Dying of the Light
Ch 6
"I can't believe that I almost...the transformation is happening too fast. I don't have any control over what I do, before I know it, I won't be human any more, I'll be a hunter. No, I can't let that happen, I have to fight this. But that means I'll have to go and find Dante. No doubt, he'll be at Talpa's castle, probably waiting for me, or he and Jakobe could be out here somewhere looking for me as well. Looks like you've made up your mind, haven't you, Sian. I better get a move on if I'm going to find Dante, and force him to give me the antidote. But what if he doesn't give it to me, then what? I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." Sian thought as he started off towards Talpa's castle.
"Dante, I don't understand why we don't just attack the boy now. I mean, he's right down there." Jakobe said in confusion as he and Dante watched Sian from a hidden location.
"Jakobe, Sian's a lot stronger than he looks. That's why it's taking so long for the transformation to occur." Dante replied.
"Yea ok, but he doesn't have access to his armor, so then he won't be that much of a problem, or is there something that you're neglecting to tell me?" Jakobe asked as he stole a glance towards him.
"I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know, Jakobe, it's just that Sian is different from the other armor bearers that we've turned from before." Dante replied.
"Different, how?" Jakobe asked.
"That part, I'm not totally sure about. But enough of this conversation, we need to get a move on before Sian beats us back to Talpa's castle." Dante replied as they quickly followed Sian's trail.
"Humph, it looks like that I have company." Sian thought as he barely sensed that Dante and Jakobe behind him. Sian kept going a little farther because he knew that there was a small river bed near by. Just as Dante and Jakobe were about to catch up to him, Sian disappeared.
"How did he?" Jakobe asked being somewhat startled.
"You know, there's something said about someone having control over one's mind." Sian said as he suddenly appeared behind them.
"Oh yea, and what's that?" Jakobe asked as he and Dante quickly turned around.
"You can figure out pretty quickly on how one thinks." Sian replied with a smirk.
"Alright boy, you think that you have us at a disadvantage, so now what are you planning to do next?" Dante asked.
"I'm going to make you hand over the antidote." Sian replied as he kept his eyes on them.
"Oh really? And what if I decide not to give you the antidote, what then, are you going to try and force me to give it to you," Dante asked. "You know that it'll only be a short amount of time before I have complete control of your mind again."
"Then I guess that we had better stop talking, and get to business. Now if you would hand over the antidote, then I'll think about being merciful when I start kicking both of your butts." Sian replied as he got ready for a fight.
"You know what they say about mercy, don't you boy," Dante asked as he raised an eyebrow at him. "They say that mercy is for the weak."
"I thought that you would say something like that." Sian replied as he was waiting for them to attack.
Back at the city limits...
"What's it going to be, Ryo, are we going in or what?" Rowen asked as he looked towards him.
Ryo kept his gaze focused on what was in front of him. He was pretty sure that he wasn't the only one that knew they were against some pretty high odds right now. With only being in their sub armors, it'll be a lot harder to be able to fight the warlords, and Talpa. And then there were the towers to keep in consideration, if they got close to any of them, then they would run the chance of being pulled in.
"Come on you guys, we can't stand here all day, we have to do something. Ryo," Kento said as he frowned at him. "I don't know about you, but I'm not waiting around any longer, I'm going in rather like it or not."
"Kento, use your head, you can't go in there alone. Besides, we don't have our full armors yet." Sage replied as he grabbed his arm to prevent him from going.
"Sage, I don't care. Sian could be in there, and I'm going to get him out no matter what it takes." Kento replied as he pulled his arm out of Sage's grip.
"We don't even know if Sian is in there, Kento, what if he isn't, you'll be trapped inside of Talpa's castle, then what?" Sage shot back.
"What if he is Sage? Look, I know that you're concerned, and you don't think that I'm using my head, but maybe you're right and Sian isn't in there. Then that'll give me a chance to kick Talpa's sorry butt. Either way, I have to find out if he's in there or not. I was hoping that you would understand that." Kento replied as he was starting to get that same look of determination in his eyes that Kaye always has when she has her mind set to do something.
"And besides, Sage, Kento's not going in alone, I'm going as well." Kaye said as she finally spoke up.
"Don't you two realize that's probably what they want you to do?" Sage asked as he looked over at her.
"Yea we do, but you have to realize something, Sage, Sian's our son. Admit it, any of you would do the same thing if your child was in the same situation," Kaye replied with that determined look in her eyes. "I don't care who they are, no one and I mean no one messes with family."
"You two convinced me, I'm coming too." Cye said as he walked up next to them.
"Are you sure about that Cye?" Kento asked as he gave him a curious look.
"Yea Kento, besides, Kaye's right, no one messes with family," Cye replied with a smirk. "So then what are we still waiting around here for, let's go and get Sian back."
"Ryo, will you tell them that there's another way to go about this? Ryo?" Sage asked as he looked towards him.
"Sage, remember what you told me last night when I was doubting myself for being leader?" Ryo asked as he turned around to face him.
"Yea, what about it?" Sage asked back.
"You told me that in order to be a leader, that I need to have faith that the others will know what to do when the time comes. And I believe that they're right, don't you?" Ryo asked.
"Humph, I guess that you did actually listen to me, for once." Sage replied with a smirk.
"I guess that it's decided, so then what are we standing around here for? Let's find Sian and then teach Talpa a lesson that he won't soon forget!" Rowen said with a smirk.
In Toyama...
You know that if these towers are activated by the Ronins' presence, then this will end a lot quicker than I want it to." Sekhmet said as he crossed his arms.
"Master Talpa has already taken care of that, Sekhmet." Dais replied with a smirk.
"Be quiet you two, they're coming, get ready." Anubis said as he spotted them sneaking into the city.
"I don't like this, something isn't right, the towers are not even reacting to us. Why?" Sage asked as he was starting to get a little edgy.
"We'll be more than happy to answer your question, Halo." Cale said as he and the other warlords came out from hiding.
"Ambush!" Rowen yelled as he and the others got into defensive positions.
"We don't have time to deal with you, so get out of our way!" Kento said as he glared at them.
"Make time!" Dais shot back as he started back at Kento.
"Without your armors, you're powerless to stop us." Anubis said as he whirled his sickle.
"Do you Ronins actually think that you even stand a chance against us?" Sekhmet asked with a hint of humor.
"Why don't you fight us and find out?" Ryo shot back as he lead the charge against the warlords.
While the fight between the Ronins and the warlords was going on, Sian had his hands full with Dante and Jakobe. "Come boy, do you honestly believe that you'll be able to stand up against us for long?" Jakobe asked as he did a jump kick towards Sian.
"I'll fight the two of you until my last breath." Sian replied as he back flipped out of the way.
"That can be easily arranged!" Jakobe said as he did a double kick in the air, and then brought his hands above his head to deliver a double fisted blow to the top of Sian's head.
Sian took a couple steps back, and then he jumped over Jakobe's head, As soon as he landed, he turned around and delivered a few punches of his own. "You know what, Jakobe, if you think that you'll be able to get close enough to even touch me, then you have to be quicker than that, old man," Sian replied with a smirk. "And another thing, stop calling me boy, it's starting to get old."
"Dante, what are you doing just standing there? I could use some help." Jakobe asked as he quickly threw him a glance.
"It looked like to me that you were handling yourself just fine. But if you really want me to help, then all you had to do was ask," Dante replied. "And here I thought that you would be able to handle him. Well, it looks like I'm going to have to do this myself."
"Let's see what you got." Sian challenged as he stared down Dante.
"I'm not the type to get my hands dirty, but I guess that once in a while it doesn't hurt to remind you of your place." Dante replied as he charged straight ahead at Sian. Just as Sian was about to block Dante's on coming attack, Dante did a quick zig-zag, and then just as Sian was changing positions, Dante jumped behind Sian and back fisted him right square in the head. Sian, staggered back a bit, he then he felt something warm flowing down. Sian wiped his face with the back of his hand, and when he glanced at it, he saw that his blood was smeared on the back of it.
"How?" Sian said in disbelief as he started at Dante.
"Oh it looks like I forgot to tell you something." Dante replied with a smirk.
"Yea, and what's that?" Sian asked as he glared at him.
"When I fight, I don't fight fair. I've never fought a fair fight in my life." Dante replied as he threw his small blade that he had hidden somewhere up his sleeve.
"I've noticed." Sian replied in annoyance.
Back in Toyama...
"Web of deception!" Dais yelled as he delivered his sure kill.
"Watch it!" Ryo warned as he and the others jumped back from Dais's attack.
"Dais, remember the plan." Anubis said as he threw him a quick glance.
"You don't have to remind me, Anubis, I'm just making it a bit more realistic." Dais replied in annoyance.
"Hey guys, over there!" Rowen yelled as he noticed that a building was getting ready to topple over.
Sage nodded, he knew what Rowen had in mind. Now if there was some way to get the warlords to follow and make the building to fall on top of them. "What's the matter, Anubis, can't hit us with your sure-kill? I bet that you can't even hit the broad side of a barn!" Kento challenged with a grin.
That's all that was needed to get Anubis's blood to boil. "You'll pay for your insolence, Hardrock. Quake with fear!"
Anubis shouted as he delivered his sure-kill towards Kento.
"That's it, wait for it, wait for it, and now!" Kento thought as he jumped out of the way in the last second before Anubis's attack could snare him. The attack hit the teetering building right in the weak spot, making it fall over in the warlords direction.
"Anubis, you baka!" Cale yelled as he and the other warlords dove for cover before the building could topple over them.
As the dust cleared, all that could be seen were the warlords lying on the ground out cold with nothing but a huge pile of bricks covering them. "You know what, that seemed just a little too easy." Rowen said as they looked at the unconscious warlords.
"Hey, it worked didn't it? So come on, were wasting time just standing here. Let's get going already." Kento said with a smirk.
"Yea I suppose so, but it still seems too easy." Rowen replied reluctantly as they took off from there.
"I was wondering when they were going to leave." Cale said as Dais called off his illusion.
"What are you wining about, Cale, it worked didn't it?" Dais asked as he glanced over towards him.
"Yes, I suppose so, We better go and inform master Talpa that they are on their way." Cale replied.
"Those pesky Ronins have no idea of what lies ahead. This is going to be good." Anubis thought with a cruel smile as he and the other warlords disappeared.
Ch 6
"I can't believe that I almost...the transformation is happening too fast. I don't have any control over what I do, before I know it, I won't be human any more, I'll be a hunter. No, I can't let that happen, I have to fight this. But that means I'll have to go and find Dante. No doubt, he'll be at Talpa's castle, probably waiting for me, or he and Jakobe could be out here somewhere looking for me as well. Looks like you've made up your mind, haven't you, Sian. I better get a move on if I'm going to find Dante, and force him to give me the antidote. But what if he doesn't give it to me, then what? I guess that I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." Sian thought as he started off towards Talpa's castle.
"Dante, I don't understand why we don't just attack the boy now. I mean, he's right down there." Jakobe said in confusion as he and Dante watched Sian from a hidden location.
"Jakobe, Sian's a lot stronger than he looks. That's why it's taking so long for the transformation to occur." Dante replied.
"Yea ok, but he doesn't have access to his armor, so then he won't be that much of a problem, or is there something that you're neglecting to tell me?" Jakobe asked as he stole a glance towards him.
"I'm not telling you anything that you don't already know, Jakobe, it's just that Sian is different from the other armor bearers that we've turned from before." Dante replied.
"Different, how?" Jakobe asked.
"That part, I'm not totally sure about. But enough of this conversation, we need to get a move on before Sian beats us back to Talpa's castle." Dante replied as they quickly followed Sian's trail.
"Humph, it looks like that I have company." Sian thought as he barely sensed that Dante and Jakobe behind him. Sian kept going a little farther because he knew that there was a small river bed near by. Just as Dante and Jakobe were about to catch up to him, Sian disappeared.
"How did he?" Jakobe asked being somewhat startled.
"You know, there's something said about someone having control over one's mind." Sian said as he suddenly appeared behind them.
"Oh yea, and what's that?" Jakobe asked as he and Dante quickly turned around.
"You can figure out pretty quickly on how one thinks." Sian replied with a smirk.
"Alright boy, you think that you have us at a disadvantage, so now what are you planning to do next?" Dante asked.
"I'm going to make you hand over the antidote." Sian replied as he kept his eyes on them.
"Oh really? And what if I decide not to give you the antidote, what then, are you going to try and force me to give it to you," Dante asked. "You know that it'll only be a short amount of time before I have complete control of your mind again."
"Then I guess that we had better stop talking, and get to business. Now if you would hand over the antidote, then I'll think about being merciful when I start kicking both of your butts." Sian replied as he got ready for a fight.
"You know what they say about mercy, don't you boy," Dante asked as he raised an eyebrow at him. "They say that mercy is for the weak."
"I thought that you would say something like that." Sian replied as he was waiting for them to attack.
Back at the city limits...
"What's it going to be, Ryo, are we going in or what?" Rowen asked as he looked towards him.
Ryo kept his gaze focused on what was in front of him. He was pretty sure that he wasn't the only one that knew they were against some pretty high odds right now. With only being in their sub armors, it'll be a lot harder to be able to fight the warlords, and Talpa. And then there were the towers to keep in consideration, if they got close to any of them, then they would run the chance of being pulled in.
"Come on you guys, we can't stand here all day, we have to do something. Ryo," Kento said as he frowned at him. "I don't know about you, but I'm not waiting around any longer, I'm going in rather like it or not."
"Kento, use your head, you can't go in there alone. Besides, we don't have our full armors yet." Sage replied as he grabbed his arm to prevent him from going.
"Sage, I don't care. Sian could be in there, and I'm going to get him out no matter what it takes." Kento replied as he pulled his arm out of Sage's grip.
"We don't even know if Sian is in there, Kento, what if he isn't, you'll be trapped inside of Talpa's castle, then what?" Sage shot back.
"What if he is Sage? Look, I know that you're concerned, and you don't think that I'm using my head, but maybe you're right and Sian isn't in there. Then that'll give me a chance to kick Talpa's sorry butt. Either way, I have to find out if he's in there or not. I was hoping that you would understand that." Kento replied as he was starting to get that same look of determination in his eyes that Kaye always has when she has her mind set to do something.
"And besides, Sage, Kento's not going in alone, I'm going as well." Kaye said as she finally spoke up.
"Don't you two realize that's probably what they want you to do?" Sage asked as he looked over at her.
"Yea we do, but you have to realize something, Sage, Sian's our son. Admit it, any of you would do the same thing if your child was in the same situation," Kaye replied with that determined look in her eyes. "I don't care who they are, no one and I mean no one messes with family."
"You two convinced me, I'm coming too." Cye said as he walked up next to them.
"Are you sure about that Cye?" Kento asked as he gave him a curious look.
"Yea Kento, besides, Kaye's right, no one messes with family," Cye replied with a smirk. "So then what are we still waiting around here for, let's go and get Sian back."
"Ryo, will you tell them that there's another way to go about this? Ryo?" Sage asked as he looked towards him.
"Sage, remember what you told me last night when I was doubting myself for being leader?" Ryo asked as he turned around to face him.
"Yea, what about it?" Sage asked back.
"You told me that in order to be a leader, that I need to have faith that the others will know what to do when the time comes. And I believe that they're right, don't you?" Ryo asked.
"Humph, I guess that you did actually listen to me, for once." Sage replied with a smirk.
"I guess that it's decided, so then what are we standing around here for? Let's find Sian and then teach Talpa a lesson that he won't soon forget!" Rowen said with a smirk.
In Toyama...
You know that if these towers are activated by the Ronins' presence, then this will end a lot quicker than I want it to." Sekhmet said as he crossed his arms.
"Master Talpa has already taken care of that, Sekhmet." Dais replied with a smirk.
"Be quiet you two, they're coming, get ready." Anubis said as he spotted them sneaking into the city.
"I don't like this, something isn't right, the towers are not even reacting to us. Why?" Sage asked as he was starting to get a little edgy.
"We'll be more than happy to answer your question, Halo." Cale said as he and the other warlords came out from hiding.
"Ambush!" Rowen yelled as he and the others got into defensive positions.
"We don't have time to deal with you, so get out of our way!" Kento said as he glared at them.
"Make time!" Dais shot back as he started back at Kento.
"Without your armors, you're powerless to stop us." Anubis said as he whirled his sickle.
"Do you Ronins actually think that you even stand a chance against us?" Sekhmet asked with a hint of humor.
"Why don't you fight us and find out?" Ryo shot back as he lead the charge against the warlords.
While the fight between the Ronins and the warlords was going on, Sian had his hands full with Dante and Jakobe. "Come boy, do you honestly believe that you'll be able to stand up against us for long?" Jakobe asked as he did a jump kick towards Sian.
"I'll fight the two of you until my last breath." Sian replied as he back flipped out of the way.
"That can be easily arranged!" Jakobe said as he did a double kick in the air, and then brought his hands above his head to deliver a double fisted blow to the top of Sian's head.
Sian took a couple steps back, and then he jumped over Jakobe's head, As soon as he landed, he turned around and delivered a few punches of his own. "You know what, Jakobe, if you think that you'll be able to get close enough to even touch me, then you have to be quicker than that, old man," Sian replied with a smirk. "And another thing, stop calling me boy, it's starting to get old."
"Dante, what are you doing just standing there? I could use some help." Jakobe asked as he quickly threw him a glance.
"It looked like to me that you were handling yourself just fine. But if you really want me to help, then all you had to do was ask," Dante replied. "And here I thought that you would be able to handle him. Well, it looks like I'm going to have to do this myself."
"Let's see what you got." Sian challenged as he stared down Dante.
"I'm not the type to get my hands dirty, but I guess that once in a while it doesn't hurt to remind you of your place." Dante replied as he charged straight ahead at Sian. Just as Sian was about to block Dante's on coming attack, Dante did a quick zig-zag, and then just as Sian was changing positions, Dante jumped behind Sian and back fisted him right square in the head. Sian, staggered back a bit, he then he felt something warm flowing down. Sian wiped his face with the back of his hand, and when he glanced at it, he saw that his blood was smeared on the back of it.
"How?" Sian said in disbelief as he started at Dante.
"Oh it looks like I forgot to tell you something." Dante replied with a smirk.
"Yea, and what's that?" Sian asked as he glared at him.
"When I fight, I don't fight fair. I've never fought a fair fight in my life." Dante replied as he threw his small blade that he had hidden somewhere up his sleeve.
"I've noticed." Sian replied in annoyance.
Back in Toyama...
"Web of deception!" Dais yelled as he delivered his sure kill.
"Watch it!" Ryo warned as he and the others jumped back from Dais's attack.
"Dais, remember the plan." Anubis said as he threw him a quick glance.
"You don't have to remind me, Anubis, I'm just making it a bit more realistic." Dais replied in annoyance.
"Hey guys, over there!" Rowen yelled as he noticed that a building was getting ready to topple over.
Sage nodded, he knew what Rowen had in mind. Now if there was some way to get the warlords to follow and make the building to fall on top of them. "What's the matter, Anubis, can't hit us with your sure-kill? I bet that you can't even hit the broad side of a barn!" Kento challenged with a grin.
That's all that was needed to get Anubis's blood to boil. "You'll pay for your insolence, Hardrock. Quake with fear!"
Anubis shouted as he delivered his sure-kill towards Kento.
"That's it, wait for it, wait for it, and now!" Kento thought as he jumped out of the way in the last second before Anubis's attack could snare him. The attack hit the teetering building right in the weak spot, making it fall over in the warlords direction.
"Anubis, you baka!" Cale yelled as he and the other warlords dove for cover before the building could topple over them.
As the dust cleared, all that could be seen were the warlords lying on the ground out cold with nothing but a huge pile of bricks covering them. "You know what, that seemed just a little too easy." Rowen said as they looked at the unconscious warlords.
"Hey, it worked didn't it? So come on, were wasting time just standing here. Let's get going already." Kento said with a smirk.
"Yea I suppose so, but it still seems too easy." Rowen replied reluctantly as they took off from there.
"I was wondering when they were going to leave." Cale said as Dais called off his illusion.
"What are you wining about, Cale, it worked didn't it?" Dais asked as he glanced over towards him.
"Yes, I suppose so, We better go and inform master Talpa that they are on their way." Cale replied.
"Those pesky Ronins have no idea of what lies ahead. This is going to be good." Anubis thought with a cruel smile as he and the other warlords disappeared.
