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Kouji opened his eyes, then winced. His wounds ached badly. He looked around him and saw a scene that seemed familiar, but he knew he had never seen it before.
He was tied tightly to a stake, and angry looking people stood around him. One of them stood next to him, looking important. Next to that person was a table with a few large sticks of wood and a small fire.
Kouji blinked a few times, to make sure what he was seeing was real. It seemed to be real enough. Then the person who stood beside him spoke.
"We have gathered here today," he said. "for the execution of this Black Spellcaster." He motioned to Kouji.
Kouji's eyes widened and he struggled despite the fact that his body ached all over. He tried to yell out but his voice seemed not to work. A few townspeople took the thick sticks and lit them on fire. They then threw them into a pile at Kouji's feet. The flames scorched his legs a bit, until the fire turned to ice
He then saw a child that looked like Tomoki had frozen the fire. Then he felt his bonds loosen as a boy who looked like Takuya slit the ropes from behind the stake. He then saw an elf boy that looked like Kouichi help Kouji's aching body onto Junpei's, or who seemed to be Junpei, back. He saw 'Takuya', 'Tomoki', 'Kouichi', and a different boy fight the villagers.
* * *
Kouji's eyes snapped open. Beads of sweat rolled down his face. 'Another dream,' he concluded. 'But where have I seen that before? . . .'
Like in the dream, his body ached. He saw that his nose had been bleeding, and attempted to wipe away the partially dried blood, but his hands and ankles were tied. He was sitting in a small room, his back leaning against the wall. He had returned to looking like his normal self, not like his past life Spyrugi.
A door he hadn't seen before opened suddenly. He snapped his head up, but then regretted the action as he heard and felt a painful crack. He winced as he felt two fingers under his chin, lifting his head upward.
"Ah, so we meet again Spyrugi," a voice said.
Kouji blinked away a drop of blood out of his eye that had drained from a cut on his forehead. "Who are . . ." Kouji whispered weakly, but he wasn't able to continue his sentence do to exaustion.
"Don't speak," the voice said. Removing it's fingers from Kouji's chin, letting his head drop with another pain-filled crack. "It's been a while, maybe about 700 years. I always knew you were a Black Spellcaster, not a Legendary Warrior!"
"What . . . " Kouji muttered. His eyes widened with realization. One word escaped his lips. "Aruto . . ."
"Heh heh," Aruto said. "So you do remember me. Do you remember when I convicted you of being a Black Spellcaster, they believed me. Just because of the fact that you wore black."
Kouji stayed silent. His eyes expressionless and his hair falling about his face.
"The day of your execution," Aruto continued. "you almost burned. But then the other annoying little Legendary Warriors came and helped you escape." He leered. "When they saw that they had come for you, they came after me for false report. They nearly killed me, but I killed them first. They couldn't stop me. No one could. I'm an immortal. Part elf I am."
As Aruto paused, Kouji's memories of his past life Spyrugi came flooding back into his mind. His muttered words were barely audible. "You were expected to become the Legendary Warrior of Light. But I came along and took your place."
Aruto turned sharply. "What did you say?!"
Kouji slowly looked upward. "You family had been planning for years that you would become a Legendary Warrior, but you let them down."
Aruto advanced toward Kouji threateningly. "Shut up!"
Kouji didn't listen. "You don't just choose to become a Legendary Warrior. The Crystal Angel chooses you if she thinks that you are right for that destiny."
Aruto gripped Kouji's torn robe cloak roughly. "SHUT UP! You're not supposed to know that much! You're still Kouji!"
"I'm not Kouji," Kouji's eyes glew a bright blue. "I am Spyrugi. I have awakened from my dormancy. You shall follow your destiny --" the ropes binding Kouji's hands and feet snap "-- DEATH."
Kouji's wounds healed up and all traces of blood disappear as Spyrugi summons his staff. Eyes still glowing, he points the star on the staff at Aruto. "You will pay for your crimes . . . WITH THE ETERNAL SLEEP OF DEATH!"
The star begins to spin, and particles of bright light spin with it. Aruto is unable to move with fright. The star abruptly stops spinning, and a large ball of light forms at it's tip. The light shoots out at Aruto, and Spyrugi is blinded for a moment, them returns to dormancy inside Kouji's mind.
Kouji blinked his eyes. He had seen what Spyrugi had done. He looked around the small room. Aruto's body was nowhere to be found. He saw the staff lying on the floor, and picked it up. It was made of the same material as Kouichi's flute. He saw an engravement in the staff. It was again in English. It said: 'Warrior of Light'. He smiled and gripped the staff. He accepted his destiny as the Warrior of Light.
* * *
Kouji quickly walked down the hallway of the strange building. He was following his instincts, like that day he saw Kouichi in the park. He realized that instinct was him sensing where the other Legendary Warriors were. He stopped outside a door. A new aura he had never sensed before lay beyond that door. He tapped the knob with his staff, and it unlocked and opened.
Inside was a girl. She was gagged and her hands and feet were bound. Her eyes opened slowly, expecting a guard. But they lit up when Kouji bent down to free her from her binds with his staff.
The girl had long blonde hair. She was wearing her battle robes as well. She wore brown fingerless gloves that reached her shoulders, and a quiver of arrows was fastened above a dark brown vest. Her skirt was made Xena Warrior Princess-style, brown leather. Her boots reached mid thigh and were also brown.
Her green eyes sparkled with happiness as he helped her to her feet. She seemed unharmed as she said to him, "Warrior of Light?"
He smiled warmly. "That's me. We don't have to worry about Aruto anymore. He's gone."
* * *
They soon found the other Warriors further down the hallway, and they returned to Takuya's house and sat conversing on the dock.
"How did you defeat Aruto?" Tomoki asked.
Kouji shrugged. "I didn't really."
Tomoki, Takuya, Junpei, and Izumi exchanged confused glances. But Kouichi smiled knowingly.
"There are a few questions I have for you guys," Kouji stated. "I know that darkness and light are related somehow, but there's something else too. I could sense Kouichi's aura more strongly than anyone else's."
Kouichi smiled again. "You called me Kouichi."
Kouji returned the smile. "Yeah."
Kouichi continued, "Well, it might be the fact that we're twins."
Takuya was sitting on the dock rail and almost lost his balance. "WHAT?!" he sputtered.
"I thought that might be it," Kouji replied.
Junpei scratched his head in confusion. "But Say and Spyrugi weren't brothers."
"Say?" Kouji asked.
"My past life," Kouichi answered.
"Not everything has to be the same," Izumi said. "Sometimes history repeats itself. But if that happened all the time, life would be boring."
"But how do we know that Say and Spyrugi weren't brothers?" Tomoki said. "I mean, they did have the same aura connection that Minamoto and Kouichi have."
"Tomoki," Kouji said. "Call me Kouji."
"Okay," Tomoki smiled. "Kouji."
"What was that book you were reading Kouichi?" Kouji asked his older twin. "The one on the day in the park."
"Oh, that one?" Kouichi said. " 'Book of Magick' to improve my concentration on elven spells."
"What exactly are Black Spellcasters?" Kouji asked.
"A Black Spellcaster," said Takuya. "is a type of evil wizard who wears black and who doesn't feel pain. Most good forces don't wear black, but your past life did."
Silence followed after that.
Takuya clapped his hands together. "Does that wrap everything up? It's pretty late, so you guys, AND girl, should stay here tonight. Everybody inside!"
Junpei, Izumi, Tomoki, and Kouichi followed Takuya inside. Kouichi looked over his shoulder at Kouji. "You coming?"
"Yeah," Kouji replied. "Just a sec."
Kouichi went inside, and Kouji looked at the starry night sky. He smile and whispered, "Thanks . . . Spyrugi . . ."
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Ritina: Awwwwwwwww now wasn't that a nice ending? It was a long chapter for my standards!
Allison: But I still have one question.
Ritina: Shoot.
Allison: Why do people even read this?!
Ritina: DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bashes Allison's head in once again* But wait! THERE'S MORE!!!!!!!!!! THERE WILL BE A PREQUIL SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Allison: Oh crap, more crap!
Ritina: I THOUGHT I BASHED YOUR HEAD IN!!!!!!!! *bashes Allison's head in again*
Kouji opened his eyes, then winced. His wounds ached badly. He looked around him and saw a scene that seemed familiar, but he knew he had never seen it before.
He was tied tightly to a stake, and angry looking people stood around him. One of them stood next to him, looking important. Next to that person was a table with a few large sticks of wood and a small fire.
Kouji blinked a few times, to make sure what he was seeing was real. It seemed to be real enough. Then the person who stood beside him spoke.
"We have gathered here today," he said. "for the execution of this Black Spellcaster." He motioned to Kouji.
Kouji's eyes widened and he struggled despite the fact that his body ached all over. He tried to yell out but his voice seemed not to work. A few townspeople took the thick sticks and lit them on fire. They then threw them into a pile at Kouji's feet. The flames scorched his legs a bit, until the fire turned to ice
He then saw a child that looked like Tomoki had frozen the fire. Then he felt his bonds loosen as a boy who looked like Takuya slit the ropes from behind the stake. He then saw an elf boy that looked like Kouichi help Kouji's aching body onto Junpei's, or who seemed to be Junpei, back. He saw 'Takuya', 'Tomoki', 'Kouichi', and a different boy fight the villagers.
* * *
Kouji's eyes snapped open. Beads of sweat rolled down his face. 'Another dream,' he concluded. 'But where have I seen that before? . . .'
Like in the dream, his body ached. He saw that his nose had been bleeding, and attempted to wipe away the partially dried blood, but his hands and ankles were tied. He was sitting in a small room, his back leaning against the wall. He had returned to looking like his normal self, not like his past life Spyrugi.
A door he hadn't seen before opened suddenly. He snapped his head up, but then regretted the action as he heard and felt a painful crack. He winced as he felt two fingers under his chin, lifting his head upward.
"Ah, so we meet again Spyrugi," a voice said.
Kouji blinked away a drop of blood out of his eye that had drained from a cut on his forehead. "Who are . . ." Kouji whispered weakly, but he wasn't able to continue his sentence do to exaustion.
"Don't speak," the voice said. Removing it's fingers from Kouji's chin, letting his head drop with another pain-filled crack. "It's been a while, maybe about 700 years. I always knew you were a Black Spellcaster, not a Legendary Warrior!"
"What . . . " Kouji muttered. His eyes widened with realization. One word escaped his lips. "Aruto . . ."
"Heh heh," Aruto said. "So you do remember me. Do you remember when I convicted you of being a Black Spellcaster, they believed me. Just because of the fact that you wore black."
Kouji stayed silent. His eyes expressionless and his hair falling about his face.
"The day of your execution," Aruto continued. "you almost burned. But then the other annoying little Legendary Warriors came and helped you escape." He leered. "When they saw that they had come for you, they came after me for false report. They nearly killed me, but I killed them first. They couldn't stop me. No one could. I'm an immortal. Part elf I am."
As Aruto paused, Kouji's memories of his past life Spyrugi came flooding back into his mind. His muttered words were barely audible. "You were expected to become the Legendary Warrior of Light. But I came along and took your place."
Aruto turned sharply. "What did you say?!"
Kouji slowly looked upward. "You family had been planning for years that you would become a Legendary Warrior, but you let them down."
Aruto advanced toward Kouji threateningly. "Shut up!"
Kouji didn't listen. "You don't just choose to become a Legendary Warrior. The Crystal Angel chooses you if she thinks that you are right for that destiny."
Aruto gripped Kouji's torn robe cloak roughly. "SHUT UP! You're not supposed to know that much! You're still Kouji!"
"I'm not Kouji," Kouji's eyes glew a bright blue. "I am Spyrugi. I have awakened from my dormancy. You shall follow your destiny --" the ropes binding Kouji's hands and feet snap "-- DEATH."
Kouji's wounds healed up and all traces of blood disappear as Spyrugi summons his staff. Eyes still glowing, he points the star on the staff at Aruto. "You will pay for your crimes . . . WITH THE ETERNAL SLEEP OF DEATH!"
The star begins to spin, and particles of bright light spin with it. Aruto is unable to move with fright. The star abruptly stops spinning, and a large ball of light forms at it's tip. The light shoots out at Aruto, and Spyrugi is blinded for a moment, them returns to dormancy inside Kouji's mind.
Kouji blinked his eyes. He had seen what Spyrugi had done. He looked around the small room. Aruto's body was nowhere to be found. He saw the staff lying on the floor, and picked it up. It was made of the same material as Kouichi's flute. He saw an engravement in the staff. It was again in English. It said: 'Warrior of Light'. He smiled and gripped the staff. He accepted his destiny as the Warrior of Light.
* * *
Kouji quickly walked down the hallway of the strange building. He was following his instincts, like that day he saw Kouichi in the park. He realized that instinct was him sensing where the other Legendary Warriors were. He stopped outside a door. A new aura he had never sensed before lay beyond that door. He tapped the knob with his staff, and it unlocked and opened.
Inside was a girl. She was gagged and her hands and feet were bound. Her eyes opened slowly, expecting a guard. But they lit up when Kouji bent down to free her from her binds with his staff.
The girl had long blonde hair. She was wearing her battle robes as well. She wore brown fingerless gloves that reached her shoulders, and a quiver of arrows was fastened above a dark brown vest. Her skirt was made Xena Warrior Princess-style, brown leather. Her boots reached mid thigh and were also brown.
Her green eyes sparkled with happiness as he helped her to her feet. She seemed unharmed as she said to him, "Warrior of Light?"
He smiled warmly. "That's me. We don't have to worry about Aruto anymore. He's gone."
* * *
They soon found the other Warriors further down the hallway, and they returned to Takuya's house and sat conversing on the dock.
"How did you defeat Aruto?" Tomoki asked.
Kouji shrugged. "I didn't really."
Tomoki, Takuya, Junpei, and Izumi exchanged confused glances. But Kouichi smiled knowingly.
"There are a few questions I have for you guys," Kouji stated. "I know that darkness and light are related somehow, but there's something else too. I could sense Kouichi's aura more strongly than anyone else's."
Kouichi smiled again. "You called me Kouichi."
Kouji returned the smile. "Yeah."
Kouichi continued, "Well, it might be the fact that we're twins."
Takuya was sitting on the dock rail and almost lost his balance. "WHAT?!" he sputtered.
"I thought that might be it," Kouji replied.
Junpei scratched his head in confusion. "But Say and Spyrugi weren't brothers."
"Say?" Kouji asked.
"My past life," Kouichi answered.
"Not everything has to be the same," Izumi said. "Sometimes history repeats itself. But if that happened all the time, life would be boring."
"But how do we know that Say and Spyrugi weren't brothers?" Tomoki said. "I mean, they did have the same aura connection that Minamoto and Kouichi have."
"Tomoki," Kouji said. "Call me Kouji."
"Okay," Tomoki smiled. "Kouji."
"What was that book you were reading Kouichi?" Kouji asked his older twin. "The one on the day in the park."
"Oh, that one?" Kouichi said. " 'Book of Magick' to improve my concentration on elven spells."
"What exactly are Black Spellcasters?" Kouji asked.
"A Black Spellcaster," said Takuya. "is a type of evil wizard who wears black and who doesn't feel pain. Most good forces don't wear black, but your past life did."
Silence followed after that.
Takuya clapped his hands together. "Does that wrap everything up? It's pretty late, so you guys, AND girl, should stay here tonight. Everybody inside!"
Junpei, Izumi, Tomoki, and Kouichi followed Takuya inside. Kouichi looked over his shoulder at Kouji. "You coming?"
"Yeah," Kouji replied. "Just a sec."
Kouichi went inside, and Kouji looked at the starry night sky. He smile and whispered, "Thanks . . . Spyrugi . . ."
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Ritina: Awwwwwwwww now wasn't that a nice ending? It was a long chapter for my standards!
Allison: But I still have one question.
Ritina: Shoot.
Allison: Why do people even read this?!
Ritina: DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *bashes Allison's head in once again* But wait! THERE'S MORE!!!!!!!!!! THERE WILL BE A PREQUIL SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Allison: Oh crap, more crap!
Ritina: I THOUGHT I BASHED YOUR HEAD IN!!!!!!!! *bashes Allison's head in again*