Chapter 4: A New Enemy
"So, it was the Dynasty?" Sage asked form where he was leaning on the mantel. Dais nodded.
"It smells like the Dynasty..." Ryo noted from the couch.
"But why attack Yukari, she's no treat to them..." Cye sighed from his spot on the stairs.
"The same reason they would attack Mia or Yulie. She's fair game..." Sehkmet hissed, thought he himself was not happy with this situation.
Rowen walked out of her room a little bit later, looking tired.
"Rowen, you should get some sleep, let one of us watch her for awhile...It's been two days..." Cye looked up at his friend.
He nodded. Cye stood and walked into the girls room as Rowen went downstairs.
"How is she?" Anubis asked, watching the boys expression.
"Still unconscious..." Rowen sighed, sitting down on the couch with Ryo and Mia.
Kento ground his fist into his palm. "Don't worry, Rowen, If who ever did this hurt her, we'll hunt 'em down, bub!"
"Guys!" Cye yelled from upstairs and Rowen was the first to run up to his sisters room, followed by the others.
"what is it!?" Rowen bolted in. The young girl was still out of it, but she was wincing, sweating in her sleep. "what's going on with her...?"
"Please...don't...Rowen, Help..." She moaned, clenching her fists enough that blood dripped slow from her palms.
Anubis walked over, thinking.
"She having a nightmare or something?" Kento asked from the doorway.
Anubis shook his head. "A vision..." He looked at her hand, seeing a hint of a burn. She had stopped clenching her fists and had went still. He picked up her hand, looking at the burn mark that was oddly shaped like a symbol for Jin.
"Virtue..." Anubis muttered and Ryo looked up, then at the hand.
"How'd she get that...?" Ryo asked, eyes narrowing.
"This must be the Ancient's work." Anubis put her hand down gently and she muttered something that only he heard.
"Anubis...It's Hiten...of the Shadows...the girl is danger of him..." She went silent, her dream ending. The Ancient spoke through her... Anubis narrowed her eyes. She can't be...
Suddenly the lights in the house blacked out. Sage glared.
"They're here..." Sekhmet announced, eyes falling to the woods outside the window.
"Lets kick their asses..." Kento popped his knuckles.
"Kento...stay in here and gaurd the girl...they're here for her..." Anubis said sternly.
"Huh?" Kento blinked.
"DO IT!" He ordered before running down the stairs, followed by the others.
"What's going on, Anubis? Do you know something we don't?" Ryo asked, running with him.
"That girl...the Ancient spoke through her. She's...somehow important to the Dynasty..."
Rowen's eyes narrowed. "They won't get her..."
A few moments later, they were out in th backyard, the sky had darkened.
"So good to see you all are well..." The male voice echoed, coming form everywhere at once.
"Show yourself!"
"As you wish, Wildfire..." A young looking man stepped form the shadows of the woods. He wore armor of a deep color of purple and black. He held a bow that ended in a thick blade of black metal that looked alot like a sycthe, but was straight with the pole. He smirked, lips curling. His hair was black and pulled back into a long braid with a few spiky bangs in his face. "Where is the girl you call Yukari...?"
"You better stay away form her, goon!" Rowen growled.
"Touchy...you must be the brother of the little wretch...Know this. The girl is protected from me only until she realizes who she is. Then she becomes ours. The Dynasty's."
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Ryo growled at the armored man.
"I am Hiten of the Shadows...bearer of the the armor of the Shadow. Yukari will willingly bow to my master once she learns what you, Anubis, are not telling her...She is destined for it..." With that he was gone.
"What's he talking about, Anubis...?" Rowen glared at the former warlord.
Anubis sighed. "The girl...she has gifts...she hardly knows they are, but her mind shows her things she couldn't possibly know..."
"Things she shouldn't know..." It was Kale who murmured the last bit.
"But there's something else...something I can't even put my finger on..."
"So, it was the Dynasty?" Sage asked form where he was leaning on the mantel. Dais nodded.
"It smells like the Dynasty..." Ryo noted from the couch.
"But why attack Yukari, she's no treat to them..." Cye sighed from his spot on the stairs.
"The same reason they would attack Mia or Yulie. She's fair game..." Sehkmet hissed, thought he himself was not happy with this situation.
Rowen walked out of her room a little bit later, looking tired.
"Rowen, you should get some sleep, let one of us watch her for awhile...It's been two days..." Cye looked up at his friend.
He nodded. Cye stood and walked into the girls room as Rowen went downstairs.
"How is she?" Anubis asked, watching the boys expression.
"Still unconscious..." Rowen sighed, sitting down on the couch with Ryo and Mia.
Kento ground his fist into his palm. "Don't worry, Rowen, If who ever did this hurt her, we'll hunt 'em down, bub!"
"Guys!" Cye yelled from upstairs and Rowen was the first to run up to his sisters room, followed by the others.
"what is it!?" Rowen bolted in. The young girl was still out of it, but she was wincing, sweating in her sleep. "what's going on with her...?"
"Please...don't...Rowen, Help..." She moaned, clenching her fists enough that blood dripped slow from her palms.
Anubis walked over, thinking.
"She having a nightmare or something?" Kento asked from the doorway.
Anubis shook his head. "A vision..." He looked at her hand, seeing a hint of a burn. She had stopped clenching her fists and had went still. He picked up her hand, looking at the burn mark that was oddly shaped like a symbol for Jin.
"Virtue..." Anubis muttered and Ryo looked up, then at the hand.
"How'd she get that...?" Ryo asked, eyes narrowing.
"This must be the Ancient's work." Anubis put her hand down gently and she muttered something that only he heard.
"Anubis...It's Hiten...of the Shadows...the girl is danger of him..." She went silent, her dream ending. The Ancient spoke through her... Anubis narrowed her eyes. She can't be...
Suddenly the lights in the house blacked out. Sage glared.
"They're here..." Sekhmet announced, eyes falling to the woods outside the window.
"Lets kick their asses..." Kento popped his knuckles.
"Kento...stay in here and gaurd the girl...they're here for her..." Anubis said sternly.
"Huh?" Kento blinked.
"DO IT!" He ordered before running down the stairs, followed by the others.
"What's going on, Anubis? Do you know something we don't?" Ryo asked, running with him.
"That girl...the Ancient spoke through her. She's...somehow important to the Dynasty..."
Rowen's eyes narrowed. "They won't get her..."
A few moments later, they were out in th backyard, the sky had darkened.
"So good to see you all are well..." The male voice echoed, coming form everywhere at once.
"Show yourself!"
"As you wish, Wildfire..." A young looking man stepped form the shadows of the woods. He wore armor of a deep color of purple and black. He held a bow that ended in a thick blade of black metal that looked alot like a sycthe, but was straight with the pole. He smirked, lips curling. His hair was black and pulled back into a long braid with a few spiky bangs in his face. "Where is the girl you call Yukari...?"
"You better stay away form her, goon!" Rowen growled.
"Touchy...you must be the brother of the little wretch...Know this. The girl is protected from me only until she realizes who she is. Then she becomes ours. The Dynasty's."
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Ryo growled at the armored man.
"I am Hiten of the Shadows...bearer of the the armor of the Shadow. Yukari will willingly bow to my master once she learns what you, Anubis, are not telling her...She is destined for it..." With that he was gone.
"What's he talking about, Anubis...?" Rowen glared at the former warlord.
Anubis sighed. "The girl...she has gifts...she hardly knows they are, but her mind shows her things she couldn't possibly know..."
"Things she shouldn't know..." It was Kale who murmured the last bit.
"But there's something else...something I can't even put my finger on..."