Eight: Season 3

Episode 59: Kana's Call

  Toya-
  "I don't know where those prisoners went, but we can't keep her here." Barbra said.
"Let's move her to the secondary location." Xia said, and we all nodded and moved out to the secondary location.
It was an underground torture chamber in The Diamond Desert where no one had territory except bandit hold ups and mercenary camps whom we had allied with, they work for us.
We woke Jade up, she was chained to the ceilings her ankles in a spreader bar. "You're gonna pay for that one." I said, wrapping my hands in my flames and gripping her breasts.
  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Jade screamed out, as I continued to sadistically torture her.

  Hanta-
  We were all quiet, and justifiably pissed off as we walked through the passage way into the catacombs, taking the middle passage to Ember Grotto. "I can't believe we just...left her." Daeva said, gripping her biceps, tearing up.
  I put my arm around her and Daeva buried her head into my chest, as I kissed the side of her head and rubbed her back.
  "She didn't really give us an option." Yo said, ashamed.
  "Right now, all we can think about is getting back to Arcadia and making this right." I said.
  "Surely Shoto's noticed something is off by now...right?" Tetsu asked.
  "We have no way of knowing." I said, as we got out to the sun and put our hands up, the warmth touching our faces and we all took a deep breath.
  "Hey kiddo." Aizawa said, and I lit up, smiling, tearing up.
  "Aizawa!" I exclaimed, and I ran to him, hugging him.
  Aizawa hugged me back. "You're ok." Aizawa said, and I just melted into him.
  "Wait...what are you doing here?" I asked, confused.
  "This came via raven and found its way to me." Aizawa said, and he held a piece of folded up paper.
  I opened the paper up and saw that it was in Arcadian, the language only true Arcadians can speak, and in Jade's hand writing no less. "She made sure someone from Arcadia who knew what was going on was here for you. Tianzo, Kenzo, and Gaia had to go to some sort of...head-honcho meeting with the other leaders and their wings. However, the Druids will take care of all of you." Aizawa said, and I nodded.
  We walked into Ember Grotto and the Druids greeted us, we greeted them too, as we walked through the settlement and to the medical huts.

  Shoto-
  I woke up at my usual time, went on my usual run, did my workout, did yoga, and meditated. I showered, and got out. There was a knock on my door and I slung my shirt over my shoulder, opening the door. "Oh...hey Midoriya." I said.
  "Umm, this came from Kana." Midoriya said, holding a paper.
  I unfolded the paper. "A meeting at the Costal People settlement?" I asked.
  "It seems urgent." Midoriya said.
  "Ok, you, Xia, and I will go." I said.
  "What about Arcadia?" Xia asked.
  "I'll have Jax—" I began.
  "Uh! You might want to ask TC instead, Jax is busy." Xia said.
  "Alright, I guess so." I said, and Xia exhaled, Midoriya kinda looking pissed at her.
  I looked at Midoriya, confused, and then slipped on my shirt. We walked to the doctor's hut. "Hey TC, I'm gonna go to this meeting and see what's up. Can you watch over Arcadia until I'm back?" I asked.
  "You got it Shoto." TC said.
  "Alright, Midoroya, Xia, let's go get on the Hellhounds and head to the meeting." I said, and Midoroya nodded.
  We got on the Hellhound, Xia getting on mine with me, holding my abdomen. We headed for the Coastal Area where Kana's settlement was. I glanced at Midoriya as we all rode. "He's been acting extra nervous the past 6 months, and not to mention I haven't seen any of the others around Arcadia for 6 months, and I haven't seen Jade for 7 months now. She wouldn't just disappear without telling me..." I began, thinking, and then looking at Xia "...and not to mention Xia has become way more clingy than usual here lately." I thought, as she gripped my abdomen tighter.
  "Captain Shoto!" Gray shouted, riding some sort of cheetah-reptile mount.
  "Oh, hey Gray." I said.
  "I've been told to escort you the rest of the way to our settlement." Gray said.
  "Ok, lead the way." I said, and we urged our mounts to go faster.
  We arrived to the entrance of the Costal People's settlement called Ovanta. I was still amazed at the beauty of their city. Midoroya and I jumped off of the Hellhounds and I helped Xia off. She smiled and took my hand, I smiled back and took her hand.
"We'll take your Hellhounds." Luke said, and I nodded as they took them to the stables.
I saw the rest of the clan heads showed up, accompanied by their two wings, Tianzo, Pherrah, Aspen, Cassidy, and Tilcax who I had recently just met. "Hey Shoto!" Felix said.
"Hey! How are your people doing?" I asked.
"Much better now thanks to Kana, and you." Felix said.
I smiled and nodded. "It's good to see you in good health Shoto." Archer said, hugging me.
I chuckled and hugged him back. "Yeah, you too. So you guys are thriving here, thank the Gods." I said.
"Psst, hey Shoto. Can we take a peak at the Seven Eyes?" Aspen asked, one eye closed, hand covering his face from Kana and them, as he pulled on the white bandages over my eyes.
I laughed, playfully shoving him away from me. "No! Kana told me to keep them covered at all times." I said.
"And that is the truth. Get your hands away from him." Tilcax said, holding his trident with Armia and Azal doing the same.
I pushed the three trident tips down. "Easy Tilcax, he's a friend." I said, and they put their tridents back.
"In that case, hello." Tilcax said, bowing and Aspen bowed back, and then made a loco sign with his finger and I laughed, playfully shoving him away.
"Ah, welcome to Ovanta." Kana said, bowing to us, and we all bowed back.
"Not that I'm not super stoked to see everyone, but...what's this about?" I asked.
"What he said." Pherrah agreed.
"I feel we as leaders have much to discuss. Especially after Shoto united us all." Kana said.
"Indeed, there are many things we need to discuss." Tianzo said.
"I see you did not bring Jade as you normally do." Kana said, looking Xia up and down.
"Yeah, I have a lot going on in Arcadia right now, I suppose it's something we can talk about." I said, and Midoriya looked at me with a confused look and Xia looked at me with a different expression, one of shock.
"Let us convene." Kana said, and we walked into their tower.