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Last chapter…

Ryo collapsed into the false safety of his bed and began to dream.

"Oh great moon, I have died, I have lost my simple life."

Ryo looked up and saw the full moon grazing over him. Then he saw her. Her face was bathed in shadows and she was singing the most mournful song he had ever heard. Something about the moon.

He walked towards her. "Wildfire." The words came out like a curse on her lips. She stood up.

"Yes?" He asked. He was so accustomed to that name.

"Are you ready to hunt?"

"Hunt?"

She was silent. After a long pause she said, "There he is. Our prey. Are you ready Wildfire?"

"For what?"

She walked towards him. Even when her face was inches from his he couldn't make out any of the features. She reached out and lightly touched his face. He felt chilled. Wait where was she? Suddenly his legs were carrying him forward, into the dark forests that loomed ahead.

There was rustling ahead. 'He never could keep quiet." He thought. Wait. Who was he thinking about? And then he saw. Sage. How did he know that Sage could never keep quiet? He bent low like a lion in the tall grass, like a cheetah on the plains, like a tiger in the jungle.

And then without warning he jumped. Sage was down, his frightened face looking up. He raised his hand and drew a sword. Sage's eyes got large. He opened his mouth to say something. Quickly he plunged the sword into Sage's heart.

Then he stepped back. She was there…over Sage. She turned to him. "We assimilated." She softly explained.

Ryo looked stunned. "But Sage…"

"This isn't Sage." And with that Sage changed into someone different. A female warrior from the looks of it.

"Who…"

"Nothing is ever as it seems."

"So Sage isn't dead." Ryo said almost not believing it.

"There is no death. Only rebirth."

Ryo smiled. Too happy to hear what she had said.

"Go back home. Your friends are waiting."

"But…" She was gone. Only one sword lay on the ground where she had been.

"Go home." The trees echoed. "Go home."

Ryo smiled and woke up from his dream.

"Are you okay Ryo?" Anubis asked.

"What? Oh yes. Everything turned out okay." Ryo answered.

"Would you like to know what happened to you?"

"Uhhh…Okay."

"There was a dark disturbance in your area and this tends to make people act against each other. And this is what happened to you. This certain disturbance had a name. The name of the disturbance was 'Raven.' Raven likes to inhabit people's dreams. But she can only haunt you if you've done something she considers worthwhile. Like taking the blood of another. When Sage punched you his blood got in your mouth and into your system. This in essence is taking the blood of someone. She took this opportunity to haunt you. Your good pure mind would not last long against her if you didn't finish her dream. And you never would have if you had wanted to. But you were lucky and you finished your dream and everything turned out okay. She must have liked you."

"She was the woman in the dream?"

"Yes."

"Wow…" He said.

"I'm going to leave now. I have to go back…home."

"Bye Anubis."

"Good-bye Wildfire."

"Go home." He whispered.

"Your friends are waiting."

Okay I know I promised a battle but that's not how this story worked out. Whatever. :-D.