(Play song in the media over this until it ends)

Yza looked shocked.
"Tell me... Tell me... Tell me..." He stumbled across his words as he dropped to his knees from sitting on his bed. His eyes welled with tears of anger and sadness as all Rukia could do was looked shocked at this and try to comfort Yza.
"Tell me... He's..." He continued as Rukia hugged him tightly.
"Hey, it'll be ok... It'll be ok..." She whispered to him softly, trying to calm him down.
"He's not dead... He can't be dead... This is some sick prank of his... He's joking... He's alive... HE HAS TO BE ALIVE!!" Snapping, Yza screamed and threw his head to the ground, holding it tightly, shaking as tears rolled down his face quickly. "He has too... He has too... HE HAS TOO!!"

Kane, in shock, screamed and ran away from the scene in horror.
"Did... Did the stadium just collapse?"
"No way, another player died?"
"Bet it was that Shika guy!"
The stadium broke into talking, as Ayaza pushed through the crowds and found Backlion.
"Hey, where's the exit?" Ayaza asked.
"I'm not sure myself," Backlion replied as he looked at Ayaza. "But let's try and find Yza, he's probably shitting himself!"
"Right!!" Ayaza nodded.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!" Yza continued his screams of horror as people in the halls could hear him. An incessant knocking was at the door, and people who were walking by shouted things such as "Shut up!" and "Whiny cunt". Rukia opened the door.
"Hey, whoever is screaming in there, tell 'em to shut up!" The person said as they walked away.
"Damn, Yza, please calm down!!" Rukia cried.
"I-I-I!!" Yza exclaimed, not knowing what to do. "I..." Rukia closed the door as she gritted her teeth.
"Shit, shit, shit." She cursed repeatedly as Yza sobbed and screamed.

In the hallway, Ayaza and Backlion ran down quickly. Approaching a worker, he asked outloud, "Where's the Curator?"
"The Curators... Dead?" Jinsei said with eyebrows furrowed and face in a slight shock as he held the dead body in gloved hands.
"What in the-?!" The worker exclaimed.
"Kaiko... He's dead too?!" Backlion exclaimed as the two rushed past them.
"Shit, why now?!" Ayaza whined.
"Cmon, hurry!" Backlion exclaimed as he ran towards stairs.

Yza was now silently sobbing as tears continued to run down his cheeks.
"No... No... Don't leave me and mom again... Bro..." He whispered, voice shaking. "What am I supposed to do now? I have nothing left..."
"Hey, you have me and your friends...!" Rukia exclaimed as she watched him.
"Right..." He sighed. She grabbed him by the shoulders and sighed.
"C'mon, get up..."
"Yza!!" Ayaza exclaimed as he slammed on the door. Yza stood up from sitting and wiped his tears as Rukia opened the door.
"Uh, hey." She said.
"We got some bad news, Kaiko's dead aswell." Backlion gulped. Rukia raised her eyebrows and eyes widened as she became in a sense of shock. Her stomach churned as she looked back at Yza.
"Hey, let's not pile this on him right now... He's still upset about Maxios..." She whispered to the two.
"This is all happening too fast for my liking. It's just me, you, Backlion and Yza left from our group whose here." Ayaza sighed. Backlion snapped his fingers.
"Send nudes."
Ayaza glared at Backlion.
"To Yza of course!!" He replied to Ayaza, waving his hands in the air.
"Why?" Rukia asked.
"Cause nudes equals good things, and good things make Yza happy!" Backlion exclaimed. "Or ya know, do a bit of tongue with his mouth and give him a bj,"
"Fucking pervert." Ayaza said, his voice cutting through Backlion's ill-fated attempt at solving it.
"Sorry." He laughed at himself.
"Hold on, what has happened...? This is all too much for me." Rukia asked them.
"Okay, first, Sanda's dead, next Shika's in jail, then Ryu's going back to Kyoto, now Maxios is dead, and Kaiko is also a goner." Ayaza relapsed what he knew.
"We don't know if the tournament is going to continue or not, so yeah." Backlion said.
"I think it's best if we just go back home regardless, Yza's too traumatised by this, I doubt he could carry on." Rukia suggested.
"Yeah, that'd be fine. What about you Backlion?" Ayaza asked.
"I'll withdraw. My friends mean more to me than some cash." Backlion replied with a nod.
"Thank you so much!" Rukia said, bowing.
"No problem." Backlion smiled as Ayaza said,
"Hey, I'm gonna take a leak, I'll be right back."
"Kay." Backlion and Rukia nodded as the two waved at Ayaza.
"Rukia." Backlion pulled out a letter from his bag.
"For me?" She asked, a brow raised. She took the letter and opened it.
"Well?" Backlion did a closed eye smile.
"...very well." Rukia nodded as she looked back at Yza, before putting the letter into her own bag inside. "Come in Backlion."
"Fine, fine." He laughed.

In a dark room with a white circular table, there were eight seats. In the middle of the seats was a V and a vanguard circle surrounding it. Each seat had some sort of beverage infront of it and a person sitting on it. Light blue lights dimly lit the area.
"Maxios Blade has just died." One of the people said.
"Well of course," A voice said. It was Doctor O. "We saw it on live TV."
"Uh, everyone, Kaiko Rimen was also killed." Said a more quiet voice.
"Curator Rimen too?!" A female exclaimed as she slammed the table in anger. "Dammit, Sanda Tsugeki, Maxios Blade and Curator Rimen. Three kills all on vanguard fighters!"
"We can't let this tournament continue, it's obvious some mass murderer is here!" An old man exclaimed.
"What about the other competitors, think about them!" A young voice exclaimed, he must've been a young adult.
"Does the Яeverse have to do with this? I mean, that Tai boy mentioned something about it." A voice suggested.
"He's eleven, he was probably doing some horseplay- besides, who believes in the damned Яeverse?" The same young adult tched.
"It couldn't be Shika who killed Maxios or Kaiko. Maybe we misjudged?" Dr. O suggested.
"Most likely. From what evidence we found, we found a mask containing blue hairs and DNA. The hair colour ain't the same as Shika's, so we're doing a DNA check on him. Doubt it's the kid, he doesn't seem smart." The quiet voice said.
"More importantly, what should we do?" The female asked. "I say to end the tournament. Fighters lives matter."
"Damn you, I say we should keep it running!" The young adult exclaimed.
"Everyone," A voice boomed. "A vote. For ending and for keeping it going. I won't vote. Now, for everyone else... Put up your hand if you want to end the tournament." Four hands shot up.
"Only three want it to continue then. By default, we'll end the tournament. It's the safest option."
"Fine." The young adult sighed.

At night, in a hospital bed was Maxios, in a blue gown and bandaged, on life support. The walls were green and the room had a table and seats.
"He was very lucky to survive." The doctor said. "We've updated the Association about this. His bones are mostly broken, his head is cracked. His lungs have been punctured and one of his kidneys have been crushed. His intestines are crushed on the inside and he's internally bleeding. He's bruised and cut, and his legs are broken and the muscles have been damaged severely. He might become crippled."
"That's okay... That's better than him dying, after all...!" Yza exclaimed, close to tears. He was in a seat, Rukia and Ayaza next to him.
"This doesn't mean complete safety. All that's keeping him alive is the life support. It'll take years for him to recover. He might not even... Make it out alive."
"For now he's alive... Right..." Yza sighed. Ayaza had the TV on and was watching the news.
"In recent news, The On-going Vanguard Tournament has been cancelled. Due to two fighters dead and one seriously injured, the Association has ended the tournament. All competitors have been told to go home."
"Seems legit." Ayaza sighed. Backlion entered, green sleeved cards in hand, and many blue plastic bags.
"Hey Yza, this was all I could dig up of Maxios' Musketeers." He said grimly. Most of the cards were in bad condition.
"Ah, thanks." He took the deck. The doctor left.
"What did you get?" Rukia asked.
"Fuel for the night. I figured we might be here." Backlion said as the door of the room knocked. Backlion opened it, only to reveal Yza's mom, out of breath. She had short cut red hair and brown eyes, and she wore a trench coat, a shirt and jeans, all in some boots.
"Is my baby okay?!" She exclaimed to Backlion. Yza heard his mom and ran over to her.
"Mom!" Yza exclaimed.
"Yza! Oh my gosh, your safe!!" She said as the two hugged tightly. "You and Maxios made me worry so much...!"
"I'm sorry mom... Maxios is just... barely living." Yza said quietly.
"Well... Atleast he's alive..." She said as she let go of Yza, walking over to Maxios. She looked at him and sighed.
"Why did this happen to you, my sweet child?" She asked herself, looking at him.
"..." The four kept silent as Yza had his head hung low, Ayaza was looking away from his mother, Rukia was watching her and Backlion was standing in the corner looking angry and at his shoes.
"The Lord, if you exist... thank you for keeping Max alive." She said as she turned to Yza. "I'll be probably staying here for a bit to keep an eye out for Maxios."
"Alright. Does that mean you'll be moving here permanently?" He asked.
"For the time being."
"Alright then." Yza nodded. "Me and my friends are staying the night here, so you can go get a hotel room and get some rest... You work way too hard for us two mom."
"Okay... I'm sorry that you decided to move to an apartment and say yes... I still regret that day." She sighed. "It's lonely around the house, so..."
"Hey, don't be. I'm happy so..." Yza laughed dryly.
"Right." She nodded. "You kids have fun." She left the room.
"Man, that was tense." Ayaza breathed out.
"Damn it, I really want to punish whoever did this bs!" Backlion exclaimed angrily.
"We all do." Rukia sighed.
"All we can do is wait then." Yza spoke up, his head slowly rising up. "Eventually in time justice will be served... It will be."
"Heh, Yza, your one really wild card." Ayaza laughed.

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A/N

SCREW THE HIATUS IM BACK BABY XD

This chapter is kinda eeeh. I'm easing my way back into the story lol. I have a lot of shit planned down, so yeah.

I realise we didn't have a Q n A so that made me upset. So we'll have a mini one in the A/N next chapter, so ask some questions below!

Also, I'm introducing a daily question! Please answer! XD

Question this Turn:
Whose your favourite character and why? No biases please. XD

That's all, Fox out!