Dying of the Light
Ch 9
"Ryo, watch out!" Sage exclaimed as he tackled him out of the way from Sian's attack.
"Sian, what's the big idea? Don't you recognize us?" Ryo yelled up at him as he looked up from where he and Sage were getting up. A loud roar was given in response to his questions, as the dragon hovered in the air, keeping a close watch on them.
"I don't think that Sian does recognize us." Rowen replied as he kept his eyes on him.
"What are we suppose to do? We can't fight that thing, it's still Sian." Cye asked in concern.
"We know Cye, but Sian is a full fledge hunter now, we have to fight him." Ryo replied as he stole a glance towards him.
"NO Ryo! I know that Sian's still in there somewhere!" Cye replied sternly.
"I know how badly you want to believe that Cye, so do we, but..." Ryo started to say.
"I don't care what you say Ryo, I won't let you, Sage or Rowen lay a hand on him!" Cye replied as he stood in their line of fire.
"Cye, get out of the way!" Sage yelled at him.
"NO, I'm not moving! If you want to attack Sian, then you have to go through me!" Cye replied as he looked towards them with a very determined look in his eyes. As Sian continued to hover in the air, he watched them in slight confusion. He wasn't sure of what to make out of the present situation. Should he attack them? Then Cye's words echoed in his mind. "I know that Sian's still in there somewhere!" Sian threw his head violently up into the air, as he gave a heart-wrenching roar.
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"Alright you two, it's time to wake up." Dante said as he and Jakobe came into the dark room.
"Aw, what's the matter? Are you having trouble trying to move?" Jakobe asked with an evil smirk as Kento and Kaye were trying to struggle.
"If I were you, I wouldn't struggle so much." Dante taunted.
"Yea? And why's that?" Kento asked hotly as he glared at them.
"Because the more that you struggle, the tighter they become. Those aren't your regular run of the mill chains, you know," Dante replied with a smirk. "You don't look like you believe me, I think that a demonstration is in order."
As Dante's eyes began to give off an emerald green glow, the chains that were binding them began to get tighter and tighter, as they were starting to gasp for air. "Do you believe Dante now," Jakobe asked. They gave a quick nod, "good." Then the chains stopped squeezing them.
"You've done what you've came here to do. Then why..?" Kaye began to ask as she was trying to get her breathing back under control.
"You want to know why we're still here? As well as why we have the two of you?" Dante asked with a gleam in his eye.
"Yes." Kaye replied as she glared angrily at them.
"I thought that the answer to the second question was so obvious?" Jakobe asked with a sly smile.
"You want to test Sian's loyalty," Kento shot back. "You wanted to see if he would chose to follow you, or if he would fight you."
"You're a lot smarter than you look, Hardrock," Dante replied with a laugh. "But you're only partially correct."
"Yea well, don't let that get around, I have a rep to uphold, ya know." Kento said as he glared at him.
"As to why were still here, we've talked about it, and we've decided that why go back to Dante's time? Why not just stay here and rule the new world? I mean, it would be so easy, mainly because there are fewer annoying Ronins here in this time than the future. And besides, your husband and your friends were the only ones capable to defeat Talpa time and time again. So then your powers would be proven to be useful for us." Jakobe said as he started to explain.
"Wait a minute, you said that Kento was only partially right. What's the rest? You have some other hidden agenda?" Kaye asked as she eyed them suspiciously.
"If we are going to over throw Talpa, and I assure you that we will, then we're going to need a couple of more..." Dante replied with a cruel smile as he pulled out the vile of poison. "Let's say volunteers."
"Forget it Dante, I would rather die, than to follow orders from someone like you!" Kaye spat angrily.
"That can be easily arranged!" Dante replied angrily as he glowed an emerald green and made the chains that were binding Kaye wrap tightly around her like a constrictor does when it squeezes the life out of its prey.
"Kaye, no! Dante, stop it, I said stop!" Kento yelled angrily at him as his anger gave him an extra boost of adrenalin that helped him pull free one of his arms.
"What!? How could you? It's inconceivable!" Dante asked in shock as he stopped glowing and then the chains went slack, leaving Kaye hanging barely conscious.
"Dante, I believe another approach is to be taken." Jakobe said as he suddenly came up with an idea.
"I do believe that you're right, Jakobe. Come, let us leave these two, it's not like they're
going anywhere any time soon." Dante replied as he and Jakobe disappeared. Just as they
vanished, the chains that were holding Kento and Kaye disappeared and they fell to the floor.
"Kaye, are you all right? Come on, say something, anything!" Kento pleaded.
"Kento..." Kaye started to say.
"Yea?" Kento asked in concern.
"I can't move my leg." Kaye replied as she winced.
"What's wrong with it? Is it broken?" Kento asked as he looked towards her.
"No, it's not broken, you're laying on it." Kaye replied as she looked back.
"Oh, sorry about that." Kento said with a small grin as he started to get up.
"Thanks, that's much better." Kaye replied as she returned a smile of her own while he helped her to stand.
"So, now what? We can't exactly stay around here." Kento asked.
"I know, but I don't see any windows or doors, do you?" Kaye asked back.
"No, but who says that I can't make an exit for us," Kento asked as he got ready to deliver his sure-kill to a wall on the other side. "Take cover."
Kaye nodded and then quickly took cover behind a large statue, and then he delivered his sure-kill towards the wall. Just as it the wall, it bounced back and started to come straight at him.
"Kento!" Kaye exclaimed as his sure-kill hit him, and made him fly into the wall.
"Oh man, so that's what it feels like." Kento mused as he was starting to slowly get up.
"Kento! Are you all right!?" Kaye asked urgently as she quickly ran over to him.
"Yea, I'm ok." Kento replied as he was finally standing.
"Looks like Dante wants to keep us here for a while." Kaye said as she looked towards where Kento delivered his sure-kill.
"Yea, so now what can we do? Just sit around and wait for those two losers to come back," Kento asked as he crossed his arms. "You know that's not my style."
"I know Kento, but at the moment there's nothing else that we can do." Kaye replied as they both sat down so they could try to keep up whatever strength that they had, because they knew that they're going to needed all the strength that they can get.
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"Master Talpa, do you think that Badamon was right? Do you think that Dante and Jakobe will actually be stupid enough to try anything against you?" Dais asked as he looked towards him.
"If they do, then they are fools! They are more than welcome to try, but they'll find out that whatever they do will be useless against me." Talpa replied as his eyes glowed red.
"Fools are we? When the time comes, then we'll see if you will be able to fight, let alone
live." Dante said as he watched from the shadows and then disappeared.
Ch 9
"Ryo, watch out!" Sage exclaimed as he tackled him out of the way from Sian's attack.
"Sian, what's the big idea? Don't you recognize us?" Ryo yelled up at him as he looked up from where he and Sage were getting up. A loud roar was given in response to his questions, as the dragon hovered in the air, keeping a close watch on them.
"I don't think that Sian does recognize us." Rowen replied as he kept his eyes on him.
"What are we suppose to do? We can't fight that thing, it's still Sian." Cye asked in concern.
"We know Cye, but Sian is a full fledge hunter now, we have to fight him." Ryo replied as he stole a glance towards him.
"NO Ryo! I know that Sian's still in there somewhere!" Cye replied sternly.
"I know how badly you want to believe that Cye, so do we, but..." Ryo started to say.
"I don't care what you say Ryo, I won't let you, Sage or Rowen lay a hand on him!" Cye replied as he stood in their line of fire.
"Cye, get out of the way!" Sage yelled at him.
"NO, I'm not moving! If you want to attack Sian, then you have to go through me!" Cye replied as he looked towards them with a very determined look in his eyes. As Sian continued to hover in the air, he watched them in slight confusion. He wasn't sure of what to make out of the present situation. Should he attack them? Then Cye's words echoed in his mind. "I know that Sian's still in there somewhere!" Sian threw his head violently up into the air, as he gave a heart-wrenching roar.
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"Alright you two, it's time to wake up." Dante said as he and Jakobe came into the dark room.
"Aw, what's the matter? Are you having trouble trying to move?" Jakobe asked with an evil smirk as Kento and Kaye were trying to struggle.
"If I were you, I wouldn't struggle so much." Dante taunted.
"Yea? And why's that?" Kento asked hotly as he glared at them.
"Because the more that you struggle, the tighter they become. Those aren't your regular run of the mill chains, you know," Dante replied with a smirk. "You don't look like you believe me, I think that a demonstration is in order."
As Dante's eyes began to give off an emerald green glow, the chains that were binding them began to get tighter and tighter, as they were starting to gasp for air. "Do you believe Dante now," Jakobe asked. They gave a quick nod, "good." Then the chains stopped squeezing them.
"You've done what you've came here to do. Then why..?" Kaye began to ask as she was trying to get her breathing back under control.
"You want to know why we're still here? As well as why we have the two of you?" Dante asked with a gleam in his eye.
"Yes." Kaye replied as she glared angrily at them.
"I thought that the answer to the second question was so obvious?" Jakobe asked with a sly smile.
"You want to test Sian's loyalty," Kento shot back. "You wanted to see if he would chose to follow you, or if he would fight you."
"You're a lot smarter than you look, Hardrock," Dante replied with a laugh. "But you're only partially correct."
"Yea well, don't let that get around, I have a rep to uphold, ya know." Kento said as he glared at him.
"As to why were still here, we've talked about it, and we've decided that why go back to Dante's time? Why not just stay here and rule the new world? I mean, it would be so easy, mainly because there are fewer annoying Ronins here in this time than the future. And besides, your husband and your friends were the only ones capable to defeat Talpa time and time again. So then your powers would be proven to be useful for us." Jakobe said as he started to explain.
"Wait a minute, you said that Kento was only partially right. What's the rest? You have some other hidden agenda?" Kaye asked as she eyed them suspiciously.
"If we are going to over throw Talpa, and I assure you that we will, then we're going to need a couple of more..." Dante replied with a cruel smile as he pulled out the vile of poison. "Let's say volunteers."
"Forget it Dante, I would rather die, than to follow orders from someone like you!" Kaye spat angrily.
"That can be easily arranged!" Dante replied angrily as he glowed an emerald green and made the chains that were binding Kaye wrap tightly around her like a constrictor does when it squeezes the life out of its prey.
"Kaye, no! Dante, stop it, I said stop!" Kento yelled angrily at him as his anger gave him an extra boost of adrenalin that helped him pull free one of his arms.
"What!? How could you? It's inconceivable!" Dante asked in shock as he stopped glowing and then the chains went slack, leaving Kaye hanging barely conscious.
"Dante, I believe another approach is to be taken." Jakobe said as he suddenly came up with an idea.
"I do believe that you're right, Jakobe. Come, let us leave these two, it's not like they're
going anywhere any time soon." Dante replied as he and Jakobe disappeared. Just as they
vanished, the chains that were holding Kento and Kaye disappeared and they fell to the floor.
"Kaye, are you all right? Come on, say something, anything!" Kento pleaded.
"Kento..." Kaye started to say.
"Yea?" Kento asked in concern.
"I can't move my leg." Kaye replied as she winced.
"What's wrong with it? Is it broken?" Kento asked as he looked towards her.
"No, it's not broken, you're laying on it." Kaye replied as she looked back.
"Oh, sorry about that." Kento said with a small grin as he started to get up.
"Thanks, that's much better." Kaye replied as she returned a smile of her own while he helped her to stand.
"So, now what? We can't exactly stay around here." Kento asked.
"I know, but I don't see any windows or doors, do you?" Kaye asked back.
"No, but who says that I can't make an exit for us," Kento asked as he got ready to deliver his sure-kill to a wall on the other side. "Take cover."
Kaye nodded and then quickly took cover behind a large statue, and then he delivered his sure-kill towards the wall. Just as it the wall, it bounced back and started to come straight at him.
"Kento!" Kaye exclaimed as his sure-kill hit him, and made him fly into the wall.
"Oh man, so that's what it feels like." Kento mused as he was starting to slowly get up.
"Kento! Are you all right!?" Kaye asked urgently as she quickly ran over to him.
"Yea, I'm ok." Kento replied as he was finally standing.
"Looks like Dante wants to keep us here for a while." Kaye said as she looked towards where Kento delivered his sure-kill.
"Yea, so now what can we do? Just sit around and wait for those two losers to come back," Kento asked as he crossed his arms. "You know that's not my style."
"I know Kento, but at the moment there's nothing else that we can do." Kaye replied as they both sat down so they could try to keep up whatever strength that they had, because they knew that they're going to needed all the strength that they can get.
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"Master Talpa, do you think that Badamon was right? Do you think that Dante and Jakobe will actually be stupid enough to try anything against you?" Dais asked as he looked towards him.
"If they do, then they are fools! They are more than welcome to try, but they'll find out that whatever they do will be useless against me." Talpa replied as his eyes glowed red.
"Fools are we? When the time comes, then we'll see if you will be able to fight, let alone
live." Dante said as he watched from the shadows and then disappeared.
