.

  She starts to leave.

  Rin: Where are you going?

  Ace: to drink.

  Kaya: maybe you shouldn't go alone?

  Rin: do you want me to come with you?

  Ace: Don't even think about it. She was still angry.

  Nigel: I'll join you. I could use a drink,

  Ace: As you wish, see you later losers!

  The rest continue according to the academy

  In the bar where Sorious was...

  The boy who crashed into Rin runs into the bar.

  Bartender: this is not a place for kids, beat it!

  Kid: I saw them!

  H: what are you talking about kid?

  Kid: I saw the Anarchists!

  Bartender: ignore him, he's probably making it up...

  Sorious turns and looks at him, everyone else continues to drink.

  Soreous: hey kid come here for a minute.

  The boy comes.

  Sorious: Can you show me which of these people you saw here? Take out the posters.

  Kid: Her, him, him, her and... her! He points angrily at Rho

  Sorious: are you sure?

  Kid: yes.

  Sorious: where did you see them?

  Kid: on the corner by Dave's market, they were heading towards the main part of town.

  Sorious: you did well for telling me. Gets up

  Sorious: there you go. Toss him a coin.

  Sorious took his things and left the bar. Kid follows him.

  Ace and Nigel approach the bar. Neither knows what to say.

  Ace: Well, this is awkward.

  Nigel: A little

  Ace: I think this is the first time we are alone.

  Nigel: It looks like it is.

  Ace: Well... I'm not good at small talk, so how about we drink in silence?

  Nigel: I agree

  Continue to walk to the bar.

  Nigel sees Soreous, and quickly pushes Ace aside.

  Ace looks at him, starting to feel mad but she stayed calm.

  Ace: what are you doing?

  Nigel pointed at Sorious, she looked at him

  Nigel: It's Soreous, one of the strongest bounty hunters.

  Ace: of course it is, why am I not surprised...?

  Nigel: we have to find the others before he finds them.

  Ace: what is the big deal with that guy?

  Nigel: you don't even want to know, come on we need to find the others.

  Ace: but... beer....

  Nigel looks at her.

  Nigel: c'mon lets go.

  Ace sights

  Ace: fine...

  Nuri and Max went outside.

  Nuri: that was fun.

  Max: of course when you won.

  Nuri: I learned from the best. But don't worry, I'm sure you'll beat me one day.

  Max: You don't want to be the best at this?

  Nuri: Don't get me wrong, I like to cook, but no, it's not my intention to be the best, I have other reasons why I like it. After all, I think I'm still looking for my passion, and something I can call my dream.

  Max: I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for, you can see that you have fire in you.

  Max didn't know about his powers.

  Nuri: You are not wrong there.

  Max: do you have any plans? Me and a few other friends from the academy were thinking of going to the beach, do you want to go with us?

  Nuri: That sounds good, let's go.

  Rin, Rho, Kaya

  Rin exits the academy

  Rin: He's not in there.

  Kaya: Maybe we should try calling him again?

  Rho takes out c6.

  Rho: we can try... but suddenly a blue color lights up.

  Rho: It is Ace. Gets in touch

  Rho: what's going on?

  Ace: I hope you found Nuri because it's time to get back to the ship.

  Kaya: What are you talking about?

  Nigel: One of the strongest bounty hunters is on this island, and he's just headed your way.

  Rho: what?

  Ace: We don't have time to talk. Just get on board!

  Rho: but we haven't found Nuri yet...

  Nigel: are we so sure we'll even miss him? Ace hits him

  Ace: then try to find him, we'll keep an eye on the hunter. Just move away from that place.

  Rho: Okay.

  They hung up.

  Rho: you heard them, it's time to move.

  Kaya: But we still don't know where Nuri is.

  Rin: Knowing him, he's already made new friends... Rin looks around.

  Rin: let's go in that direction.

  They are moving in that direction.

  Nuri is on the beach with several of his peers.

  Max brought wood to make a fire. He's trying to make a fire.

  Nuri: let me. Creates fire.

  Others: Wow.

  Max: how did you do that?

  H: Are you one of those who entered the mountain?

  Nuri: yes... I hope you're not afraid of me because of that?

  Max: Not at all, don't worry. How did that even happen?

  Nuri: Well... I was 16 years old when T.E.I.R.B.T.W.I.A.C. appeared in my hometown... Then I was babysitting my neighbor's child, and what can I tell you, the little one annoyed me so much that I rather entered that mountain than spent one more second with him.

  The others laugh

  M: really?

  Nuri: well, not really, I mean the kid was a pain in my ass, but he also didn't want to listen to me when I told him that he better not tell anyone about it... because who knows who would try to get in into that mountain, and then there were a lot of bad people in that place, and I couldn't let them find it, so I went in, so that the mountain would disappear when I came out. I don't even know how I mustered up the courage to go inside, but I did because something inside me told me that I should do it. Soon the little one found my brother, and the brother entered that mountain looking for me...

  M: Does he also have the power of fire?

  Nuri: no, he actually has the power of ice.

  A: what does it look like inside the mountain?

  Nuri: That... that's a mystery.

  Max: what do you mean?

  Nuri: It's strange to explain, but as soon as you come out of that mountain, you forget what you saw inside, you only remember what you got... My heart remembered that feeling, as if I had seen and experienced something incredible, wonderful, but at the same time and something so powerful and dangerous. Whoever entered the mountain remembers the voice himself... and remembers the feeling he had then, but no one can remember what he actually saw inside...

  M: it reminds me of that period when we are babies and how we have no memories from our early childhood, even though we lived through it all.

  Max: oh yeah.

  Y: Do you feel like entering the mountain changed you a lot?

  Nuri: Good question... I can't say how much I have changed as a person, but it definitely changed my life, and it definitely changes me...

  Y: it's good that nothing bad happened because of that, I've heard various stories about that mountain...

  K: I always wanted to find that mountain.

  Y: although entering it is very risky and dangerous?

  K: I think that a person who is a good person will not have problems if he enters it, but only those whose souls are dirty. At least that's my theory.

  A: are you saying that mountain is like karma? Are you getting what you deserve?

  K: Kind of like that

  Max: You know what I often wonder what actually happened to the first person who entered the mountain... I mean we all know he never came out, but why?

  H: there are conspiracy theories, how his voice is the voice you hear in the mountain...

  A: I don't believe in that, I think he sacrificed himself for something bigger, maybe he gave his life immediately in exchange for something else.

  Nuri: it's a shame that there isn't much information about him.

  Max: yes..

  Ace and Nigel:

  Ace: where did that guy go...

  Nigel: we definitely lost him.

  Ace: we'll continue forward

  There was silence for a while.

  Ace: how did you even heard about him?

  Nigel: I didn't just hear about him, I also had the honor of meeting him

  Ace: did you fight him?

  Nigel: yes.

  Ace: Since you're standing next to me I'll have to conclude that he didn't catch you, so why do you think he's one of the strongest?

  Nigel: Because he could have killed me, but he let me go.

  Ace: He let you go? Why?

  Nigel: You see, he likes to play with his prey, and will often let his victims go only to find them the next time and kill them. And every person he's let go so far... he's found them again and killed them. It seems to be his way of entertaining himself. They say if you see him once, you don't need to worry, but if you see him twice... you're already dead.

  Ace was silent for a moment

  Ace: are you scared?

  Nigel: no, but I don't want him to see any of you at all.

  Ace: I understand. She put her hand on his shoulder.

  Ace: But remember, you're not the same person as before, you're much stronger now, and plus, all of us together, we make one hell of a team.

  Nigel: I hope you are all right.

  Ace: I know I am.