Unexpected Turn of Events
Cye slowly came around to find he was in extreme pain. He finally was able to open his eyes and he looked around to find he was in his and Kento's room at Mia's. He went to sit up but the pain stopped him and he had to lay back. He was finally able to sit up and he got to his feet, unsteady at first and walked to the door. As he opened it, he could hear voices downstairs so he headed for the stairs.
"What's going on?" he asked coming down the stairs causing everyone to glance up.
"You should be resting," Mia said sliding over to make more room for him to sit.
"Couldn't get back to sleep," Cye explained.
"Back to what we were getting ready to talk about," Ryo said turning their attention back to Kiyoshi and Kana.
"My name is Benjiro Kiyoshi," he started. "I live in a small village called Osayama. I'm the elder there who protects the whole village."
"And my name is Kana Kurosawa," Kana said. "I bear the Armor of the Heavens. I am also from Osayama."
"My question is who is Vyramax?" Kento asked.
"Vyramax has lived in the Nether Realm for hundreds of years," Kiyoshi explained. "He hardly came into this world. The one time he did I succeeded in trapping him back in the Nether Realm. But somehow he's been released."
"When we were fighting him, he seemed more interested in capturing Sage than fighting me when Sage got knocked out," Cye said.
"Weird," Kiyoshi said. "Usually he doesn't go for just one person."
"Perhaps whoever is controlling him is after Sage for some reason," Kana said.
"Well I'll take my leave for the night," Kiyoshi said getting to his feet. "I'll return in the morning, Kana."
Kana walked him outside and he disappeared not far off the porch. She walked back into the living room and joined the others. They sat around talking for about an hour. Cye started feeling sleepy and decided to go back to bed.
He said night to everyone and climbed the stairs and into the bathroom. Meanwhile, Vyramax was outside waiting for his chance. He snapped to attention, as the light came on in the room above him and he saw Cye's form in the window.
One glance in the living room window showed that everyone else was still downstairs. He heard growling behind him and he turned to see White Blaze and Kentaro behind him. Quickly, he threw a small ball down on the ground and gas exploded from it. When it cleared, both of them were knocked out.
"Has anyone seen Kentaro?" Kana asked looking around for the panther.
"I think she went outside with White Blaze," Ryo said. "Come on. We'll go find them."
Vyramax saw Ryo and Kana heading for the door and shrank into the shadows to wait.
"Perfect," Kaiyo said as she watched from the Nether Realm. "Capture Wildfire while you're at it, Vyramax. I'll be able to try and get the Inferno armor as well. Do what you want with Kana."
"Yes my mistress," Vyramax said.
He waited and watched as Ryo and Kana got closer. As they came closer, he threw another small ball out in front of them and the gas enveloped them and soon they passed out.
"Demons," he said and four appeared. "Take Wildfire to the castle and chain him in the dungeon."
They picked Ryo up and disappeared. Vyramax easily scaled the side of the house and jumped onto the balcony. Cye whirled around at the noise, just in time to see a small ball fly into the room and burst open. Cye went for the door but passed out before he reached it and he hit the floor with a loud crash.
"What was that?" Mia asked when they heard the crash.
"That came from your room Kento," Rowen said and they hurried up the stairs.
Vyramax heard their footsteps and he summoned more demons to take Cye away, and then stayed to face off against the remaining Ronins.
"Where's Cye?" Kento demanded.
Vyramax just grinned. "They are our guests right now." And with that, he disappeared laughing.
"What did he mean 'they are our guests'?" Rowen wondered.
"Where's Ryo and Kana?" Mia asked as she came in behind them.
Outside, Kentaro was the first one to come around. She raised her head to find White Blaze right beside her. She got to her feet and looked around and saw Kana not far away, sprawled out on the grass. She nudged White Blaze to wake him and then went over to Kana and nudged her also.
"Wh-what happened?" she asked as she shook her head to wake up.
She looked up as the others rushing over to her. Rowen took her arm and helped her to her feet.
"Wasn't Ryo with you?" Sage asked.
She nodded. "I don't know what happened," she said. "We came out to find White Blaze and Kentaro and then nothing until Kentaro nudged me awake."
They retreated back in the house to figure out what they were going to do next. In the Nether Realm, Vyramax was watching as the demons chained Cye to the wall in the cell. Ryo was in the cell next door, also chained.
"Good job, Vyramax," Kaiyo said appearing beside him. "Summon me when Torrent wakes. I have plans for him."
"Yes, Kaiyo," Vyramax said as she walked away.