Dying of the Light
Ch 7
"Hitting at them head on wasn't exactly the best idea that I've had." Sian thought as he shook his head.
"What's the matter, Sian, are you still feeling the effect of my little poison," Dante taunted with a smirk. "Soon enough, you'll be under my complete control."
"Give me the antidote, I know that you have it." Sian said as his vision kept on going in and out of focus.
"What makes you think that I have it with me? I could have it hidden somewhere," Dante replied as he noticed that Sian's condition was getting worse. "Now, you have a choice. You can either keep enduring the pain as you try to fight off the transformation from becoming a hunter, or you can come with me, and I'll give you the antidote. Which one will it be?"
"Not much of a choice, it's not like he would hand over the antidote just like that without some kind of catch to it. I know what he wants me to do, and he knows that I won't do it. But I don't know how much longer I can keep fighting the transformation." Sian thought in despair.
"Well, Sian, what is it going to be," Dante asked as he started to approach him. "Will you chose to become a hunter, or will you do as I say and I'll give you the antidote?"
"It seems like you've played out your hand pretty well, Dante. It looks like it doesn't matter which one that I choose, you'll win either way," Sian replied as he looked around. "But unfortunately for you, I see another option that just opened up for me."
"What are you..? Jakobe, stop him! Don't let him get away!" Dante said as he saw that Sian was running towards some kind of underground tunnels.
"Come on you baka, try and catch me." Sian thought as he headed into the tunnels. Jakobe suddenly stopped short as he lost sight of him.
"Why aren't you going in there? Go after him!" Dante asked angrily as he ran over to where Sian escaped.
"In there? You've got to be kidding me. There's no way that I'm going to run around
underground, and risk the chance of getting lost." Jakobe replied as he glared back at him.
"You baka," Dante swore. "It doesn't matter, we know where he's going. Rather he wants to or not, Sian will become one of us. Besides, we have other business to take care of."
In an abandoned building...
"I think that we better rest here before heading into Talpa's castle. We need to come up with a plan of some kind." Ryo said as he looked at them.
"I say that we forget about a plan, and just bust in there. I mean come on, Ryo, we've been inside Talpa's castle so many times, that we know where everything is by memory." Kento replied.
"Kento, you know that we can't just bust in. Especially since we don't have our full armors."
Sage said as he leaned against the wall.
"Then what do you suggest we do, Sage, just sit around and wait for our armors just to appear out of nowhere?" Kento replied hotly.
"Maybe I can be of service?" a voice said out of nowhere making everyone quickly stand up and look around.
"Who are you?" Cye asked, as the figure appeared hovering over them.
"To say the least, I'm shocked Torrent, I thought that during all of these years fighting Talpa that you would remember who I am." the voice replied with a scoff.
"Badamon!" Rowen replied as they took defensive positions.
"There's no need for that Ronins. I've come here to offer you a proposition." Badamon said.
"How did you find us?" Kaye asked as she glared at him.
"That was easy, considering that the Dynasty and the mortal world are now one. I know everything that Talpa does, maybe more," Badamon replied with a smirk. "Now, are you willing to listen to what I have to say?"
"Whatever you're selling, we're not interested!" Kento shot back.
"Not even if it's how you can get your full armors back?" Badamon asked in amusement.
"Since when are you willing to help us? Wasn't it you and your nether spirits that took them from us in the first place?" Ryo asked back.
"It was, and so what? Do you want them back or not?" Badamon asked as he held out his hands, and made all seven kanji balls appear.
"I don't exactly trust him, I mean what possible motive does he have in giving us our armors back?" Rowen asked as he glanced over at him.
"We know Rowen, none of us exactly trust him either, but what choice do we have? It's going to be kind of hard to fight Talpa without our full powers." Ryo replied.
"Talpa is the least of your worries." Badamon said as he continued to watch them.
"What are you talking about, Badamon?" Cye asked suspiciously.
"I'm talking about Dante and Jakobe, they're planning something against master Talpa. But I'm not sure what," Badamon replied. "So, what's your answer, are you going to take your kanji balls back, or not?"
"Badamon, does Talpa know that you're here?" Kaye asked curiously.
"Master Talpa doesn't need to know everything that I do." Badamon replied.
"Then I take that as a no." Kaye said with a smirk.
"Enough of this foolish bantering, take back your kanji balls and do what you see fit. I have to get back to the castle." Badamon replied as he threw the kanji balls at their respected owners, and then disappeared.
"Ok, now that was way too weird, even for me." Rowen said as he looked at his kanji ball.
"Hey, I'm not questioning him any more, we have our armors so let's go in and kick some major butt!" Kento replied, as he was about to transform into his full armor.
"Wait a minute, Kento, what about this?" Kaye asked as she was holding onto Sian's kanji ball.
"Why don't you just give it to me?" a voice asked from behind, making them turn around to see who said that.
"Sian, you're ok!" Kento replied as he embraced his son.
"Dad, you're embarrassing me." Sian said as he tried to pull away.
"Oh, sorry about that." Kento replied with a smirk.
"Sian, where did you go? Are you really ok? You've had us worried sick! Do you realize..?" Kaye started to say.
"Mom, first of all, I want to say that I'm sorry..." Sian replied as he interrupted her.
"It's ok, I know that you weren't yourself when that happened." Kaye said.
"No it's not ok, I almost killed you!" Sian replied.
"But you didn't." Kaye replied as she laid her hand onto of his shoulder.
"Damn it mom, why do you have to be so understanding about this?" Sian asked as he quickly jerked around making Kaye pull her hand away from him.
"Because Sian, you're my son. And there's nothing that you could do to change how I or your father, or even your uncles feel about you." Kaye replied quietly.
"Don't be too sure about that." Sian said under his breath.
"What do you mean by that, Sian?" Cye asked as he gave him a curious look. Sian took a deep breath and then he turned around to face them.
"I think that you better sit down, there's something I think that I should tell you." Sian
replied as he started to tell them about the nightmares that he had when they were all at the small house.
"Do you think that what Sian saw in his nightmares could actually become a reality?" Rowen asked as he made a quick glance towards him.
"Can't really be sure, Rowen, I mean all of us had nightmares that came true in one way or another, there's nothing saying that his won't either." Sage replied.
"So then what, are you going to turn your back on him, when he needs us the most?" Kento asked as he was starting to get a little angry at Sage's statement.
"Kento, I'm not saying that, all I'm saying is that we have to be extra careful. We don't know how far along the poison has ran in his system." Sage replied.
"Then why don't you try to heal him? We have our armors back now." Kento said.
"I can try, but I don't know how or if it'll do any good." Sage replied.
"Uncle Sage, if you're willing to do it, then count me in too." Sian said as he walked up behind them.
"Sian, are you sure? You know that I'm not totally positive if it'll work or not." Sage said as he looked towards him.
"Yea, I'm sure, I'm willing to try almost anything to make sure that my nightmares don't come true," Sian replied. "But I'm going to need one more thing before we start."
"Here ya go, it is yours, after all." Kaye said as she tossed Sian's kanji ball to him.
"Ok uncle Sage, I'm ready." Sian replied as he and Sage transformed into their armors. Sian then lay down on the ground as the others watched in anticipation, hoping that it would work, and the poison would be out of his system. Things looked good from what they could tell, but then something went wrong. Sian's eyes flew open; he jumped up from the ground looking at everyone wildly.
"Sage, what happened!?" Ryo asked as he quickly ran beside him.
"I don't know, I think that the poison has some kind of immunity against my healing powers." Sage replied.
"Sian, Sian just calm down, take it easy." Cye said as he tried to calm him.
"Stay away! Just stay away!" Sian replied, and then suddenly Sian grabbed his head and yelled in pain.
Laughter out of nowhere suddenly filled the room, "Dante, come out, we know that it's you!" Ryo yelled in no particular direction.
"Ronins, I've already told you. I'm the only one that can give Sian the antidote. And here you are trying to cure him yourselves, such fools," Dante replied while still laughing. "All you've done was increased the speed of his transformation, and now he's under my control."
Ch 7
"Hitting at them head on wasn't exactly the best idea that I've had." Sian thought as he shook his head.
"What's the matter, Sian, are you still feeling the effect of my little poison," Dante taunted with a smirk. "Soon enough, you'll be under my complete control."
"Give me the antidote, I know that you have it." Sian said as his vision kept on going in and out of focus.
"What makes you think that I have it with me? I could have it hidden somewhere," Dante replied as he noticed that Sian's condition was getting worse. "Now, you have a choice. You can either keep enduring the pain as you try to fight off the transformation from becoming a hunter, or you can come with me, and I'll give you the antidote. Which one will it be?"
"Not much of a choice, it's not like he would hand over the antidote just like that without some kind of catch to it. I know what he wants me to do, and he knows that I won't do it. But I don't know how much longer I can keep fighting the transformation." Sian thought in despair.
"Well, Sian, what is it going to be," Dante asked as he started to approach him. "Will you chose to become a hunter, or will you do as I say and I'll give you the antidote?"
"It seems like you've played out your hand pretty well, Dante. It looks like it doesn't matter which one that I choose, you'll win either way," Sian replied as he looked around. "But unfortunately for you, I see another option that just opened up for me."
"What are you..? Jakobe, stop him! Don't let him get away!" Dante said as he saw that Sian was running towards some kind of underground tunnels.
"Come on you baka, try and catch me." Sian thought as he headed into the tunnels. Jakobe suddenly stopped short as he lost sight of him.
"Why aren't you going in there? Go after him!" Dante asked angrily as he ran over to where Sian escaped.
"In there? You've got to be kidding me. There's no way that I'm going to run around
underground, and risk the chance of getting lost." Jakobe replied as he glared back at him.
"You baka," Dante swore. "It doesn't matter, we know where he's going. Rather he wants to or not, Sian will become one of us. Besides, we have other business to take care of."
In an abandoned building...
"I think that we better rest here before heading into Talpa's castle. We need to come up with a plan of some kind." Ryo said as he looked at them.
"I say that we forget about a plan, and just bust in there. I mean come on, Ryo, we've been inside Talpa's castle so many times, that we know where everything is by memory." Kento replied.
"Kento, you know that we can't just bust in. Especially since we don't have our full armors."
Sage said as he leaned against the wall.
"Then what do you suggest we do, Sage, just sit around and wait for our armors just to appear out of nowhere?" Kento replied hotly.
"Maybe I can be of service?" a voice said out of nowhere making everyone quickly stand up and look around.
"Who are you?" Cye asked, as the figure appeared hovering over them.
"To say the least, I'm shocked Torrent, I thought that during all of these years fighting Talpa that you would remember who I am." the voice replied with a scoff.
"Badamon!" Rowen replied as they took defensive positions.
"There's no need for that Ronins. I've come here to offer you a proposition." Badamon said.
"How did you find us?" Kaye asked as she glared at him.
"That was easy, considering that the Dynasty and the mortal world are now one. I know everything that Talpa does, maybe more," Badamon replied with a smirk. "Now, are you willing to listen to what I have to say?"
"Whatever you're selling, we're not interested!" Kento shot back.
"Not even if it's how you can get your full armors back?" Badamon asked in amusement.
"Since when are you willing to help us? Wasn't it you and your nether spirits that took them from us in the first place?" Ryo asked back.
"It was, and so what? Do you want them back or not?" Badamon asked as he held out his hands, and made all seven kanji balls appear.
"I don't exactly trust him, I mean what possible motive does he have in giving us our armors back?" Rowen asked as he glanced over at him.
"We know Rowen, none of us exactly trust him either, but what choice do we have? It's going to be kind of hard to fight Talpa without our full powers." Ryo replied.
"Talpa is the least of your worries." Badamon said as he continued to watch them.
"What are you talking about, Badamon?" Cye asked suspiciously.
"I'm talking about Dante and Jakobe, they're planning something against master Talpa. But I'm not sure what," Badamon replied. "So, what's your answer, are you going to take your kanji balls back, or not?"
"Badamon, does Talpa know that you're here?" Kaye asked curiously.
"Master Talpa doesn't need to know everything that I do." Badamon replied.
"Then I take that as a no." Kaye said with a smirk.
"Enough of this foolish bantering, take back your kanji balls and do what you see fit. I have to get back to the castle." Badamon replied as he threw the kanji balls at their respected owners, and then disappeared.
"Ok, now that was way too weird, even for me." Rowen said as he looked at his kanji ball.
"Hey, I'm not questioning him any more, we have our armors so let's go in and kick some major butt!" Kento replied, as he was about to transform into his full armor.
"Wait a minute, Kento, what about this?" Kaye asked as she was holding onto Sian's kanji ball.
"Why don't you just give it to me?" a voice asked from behind, making them turn around to see who said that.
"Sian, you're ok!" Kento replied as he embraced his son.
"Dad, you're embarrassing me." Sian said as he tried to pull away.
"Oh, sorry about that." Kento replied with a smirk.
"Sian, where did you go? Are you really ok? You've had us worried sick! Do you realize..?" Kaye started to say.
"Mom, first of all, I want to say that I'm sorry..." Sian replied as he interrupted her.
"It's ok, I know that you weren't yourself when that happened." Kaye said.
"No it's not ok, I almost killed you!" Sian replied.
"But you didn't." Kaye replied as she laid her hand onto of his shoulder.
"Damn it mom, why do you have to be so understanding about this?" Sian asked as he quickly jerked around making Kaye pull her hand away from him.
"Because Sian, you're my son. And there's nothing that you could do to change how I or your father, or even your uncles feel about you." Kaye replied quietly.
"Don't be too sure about that." Sian said under his breath.
"What do you mean by that, Sian?" Cye asked as he gave him a curious look. Sian took a deep breath and then he turned around to face them.
"I think that you better sit down, there's something I think that I should tell you." Sian
replied as he started to tell them about the nightmares that he had when they were all at the small house.
"Do you think that what Sian saw in his nightmares could actually become a reality?" Rowen asked as he made a quick glance towards him.
"Can't really be sure, Rowen, I mean all of us had nightmares that came true in one way or another, there's nothing saying that his won't either." Sage replied.
"So then what, are you going to turn your back on him, when he needs us the most?" Kento asked as he was starting to get a little angry at Sage's statement.
"Kento, I'm not saying that, all I'm saying is that we have to be extra careful. We don't know how far along the poison has ran in his system." Sage replied.
"Then why don't you try to heal him? We have our armors back now." Kento said.
"I can try, but I don't know how or if it'll do any good." Sage replied.
"Uncle Sage, if you're willing to do it, then count me in too." Sian said as he walked up behind them.
"Sian, are you sure? You know that I'm not totally positive if it'll work or not." Sage said as he looked towards him.
"Yea, I'm sure, I'm willing to try almost anything to make sure that my nightmares don't come true," Sian replied. "But I'm going to need one more thing before we start."
"Here ya go, it is yours, after all." Kaye said as she tossed Sian's kanji ball to him.
"Ok uncle Sage, I'm ready." Sian replied as he and Sage transformed into their armors. Sian then lay down on the ground as the others watched in anticipation, hoping that it would work, and the poison would be out of his system. Things looked good from what they could tell, but then something went wrong. Sian's eyes flew open; he jumped up from the ground looking at everyone wildly.
"Sage, what happened!?" Ryo asked as he quickly ran beside him.
"I don't know, I think that the poison has some kind of immunity against my healing powers." Sage replied.
"Sian, Sian just calm down, take it easy." Cye said as he tried to calm him.
"Stay away! Just stay away!" Sian replied, and then suddenly Sian grabbed his head and yelled in pain.
Laughter out of nowhere suddenly filled the room, "Dante, come out, we know that it's you!" Ryo yelled in no particular direction.
"Ronins, I've already told you. I'm the only one that can give Sian the antidote. And here you are trying to cure him yourselves, such fools," Dante replied while still laughing. "All you've done was increased the speed of his transformation, and now he's under my control."
