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8: Shrine
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(Hashiba residence):
"Dad I'm home...," Rowen called out weakly, stepping into the house closing the door behind him. The lights were off, it was a little too dark for Rowen's tastes as his hand felt for the lightswitch beside the front door. "Ah-ha, there you are," Rowen placed his thumb underneath the switch pushing it upwards expecting the light to come to life, He looked up in question staring into the remaining darkness.
The power must have gone out. He thought dryly. Placing his mail bag on the ground setting his biology book beside it Rowen ventured into the living room as a chill ran down his spine. There was something not right about the whole room; Rowen got the feeling that he was being watched from somewhere inside.
Did he ever wish he was were wrong about his assumptions at times. Rowen was shoved hard, he cried out when he tripped over the coffee table and onto the couch smashing many empty beer bottles. "Didn't I tell you to be home ... early? It's 9:44," Mr. Hashiba's voice seem to be coming from all directions.
Rowen's heart sped up as two huge hands shout out of the darkness and wrapped themselves around his neck squeezing the life out of him as he struggled to break free of their grasp. "It was that blonde boy and his little twerp of a sister wasn't it? If he comes over here again, I'll personally kill him myself," Mr. Hashiba growled while his son fought to pry his hands off his neck. His father wouldn't dare kill Sage ... would he? Rowen now wished he had stayed with Sage, instead of coming home to his abusive father. Mr. Hashiba's face was shadowed by the darkness.
The only thing Rowen could see was the outline of the man's jaw and ear, He brought up one of his legs, resting his foot on the edge of the couch Rowen rammed his knee into his father's stomach. Mr. Hashiba released his grip on his son's neck, falling over on his side in pain clutching his stomach giving Rowen enough time to jump off the couch.
The blue haired boy was thankful for the under-gear that hid underneath his clothing; it packed quiet a wallop, he rushed out of the living room, grabbing the railing of the stairs to stop himself from sliding hallway across the floor. Rowen stumbled up the stairs startled by a roar of rage from his father.
The boy tried to pulled himself up the stairs when he felt his heart stop beating at the iron grip of his father's hand around his ankle, Mr. Hashiba yanked his son down the stairs on his stomach. Rowen gritted his teeth to keep in his screams as his body made contact with the floor.
Mr. Hashiba grinned evilly stumbling down the stairs holding onto the railing, Rowen groaned seeing there was nothing he could do to stop his father from beating him more than he had already did, he was so caught up in his fear that he didn't feel the warm sensation of his Kanji coming to life, his father didn't notice this either he seldom paid attention to anything when he was beating his son or preparing to beat him.
Rowen closed his eyes awaiting the worse, he wasn't going to give his father any satisfaction by crying out when he whipped him with his belt. Mr. Hashiba slipped his belt from off his pants raising his hand over his head and brought it down onto Rowen's face or so he thought. Rowen's Kanji emitted several beams of thin dark blue light from underneath his hair blinding the father momentarily, Mr. Hashiba looked straight into the light causing a blinding pain to go through his skull he clutched his head with his palms covering his eyes falling over on the stairs.
Not waiting to for his father to regain his composure, Rowen climbed to his feet and dashed out of the house at top speed afraid of what would happen if he stopped to take a breather. Rowen crossed the empty street of his neighborhood ducking behind a treet after he made it four blocks away from his house. His knees gave in.
Rowen slid down against the tree fighting to catch his breath through his nose, that didn't work so he continued breathing through his mouth placing his hand over his forehead feeling the warm sensation of his Kanji. He stayed behind the tree for sometime even after catching his breath, he legs wouldn't move they ached too much to do so, and his arms felt light weight almost as if they weren't there anymore.
He could feel blood pulsing through his hands warming them up, when a familiar feminine voice startled him out of his silence. "Hey, Rowen-kun!" She cried kneeling in front of him. Rowen looked up from his lap and into the gray eyes of Yayoi Date, he blinked wide eyed in surprise at the black haired girl who was now holding his cold hands.
"Yayoi-san, what are you doin' here?" He asked gulping. Yayoi shrugged looking upward to the sky, Rowen noticed the look in her expression seemed distracted, worried, and tired all at the same time. "Seiji could use a friend at the moment..... when he wakes up anyway," She added with little emotion in her voice.
"Seiji? Wakes up?" Rowen repeated cocking an eyebrow at the girl. Yayoi looked down at Rowen with an inquiring look blinking at him before she realizing what he had said; She laughed waving her free hand at him, Rowen bowed his head annoyed with a sweatdrop on the side of his face.
"Seiji is Sage's Japanese name. My father thought it best to call him 'Sage' to at least acknowledge the American in him, whereas my mother thought 'Seiji' was a better name, because it was fitted him so well more so than 'Sage'-," Yayoi explained. "Grandfather settled the argument saying 'both names are fitting for the boy, it just depends on what he rather be called'. Mother agreed, and let Father name him Sage. Of course Mother only uses his Japanese name when he's in trouble, worried about him, or upset about something."
Rowen's mouth was the shape of an 'o' when Yayoi finished, this of course caused the girl to start laughing again resting her head on his knee. The 17-year-old growled at her pushing Yayoi into an upright position as he climbed to his feet with sigh, Yayoi was giggling now. "What's this about Sage waking up?" Rowen quipped helping the girl up on her feet.
Yayoi ceased her giggles and force a serious expression to her face. "Sage'll explain it to you when we get there, otherwise you'll be choking me on the way to my house wanting to know how it happened if I told you ... got it?" She asked, revealing a key on a small metal circle. Rowen looked behind her spotting Sage's sporty red car, he nodded and followed the girl up the sidewalk.
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Somewhere in the forest, Sage stood amongst bamboo trees with Halo's no-datchi in hand, the blew through the forest strongly blowing his hair back revealing his right violet eye, Sage scanned his enclosed area his eyes darted from left to right as if he were waiting for someone to attack. He had no clothes, the only thing that covered his bare body was the green and white under-gear.
A sudden disturbance caused all the birds in the forest to take flight to the air, several small animals came into the clearing passing the blonde not even noticing he was there. He was completely still, he wasn't sure why he was stood there as the animals ran for their lives. The Kanji of wisdom came to life.
Sage narrowed his eye placing himself into a fighting stance as he watched several trees part or fall down as his opponent neared him. Raising his arms, Sage protected his face as a fist collided with his right arm sending him flying into the bamboo trees. Sage fell on his bottom hard shaking the daze off him staring straight at his assailant.
A woman dressed in a Kimono holding a scythe stood beside the armor Halo who had it's arms folded across it's chest, Sage watched the blade of the woman's scythe glow a neon green. He climbed to his feet shakily holding his arms up in his defense as the armor of Halo placed his arm's on his side holding them up like he was cradling something.
Sage's eyes widened watching a small body figure appear in the armor's arms. "Wha..?" The blonde muttered, before realizing who it was Halo was holding..... "SATSUKI!" Sage cried rushing forward. The woman raised her legs into the air, looking as if she were sitting on her legs in mid air. She placed her scythe in the seethe on her back before launching herself forward at the blonde.
Sage gripped the no-Datchi in his both hands picking up his speed. He swung his arms back using the longsword like a bat, and aimed for the woman's side. The short haired woman smirked grabbing her glowing scythe from off her back and when Sage was close enough she thrust the green blade through his stomach and out his back. "Baka," She laughed.
Using her foot she pushed the blonde of her blade sending him crashing to the ground. Sage's body twitched unconsciously, his violet eyes widened when he found Halo standing over him with the no-Datchi raised over his head. //Onii-san! Look out!// Sage coughed roughly ignoring the pain in his body, at the sound of his little sister's voice. "Satsuki...," Sage gasped before Halo brought the sword down onto him........... //Sage!//
Sage's Kanji came to life, bringing out of his dream before any mental harm could be done to him, the blonde rolled onto his side opening his eyes slowly realizing there was someone inside his bedroom ... or more like beside his bed. He blinked a couple of times getting the sleep out of his violet eyes.
"That must have been some hell of nightmare Sage-san," Came a familiar voice said. Sage lifted himself onto his elbow opening his eyes wide enough to see a blurred figure with blue hair and the outline of a smile, sitting in his spinning chair. "R-Rowen?" He groaned holding his head. The blue haired boy nodded, his smile widened before he ruffled his friends hair. "Hai, it's me," Rowen replied helping the blonde in an upright position.
Sage had quiet a headache, he felt as if he drank several bottles of Tequila in one seconded and developed headache over an hour afterwards. "What are you doing here?" Sage mumbled flexing his toes. Rowen sighed. "Well, to make a long story short, I ran away from home and your sister brought me to yours," He replied simply shrugging.
Sage nodded wearily closing his eyes again nodding off, Rowen noticed this and slapped his buddy on arm jolting him out of his sleep. "Hey for a minute there, I thought you fell asleep Sage-san," Rowen joked nudging the boy in the arm.
Sage looked up from his leg showing Rowen his red eyes and the dark circles underneath his eyes, curtsey of the his physic abilities. "You like shit, Sage," He muttered placing his hand on his forehead. Sage snorted in protest clutching the edges of his bed. "I beg to differ," Sage muttered, glancing the other way. "I feel like shit."
Rowen scoffed at his comment removing his hand from the blonde's forehead rising from the seat, he placed himself beside Sage with a worried expression appearing. "What happened Sage? Where's Satsuki?" Rowen asked sternly watching the 17-year-old's head raise considerably.
Sage sighed tugging on his uniform's tie, he wore nothing but the pants and the dress shirt. Rowen awaited his friend's response impatiently, until he noticed Sage's stomach was heaving as if it were a deflated balloon, he glanced up at Sage who looked a little paler than usual. "E-e-exuse me...gurgle.... Ro..,"
Rowen watched the blonde rise from his bed and dash out of the bedroom with his hand over his mouth, He followed after him before hearing the sounds of vomiting in the bathroom.... Wherever that was. He heard Yayoi in her bedroom sighing. "One of the many hateful side affects of Empathy," He heard her say. Rowen cocked his head to the side just realizing what she had said; Sage had ESP? Rowen leaned up against the wall beside Yayoi's bedroom, as the vomiting continued on, the blue haired boy was wondering how much Sage had to eat for lunch.
"Kuso....," Came Sage's weak voice, before more vomiting was heard. Rowen sighed, this had gone on for too long. "Yayoi, where's the bathroom?" He asked. There was a moment of silence before the girl answered and the sound of a flushing toilet could be heard.
"The end of the of hall on your left, it might stink in there though..." She said. Rowen sighed jogging down to the end of the hall, he placed his hand on the knob turning it; it was open. He braced himself and entered the bathroom finding Sage hanging over the toilet still, and from the sounds of it he was crying. "Huh?" He muttered venturing deeper into the bathroom toward his friend.
"Sage are you all right?" Sage felt around for a paper towel until he finally found one, he whipped his mouth clear of any vomit residue. "Fi-fine," Sage moaned raising his head from the toilet with a sigh. He looked to his friend sniffling.
Rowen came to his side resting himself up against the wall like he usual would, what had gotten his friend end up in such a distraught and fragile state? "Satsuki," Sage began as if he read Rowen's mind. "Went missing at her school." Rowen was standing in an upright position in a second. "Satsuki? Your sister went missing? When?" He asked almost in a panic.
Silence.
Rowen noticed that Sage's bedhair seemed to shadow his eyes to the extent that you couldn't see them anymore, the blonde climbed onto his wobbly feet with his head bowed. The uncomfortable silence began to eat at the bearer of Strata, Rowen tapped his friend on the shoulder. "I don't know," Sage finally said lifting his head. "I found out a little while ago after you left."
Rowen nodded, it wasn't that long ago, he watched the blonde straighten his dress shirt out while shaking his head clear of sleep or daze, a small smile appeared on his face which sent Rowen into a confused state of mind. How could he be smiling at a time like this? He wondered shoving his hands into his pants pockets.
"Anyways, you must be hungry Ro," Sage said acting as if nothing ever happened. It was what he was good at. Rowen reluctantly nodded to Sage's comment before following his friend out of the bathroom and into the hall. "Whadya got to eat?" Rowen asked trailing behind Sage down the stairs. The blonde looked over his shoulder at the blue haired boy and smirked.
"Well,... uh... leftover fried rice... a bit of ... tofu," Sage would have continued but two hands dragged him down the rest of the stairs checking his forehead for signs of a temperature and other things. Rowen watched the blonde woman embrace Sage and kiss him all over asking if he was all right or if his head hurt from his little 'episode', etc.
"I'm fine Mom," Sage grumbled irritably. "It's his mom! Dummy!" Rowen smacked himself upside the head as he climbed down the rest of the stairs. He shamed himself for thinking this older woman was his friend's girlfriend. Mrs. Date looked behind her son spotting a blushing blue haired teen behind him smacking himself upside the head.
"Seiji, who is this young man?" She asked pointing. Sage looked over to Rowen who stared at his mother and blushing even more. "Okassan, this is my friend; Rowen Hashiba.... Rowen this is my Mom Amara Date," He introduced them to eachother. Rowen walked like a robot toward Mrs. Date and shook her hand quickly as he another shade of red. "Ni-n-nince to meet you Mrs. Date," Rowen stammered standing beside Sage. I wonder what kind of panites she wears? Rowen wondered smiling. Sage and Mrs. Date looked at eachother in question but said nothing.
There happy moment however was cut short. Sage picked up on a dark aura just as someone came crashing through the ceiling, Mrs. Date screamed louder than Yayoi (who stood at the top of the stairs watching Rowen) did and fainted against the blue haired boy. Rowen blushed beet-red trying to wake the woman up before Sage ordered him to take her someplace safe.
Rowen managed to gather her up in his arms running behind the stairs placing her on the ground against the wall hoping she would be safe there. As he rose from his kneeling position Rowen caught a glimpse of Sage's body flying through the air crashing into the couch flipping it over. "Seiji!" Yayoi cried.
Sage groaned climbing onto his feet glaring at the armor Halo that stood below the damaged ceiling holding the no-Datchi in his hand, the point of the blade rested on the floor, the blonde felt his own blood trickling down his chin and from from an injury somewhere on his head.
Halo glowered at his former bearer raising his longsword from off the ground then pointed it at Sage coming forward. The truth of the matter was; Halo didn't respect and was un-loyal to Une or rather her alias principal Michi. Sure, he followed her commands but ever once in a while the armor wondered why she broke the bond he and the other armors shared with their bearers which usually caused him to disobey Une. He did so the first time she ordered him to attack an amnesiac Sage in the beginning.
Une of course had many ways of persuading the armor into doing her bidding; she threatened that she would destroy Sage's sister along with him leaving Halo with no one but her to pledge his loyalty to. Halo had no choice in the matter, he had to bring Sage to his 'master' or have his former bearer and his family be killed. He noticed Strata's bearer was on the other side of the room with Sage's mother. Placing his sword into the sheathe that hung on his back horizontally Halo lunged at the teen. Sage stood ready to fight despite the lightheaded feeling he was having. If he could defeat this demon then he could find his sister. Hopefully.
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(Hong Kong: beneath the shrine of the dead):
Ryo groaned in pain as his senses began to reawaken, his tiger-blue eyes scanned his dark surroundings, he knew one thing; he wasn't home in his room and he wasn't in Japan anymore that much was for certain. He groaned resting his head up against... a stone wall?!
Ryo's senses were now on alert, he tried moving his hands but they were chained over his head, his ankles were shackled down and he was inside somebody's overly large mouth!
Oh God, have I died and gone to hell for fantasizing about Mina in a thong bikini? He thought in panic before noticing the armor of Wildfire standing in front of him immobile at the moment. "Kento?! Cye?! Mina?! Yulie?! Where are you?!" He yelled into the darkness, his head moving back and forth when a familiar voice caught his attention.
"Right beside ya' Ry-man," Groaned Kento. Ryo's heart breathed a sigh of relief as relieved laugh emitted from his throat. "Kento you're all right!" He cried happily. Kento snorted at his comment, he was less than all right, he felt like every bone his body was busted. "Yeah right, though I have no idea where Mina and Yulie are ... what happened?" Kento muttered trying to get a good look at the raven a haired boy on his left. "And why am I in a gargoyle statue's mouth?"
Ryo shrugged staring at Wildfire's still form, Kento stared at the armor of Hardrock wondering why he felt a nagging familiar tug in his mind when it came to this armor; it looked familiar enough so why couldn't he remember where he had seen it before?
"Oh, I just wanted you to get the feel of what you'll be going through is all, Kento of Hardrock and Ryo of Wildfire," Une chuckled hovering out of the shadows she had been hidden in since the armors Torrent, Hardrock and Wildfire returned with their prisoners. Ryo gave Une a death glare as a growl emitted from his throat.
"Une, where are Yulie and Mina!" He demanded. Une scoffed at the boy's pigheadedness, did he really expect her to just tell him where they were? "Well," She sighed, floating over to Ryo with a heartless expression on her face. "I suppose I could show you where they are, but I won't tell you where they are," Une raised her scythe from her side.
Ryo watched one side of the room lit up with a vibrant yet dark light revealing four people chained to the wall by their legs and arms, their chin's rested on their chests obviously in an unconscious state. Ryo managed to keep his shock well hidden from Une, he knew that's how she wanted to see him; shocked.
He knew Mina was among them, along with Yulie but he didn't know the other two. Une glanced at Kento in the corner of her eye, he seemed to have no problem in showing his shock or anger at all, then again ... he probably wouldn't have the armor of Hardrock now would he? Justice was his Kanji, the title fit him well; he would see to it that justice was served.
"Well, I've gotta prepare your punishment now boys," Une winked blowing a kiss to Ryo. The raven haired boy scoffed turning his head in the opposite direction of her gaze, Une scowled at his sudden behavior. The boy was a lot more pigheaded than she originally thought, calming herself down the woman walked passed the shrine twirling her scythe playfully as she climbed the stairs to her throne. "What a hassle these stairs," She muttered tiredly placing herself on the throne. (A/N: much like the shrine or whatever Kento, Cye and Sage were held captive in the series)
Settling herself in the chusioned chair, she rested her elbow on the arm of the chair placing her chin on the back of her hand while her left arm rested on the arm flat, her fingers tapping irritably against the stone chair. //Lord Taku// Une spoke mentally, narrowing her eyes.
//Yes Lady?// Came a bodiless voice. //You may have the honor of drain the two Ronins of their life energy for my armors Taktu// Une replied darkly leaning up against the throne's back with sigh. //Try not to take all day, Taku// She added. A chilling wind blew through the room as the response. Une chuckled closing her eyes; this would prove to be interesting.
Above the shrine a transparent figure, with bone-like features, onyx eyes, a long beard and eyebrows, pale skin complexion, with decaying hands appeared wearing a raged out priests robe with dark energy surging through his body. Spreading his arms like a bird out he began to utter an incantation, electricity ran across the man's hands down onto the shrine unbeknownst to the two teens.
Ryo felt as if his insides had come to life suddenly full of an unknown fire-like feeling, his Kanji came to life as well glowing a brighter red than originally did in highschool though he hadn't noticed. The armor of Wildfire began to glow a deeper red than his Kanji emitting a beam of light aiming for the raven-haired boy's glowing Japanese symbol. Ryo winced slightly at the impact of the beam he soon noticed his body was glowing the same red as his armor, his muscles tightened immensely beginning to burn as the electricity entered his body, the 17-year-old cried out in pain feeling the energy being drained from his entire being, his muscles convulsed in agony begging whatever was causing this pain to stop.
Kento tried to block out his best friend's screaming as the armor of Hardrock began to glow a deep orange emitting a beam of light from the armor as his Kanji came to life once more. He suddenly felt heavy as if gravity itself was pulling him down, the beam of orange light directed it's power into his Kanji and began to fill his body with it's energy and electrified the teen tenfold. His muscles tightened up paralyzing him from the legs up; Hardrock was zapping him dry of his energy! Kento cried out in agony. Taku closed his eyes listening to their beautiful screams for mercy.
Une smirked opening her eyes watching the moment unfold before her. All she needed was Halo and Strata's bearers and their armors would officially belong to her. Une was so wrapped up in her daydream that she either didn't notice the crystasl holding Cye Mouri and Rowen Hashiba's memories shattered allowing their freed memories to return to him or she simply didn't care now that all of her goals were coming true.
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"Sage, stop being so pigheaded and let me help you!" Rownen shouted from the sidelines (beside the stairs), where Yayoi stood at the top still.
WAKCK! Yayoi peeped through her hands that covered her eyes watching her as brother was sent flying across the living room and out the house crashing to the ground outside knocking the front door down in the process.
"Stay there Rowen, protect my mother and sister!" Sage yelled charging into the house throwing a punch which Halo blocked with it's hand and slapped him with his right. Halo let go of Sage's first letting the boy fall to the ground, by this time the blonde's uniform was torn to shreds revealing only parts of his sub-amror.
"I need no protection Seiji!" Mrs. Date cried watching her son being grabbed by the ankle by the accursed green armor that raised the blonde over his head and sent him crashing into the hard wood floor destroying it, half of the house was destroyed. Sage felt a nosebleed coming on as he pushed himself with his hands jumping out of the way of Halo's no-Datchi.
He ducked another swing of the longsword from Halo, kicking the armor's feet from under it and it fell over on it's behind. Sage had let the fight drag on, there wasn't much he could had done to prevent that, his body was bruised and bleeding in various places while the armor of Halo had not one scratch on it and was still able to move quickly. Sage was becoming worn out he didn't move as fast as he did when he was fresh.
"Sage, please let me help you!" Rowen snarled unable to stand the state his friend was in. The blonde ignored his question spitting a wad of blood onto the floor. "W-where's my sister pant Satsuki?" The violet-eyed boy sneered feeling his knees about to give way at any minute. Halo stood up right like a statue ramming his sword into the hardwood floor before raising his hands up as if he were saying 'stop.'
Sage was completely caught off guard, he raised himself in a complete upright position slumping his shoulders before he noticed his body began to glow green. Yayoi almost fell down the stairs at the sight of her glowing brother, Mrs. Date knew there was something more at hand in all of this. "Whoa, Niisan your glowing!" Yayoi cried out in surprise. Sage looked down at himself then up at Halo who was glowin a brighter green becoming transparent all of a sudden.
What's going on? Mrs. Date wondered climbing to her feet walking over to Rowen, she stayed behind him looking over his shoulder as green aura that surrounded her son became brighter, Rowen was startled out of his trance when Halo exploded in display of illuminating light that encircled his friend.
"Sage..?" He muttered in confusion. Sage was thrown back by an unknown force that shredded the rest of his clothes off his body leaving only his sub-armor, multicolored wallpaper surrounded his being rising above him and exploded. Sage kept his eyes closed as sakura blossoms rained down on him circling around entire body. Rowen's mouth dropped open in complete and utter shock.
Sage was wearing the armor! "Holly..!" Yayoi fainted at the sight of her brother in the green armor. Mrs. Date knew something about all of this was just wrong! That possessed armor had wrapped itself around her son! Mrs. Date fainted against Rowen again moaning, the blue-haired boy was caught off gaurd and fell over from the weight of the woman.
Sage stared at himself in confusion, something about wearing the armor of Halo felt so right and yet he didn't want to feel that way was because it had taken his sister away from his family, destroyed his home and attacked him, the metallic mask removed itself from his face disappearing up into the helmet as an unknown aura surrounded him again. //The darkness prision sheds the light// A vioce whispered. Sage cocked his eyebrow at the riddle, before bitter laughter filled the air catching the attention of both Sage and Rowen.
A crack of lightling filled the center of the room ripped a hole in time and began to form a portal, Rowen gently laid Mrs. Date on the floor already on climb his feet trying to get to his friend when an unknown force pinned him down onto the dloor again, Rowen let out a pained cry struggling to get up.
"Rowen!" Sage moved from his spot rushing to his friend, when bolts of electricity shot up from the ground paralyzing his body completely. *I have you now Sage of Halo, and since your armor betrayed me, I won't let you or your sister go!*
Cruel laughter filled the air as Rowen fought futilely to try and get up to help his friend. A strangled scream ripped from Sage's throat as his Kanji began to glow and burn on his forehead indicating it was trying to break him free of the electric bonds. Rowen could feel his will to fight leaving him as a unknown memory filled his mind.
"Thunderbolt cut!" Sage leaped into the air firing his sure-kill at the energy bomb Kyura stood on. "Super wave smasher!" Cye raised his trident up at the energy bomb firing his sure-kill as well. The two attacks intertwined with eachother hitting the deadly bomb right on target, it had no affect.
Ryo stepped back in shock as the energy bomb continued toward them still. "No way! Their attacks didn't even make a dent in that energy bomb!" He cried almost dropping his Katana's. "Get outa here!" Sage cried, as the five of them tried to flee the area. Kyura raised her hands emitting electricity from her fingertips trapping the five warriors in her grasp.
Their muscles became stiff and they couldn't move from their present area as the bomb neared closer. "It's got us!" Sage said. Kento couldn't even flex his fingers. "Can't move!" He grunted, while Cye let out a strangled cry of pain. Rowen struggled to move his head toward their leader who was caught up in a world of his own pain.
"Ryo, use inferno! Unite all of powers now!" He managed to get out feeling the muscles in his face stiffening. "I don't know if it'll work against this thing," Ryo groaned in response. "We've gotta at least try ... now!" Sage surrendered his energy breaking the electrical feild around them, as the others followed suite giving up their powers as well so Ryo could call on ithe nferno armor...
Rowen cracked open his eyes just in time to watch the armor glow green and teleport his friend into the portal followed closely by a woman in a kimono holding a scythe that looked all too much like principal Michi of their highschool. As the portal closed; Rowen was begining to wonder ; Could she be one-in-the-same person? Rowen moaned as his head began to throb painfully; a dark blue light surrounded his being as his memories returned to their rightful place. Rowen smiled for a brief moment before unconsciousness claimed him. Sage.... I remember you now.... and others.
Elsewhere Cye's Kanji of trust fought to wake him as his memories implanted themselves inside of his mind. Above him, the armor of Torrent watched his bearer as the dawn came to greet the world once again.
Well. I'm finally done! (not the story thought!) I hope you all like this chapter... of course tell me by Reviewing ^ ^;. This might become jumbled up, because my TEX format is acting strangly for some reason, and fear not this is still a Cye story and there shall be more Cye in the next chapter! Ja ne! Sakura123~ (Sorry for any misspelled names, words, or grammatical errors. I'll correct them if there are any.)