Chapter 133 Elite Five Arrives (2/2)

Cole glared at him, ”Don't get too cocky. The other two teams are strong!”

Rylen pursed his lips and became serious, nodding.

Then in a split second, he turned to Kyle and asked, ”SO!! Now that we've won, when is Kay coming? On the day of the finals or ..?”

Kyle gave a lopsided grin as he took another chug of his water, his eyes twinkling, ”Oh, she's on the way here, actually. She went to greet some of our friends who are coming to watch the team competition finals tomorrow.”

Rxel and Rylen gave each other a high five, grinning widely.

Since Kyle was participating in two events, he would not be able to be around most of the time. Rxel and Rylen had already made plans on how to monopolize all of Kay's time. Theirs was the speed run, so it would be over quite fast. Unlike Kyle.

They eagerly rubbed their hands together.

Kyle watched their antics and hid another smile. He could guess what they were thinking and planning, so he was going to relish the next few moments.

When Kay came into sight, Rxel and Rylen happily rushed over to greet her.

”KAY! OUR ANGEL!!” they both shouted as they reached close, intending to give her a hug of welcome and pass it off as a congratulatory hug from her.

However, before they could even get within reach, they were suddenly blocked. Rxel had his head held in a firm grip, effectively making him come to a stop while Rylen has his path blocked by two stern looking guys who stood in front of Kay.

It was only then that they looked beyond Kay.

”Er ...” they stammered, wondering what happened.

Kay's voice then sounded gently from the wall of the three guys in front of her, ”Guys, relax. They're Kyle's teammates.”

Rxel pointed to his head, as he looked at the exotic olive-skinned guy that was glaring at him, he squeaked out, ”Can you let go now, please?”

The guy grunted and released his hold. Rxel rubbed his head. It was slightly sore.

Kay pushed theguys aside, shaking her head, ”Rxel and Rylen, meet Ali, Xing Han and Sam. Guys, meet Rxel and Rylen.”

Rxel and Rylen stood at attention as three pairs of eyes stared at them, from top to toe and Xing Han snorted a bit.

Kay smacked his shoulder, and said, ”Behave. Remember, they're Kyle's teammates.”

”Teammates or not, OUR Angel Kay is not for you guys,” Sam said, taking a step forward.

”If you want to tackle OUR Angel Kay, you have to get through us first,” Ali said.

”AFTER you get through Kyle,” Xing Han continued then added for good measure, ”ALSO!! She's OUR Angel, got it? OURS. Not yours. Don't go spouting nonsense and calling her your Angel. Cuz she's OUR Angel...”

Now it was Sam who smacked Xing Han at the back of his head, ”I believe they got it, Xing Han.”

Xing Han pouted, ”You can never be too careful.” He glared at the twins again and mouthed, while pointing to the three of them, 'OURS'.

”Urgh, you guys are hopeless,” Kay said while rolling her eyes, ”Come on, Rxel, Rylen. Just ignore them.”

She went over to them, intending to walk beside them as they head towards Kyle. The twins, however, took a step back, making sure there was a respectable distance between them and Kay. They could feel as if their backs had this big bullseye on it and they didn't want to provide any reason for an attack.

They looked at each other.

Getting through Guardian Kyle was bad enough. Now she had THREE stone walls as defence? They shook their heads dejectedly ... but only for a minute. After that, their grins became wider.

The best things are always hard to get, right?

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I am writing this here because it's too long for Author's Note. Not going to use up another chapter for it, so bear with me on this.

Anyway ... have a little bit of secret to tell you guys, my lovely readers.

Webnovel actually offered me a contract for this novel. Yup, that's right. Little 'ol me was shocked to to the core. WN felt this novel 'had potential' to be big and thus, wanted to pick it up and yadda yadda, blah blah and so forth. You know the drill.

So, yeah. Offer to go premium.

As you know, I started this novel to fulfill my lifelong dream of writing. It was darn hard and extremely scary to take that first step. You know the history from my first Author's Note.

What you didn't know was how hard it was to keep going. It was KIIID that was literally my lifeline and motivation for the first month. Without his/her comments which gave me so much encouragement, I wouldn't have reached this stage.

So, first of all, thank you, KIIID. I don't know if you ever realise how much your comments meant to me then - and still mean to me, now.

Also, during those first few months : Henrika / minime / Qiu that had voted and cghaith for the enthusiastic 'I love your novel' type comments - it kept me going. Thank you.

Now, there are so many of you who makes me smile each day and make me love writing out about Kyle and the others. To share them with you. To see how you fangirl with me over them. To curse the bad guys for them. All of your comments are precious to me.

Thank you, Nitocris and drako555 who always votes but never comments (that's why I used their usernames for the Underground. Felt it was so apt)

Thank you, Akira / Alex / Edward / Lucka / Yume / Zero for suddenly bursting out from hiding and doing it occasionally. It opened my eyes to the fact that there ARE people who really like the novel to the point of re-reading it. That seriously was mind-boggling. Finding out you were guys was also a shock and it made me so happy as well (cuz I didn't think it would EVER appeal to guys).

Thank you, Rxel / Rylen / moreCHAPlease / cloudgugu / taelovestata / *hidden : who have been commenting regularly the past few chapters. Reading your thoughts on the chapter really picked me up.

Thank you, random readers who drop and comment, especially those that tell me how much they like the novel or how they feel about it.

Thank you, silent readers who do nothing but just vote; which shows me your silent support and love for the novel.

So, basically ... thinking of that, I felt that Kyle & the Elite Five wasn't just my creation. They grew because of you guys. I wouldn't have reached this stage if it wasn't for all of your support, love, and encouragement. It was you guys who kept my passion up. With your comments, votes, reviews and most of all, and our interaction in the comments ... it all means SO much to me.

So, having this go premium and making you pay when you're family ... wasn't right.

Yes, I declined the offer.

There were other considerations as well, of course. However, the above was the main deciding factor. So, I hope I can continue the adventures of Kyle with a free heart and continue to be supported by all of you.

Yes, the offer was highly tempting, to be honest. They flung out very sweet sounding words and projections about $$. I'm not Kyle. I don't have millions in my account. ʱªʱªʱª (ᕑᗢूᓫ∗)

So until the end, which is likely until the end of the year or so ... or maybe longer? I don't know. What ever it is, this will remain free.

Phew. That was indeed long post ... but necessary. Seriously, I truly do love all of you guys here.

P/S So please continue to vote and comment. I can never get enough. I'm greedy that way. hehehe. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

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