Gatekeeper and dark Kaye saw Phoenix coming right for them. Dark Kaye jumped out of the way, it was like she knew exactly what was going to happen. Gatekeeper stood his ground, he wasn't going to be shaken by Phoenix's actions. "Do you really think that you can defeat me here Phoenix?" yelled Gatekeeper.
"I don't have to defeat you, I just have to bring you into the Ancient Gate with me and then this whole mess will be finally over." Phoenix yelled back.
Gatekeeper knew that she was right in what she said, so he tried to get out of her path. He didn't want to be trapped in there ever again, but for some reason he couldn't move. Gatekeeper quickly looked around and saw that dark Kaye was projecting some type of barrier so he wouldn't get away from Phoenix. "Why dark Kaye have you forsaken me like this?" yelled Gatekeeper.
"Because I can, and besides you have no rule over me, you never did and you never will." dark Kaye yelled back.
Gatekeeper looked away from dark Kaye, he knew that she was right, so he did the only thing possible, he braced himself for Phoenix's attack. Phoenix came at Gatekeeper with such a force that even dark Kaye felt the aftershock and fell to the ground. When Phoenix and Gatekeeper were pulled into the vortex, it began to close once again. The wild winds that were once pulling everything in its path, were slowly coming to a stop until there was no wind from the vortex at all. The Ronins, Mia, Lightning, White Blaze and dark Kaye were getting up from the ground. They all looked towards the gate, and they knew that it wasn't completely over just yet.
"It's a shame that Phoenix made such a sacrifice like that. It was such a waste of talent, she would have been a valuable assest to my army." mused dark Kaye.
"Kaye you have to fight this, we want you back, I want you back. Come on Kaye you have to fight." said Kento.
"Why does this vessel concern you so much anyway?" asked dark Kaye.
"Because if you don't leave her this minute, I promise you that you'll never know what hit you." warned Kento.
"I highly doubt that you have it in you to even harm this vessel. You care too much about her to even try. Do you think that you could live with yourself for the rest of your life Hardrock, if you harmed the one that you care for? Shall we find out?" asked Phoenix.
After saying that, dark Kaye launched an attack towards Kento. He was a little surprised by it, but he was still ready for whatever attack came his way. "You actually blocked that I'm impressed Hardrock, but I wonder how long will you be able to keep it up?" asked dark Kaye.
"I'll keep it up as long as I have to." replied Kento with a new kind of determination. The kanji on his chain began to glow a very bright silver, giving him an extra boost of power. This took dark Kaye by surprise, but she quickly regained her composure and decided to try and go for a completely different attack.
'Stop it, I don't want to fight Kento anymore, why do you persist on fighting him, you know that you'll lose.' said Kaye.
'I want to see if he had the heart to destroy the one person that he cares deeply for.' replied dark Kaye.
While they were talking, Kento saw an opportunity to sneak up on dark Kaye and take her out. Kaye noticed what Kento was up to and decided that this had to be the only way to get rid of her darkside. 'What gives you the right to play with people's lives?' asked Kaye.
'No one, I play by my own rules. Come on Kaye, you know that no human is all good, that there is some kind of darkness that is in their so called humanity.' said dark Kaye.
'That maybe true, but no one really knows for sure.' replied Kaye.
'Alright I've had enough, no more stalling Kaye, you are going to destroy your friends and then you and I will finally be fully united. Hey where is Hardrock, where is he?' asked dark Kaye.
"I'm right here dark Kaye, now it's time for you to leave Kaye's body now." threatened Kento as he tightened his grip from behind dark Kaye.
"You have won for now, but I will come back, don't you forget it." dark Kaye threatened back just before she left Kaye's body. Kento let go of Kaye and she fell to the ground unconscious. Then just as Kento was going to pick up Kaye, a black myst evaporated from her and disappeared.
"Kaye, hey Kaye, wake up." said Kento.
"Guys we have to do something or we are going to lose her." said Mia.
"What do you suggest that we do Mia, none of us have an idea of what to do next." replied Sage.
"I know what to do, I finally understand what the Ancient told me about me getting the key back." said Kento queitly.
"Kento what are you talking about?" asked Rowen.
Kento didn't give a response to Rowen, he looked towards Lightning and motioned him to come over.
'Lightning come here would you, I need your help with what I'm about to do.' asked Kento.
'Kento are you sure that you want to do this? I mean it's very dangerous, you're not trained in this.' said Lightning.
'Yea I'm sure, Kaye did the same thing for me once before so I want to return the favor.' replied Kento.
'Alright then, but remember Kento you only have a short amount of time to pull this off, then you have to leave the dream realm.' explained Lightning.
'I know and understand Lightning, now are we going to argue all day while Kaye is getting farther away from us minute by minute, or are we going to do this now?' asked Kento.
Lightning knew the way that Kento was looking at Kaye, he wasn't going to let her go just yet. "Come on Lightning get out of the way, how is Sage suppose to get to them in order to heal her?" asked Ryo.
"Ryo there's no reasoning with him, I think I know what's going on. It's a long shot but I think that it will work." replied Cye.
"Cye what are you talking about? What will work, tell us already." said Ryo.
"Well you see before we found the Ancient Gate, Kento had a visit from the Ancient. The Ancient told Kento that he was the only one that can bring back the key. We were not sure what he meant until just now." replied Cye.
"So then what are you suggesting that we do, just sit here and wait? asked Ryo.
"I'm sorry Ryo, but yes that's all we can do, because it's up to them now." replied Cye as he looked back towards Kaye, Kento and Lightning.
'Where am I, what happened?' asked Kaye.
'Hey Kaye where are you?' yelled Kento.
'I'm over here Kento, oh man it's so good to see you again what happened? I don't really remember much. Will ya please fill me in already?' asked Kaye.
While Kento explained what happened, her memeories began to slowly come back to her. 'Kaye we don't have much time here, we have to get out of the dream realm now.' said Kento.
'You're right Kento, come on let's get out of here and go home.' replied Kaye. Kento and Kaye began to walk towards a bright light. With every step that they took, they began to slowly fade away from the dream realm and back into realality.
"Kento do you know what type of risk you took just now?" asked Rowen.
"Yea Rowen I do, and I'll do it again if I have to. Hey check it out, Kaye is coming around." replied Kento.
The others surrounded Kaye and Kento in a circular formation. Kaye slowly opened up her eyes shielding them from the bright light that was coming in from a crack in the ceiling. "Oh man does my head hurt, did anybody get the numbers off of the truck that hit me?" Kaye asked jokingly.
"Kaye it's good to know that you're back with us again." said Mia.
"It's good to be back Mia, hey how about we get the heck out of here and go home. I just want to forget this nightmare has ever happened ok." replied Kaye. Everyone decided that it was a good idea to leave. So they all took off for home.
A few days later, it seemed like everything was back to normal at the Koji mansion. Well as normal as people with magical armor can get. Kento noticed that Kaye was standing by herself over by the lake. "Kento why don't you just go over there and talk with her?" asked Mia.
"I'm not sure of what to say Mia. What if I say the wrong thing and she won't talk to me?" asked Kento.
"I don't think that you'll say the wrong thing Kento, sometimes all one needs is someone just to be there and say nothing at all. Just be there for her Kento, that's all she needs to know." replied Mia.
"Thanks Mia." said Kento. Mia nodded and ushered him to Kaye's general direction.
Kento was close enough to Kaye that all he had to do was reach out and touch her. He hesitated and started to back away from her. Kento stopped when he heard her voice. "Kento why are you backing away from me, did I do something so horrible that you wouldn't want to stay with me?" asked Kaye.
"No Kaye it isn't you honest, it's me. I'm not sure of what to say right now to make you feel better." said Kento.
"Kento you don't have to say anything, just be here with me is good enough. Kento, I didn't realize that my darkside had so much power. I felt like I was two different people. I'm scared Kento, I'm scared that my darkside will come again, and when it does I don't know if I'll be strong enough to fight it next time." replied Kaye.
"Kaye, that's enough. You are one of the strongest people that I know. You can face anything that has been thrown at you and then some. So I have no doubt that you'll be strong enough to fight. Besides you won't be alone, we'll all be here with you." said Kento.
"Even you Kento, you'll be here too?" asked Kaye.
"Of course I'll be here Kaye, I'll always be here." replied Kento.
Not too far away in the shadows, a dark entity was watching them, "yes Kaye you think that you'll forget the power of your own darkside, but know this you'll never forget what happened here no matter how hard you try. I won't let you, I promise you Kaye, that you haven't seen the last of me. I will be back, you can count on that." said the dark entitiy before disappearing.
"I don't have to defeat you, I just have to bring you into the Ancient Gate with me and then this whole mess will be finally over." Phoenix yelled back.
Gatekeeper knew that she was right in what she said, so he tried to get out of her path. He didn't want to be trapped in there ever again, but for some reason he couldn't move. Gatekeeper quickly looked around and saw that dark Kaye was projecting some type of barrier so he wouldn't get away from Phoenix. "Why dark Kaye have you forsaken me like this?" yelled Gatekeeper.
"Because I can, and besides you have no rule over me, you never did and you never will." dark Kaye yelled back.
Gatekeeper looked away from dark Kaye, he knew that she was right, so he did the only thing possible, he braced himself for Phoenix's attack. Phoenix came at Gatekeeper with such a force that even dark Kaye felt the aftershock and fell to the ground. When Phoenix and Gatekeeper were pulled into the vortex, it began to close once again. The wild winds that were once pulling everything in its path, were slowly coming to a stop until there was no wind from the vortex at all. The Ronins, Mia, Lightning, White Blaze and dark Kaye were getting up from the ground. They all looked towards the gate, and they knew that it wasn't completely over just yet.
"It's a shame that Phoenix made such a sacrifice like that. It was such a waste of talent, she would have been a valuable assest to my army." mused dark Kaye.
"Kaye you have to fight this, we want you back, I want you back. Come on Kaye you have to fight." said Kento.
"Why does this vessel concern you so much anyway?" asked dark Kaye.
"Because if you don't leave her this minute, I promise you that you'll never know what hit you." warned Kento.
"I highly doubt that you have it in you to even harm this vessel. You care too much about her to even try. Do you think that you could live with yourself for the rest of your life Hardrock, if you harmed the one that you care for? Shall we find out?" asked Phoenix.
After saying that, dark Kaye launched an attack towards Kento. He was a little surprised by it, but he was still ready for whatever attack came his way. "You actually blocked that I'm impressed Hardrock, but I wonder how long will you be able to keep it up?" asked dark Kaye.
"I'll keep it up as long as I have to." replied Kento with a new kind of determination. The kanji on his chain began to glow a very bright silver, giving him an extra boost of power. This took dark Kaye by surprise, but she quickly regained her composure and decided to try and go for a completely different attack.
'Stop it, I don't want to fight Kento anymore, why do you persist on fighting him, you know that you'll lose.' said Kaye.
'I want to see if he had the heart to destroy the one person that he cares deeply for.' replied dark Kaye.
While they were talking, Kento saw an opportunity to sneak up on dark Kaye and take her out. Kaye noticed what Kento was up to and decided that this had to be the only way to get rid of her darkside. 'What gives you the right to play with people's lives?' asked Kaye.
'No one, I play by my own rules. Come on Kaye, you know that no human is all good, that there is some kind of darkness that is in their so called humanity.' said dark Kaye.
'That maybe true, but no one really knows for sure.' replied Kaye.
'Alright I've had enough, no more stalling Kaye, you are going to destroy your friends and then you and I will finally be fully united. Hey where is Hardrock, where is he?' asked dark Kaye.
"I'm right here dark Kaye, now it's time for you to leave Kaye's body now." threatened Kento as he tightened his grip from behind dark Kaye.
"You have won for now, but I will come back, don't you forget it." dark Kaye threatened back just before she left Kaye's body. Kento let go of Kaye and she fell to the ground unconscious. Then just as Kento was going to pick up Kaye, a black myst evaporated from her and disappeared.
"Kaye, hey Kaye, wake up." said Kento.
"Guys we have to do something or we are going to lose her." said Mia.
"What do you suggest that we do Mia, none of us have an idea of what to do next." replied Sage.
"I know what to do, I finally understand what the Ancient told me about me getting the key back." said Kento queitly.
"Kento what are you talking about?" asked Rowen.
Kento didn't give a response to Rowen, he looked towards Lightning and motioned him to come over.
'Lightning come here would you, I need your help with what I'm about to do.' asked Kento.
'Kento are you sure that you want to do this? I mean it's very dangerous, you're not trained in this.' said Lightning.
'Yea I'm sure, Kaye did the same thing for me once before so I want to return the favor.' replied Kento.
'Alright then, but remember Kento you only have a short amount of time to pull this off, then you have to leave the dream realm.' explained Lightning.
'I know and understand Lightning, now are we going to argue all day while Kaye is getting farther away from us minute by minute, or are we going to do this now?' asked Kento.
Lightning knew the way that Kento was looking at Kaye, he wasn't going to let her go just yet. "Come on Lightning get out of the way, how is Sage suppose to get to them in order to heal her?" asked Ryo.
"Ryo there's no reasoning with him, I think I know what's going on. It's a long shot but I think that it will work." replied Cye.
"Cye what are you talking about? What will work, tell us already." said Ryo.
"Well you see before we found the Ancient Gate, Kento had a visit from the Ancient. The Ancient told Kento that he was the only one that can bring back the key. We were not sure what he meant until just now." replied Cye.
"So then what are you suggesting that we do, just sit here and wait? asked Ryo.
"I'm sorry Ryo, but yes that's all we can do, because it's up to them now." replied Cye as he looked back towards Kaye, Kento and Lightning.
'Where am I, what happened?' asked Kaye.
'Hey Kaye where are you?' yelled Kento.
'I'm over here Kento, oh man it's so good to see you again what happened? I don't really remember much. Will ya please fill me in already?' asked Kaye.
While Kento explained what happened, her memeories began to slowly come back to her. 'Kaye we don't have much time here, we have to get out of the dream realm now.' said Kento.
'You're right Kento, come on let's get out of here and go home.' replied Kaye. Kento and Kaye began to walk towards a bright light. With every step that they took, they began to slowly fade away from the dream realm and back into realality.
"Kento do you know what type of risk you took just now?" asked Rowen.
"Yea Rowen I do, and I'll do it again if I have to. Hey check it out, Kaye is coming around." replied Kento.
The others surrounded Kaye and Kento in a circular formation. Kaye slowly opened up her eyes shielding them from the bright light that was coming in from a crack in the ceiling. "Oh man does my head hurt, did anybody get the numbers off of the truck that hit me?" Kaye asked jokingly.
"Kaye it's good to know that you're back with us again." said Mia.
"It's good to be back Mia, hey how about we get the heck out of here and go home. I just want to forget this nightmare has ever happened ok." replied Kaye. Everyone decided that it was a good idea to leave. So they all took off for home.
A few days later, it seemed like everything was back to normal at the Koji mansion. Well as normal as people with magical armor can get. Kento noticed that Kaye was standing by herself over by the lake. "Kento why don't you just go over there and talk with her?" asked Mia.
"I'm not sure of what to say Mia. What if I say the wrong thing and she won't talk to me?" asked Kento.
"I don't think that you'll say the wrong thing Kento, sometimes all one needs is someone just to be there and say nothing at all. Just be there for her Kento, that's all she needs to know." replied Mia.
"Thanks Mia." said Kento. Mia nodded and ushered him to Kaye's general direction.
Kento was close enough to Kaye that all he had to do was reach out and touch her. He hesitated and started to back away from her. Kento stopped when he heard her voice. "Kento why are you backing away from me, did I do something so horrible that you wouldn't want to stay with me?" asked Kaye.
"No Kaye it isn't you honest, it's me. I'm not sure of what to say right now to make you feel better." said Kento.
"Kento you don't have to say anything, just be here with me is good enough. Kento, I didn't realize that my darkside had so much power. I felt like I was two different people. I'm scared Kento, I'm scared that my darkside will come again, and when it does I don't know if I'll be strong enough to fight it next time." replied Kaye.
"Kaye, that's enough. You are one of the strongest people that I know. You can face anything that has been thrown at you and then some. So I have no doubt that you'll be strong enough to fight. Besides you won't be alone, we'll all be here with you." said Kento.
"Even you Kento, you'll be here too?" asked Kaye.
"Of course I'll be here Kaye, I'll always be here." replied Kento.
Not too far away in the shadows, a dark entity was watching them, "yes Kaye you think that you'll forget the power of your own darkside, but know this you'll never forget what happened here no matter how hard you try. I won't let you, I promise you Kaye, that you haven't seen the last of me. I will be back, you can count on that." said the dark entitiy before disappearing.