10 10. Who is this?

Seeing everyone calmed down I try to think of a way to dip since I'm really not trying to interact with this random group of people.

Looking back over at the purple haired beauty for a second though makes me want to try to change my mind.

Noticing my gaze, the guy with similar features starts talking.

"Brendon who is this, and also is there a reason you are looking at my sister?"

Not really thinking much I respond.

"Well, I mean she is cute. Had to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me."

Hearing my response the brother gave me a blank stare, while his sister just smiled back a bit.

Returning the smile on instinct I continue talking.

"You can call me Gene, or whatever rolls off the tongue better. and you are?"

Hearing my question directed to her, I sense her aura change a tad bit.

"Well Gene, my name is Mari-belle and this here is my brother Vince." She says gesturing to her brother with a wave of her right hand.

"Mari-belle. Has a nice ring to it."

"That's enough of that now." Stopping us before I could continue the conversation Vince steps in.

"Brendon do you care to explain why you were confronting the 'Gene' person in an Aura Battle?"

Brendon who has been standing at the sideline next to the brunette for the past few minutes finally speaks up.

"To be honest with you I have no clue. We were having a relatively normal conversation, but things just escalated from there."

"Coming from you I don't believe that." Looking over to his left at the brunette who just spoke he responded.

"What do you mean 'Coming from you I don't believe that.'"

Throwing his hands up he continued. "I just asked him if he wanted to join our group to explore the city since he seemed new here. You guys know how during the tournament people around our age are always targeted."

"Speaking of which, how old are you?" Cutting him off while walking closer to the group to avoid people commuting, I stop when I'm a few feet away from Mari-Belle and her brother.

"Are you asking me?" she asks.

"Well since you are asking, everyone I guess." I say while putting my hands in my pockets.

Feeling my tail scratching the back of my head I move it away.

"I'm sixteen, Vince is 17, Brendon and Yui are 15." She pauses. "How about you?"

"That's actually a good question, how old am I now?" Feeling my tail scratching the back of my head again I look up a bit so it can get the sudden itch I feel on the top of my head.

"How do you not know how old you are?" Says Vince in a exasperated manner.

Looking over to him I just tell him, "Well when your mom just throws you in a forest and tells you to train with a whole bunch of beast you kind of lose track of time after awhile."

Thinking for a moment I try to figure out how long its been.

"Wait a second, have you guys heard of a Mountain just completely disappearing lately?"

"You mean Bigol Mountain? I wouldn't say it happened lately since it disappeared 4 years ago, but yeah we have. The Kai level beast that lived there has been looking for the person who apparantly destroyed its home." Answers Brendon.

Taking a step closer to the rest of us with Yui to form a deformed circle he continues.

"All the city lords in the area for the past four years have been looking for the culprit since its not the smartest move to antagonize a Kai level beast."

Feeling cold sweat on my back, I ask as nonchalantly as I can, "so like how would they find the culprit? And why haven't they already?"

This time answering is Mari-Belle.

"Well, apparantly the Kai beast is trying track the culprit through ki signature, but something has been interfering with its method. I doubt the culprit will be found at this point."

"Oh ok, makes sense."

'Shiiiiit'