Dark Moon & Midnight Shadows
ch 12
A few hours later. "It's time." the source said as he turned around and faced them.
"Time? Time for what, may I ask, master?" Lao asked curiously.
"You'll find out shortly, but for now, the three of you go and retrieve our...Guests." the source replied as he was finishing with the last minute touches. Lao, nodded and then he, Mei and Tahi disappeared.
"Man, if I don't get out of here soon, I'm going to go stir crazy." Shu said as he was pacing the room.
"Shu, sit down already, you're making me nervous with all of your pacing." Touma replied in slight annoyance.
"Oh, I'm making you nervous! Did you guys hear him, I'm making him nervous?" Shu shot back as he stopped right in front of Touma.
"Don't be getting in my face, Shu." Touma warned with a glare.
"Oh yea, and what are you going to do about it?" Shu asked as he watched Touma stand up and face him.
"You wanna know what I'm going to do about it? Here's what I'm going to do about it." Touma replied as he got into a fighting position.
"Bring it if you got it, Touma." Shu challenged.
"Shu, Touma, both of you, stop it." Kasura said as she got between them. "This isn't the time for the two of you to fight each other."
"Guys, Kasura's right, save the fight for the ones that are responsible for putting us here, not each other." Shin replied as he stood up.
Touma and Shu looked at each other, and then backed down. "Yea, I guess that you have a point Shin. Sorry Touma." Shu said apologetically.
"Yea, so am I Shu." Touma replied as he rubbed the back of his head.
"You know, it would have been interesting to see the two of you fight each other." Mei said with a grin.
"What do you want?" Ryo asked angrily as the others finally stood up.
"The master wants all of you to join him." Tahi replied as she grabbed the keys to their prison.
"Why," Seji asked, "And what if we decide not to come with you, then what?"
"Do you really want to find out the answer to your second question?" Lao asked back with a smirk. No one gave a verbal response. "I thought as much, so let's get going already. It wouldn't be wise to keep the master waiting." Lao replied as he watched them file out one by one. As Kasura walked right in front of him, he reached out and grabbed for her wrist causing her to stop.
"Hey!" Kasura said just as she was grabbed, causing the guys to stop. "Let go!"
"You heard the lady, let her go." Shu yelled at him.
"Or what?" Lao asked with a grin.
"This!" Kasura replied with narrowed angry eyes, as she pulled back with her free arm and punched him right in the face, and yelling in pain. "I told ya to let go."
Lao looked up and glared at her with pure anger. "You little busu!" Lao shouted as he was going to go for her.
"Lao no, that's enough!" Mei yelled to him causing him to stop and glance back angrily.
"Come on Lao, you know that Mei's right, just back off. The giajin will get hers as well as the troopers will get theirs. Besides, we're keeping the master waiting." Tahi replied as she reasoned with him. Lao glared at them and then gave a nod
and lead the way to the source. The troopers and Kasura followed behind him, while Mei and Tahi brought up the rear. It didn't take long for them to get there. When they made it to their destination, the room felt cold, almost frigid. As they breathed they could see their breaths. They wrapped their arms around themselves to try and keep warm as they looked around.
The room was lit by only candles that were set up sparingly around. Each area had a set of candles that were set up in a pentagon formation. A red, green, orange, dark blue, light blue, and a silver one; each set was inside of another circle. And at the top of each pentagon was an alter that had a crystal chalice with their energies from their armors inside, except for one chalice was filled with blood. Kasura's eyes went wide with fear as she found herself clinging onto Shu. Shu put his arms around her protectively as he deeply frowned. To say the least he wasn't surprised to find Kasura's body shaking.
"Hey, what's the big idea?!" Shu growled as he glared at them angrily.
"How ironic it was to find out that the same ones that destroyed Argo, are the same ones that will be able to free him; except with one minor addition that will be able to keep him free from the void forever, is the one that wears the Tiger Armor." the source replied with an evil grin.
"What are you talking about?! Argo is dead! He can't be brought back, and if what you say it true, there would be no way that we would voluntarily resurrect him anyway!" Ryo yelled at him angrily.
"Oh he's not dead, Rekka, the last time that you Troopers fought him, he was sent to a void. It was written that six keys will one day arrive as the dark moon rises, and it will cast a midnight shadow over the lands." the source explained.
"So that's why you did what you did. Because you knew that we would never free this Argo demon voluntarily...So you forced us!" Kasura replied as she now turned around and faced him in anger.
"That's correct." the source gloated.
"You're sick." Shin replied in disgust.
"You don't know the half of it." Lao said with a grin.
"Why do I have the feeling that he's not completely done with us just yet?" Seji asked as he was starting to get an uneasy feeling.
"What if I told you that you're correct, Korin?" the source asked back with an evil grin.
"Ah guys, I think that leaving now would be a very good idea at the moment." Kasura said as she started to back away.
"I'm with that suggestion, anyone else wants to get out of here? Then I suggest that we do it now." Touma replied as and the others started to do the same. But just as they turned around, the door slammed shut, locking them all inside.
"Sorry, but who said that any of you could leave? We're not done with you yet." Tahi asked as she and the others approached them.
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Konichiwa mina....Sorry for the long delay in my chapter. Yeah, I know, I'll try and get them out faster. I haven't disappeared from the Ronin/Trooper writing circle, lol. Just been busy to the extreme with work and other things.
ch 12
A few hours later. "It's time." the source said as he turned around and faced them.
"Time? Time for what, may I ask, master?" Lao asked curiously.
"You'll find out shortly, but for now, the three of you go and retrieve our...Guests." the source replied as he was finishing with the last minute touches. Lao, nodded and then he, Mei and Tahi disappeared.
"Man, if I don't get out of here soon, I'm going to go stir crazy." Shu said as he was pacing the room.
"Shu, sit down already, you're making me nervous with all of your pacing." Touma replied in slight annoyance.
"Oh, I'm making you nervous! Did you guys hear him, I'm making him nervous?" Shu shot back as he stopped right in front of Touma.
"Don't be getting in my face, Shu." Touma warned with a glare.
"Oh yea, and what are you going to do about it?" Shu asked as he watched Touma stand up and face him.
"You wanna know what I'm going to do about it? Here's what I'm going to do about it." Touma replied as he got into a fighting position.
"Bring it if you got it, Touma." Shu challenged.
"Shu, Touma, both of you, stop it." Kasura said as she got between them. "This isn't the time for the two of you to fight each other."
"Guys, Kasura's right, save the fight for the ones that are responsible for putting us here, not each other." Shin replied as he stood up.
Touma and Shu looked at each other, and then backed down. "Yea, I guess that you have a point Shin. Sorry Touma." Shu said apologetically.
"Yea, so am I Shu." Touma replied as he rubbed the back of his head.
"You know, it would have been interesting to see the two of you fight each other." Mei said with a grin.
"What do you want?" Ryo asked angrily as the others finally stood up.
"The master wants all of you to join him." Tahi replied as she grabbed the keys to their prison.
"Why," Seji asked, "And what if we decide not to come with you, then what?"
"Do you really want to find out the answer to your second question?" Lao asked back with a smirk. No one gave a verbal response. "I thought as much, so let's get going already. It wouldn't be wise to keep the master waiting." Lao replied as he watched them file out one by one. As Kasura walked right in front of him, he reached out and grabbed for her wrist causing her to stop.
"Hey!" Kasura said just as she was grabbed, causing the guys to stop. "Let go!"
"You heard the lady, let her go." Shu yelled at him.
"Or what?" Lao asked with a grin.
"This!" Kasura replied with narrowed angry eyes, as she pulled back with her free arm and punched him right in the face, and yelling in pain. "I told ya to let go."
Lao looked up and glared at her with pure anger. "You little busu!" Lao shouted as he was going to go for her.
"Lao no, that's enough!" Mei yelled to him causing him to stop and glance back angrily.
"Come on Lao, you know that Mei's right, just back off. The giajin will get hers as well as the troopers will get theirs. Besides, we're keeping the master waiting." Tahi replied as she reasoned with him. Lao glared at them and then gave a nod
and lead the way to the source. The troopers and Kasura followed behind him, while Mei and Tahi brought up the rear. It didn't take long for them to get there. When they made it to their destination, the room felt cold, almost frigid. As they breathed they could see their breaths. They wrapped their arms around themselves to try and keep warm as they looked around.
The room was lit by only candles that were set up sparingly around. Each area had a set of candles that were set up in a pentagon formation. A red, green, orange, dark blue, light blue, and a silver one; each set was inside of another circle. And at the top of each pentagon was an alter that had a crystal chalice with their energies from their armors inside, except for one chalice was filled with blood. Kasura's eyes went wide with fear as she found herself clinging onto Shu. Shu put his arms around her protectively as he deeply frowned. To say the least he wasn't surprised to find Kasura's body shaking.
"Hey, what's the big idea?!" Shu growled as he glared at them angrily.
"How ironic it was to find out that the same ones that destroyed Argo, are the same ones that will be able to free him; except with one minor addition that will be able to keep him free from the void forever, is the one that wears the Tiger Armor." the source replied with an evil grin.
"What are you talking about?! Argo is dead! He can't be brought back, and if what you say it true, there would be no way that we would voluntarily resurrect him anyway!" Ryo yelled at him angrily.
"Oh he's not dead, Rekka, the last time that you Troopers fought him, he was sent to a void. It was written that six keys will one day arrive as the dark moon rises, and it will cast a midnight shadow over the lands." the source explained.
"So that's why you did what you did. Because you knew that we would never free this Argo demon voluntarily...So you forced us!" Kasura replied as she now turned around and faced him in anger.
"That's correct." the source gloated.
"You're sick." Shin replied in disgust.
"You don't know the half of it." Lao said with a grin.
"Why do I have the feeling that he's not completely done with us just yet?" Seji asked as he was starting to get an uneasy feeling.
"What if I told you that you're correct, Korin?" the source asked back with an evil grin.
"Ah guys, I think that leaving now would be a very good idea at the moment." Kasura said as she started to back away.
"I'm with that suggestion, anyone else wants to get out of here? Then I suggest that we do it now." Touma replied as and the others started to do the same. But just as they turned around, the door slammed shut, locking them all inside.
"Sorry, but who said that any of you could leave? We're not done with you yet." Tahi asked as she and the others approached them.
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Konichiwa mina....Sorry for the long delay in my chapter. Yeah, I know, I'll try and get them out faster. I haven't disappeared from the Ronin/Trooper writing circle, lol. Just been busy to the extreme with work and other things.