"Well, well, Mr. Kane. Why are you worried about this little girl? What is she to you? Why should you care what happens to her, WHEN YOU LEFT HER MOTHER FOR DEAD!!!" He yelled as he pulled a gun on Kane and fired. Kane fell to the ground with a bullet wound to the chest. "KANE!" Kat yelled as she dropped to the ground trying to stop the bleeding. Kane looked at her and grabbed her hand. "Kat, run, get out of here before he gets you too," he said as his hand went limp and fell to the ground. "Kane, don’t you die on me. You promised to help me remember? Please, get up," Kat said crying with no response. "No, please." She placed her fingers on his neck, looking for a pulse but couldn’t find one. She stood up and looked at Domenic with a dark glare. "Oh? You’re going to transform?" Domenic asked as he watched Kat start to change. Her ears started to grow larger, tail began to thicken with fur. "You’re going to pay for what you’ve done to him," she threatened Domenic in a demonic voice as she lunged towards him with her claws ready to kill.

Domenic dodged the first swing as she attacked. "So, this is a Makyos’ true form? You seem to be lacking in the power department, little lady. You’ve gotta do better than that." Kat became angrier, kicked his feet out from under him, and jumped on top of him. "I hope you suffer as you die at my hands," she growled as she dug her claws into his neck. "DIE!" There was a loud pop from behind her, causing her to let go of Domenic and jump away. Kat looked around but saw nothing. "Ha ha ha," a metallic voice came from Domenic. "You think I’d be that stupid to leave myself in the open? THINK AGAIN!" he yelled as he blew up and sent Kat flying into the tree. Kat stood up coughing up a bit of blood. "Son of a…" there was another pop in the distance. Kat jumped to the side as a bullet hit the tree. "I got you now," she growled as she ran in the direction the bullet came from.

There was a noise that sounded like cracking and movement in Kane’s shirt. There was a small pop and a golden glow that came out of his shirt pocket and rested itself on the bullet wound in Kane’s chest and began to glow brighter. A moment went by, and Kane took a deep breath and coughed. "What happened?" he asked himself as he sat up grabbing his chest. "I was shot, I died, didn’t I?" He stood up looking at his chest seeing nothing but a small scar where he was shot. "How?" There was a loud bang heard in the distance as a barn was destroyed. "What the hell is going on?" He stood up hearing more popping noises in the distance. "Kat!" He ran inside the house and grabbed his sword. "I’m coming," he said as he ran towards the noise. He got halfway there and heard a loud crash then nothing. "That can’t be good," Kane said as he ran faster. He arrived at the scene of all the noise only to see what he had feared. Domenic was holding Kat in the air by her hair; her body was limp and lifeless, her ear was in tatters and tail was cut. Domenic moved her to the side to look at Kane. "Oh Kane, you’re still alive? How very, unfortunate," he said as he tossed Kat to the ground by Kane’s feet. "A shame really, I was beginning to have fun."

Kane knelt down beside her. "I thought you were dead," she managed to say as her eyes began to tear up. "I’m sorry I didn’t get here sooner," Kane picked her up and set her onto a pile of hay. "You did great," he said as he put his hand on her head. "Get some rest, I’ll take care of Domenic." She smiled as her eyes closed, and her head fell to the side. Kane stood up and walked back to the open area. "You won’t get away with this, Domenic," he said as he pointed his sword. "Today, you die!"

Domenic pulled out a pistol and loaded a magazine. "I sure hope you make this fun. I didn’t even break a sweat against that feline!" He pointed the gun at Kane. "Are you ready to die again, boy?" Kane jumped towards Domenic with a downward swing. "Not this time, Domenic," Kane yelled as the sword hit the steel of the gun. "Oh so feisty, what drives you to fight? Is it your beloved Rose?" He brushed Kane’s sword to the side and pointed a second pistol at Kane’s face. "Or is it that dead cat over there?" Kane jumped backward as Domenic pulled the trigger, the bullet grazing his cheek. "Oh, you're fast, but how fast are you?" Kane pointed his sword at Domenic. "Do your worst, I will cut you down no matter what you do." Domenic laughed, loaded ammunition into his weapons, and pointed his pistols at Kane. "I hope you’re ready," he said as he fired three shots from each gun. Kane jumped to the left, narrowly dodging the shots. "You’re going to need to aim a little better if you’re going to hit..." Kane was interrupted as he was shot in his leg, arm, and shoulder from behind. Kane fell to the ground. "What the..." Domenic started to laugh. "Did you really think that I couldn’t hit you just because you’re fast? Think again!" He stated as he pointed his guns at Kane again. "Any last words before you die?"

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Kane stumbled to his feet and smirked. "Yeah," he said as he shrugged off the pain. "Try that again." He took one step forward and vanished. Domenic became surprised and took a defensive stance. "Very impressive boy," He said scanning the area for movement and sound. "Where are you?" Domenic started moving forward still on the defensive until he heard something and stopped. "Think you can hide from me forever?" There was a distant voice that echoed. "I’m not hiding." Domenic followed where the voice was until he was over a large hole in the ground, he looked down pointing his guns into the hole and laughed. "No, indeed you’re not." Kane was hanging onto his sword that he stabbed into the hole a couple of feet down. "Now do you have any last words before I kill you, boy?" Domenic took aim declaring victory. Kane looked up and smiled. "Don’t count me out yet, look behind you." Domenic still aiming at Kane. "You think I’m falling for that old trick? Think again." He pulled the trigger and narrowly missed Kane. "WHAT!!!" He looked at his arm only to see it was impaled by three claws. "Miss me?" a female voice asked. Domenic looked back. "You! You’re supposed to be dead." He yelled as he grabbed his arm. "Hasn’t anyone told you? Cats have nine lives!" She told him as she lifted him up and threw him into the barn. Kat knelt down and pulled Kane out of the hole. "I thought you were dead. What happened?" Kane asked surprised. Kat looked at him. "I could ask you the same thing," She said as she started to cry. "He shot you in the heart. I saw you die." She began to cry more and change to her normal childlike form. "I didn’t know what to do." She jumped at Kane wrapping her arms around him. "Are you really alive?" she asked. He pulled her away in front of him. "I am alive, and I don’t plan on dying anytime soon."

The sound of a gunshot ripped through the air. "Isn't that sweet? A cat falling in love with her pet, too bad it's not going to last long," Domenic stated as he pointed a rifle at the two of them. "Birds of a feather, die together!" Kane pushed Kat to the side as Domenic pulled the trigger, narrowly missing the two of them. "Kat, get out of here! I can handle him," Kane yelled as he brought his sword to the ready. "But you're hurt, you're going to need my help," she yelled back as she brought out her claws. Kane ran towards Domenic. "GET OUT OF HERE!" he commanded. Kat stood starting to cry again. "But," she yelled as she began to run into the fight. Kane slashed and missed Domenic as he jumped out of the way. "No buts!" he said as he got his footing to jump and attack again. "Just go, You can help me by going back to the house and waiting for me there. Please Kat, that's all I am asking. I promise I will come get you when I am finished with him, and when I am done, we will go see Vox together." Kat started running towards the house. "You promised me. Remember that." She said crying as she ran towards the house. Kane brought the sword to the ready again and looked at Domenic. "Now, where were we?" he asked as he got ready to attack. Domenic pulled out his pistols. "Are you ready for round two, boy?"