"I have to ask." Ryo[Eno] said. "How did you know I would be here?"
With a blade pointed an inch away from Ryo[Eno]'s neck. He seemed pretty calm and it didn't look like he was fazed at all. Judging by his aura, Simon[Leo] could tell this as well.
"Was that a question?" Simon[Leo] asked. "I thought you only answered questions if you got something in return. You seem to be quite the composed person but unfortunately for you, I can see more than others ever could with their eyes. For a brief moment, perhaps you didn't react but your aura did when you saw Gyro[Erin]'s hair colour change.
"It is my duty to look after those in the Cursed family."
"You have the right attitude to be a vampire knight. If you were a real vampire everyone would be fighting to have you as their knight." Ryo[Eno] said. "It looks like Archer[Quinn] has found a good one, but my question wasn't directed towards you."
At that moment, shadows started to disperse and another person was seen present in the room, and that was Archer[Quinn]. He had been in the room from the very beginning and was ready to jump in to save Gyro[Erin] at any moment, but what had surprised him was Simon[Leo] being there as well.
"Coming from someone who made those comments about Wyatt[Borden], I don't see why you wouldn't feel a similar way about Gyro[Erin] either. Besides, for someone who had put me through a pretty cruel test, do you think I would trust you on the ship so easily?" Archer[Quinn] said.
It was at that moment that Ryo[Eno] realised that Archer[Quinn] wasn't as naive as he thought. He had given him an illusion that he was free to do as he wished while continuing to follow him.
"Congratulations, but what will you be doing to me now then, seeing as I attempted to kill one of your precious members? Don't you still need me?" Ryo[Eno] said.
At this point, Archer[Quinn] was sure that Ryo[Eno] was trying to get him to act out for some reason, and even Ryo[Eno] was wondering why Archer[Quinn] was so calm even though one of his friends had nearly just been killed.
He looked over at Gyro[Erin] who appeared to be sleeping away, even through all of their talking. She was either quite the deep sleeper, or exhausted.
"What's the point of getting angry at you?" Archer[Quinn] said. "After all, you're not the real Ryo[Eno], right?"
Ryo[Eno]'s eyes widened.
'How did he know? I'm sure he couldn't tell the difference before. How was he able to catch on so quickly?' Ryo[Eno] thought.
Even Simon[Leo] wasn't sure how Archer[Quinn] knew. The aura that Simon[Leo] was sensing now, and the one from before were identical to the one he had met earlier today. Unless even from back then, it had been the fake Ryo[Eno] as well.
The truth was, Archer[Quinn] didn't know. The person who had informed him, was Odom[Vincent]. He was the real person who was able to tell which one was the real Ryo[Eno] and which one was the fake. It was all based on the action he had seen partake with Mill[Sil].
Odom[Vincent] couldn't quite explain it, but what was clear was, the clones didn't have the same skill[ability] as Ryo[Eno]. Even if they were vampires, and could use blood skills they didn't have the equivalent exchange skill[ability] and this was what tipped Odom[Vincent] off.
"Well then, I guess it won't be a problem if my blade were to pierce through his neck." Simon[Leo] said casually.
Hearing Simon[Leo] say these words, were even frightening Archer[Quinn] a little. He had never seen him so aggressive, but lately Archer[Quinn] hadn't even had a chance to catch up with Simon[Leo]. At the moment, he seemed to be on edge far more than usual.
"Let's see you try!" Ryo[Eno] suddenly said, stepping forward having encased blood around the tip of the blade. Even with Simon[Leo] pushing his sword forward a stream of blood hardened around it and it was unable to do anything.
The next second, Ryo[Eno] lifted his hand, and controlling the blood around the blade he lifted the sword up and away from him. However, a few seconds later, and using the second stage of Qi, Simon[Leo] was able to surround his blade and take the blood off to attempt to attack again.
"Interesting, no wonder you are so interested in Pure, you share the same power as them!" Ryo[Eno] said, soon covering both of his fists in spirals of blood.
When Simon[Leo] went to attack again, the spiral flattened out like a shield blocking the attack, and even with Qi disrupting the flow of blood, the shield would constantly regenerate itself holding the sword in place as it spun around.
With his other hand free, Ryo[Eno] attempted to attack, but soon felt a kick to the back of his leg, causing him to fall to one knee.
"You getting involved in our fight, I thought you were just going to stand there and watch." Ryo[Eno] said, looking at Archer[Quinn] behind him.
"Simon[Leo], don't kill him. Capture the clone and I'm sure we can learn a lot about him." Archer[Quinn] said.
He didn't know how strong this clone of Ryo[Eno]'s was. Perhaps it had equal power to Ryo[Eno], or a little less, but with the two of them, he was sure they could capture Ryo[Eno] quite successfully.
While down on the ground. Ryo[Eno] attempted to spin around and kick the back of Archer[Quinn]'s leg. But Archer[Quinn] naturally lifted it up, and when he put his foot down he stomped on Ryo[Eno]'s leg. A strike from Simon[Leo]'s sword came from above, and Ryo[Eno] combined both spirals of blood surrounding his hand, to block the attack once again.
Then, after stopping the sword in place, the blood started to move upward, branching off like tree branches and was heading straight for Simon[Leo]. Archer[Quinn] was trying to hurry and pushed his shadow over to help Simon[Leo], hoping it would get there in time, but it wasn't needed.
As a strange invisible force, soon pushed all of the tree branches of blood back to where it was. Seeing this opportunity, Archer[Quinn] stomped the back of Ryo[Eno]'s legs two more times, and then pulled both of Ryo[Eno]'s arms back.
At that moment, abandoning his sword to be held by the blood, Simon[Leo] rushed to the side and grabbed Ryo[Eno]'s head. A strange sudden burst of energy was felt, and soon Ryo[Eno]'s eyes were closed as his body went limp.
"What was that?" Archer[Quinn] asked. "Did you kill him?"
"That, I guess I haven't had time to tell you, but I think I have managed to perfect the third stage of Qi." Simon[Leo] answered. "Don't worry he is not dead, but why did you want to capture him?"
Archer[Quinn] suspected that capturing the real Ryo[Eno] would never be as easy, but in truth he actually wanted one of Ryo[Eno]s clones. "Let's take him to Tobias[Logan] and have him do a little check up, we just need to find what exactly this, or he, is."
'I would be a little careful Archer[Quinn]. Remember, the real Ryo[Eno] is still out there, and we don't yet know what these other Ryo[Eno]'s are capable of.' Odom[Vincent] warned. 'They might have some way that they are able to communicate and pass on information to each other. Or perhaps they each have a mind of their own, similar to Wyatt[Borden].'
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It wasn't that Tobias[Logan] was prepared for restraining Ryo[Eno] if something was to happen. The way he explained it, was that he just happened to have been working all day today, on special restraints that would be able to hold a vampire leader.
It was based off the black material from the vampire world, and glathrium. They were similar to a pair of cuffs but far thicker and gave no space for movement of one's hands or legs at all. Making so one couldn't build up power to break them.
At the moment, a blood sample was being taken and all sorts of body checks were being done on the Ryo[Eno] clone. Hoping to find out if it really was a clone, or something else, and maybe they could help Mill[Sil] without his help.
Archer[Quinn] never planned to resort to anything like this, but after what Ryo[Eno] had done he felt like he had every right to do what he was doing at the moment.
The spider that Tobias[Logan] had continued to monitor what they believed was to be the real Ryo[Eno], who was currently wide awake himself.
'Should I let things just play out as they are going now? So far they are doing expectantly well.' Ryo[Eno] thought. 'Perhaps they deserve a few rewards.'
To be continued....
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