Dying of the Light

ch 12

"Is Torrent right? Is this as much as our fight, as it is theirs?" Anubis wondered as he glanced over towards the Ronins as they were fighting Dante and Jakobe.

"Let's go, the Ronins seem to be handling themselves just fine without our help." Sekhmet said as he and the others started to leave.

"No Sekhmet, we're going to stay and help them." Anubis replied as he refused to budge from where he's standing.

"Anubis, are you out of your mind? We're their enemies, or have you forgotten that?" Cale asked as he glared at him.

"No Cale, I haven't forgotten. But I'm thinking that if we don't help them, then they'll come after us next, and then when were out of the way, all that's left will be master Talpa." Anubis replied as he pulled out his kursari-gama, and got ready to fight.

The other warlords looked at each other, all of them were thinking that Cale was right, and that Anubis has lost his mind. But then, they realized that Anubis also had a valid point as well.

"Anubis, I only have one thing to say." Dais said as he glanced over at him and held out his nunjunkas.

"Oh, and what's that?" Anubis asked as he glanced back.

"Whatever you do, don't make us regret this." Dais replied as he saw that Anubis gave him a smirk.

"Snake fang strike!" Sekhmet called out as he delivered his sure kill towards Dante and Jakobe.

The attack hit, making the two dragons turn their heads slightly.

"What do you call that? If that was your best attack, then you're pathetic." Dante replied as he swung his wing back, making Sekhmet fly back into the wall.

"Black lightning slash!" Cale called out as it hit Jakobe.

"AH! My eyes! My eyes!" Jakobe yelled out as he covered his eyes.

"Humph, now who's the pathetic one?" Cale asked with a smirk.

"Cale, watch out!" Ryo yelled out to him. "Flare up now!"

Ryo's sure kill struck at the tip of Jakobe's tail as the fire of Ryo's attack ran all the way up

from the tail to the top of his head. "Whoa, barbeque dragon. I wonder if it taste like

chicken." Kento said with a smirk.

"Kento!?" Kaye replied in disbelief.

"What?!" Kento asked as he looked over to her.

"Never mind." Kaye replied as she shook her head.

"I heard that!" Jakobe said as the fire from Ryo's attack went out. "Let's see if barbequed

humans taste like chicken."

"Oh boy." Kento replied.

"Nice going Kento." Kaye said as she rolled her eyes.

"Sorry." Kento replied apologetically.

"Wha? Kento, look out!" Kaye warned as she shoved him out of the way. Kento staggered back and fell to the ground, avoiding getting grabbed by a dragon's claw. When Kento looked up to see who grabbed Kaye, he saw that it wasn't Dante, and it wasn't Jakobe, it was Sian.

"Sian let her go!" Kento yelled up to him. Sian decided to ignore Kento's warning and decided to grab for him too. "Hey! What's the big idea?"

"Kento! Sian, what are you doing?!" Rowen asked as he and the others paused in the fight.

"He's finally going to do what he came here to do in the first place." Dante replied.

"Sian, you can't!" Cye yelled up to him.

"I have to, I don't have a choice!" Sian replied as he started to squeeze them.

"There's always a choice, Sian, you just need to know where to look." Cye yelled back. Cye's words echoed in the back of his mind. He knew that he heard those exact words once before. The day that he was arguing with his parents came flooding back into his mind. He could see the argument that he was having with his father, while his mother was trying to calm both of them down. Then the words, that Cye and his mother both said resonated in his mind. Sian then threw his head back and gave a loud roar as he looked back at his parents, and then threw them into the wall. They hit the wall with such force that they bounced back and rolled to a full stop, barely breathing.

"Kento! Kaye!" Cye called out in alarm.

"Sage!" Ryo said as he urgently looked over at him. Sage nodded, he knew what Ryo had in mind, and then he ran over to them.

"Sage?" Rowen asked as the rest of them hurried over.

"They're breathing, but just barely. I'm not sure how long they can hold on until..." Sage replied as he looked over them.

"Just don't sit there, do something!" Ryo said angrily.

"Ryo, do you mind? Turn the volume down, you're giving me a headache." Kaye croaked as she started to slowly open her eyes.

"And people say that I'm loud." Kento groaned as he started to stir a little.

"Can the two of you stand?" Ryo asked as he looked towards them in concern.

"Stand? Ryo, we're lucky to be able to sit up, let alone stand." Kaye replied with a frown.

"No! What have I...what have you done?! You made me do this! You, monster!" Sian roared as he looked over at Dante.

"My boy, I haven't made you do anything. You've done it all on your own. You're a hunter now, and a hunter you'll stay." Dante replied with a toothy grin.

"If I have to be like this for the rest of my life, then doesn't mean that I have to take orders from you!" Sian said angrily as he took a swipe at Dante's wing.

"You're a fool! Who do you think will accept you now? Your parents? How can they, they're dead." Dante taunted, "You killed them!"

"NO! You lie, they're not dead, they're not!" Sian replied as he tackled Dante. As the two dragons wrestled with each other, the building started to collapse around them.

"Ah guys, an exit would be a good idea right about now." Rowen said as he and the others were trying to help Kento and Kaye to stand.

"Rowen, are you crazy," Kento asked in disbelief. "We can't leave Sian!"

"Kento, Sian can take care of himself, unless you want to be buried alive, then I would suggest that we get the heck out of here." Rowen replied as he glanced over at him.

"And besides, it looks like the warlords took off on us." Ryo said angrily.

"I knew that we couldn't count on them, those cowards." Cye replied with a growl.

Kento and Kaye looked at each other, and then they looked over to where Sian and Dante were still fighting. They knew that Rowen was right, and that Sian could take care of himself, but they still couldn't help the feeling that something very bad was going to happen. "Kento...Kaye?" Sage asked in concern. The two looked back towards their friends and nodded, then they quickly as they were able, made their way out of the crumbling room.

Just as they made it out, "I was wondering what took you so long." Jakobe said with a smirk as they emerged from the tunnel.

"Oh great, I almost forgot about him." Ryo replied in annoyance.

"Oh don't worry, soon all of you will be nothing but a memory." Jakobe said with a gleam in his eye.

Just as Jakobe was about to take a swipe at them, "quake with fear!" Anubis called out as his sickle and chain wrapped around the dragon.

"Anubis! We thought that you…" Cye said with slight confusion.

"What? That we would actually run out on you annoying Ronins? We may be enemies, but just this once we're sticking our necks out for you to help you out. Besides, we don't want a couple of crazy dragons ruling this world instead of master Talpa." Anubis replied as he glanced back at them.

"So, does anyone have any ideas of how to defeat this thing?" Cale asked as he and the other warlords joined them.

"Actually yea, Cale, Sage, both of you on the count of three, use your sure kills!" Rowen replied.

"What?! How is that going to do anything against this creature?" Cale asked in disbelief.

"Earlier I noticed that Jakobe couldn't stand both bright light and total darkness. So if the both of you deliver your sure kills at the exact same time…" Rowen started to say.

"It's worth a shot, what do you say, Cale," Sage asked as he noticed that Cale threw him a look. "Hey, I'm not to thrilled about this either, but it's the only thing that just might work."

"Fine, then let's get this over with." Cale replied, "Black lightning slash!"

"Thunder bolt cut!" Sage called out as both sure kills hit Jakobe directly in the eyes exactly at the same time. Jakobe yelled out in extreme pain, blood started to flow from his eyes as he clawed at them.

"Ok, he's blinded, so now what?!" Cale asked as he looked back towards the Ronins.

"Now everyone, deliver your sure kills," Ryo replied as he took aim at Jakobe. "Flare up now"! The others quickly followed with their attacks, each one hitting in a different spot, making Jakobe roar out in pain, and then he fell dead to the ground.

"Is he actually…?" Kaye started to ask as Jakobe stayed lifeless for a few seconds.

"I think so." Sage replied as he gave a sigh of relief. Just then a very loud and pain filled roar could be heard from behind them.

"Sian!" Kaye exclaimed, as she was about to run back inside.

"Kaye, no." Kento replied sadly as he grabbed onto her.

"But Kento, he could be…" Kaye said as she started to choke back her tears.

"I know Kaye, I know." Kento replied as they held each other. The other Ronins bowed their heads sadly as they too started to mourn for Sian.

Just then, "you know, they just don't make buildings like they use to." Sian said as he was coughing as he started to come out of the tunnel.

"Sian? Sian, you're alive, and you're not a hunter any more, are you?" Sage asked as Sian finally joined them.

"Nope, I'm not a hunter any more. I got the antidote and Dante is good as dead." Sian replied with a smirk. "Looks like you guys didn't have any trouble with Jakobe."

"Actually, we did have a little help from the warlords. But just a little." Ryo said with a smirk.

Just then a fierce wind kicked up, and started to pull everyone and everything towards it. "What the heck is going on? Where did that come from?" Kento asked as he yelled above the wind.

"Judging by the force of it, I would have to say it's some kind of vortex." Rowen yelled back.

"What!? Are you serious? Now?! Oh great, now what are we suppose to do?" Kento asked as he glanced over at him.

"Actually, for once, I don't have the slightest idea." Rowen replied as he ducked.

Just then a bright light began to glow at the end of the vortex, and at the same time, Sian's sub armor began to glow as well. "What's going on? Am I suppose to..?" Sian wondered as both lights began to glow with more intensity, as Sian got closer.

"Sian, what are you doing?!" Kaye called out to him.

"I think that I know how to set things right again." Sian replied as he looked back.

"Sian no, don't!" Kento shouted out to him, as he got even closer to the light coming from the vortex.

"If I don't, then neither realm will exist!" Sian shouted back. "Mom, dad, I love you both! Goodbye!"

"Sian!" Kaye and Kento exclaimed at the same time, as he was pulled through the vortex. As soon as Sian was pulled through, the vortex shut and both realms started to go back to their original places.

A few hours later…

"I thought that I would find you here." Kento said as he walked up to Kaye as she was looking over the still ruined center.

"Sorry Kento, it's just…" Kaye replied as she lowered her head.

"I know I miss him too." Kento said sadly as he brought Kaye close in to him, while Cye, Rowen, Ryo, and Sage joined them in saying goodbye.