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"A twin? A twin…. A twin….. that's possible. I could be a twin. What is seriously going on? Am I really a twin? But how? I don't have a sibling. Right, of course I don't have a sibling if my parents gave him away when I was little. But how can the twin end up here? And why does this man call him son? Is this man taking care of him? Or something like that??? Argh! What the hell is going on! These freaking lenses got disconnected with the earpiece. Damn!!! Shoyo, are you there?" Rei's head is heating up with lots of questions. Poor Rei bangs on the walls trying to contact Shoyo.

Suddenly, the door opens again. "I told you I won't leave….. Rei turned around but… what he saw was hard to believe. "Who are you?" A young boy asked while coming inside. Both boys are standing in front of each other frozen. "What the! So I really am a twin??" Rei asked while stepping forward. "Who are you?! Don't come closer! I said don't!" The young boy shouted. "Hey, hey sorry! Didn't mean to scare you. But are you perhaps Yoshiro Ren?" "How do you know my name? And why do you look exactly like me?" "I know your name cuz that hairy man called me that name. He mistook me for you." "Well not just you but anyone could have cuz you look exactly like me idiot!" "Oh, who are you to call an idiot?! You just asked why I look like you?" "Well yes of course that's a logical question dumbass!" "Cuz we are brothers stupid!!" Rei shouted. The entire place went silent. Only the sound from outside the hut can be heard. Ren the young boy is staring at Rei. This silence lasted for about 10 seconds.

"Bro.. Brothers... you say..?" Ren stepped forward. "Yes. I didn't have plastic surgery. And if you didn't too.. then we could be brothers." "What is your name?" "My name is Yoshiro Rei. I was born in Kayate. Left my hometown a few years ago. I'm 18 years old. How about you?" Rei took another step. "I'm Yoshiro Ren. I was also born in Kayate but was raised in a place nearby to Hyogo city. My parents said that they left Kayate when I was about 5 months old. I'm also 18 years old." "Well then what are you doing here?" "My parents were killed. That hairy man you said is Gakuto Akihiro. After my parents died... he took care of me." "And that man is a skull. He takes care of you? Are you kidding?" "Well that man pitied me!" "Huh?" "The murderer of my parents is the Skull King. He killed my parents! And now I have to work for him too. I never knew I would end up here!" "So you kill people?" "Yes. I do!" "Can we talk? I need to know which one of us actually lived with the biological parents and tell you a whole nother story." Rei said and went towards the door. He looked at Ren's face and stepped outside of the hut. "That man... Gakuto Aki... something... "Akihiro." "Yeah him. Told me to not leave this place. Seems like you don't obey his words. So do I. So let's go before he comes back." Rei said and left. Ren who kept looking at Rei's face was surprised to see how the two personalities kind of match.

~Meanwhile Shoyo outside of Inaho Valley~

"What the heck?! Come on.... get connected already." Shoyo is trying hard to reconnect with the contact lenses. After trying a couple of times, Shoyo gave his computer a punch and threw it on the seat. "Damn it!" He got out of the car and went near the wall. He looked at the wall which is about 10 feet tall. "How the heck did Rei jump onto this wall?! It's freaking huge." Shoyo touched the wall. He went closer to it and kept his ear on it. Silent wind passes by giving a chill. Shoyo looked at his watch. It's almost 10.00 am. He is getting kind of hungry. He ate all the food that he brought while watching Ninja Rei's drama. "Okay Shoyo get to your senses. You are not a father and he is not your child. He is old enough to handle himself. He will be alright. Ok! Ooook! Let's go hungry." Shoyo, who clapped at his feet, quickly got in the car with hope of coming back as quickly as possible.

~At Inaho~

"This place good?" Ren asked Rei who was standing still without moving. He was looking at the front without moving his eyes. "I never knew Inaho had a beautiful place like this..." Rei said while jumping down from the rock he was standing from. "Yeah. This is the place I always come to chill out and whenever I feel like being alone. I feel at peace." Ren said while dragging Rei down to sit on the floor. They both sat on the floor and kept looking forward. It was a beautiful, little waterfall with various kinds of flowers all around it with butterflies and birds. Rei was surprised to see this. A place full of blood could never have a peace and quiet place like this.

"What do you want to talk about?" "About you. Who are you and what happened to your parents? How did you end up here and about your life before coming here." Rei said, looking straight into Ren's eyes. "Woah! This guy is quiet like me. He talks straight." Ren thought and looked down. "Ok here I go... My name is Yoshiro Ren and my mom is Eru Chitanda. But I don't know my father's name. My father was busy working so I only got to meet him about 2 days per week. When I was seven years old, the Skull King killed my parents. It was the time where the Skull King started taking upon Inaho. And yes. I wasn't living somewhere near Hyogo city but I was living right in this valley, which once was a peaceful place. My parents got killed by that fight. Killing along with Skull King was Gakuto Akihiro. It's a scene I don't like to explain or even talk about. Gakuto pitied me and saved me. He took me to a place far from the conflict. And he raised me... now I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. After seeing you and realizing that maybe my parents weren't the real parents makes me also forget about all those fun times I had with them.... Now .. How about you? I think you lived with our real parents. Cuz everytime I got out people would say I don't have the look of my parents. Tell me about your life, Rei."