Chapter 22
Sage awoke to a sharp pain in his neck. Slowly, he opened his eyes to see himself lieing in a field of golden grass, covered with golden flowers. The dream that he had was all too real to believe.
He had dreamt that Mysica, Zoisite's evil archenemy, had come to him. He remembered it all too well.
~ He lay in a castle room on a soft bed, covered in bedding of the finest silks. The room itself was cold, for it was made of stone, like the rest of the castle. He seemed to have a fevered brow, for the fact that a beautiful girl with raven hair and green eyes was wiping his forehead with an ice- cold rag. As he tried to mummer to her, she shushed him.
"Seiji, shh.. you need your rest, sweet one. I am here for you…." She then lie down with him, using her own body heat to keep him warm as she cuddled him. "I will save you, if you will always love me…."
Sage nodded and then he closed his eyes. ~
He shook his head, his blonde hair swaying slightly around his eyes. "Who was that girl? I know that I have seen her before… but where? And why was she taking care of me the way she was?"
Standing, he saw the others still out cold on the ground everywhere about him. Sage then started culling them from their slumbers by calling out their names and shaking a few of them softly "Guys! Come on! Get up you all!"
Jenna groaned as she stirred. "What the heck is going on? I was having a great dream…."
She smiled at Ryo and he tried to hide a blush from her, knowing that she was dreaming about him. But then again, he had been silently envisioning her in his mind as he rested.
"How did we fall asleep the way that we did?" Rowen asked as he rubbed his eyes and stretched his arms.
"When we were in the portal.. Zoisite must have knocked us out." Anubis resolved, running a hand through his tangled hair.
"Or rather we hit our heads on something…" Kento said as he rubbed a sore spot on the back of his head. Mina ran her hands in her hair as she fought to straighten it out some and then noticed how quiet Sage was.
"Brother? Is something the matter?" She asked softly, touching his arm. When he did not answer she pulled a piece of his hair and he jumped.
"Geez! What did you do that for, Mina?!" He exclaimed, rubbing where she had pulled.
"What's wrong? You were WAY out of it…." She asked, placing her hand on his shoulder as if to say sorry for what she had done.
"Nothing's wrong…. You worry too much…. You know what right?" Sage asked and then got an odd look from Jenna. "What did I do?!"
"You're hiding something from us… I can tell, Sage. What's wrong? Tell us!" She said, her arms flailing. Sage growled and then turned from them.
"Nothing is wrong!" He then walked off into the woods, grumbling.
"Sage! Don't go to far!" Cye called after him, knowing that Halo was paying him of no mind.
"What are we gonna do about him?" Jenna whispered. "He's been so…"
"Uptight?" Rowen offered.
"Incomprehensible?" Kento suggested.
"Distant?" Ryo wondered. Then everyone got silent. Ryo had hit the nail right on the head, so to speak.
"You're right… he has seemed distant…" Jenna whispered, feeling Ryo hug her from behind.
"Aw forget about it!" Kento smirked and shrugged. "He'll come around! Always has! Now let's go find those pain in the but warlords and kick them back to where they belong!"
"Kento, calm down. We have other problems to worry about." Rowen said, sending his friend a warning glare.
"Aw come on guys!"
"Rowen is right, Kento." Jenna said, looking at her hands. "You want to run into a battle too easily… and running head forward like that is gonna get you in a lot of trouble!"
Kento growled and then looked her dead in the face. "What?!"
"I am saying that you are gonna get yourself and the rest of us in a lot of trouble if you go charging in there with no plan, no sense of where to go…."
"You are no different from the others, Jenna! I should have none that you were on their side!" Kento yelled, then Ryo got mad.
"Look, Kento! Jenna was only telling the truth!" Ryo growled, letting go of Jenna and standing in between the two of them.
"Fine… since I make too much trouble, I am leaving!" Kento then took off in the same direction that Sage had a few moments ago.
Jenna looked down at her hands again, feeling bad for what she had said to Kento. Cye saw this and placed a hand on her arm as Ryo hugged her tighter then he had before.
"Don't worry, Jenna…" Cye said softly and assuringly. "He'll come around soon."
Ryo nodded to her in agreement. "Plus, he'll catch up to Sage and calm down, because Sage won't take any of his stuff, and Kento knows it."
Jenna sighed. "I guess that you are right…."
Then, two loud, male screams of pain came from the direction that Sage and Kento had gone off. Jenna looked at Ryo and he looked at the others before they all took off for them. When they got there, they say Dais holding the two in a web.
Jenna gasped and then held up her scroll. "I call upon the power of Mars! EVIL! BE GONE!"
The charm did nothing to ward off Dais, but rather more webbing entangled the two. Dais laughed. "Looks like you were too late!"
Ryo and Cye gritted their teeth and then charged at Dais. Once again Ryo's eyes glowed red, but this time he did not have all of his armor on to use his long sword. Instead, he was covered in the light that came from his eyes. "Adazan! FLAME DEMON!"
The spirit thrusted itself away from his body, imprisoning Dais as Cye powered up. Water incased the warrior of Torrent and then began to swirl about him. Waves crashed in his sea colored eyes as he called, "Tsunami! Sea Cone!"
Then the tidal wave hit Dais, but still did not free the others. Before Rowen, Anubis, or Mina could power up, Dais disappeared with Kento and Sage.
"NOOOOO!!!" Mina yelled as she fell to her knees. "Seiji!!!!"
Cye gasped and heard Jenna call out, "Shuu!"
But it was too late; they were in the heart of the Dynasty.
Sage awoke to a sharp pain in his neck. Slowly, he opened his eyes to see himself lieing in a field of golden grass, covered with golden flowers. The dream that he had was all too real to believe.
He had dreamt that Mysica, Zoisite's evil archenemy, had come to him. He remembered it all too well.
~ He lay in a castle room on a soft bed, covered in bedding of the finest silks. The room itself was cold, for it was made of stone, like the rest of the castle. He seemed to have a fevered brow, for the fact that a beautiful girl with raven hair and green eyes was wiping his forehead with an ice- cold rag. As he tried to mummer to her, she shushed him.
"Seiji, shh.. you need your rest, sweet one. I am here for you…." She then lie down with him, using her own body heat to keep him warm as she cuddled him. "I will save you, if you will always love me…."
Sage nodded and then he closed his eyes. ~
He shook his head, his blonde hair swaying slightly around his eyes. "Who was that girl? I know that I have seen her before… but where? And why was she taking care of me the way she was?"
Standing, he saw the others still out cold on the ground everywhere about him. Sage then started culling them from their slumbers by calling out their names and shaking a few of them softly "Guys! Come on! Get up you all!"
Jenna groaned as she stirred. "What the heck is going on? I was having a great dream…."
She smiled at Ryo and he tried to hide a blush from her, knowing that she was dreaming about him. But then again, he had been silently envisioning her in his mind as he rested.
"How did we fall asleep the way that we did?" Rowen asked as he rubbed his eyes and stretched his arms.
"When we were in the portal.. Zoisite must have knocked us out." Anubis resolved, running a hand through his tangled hair.
"Or rather we hit our heads on something…" Kento said as he rubbed a sore spot on the back of his head. Mina ran her hands in her hair as she fought to straighten it out some and then noticed how quiet Sage was.
"Brother? Is something the matter?" She asked softly, touching his arm. When he did not answer she pulled a piece of his hair and he jumped.
"Geez! What did you do that for, Mina?!" He exclaimed, rubbing where she had pulled.
"What's wrong? You were WAY out of it…." She asked, placing her hand on his shoulder as if to say sorry for what she had done.
"Nothing's wrong…. You worry too much…. You know what right?" Sage asked and then got an odd look from Jenna. "What did I do?!"
"You're hiding something from us… I can tell, Sage. What's wrong? Tell us!" She said, her arms flailing. Sage growled and then turned from them.
"Nothing is wrong!" He then walked off into the woods, grumbling.
"Sage! Don't go to far!" Cye called after him, knowing that Halo was paying him of no mind.
"What are we gonna do about him?" Jenna whispered. "He's been so…"
"Uptight?" Rowen offered.
"Incomprehensible?" Kento suggested.
"Distant?" Ryo wondered. Then everyone got silent. Ryo had hit the nail right on the head, so to speak.
"You're right… he has seemed distant…" Jenna whispered, feeling Ryo hug her from behind.
"Aw forget about it!" Kento smirked and shrugged. "He'll come around! Always has! Now let's go find those pain in the but warlords and kick them back to where they belong!"
"Kento, calm down. We have other problems to worry about." Rowen said, sending his friend a warning glare.
"Aw come on guys!"
"Rowen is right, Kento." Jenna said, looking at her hands. "You want to run into a battle too easily… and running head forward like that is gonna get you in a lot of trouble!"
Kento growled and then looked her dead in the face. "What?!"
"I am saying that you are gonna get yourself and the rest of us in a lot of trouble if you go charging in there with no plan, no sense of where to go…."
"You are no different from the others, Jenna! I should have none that you were on their side!" Kento yelled, then Ryo got mad.
"Look, Kento! Jenna was only telling the truth!" Ryo growled, letting go of Jenna and standing in between the two of them.
"Fine… since I make too much trouble, I am leaving!" Kento then took off in the same direction that Sage had a few moments ago.
Jenna looked down at her hands again, feeling bad for what she had said to Kento. Cye saw this and placed a hand on her arm as Ryo hugged her tighter then he had before.
"Don't worry, Jenna…" Cye said softly and assuringly. "He'll come around soon."
Ryo nodded to her in agreement. "Plus, he'll catch up to Sage and calm down, because Sage won't take any of his stuff, and Kento knows it."
Jenna sighed. "I guess that you are right…."
Then, two loud, male screams of pain came from the direction that Sage and Kento had gone off. Jenna looked at Ryo and he looked at the others before they all took off for them. When they got there, they say Dais holding the two in a web.
Jenna gasped and then held up her scroll. "I call upon the power of Mars! EVIL! BE GONE!"
The charm did nothing to ward off Dais, but rather more webbing entangled the two. Dais laughed. "Looks like you were too late!"
Ryo and Cye gritted their teeth and then charged at Dais. Once again Ryo's eyes glowed red, but this time he did not have all of his armor on to use his long sword. Instead, he was covered in the light that came from his eyes. "Adazan! FLAME DEMON!"
The spirit thrusted itself away from his body, imprisoning Dais as Cye powered up. Water incased the warrior of Torrent and then began to swirl about him. Waves crashed in his sea colored eyes as he called, "Tsunami! Sea Cone!"
Then the tidal wave hit Dais, but still did not free the others. Before Rowen, Anubis, or Mina could power up, Dais disappeared with Kento and Sage.
"NOOOOO!!!" Mina yelled as she fell to her knees. "Seiji!!!!"
Cye gasped and heard Jenna call out, "Shuu!"
But it was too late; they were in the heart of the Dynasty.
