Dark Moon & Midnight Shadows
ch 14
Lighting shot across the sky, illuminating it, turning the night into day, and then back to night as it drew back into the ominous midnight shadows. Thunder boomed like a huge bass drum. Rain poured down so hard so fast that when it hit, the rain made dents into the buildings and sidewalks as it trailed behind the midnight shadows. The winds howled like sadden wolves. A huge lightning bolt struck the ground, causing a huge crack into the streets below. Then as soon as the bolt hit, a river of fire was also formed, causing more chaos. "This is crazy! The whole city is being destroyed and here we are just sitting around in a dark, dank, musty cell doing nothing!" Shu said angrily as he paced around in annoyance.
"Shu, what do you expect us to do, huh? In case you've forgotten, Argo and Badamon have our kanji orbs, and without them we don't exactly have very much of a fighting chance." Seji asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"I don't care, Seji, but I'm more than willing to give it all I've got!" Shu replied in a growl. "Are you giving up, Seji?"
"Shu! How dare you ask such a question!? I have no intention of giving up, but I'm just trying to be cautious and figure out what we can do with what limited resources we have." Seji replied with a glare.
"Being cautious, or being a coward," Shu challenged, "there's not much of a difference you know."
"Shu! How dare you call me a coward!" Seji replied angrily as they were facing off with each other now.
"That's enough! We can't fight amongst ourselves, that's exactly what Argo would want us to do!" Shin said as he broke them up.
"Shin's right you guys." Touma replied in a non-argument way.
"Yeah, I suppose, but I'm tired of just sitting here while Argo and his lackeys just do whatever they feel like doing." Shu said as he finally sat down next to Kasura.
"I agree Shu, but at the moment all we can do is sit and wait, until Argo or one of his what you call lackeys, come and get us for some reason, or we can figure out a way out ourselves." Ryo replied, and then he looked over at Kausra. She had a slight frown as she kept her gaze out of the small window. "Kasura?" No response so he decided to call to her again, "Kasura, hey, are you ok?"
Kasura blinked but kept her frown, "yeah Ryo, I'm fine."
"Sorry that you had to get mixed up in this." Shu apologized as he wrapped his arm around her waist, and drew her closer to him.
"It's ok Shu, I don't regret what's happened. The only regret that I do have, is that we didn't get the chance to make something more out of what we have." Kasura replied as she leaned onto him.
"You think that we have something?" Shu asked as he tilted her head up towards him.
"Think so, I know." Kasura replied with a warm smile. Shu returned the smile and started to slowly go in for a kiss.
"Aw come on Shu, couldn't you pick a better time for that kind of thing?" Seji teased.
Shu looked over towards Seji, "you're just jealous." he replied with a grin.
"What!? I'm not jealous." Seji said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah you are, so just admit it." Shu taunted.
'Looks like a distraction is in order before these two get at each other again.' Kasura thought as she suddenly was kissing Shu deeply. The other guys' eyes went wide on Kasura's sudden impulsive action and then started to chuckle a bit when they finally broke apart.
"Ah what was I saying?" Shu asked in slight confusion.
"Who, now that's one way to stop an argument. Wonder why I didn't think of that?" Touma whispered.
"Because Touma, Shu would have clobbered you if you did." Shin whispered back.
"Now that's settled, does anyone have any ideas of how to get out of here?" Ryo asked as he looked around at everyone. No one gave a reply, "great."
Elsewhere....
"I can't believe that he actually did that?! I mean, didn't we do everything that was asked of us?! Didn't we!?" Lao ranted as he paced around angrily.
"Lao calm down,." Mei replied as she and Tahi watched him pace.
"Calm down, you're telling me to calm down? After what the source...I mean Badamon did, you want me to calm down." Lao said skeptically as he stopped pacing and walked up to her.
"So he deceived us, and tried to kill us, "Tahi replied in a bored manner, "but who says that we can't have our own payback?"
"You don't mean that you want to...?" Mei asked in disbelief as she looked over at Tahi. "Have you lost your mind?"
Lao grinned evilly as he got Tahi's drift. "Hold on Mei, I think that Tahi has a very good idea."
"What!? You've got to be kidding me." Mei asked as she quickly looked over to him.
"Think about it Mei, if we team up with the troopers and the giajin to defeat Badamon and Argo, but then when that's done..." Lao replied with an evil glint in his eyes.
"Then we can destroy them, because they'll be too wiped out from the battle to even win." Mei said as she finally realized their plan.
"So, what do we do first, do we get their kanji orbs from Badamon and Argo, or do we free them?" Tahi asked as she looked towards them.
"Well since both sides believe that we're dead that puts us in an advantage. I think that we should actually split up, you two go and free the troopers and the giajin, and I'll swipe their kanji orbs and then we'll meet back here." Lao explained as he vanished into the darkness.
"Do you think that this will actually work?" Tahi asked in an unsure way.
"Don't tell me you're backing out now?" Mei asked back.
"No, I'm not, it's just...oh never mind, let's just go and do this." Tahi replied as she transformed into her panther form, and Mei changed into a gargoyle, and then took off.
In the shadows, "yes, everything is going as planned, soon everyone will be in place, and then the real fun will begin." the figure said to self as it vanished.
ch 14
Lighting shot across the sky, illuminating it, turning the night into day, and then back to night as it drew back into the ominous midnight shadows. Thunder boomed like a huge bass drum. Rain poured down so hard so fast that when it hit, the rain made dents into the buildings and sidewalks as it trailed behind the midnight shadows. The winds howled like sadden wolves. A huge lightning bolt struck the ground, causing a huge crack into the streets below. Then as soon as the bolt hit, a river of fire was also formed, causing more chaos. "This is crazy! The whole city is being destroyed and here we are just sitting around in a dark, dank, musty cell doing nothing!" Shu said angrily as he paced around in annoyance.
"Shu, what do you expect us to do, huh? In case you've forgotten, Argo and Badamon have our kanji orbs, and without them we don't exactly have very much of a fighting chance." Seji asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"I don't care, Seji, but I'm more than willing to give it all I've got!" Shu replied in a growl. "Are you giving up, Seji?"
"Shu! How dare you ask such a question!? I have no intention of giving up, but I'm just trying to be cautious and figure out what we can do with what limited resources we have." Seji replied with a glare.
"Being cautious, or being a coward," Shu challenged, "there's not much of a difference you know."
"Shu! How dare you call me a coward!" Seji replied angrily as they were facing off with each other now.
"That's enough! We can't fight amongst ourselves, that's exactly what Argo would want us to do!" Shin said as he broke them up.
"Shin's right you guys." Touma replied in a non-argument way.
"Yeah, I suppose, but I'm tired of just sitting here while Argo and his lackeys just do whatever they feel like doing." Shu said as he finally sat down next to Kasura.
"I agree Shu, but at the moment all we can do is sit and wait, until Argo or one of his what you call lackeys, come and get us for some reason, or we can figure out a way out ourselves." Ryo replied, and then he looked over at Kausra. She had a slight frown as she kept her gaze out of the small window. "Kasura?" No response so he decided to call to her again, "Kasura, hey, are you ok?"
Kasura blinked but kept her frown, "yeah Ryo, I'm fine."
"Sorry that you had to get mixed up in this." Shu apologized as he wrapped his arm around her waist, and drew her closer to him.
"It's ok Shu, I don't regret what's happened. The only regret that I do have, is that we didn't get the chance to make something more out of what we have." Kasura replied as she leaned onto him.
"You think that we have something?" Shu asked as he tilted her head up towards him.
"Think so, I know." Kasura replied with a warm smile. Shu returned the smile and started to slowly go in for a kiss.
"Aw come on Shu, couldn't you pick a better time for that kind of thing?" Seji teased.
Shu looked over towards Seji, "you're just jealous." he replied with a grin.
"What!? I'm not jealous." Seji said as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah you are, so just admit it." Shu taunted.
'Looks like a distraction is in order before these two get at each other again.' Kasura thought as she suddenly was kissing Shu deeply. The other guys' eyes went wide on Kasura's sudden impulsive action and then started to chuckle a bit when they finally broke apart.
"Ah what was I saying?" Shu asked in slight confusion.
"Who, now that's one way to stop an argument. Wonder why I didn't think of that?" Touma whispered.
"Because Touma, Shu would have clobbered you if you did." Shin whispered back.
"Now that's settled, does anyone have any ideas of how to get out of here?" Ryo asked as he looked around at everyone. No one gave a reply, "great."
Elsewhere....
"I can't believe that he actually did that?! I mean, didn't we do everything that was asked of us?! Didn't we!?" Lao ranted as he paced around angrily.
"Lao calm down,." Mei replied as she and Tahi watched him pace.
"Calm down, you're telling me to calm down? After what the source...I mean Badamon did, you want me to calm down." Lao said skeptically as he stopped pacing and walked up to her.
"So he deceived us, and tried to kill us, "Tahi replied in a bored manner, "but who says that we can't have our own payback?"
"You don't mean that you want to...?" Mei asked in disbelief as she looked over at Tahi. "Have you lost your mind?"
Lao grinned evilly as he got Tahi's drift. "Hold on Mei, I think that Tahi has a very good idea."
"What!? You've got to be kidding me." Mei asked as she quickly looked over to him.
"Think about it Mei, if we team up with the troopers and the giajin to defeat Badamon and Argo, but then when that's done..." Lao replied with an evil glint in his eyes.
"Then we can destroy them, because they'll be too wiped out from the battle to even win." Mei said as she finally realized their plan.
"So, what do we do first, do we get their kanji orbs from Badamon and Argo, or do we free them?" Tahi asked as she looked towards them.
"Well since both sides believe that we're dead that puts us in an advantage. I think that we should actually split up, you two go and free the troopers and the giajin, and I'll swipe their kanji orbs and then we'll meet back here." Lao explained as he vanished into the darkness.
"Do you think that this will actually work?" Tahi asked in an unsure way.
"Don't tell me you're backing out now?" Mei asked back.
"No, I'm not, it's just...oh never mind, let's just go and do this." Tahi replied as she transformed into her panther form, and Mei changed into a gargoyle, and then took off.
In the shadows, "yes, everything is going as planned, soon everyone will be in place, and then the real fun will begin." the figure said to self as it vanished.