The highest ranked enemy yet - Rosa

" Finally here..." Perros said triumphantly.

"Don't act like it was a never ending road." Esco said sharply.

"You know the trip only took a few hours..." He added.

"Esco, shut it..." Nazo said as he drove them towards the capital.

"Aye Naz." Esco grinned and went quiet.

"And Nazo, this is your homeland. You've never been to Tera?" Perros asked thoughtfully.

"I have, but you didn't ask." Nazo smirked, but still kept his eyes on the road.

"YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID SO YOURSELF!" The rest of them shouted.

And so, when Perros and his gang crossed the first house, they heard a gunshot coming from the town. Nazo looked at Perros, who instinctively nodded, spurring Delgado on. Off they hurried into town. Before they got there, several more shots echoed through the area.

"Hopefully there will be no fatalities..." Perros nervously mused.

The place where the sounds came from, was the main street leading to the temple. When Perros and his gang got there, there were a lot of dead townspeople lying on the ground. Perros immediately jumped down from the stagecoach and rushed to the last one still alive.

"Hey, hey, hey." Perros quickly knelt down beside him.

"What happened here? And don't you dare to die now." He added.

The person looked at him with slight annoyance.

"I'm not going to die, you twat..." The man said in annoyance.

"She just hit me in the arm." He added.

"Oh, so you're okay..." Perros laughed nervously.

"What happened then?" Perros asked once more.

The man quickly switched into tragic mode, started crying and rubbing his shot arm.

"S-She works for K-Koon..." The man sobbed.

"Rosa was here for an inspection and and---" The man was about to add more, but Perros jumped in.

"Rosa? That's her name?" Perros tore his gaze away from the hysterical fellow and looked at her fixedly.

Leaning over a barrel in the middle of the street, there she was. Rosa was small, almost like a child. Even though Perros and his gang had arrived, she hadn't said a word nor moved once.

"HEY!" Perros yelled at her, but she remained silent.

"Is she...." He added in confusion.

"Sleeping?" The rest of the gang finished his sentence.

With courage, Perros stood up and went towards her. As he got closer and closer he began to speed up. Nazo and the others followed him.

Perros stopped in front of her and looked at her closely.

"Hey!" Perros slapped her gently across the face a few times.

"I said h---" He was about to say, but a voice interrupted him.

"She's asleep, so quit it..." A voice came from somewhere around Rosa.

"Nazo, you don't have to tell me that..." Perros turned back to him.

"I didn't say anything." Nazo paused.

Perros looked around and inside the barrel, but found none of her male accomplices. He then proceeded to take her hand, nearly lifting her up.

"I still can't imagine how she did it..." Perros mused.

"We'll take her to jail." He said and looked at her.

"How about we don't." The voice resounded again, and Rosa wrenched herself from Perros' hand.

Just as quickly as she broke free of Perros' hand, she jumped onto the barrel. And a mischievous grin appeared on her face.

"They just keep on coming and coming..." Rosa mumbled to herself.

"You've got good reflexes for someone who was asleep until a moment." Perros said.

"But she still is..." She laughed devilishly.

"...What?" Perros asked in confusion.

"We have this kind of a... deal..." Rosa explained.

"When she falls asleep, I take over. As soon as she wakes up, I disappear." She added.

"So you're not... Rosa?" Perros asked again in confusion.

"Technically yes, but I call myself... Roza..." Roza grinned.

"So you have the same name." Perros said confidently.

"I'm Roza, not Rosa." Roza replied in an annoyed tone.

"Yeah, like I said. Same name." Perros stated.

"Shut it." Roza said irritably.

"What do you plan on doing now, huh?" She added and looked at Perros and his gang.

"Hand you over to an officer, what do you expect?" Perros said and stepped closer.

"Like you could." Rosa laughed and vanished into thin air.

Everyone became confused. They started looking around, but she was nowhere to find.

"Where is she?" Bruno asked.

"Not that it matters or---" He was about to add, but a voice came from the end of the street. Just before the temple stairs.

"Here, idiots." Rosa waved her hand slowly.

Suddenly, copies of her started coming from the side streets. Not even a moment later, there were at least five Rozas per person.

"Perros, follow her!" Nazo shouted and prepared to fight along with the others.

"Hey, I'm the captain. I give the orders!" Perros replied in a touched tone.

"And of course I will follow her." He added and smiled.

Perros had to hurry otherwise her clones would catch up with him.

"Esco go with him!" Nazo ordered.

"Give me one good reason why." Esco said and looked at Nazo, who was staring at him with a deadly stare.

"Fine..." He added, rushing after Perros.

"A-Are you sure we don't need help?" Bruno asked concerned.

"Don't worry, me and you will be just enough." Nazo said and took off his hood.

"I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you." The clones said and laughed wickedly.

"Prepare yourself, Bruno!" Nazo said as the clones rushed to them.

Finally, Perros and Esco made it to the top of the temple.

"You know... you could have gone alone and not ridden me..." Perros said exhaustedly.

"I'm a little out of breath..." He added.

"I could have... but I didn't." Esco said and stretched.

"Where to now?" Perros looked around as he noticed more stairs leading down along the wall into the temple.

Perros looked at Esco, who grinned slightly.

"No! Don't even think about it..." Perros said.

"Otherwise I'll kick you down the stairs." He added, looking down the stairs.

"Okay, let's go." Esco said and headed inside.

"But you go first, I don't want to be eaten by some old monk who haven't seen sun in decades." Esco added and looked at Perros.

"Sure, whatever." Perros paused for breath and went downstairs.

"And you got to work on your parables." He added and laughed.

And so Perros and Esco chased after the real Rosa. And Nazo with Bruno made sure they made it safely.