By Zelloss (Dreamer)
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Author's Note: . . . . .
WARNING: Violence Level - Low-Medium
Storyline 1 - Darkness Begins Storyline By - Dreamer Grausherra Author - Dreamer Grausherra
Chapter 3 - The Rogue King
Enkou grabbed my sleeve. "Comeon, Sirius, this kind of thing is beyond us..."
I tried to fight. "Enkou, we have to go back there and help Dreamer!"
"No!" Enkou demanded. "Come on!"
Enkou started to drag me away from the building, and I was fighting to get away.
"This is out of our ability, Sirius..." Enkou said. "We need backup..."
"Wait, not the Rogues..." I sighed.
Enkou nodded. "Comeon..."
* * * * *
Enkou had managed to drag me to Akihara.
No, not the bustling Akihara we all know.
This place was a death-trap.
Akihara had been reduced to rubble years ago. Let me explain why.
As you know, Navis are long gone, or, they're supposed to be. I remember it plainly, though.
A Netnavi had discovered an old program, called 'Dark Hole', and activated it. The result was deadly. Almost instantly, the net was ripped apart, and next-to-everything computerised was destroyed, everything lost.
For a month, the world was in chaos. Akihara had been destroyed, because even the buildings were relying on computer-generated stability and the like, leaving only rubble after the buildings collapsed.
Then, somebody stepped up to organise everybody against the chaos, to try and bring order back. Lesteo, Kisato, and Hasara Grausherra. These three found an old technology that had somehow survived, called the 'Cybersuits'.
Using this technology, they managed to create Cyberbands. Instantly, people caught on, and systems were restored. The world began to function again.
Except here. With the reminder of what happened when Technology was too-much relied on, nobody wanted to come back here. Except a few who liked the ability to do anything they wanted in this deserted old town. The Rogues, they were called.
Me and Enkou stepped out of the Metroline and onto the half-rubble streets, and began to walk along the deserted roads towards the centre of town, where the tallest ruin was now located. It was only three or four stories high at it's highest point, however.
As we walked, hooded figures bearing the symbol of the rogues on their chest watched us.
As we reached the centre, Enkou grabbed his headband and pulled it on. I did the same.
The mirror of Akihara was called Ruins Area, and it was somewhat rebuilt cybernetically, except to the tastes of the Rogues. The building in front of us was replaced by a large, dark castle, several stories high, two large gargoyles watching over the front.
"Comeon..." Enkou said, leading me inside, through the huge gates.
A young man, uncloaked, with silver armor, looked at Enkou. "Enkou, welcome..." he smiled, and pressed a button on the wall, unlocking the second gate.
"Thank you, Duran..." Enkou smiled at the man, leading me through.
As we entered, a young girl skipped down the centre of a large chamber. Her 'Cyberbody' was covered in Priestess-like robes.
The girl turned and saw us. "Oh, hey, Enkou! Who's this?"
"Sirius..." Enkou said.
The girl turned white. "You trai..." she began.
"No, nothing like that..." Enkou said. "We need to get help from you guys, Carlie. Where are the others?"
Carlie looked around. "They're already here, silly!"
The lights came on at the ceiling, revealing four others at the end.
On the far right was a woman of good form, wearing a rather provocative outfit, long hair flowing down her back. To her left, closer to the centre, was another woman, wearing light armor, with even longer blonde hair.
On the left was a young man, wearing baggy yellow-and-black striped clothes, and to his right, standing beside the blonde woman, was another young man, wearing a light purplish-white outfit that resembled something of a thief, with short dark hair.
"Sirius Skie, these are the Rogue Leaders..." Enkou said. "Mistress Angela on the far left, Sir Kevin on the far right, and in the middle, Queen Reisz and King Hawk. The young girl is Mistress Carlie..."
"Wait..." I said. "There's always been six Rogue Leaders. Three guys and three girls. Where's the other one?"
"I am, stupid..." Enkou shook his head. "Forgive his idiocy, King Hawk..."
I glared at Enkou. Hawk looked sternly at me.
"Sirius, you're of the ONBA, our enemies. Why have you come here?"
"I believe you should be asking Enkou that..." I responded, pointing my finger towards Enkou.
"Well, Enkou...?" Sirius asked.
"We require your help, we have an emergency situation..." Enkou said.
"Oh really...?" Reisz asked. "Explain a bit..."
"A Navi is on the lose, causing havoc..." Enkou looked at them. "This is a serious problem. He seems to have no qualms about destroying people. Unless we work now, he may target us next..."
Hawk and Riesz looked at each other. "Who is this Navi...?" Kevin asked for them.
"Dynast."
The four looked at each other quickly. There was a moment of silence.
Angela broke the silence with an ear piercing laugh. "Enkou, I can't believe you want to go against Dynast! That's treason!"
Kevin nodded, as Hawk continued off of what she had said. "Enkou, for attempting treason against your superiors, taking our biggest threat to the heart of the Rogue Kingdom itself, and plotting with the enemy, I hearby strip you of your title as a Rogue King, to be replaced by Sir Duran, effective immediately..."
"Wait!" Enkou shouted. "What's going on!?"
"Are you so ignorant you don't know?" Riesz grinned. "Our previous master, Matsadushi, was defeated by Dynast for the position of power. So, Dynast now leads the Electopian Rogues..." Riesz smiled. "Enkou, you had best leave this instant..."
Even Carlie had turned on him. "Leave now, Enkou..."
Enkou gulped. "Damn you all... I'll defeat you all here and now!"
I backed away a bit, towards a wall, as a blade formed from Enkou's hand.
"If that's what you want..." Carlie smiled, raising her hand as a cannon formed in it. "Saint's Cannon! Fire!"
A blast rang out of the cannon, shooting towards Enkou. It shot into him, making him stumble backwards.
"Kunai Triplex, Advance Attack Molten Spreader!" Hawk raised his arm and fired three small knives, that cut into Enkou's armor, and followed through with a burst of red-hot magma that exploded, leaving tons of Desert panels where Enkou was, littering the floor with them.
"Fighter Sword!" I heard Duran's voice, as he appeared behind Enkou and stabbed forward with a huge sword. Enkou was forced to log out.
"Go with him now, Sirius..." Hawk warned me. "Or we'll be forced to take you out as well..."
"No!" I shouted. "I'm ONBA, I'm not backing down to you Rogues!"
"Very well then..." Hawk laughed. "Attack!"
"Chess Knight, Support!" Carlie shouted, a large Chess Knight appearing and jumping towards me. I swung my hand forward, shouting "Hammer Fist!" and brought it crashing into the knight, breaking it.
"Magma Cannon, Magma Cannon, Upload!" Angela shouted, lifting both hands, and firing off two blazing shots at me. The two impacted at me, burning my skin. I felt the sting of it hard.
"Deathma..." I began, then realised that doing that here would bring down the castle around us, and nobody would win.
At the same time as I had, Duran and Hawk had already attacked, shooting three Kunais each at me. They stuck into my body at various places, and I saw a bit of blood drop.
Blood? No way. I didn't have Blackfang, and neither did any of them...
I noticed Kevin grinning, as he punched both hands forward. I didn't think it was much, until my Tracker Lens spotted a blade-like signal flying forward. A Wavepunch, I remembered suddenly, as I dived out of the way, my body aching.
"Magic Flute!" Reisz shouted, and a blue flute appeared in her hands. She began to play it.
The melody's effect was instantaneous. I clapped my hands to my ears, as my vision blurred and my hearing picked up nothing other then that strange, melodious tune. My mind started to muddle.
Two large attacks struck into my back, as I went tumbling forward. It felt like cold stone. The stone of the gargoyles, I realised.
I tried to focus myself, and stood up. The melody was continuing. I stumbled backwards.
I could still feel the sting, but I tried to focus my vision. I saw Duran advancing on me, a large sword in his hand.
With nothing else to do, I grabbed the Cyberband, pulled, and escaped from the Cyberworld.
I could still feel the wounds, the blood stains were on my clothes, but the castle was no longer there. I looked at Enkou.
"Sirius, you're bleeding..." Enkou said. "What happened?"
"I... I lost..." I whispered. "But I don't know why I'm bleeding... I know they don't have Blackfang..."
"Don't count yourself out..."
I turned, and nearly fell over in shock.
Dreamer was standing there, perfectly alive. I checked his eyes immediately. Normal color for him. That was good.
"Dreamer, you're alive!" I shouted.
"Yeah..." Dreamer clenched at his chest. "Just barely..." I noticed his breath was deep and rasping, and there was red stains all around the front and back of his shirt.
Because of his torn collar, I could see the top of what looked like a roughly-patched area of skin, right were Dreamer had been stabbed.
"Dreamer, how did you...?" I asked.
Dreamer shrugged. "A professor came by and helped me. Said his name was Aim. He helped, some drink he gave me..."
Dreamer stumbled a bit.
"Alcohol, Dreamer?" I asked.
"Very funny, Sirius..." Dreamer grinned. "But I do feel a bit drun..." Dreamer fell over backwards.
I ran over to him. He was passed out.
"Suppose the drink was drugged?" I asked.
"Suppose he was poisoned?" Enkou responded, sounding hopeful.
"Shut up" I retorted. "Comeon..."
* * * * *
We had brought Dreamer back to the ONBA HQ, where they checked Dreamer out. No drugs they knew of, not alcohol either. He wasn't waking, but his heart was still beating.
"It's a coma" they said, or things like that. "He'll wake up soon..."
I gulped and hoped it was true.
Enkou was depressed over the loss of his title. No doubt, after all, he had lost the trust of his allies suddenly. It took a bit of convincing to get everybody off of Enkou's back.
As I walked over to Enkou, he looked up for a moment, then back down.
"Enkou, you're better off this way..."
"What do you know?" Enkou didn't look back up, his voice sounded dead.
"It wouldn't have done you any good to have worked with them..."
"It's the way life is for a Yobuu. Without allies, you have nothing..."
I didn't say anything, and neither did he.
* * * * *
Time passed slowly. Dreamer refused to awaken.
I also met Aim, the professor who had helped Sirius. He had long brown hair, and always wore shades for some reason. I wondered exactly why, but thought it rude to ask.
Aim seemed nice enough. Yet he refused to answer just what he had done to Dreamer.
"Aim..." I said, "What did you give Dreamer...?"
"It's for his own good... It was the only way to save him..." Aim looked away.
I sighed, turned, and walked away.
Just outside, Vincent came buy with a gift. "Heard what happened to Dreamer..." Vincent said. "Here, take this, I can't use it anyway..." he handed me a Datasilver. I looked at it.
A white light.
* * * * *
Enkou was still depressed, Dreamer hadn't awakened, and Aim wasn't giving me any answers. I decided that I'd have to do something on my own.
I left the ONBA building and walked down the road to the Metroline station.
"Excuse me..." a young woman said, "Where are you going?"
"Akihara"
"License?"
"Here..." I showed a card, with the letters 'SSS' on the top.
"Oh! Sirius! Sorry, didn't recognize you... Is something wrong...?" the young woman asked me.
"No, Amy, it's okay..." I sighed. "Don't worry about me..."
"Sirius, I'm not kidding. You haven't looked this glum in a long time..."
"Amy..." I turned and looked at her, "What do you know about Dynast?"
"That's he's long gone..." Amy answered. "Why?"
"Would you believe me if I told you he's not long gone, but I just saw him earlier today?"
"What?" Amy nearly freaked. "Y... You can't be serious!?!"
I nodded. "Sorry, but I am..."
Amy gulped. "Sirius... Are you going after him or something?"
I nodded.
"Take this..." Amy passed me a small coin of data.
I gasped. "No way... I couldn't..."
"Go ahead..." Amy responded.
I looked at the datasilver coin in my hand.
"Guardian..." I smiled.
* * * * *
The train pulled into Akihara Ruins, and I got off immediatly, dashing for the center of town.
Rogues turned and looked, trying to catch a glimpse of me, but I had a mission in mind, no time to stop and chat with them.
"Hey..." I heard somebody call, but I didn't bother to turn.
I reached the main bulding, and without stopping, slipped on my Cyberband, running straight through the main gates.
I reached the 'throne room' quickly. "Hawk!"
Kevin stepped down from the throne. "Sirius, do you really want another beating...?" Kevin asked.
"Where's Hawk, I..." I stopped to catch my breath. "I need to find Dynast..."
"Hawk is away right now..." Kevin said. "I know where he is, but you'll have to take care of me first..."
I shrugged. Kevin dashed quickly forward.
I figured it was time to try out something new. As Kevin pulled back for a Wave Punch, I activated the Guardian.
The attack slammed into the statue that appeared in front of me.
A lightning bolt shot straight from the Guardian, shooting into Kevin's chest.
Kevin stumbled backwards, clenching his chest. It had been scorched and was bleeding, trailing down his yellow-and-black clothes.
"Blood...?" Kevin asked.
"No time to explain..." I said. "I've beaten you, now where is Hawk?"
"He's just out back..." Kevin said, walking back to the throne, and pulling a switch.
The throne moved aside, revealing a tunnel.
I hurried in, through the tunnel, and found myself in a dome of energy, where some figures were conversing.
"Look who's arrived..." Hawk turned and looked at me, Riesz followed suit.
"Hello..." I said.
"It's the pipsqueak..." Reisz grinned. "Can't believe he beat Kevin. Oh well. We'll take him..."
I gulped.
"Kunai Ace, Deuce, Triplex!" Hawk shouted, raising his hand, and firing six knives in my direction.
"Magic Flute, Support!" Riesz grabbed the flute.
"Not this time, you don't!" I shouted. "Aura, Support, White Strike, Activation!"
A blue aura surrounded my body, and the kunais bounced harmlessly off. The aura turned white, and I pushed my hands forward, creating a beam of white.
The beam pierced into Riesz's chest, scorching though the armor and cutting open her skin. She dropped the Magic Flute in surprise, shattering it.
Riesz clutched at her breast. "Y... You bastard..." she swore.
Hawk looked at me. "What do you want, Sirius?"
"Where is Dynast?" I demanded.
"Right here..." two figures stepped up in unison, from behind Riesz and Hawk.
Jezin and Dynast.
I looked at Jezin. "How could you align yourself with him..."
"Sirius, you idiot..." Jezin grinned. "I'm not ONBA like you anymore, I'm a Rogue..."
"What?" I demanded. "Y... The Blackfang has to be..."
Jezin shook his head. "It's the Grausherra way, kid, a Dark Blood like you and me have tendencies towards darkness..."
I didn't ask what he meant.
Dynast nodded, then looked harshly at me. "Get him, Jezin..."
Jezin dashed foward, a large dark blade, the Mazoku Sabre, forming in his hands.
I gulped, and prepared to fight.
But it worried me. How could I fight a friend...
When fighting him would mean the death of one of us...?
Jezin kept dashing forward, attempting to shatter my skull with the Mazoku Sabre. I reached up. "Breaker Sword, Draw!" I shouted, and spun around with the metal blade. It snapped the Mazoku Sabre in half, instantly.
"Twin Quick Sword, Draw!" I shouted right after, tossing aside the Breaker Sword. My body flashed behind Jezin, and two large swords appeared in my hands.
I swung them both towards Jezin's shoulders.
Jezin laughed. "Invisible, Support!" his body dissapeared, but I could still see it on the Tracker Lens.
"Deathmatch Powered!" I laughed. "Airshoes, Activation!"
The floor dropped away steadily, leaving only one panel. I backed away from it. Jezin reappeared.
Then it hit me that there might be an easy way to win this.
I turned and dived at Dynast suddenly.
Dynast, not expecting this, didn't move away. I snatched at his belt, grabbing for one particular Datasilver.
"QuickMove, Freezebomb, GetAway, Activation!" I shouted.
I reappeared behind Jezin, tossed the Freezebomb at his feet, and teleported away into mid-air.
A huge white mist erupted around Jezin, and as it cleared, Jezin's body was frozen in ice.
Dynast clapped. "Well done..." he laughed. With a quick twin punch to both Riesz and Hawk, he pushed them into the pits suddenly, making both force log-out.
"Now, Sirius, it's you and me..."
Dynast's hair began to float upwards, turning black.
"DIE!"
Author's Note: . . . . .
WARNING: Violence Level - Low-Medium
Storyline 1 - Darkness Begins Storyline By - Dreamer Grausherra Author - Dreamer Grausherra
Chapter 3 - The Rogue King
Enkou grabbed my sleeve. "Comeon, Sirius, this kind of thing is beyond us..."
I tried to fight. "Enkou, we have to go back there and help Dreamer!"
"No!" Enkou demanded. "Come on!"
Enkou started to drag me away from the building, and I was fighting to get away.
"This is out of our ability, Sirius..." Enkou said. "We need backup..."
"Wait, not the Rogues..." I sighed.
Enkou nodded. "Comeon..."
* * * * *
Enkou had managed to drag me to Akihara.
No, not the bustling Akihara we all know.
This place was a death-trap.
Akihara had been reduced to rubble years ago. Let me explain why.
As you know, Navis are long gone, or, they're supposed to be. I remember it plainly, though.
A Netnavi had discovered an old program, called 'Dark Hole', and activated it. The result was deadly. Almost instantly, the net was ripped apart, and next-to-everything computerised was destroyed, everything lost.
For a month, the world was in chaos. Akihara had been destroyed, because even the buildings were relying on computer-generated stability and the like, leaving only rubble after the buildings collapsed.
Then, somebody stepped up to organise everybody against the chaos, to try and bring order back. Lesteo, Kisato, and Hasara Grausherra. These three found an old technology that had somehow survived, called the 'Cybersuits'.
Using this technology, they managed to create Cyberbands. Instantly, people caught on, and systems were restored. The world began to function again.
Except here. With the reminder of what happened when Technology was too-much relied on, nobody wanted to come back here. Except a few who liked the ability to do anything they wanted in this deserted old town. The Rogues, they were called.
Me and Enkou stepped out of the Metroline and onto the half-rubble streets, and began to walk along the deserted roads towards the centre of town, where the tallest ruin was now located. It was only three or four stories high at it's highest point, however.
As we walked, hooded figures bearing the symbol of the rogues on their chest watched us.
As we reached the centre, Enkou grabbed his headband and pulled it on. I did the same.
The mirror of Akihara was called Ruins Area, and it was somewhat rebuilt cybernetically, except to the tastes of the Rogues. The building in front of us was replaced by a large, dark castle, several stories high, two large gargoyles watching over the front.
"Comeon..." Enkou said, leading me inside, through the huge gates.
A young man, uncloaked, with silver armor, looked at Enkou. "Enkou, welcome..." he smiled, and pressed a button on the wall, unlocking the second gate.
"Thank you, Duran..." Enkou smiled at the man, leading me through.
As we entered, a young girl skipped down the centre of a large chamber. Her 'Cyberbody' was covered in Priestess-like robes.
The girl turned and saw us. "Oh, hey, Enkou! Who's this?"
"Sirius..." Enkou said.
The girl turned white. "You trai..." she began.
"No, nothing like that..." Enkou said. "We need to get help from you guys, Carlie. Where are the others?"
Carlie looked around. "They're already here, silly!"
The lights came on at the ceiling, revealing four others at the end.
On the far right was a woman of good form, wearing a rather provocative outfit, long hair flowing down her back. To her left, closer to the centre, was another woman, wearing light armor, with even longer blonde hair.
On the left was a young man, wearing baggy yellow-and-black striped clothes, and to his right, standing beside the blonde woman, was another young man, wearing a light purplish-white outfit that resembled something of a thief, with short dark hair.
"Sirius Skie, these are the Rogue Leaders..." Enkou said. "Mistress Angela on the far left, Sir Kevin on the far right, and in the middle, Queen Reisz and King Hawk. The young girl is Mistress Carlie..."
"Wait..." I said. "There's always been six Rogue Leaders. Three guys and three girls. Where's the other one?"
"I am, stupid..." Enkou shook his head. "Forgive his idiocy, King Hawk..."
I glared at Enkou. Hawk looked sternly at me.
"Sirius, you're of the ONBA, our enemies. Why have you come here?"
"I believe you should be asking Enkou that..." I responded, pointing my finger towards Enkou.
"Well, Enkou...?" Sirius asked.
"We require your help, we have an emergency situation..." Enkou said.
"Oh really...?" Reisz asked. "Explain a bit..."
"A Navi is on the lose, causing havoc..." Enkou looked at them. "This is a serious problem. He seems to have no qualms about destroying people. Unless we work now, he may target us next..."
Hawk and Riesz looked at each other. "Who is this Navi...?" Kevin asked for them.
"Dynast."
The four looked at each other quickly. There was a moment of silence.
Angela broke the silence with an ear piercing laugh. "Enkou, I can't believe you want to go against Dynast! That's treason!"
Kevin nodded, as Hawk continued off of what she had said. "Enkou, for attempting treason against your superiors, taking our biggest threat to the heart of the Rogue Kingdom itself, and plotting with the enemy, I hearby strip you of your title as a Rogue King, to be replaced by Sir Duran, effective immediately..."
"Wait!" Enkou shouted. "What's going on!?"
"Are you so ignorant you don't know?" Riesz grinned. "Our previous master, Matsadushi, was defeated by Dynast for the position of power. So, Dynast now leads the Electopian Rogues..." Riesz smiled. "Enkou, you had best leave this instant..."
Even Carlie had turned on him. "Leave now, Enkou..."
Enkou gulped. "Damn you all... I'll defeat you all here and now!"
I backed away a bit, towards a wall, as a blade formed from Enkou's hand.
"If that's what you want..." Carlie smiled, raising her hand as a cannon formed in it. "Saint's Cannon! Fire!"
A blast rang out of the cannon, shooting towards Enkou. It shot into him, making him stumble backwards.
"Kunai Triplex, Advance Attack Molten Spreader!" Hawk raised his arm and fired three small knives, that cut into Enkou's armor, and followed through with a burst of red-hot magma that exploded, leaving tons of Desert panels where Enkou was, littering the floor with them.
"Fighter Sword!" I heard Duran's voice, as he appeared behind Enkou and stabbed forward with a huge sword. Enkou was forced to log out.
"Go with him now, Sirius..." Hawk warned me. "Or we'll be forced to take you out as well..."
"No!" I shouted. "I'm ONBA, I'm not backing down to you Rogues!"
"Very well then..." Hawk laughed. "Attack!"
"Chess Knight, Support!" Carlie shouted, a large Chess Knight appearing and jumping towards me. I swung my hand forward, shouting "Hammer Fist!" and brought it crashing into the knight, breaking it.
"Magma Cannon, Magma Cannon, Upload!" Angela shouted, lifting both hands, and firing off two blazing shots at me. The two impacted at me, burning my skin. I felt the sting of it hard.
"Deathma..." I began, then realised that doing that here would bring down the castle around us, and nobody would win.
At the same time as I had, Duran and Hawk had already attacked, shooting three Kunais each at me. They stuck into my body at various places, and I saw a bit of blood drop.
Blood? No way. I didn't have Blackfang, and neither did any of them...
I noticed Kevin grinning, as he punched both hands forward. I didn't think it was much, until my Tracker Lens spotted a blade-like signal flying forward. A Wavepunch, I remembered suddenly, as I dived out of the way, my body aching.
"Magic Flute!" Reisz shouted, and a blue flute appeared in her hands. She began to play it.
The melody's effect was instantaneous. I clapped my hands to my ears, as my vision blurred and my hearing picked up nothing other then that strange, melodious tune. My mind started to muddle.
Two large attacks struck into my back, as I went tumbling forward. It felt like cold stone. The stone of the gargoyles, I realised.
I tried to focus myself, and stood up. The melody was continuing. I stumbled backwards.
I could still feel the sting, but I tried to focus my vision. I saw Duran advancing on me, a large sword in his hand.
With nothing else to do, I grabbed the Cyberband, pulled, and escaped from the Cyberworld.
I could still feel the wounds, the blood stains were on my clothes, but the castle was no longer there. I looked at Enkou.
"Sirius, you're bleeding..." Enkou said. "What happened?"
"I... I lost..." I whispered. "But I don't know why I'm bleeding... I know they don't have Blackfang..."
"Don't count yourself out..."
I turned, and nearly fell over in shock.
Dreamer was standing there, perfectly alive. I checked his eyes immediately. Normal color for him. That was good.
"Dreamer, you're alive!" I shouted.
"Yeah..." Dreamer clenched at his chest. "Just barely..." I noticed his breath was deep and rasping, and there was red stains all around the front and back of his shirt.
Because of his torn collar, I could see the top of what looked like a roughly-patched area of skin, right were Dreamer had been stabbed.
"Dreamer, how did you...?" I asked.
Dreamer shrugged. "A professor came by and helped me. Said his name was Aim. He helped, some drink he gave me..."
Dreamer stumbled a bit.
"Alcohol, Dreamer?" I asked.
"Very funny, Sirius..." Dreamer grinned. "But I do feel a bit drun..." Dreamer fell over backwards.
I ran over to him. He was passed out.
"Suppose the drink was drugged?" I asked.
"Suppose he was poisoned?" Enkou responded, sounding hopeful.
"Shut up" I retorted. "Comeon..."
* * * * *
We had brought Dreamer back to the ONBA HQ, where they checked Dreamer out. No drugs they knew of, not alcohol either. He wasn't waking, but his heart was still beating.
"It's a coma" they said, or things like that. "He'll wake up soon..."
I gulped and hoped it was true.
Enkou was depressed over the loss of his title. No doubt, after all, he had lost the trust of his allies suddenly. It took a bit of convincing to get everybody off of Enkou's back.
As I walked over to Enkou, he looked up for a moment, then back down.
"Enkou, you're better off this way..."
"What do you know?" Enkou didn't look back up, his voice sounded dead.
"It wouldn't have done you any good to have worked with them..."
"It's the way life is for a Yobuu. Without allies, you have nothing..."
I didn't say anything, and neither did he.
* * * * *
Time passed slowly. Dreamer refused to awaken.
I also met Aim, the professor who had helped Sirius. He had long brown hair, and always wore shades for some reason. I wondered exactly why, but thought it rude to ask.
Aim seemed nice enough. Yet he refused to answer just what he had done to Dreamer.
"Aim..." I said, "What did you give Dreamer...?"
"It's for his own good... It was the only way to save him..." Aim looked away.
I sighed, turned, and walked away.
Just outside, Vincent came buy with a gift. "Heard what happened to Dreamer..." Vincent said. "Here, take this, I can't use it anyway..." he handed me a Datasilver. I looked at it.
A white light.
* * * * *
Enkou was still depressed, Dreamer hadn't awakened, and Aim wasn't giving me any answers. I decided that I'd have to do something on my own.
I left the ONBA building and walked down the road to the Metroline station.
"Excuse me..." a young woman said, "Where are you going?"
"Akihara"
"License?"
"Here..." I showed a card, with the letters 'SSS' on the top.
"Oh! Sirius! Sorry, didn't recognize you... Is something wrong...?" the young woman asked me.
"No, Amy, it's okay..." I sighed. "Don't worry about me..."
"Sirius, I'm not kidding. You haven't looked this glum in a long time..."
"Amy..." I turned and looked at her, "What do you know about Dynast?"
"That's he's long gone..." Amy answered. "Why?"
"Would you believe me if I told you he's not long gone, but I just saw him earlier today?"
"What?" Amy nearly freaked. "Y... You can't be serious!?!"
I nodded. "Sorry, but I am..."
Amy gulped. "Sirius... Are you going after him or something?"
I nodded.
"Take this..." Amy passed me a small coin of data.
I gasped. "No way... I couldn't..."
"Go ahead..." Amy responded.
I looked at the datasilver coin in my hand.
"Guardian..." I smiled.
* * * * *
The train pulled into Akihara Ruins, and I got off immediatly, dashing for the center of town.
Rogues turned and looked, trying to catch a glimpse of me, but I had a mission in mind, no time to stop and chat with them.
"Hey..." I heard somebody call, but I didn't bother to turn.
I reached the main bulding, and without stopping, slipped on my Cyberband, running straight through the main gates.
I reached the 'throne room' quickly. "Hawk!"
Kevin stepped down from the throne. "Sirius, do you really want another beating...?" Kevin asked.
"Where's Hawk, I..." I stopped to catch my breath. "I need to find Dynast..."
"Hawk is away right now..." Kevin said. "I know where he is, but you'll have to take care of me first..."
I shrugged. Kevin dashed quickly forward.
I figured it was time to try out something new. As Kevin pulled back for a Wave Punch, I activated the Guardian.
The attack slammed into the statue that appeared in front of me.
A lightning bolt shot straight from the Guardian, shooting into Kevin's chest.
Kevin stumbled backwards, clenching his chest. It had been scorched and was bleeding, trailing down his yellow-and-black clothes.
"Blood...?" Kevin asked.
"No time to explain..." I said. "I've beaten you, now where is Hawk?"
"He's just out back..." Kevin said, walking back to the throne, and pulling a switch.
The throne moved aside, revealing a tunnel.
I hurried in, through the tunnel, and found myself in a dome of energy, where some figures were conversing.
"Look who's arrived..." Hawk turned and looked at me, Riesz followed suit.
"Hello..." I said.
"It's the pipsqueak..." Reisz grinned. "Can't believe he beat Kevin. Oh well. We'll take him..."
I gulped.
"Kunai Ace, Deuce, Triplex!" Hawk shouted, raising his hand, and firing six knives in my direction.
"Magic Flute, Support!" Riesz grabbed the flute.
"Not this time, you don't!" I shouted. "Aura, Support, White Strike, Activation!"
A blue aura surrounded my body, and the kunais bounced harmlessly off. The aura turned white, and I pushed my hands forward, creating a beam of white.
The beam pierced into Riesz's chest, scorching though the armor and cutting open her skin. She dropped the Magic Flute in surprise, shattering it.
Riesz clutched at her breast. "Y... You bastard..." she swore.
Hawk looked at me. "What do you want, Sirius?"
"Where is Dynast?" I demanded.
"Right here..." two figures stepped up in unison, from behind Riesz and Hawk.
Jezin and Dynast.
I looked at Jezin. "How could you align yourself with him..."
"Sirius, you idiot..." Jezin grinned. "I'm not ONBA like you anymore, I'm a Rogue..."
"What?" I demanded. "Y... The Blackfang has to be..."
Jezin shook his head. "It's the Grausherra way, kid, a Dark Blood like you and me have tendencies towards darkness..."
I didn't ask what he meant.
Dynast nodded, then looked harshly at me. "Get him, Jezin..."
Jezin dashed foward, a large dark blade, the Mazoku Sabre, forming in his hands.
I gulped, and prepared to fight.
But it worried me. How could I fight a friend...
When fighting him would mean the death of one of us...?
Jezin kept dashing forward, attempting to shatter my skull with the Mazoku Sabre. I reached up. "Breaker Sword, Draw!" I shouted, and spun around with the metal blade. It snapped the Mazoku Sabre in half, instantly.
"Twin Quick Sword, Draw!" I shouted right after, tossing aside the Breaker Sword. My body flashed behind Jezin, and two large swords appeared in my hands.
I swung them both towards Jezin's shoulders.
Jezin laughed. "Invisible, Support!" his body dissapeared, but I could still see it on the Tracker Lens.
"Deathmatch Powered!" I laughed. "Airshoes, Activation!"
The floor dropped away steadily, leaving only one panel. I backed away from it. Jezin reappeared.
Then it hit me that there might be an easy way to win this.
I turned and dived at Dynast suddenly.
Dynast, not expecting this, didn't move away. I snatched at his belt, grabbing for one particular Datasilver.
"QuickMove, Freezebomb, GetAway, Activation!" I shouted.
I reappeared behind Jezin, tossed the Freezebomb at his feet, and teleported away into mid-air.
A huge white mist erupted around Jezin, and as it cleared, Jezin's body was frozen in ice.
Dynast clapped. "Well done..." he laughed. With a quick twin punch to both Riesz and Hawk, he pushed them into the pits suddenly, making both force log-out.
"Now, Sirius, it's you and me..."
Dynast's hair began to float upwards, turning black.
"DIE!"