Tears of Twilight
ch 9
As the bright blue light started to fade, the four Ronins, two Warriors and the two tigers slowly opened their eyes and found themselves in a field of on going flowers and old run down shrines. "This is the Dynasty?" Scorpio asked in disbelief.
"Don't kid yourself, the Dynasty is much bigger. This is just the outer perimeter of it, that there is the gate that leads to the outer edge of a river and on the other side is Talpa's castle." Ryo replied as he motioned over to the gate.
"Let's knock and see if someone is home." Kento said as he started to get ready to deliver his sure-kill directly at the gate.
"Kento, wait! If you bust in, then we'll get sucked inside, we need to find another way. We can't afford to let Talpa know that we're here." Rowen replied as he stopped him.
Suddenly a light sound of laughter came out of nowhere. "I see that you're still as clever as ever, Rowen of the Strata." the voice said in amusement.
"Kayura, show yourself!" Sage called out as he and the others looked around to see where she would appear.
"If you insist." Kayura replied with a smirk, as she appeared standing on the very top of one of the run down shrines looking down at them while holding onto her sais in attack formation.
"Where are our friends!?" Flash asked angrily as she glared at her.
"They're somewhere hidden within master Talpa's castle, where none of you will be able to find them." Kayura replied with an evil laugh.
~~~~~*****~~~~~~
In the medium sized room, Kaye stared up at the stone ceiling. She knew that there was going to be no way that she was going to get any sleep, and she also knew that Cye and Thunder weren't going to get much either. "I wonder what the others.." Kaye started to wonder when suddenly Cye's groan broke her thoughts. Kaye quickly sat up and went over to his side.
"Cye, Cye! What's wrong?" Kaye asked urgently as she looked over him in concern.
"Kaye," Cye whispered, as he barely had his eyes opened. "I'm not feeling too good." Kaye started to panic, she knew that the cut that he had on his stomach was starting to get infected. She could feel sweat starting to pour down her face, as she could feel that Cye was starting to get a fever.
"Hold on Cye, I'll try to find something to cool you off with, ok." Kaye replied as she got up as fast as she could without falling over. As she quickly made it over to the bathroom, she found an old bowl and a rag, and then she started to fill the bowl with cold water.
"What's going on?" Thunder asked as he woke up. When he didn't get an answer he got concerned and began to look around the room. He could see that Cye was in pain and sweating, he guessed that he was infected from the cut that Talpa gave him with his sword. Then he heard Kaye turning off the water, he looked towards the bathroom expecting her to rush out, but she didn't. Thunder became concerned and got up and quickly made his way over to the bathroom. Just as he got there, Kaye came out, he could see that she was sweating pretty bad, and her breathing was the same as Cye's.
Kaye glanced over at his concerned face and gave a small smile, "I'm ok, Thunder, Cye's the one that needs the help." Kaye said as she walked past him and walked towards Cye's bedside. Thunder quickly followed, when Kaye was almost there, she started to lose her balance a little bit, Thunder rushed over to her, but just as he was about there, she barely got herself stabilized.
"Kaye, are you..?" Thunder asked in concern.
"I'm fine," Kaye replied with a nod, "Cye, I need you to call back your sub armor so I can attend to your wound, ok."
Cye gave a nod, and just as he was about to call it back, "wait, you don't have to do that. I can help you." Thunder said as he went over to his side and placed a hand on Cye's stomach.
"Thunder, what?" Cye asked in slight confusion.
"I'm a healer, so I need you to close your eyes and trust me." Thunder replied as he got ready to heal Cye's wound. Cye nodded his head and then closed his eyes. Kaye watched in anticipation as this was going on, she looked towards Cye's face and she could tell that he was starting to feel better, because she was too. Then a few seconds later, Thunder moved his hand away from Cye's stomach.
"It's gone. The wound's gone," Cye said in amazement. "Thank you, Thunder."
Just as Thunder was going to reply, a panel from one of the walls opened. "What's this? I come in to check on the three of you, and what do I find? I find that instead of you sleeping, you're still awake. And here I was hoping that I would wake you myself in my own way, if you get what I mean?" Jakada asked with a gleam in his eye.
"Get out," Kaye warned in a low and dangerous voice as she glared at him. "Get out!"
"You have spirit, I like that." Jakada replied with a small chuckle, as he quickly grabbed for her and then pinned her back against the wall.
"Let go!" Kaye said angrily as she was trying to get out of his grip.
"Kaye!" Cye exclaimed angrily as he shot out of his bed.
"Sorry, little brother, but I don't think so." Jakada replied as he held up his hand and an energy wave shot out and hit Cye, making him fly back.
"Cye!" Thunder said as he quickly went over to him to help Cye stand up. Cye looked up and glared angrily at Jakada.
"Now where was I before I was so rudely interrupted," Jakada asked, "oh yes, now I remember."
Jakada turned his gaze back to Kaye as he gave her a seductive smile. "Get away from her!" Thunder warned as he got up and started to charge at him. Jakada then took a quick glance to the side, and held up his hand again, but this time Thunder found that he couldn't move.
"That was very foolish, boy. There's something that Talpa neglected to mention about those particular tracking devices. He forgot to tell you that both he and I can, how to put it, oh yes, make you freeze in your tracks." Jakada replied with a cruel smile. He then turned his attention back again towards Kaye. Kaye despite herself, gave a small gasp as she realized what he was about to do. But before she could do anything, Jakada was forcefully kissing her. Kaye was trying to fight against him, but he was stronger because of the weakened state she was in. The more she struggled the harder he forced his kiss. Then in extreme desperation, Kaye shot out a round house kick that nailed him right in the side, making Jakada to stagger back.
"Jakada, what's going on in here?" Cale asked as he stood in the wall opening.
"Nothing, Cale. Why are you here?" Jakada asked back as he turned around to face him.
"Master Talpa wants to see you." Cale replied as he saw Jakada give him a nod, and then he left.
Just as Jakada was about to leave, he turned his head back and gave a cold grin, "before I forget, Storm, you'll be the first to be tested, so I would suggest that you get some sleep, because you'll going to need it." and then he went through the wall's opening. The wall shut and then once he was gone Thunder could finally move.
"That bloody bastard," Cye swore angrily, and then he started to slowly calm down as he looked over towards Kaye in concern. "Kaye, are you all right? Kaye?"
She didn't respond, instead Kaye quickly ran to the bathroom and started to throw up. The memory of Jakada's lips on hers and his tongue in her mouth made Kaye feel so much revoltion that she threw up some more. A few minutes later, Kaye came out of the bathroom wiping her mouth. "Kaye, I'm sorry you had to go through that," Thunder said as she sat down on the bed while trying to fight off the tears. "I should have..."
"Thunder, don't. There was nothing that could have been done, you couldn't move, and Cye was hurt." Kaye replied quietly as she kept her gaze towards the ground. Thunder and Cye gave each other a concerned look, and then Cye sat down next to her as he pulled her close to him.
Cye wasn't sure of what to say, he looked down at her. He could tell that she was still shaken up, but then a small chuckle came from him. Kaye looked up towards him in confusion. Cye saw her confusion, and then smiled, "you know what? I've just realized something."
"Oh yea, and what's that?" Kaye asked as Thunder sat down on the opposite bed facing the brother and sister.
"I'm wondering which one Jakada is going to be afraid of more, me or Kento when he finds out what Jakada just did to you?" Cye replied with a smirk.
"Maybe both of you." Kaye said as she gave a small smile back. "Thanks Cye."
"You're welcome, now I think that we had better try and get some sleep, ok." Cye replied as he laid her down and pulled the covers over her. Kaye nodded and then closed her eyes and fell asleep. Thunder stood up and saw that Cye was still watching over his sleeping sister. He became concerned as he saw that Cye's expression changed from concern to pure anger.
"Cye?" Thunder asked quietly as he tried not to wake Kaye.
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"You were looking for me Talpa?" Jakada asked as he entered the throne room.
"Jakada, what do you think that you were doing? I asked you to check and make sure that our "guests" were resting, not for you to make your advances onto the female dream walker." Talpa replied as he drummed his fingers onto his armrest.
"My apologies, Talpa, but you did say that I could have her," Jakada said. "And then you would have your son, isn't that correct?"
"Yes, but that's after the prophecy, not before," Talpa replied, "besides, it looks like our other guests have arrived just as we planned. I've already sent Kayura ahead, if you would take the remaining warlords with you and greet them..."
"I understand, Talpa, and it'll be my pleasure, especially when I see the expression on Hardrock's face when I tell him of what I did." Jakada replied with a smirk.
"Then go, but make sure that you come back here, there's much that we have to prepare for." Talpa said as he disappeared from the throne room.
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"I don't get it, why is she just standing there? What is she waiting for?" Flash asked as she and the others kept their eyes on her.
"To answer your question, she's waiting for us." a familiar voice replied.
"Jakada, show yourself, you coward!" Kento yelled out angrily.
"Coward am I? We'll see who's the coward when the prophecy comes to pass." Jakada replied as he and the other warlords appeared.
"Great, just what we need, so much for sneaking into the Dynasty, Ryo." Sage said in slight annoyance.
"Back off, Sage, we all knew that there were going to be traps as soon as we came here." Ryo replied as he threw a quick glance towards him.
Flash knew that with them bickering back and forth like they were, wasn't going to get them anywhere. "Guys, knock it off! we're not going to get any answers from them, if you two keep fighting with each other!"
Just then a laugh interrupted them. "What's so funny?" Kento asked as he glared angrily at Jakada.
"Just thinking about how much torment that you're going through, Hardrock, by knowing that we have the very two people that you care so much for." Jakada replied with a smirk.
"You won't have them for long!" Kento growled.
"Oh but I haven't told you the best news. You see, I've taken quite a liking to your Dream Walker. In fact, I wanted to see how sweet she tasted. And I'll tell you what, she tastes just like the sweetest candy. You're a luck man, Hardrock, oh wait, I mean you were a lucky man." Jakada taunted with an evil grin.
"You bastard!" Kento yelled at him, eyes flaring with pure anger.
"Relax Hardrock, it was only a kiss, but who knows by the end of the prophecy, it could be more." Jakada replied with an evil grin.
ch 9
As the bright blue light started to fade, the four Ronins, two Warriors and the two tigers slowly opened their eyes and found themselves in a field of on going flowers and old run down shrines. "This is the Dynasty?" Scorpio asked in disbelief.
"Don't kid yourself, the Dynasty is much bigger. This is just the outer perimeter of it, that there is the gate that leads to the outer edge of a river and on the other side is Talpa's castle." Ryo replied as he motioned over to the gate.
"Let's knock and see if someone is home." Kento said as he started to get ready to deliver his sure-kill directly at the gate.
"Kento, wait! If you bust in, then we'll get sucked inside, we need to find another way. We can't afford to let Talpa know that we're here." Rowen replied as he stopped him.
Suddenly a light sound of laughter came out of nowhere. "I see that you're still as clever as ever, Rowen of the Strata." the voice said in amusement.
"Kayura, show yourself!" Sage called out as he and the others looked around to see where she would appear.
"If you insist." Kayura replied with a smirk, as she appeared standing on the very top of one of the run down shrines looking down at them while holding onto her sais in attack formation.
"Where are our friends!?" Flash asked angrily as she glared at her.
"They're somewhere hidden within master Talpa's castle, where none of you will be able to find them." Kayura replied with an evil laugh.
~~~~~*****~~~~~~
In the medium sized room, Kaye stared up at the stone ceiling. She knew that there was going to be no way that she was going to get any sleep, and she also knew that Cye and Thunder weren't going to get much either. "I wonder what the others.." Kaye started to wonder when suddenly Cye's groan broke her thoughts. Kaye quickly sat up and went over to his side.
"Cye, Cye! What's wrong?" Kaye asked urgently as she looked over him in concern.
"Kaye," Cye whispered, as he barely had his eyes opened. "I'm not feeling too good." Kaye started to panic, she knew that the cut that he had on his stomach was starting to get infected. She could feel sweat starting to pour down her face, as she could feel that Cye was starting to get a fever.
"Hold on Cye, I'll try to find something to cool you off with, ok." Kaye replied as she got up as fast as she could without falling over. As she quickly made it over to the bathroom, she found an old bowl and a rag, and then she started to fill the bowl with cold water.
"What's going on?" Thunder asked as he woke up. When he didn't get an answer he got concerned and began to look around the room. He could see that Cye was in pain and sweating, he guessed that he was infected from the cut that Talpa gave him with his sword. Then he heard Kaye turning off the water, he looked towards the bathroom expecting her to rush out, but she didn't. Thunder became concerned and got up and quickly made his way over to the bathroom. Just as he got there, Kaye came out, he could see that she was sweating pretty bad, and her breathing was the same as Cye's.
Kaye glanced over at his concerned face and gave a small smile, "I'm ok, Thunder, Cye's the one that needs the help." Kaye said as she walked past him and walked towards Cye's bedside. Thunder quickly followed, when Kaye was almost there, she started to lose her balance a little bit, Thunder rushed over to her, but just as he was about there, she barely got herself stabilized.
"Kaye, are you..?" Thunder asked in concern.
"I'm fine," Kaye replied with a nod, "Cye, I need you to call back your sub armor so I can attend to your wound, ok."
Cye gave a nod, and just as he was about to call it back, "wait, you don't have to do that. I can help you." Thunder said as he went over to his side and placed a hand on Cye's stomach.
"Thunder, what?" Cye asked in slight confusion.
"I'm a healer, so I need you to close your eyes and trust me." Thunder replied as he got ready to heal Cye's wound. Cye nodded his head and then closed his eyes. Kaye watched in anticipation as this was going on, she looked towards Cye's face and she could tell that he was starting to feel better, because she was too. Then a few seconds later, Thunder moved his hand away from Cye's stomach.
"It's gone. The wound's gone," Cye said in amazement. "Thank you, Thunder."
Just as Thunder was going to reply, a panel from one of the walls opened. "What's this? I come in to check on the three of you, and what do I find? I find that instead of you sleeping, you're still awake. And here I was hoping that I would wake you myself in my own way, if you get what I mean?" Jakada asked with a gleam in his eye.
"Get out," Kaye warned in a low and dangerous voice as she glared at him. "Get out!"
"You have spirit, I like that." Jakada replied with a small chuckle, as he quickly grabbed for her and then pinned her back against the wall.
"Let go!" Kaye said angrily as she was trying to get out of his grip.
"Kaye!" Cye exclaimed angrily as he shot out of his bed.
"Sorry, little brother, but I don't think so." Jakada replied as he held up his hand and an energy wave shot out and hit Cye, making him fly back.
"Cye!" Thunder said as he quickly went over to him to help Cye stand up. Cye looked up and glared angrily at Jakada.
"Now where was I before I was so rudely interrupted," Jakada asked, "oh yes, now I remember."
Jakada turned his gaze back to Kaye as he gave her a seductive smile. "Get away from her!" Thunder warned as he got up and started to charge at him. Jakada then took a quick glance to the side, and held up his hand again, but this time Thunder found that he couldn't move.
"That was very foolish, boy. There's something that Talpa neglected to mention about those particular tracking devices. He forgot to tell you that both he and I can, how to put it, oh yes, make you freeze in your tracks." Jakada replied with a cruel smile. He then turned his attention back again towards Kaye. Kaye despite herself, gave a small gasp as she realized what he was about to do. But before she could do anything, Jakada was forcefully kissing her. Kaye was trying to fight against him, but he was stronger because of the weakened state she was in. The more she struggled the harder he forced his kiss. Then in extreme desperation, Kaye shot out a round house kick that nailed him right in the side, making Jakada to stagger back.
"Jakada, what's going on in here?" Cale asked as he stood in the wall opening.
"Nothing, Cale. Why are you here?" Jakada asked back as he turned around to face him.
"Master Talpa wants to see you." Cale replied as he saw Jakada give him a nod, and then he left.
Just as Jakada was about to leave, he turned his head back and gave a cold grin, "before I forget, Storm, you'll be the first to be tested, so I would suggest that you get some sleep, because you'll going to need it." and then he went through the wall's opening. The wall shut and then once he was gone Thunder could finally move.
"That bloody bastard," Cye swore angrily, and then he started to slowly calm down as he looked over towards Kaye in concern. "Kaye, are you all right? Kaye?"
She didn't respond, instead Kaye quickly ran to the bathroom and started to throw up. The memory of Jakada's lips on hers and his tongue in her mouth made Kaye feel so much revoltion that she threw up some more. A few minutes later, Kaye came out of the bathroom wiping her mouth. "Kaye, I'm sorry you had to go through that," Thunder said as she sat down on the bed while trying to fight off the tears. "I should have..."
"Thunder, don't. There was nothing that could have been done, you couldn't move, and Cye was hurt." Kaye replied quietly as she kept her gaze towards the ground. Thunder and Cye gave each other a concerned look, and then Cye sat down next to her as he pulled her close to him.
Cye wasn't sure of what to say, he looked down at her. He could tell that she was still shaken up, but then a small chuckle came from him. Kaye looked up towards him in confusion. Cye saw her confusion, and then smiled, "you know what? I've just realized something."
"Oh yea, and what's that?" Kaye asked as Thunder sat down on the opposite bed facing the brother and sister.
"I'm wondering which one Jakada is going to be afraid of more, me or Kento when he finds out what Jakada just did to you?" Cye replied with a smirk.
"Maybe both of you." Kaye said as she gave a small smile back. "Thanks Cye."
"You're welcome, now I think that we had better try and get some sleep, ok." Cye replied as he laid her down and pulled the covers over her. Kaye nodded and then closed her eyes and fell asleep. Thunder stood up and saw that Cye was still watching over his sleeping sister. He became concerned as he saw that Cye's expression changed from concern to pure anger.
"Cye?" Thunder asked quietly as he tried not to wake Kaye.
~~~~****~~~~
"You were looking for me Talpa?" Jakada asked as he entered the throne room.
"Jakada, what do you think that you were doing? I asked you to check and make sure that our "guests" were resting, not for you to make your advances onto the female dream walker." Talpa replied as he drummed his fingers onto his armrest.
"My apologies, Talpa, but you did say that I could have her," Jakada said. "And then you would have your son, isn't that correct?"
"Yes, but that's after the prophecy, not before," Talpa replied, "besides, it looks like our other guests have arrived just as we planned. I've already sent Kayura ahead, if you would take the remaining warlords with you and greet them..."
"I understand, Talpa, and it'll be my pleasure, especially when I see the expression on Hardrock's face when I tell him of what I did." Jakada replied with a smirk.
"Then go, but make sure that you come back here, there's much that we have to prepare for." Talpa said as he disappeared from the throne room.
~~~~****~~~~~~~
"I don't get it, why is she just standing there? What is she waiting for?" Flash asked as she and the others kept their eyes on her.
"To answer your question, she's waiting for us." a familiar voice replied.
"Jakada, show yourself, you coward!" Kento yelled out angrily.
"Coward am I? We'll see who's the coward when the prophecy comes to pass." Jakada replied as he and the other warlords appeared.
"Great, just what we need, so much for sneaking into the Dynasty, Ryo." Sage said in slight annoyance.
"Back off, Sage, we all knew that there were going to be traps as soon as we came here." Ryo replied as he threw a quick glance towards him.
Flash knew that with them bickering back and forth like they were, wasn't going to get them anywhere. "Guys, knock it off! we're not going to get any answers from them, if you two keep fighting with each other!"
Just then a laugh interrupted them. "What's so funny?" Kento asked as he glared angrily at Jakada.
"Just thinking about how much torment that you're going through, Hardrock, by knowing that we have the very two people that you care so much for." Jakada replied with a smirk.
"You won't have them for long!" Kento growled.
"Oh but I haven't told you the best news. You see, I've taken quite a liking to your Dream Walker. In fact, I wanted to see how sweet she tasted. And I'll tell you what, she tastes just like the sweetest candy. You're a luck man, Hardrock, oh wait, I mean you were a lucky man." Jakada taunted with an evil grin.
"You bastard!" Kento yelled at him, eyes flaring with pure anger.
"Relax Hardrock, it was only a kiss, but who knows by the end of the prophecy, it could be more." Jakada replied with an evil grin.