Disclaimer: Konichiwa! Ok straight to the point, I don't own anything that deals with the Ronin Warriors in any way or fashion. So don't try and go there, ha! lol The only character(s) that is/are mine is/are Kaye, Sian, and Lightning (a silver tiger with golden stripes and golden eyes that is a telepath, and can teleport, might put him in and might not, depends on how it goes, lol) This fic is a sequel to Delicious Torment, just a little fyi. Also I don't own the poem @ the beginning of this fic, the rightful one is Dylan Thomas. Email is cokeacola_75@hotmail.com
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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
(Poem by Dylan Thomas)
Dying of the Light
Ch 1
"This can't be happening!" Ryo thought in disbelief as he stared wide-eyed as the merging of the Dynasty and the mortal world has begun. As the merging was taking place, the ground was shaking violently; the winds were baying like a wolf at a full moon. The cement ceiling started to fall down all around them. The whirlpools at the bottom were starting to crash violently against each other. The land bridge that was there one minute, and then in a blink of an eye it was gone.
"Ryo, come on, we have to get out of here," Sage yelled as he was trying to get Ryo out of his current state of shock. "Ryo!"
"It's no good, he's not responding! It's like he went all catatonic!" Rowen yelled back from the high winds.
"Cata what?" Kento yelled in confusion.
"Catatonic. Never mind, I'll explain later, but first we have to get out of here!" Rowen yelled back.
"Ryo, damn it, snap out of it already," Kaye yelled as she struck the back of his head. Ryo turned his head and started at her, she could see in his eyes that they showed such emotional guilt that it was like his heart was being torn in half. Kaye staggered back a bit, and then looked at him with a slight frown. "Ryo?"
"Ryo, look out!" Cye yelled as he dove for him, clearing him away from the huge boulder that was coming straight at his head.
"Uncle Cye? Uncle Cye," Sian yelled out as he noticed that Cye's leg was pinned underneath.
"Hey, I need some help here!"
Kento and Rowen quickly ran over to the other side, and helped Sian push the boulder off of Cye's leg. Cye winced as Kento picked him up and started to carry him. Ryo finally, snapped out of his catatonic state and started to follow the others. Just as they barely made it out from underground, it finally collapsed. "Kento, put Cye down here," Sage said as he was getting ready to heal him. "Take it easy, Cye, you'll be up and around in no time."
"Ryo! Hey, I'm talking to you," Kento said angrily as he glared at him. "Don't you ignore me!"
"Kento, don't." Cye said as he stood up with some help from Sage.
"But he..." Kento replied as he looked over towards him.
"It's my fault, it's all my fault." Ryo whispered as he hung his head. Suddenly, an extreme cold gust of wind came out of nowhere, and the spirits started to blanket the sky, making the day turn to night.
"What the heck is going on?" Sian yelled as he knelt down on one knee and held his head in pain with his hands.
"The armors, they're disappearing!" Sage yelled back as he and the others were also now in the same position as Sian.
"How can that be possible?" Sian asked as he tried to yell above the baying winds.
"It's the nether spirits, they can somehow block us from getting full access to our armors."
Rowen yelled back.
"Isn't there any way to stop it?" Sian yelled as the pain started to intensify.
"If we had the Ancient's staff, then we would have a chance. But since we don't, then there's no way that we can stop them!" Cye yelled back.
Just then a group of nether spirits dive-bombed the Ronins, Kaye and Sian, covering them up completely. And then a bright light shrouded them, each of them screaming in pain, and then...silence. The nether spirits knowing that their job was done, dispersed, leaving them lying on the ground motionless with nothing but their sub armors. Slowly one by one, they've started to regain consciousness. "Is everyone ok?" Rowen asked as he saw that they were having just as a hard time standing up as he was.
"I guess that it all depends." Kaye replied as she propped herself up against a fallen boulder.
"Depends on what?" Sage asked as he looked over towards her.
"Depends on what your definition of ok, is." Kaye replied with a small smirk.
"Hey, do you guys here that?" Cye asked as he began to look around.
"Hear what, uncle Cye? I don't hear anything." Sian asked back in confusion.
"That's my point. No cars, no animals, no..." Cye started to say.
"No...people." Kento replied as he finished what Cye was saying.
"You mean that we're the only ones around? Then, where did everyone go, dad?" Sian asked as he walked over to him.
"I think that I know, and I doubt that you're going to like my answer." Sage replied as he
spotted the different Dynasty towers that were imbedded all over the streets of Toyama.
"You mean to tell me that everyone is..?" Sian asked as he looked at the towers in shock.
"Yea, it looks like the nether spirits drew all of the people inside of those towers. And as far as I can tell, that's how Talpa is keeping the merge open between the Dynasty and our world."
Rowen replied as he nodded his head.
"What the," Ryo said as he saw that the towers started to react to their presence. "Everyone, get away from the towers!" The other Ronins, Kaye and Sian all looked at Ryo in confusion. Why would he want them to get away from the towers? He wouldn't warn them unless he felt that something was seriously wrong. Just then a subtle crackling sound started to rise from the bottom of the towers, the sound became louder the higher it got to the top. As the sound finally hit the top, ribbons of dark energy shot out towards them and they began to solidify as they got closer and closer.
"Jump!" Sage shouted, as the ribbons of dark energy were about to ensnare them.
"What's going on? I can't tell if these things are trying to catch us, or if they're trying to
keep us away." Kaye asked as she dodged out of the way.
"Keep us away? From what?" Cye asked back as he jumped back.
"Not sure, but I do know that this isn't the time or the place to discuss it." Rowen replied as he ducked.
"What are you saying, Rowen, that we run? I've never ran from a fight, and I'm not about to now!" Kento said as he did a tuck and roll.
"Kento, we don't have a choice here, we have to retreat. Besides, we don't have our full armors.
We need to fall back so we can figure out our next move." Ryo replied as he glanced over at him.
"Fine." Kento replied in annoyance. Kento knew that Ryo was right in what he said, but he still believed that they should stay and fight.
"Over here!" Sian yelled as he found an escape route. The others took off to where Sian was waving for them, that were all but Kento, he still stayed there, fighting.
"Wait! Where's Kento?" Kaye exclaimed as she noticed that he wasn't with them.
"I don't believe it, he's still back there." Sage replied as he saw a glimpse of Kento's sub
armor.
"NO! Kento!" Kaye exclaimed, as she started to go back for him.
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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
(Poem by Dylan Thomas)
Dying of the Light
Ch 1
"This can't be happening!" Ryo thought in disbelief as he stared wide-eyed as the merging of the Dynasty and the mortal world has begun. As the merging was taking place, the ground was shaking violently; the winds were baying like a wolf at a full moon. The cement ceiling started to fall down all around them. The whirlpools at the bottom were starting to crash violently against each other. The land bridge that was there one minute, and then in a blink of an eye it was gone.
"Ryo, come on, we have to get out of here," Sage yelled as he was trying to get Ryo out of his current state of shock. "Ryo!"
"It's no good, he's not responding! It's like he went all catatonic!" Rowen yelled back from the high winds.
"Cata what?" Kento yelled in confusion.
"Catatonic. Never mind, I'll explain later, but first we have to get out of here!" Rowen yelled back.
"Ryo, damn it, snap out of it already," Kaye yelled as she struck the back of his head. Ryo turned his head and started at her, she could see in his eyes that they showed such emotional guilt that it was like his heart was being torn in half. Kaye staggered back a bit, and then looked at him with a slight frown. "Ryo?"
"Ryo, look out!" Cye yelled as he dove for him, clearing him away from the huge boulder that was coming straight at his head.
"Uncle Cye? Uncle Cye," Sian yelled out as he noticed that Cye's leg was pinned underneath.
"Hey, I need some help here!"
Kento and Rowen quickly ran over to the other side, and helped Sian push the boulder off of Cye's leg. Cye winced as Kento picked him up and started to carry him. Ryo finally, snapped out of his catatonic state and started to follow the others. Just as they barely made it out from underground, it finally collapsed. "Kento, put Cye down here," Sage said as he was getting ready to heal him. "Take it easy, Cye, you'll be up and around in no time."
"Ryo! Hey, I'm talking to you," Kento said angrily as he glared at him. "Don't you ignore me!"
"Kento, don't." Cye said as he stood up with some help from Sage.
"But he..." Kento replied as he looked over towards him.
"It's my fault, it's all my fault." Ryo whispered as he hung his head. Suddenly, an extreme cold gust of wind came out of nowhere, and the spirits started to blanket the sky, making the day turn to night.
"What the heck is going on?" Sian yelled as he knelt down on one knee and held his head in pain with his hands.
"The armors, they're disappearing!" Sage yelled back as he and the others were also now in the same position as Sian.
"How can that be possible?" Sian asked as he tried to yell above the baying winds.
"It's the nether spirits, they can somehow block us from getting full access to our armors."
Rowen yelled back.
"Isn't there any way to stop it?" Sian yelled as the pain started to intensify.
"If we had the Ancient's staff, then we would have a chance. But since we don't, then there's no way that we can stop them!" Cye yelled back.
Just then a group of nether spirits dive-bombed the Ronins, Kaye and Sian, covering them up completely. And then a bright light shrouded them, each of them screaming in pain, and then...silence. The nether spirits knowing that their job was done, dispersed, leaving them lying on the ground motionless with nothing but their sub armors. Slowly one by one, they've started to regain consciousness. "Is everyone ok?" Rowen asked as he saw that they were having just as a hard time standing up as he was.
"I guess that it all depends." Kaye replied as she propped herself up against a fallen boulder.
"Depends on what?" Sage asked as he looked over towards her.
"Depends on what your definition of ok, is." Kaye replied with a small smirk.
"Hey, do you guys here that?" Cye asked as he began to look around.
"Hear what, uncle Cye? I don't hear anything." Sian asked back in confusion.
"That's my point. No cars, no animals, no..." Cye started to say.
"No...people." Kento replied as he finished what Cye was saying.
"You mean that we're the only ones around? Then, where did everyone go, dad?" Sian asked as he walked over to him.
"I think that I know, and I doubt that you're going to like my answer." Sage replied as he
spotted the different Dynasty towers that were imbedded all over the streets of Toyama.
"You mean to tell me that everyone is..?" Sian asked as he looked at the towers in shock.
"Yea, it looks like the nether spirits drew all of the people inside of those towers. And as far as I can tell, that's how Talpa is keeping the merge open between the Dynasty and our world."
Rowen replied as he nodded his head.
"What the," Ryo said as he saw that the towers started to react to their presence. "Everyone, get away from the towers!" The other Ronins, Kaye and Sian all looked at Ryo in confusion. Why would he want them to get away from the towers? He wouldn't warn them unless he felt that something was seriously wrong. Just then a subtle crackling sound started to rise from the bottom of the towers, the sound became louder the higher it got to the top. As the sound finally hit the top, ribbons of dark energy shot out towards them and they began to solidify as they got closer and closer.
"Jump!" Sage shouted, as the ribbons of dark energy were about to ensnare them.
"What's going on? I can't tell if these things are trying to catch us, or if they're trying to
keep us away." Kaye asked as she dodged out of the way.
"Keep us away? From what?" Cye asked back as he jumped back.
"Not sure, but I do know that this isn't the time or the place to discuss it." Rowen replied as he ducked.
"What are you saying, Rowen, that we run? I've never ran from a fight, and I'm not about to now!" Kento said as he did a tuck and roll.
"Kento, we don't have a choice here, we have to retreat. Besides, we don't have our full armors.
We need to fall back so we can figure out our next move." Ryo replied as he glanced over at him.
"Fine." Kento replied in annoyance. Kento knew that Ryo was right in what he said, but he still believed that they should stay and fight.
"Over here!" Sian yelled as he found an escape route. The others took off to where Sian was waving for them, that were all but Kento, he still stayed there, fighting.
"Wait! Where's Kento?" Kaye exclaimed as she noticed that he wasn't with them.
"I don't believe it, he's still back there." Sage replied as he saw a glimpse of Kento's sub
armor.
"NO! Kento!" Kaye exclaimed, as she started to go back for him.