Chapter 4

Attack on Ryuu-Chi Temple

Six days have past since Spyro had begun to teach Kuro. Waizu was at the Ryuu-Chi Temple. Him and Ranpu were on top of the tower. The tower was located in an area known to few, it stood on the clouds of the heavens.

Waizu looked over to Ranpu and said, "I must depart. I will be at my home at Olympus, Spyro already knows to meet me there. Goodbye my friend."

"Yes sir, goodbye," said Ranpu. Waizu took flight towards Olympus. Not too far away stood Panthera watching Waizu as he flew away.

"So that's the all-powerful Spirit Ryuu, huh?" he said to himself. Panthera disappeared.

Meanwhile, back in the Dragon Realms, Spyro was ready to take his leave. With him were his closest friends; Sparx, Hunter, Bianca, Suki, Ember, and Kuro.

"I'm not sure when I'll be back everyone... but I feel as if it doesn't matter because I left the Dragon Kingdom in good hands," said Spyro. Kuro grinned. "Goodbye everyone!" Everyone said their goodbyes back, and Spyro was on his way to Olympus.

In the Outlands, Kirai and Yami were waiting for Panthera to return. In the blink of an eye a poof of black smoke appeared with Panthera in it. He nodded at Yami who then declared, "It is time!" The three of them disappeared.
At Olympus, Waizu had been waiting for a few hours, but Spyro had finally arrived. Mount Waizu was a beautiful location. There was a beautiful green grass across a plain with forests, a lake, and a river stream. And in the middle of it all was a small castle.

Waizu stepped out of his castle to greet his pupil, "King Spyro, it is in honor to have you in my homeland."

"I may be King, but you are the Master Ryuu-Chi Wizard. If anything I should be my honor to be here!" said Spyro.

Waizu chuckled a little bit, but then he regained his composure, made a straight face and with no hesitation he said, "That's enough of that. It's time to get down to business!"

Spyro flinched a little bit and said, "What?!"

"The Shadow Star is coming to the Forgotten Realms in a matter of weeks, possibly days, I'm not sure," said Waizu, "And if the approaching darkness manages to receive it's great power, than no matter your strength all of the Realms will fall!"

Spyro was speechless for a second but then he spat out, "What the hell is the Shadow Star?!"

"The Shadow Star is basically a large orb of Dark Ryuu-Chi... a thousand years ago a portion of it landed in the Forgotten Realms. That darkness was absorbed by a Ryuu... and that Ryuu was given extraordinary power, nearly equal to that of mine. I barely killed him!" said Waizu.

"So there is going to be another Shadow Ryuu?" asked Spyro.

"Yes, and I don't know how," said Waizu. "Only a Ryuu of pure hatred can harness Dark Ryuu-Chi. That dark power is not something you're born with."

"It can't be Kuro!" said Spyro.

"It's not. And since you, me, and Kuro are the last living ones I honestly don't understand!" said Waizu. "The prophecies never lie!"

"I don't care Waizu. I'm going to kill the Shadow Ryuu, destroy the Shadow Star, or die trying!" declared Spyro with a look of brave confidence.

Waizu smiled as well and said, "Good, that's what I want to hear. Your training begins now!" yelled Waizu. "First, let us spar!" Waizu breathed out a blue flame, equaled out by Spyro's red flame. The training had finally begun!

Back at the Ryuu-Chi Temple, Yami and Panthera were flying on Kirai's back. Inside of the temple, everything was normal and peaceful. But that changed as soon as Kirai created a giant ball of fire that created an explosion. There was a big hole in the tower that the three villains entered through. The Ryuu-Chi Wizards and Warriors were on full alert now and began to fight back.

Panthera fought against the Ryuu-Chi Warriors, including Jill. There were 15 Ryuu-Chi Warriors all against Panthera. Panthera pulled out his bow and arrows, and put five arrows onto his bow. He shot out the five arrows and killed five warriors. Nine remained.

There were seven of the ten Ryuu-Chi Wizards present, including Jack. Jack summoned a small amount of energy that she shot at Kirai. Kirai was hurt by it, and she tail-whipped the young rabbit into the wall, knocking him out. Kirai turned around and shot out a big flame of fire, killing two of the Ryuu-Chi Wizards.

Yami was walking up the stairs, toward the top. On the top of the tower, Ranpu stood there... waiting.

Panthera displayed how great of a warrior he is as he was competing with 15 of the greatest warriors. Certain warriors that are as skillful as Panthera and Hunter are strong enough that they can compete with, and possibly defeat, creatures that use magic and may seem more powerful. An example is that Hunter is stronger than Bianca, and how Panthera was able to compete with Shendu before his death. Panthera pulled out his explosive arrows and killed seven Ryuu-Chi Wizards in a large explosion. Panthera then pulled out his sword, decapitated one warrior and slashed another. The only one left was Jill.

Kirai grew bored of her fight, so she used her strongest attack, the great fire vortex she used to kill Sapphire. The fire vortex killed four of the Ryuu-Chi Wizards. Kirai forgot about Jack, so she decided she would watch Panthera's battle.

Yami opened the door to the room of the highest room. Ranpu turned around and saw his fellow Ryuu-Chi Wizard. "So Yami, you're behind all of this?" asked Ranpu.

"That's right... but I am not the 'approaching darkness', as you can clearly see I am not a Ryuu," said Yami.

Ranpu laughed and said, "Really now? I hadn't noticed."

"Figures," said Yami. "You lions have always seemed like the dumb ones."

Ranpu stopped laughing and got himself into a fighting stance. Ranpu said, "Yami, either kill or be killed!"

Yami got into a fighting stance too and said, "I wouldn't have it any other way!"

Ranpu said, "Over the last hundred years of magic and hard work, I have finally mastered Ryuu-Chi. I'll finally be able to test it out on a worthy foe!" Ranpu gathered a blue fireball in one hand and a red fireball in the other. He threw the blue one first, which was dodged by Yami. Ranpu then threw the red one which was destroyed by a ball of dark energy created by Yami.

Ranpu summoned the separate fireballs in his hands once again, but this time gathered his hands together and formed a purple fireball which he quickly thrusted towards Yami. Yami summoned a shield of dark energy. When the purple fireball hit, it created an explosion ending in Yami being thrown up against the wall.

Yami got back up and said, "Impressive!" then he thought to himself 'If it weren't for my quick thinking, that would have killed me!'

Yami and Ranpu charged towards each other.

Disclaimer- I do not own Spyro, Sparx, Ember, Hunter, or Bianca. I do own Waizu, Yami, Ranpu, Jack, Jill, Suki, and Kuro.