"It looks like your friends left you behind Kaye. You better get compfortable in their, because it's the last place that you'll ever be." threatened Gatekeeper.
"It's so cold, what's going on, why am I so cold?" asked Kaye.
"That's the darkside of your humanity slowly taking over. You should accept it Kaye, there's no way to win." answered Gatekeeper.
"No I won't accept it, I won't let it take over no matter what you say or do." said Kaye.
"I don't have to do or say anything for your darkside to change you completely. You humans have always had a darkside to your existance. Some people are just not strong enough to supress it. It looks like you don't have the strength to fight against the darkness." replied Gatekeeper.
"NOOO!" yelled Kaye.
"Kento what is it, what's wrong?" asked Cye.
"I thought that I heard Kaye, man Cye I hate this, Kaye is in that gate and we're out here. We should be in there fighting Gatekeeper and getting Kaye out of that thing." said Kento angrily.
"Kento all of understand, we feel the same way, but rushing in without some kind of plan would be foolish right now." replied Sage.
"You humans are very amusing for us to watch." said Phoenix with a smirk.
"You better watch yourself Phoenix." warned Ryo.
"Or what, Wildfire you're going to unleash your sure-kill on me. You know that won't do you any good, and besides the more time that we argue the less time you'll have to rescue your friend." replied Phoenix.
"I hate to admit it, but you know that Phoenix is right Ryo, arguing with her won't help Kaye's situation." said Rowen.
"So then what do you suggest that we do Rowen?" asked Ryo.
"To tell you the truth Ryo, I don't know, I just don't know." answered Rowen as he looked towards the area where they came from.
Meanwhile back in the Ancient Gate, Kaye was trying hard to fight the feelings of not having hope of getting out alive. "I can't let this darkness take over, but it's getting harder and harder to fight. If Gatekeeper got a hold of any of them. No I can't think like that, I have to keep fighting that's the only thing that I can do now. Kento, Lightning where every you and the others are, I hope that you're alright, remember I'll always be with you no matter what." thought Kaye as her kanji around her neck glowed a bright orange.
"Interesting Kaye's determination to try and fight off her darkside is very strong. I sense a strong connection between her the tiger and the others, especially Hardrock. This could possibly work to my favor after all." mused Gatekeeper.
A loud roar filled the already tense air. They looked towards Lightning and knew that he felt as angry as they did towards the situation at hand. Kento was the closest to Lightning than everyone else. Kento placed his hand on Lightning showing the tiger that he felt the same way. But just as Kento did that, somehow a mental connection was made between the two. 'I understand where you're coming from Lighting, I wish that we could do more than just stand around.' thought Kento.
'I agree with you Kento, hey wait a minute we can understand each other. How did that happen, I thought that only Kaye and I could talk with each other this way?' asked Lighting.
"Hey Kento what is it?" asked Cye.
"I'm not sure Cye, but I think that somehow Lightning and I connected with each other." replied Kento slightly confused.
"Kento do you think that you could talk to Lightining again?" asked Mia.
"I think that I could try it again." replied Kento.
'Lightning why are we able to talk to each other like this? Does this mean that something has happened to Kaye?' asked Kento.
'I'm not exactly sure on how this is possible Kento, but I think that it has something to do with your kanji that Kaye gave you and the one that you gave her, and to your other question Kaye is ok for now, but if we don't do something soon I'm not sure how much longer she will be able to hang on much longer.' replied Lightning.
"Well Kento what did Lightning say?" asked Sage.
"He's as confused as we are about how we can talk with each other." answered Kento.
"What else did Lightning say?" asked Cye.
"He said that if we don't do something soon, he's not sure on how much longer Kaye will be able to hold on." replied Kento.
"Well this is an interesting turn of events. The tiger chooses to talk to Hardrock and only him since Kaye isn't here." said Phoenix.
"What is that suppose to mean, we know that Kaye will be back with us soon, no matter what." replied Kento.
"You see anything that has a mystical connection with a living being will have a bond of one type or another. It's not surprising that Kaye and Lightning talk to each other telepathically. The telepathic link is only as strong as the feelings of the living being. In a way the link that Lightning allowed Kento is like the link that you Ronins have with your armors." explained Phoenix.
"You're saying in some way that magic is alive?" asked Mia.
"That is exactly what I'm saying. It chooses who it will be with and how much power that being will be able to control." answered Phoenix.
"I have a long shot theory about the Ancient Gate." mused Rowen.
"Well come on Rowen, don't keep us in suspense tell us your theory." said Sage.
"Remember I said it's a long shot. Here it goes, if what Phoenix says is true about magic being alive, then I think that the gate can choose for itself to free Kaye from inside and get Gatekeeper back inside." explained Rowen.
"Alright then, how are we going to reason with the gate to get Kaye free, as well as to get the Gatekeeper back inside?" asked Cye.
"I think I know of a way to do it, but it's risky." replied Phoenix.
"I don't care what the risks are, we will get Kaye back no matter what." said Kento.
"Alright then here's what is going down." said Phoenix as she began to explain her plan to the others.
Back inside the chaimber Gatekeeper was starting to get a little on edge. "Why haven't they made any type of move to get Kaye out of the Ancient Gate?" thought Gatekeeper as he looked over at the gate.
"Dreams will always be more powerful than waking thoughts, but not stronger than the human spirit or the human heart. Remember those words dreamwalker, always remember never forget, if they are forgotten then everything is lost." said a voice inside of the gate.
"Hey, who said that, please answer me. Whoever you are please help me, show yourself. How do you know that I'm a dreamwalker?" asked Kaye.
"That was easy dreamwalker, all you have to do is look up." said the voice.
Kaye slowly looked up and what she saw took her by complete surprise. The voice that was talking to her was actually an image of herself. "How can this be, you're me?" asked Kaye.
"No dreamwalker, I'm not you I only took this image so I could easily communicate. You see since the you and I are the only things that are keeping the different dimensions sealed. Not knowing when there will be light, fearing that there will always be darkness. Not knowing when the emptiness will strike, does it scare you Kaye that you'll never know what will come?" asked the gate's spirit.
"Yes it does scare me, but I know that no matter what happens I'll always have the knowledge that I'll always have people that care for me, and they know that I'll always care for them no matter what." replied Kaye.
"Those are some pretty strong convictions." said the gate's spirit.
"Yea well, life has taught me a lot. It's just too bad that there isn't a way that you can experience life outside of here. In a way, I feel sorry for you." replied Kaye.
"I don't need your pitty dreamwalker! Anyway, what gives you the right to even try and see what my life is like?" asked the gate's spirit angrily.
"Please, don't take it that way, honest I wasn't trying to pitty you." said Kaye.
"That's enough out of you!" yelled the gate's spirit angrily. The gate's spirit launched an attack towards her. Kaye knew that she couldn't dodge it, so Kaye did the only thing possible, she braced herself for it. The attack made Kaye fall into unconsciousness.
"Maybe I was too hard on her, no what am I thinking, there's no way that I can feel any kind of emotion what so ever. So why now of all times do I feel differently." thought the gate's spirit.
Back with the others, before the assalt on the chaimber that holds the Ancient Gate, everyone was getting ready to do their part of the plan. Phoenix saw that Kento was standing away from the others, for some reason Phoenix decided that she would approach Kento. "Hardrock, what do you see in Kaye that could be so special to risk your life?" asked Phoenix.
"Because I know that Kaye would do the same for me and anyone else here, that's why." replied Kento angrily.
"Hey are you two ready to get going or are you going to argue?" asked Sage.
Kento gave a nod in Sage's direction to show that he was ready. 'Hey Lightning it's time to go back and get Kaye out of that gate. So what do you say?' asked Kento.
Lightning gave a quick look around to see if everyone was in range and then teleported them all back into the chaimber where the Ancient Gate and the Gatekeeper were waiting.
"Greetings everyone, I'm surprised that it took you this long to come back." said Gatekeeper.
"Put a sock in it Gatekeeper, we're here to make sure that things are set right again." replied Rowen.
"You're more than welcome to try. To be honest I don't think that your friend can last that much longer in there. Soon Kaye will not be the same person that you once knew. So come on already, let's get this party started." said Gatekeeper.
"It's so cold, what's going on, why am I so cold?" asked Kaye.
"That's the darkside of your humanity slowly taking over. You should accept it Kaye, there's no way to win." answered Gatekeeper.
"No I won't accept it, I won't let it take over no matter what you say or do." said Kaye.
"I don't have to do or say anything for your darkside to change you completely. You humans have always had a darkside to your existance. Some people are just not strong enough to supress it. It looks like you don't have the strength to fight against the darkness." replied Gatekeeper.
"NOOO!" yelled Kaye.
"Kento what is it, what's wrong?" asked Cye.
"I thought that I heard Kaye, man Cye I hate this, Kaye is in that gate and we're out here. We should be in there fighting Gatekeeper and getting Kaye out of that thing." said Kento angrily.
"Kento all of understand, we feel the same way, but rushing in without some kind of plan would be foolish right now." replied Sage.
"You humans are very amusing for us to watch." said Phoenix with a smirk.
"You better watch yourself Phoenix." warned Ryo.
"Or what, Wildfire you're going to unleash your sure-kill on me. You know that won't do you any good, and besides the more time that we argue the less time you'll have to rescue your friend." replied Phoenix.
"I hate to admit it, but you know that Phoenix is right Ryo, arguing with her won't help Kaye's situation." said Rowen.
"So then what do you suggest that we do Rowen?" asked Ryo.
"To tell you the truth Ryo, I don't know, I just don't know." answered Rowen as he looked towards the area where they came from.
Meanwhile back in the Ancient Gate, Kaye was trying hard to fight the feelings of not having hope of getting out alive. "I can't let this darkness take over, but it's getting harder and harder to fight. If Gatekeeper got a hold of any of them. No I can't think like that, I have to keep fighting that's the only thing that I can do now. Kento, Lightning where every you and the others are, I hope that you're alright, remember I'll always be with you no matter what." thought Kaye as her kanji around her neck glowed a bright orange.
"Interesting Kaye's determination to try and fight off her darkside is very strong. I sense a strong connection between her the tiger and the others, especially Hardrock. This could possibly work to my favor after all." mused Gatekeeper.
A loud roar filled the already tense air. They looked towards Lightning and knew that he felt as angry as they did towards the situation at hand. Kento was the closest to Lightning than everyone else. Kento placed his hand on Lightning showing the tiger that he felt the same way. But just as Kento did that, somehow a mental connection was made between the two. 'I understand where you're coming from Lighting, I wish that we could do more than just stand around.' thought Kento.
'I agree with you Kento, hey wait a minute we can understand each other. How did that happen, I thought that only Kaye and I could talk with each other this way?' asked Lighting.
"Hey Kento what is it?" asked Cye.
"I'm not sure Cye, but I think that somehow Lightning and I connected with each other." replied Kento slightly confused.
"Kento do you think that you could talk to Lightining again?" asked Mia.
"I think that I could try it again." replied Kento.
'Lightning why are we able to talk to each other like this? Does this mean that something has happened to Kaye?' asked Kento.
'I'm not exactly sure on how this is possible Kento, but I think that it has something to do with your kanji that Kaye gave you and the one that you gave her, and to your other question Kaye is ok for now, but if we don't do something soon I'm not sure how much longer she will be able to hang on much longer.' replied Lightning.
"Well Kento what did Lightning say?" asked Sage.
"He's as confused as we are about how we can talk with each other." answered Kento.
"What else did Lightning say?" asked Cye.
"He said that if we don't do something soon, he's not sure on how much longer Kaye will be able to hold on." replied Kento.
"Well this is an interesting turn of events. The tiger chooses to talk to Hardrock and only him since Kaye isn't here." said Phoenix.
"What is that suppose to mean, we know that Kaye will be back with us soon, no matter what." replied Kento.
"You see anything that has a mystical connection with a living being will have a bond of one type or another. It's not surprising that Kaye and Lightning talk to each other telepathically. The telepathic link is only as strong as the feelings of the living being. In a way the link that Lightning allowed Kento is like the link that you Ronins have with your armors." explained Phoenix.
"You're saying in some way that magic is alive?" asked Mia.
"That is exactly what I'm saying. It chooses who it will be with and how much power that being will be able to control." answered Phoenix.
"I have a long shot theory about the Ancient Gate." mused Rowen.
"Well come on Rowen, don't keep us in suspense tell us your theory." said Sage.
"Remember I said it's a long shot. Here it goes, if what Phoenix says is true about magic being alive, then I think that the gate can choose for itself to free Kaye from inside and get Gatekeeper back inside." explained Rowen.
"Alright then, how are we going to reason with the gate to get Kaye free, as well as to get the Gatekeeper back inside?" asked Cye.
"I think I know of a way to do it, but it's risky." replied Phoenix.
"I don't care what the risks are, we will get Kaye back no matter what." said Kento.
"Alright then here's what is going down." said Phoenix as she began to explain her plan to the others.
Back inside the chaimber Gatekeeper was starting to get a little on edge. "Why haven't they made any type of move to get Kaye out of the Ancient Gate?" thought Gatekeeper as he looked over at the gate.
"Dreams will always be more powerful than waking thoughts, but not stronger than the human spirit or the human heart. Remember those words dreamwalker, always remember never forget, if they are forgotten then everything is lost." said a voice inside of the gate.
"Hey, who said that, please answer me. Whoever you are please help me, show yourself. How do you know that I'm a dreamwalker?" asked Kaye.
"That was easy dreamwalker, all you have to do is look up." said the voice.
Kaye slowly looked up and what she saw took her by complete surprise. The voice that was talking to her was actually an image of herself. "How can this be, you're me?" asked Kaye.
"No dreamwalker, I'm not you I only took this image so I could easily communicate. You see since the you and I are the only things that are keeping the different dimensions sealed. Not knowing when there will be light, fearing that there will always be darkness. Not knowing when the emptiness will strike, does it scare you Kaye that you'll never know what will come?" asked the gate's spirit.
"Yes it does scare me, but I know that no matter what happens I'll always have the knowledge that I'll always have people that care for me, and they know that I'll always care for them no matter what." replied Kaye.
"Those are some pretty strong convictions." said the gate's spirit.
"Yea well, life has taught me a lot. It's just too bad that there isn't a way that you can experience life outside of here. In a way, I feel sorry for you." replied Kaye.
"I don't need your pitty dreamwalker! Anyway, what gives you the right to even try and see what my life is like?" asked the gate's spirit angrily.
"Please, don't take it that way, honest I wasn't trying to pitty you." said Kaye.
"That's enough out of you!" yelled the gate's spirit angrily. The gate's spirit launched an attack towards her. Kaye knew that she couldn't dodge it, so Kaye did the only thing possible, she braced herself for it. The attack made Kaye fall into unconsciousness.
"Maybe I was too hard on her, no what am I thinking, there's no way that I can feel any kind of emotion what so ever. So why now of all times do I feel differently." thought the gate's spirit.
Back with the others, before the assalt on the chaimber that holds the Ancient Gate, everyone was getting ready to do their part of the plan. Phoenix saw that Kento was standing away from the others, for some reason Phoenix decided that she would approach Kento. "Hardrock, what do you see in Kaye that could be so special to risk your life?" asked Phoenix.
"Because I know that Kaye would do the same for me and anyone else here, that's why." replied Kento angrily.
"Hey are you two ready to get going or are you going to argue?" asked Sage.
Kento gave a nod in Sage's direction to show that he was ready. 'Hey Lightning it's time to go back and get Kaye out of that gate. So what do you say?' asked Kento.
Lightning gave a quick look around to see if everyone was in range and then teleported them all back into the chaimber where the Ancient Gate and the Gatekeeper were waiting.
"Greetings everyone, I'm surprised that it took you this long to come back." said Gatekeeper.
"Put a sock in it Gatekeeper, we're here to make sure that things are set right again." replied Rowen.
"You're more than welcome to try. To be honest I don't think that your friend can last that much longer in there. Soon Kaye will not be the same person that you once knew. So come on already, let's get this party started." said Gatekeeper.