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Never Again
Chapter 1
~~Present~~
As the sun sets in the horizon, the reddish tint gave the impression like it was setting the sky ablaze. The reds, and yellows, intertwined with each other, as the fire in the sky seemed to be dancing as one. The sudden wind, swirled the multicolored leaves around the monk that was standing on the cliff that was overlooking the modern city. His gaze followed the gliding leaves fly over the cliff and into the city where the people could witness the beauty of the changing season. His gaze started to lose focus as his memories of another time, another place came flooding back to him. His mind blocking out sights, sounds, everything that dealt with what was around him, as he suddenly found himself surrounded in his memories that he's been trying to forget, but he knows that his memories are nothing but ghosts of his past that will haunt him for eternity.
~~Flashback~~
"I have vowed to stop any evil from trying to conquer this world!" the monk warned as he held his staff.
"You may try monk, but you'll fail, and I'll see to that myself!" Talpa replied as he drew his sword, and got ready to fight.
The two fought with such fierceness that each time that they clashed, the sounds of the metals sounded like thunder, and shook the ground with such force that they caused mountains to shake. As the battle kept on dragging on, neither one of them were giving any indication of giving up. Then in one fraction of a second, the monk saw his chance and took it. He jumped and twisted into the air, landing behind Talpa, and then swiped up and diagonally, making a giant, ragged slash race across his back. Talpa yelled in pain as he fell to the ground in defeat. The monk then slammed his staff into five different places onto Talpa's body. The demon mist evaporated from the armor, but it didn't go far, it unaware to the monk, the mist slowly began to flow into his body.
"Ga su Jinsu Reke hongan zo; Jin ze nu Reke Jin so za; Gi ze nu Reke Gi so ze; Rei ze nu Regur Rei so za; Chi ze nu Reke Chi so ze; Shin ze nu Reke Shin so za; Dara zen Dum!" the monk chanted as the one armor split itself into it's separate parts and scattered across the land.
"Never again, will this armor be used for evil desires. Never again, will the evil demon known as Talpa to ever come back to this realm ever again. Never again, will this world witness the destruction and despair of this time, or this place." the monk vowed under his breath. But just as soon as he got done, he fell to his knees, dropping his staff, gasping for air as he held his side. He could tell that something was terribly wrong. He thought that he vanquished the demon, he found out that he was wrong.
~~Present~~
The monk was suddenly brought back quickly to reality as he felt a sudden pain in his chest. His hands grasped onto the Jewel of Life, it started to glow and then the pain started to decrease. "It's getting harder and harder to keep his presence under control. I have to find a way to vanquish this demon or he'll be free to destroy everything in his path." the monk thought as he looked down at the jewel.
"Ancient One, there you are." Mia said as she finally found him.
The monk turned around and faced her. "Mia, what are you doing out here?"
"Looking for you," Mia replied, "Ancient, what's wrong?" Mia looked at the monk with concern. The monk saw this and figured that it would be a better idea not to have her worry.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired that's all." the monk replied with a wave of his hand. "Come, I'm sure that the others are waiting for us."
Mia watched the monk walk past her, she frowned as she didn't exactly believe his reason. With a shake of her head, she decided to let it go for now, and follow him back to camp. "Ancient, why did you want us to meet you all the way out here?" Ryo asked as he and the others looked towards him with a confused frown.
"It's the only place where there be less people to see what I'm about to show you that won't cause a city wide panic." the monk replied, "I suggest that you call upon your armor…just in case…that something might…"
"Ancient?" Cye started to ask with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Just do as I request, you'll all understand soon enough." the monk interrupted. The guys looked at each other in confusion but then nodded and armored up anyway.
As soon as they were armored up, the monk's right eye began to glow white as his left eye began to glow red. "What the..?" Kento asked as he took a step back as the monk's body began to glow the same as his eyes, right side white, and left side red. Then in a sudden rush of power the left side of the monk started to take on a form, a form that they thought was long defeated. The guys and Mia couldn't believe what they were seeing, their eyes went wide in surprise. They were to say more than just a little conflicted, should they attack or should they stand down?
"Ancient?" Mia asked in confusion. "What's happening to you?"
"Ancient? You insult me by calling me that blasted monk's name!" Talpa replied angrily.
"Talpa, and the Ancient…are one? How is that possible?" Sage asked in disbelief. "It can't be!"
"I'm sorry but it's true. It happened a long time ago, when we first did battle." the monk replied as he started to tell the story.
"Can he..?" Mia started to ask.
"No child, Talpa can not harm any of you as long as I have control, but I'm afraid that my control over him is starting to weaken." the monk replied.
"And when his control is gone, I'll be free once again to rule this world!" Talpa said with a laugh.
"Man, this is too weird, even for me." Kento thought with a slight frown. Suddenly, the monk dropped to one knee as his hand went to his chest.
"Ancient!" Rowen called out as they were started to approach him.
"Stay back!" the monk replied quickly, as he grabbed onto the Jewel of Life with his other hand as it was glowing, making him revert back to normal.
"What's going on? Why didn't you tell us that Talpa was inside of your body?!" Ryo asked angrily. The monk started to slowly stand back up again. He kept his head lowered, so they couldn't see the shame in his eyes.
"It's like what I told you, it happened a long time ago when we first battled. The battle was long and grueling, then towards the end of it, I separated his armor into the nine armors, but in the process, I didn't realize that Talpa's spirit was making its way into my body until it was too late. So from that day forth, I've made a vow to never again to let Talpa be free and spread his evil. But as you have just seen, my hold over him is weakening, and soon Talpa will be free of me." the monk explained as he turned his back on them and started to walk away.
"Ryo, what are we going to do?" Rowen asked as he looked to him.
"I don't know, Rowen." Ryo replied as he looked towards the monk in concern.
"Ancient, wait!" Cye called out to him. He stopped walking but he didn't turn around. "Where are you going?"
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Never Again
Chapter 1
~~Present~~
As the sun sets in the horizon, the reddish tint gave the impression like it was setting the sky ablaze. The reds, and yellows, intertwined with each other, as the fire in the sky seemed to be dancing as one. The sudden wind, swirled the multicolored leaves around the monk that was standing on the cliff that was overlooking the modern city. His gaze followed the gliding leaves fly over the cliff and into the city where the people could witness the beauty of the changing season. His gaze started to lose focus as his memories of another time, another place came flooding back to him. His mind blocking out sights, sounds, everything that dealt with what was around him, as he suddenly found himself surrounded in his memories that he's been trying to forget, but he knows that his memories are nothing but ghosts of his past that will haunt him for eternity.
~~Flashback~~
"I have vowed to stop any evil from trying to conquer this world!" the monk warned as he held his staff.
"You may try monk, but you'll fail, and I'll see to that myself!" Talpa replied as he drew his sword, and got ready to fight.
The two fought with such fierceness that each time that they clashed, the sounds of the metals sounded like thunder, and shook the ground with such force that they caused mountains to shake. As the battle kept on dragging on, neither one of them were giving any indication of giving up. Then in one fraction of a second, the monk saw his chance and took it. He jumped and twisted into the air, landing behind Talpa, and then swiped up and diagonally, making a giant, ragged slash race across his back. Talpa yelled in pain as he fell to the ground in defeat. The monk then slammed his staff into five different places onto Talpa's body. The demon mist evaporated from the armor, but it didn't go far, it unaware to the monk, the mist slowly began to flow into his body.
"Ga su Jinsu Reke hongan zo; Jin ze nu Reke Jin so za; Gi ze nu Reke Gi so ze; Rei ze nu Regur Rei so za; Chi ze nu Reke Chi so ze; Shin ze nu Reke Shin so za; Dara zen Dum!" the monk chanted as the one armor split itself into it's separate parts and scattered across the land.
"Never again, will this armor be used for evil desires. Never again, will the evil demon known as Talpa to ever come back to this realm ever again. Never again, will this world witness the destruction and despair of this time, or this place." the monk vowed under his breath. But just as soon as he got done, he fell to his knees, dropping his staff, gasping for air as he held his side. He could tell that something was terribly wrong. He thought that he vanquished the demon, he found out that he was wrong.
~~Present~~
The monk was suddenly brought back quickly to reality as he felt a sudden pain in his chest. His hands grasped onto the Jewel of Life, it started to glow and then the pain started to decrease. "It's getting harder and harder to keep his presence under control. I have to find a way to vanquish this demon or he'll be free to destroy everything in his path." the monk thought as he looked down at the jewel.
"Ancient One, there you are." Mia said as she finally found him.
The monk turned around and faced her. "Mia, what are you doing out here?"
"Looking for you," Mia replied, "Ancient, what's wrong?" Mia looked at the monk with concern. The monk saw this and figured that it would be a better idea not to have her worry.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired that's all." the monk replied with a wave of his hand. "Come, I'm sure that the others are waiting for us."
Mia watched the monk walk past her, she frowned as she didn't exactly believe his reason. With a shake of her head, she decided to let it go for now, and follow him back to camp. "Ancient, why did you want us to meet you all the way out here?" Ryo asked as he and the others looked towards him with a confused frown.
"It's the only place where there be less people to see what I'm about to show you that won't cause a city wide panic." the monk replied, "I suggest that you call upon your armor…just in case…that something might…"
"Ancient?" Cye started to ask with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Just do as I request, you'll all understand soon enough." the monk interrupted. The guys looked at each other in confusion but then nodded and armored up anyway.
As soon as they were armored up, the monk's right eye began to glow white as his left eye began to glow red. "What the..?" Kento asked as he took a step back as the monk's body began to glow the same as his eyes, right side white, and left side red. Then in a sudden rush of power the left side of the monk started to take on a form, a form that they thought was long defeated. The guys and Mia couldn't believe what they were seeing, their eyes went wide in surprise. They were to say more than just a little conflicted, should they attack or should they stand down?
"Ancient?" Mia asked in confusion. "What's happening to you?"
"Ancient? You insult me by calling me that blasted monk's name!" Talpa replied angrily.
"Talpa, and the Ancient…are one? How is that possible?" Sage asked in disbelief. "It can't be!"
"I'm sorry but it's true. It happened a long time ago, when we first did battle." the monk replied as he started to tell the story.
"Can he..?" Mia started to ask.
"No child, Talpa can not harm any of you as long as I have control, but I'm afraid that my control over him is starting to weaken." the monk replied.
"And when his control is gone, I'll be free once again to rule this world!" Talpa said with a laugh.
"Man, this is too weird, even for me." Kento thought with a slight frown. Suddenly, the monk dropped to one knee as his hand went to his chest.
"Ancient!" Rowen called out as they were started to approach him.
"Stay back!" the monk replied quickly, as he grabbed onto the Jewel of Life with his other hand as it was glowing, making him revert back to normal.
"What's going on? Why didn't you tell us that Talpa was inside of your body?!" Ryo asked angrily. The monk started to slowly stand back up again. He kept his head lowered, so they couldn't see the shame in his eyes.
"It's like what I told you, it happened a long time ago when we first battled. The battle was long and grueling, then towards the end of it, I separated his armor into the nine armors, but in the process, I didn't realize that Talpa's spirit was making its way into my body until it was too late. So from that day forth, I've made a vow to never again to let Talpa be free and spread his evil. But as you have just seen, my hold over him is weakening, and soon Talpa will be free of me." the monk explained as he turned his back on them and started to walk away.
"Ryo, what are we going to do?" Rowen asked as he looked to him.
"I don't know, Rowen." Ryo replied as he looked towards the monk in concern.
"Ancient, wait!" Cye called out to him. He stopped walking but he didn't turn around. "Where are you going?"