Author's notes: Well, here's chapter 9. I'm not very good with ratings,
but I'm rating this chapter R because of violence and a couple of bad words.
Nothing supper major though. Anyway, hope you enjoy it!
Death's Angel
By Rekka's Angel
Chapter 9
Capture
Miyako opened her eyes and groaned in pain. She found
herself still inside the cylinder room from earlier. She shivered as memories
of the torture came flooding back to her mind, until the room started glowing
a bright blue.
"Now what?" Miyako whispered hoarsely. A crackling sound came
from the ceiling as she heard strange chanting. It started out soft, but
became louder and louder with each passing minute. Dark energy wound it's
way around the room as the haunting chanting became louder. The energy
ran down the side of the walls and started to form a sphere around Miyako.
Ghost like forms began to appear, surrounding her as they chanted. They
started moving in a circle around her as the energy ball grew darker and
darker. The chanting became faster and faster as they moved around in circles.
The energy sphere was now pitch black and Miyako could no longer see the
figures around her and they could not see her. Blood red beams of energy
slammed into her body as she screamed in agonizing pain. The chanting echoed
louder and louder in her ears as she fell to her knees holding her head.
"GO AWAY! Miyako screamed. "Go away! Please!" The energy ball
become smaller and smaller as she wrapped her arms around herself in a
fetal position. The red beams shot into her body one last time and her
eyes glowed red for a split second as her body spasmed from the blows it
had received. Her eyes closed and the chanting seemed to soften until her
world became black as she passed out. The spirits stopped moving in their
circular motions and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Miyako's limp body
laid on the hard cold concrete for the second time in the last two hours.
A cloaked figure came in and carefully picked up the lifeless
body and carried her out of the dreadful room. They stopped in front of
Miyako's chamber and laid her on her bed. The figure looked down upon her
for a moment and then swiftly left the room, closing the door behind them.
**********
two weeks later
"It is time to put our plan into action." Chaos's warriors bowed
and transformed into their armor. "Miyako." The young woman appeared before
him and bowed.
"Yes, Father."
"I want you to go with them. Have some fun, but don't forget
what I told you." Miyako grinned evilly and nodded.
"I will not disappoint you."
"Good. Now go." After Miyako had transformed into her blood red
armor, (Like Suki's, only different color.) they all vanished.
**********
It had been two weeks, and everyone was growing impatient. There
had been no attacks since they had taken Miyako, and no hint of one to
come.
"This is ridiculous!" Shuu shouted. "Shouldn't they have done
something by now?"
"He's right. Why haven't they tried anything?" Shin asked. No
one answered. Ryo sat at the window, looking outback. This had become his
spot, and rarely did he leave it." Nasuti looked around; worried about
the restless warriors.
Jun had been sent home not to long ago, so he wouldn't get hurt
if anything happened. They would have sent Nasuti away as well, had she
not been so adamant and stubborn about staying with them.
Seiji laid a comforting hand on Nasuti's shoulder. She turned
and smiled. At that moment, Byakuen roared and headed out the back door.
Ryo followed, and the others following soon after. They stood outside and
scanned the area, but found nothing.
"What is it Byakuen?" Ryo asked. Laughter echoed through the
land as if in answer to his question.
"So, how much of a challenge do you think they will be?" Suki
asked.
"Mmm, maybe a good work out." Yusuke answered. The Ronins transformed
into their sub armor, but still saw no one.
"Show yourselves!" Shuu yelled. Byakuen stood protectively in
front of Nasuti. Suki's amusement was evident in her laughter.
"But of course, little Ronins." Suki appeared floating in mid
air, followed by Yusuke and Heath.
"What have you done with Miyako!" Ryo demanded.
"Your little Miyako is fine. Wouldn't you agree, Princess?" Suki
stated. Miyako smiled and appeared floating next to Suki. She flicked her
long ponytail over her armored shoulder and nodded.
"I couldn't agree more." Miyako answered, huskily. Everyone gasped.
"Miyako?" Ryo asked. She nodded.
"Yes. Granted, I'm not the Miyako you used to know. I'm much
better." Miyako said with a sultry look. "I am now Miyako, Warrior of Death.
Fitting, don't you think." Ryo shook his head in denial. "Don't believe
me? I guess I'll just have to show you." The other warriors smiled and
readied for battle.
"Come on Ryo, we've got ta suit up." Touma stated.
"But I can't hurt her."
"I didn't ask you to, just transform." Ryo nodded and they all
called their armor.
"That's more like it." Yusuke commented. The Warriors of Chaos
floated down to the ground.
"Shall we." Heath said. It was more of a statement than a question.
"Let's." Miyako answered. Miyako's first target was Seiji. The
others went after the remaining four. Seiji drew his sword and blocked
Miyako's overhead strike. The force in which they clashed was so strong,
it threw them each back about five yards from their original position.
This time Seiji charged. Again they met sword against sword.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Seiji questioned. Miyako smirked.
"Why? Because I'm better this way." Miyako swung and met Seiji
blow for blow. Neither one had touched the other yet. "I have a family,"
Miyako jumped out of the way, barely missing being slashed across the arm.
"I have power, the sense of belonging, and the love I have always been
denied!" Miyako growled. Seiji ducked as one of Miyako's katanas came too
close to his head. An expression of sympathy flashed briefly on Seiji's
face.
"Your being controlled by Chaos. He doesn't love you. He's using
you as a puppet to do his dirty work."
"You lie!" Miyako blocked, and slashed back with her own weapon,
managing to cut Seiji's left cheek.
"Why would I lie to you Miyako-chan?"
"Because you're the enemy!"
"Am I really?" Doubt flashed in Miyako's eyes, but quickly disappeared
as they glowed red for a split second.
Touma and Shin blocked another bolt of energy that Yusuke threw
at them. Touma grimaced as one finally hit him. Pain ran through his body
like he had just been electrocuted.
"These guys are strong. Stronger than anyone we've every fought."
Shin stated. Touma nodded and continued fighting.
"Shuu, how are you and Ryo holding up!" Shin shouted. Shuu quickly
glanced over at Shin, which was a mistake, as thousands of little ice crystals
were shot at him. They were like a thousand little blades cutting his skin.
Shuu grunted as he steadied himself from falling. Suki grinned as she watched
Shuu struggling against her attack. She used the same attack on Ryo, but
unlike Shuu, Ryo was ready and deflected most of the crystals.
"Not to good I'm afraid." Shuu answered. Nasuti became worried
as she noticed the Ronins wearing out and worse for wear, as Chaos's warriors
were barely even breathing hard and showed no sign of injuries. Before
she even knew what hit her, a dark bolt of energy rammed into her body,
knocking her to the ground. Nasuti's scream echoed throughout the area,
causing everyone to pause in their fighting.
"NASUTI!" Shouted the Ronins. Seiji ran over to Nasuti and cradled
her limp form in his arms. Something in Miyako snapped as the scream replayed
over and over in her head. Memories of the torture she went through flashed
in her mind's eye.
"You bastard!" Touma cried as he shot at the floating Heath.
Miyako barely made it in time to block Touma's attack. Touma's eyes became
wide as he found Miyako suddenly in front of his arrow, but it was too
late to call it off. Miyako gracefully deflected the arrow as if it were
nothing. Touma's eyes filled with sadness, betrayal, and shock. "Why are
you protecting him?" Yusuke and Suki were just as surprised as everyone
else at Miyako's interference. Heath smiled maliciously as he stared down
at Touma. Miyako's eyes filled with rage as she quickly turned around and
smacked Heath across the face; hard. No one saw her move as it happened;
she was so fast. But the impact of her hand and the sound it made as it
hit his cheek was enough to convince everyone that it happened. Heath glared
at her with a look that promised immense pain. He swung his arm forward,
aiming for her head. Miyako deftly caught his arm and glared back at the
surprised and angry Heath.
"That was low." Miyako stated.
"But the little bitch is one of them." Heath growled, pointing
down at the enraged Ronins.
"She was an innocence. She was of no threat to us!" Miyako yelled.
"I was following orders."
"To kill an innocence!"
"No one on this ridiculous little planet has any value! They're
little sheep. What's the difference if one is gone! And why should it bother
you anyway. You're Chaos's daughter. You're main objective is to destroy
these people anyway! You're one of us now!" Heath bellowed. Miyako grimaced
in disgust, but did not answer.
"I see you have yet to be broken in completely." Chaos's voice
resounded through the yard. Miyako screamed in agony as some invisible
force made her fall to the ground with her hands holding her head.
"Miyako!" Ryo ran over to her, but was knocked back as her body
glowed red. As the throbbing in her head stopped she stood up. Her eyes
held nothing but pure hatred and evil in them. Miyako turned towards the
Ronins and smiled.
"I'm giving you one chance to join our side willingly."
"Never!" Shuu shouted.
"Suit yourself. I gave you a fair chance." Miyako was about to
charge forward until the voice in her head stopped her.
"Don't dispose of them yet. Capture Rekka."
"With pleasure." Miyako answered. A black orb appeared floating
in front of Heath's hand and grew bigger in size as it pulsated with power.
When the sphere was about the size of a basketball Heath shot it towards
Ryo. Ryo tried to dodge, but something or someone was making it so he couldn't
move. The sphere grew tremendously and surrounded Ryo. It convulsed with
energy as Ryo stood inside it. After a minute the sphere around him disappeared
and left him standing there in confusion. The black sphere hadn't hurt
him. It only tingled slightly. Before anyone could react, Miyako was on
him, thrusting her katana straight through Ryo's stomach. Ryo gasped, falling
to the ground as Miyako quickly took the blood soaked weapon out of his
midsection. A million frenzied thoughts ran through Ryo's mind at that
moment.
"How? I thought I was already dead."> Everyone yelled as
Miyako smiled wickedly down at the fallen Ronin. Ryo's gaze fell upon Miyako's
smiling face. He looked up at her with sadness, betrayal, shock, and finally
forgiveness and some other emotion she couldn't place. A thought of de
ja vou came to Miyako's mind as she watched the different emotions play
across his face before he passed out from the blood loss. The forgiveness
that he showed her before his eyes closed, she could recognize, but confused
her greatly. Especially the last one. It was so foreign to her that she
couldn't even come up with a name for the strange feeling. She pushed the
annoying thoughts to the back of her mind as she slung his body over her
shoulder.
Shuu charged Miyako with blind rage as he tried in vain to save
his leader and good friend. She sidestepped the clumsy attack and walked
right into another. She got away from the second attack by Shin's yari,
but not without receiving a deep gash in her left upper arm. She grit her
teeth as pain shot through her arm. Shin was momentarily startled by the
fact that the strike had cut her so deeply, but even more startled by the
fact that she actually bled and could be wounded. Miyako took advantage
of his momentary shock and created a black portal behind her, and stepped
through. Suki glared down at the enraged Ronins and spoke with such venom
that her voice sent shivers down their spines.
"You will be destroyed. It'll be a pleasure making you suffer
long and painful deaths." Suki and Heath disappeared as well, through dark
portals.
"Until we meet again, Ronins." Heath spat out as he too disappeared.
Visibly shaken, the remaining Ronins stumbled back into the house,
helping each other walk. Seiji laid Nasuti on the couch and healed her
with his armor as much as his fatigue laden body would allow before passing
out. He then took her upstairs to rest, as quickly as he could.
The other three Ronins transformed back into regular clothing
and collapsed where ever they were at the moment. Shin landed on the couch,
Shuu on the floor, and Touma leaning against the wall. Their armors had
helped heal them, but they were still worn out.
"Miyako was hurt." Shin stated tiredly.
"Yeah, well so was Nasti-chan. And worse." Shuu answered.
"I know, but that's not what I mean." Comprehension dawned on
Touma as he realized what Shin was talking about.
"You're right. She was hurt and she felt it, too." Shuu looked
back and forth between the two, in confusion.
"So what! We all were, what's the big deal!"
"The big deal, Shuu, is that Miyako shouldn't be able to be hurt
like that." Shuu still looked on in confusion.
"In a sense, she's dead, and the wound should have not affected
her or should have healed like that!" Shin snapped his fingers for effect.
"But it didn't and she felt it. Which means, some how....."
"Miyako's alive again." Touma finished. Shuu finally got what
they were talking about and added his own two cents worth.
"Wouldn't that have applied to Ryo as well?" Touma thought about
it for a few seconds and nodded in agreement.
"Yes. Theoretically he shouldn't have been able to have been
hurt like that either, but he was."
"Which means he's alive as well." Shin said.
"Hey! Both of them were surrounded by that black sphere thingy
at one time."
"You're right. Which means that that must be how they were brought
back to life. Which also means that Chaos has the ability to give life."
Touma reasoned.
"That's not good." Shuu commented.
"No it isn't." Shin agreed. "So in order to get rid of his warriors
completely and possibly break the spell he has over Miyako, we have to
get rid of Chaos himself first."
"Hai. Unless the spells so strong that in order to break it completely,
we have to kill Miyako."
"No way! I won't believe that! Miyako's stronger than that. She's
not evil like that freak of nature and his little toadies. I may be mad
as hell at her, but there's no way I could ever kill her!" Shuu yelled.
"Maybe that's exactly what Chaos wants. He knows we wouldn't
be able to kill her, which ultimately gives him more power, because he'll
live on through Miyako."
"I won't believe it!" Shuu bellowed. Touma and Shin looked at
each other with sadness.
"We don't want to believe it either, but we've got to consider
everything." Shin answered. Shuu sighed and nodded his head.
"What if it really comes down to that, though?" Shin asked. Touma
looked up at him and shook his head.
"I don't know, Shin. I don't know."
Upstairs in Nasuti's room, Seiji watched over Nasuti, gently ringing
out and replacing a cool cloth on her forehead. He brushed her hair away
from her face and softly caressed her warm cheek. Nasuti's breathing had
become regular again and her fever was almost nonexistent now. He sighed
in relief as she became less flushed and her heart stopped racing.
"Please be alright." He whispered. Nasuti's eyes fluttered as
she slowly opened them. She blinked the blurriness away and turned towards
Seiji. Seiji smiled one of his rare genuine smiles. Nasuti smiled back.
"How are you feeling?" Nasuti slowly sat up with Seiji's help and answered.
"Other than being slightly tired and having a huge headache,
I feel alright."
"Glad to hear it." Nasuti nodded.
"What happened after I blacked out?" Seiji frowned and told her
what had gone on during the time she was out. Nasuti gasped and covered
her mouth as tears came to her eyes. "What are we going to do Seiji?" Tears
ran down her pale cheeks. Seiji pulled her into a warm and comforting embrace,
and began stroking her hair.
"I don't know, I really don't know." Nasuti cried against his
chest and hugged him tighter.
"God, I hope they're ok." Seiji nodded and kissed the top of
her head as Nasuti cried herself to sleep.
"I hope so too, Nasti-chan."
**********
Meanwhile, in the Dynasty
Miyako placed Ryo's body on the ground and then knelt down before
Chaos.
"I did what you said Father. I brought Rekka."
"Excellent. You make me proud, Miyako."
"I am honored, Father." Suki, Heath, and Yusuke knelt behind
Miyako and bowed. Chaos nodded to them.
"Once I have healed his wound, I want you to take him to the
dungeon."
"Of course Master." Heath answered.
"Father, why are we just putting him in the dungeon, and not
getting rid of him for good? What are we going to do with him?" Chaos looked
at Miyako and then to the boy at her feet.
"Just wait and see, my dear." Miyako nodded and stepped back
as Chaos made a dark blue sphere envelope Ryo's body, healing his wound.
Ryo's body glowed a faint red for a second, before flickering out and becoming
a dark blue glow. Heath glared down at Ryo.
"I don't know why we don't just kill him now and be done
with it."> Heath thought. He looked over at the other three standing beside
him. Suki was occasionally glancing at Miyako with what looked like concern,
showing on her face. Yusuke was just standing there smirking. And Miyako
was standing there with her arms crossed and looking at the youth before
her as Chaos healed him. She was watching intently, almost as if waiting
for something bad to happened, and analyzing everything happening to the
Ronin. The look she gave Ryo was one of curiosity. He watched as she narrowed
her eyes as if trying to remember something, but losing it as soon as she
thought she'd had it. "Looks like I'll have to keep an eye on our little
princess."> He looked up as Chaos ordered them to take the Ronin to the
dungeon. They all bowed and began their task.
Miyako was a foot from the door when Chaos halted her. She turned
around and stared at the man who was her supposed father.
"Yes?"
"Miyako, I don't want you spending too much time with Rekka.
Do what you must when I tell you, but unless it's orders, do not go down
there. Do you understand?"
"Perfectly, Father."
"Good. You may go."
Of course we all know when someone tells you not to do something
or bans you from one thing or another, the first thing you wanna do is
do what you weren't allowed. But Miyako wasn't stupid. She knew not to
go down there right away.
"After all, patience is a virtue."> She grinned at the thought
and headed down the poorly lit hallway to her chambers.
**********
Sorry if I made the guys seem uncaring/uneffected
about Ryo's injury when they were discussing what happened during the fight.
Remember though that they didn't think that could happen since he was already
dead. So they're kinda in shock from the revolation that Ryo and Miyako
are actually alive. That and they were pretty worn out from their battle.
So what's going to happen to Ryo now that Chaos has him? As always, read
and review! ^_^ I am thankful to all my readers and I hope you are
enjoying the story. My goal is to please you, the reader. So feel special! -Rekka's Angel
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