W.I.T.C.H.
The Dragon Ninja Chronicles: The Awakening.
Chapter 13
"Where is Ryu?" Came his moms voice as she came out of his room.
"Out with Irma again." Will laughed.
"That boy, can't seem to do anything but surf and date since we got here." Susan smiled.
"It's all right I spend my time with Matt and your occupied with Collins." Will stated finishing lunch.
"Still I would like to spend time together just the three of us."
"I'll tell him alright." Will smiled placing the dishes in the sink.
"Thanks Will and have fun." Susan smiled kissing her daughter on the head.
"Bye Mom."
With Ryu and Irma.
"Well what did you think?" Ryu asked as they walked out of the water.
"It was amazing, I didn't know diving was so much fun." Irma shouted dropping her air tank on the beach.
"It was my favorite past time in Japan." Ryu spoke as he sat down on the beach and pulled her to him. "So I had to share it with you." Ryu finished placing his lips to hers.
"I liked going diving but I love this." Irma smirked keeping her lips to his.
"Hmmm, me to." he spoke as they continued to enjoy each others company.
At the shops.
"So the love birds are gone again before any of us get to ask where their going." Cornelia laughed walking down the street.
"Yep, I guess with the finial battle coming they wanna spend all the time they can together." Hay Lin spoke walking with her friends.
"At least she can spend time with her boyfriend mine is now at Ryu's temple and can't be bothered by order of Ryu's master Hayate."
"Look at it this way Cornelia, when he is done with the training he'll be even stronger." Taranee added as they checked out a cloths shop.
"Caleb a dragon ninja." Cornelia smiled thinking of the idea.
"Yeah now we'll have two ninja's on our team." Hay Lin spoke trough there mental link checking through a bin labeled vintage.
"So what was it like to summon a dragon?" Cornelia sent back.
"Wild it was like, well I can't describe it." the hyper girl spoke mentally as she found something she liked.
"I know Ryu seemed unfazed by it though." Taranee added.
"Oh well we'll get our chance soon, but on to what Ryu told us this morning before he and Irma disappeared, about that masked devil." the blond spoke as they left the store with their purchases.
"I couldn't believe it, to be taken from his family so early in life." The normally all smiles hyper Asian spoke on the verge of tears.
"I know, Will was hurt that Ryu didn't tell her before, but in his defense she didn't ask." Taranee pointed out.
"Ryu's always keeping something from us, but it's up to him to tell us." Cornelia said as they took a seat in a street café.
"Hey guys." Irma spoke joining her friends.
"So what did you and Ryu do this time." Cornelia spoke beginning the interrogation.
"We went diving, it's so amazing down there." Irma sighed ordering a drink.
"So where is he?" Taranee asked.
"Meditating, he had skipped training these last few days."
"I see, he must have a lot on his mind." Taranee joined in.
"I know, after all the pain though he is a lot stronger."
With Will.
"I really don't like the idea of you going to fight this demon but I promised I would shoulder the burden with you." Matt spoke as he and Will walked along the beach.
"I know and you support is a big help." Will smiled as they walked hand in hand.
"How are you holding up? What Ryu had to tell all of you about the masked devil did it get to you that much?"
"Yeah, he kept that he knew who it was that took him all this time." Will sighed some tears present.
"He had a good reason Will. You know that."
"I know, I know he doesn't want to burden me with it, but damn it he is my brother and I wanna be there to help him no matter what." Determination in her voice.
"I know he trusts you Will, but maybe this is something he wants to face alone." Matt suggested.
"Well I wont let him and neither will the others."
"Then he will just have to deal with it." Matt smiled pulling Will into a kiss.
With Ryu.
"It's can't be." Ryu shouted as he went threw a white crane kata. "If that bastards my father, does that mean mom is in danger what about Will and the others?" Ryu's thoughts continued through the mediation in movement style. "If he is my father how can kill him? Even the elder dragons warned me of him, his ninpo's are definitely strong his power even higher." Ryu's thought still on the man that may be his father. "I'm afraid I'm not ready for this battle but I will not give up nor will I give in if I have to die to save my friends and family so be it, if that's the price I am ready to pay it." the young ninja's eye's shining with determination. "Like Master Hayate told me the day I began training."
"A ninja's life is sacrifice." Ryu remember thinking back to his days of training in the temple.
"I already failed one time by letting that man get the statue I won't fail the next time." his thoughts going back to the ruins and he returning to his meditation in movement. The power that was displayed confusing even the powerful dragons. "Damn it I can't seem to center myself!" Ryu shouted stopping in the middle of his kata.
"I figured you would be here." Came the familiar voice of Kasumi.
"Lady Kasumi!" Ryu spoke going down on his knees.
"Ryu stand you are no longer a student." Kasumi laughed.
"Sorry it is still hard to believe." Ryu spoke standing back up.
"Not for me Ryu, they day I laid eye's on you I knew you would be a powerful shinobi." Kasumi's soft voice came. "Even Hayate saw the power hidden behind those brown eye's." Kasumi smiled.
"Maybe this time you were wrong." Ryu sighed sitting on the beach.
"What is bothering you Ryu? You can trust me to try and help." Kasumi said sitting down in front of Ryu.
"It's about the masked devil." Ryu's voice wavering a little.
"What about him?"
"It was something the Elder Dragons said before returning to their realm."
"Alright please Ryu continue."
"They told me that the masked devil attempted to sacrifice his own son years ago."
"I see that is disturbing, so you think you might have been his son."
"It is possible, I haven't met my father since I got here and the few times I asked mom and Will they didn't know where he went."
"I see have you spoken with the others about this?"
"No Lady Kasumi. I know I should, but I wouldn't even know where to begin, hey sis the masked devil might be our dad." Ryu's sarcastic comment escaping his lips.
"I guess that would be one way." The older woman laughed.
"I'll tell them tonight during the meeting." Ryu smiled standing back up.
"Good, now I want to have a match." Kasumi spoke getting ready to fight.
"It would be an honor." Ryu bowed as they began. "Damn even with out her arm she's still faster than I would expect." Ryu thought as her kicks were coming at him faster than any he had faced before.
"Come on Ryu I know your holding back, don't tarnish this bout with thinking I am at a disadvantage with only one arm." She shouted kicking Ryu a few yards back. "Please Ryu don't hold back against me."
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again." Ryu spoke getting up and resuming the fight not holding any thing back now. "I can't believe it even going all out she is still so damn fast." Ryu's thought as the kunoichi spun on her heals sending multiple hits into his guard.
With the others.
"I figured you would be with Ryu all day." Will asked as she joined her friends out side the cabins.
"He wanted to meditate a little on the fight at the ruins." Irma spoke looking out at the ocean.
"Well mom wants to spend the rest of the day with just me and him, so do you know where he is?"
"Yeah he should be at where we went to dive still." Irma responded.
"They we need to have our meeting when we find him." Taranee spoke as they all went to find Ryu."
"Great Ryu, your definitely stronger than ever." Kasumi's thoughts ran as she continued the fight with her former pupil.
"I never thought I would be good enough to keep up with Kasumi." the young ninja's thoughts racing at the battle.
"Look, Ryu and Kasumi are fighting." Hay Lin pointed out the fight unfolding on the beach.
"Wow she is fast!" Taranee pointed out the Kunoichi's attacks against Ryu.
"I didn't know she was that good." Irma spoke shocked at Ryu being kept on the defensive
"Well she is a more experienced ninja." Cornelia stated.
"That's enough Ryu." Kasumi spoke a she and Ryu bowed.
"Thanks Kasumi, I need a good sparring session some how it always clears up a lot." Ryu smiled as the Kunoichi turned to leave. "Till next we meet Lady Kasumi." Ryu finished.
"Till next we meet young dragon." Kasumi smiled as she left.
"Wow that was an amazing match." Will spoke as she sat down on the beach beside her brother.
"Yeah, I never knew Kasumi was still so powerful or so fast." Ryu spoke pulling Irma too him again.
"That so cool, she is amazing." Hay Lin smiled sitting on the beach.
"Well bro mom wants to spend the rest of the day with you and me so we need to move the meeting up to now." Will spoke as they all got in a circle.
"Before that though there is something I need to tell you." Ryu spoke getting everyone's attention.
"What is it Ryu?" Irma asked looking into his eye's.
"It's something I heard during the last mission, it concerns the masked devil but it also includes you and me Will."
"Ryu what is it?" Will asked afraid of what Ryu had to say.
"The masked Devil might be dad." Ryu spoke as and audible intake of air was heard.
"Please Ryu tell me your kidding." Will spoke fear gripping her.
"Are you sure of that?" Taranee asked looking between Will and Ryu.
"Hay Lin, Taranee remember the last words the Elder dragons spoke before departing."
"Not really I was focused on the masked devil taking the statue." Taranee spoke thinking back to the battle.
"Me either, sorry Ryu." Hay Lin spoke lowering her head.
"Don't worry about it, I heard it and it has been weighing on my mind since then." Ryu spoke keeping his emotions in check.
"So this is what you have been keeping from us this time?" Cornelia asked a little upset.
"Sorry but till I talked with Kasumi I was unsure of what to tell you, that is why I trust her and Hayate so much. They have known me long enough to help me figure out how to tell others what is bothering me."
"Well Ryu, how sure are you of him being dad? Will asked pulling her knees to her chest.
"It is only a hunch, but it is very possible the masked devil attempted to sacrifice his child sixteen years ago, roughly the same time I was taken."
"So what will you do when we fight him?" Irma asked holding on to Ryu tightly.
"I wish I could answer that, but if it comes to it I will kill him." Ryu's voice hard as steel.
"How can you say that so calmly?" Taranee asked in shock.
"Easy he is my enemy, he wants us dead. Is that reason enough?" Ryu asked though calm you could see the fear in his eye's
"Ryu, if he is dad how could he take you from me and mom, you're his son?" Will asked trying to keep from crying.
"I wanna know that myself, when he and I fight I will get answers."
"What do you mean when you and he fight?" Irma asked fearing what would come next.
"Just what it means, he and I will fight it is unavoidable."
"But what about us?" Hay Lin asked joining in the conversation.
"You will have to go with out me to finish off the demon."
"I won't let you fight him alone!" Will shouted tears rolling down her face.
"You won't have a choice sis, when I fight him it will be a duel between us ninja, he may cheat but I am honor bound to fight with out your help."
"You can't." Irma shouted getting up out of Ryu's arms.
"I sorry Irma, please don't get upset." Ryu asked looking at the girl he loved cry.
"Why do you hide stuff that is so important from us till we can't even do anything about it." she cried harder.
"Because even Hayate for saw this battle and it is one that only a dragon can fight." Ryu spoke softly into her ear as he wrapped his arms around her again.
"Just promise me you won't lose."
"I promise." Ryu spoke kissing her head.
"Were all gonna hold you to that jerk." Cornelia huffed.
"I know and I will not let you all down, besides I never said I would be alone" Ryu smirked.
"What do you mean." Hay Lin asked voicing the question on everyone's mind.
"Did you all forget I am not the only dragon, Caleb will be fighting with me as the other half of the guardian dragons."
"You could have told us that sooner." Irma sniffed head on Ryu's chest.
"Well none of you thought to ask about that."
"Ok I don't like it still but I trust you and Caleb, we've seen you both fight, that jerk will never be able to beat both of you." Will spoke wiping her eyes.
"Come on now every one dry there eye's." Ryu spoke still holding onto Irma.
"Yeah lets use the last thirty minuets we have to just hang." Hay Lin smiled.
Back at the Cabin.
"Mom were back." Will shouted walking into the cabin they were using.
"Ok what do you two wanna do tonight?" There mom asked walking into the room.
"Thought you had something planned." Ryu stated sitting on the couch.
"Well there is a local show tonight, we could do that." Will suggested.
"Sound good to me." Susan spoke sitting next to her son.
"I am in." Ryu smiled.
"Then it is settled." Their mom smiled as they all got up to leave for the show.
Later near the end of the show.
"That was some good music." Ryu spoke watching the next act set up.
"I know I didn't think that country could be so cool." Will smiled.
"So I take it you'll listen to more than Vance Michael Justin then." Susan laughed.
"Maybe." Will smirked looking over to see Ryu distracted. "What is it Bro?"
"Huh, o h nothing just looking for some where to get a drink." Ryu spoke still looking around.
"Well the drink vender is over that way Will pointed in a direction near where Ryu was looking.
"Thanks I'll be back." Ryu said running off in the direction of the drink stand only to turn when he was sure he was out of Will's line of sight to go into the woods near by.
After a few minuets he came to a clearing.
"Alright show your self." Ryu shouted.
"Well, I didn't think you would come son." Came a cold voice from a near by tree.
"So it is true, your really my father." Ryu spat in disgust.
"Such an attitude for your dad, where's the love." His father smirked watching Ryu with eye of ice.
"Where was the love when you tried to kill me?" Came a dark question.
"Oh, so that's what this is all about. Well I have always been allied with master Jaquio and meeting your mother was all planed out." He responded coldly.
"What, you used my mom, you sick fucker." Ryu growled anger evident in his voice.
"Oh, calm down son." The man stated. "She had ties to the last Ninja Dragon so it was possible that the next one to come would be her son, but I never imagined that I would have a daughter too thankfully you were the one with the mark of the dragon. Even though I can not give your power to the great demon lord I can still give your sisters and your little friends power to him." His father spoke with a sick smile.
"You touch them and I'll cut your fucking heart out."
"Now, now son that is no way to talk to your father."
"Your not my father, you're a puppet of the demon and he will never rule this world."
"So you think you can win this fight son, you have no idea of the powers in play do you, you got lucky in kill Malth but I will not fall so easily."
"I know that but you will still fall none the less, I swear it!"
"My boy do you really think that five little fairies an untrained dragon and you can defeat us?"
"Yeah I do, and we will."
"Then I guess there is no persuading you to join me then, to take this world for your own, together we would be even more powerful than the demon lord." His father spoke offering his hand.
"I would never betray my family or my friends."
"So be it son, soon you will die but before you do I will make you watch as I torment and kill your loved ones one by one starting with Will and Ending with Irma there will be the slowest and most painful." The man laughed.
"Never, you will never lay a hand on either of them to you hear me you son of a bitch."
"We will soon see want we son, if the father is stronger or is the son stronger." He spoke fading into the darkness.
"So it was true after all." Ryu though falling to his knees. "He is my father."
"Ryu?" came the voice of his girlfriend.
"Irma?! You heard all that didn't you?" Ryu asked keeping his head down moving to a sitting position.
"Yeah and don't you dare think about not wining." Irma sniffed sitting on his lap and wrapping her arms around the young ninja. "I trust you will protect me and the others from him." She spoke softly pushing his head up to eye level.
"Irma, if things get to tough promise me you will retreat and not look back." Ryu spoke keeping eye contact.
"I won't leave you there if that's what you asking."
"I'm not I just don't wanna lose any of you."
"You won't you promised not to die and I won't either." Irma smiled in an attempt to cheer her boyfriend up.
"I know, and I trust you too." Ryu finished capturing the lips of his girlfriend.
"Same here, my dragon." Irma spoke keeping the kiss going.
"I guess I should get back to the show." Ryu spoke after breaking off the kiss. "Don't tell the others till I can tomorrow."
"Sure now hurry back to the show don't wanna get in trouble for sneaking away." Irma smirked as she went back.
"Thank bright eye's, now I have to tell the others."
AN: Really can't think of anything to write, R&R Peace Out.
GuyverZero.