* ssp47's Corner * Thank you Aya, Alex "Wa"(forgot you in the last corner.
Ahhh!!!), DarkDragonX and Striker for the reviews. And to Striker, for whom
I am deeply sorry for the disturbance I have given you, but I'll make sure
everyone is in their right fic. Also you shall see why Blaine has to
elements, but I'm not going to give away details like that. You'll have to
read to find out. ^_~
CHAPTER 15: "The Two Sides of One"
~*~ "This is?" Kay wondered aloud at the sight of the gleaming gray-silver gem.
"A new evolution, the new generation of Dragoons and Dragons alike. As fighters and conquers, we cannot always rely on the loyalty of our own. The original Dragoon spirits seem to have a mind of their own. They can't be trusted with the ones they choose. That is the whole reason why I started this program. So that if any of one of you failed there would be a flip card. If any plans failed in any way, we would still remain the victors. We need control and that will gain us power." Neo explained seriously. "But the control is not in you, but me."
"I don't understand."
"You're human, Kay. You have emotion and feelings that you are quick to trust. I can't trust those feelings inside of you." Neo turned stiffly and with a firm grasp of the gem he said more. "When you fail, this will be there to pick you up where you tripped. It will control you and you will be its servant and that is how we will win at the last moment."
Kay looked deep into the dark eyes of his master.
"You mean like a robot with a chip?"
"If you prefer that phrase."
"But what will happen when the mission is over? What will happen to one of us?" Neo neither replied nor moved. "What will happen, master?" Kay demanded. Neo blinked for the first in maybe his whole life. His eyes were so hard, as his lips were. But both moved right before Kay's eyes.
"Let's hope it won't come down to that." ~*~
So that was how it was. The spirit was man made and required no human element. It was adaptable to any element. But with that power came control, it was adaptable because it controlled the mind to believe it could conduct that elemental power. Yes it was pure control and Blaine could no longer think for himself. Kay never thought it would end up like this; it couldn't end up like this. Blaine was the only thing in his life that Kay dared to call a friend.
* What am I going to do? What can I do? * Kay thought wildly.
"Blaine what are you doing?!" The Dark Dragoon yelled to his friend.
The Shadow Dragoon turned and looked for the voice that spoke to him. Finding no one the Dragoon simply said.
"Blaine? What name is that, that you call me? I'm the Shadow Dragoon. There is no 'Blaine' anymore."
Daphne and Jett exchanged confused glances but kept their focus on their new enemy. In the Gray silvered hands, the nun chucks melted in his hands and changed to two long katanas. With swift silence Blaine placed the two ends of the swords together and they formed into one long blade.
"Who will now challenge me?" He asked looking at the small crowd. His black eyes flashed red for a blink of a second. Daphne frowned and stood up.
"I'll challenge you!" She announced. Jett was about to object but figured his sister had a better grasp of the situation than he did. Daphne clasped her hands together, as her spirit glowed on her chest, to her face. Root like objects wrapped around her body and burst apart and formed her light brown, maroon and emerald green Dragoon armor. The elf princess twirled her magical staff as her primary weapon and took her stance on the battlefield.
"Dark Speed." At first all Daphne saw was shadows and then in a blink of an eye, Blaine wasn't there. But then she saw him, cruising towards her disguised in shadows, like a rocket soaring towards the moon.
"Barrier Strike!" Daphne hung her staff on over her shoulders and lifted it off and into her right hand and took a step and threw the staff into the air. As that was done a magical oak barrier surrounded her and blocked Blaine's attack. A split second later the staff fell down and split and broke the barrier and Blaine was thrown back fifty feet. Barrier Strike was one of the Wood Dragon's best capabilities.
*~*
"I know it's bad." Erica said slightly worried.
"It's pretty bad." Hawk said normally like he was playing doctor. "Her whole life was sucked out of her."
"My magical powers wouldn't work." Erica said suddenly.
"Why not?" Hawk asked remembering that she was the healing Dragoon.
"She's doing it to herself somehow." Erica said more calmly. "I don't know how." She sighed. "And we're no match for Blaine now that Christa is down. Daphne and I can't take him alone but Jett is too inexperienced to use the full potential of his spirit." She folded her arms and sighed again, more frustrated this time.
The sharp man looked at the White Silver Dragoon and then to Christa's almost lifeless body.
"Are you giving up?" He demanded. Erica didn't reply. Her deep black hair shimmered like stars in the moonlight.
"What else could be done? We're all weary."
"Not all of us." Erica looked, suddenly alarmed at the forty year old man.
"What? You don't mean to-"
"I'm not who you think I am, as I found you are all not what I thought you were. In a way we are exactly the same." This statement puzzled the American Oriental until she saw Hawk pull out a bright gold shimmering gem. Erica stared at it speechless for moments.
"You can't be the-"
"Is it really that surprising considering what's about to happen?" Hawk asked her transformed in the light. The rocks broke and obeyed his every move. The sand was his carpet and the Earth his kingdom, the Golden Dragoon.
*~*
"Shadow Dragon!!" Blaine commanded. From the depths of darkness came the frame and body of the Shadow Dragon. From the front came an upside tornado the sucked the Wood Dragon up. Like water rushing off a cliff Daphne was thrown done to the earth.
"Daph!" Jett yelled. He glared at Blaine and then saw his motionless sister. "You'll pay." The dirty blonde haired boy growled. He raised his weapon up was about to strike but a large axe cut him off. Jett landed on his feet and saw with disbelief the same motorcycle champion before his eyes in Golden Dragoon armor. "Hawk?"
The man said nothing nor looked at him but kept his steady gaze at Blaine who looked half beat.
Kay grasped his spirit but it did not glow in his hands.
"Argh! Come on!" He yelled at the gem in his hands. "I commanded you to obey me!"
"What, another opposes? Then you will be dealt with more slowly. I take my wrath upon my prey in pieces."
"Then you will have a long battle." Hawk challenged. The Shadow Dragoon came upon him with the deadly long blade and quickly striked the Golden Dragoon, but no damage seemed to have been done. The Golden Dragoon was known for extreme defense.
Hawk rose from the ground and slammed his axe upon the Shadow Dragoon's armor. The damage was great somehow against this element. But Blaine would not be defeated so quickly nor easily. His blood seeped through his armor and onto the ground like a leaky faucet. The Shadow Dragoon has no defense against Earth. He had only one more chance. Kay stared in horror as Blaine concocted another spell.
"Shadow Blast!" Blaine yelled in rage and charged forth swiftly with his sword charged in the shadow element. Hawk blocked it with his axe. Sparks of both power spread over the desert sand but again Earth ruled over Shadow. Blaine was thrown back and Hawk swung again. It was more clumsily this time for it just scratched his armor.
Blaine fell on his back and Hawk hung over for the sure kill. He raised his axe swiftly in both hands and brought it over his head. With a flicker his left eye the axe came down but it didn't not touch the armor. Hawk stared in amazement as the Dark Dragoon caught the blade of the axe with the long handle of his weapon. A struggle of physical ability started and Kay grit his teeth to keep from giving up. Hawk pressed harder but in a yell of rage Kay threw the opponent off of his weapon and back a couple of feet.
Hawk looked at Blaine and glared with his brown eyes. It didn't matter; the Shadow Dragoon would die anyway.
Kay gasped for breath and saw the shadow of Blaine stand up behind him. In a flash Kay whirled around and swiped his weapon across, while summoning an "Astral Drain", Blaine's chest. The spirit dispersed and fell to the earth and shattered into pieces. Kay watched Blaine gain back the color of his eyes and slowly fall to his knees. Blood was over his chest and Kay grimaced at the sight of it.
"Blaine!" Kay cried falling beside him. He supported his best friend with his arms and prayed that he wouldn't die. His friend simply looked up and stared for a moment before saying anything.
"You saved me." The black haired martial artist murmured. Kay meant to say something more but nothing came out his mouth. His only friend and family was leaving him and he couldn't do anything to prevent it. Slowly Blaine's body weighed more and ever slowly he passed out of the world with a glimmer of violet light.
Kay stared in silence at his open arms, still where they were when they had held Blaine, covered in blood. He didn't want to admit it; he couldn't run where he was even though he wanted to. He had lost everything, except his duty to Neo. Neo. He was the cause of Blaine's death. He would pay. Yes, he would pay dearly for this. For the sudden loneliness and ache in his mind. Neo would pay with his life as Blaine did to show Kay his same fate.
* ssp47's Corner * Ok I know what you guys are gonna ask. No, Kay and Blaine are not gay. Their friendship is a replica to Dart and Lavitz, close but not "too" close. Got it? Good.
CHAPTER 15: "The Two Sides of One"
~*~ "This is?" Kay wondered aloud at the sight of the gleaming gray-silver gem.
"A new evolution, the new generation of Dragoons and Dragons alike. As fighters and conquers, we cannot always rely on the loyalty of our own. The original Dragoon spirits seem to have a mind of their own. They can't be trusted with the ones they choose. That is the whole reason why I started this program. So that if any of one of you failed there would be a flip card. If any plans failed in any way, we would still remain the victors. We need control and that will gain us power." Neo explained seriously. "But the control is not in you, but me."
"I don't understand."
"You're human, Kay. You have emotion and feelings that you are quick to trust. I can't trust those feelings inside of you." Neo turned stiffly and with a firm grasp of the gem he said more. "When you fail, this will be there to pick you up where you tripped. It will control you and you will be its servant and that is how we will win at the last moment."
Kay looked deep into the dark eyes of his master.
"You mean like a robot with a chip?"
"If you prefer that phrase."
"But what will happen when the mission is over? What will happen to one of us?" Neo neither replied nor moved. "What will happen, master?" Kay demanded. Neo blinked for the first in maybe his whole life. His eyes were so hard, as his lips were. But both moved right before Kay's eyes.
"Let's hope it won't come down to that." ~*~
So that was how it was. The spirit was man made and required no human element. It was adaptable to any element. But with that power came control, it was adaptable because it controlled the mind to believe it could conduct that elemental power. Yes it was pure control and Blaine could no longer think for himself. Kay never thought it would end up like this; it couldn't end up like this. Blaine was the only thing in his life that Kay dared to call a friend.
* What am I going to do? What can I do? * Kay thought wildly.
"Blaine what are you doing?!" The Dark Dragoon yelled to his friend.
The Shadow Dragoon turned and looked for the voice that spoke to him. Finding no one the Dragoon simply said.
"Blaine? What name is that, that you call me? I'm the Shadow Dragoon. There is no 'Blaine' anymore."
Daphne and Jett exchanged confused glances but kept their focus on their new enemy. In the Gray silvered hands, the nun chucks melted in his hands and changed to two long katanas. With swift silence Blaine placed the two ends of the swords together and they formed into one long blade.
"Who will now challenge me?" He asked looking at the small crowd. His black eyes flashed red for a blink of a second. Daphne frowned and stood up.
"I'll challenge you!" She announced. Jett was about to object but figured his sister had a better grasp of the situation than he did. Daphne clasped her hands together, as her spirit glowed on her chest, to her face. Root like objects wrapped around her body and burst apart and formed her light brown, maroon and emerald green Dragoon armor. The elf princess twirled her magical staff as her primary weapon and took her stance on the battlefield.
"Dark Speed." At first all Daphne saw was shadows and then in a blink of an eye, Blaine wasn't there. But then she saw him, cruising towards her disguised in shadows, like a rocket soaring towards the moon.
"Barrier Strike!" Daphne hung her staff on over her shoulders and lifted it off and into her right hand and took a step and threw the staff into the air. As that was done a magical oak barrier surrounded her and blocked Blaine's attack. A split second later the staff fell down and split and broke the barrier and Blaine was thrown back fifty feet. Barrier Strike was one of the Wood Dragon's best capabilities.
*~*
"I know it's bad." Erica said slightly worried.
"It's pretty bad." Hawk said normally like he was playing doctor. "Her whole life was sucked out of her."
"My magical powers wouldn't work." Erica said suddenly.
"Why not?" Hawk asked remembering that she was the healing Dragoon.
"She's doing it to herself somehow." Erica said more calmly. "I don't know how." She sighed. "And we're no match for Blaine now that Christa is down. Daphne and I can't take him alone but Jett is too inexperienced to use the full potential of his spirit." She folded her arms and sighed again, more frustrated this time.
The sharp man looked at the White Silver Dragoon and then to Christa's almost lifeless body.
"Are you giving up?" He demanded. Erica didn't reply. Her deep black hair shimmered like stars in the moonlight.
"What else could be done? We're all weary."
"Not all of us." Erica looked, suddenly alarmed at the forty year old man.
"What? You don't mean to-"
"I'm not who you think I am, as I found you are all not what I thought you were. In a way we are exactly the same." This statement puzzled the American Oriental until she saw Hawk pull out a bright gold shimmering gem. Erica stared at it speechless for moments.
"You can't be the-"
"Is it really that surprising considering what's about to happen?" Hawk asked her transformed in the light. The rocks broke and obeyed his every move. The sand was his carpet and the Earth his kingdom, the Golden Dragoon.
*~*
"Shadow Dragon!!" Blaine commanded. From the depths of darkness came the frame and body of the Shadow Dragon. From the front came an upside tornado the sucked the Wood Dragon up. Like water rushing off a cliff Daphne was thrown done to the earth.
"Daph!" Jett yelled. He glared at Blaine and then saw his motionless sister. "You'll pay." The dirty blonde haired boy growled. He raised his weapon up was about to strike but a large axe cut him off. Jett landed on his feet and saw with disbelief the same motorcycle champion before his eyes in Golden Dragoon armor. "Hawk?"
The man said nothing nor looked at him but kept his steady gaze at Blaine who looked half beat.
Kay grasped his spirit but it did not glow in his hands.
"Argh! Come on!" He yelled at the gem in his hands. "I commanded you to obey me!"
"What, another opposes? Then you will be dealt with more slowly. I take my wrath upon my prey in pieces."
"Then you will have a long battle." Hawk challenged. The Shadow Dragoon came upon him with the deadly long blade and quickly striked the Golden Dragoon, but no damage seemed to have been done. The Golden Dragoon was known for extreme defense.
Hawk rose from the ground and slammed his axe upon the Shadow Dragoon's armor. The damage was great somehow against this element. But Blaine would not be defeated so quickly nor easily. His blood seeped through his armor and onto the ground like a leaky faucet. The Shadow Dragoon has no defense against Earth. He had only one more chance. Kay stared in horror as Blaine concocted another spell.
"Shadow Blast!" Blaine yelled in rage and charged forth swiftly with his sword charged in the shadow element. Hawk blocked it with his axe. Sparks of both power spread over the desert sand but again Earth ruled over Shadow. Blaine was thrown back and Hawk swung again. It was more clumsily this time for it just scratched his armor.
Blaine fell on his back and Hawk hung over for the sure kill. He raised his axe swiftly in both hands and brought it over his head. With a flicker his left eye the axe came down but it didn't not touch the armor. Hawk stared in amazement as the Dark Dragoon caught the blade of the axe with the long handle of his weapon. A struggle of physical ability started and Kay grit his teeth to keep from giving up. Hawk pressed harder but in a yell of rage Kay threw the opponent off of his weapon and back a couple of feet.
Hawk looked at Blaine and glared with his brown eyes. It didn't matter; the Shadow Dragoon would die anyway.
Kay gasped for breath and saw the shadow of Blaine stand up behind him. In a flash Kay whirled around and swiped his weapon across, while summoning an "Astral Drain", Blaine's chest. The spirit dispersed and fell to the earth and shattered into pieces. Kay watched Blaine gain back the color of his eyes and slowly fall to his knees. Blood was over his chest and Kay grimaced at the sight of it.
"Blaine!" Kay cried falling beside him. He supported his best friend with his arms and prayed that he wouldn't die. His friend simply looked up and stared for a moment before saying anything.
"You saved me." The black haired martial artist murmured. Kay meant to say something more but nothing came out his mouth. His only friend and family was leaving him and he couldn't do anything to prevent it. Slowly Blaine's body weighed more and ever slowly he passed out of the world with a glimmer of violet light.
Kay stared in silence at his open arms, still where they were when they had held Blaine, covered in blood. He didn't want to admit it; he couldn't run where he was even though he wanted to. He had lost everything, except his duty to Neo. Neo. He was the cause of Blaine's death. He would pay. Yes, he would pay dearly for this. For the sudden loneliness and ache in his mind. Neo would pay with his life as Blaine did to show Kay his same fate.
* ssp47's Corner * Ok I know what you guys are gonna ask. No, Kay and Blaine are not gay. Their friendship is a replica to Dart and Lavitz, close but not "too" close. Got it? Good.