-Same Day, March 26th, 1999-
Darien and Mia closed their eyes as they powered up to do their attack. Each of them holding their sword, they faced each other and pointed their swords at the ground, crossing the blades. Their eyes still closed, they said in perfect synchrony, "Oh great guardian of Death, open wide the Gates of Hell to receive these evil spirits. ETERNAL SOUL TORMENT!"
A murky, greenish light surrounded the remaining hybrids, which were trying to figure out what was going on. They began screaming as the light that surrounded them began sucking the life out of them. They withered in pain as their energy and souls were being sucked out of their bodies. As the light faded, the dead hybrids dropped to the ground with loud crashing sounds as their armor hit the ground, now too big to fit the dead hybrids, whose bodies were reduced to practically skeletons as their life was siphoned out of their bodies from Darien and Mia's attack.
Darien and Mia, who were a little tired out from their ordeal, detransformed into their sub-armor and looked at each other with wide eyes. Smiling at her big brother, in her past and present lives, Mia launched herself into his arms and wrapped her own arms around his neck. Darien's arms tightened around Mia and a few tears escaped his eyes. "I remember you," he murmured, "I remember you running away and I remember feeling really guilty that I made you run. I remember missing you. I'm sorry."
"No, it's alright," Mia said, "I remember you too. I thought that you were just a dream all these years. I've missed you, big brother."
Darien pulled away and looked down at his little sister, "And I remember you too, baby sister." Darien paused and then smiled. "And I can still tease you." Darien laughed as her face contorted into a mad look and she started hitting him on the arm, which did no good because he was wearing his sub-armor. But, nonetheless, he still laughed and tried to dodge her hits.
At the same time, Ryo and Serena were looking on, confused as Mia hit Darien while he laughed. They hadn't heard the words that were exchanged between the two and they wanted to know what was said. Weakly, the two fallen warriors stood up and also detransformed into their sub-armor. They walked over to where the two stood and could finally hear the words that were being spoken. "Ow, ow, stop hitting me," Darien said through his laughter.
"No, not until you promise not to tease me anymore," Mia said, still hitting him, though they weren't as hard as they had been.
"No way," Darien said, "I've been teasing you since we were born and I'm not stopping now." Mia stopped hitting him and turned her back on him. "Hmph, some big brother you are." Serena and Ryo looked on shocked. "Big brother?" they both said, looking back and forth between Darien and Mia.
"Yep," Darien said, "In this life and in our lives during the Silver Millennium. Isn't that right, Princess Mia?"
"Sure is, Prince Darien," she said with a smile on her face as her anger faded and she turned back to him.
"Wait, you guys are serious," Ryo said.
"You really are related," Serena said.
"Yeah, we're twins," Mia said.
"But you look nothing alike," Serena said.
"Whoever said that twins had to look alike, Serena?" Darien asked his girlfriend.
"Ok, good point," Serena said, taking Darien's point into consideration. Ryo looked at Darien and Mia, relieved that what was going on between them was now brother and sister, but he was a little more interested in their new armor. "That's some cool armor," Ryo said, "Where did it come from and why?" Darien and Mia looked at each other and Darien spoke, "Well, when we saw you two getting hurt, that made us mad and triggered our armor. It seems that the armor is triggered by anger or intense emotions. That's how we first knew we were related because this armor is family armor and is only passed on to people who are related to each other. It's the only armor of its kind. Except for the Fate, Destiny, and Prophecy armors, which we learned about from Celia."
"So, those are the only three armors that we know about and haven't seen?" Serena asked.
"Yeah, I wonder when they will get here," Mia said.
"Let's hope it's soon," Ryo said, "The more help we got, the better." Serena smiled at her cousin before saying, "Well, we better get home and tell Celia and the others about this armor. Come on, let's move it."
***
When the four arrived at home, they were still wearing their sub-armor. As they walked towards the front steps,
Serena saw what she thought was the cutest sight she had ever seen. Sitting on the front steps were Alex and
Michelle, their lips connected in what looked like a tender kiss. "Hey guys," Serena yelled with a smile on her
face, scaring Alex and Michelle out of their skin.
Both of them look flustered that they had been caught kissing and Michelle, who was the first to recover, said, "Where did you guys go?"
"We went out to dinner," Serena said, "and then we went to the park where we got attacked." The way Serena said it, one could swear she was talking about going shopping.
"You got attacked?" Alex asked, her blue eyes filling
with worry, "Is everyone ok?"
"Yeah, thanks to Darien and Mia," Ryo said. Alex and Michelle's gazes moved to Darien and Mia, who were still in
their sub-armor. Under their close inspection,
Darien fidgeted and Mia smiled and gave a little wave. Then, Alex and Michelle looked at each other
and said, "We have to tell the others."
They got up and grabbed the two siblings and pulled them in the house,
Michelle dragging Mia and Alex dragging Darien. Serena and Ryo followed them into the house
and into the living room, where everyone was talking over hot chocolate.
Serena and Ryo rushed ahead of Alex and Michelle into the living room and everyone else looked up. "Hey guys, what's up?" Serena asked. The group took in Serena and Ryo's sub-armor clad bodies and immediately all became concerned. "Are you guys alright?" Mina asked.
"Has there been an attack?" Lita asked.
"Well, there was," Serena said, "But we're ok. And we have two new warriors." The group gasped and Celia smiled.
"Who are they?" Sage asked. Serena was about to tell them when everyone heard Mia call out, "DARIEN!!! Take that back!" The other warriors watched incredulous and Serena and Ryo smiled as Darien ran into the room with Mia on his heels, chasing him. "No, I won't take that back," Darien said, "Teasing is you just so much fun."
"Stop it!"
"No. It's my right to tease you…"
"I know, I know. Because you're my brother and you have to make up for 16 years of not teasing me. I heard it from you already." Mia chased him out of the living room and into the front hall, trying to tackle him. The rest of the house moved into the front hall just as Mia tackled Darien to the ground and began to wrestle with him.
Serena and Ryo laughed out loud at the sight and the entire group laughed as Mia finally got Darien in a half-nelson. "Do you yield, twin?" Mia said, putting an emphasis on the word "twin".
"Yes, yes, I'm sorry. I take it back," Darien said in a pleading tone. Mia let go and got off of her brother.
"Good," she said. Still on the ground, Darien said, "You fight dirty, Princess." Mocking Darien, Mia said, "I'm your little sister and it's my right." Darien chuckled and said, "I deserved that. Hey, help me up, will ya?" Mia offered him her hand and pulled Darien up off of the ground, yanking his arm as she pulled him up. "Ow!" Darien exclaimed, "Do you think you could be a little gentler. You're pretty strong, you know."
"Oops, sorry," Mia said sheepishly. The group, except for Serena, Ryo, and Celia, looked on in amazement. Celia walked over to them and said, "I see you remember your past. Congratulations. And you both have your armor too. It's about time." Mia and Darien looked at Celia with surprised looks.
"You mean you knew the entire time that we were related and you didn't tell us?" Mia exclaimed.
"Yes, I knew, and I couldn't tell you. I wasn't allowed to. You had to figure out your past for yourselves. I'm guessing the memories came back when you received your armor."
"Yeah, that's what happened," Darien said.
"Wait," Rowen said, "Darien and Mia are brother and
sister? And they have armor?"
"Yes," Celia said, "It's family armor that is passed
down through Darien and Mia's family. But, this is the first time in a while that
the wearers of the armor have been twin brother and sister."
"They're twins?" Cye asked.
"Yeah, we are," Darien said, "In this life and in our lives from the Silver Millennium. And we have our full memories of that time, too. Don't we, Mia?" Darien finished, smiling at his twin sister with a twinkle in his eyes. He was teasing her again and Mia knew it. He was teasing her about her past relationship with Ryo. "Yes, we do."
Most everyone looked on at the two in annoyance. The only people who had their memories from the Silver Millennium were Alex, Michelle, Celia, Heather, Serena, Darien, and Mia, leaving everyone else in the dark about their time during the Silver Millennium. Moving past his envy, Kento said, "Hey, can we see your armor, you guys?" Darien and Mia looked at each other and shrugged.
"I guess so," Mia said. The two of them took in a deep breath and called out their transformation lines. "I call upon the armor of Soul. Armor of Soul, TO ARMS!"
"I call upon the armor of Spirit. Armor of Spirit, TO ARMS!" Second later, Darien and Mia stood there in their armor and everyone gasped in awe. The sight of the two standing there was pretty intimidating, seeing how as their armor colors were almost the exact opposite of the other. Mia stood there in her pearl colored armor and Darien stood there in his black armor, each of them holding a sword. "Wow, that is so cool," Kento said.
"Thanks," Mia and Darien said at the same time.
"How did this happen?" Ami asked. Darien only smiled and said, "Let's go into the living room and Mia and I will tell you the story." Everyone moved back into the living room and Mia and Darien detransformed fully before following.
***
Later that evening, after Darien and Mia had told their story,
everyone filed out of the living room, separating to do their own separate
thing. After most everyone had left, the
only two people left in the living room were Ryo and Mia, who were now suddenly
very nervous around each other and sitting next to each other on one of the
couches. "So, this new armor of yours,
it's pretty cool," Ryo said.
"Well, I think so," Mia said.
"It's also really neat that you and Darien are brother and sister."
"Yeah, it explains the connection I feel when I'm with Darien." Ryo scratched the back of his head nervously and said, "For a while, I thought you were involved with Darien behind Serena's back." Mia looked at Ryo with a shocked look on her face for a moment before breaking out into laughter. She laughed loudly for several moments before she began to calm down. "Ryo, that is the funniest thing I've ever heard," she said while wiping tears of laughter from her eyes. "I'm not laughing at you, but I'm laughing at the idea. I would never do that to Serena or Darien. I mean, I love Darien and everything, but not like that."
"Well, I knew that you wouldn't betray Serena's trust like that, but for a while, I thought you were."
"Why would you think that?" Mia asked. Ryo suddenly got extremely nervous.
"Well, after what happened in August, you started ignoring me and you started spending a lot of time with Darien and you seemed to be getting really close to him. I just figured that there was something going on between you two," Ryo finished softly.
Mia smiled at him and said, "Well, you were wrong. There was nothing going on between Darien and me. The reason why I was spending a lot of time around him was because I wanted to figure out what the connection between us was and now, I've figured it out." Mia stopped talking and a tense silence hovered over the two. Mia was the first to break it. "Well, I'm tired from everything today. Going out, finding out my past, and fighting those monsters. I'm going to go to bed," Mia said as she got up and started to walk out of the room
"Ok, good night Mia. You did a good job today," Ryo said.
"Thanks," Mia said as she disappeared out of the room. "Good night, Ryo," she yelled back before she started to walk up the stairs. Ryo smiled as he heard her walk up the stairs. They were slowly getting their friendship back up to what it used to be and he was glad. He missed all of their talks that had disappeared after he kissed her. But, he was still confused.
She did kiss me back when we first kissed. So, why did she run away? Was she scared of getting into a relationship? If she was, she could have just told me and I would have understood. But, what if she doesn't want to be with me at all? No, that's not it. I know she loves me. She just hasn't told me yet. Well, I'm not going to tell her that I love her until I'm sure of how she feels about me. Ryo yawned loudly before saying out loud, "I guess I'm tired from today's battle, too. Guess I'll go to bed as well." Ryo stood up and began to walk out of the living room, turning off the light on his way out.
Walking up the stairs, he smiled his first real smile in a while at the thought of Mia. Everything will work out for the best. I know it.
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Hi All! Another chapter! Yay. Actually, I shouldn't be updating right now, what with the enormous Geology test I have tomorrow. Bad me! But I took a break from studying just to update for you all. So I hope you enjoyed this and that it was worth my break from studying! : ) I don't think I'll be updating for a while, but the more reviews (hint, hint) the more psyched about updating I am! ~DestinyBabe