Consequences of Capture
By Dixxy
Chapter Two: Lady Trulpa
. . . Sage. . .
. . . Come to me. . .
. . . Sage. . . I'm calling you. . .
Sage awoke with a start. Voices in my head? Is this some sort of a dream, or is this, somehow, real? "What?" he said aloud, trying not to wake his two tent mates. He bolted upright in his sleeping bag, looking around to try and figure out where the voice was coming from. To his surprise, he saw Cye and Kento seemed to be hearing things as well.
. . . Sage. . .
. . . come to me. . .
. . . I'm waiting for you to come to me. . .
"Who's calling me?" Cye asked in a hushed whisper.
"I don't know, but something's calling me, too," said Kento, looking around worriedly. He turned to his tent mates with a nervous gulp. "Should, should we go and check it out, or, or should we just ignore it?" He whimpered. "I am NEVER eating marshmallows right before bedtime EVER, EVER again!"
"If I'M hearing them, too then it isn't your bloody marshmallows!" Cye snapped.
"I don't know," said Sage, getting the attention of his fellow Ronins. He shook his head. "It's happening to me, too. Something's calling us, and I don't think we should just ignore it and entertain thoughts of it going away. Let's get dressed and then go check it out. But make sure you have your armor orbes- we don't know what's out there."
"Right."
"All right."
Quietly, the three dressed, not saying a word to one another. Once they were finished, the crept out of their tent and silently went to check on Ryo and Rowen. Much to their dismay, neither of the two elder Ronins seemed to have their problem, each dreaming about fantasies they had, such as winning a Nobel Prize and a World Cup Championship.
"I don't like this," Sage whispered. "But it looks like this 'thing' wants us and us alone." They left the other tent and stood outside for a few seconds, looking at each other with worry. With one final nod, the blonde bearer of Halo led his comrades through the woods to where he thought the voice was coming from.
. . . Yes. . .
. . . This is the right way. . .
. . . Come closer. . .
. . . Warmer. . .
. . . Warmer. . .
"NO! DON'T GO ANY CLOSER!"
The three Ronins nearly jumped out of their skin at the sudden should. They turned to see Lady Kayura and the three remaining Dark Warlords standing before them, Kayura holding the Staff with one hand and using her free hand as a stopping signal. "IF you go any closer you'll all be in danger!"
"Why? What's going on?" asked Kento.
"You have to go back and get Ryo and Rowen- that voice you're hearing is Lady Trulpa, Talpa's sister," said Dais. He stepped forward. "She's a very dangerous woman, just like her brother was, and she's after the three of you! Get out of here before she gets you! If she goes near you. . . we don't know WHAT she'll do?"
Sage held up a hand. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. Could you please tell us what's going on here? The three of us heard voices in our head calling us somewhere and we decided to investigate. You guys seem to know what's going on, so please tell us- why are we hearing their voices?"
"It's a trap, you idiots!" Sehkment hissed. "She's after you three! We don't know why she's after you, but she is and because of that you're all in danger! Just like her brother she's something to be reckoned with, so I'd highly suggest you all run before something bad happens!"
"Too late!"
Before anyone knew what was happening, the cracking sound of a whip could be heard. The three Ronins and Kayura turned their heads to see the three former Warlords bound by a three-ended whip, a woman in a grey-blue subarmor holding the whip tight. Crimson red lips curled into a grin as she placed a subarmored foot on Sehkment's back, causing the green-haired warlord to cry out. "Fools."
"Who is THAT!?" asked Kento.
"Let them go!" Cye demanded.
"She's one of Trulpa's Warladies. Her name is Anubra, and she's the Dark Warlady of Cruelty- Anubis' partner in arms," said Kayura. The last Ancient raised the Staff, pointing it at the offensive woman. "Anubra! What are you doing here!?" she demanded. "What business do you have here?!"
Anubra tossed her hair back, not seeming too threatened by Lady Kayura. "My business here is to complete my lady's orders- is there a problem with that, Kayura, or do I need to get rid of you to do so?" she said in a mock sweetness. Kayura growled dangerously, gripping the Staff more tightly than she had before.
WHAM!
Sage and Cye split when they heard something coming from the woods and watched as a blonde man in jeans and a T-shirt wrestled Kayura to the ground. He placed a hand over her mouth and threw the Staff aside. He turned to the three Ronin Warriors, a dark grin on his face. "So, these are the three Ronin Warriors that Trulpa told me about?"
"What?" asked Cye.
"It doesn't matter! Let's take these two clowns out before something else happens!" Sage said. He drew his armor orbe out of his pocket and took the lead. By this point it was obvious the pair they'd encountered was dangerous and that it was time to fight it out.
KA-ZAP!
All three Ronins stopped to scream, falling to their knees as the dark energy hit them. Sage looked behind him to see a tall, white haired woman in a black dress slowly making her way over to the group. Thin, red eyes skimmed over the seven captives as she folded his arms. She nodded, and snapped her fingers. "Good work, you two. I didn't expect Lady Kayura and the Warlords, though I suppose that I would have needed to capture them as well sometime in the future."
"Capture!?" Kento demanded. "What the hell do you want with us!?"
The white haired woman chuckled, bending down to Kento's level. "Oh, don't worry, you'll find out soon enough, Hardrock," she said. She chuckled as she pulled herself back up, turning to the two attackers. "Osiris, Anubra, we'll be returning home with our catch. Come!" The woman snapped her fingers, and a dark mist began to rise from the ground.
And, for the three Ronin Warriors, everything went black.
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Sage groaned. He was tired, but his body seemed to be forcing him to wake up. "Ugh. . . what happened to me?" he said, half-sitting up on one arm and placing a hand against his forehead. Slowly, he opened his eyes, and, as he got a look at his new and strange surroundings, sat up straight, whipping his head around in fear and confusion. He didn't know where he was!
Halo tried to calm down- panicking would do him no good. He looked down and saw he was bare-chested. Sage's eyes widened in surprise as he discovered that his chest wasn't the ONLY thing that was bare. Embarrassed at his nudity, he pulled the blankets around him closer, trying to gain security from the strange cloth. Sage looked around and breathed heavily, terrified of his surroundings.
Not to say his surroundings were frightening, just unusual. For starters, he had woken up on a large, canopy bed that had been furnished with green silk sheets and curtains, which had been pulled aside. The room he was in was a very elegant looking bedroom with dark brown chairs and bureaus made of very expensive looking woods. The carpet was a bright emerald and, from what he could see, was very soft and woolly. There was also a desk, some books, and a fireplace with an inviting looking green fire.
Sage stood up, bringing his only means of covering himself with him. His eyes caught a glance of a green bathrobe off to the side. He quickly grabbed it to his nude form and put it on after dropping the sheet to the floor. He then began to explore the room on foot, trying to get a better idea of where he was. Sage wasn't too surprised to find no door, considering that he'd presumably been captured by Lady Trulpa. The woman with the white hair must be her, he mused.
"Why am I here?" he breathed.
"Because, Sage, you're now mine."
Sage spun around to see the white haired woman- Lady Trulpa- was standing behind him. He yelped in surprise and pulled his bathrobe tighter around his form. He glared at her with demanding eyes, voicing the most important questions on his mind. "What do you want from me? Where am I?"
Trulpa laughed, seeming amused by his dislike of his situation. She casually sat in one of the chair, crossing her legs as she did so. "You're in my castle. I have many rooms like this one for extra special visitors, guests, and residents. Your friends each have their own room as well. You three are my guests."
"Or prisoners," said Sage coldly.
The evil demon woman smiled, flicking her hair behind her shoulder as she continued to look at Sage in interest. "Perhaps so, but you and your two friends are now permanent residents of my Evil Dynasty. Oh, now don't give me some look that says your other two friends will come for you or that you won't obey me. Your friends WON'T come, and even if they did, they would never get very far. And you WILL learn to obey me in time."
This irritated the blonde as he clenched a fist and took a fighting stance. "I will not fight for you! I am a Ronin Warrior, and if you think for one minute I'm going to be some kind of a Dark Warlord for you you've got another thing coming!" Instinctively, Sage reached for where he would've found a pocket, then remembered his current attire. He blinked in confusion. "What?"
Trulpa threw her head back and laughed. "No, no, no, you aren't going to be a Warlord by any stretch of the imagination. And I know what you were looking for." Sage took on a pained look. "I've taken your armor orbes for safe keeping. You are no longer Sage of the Halo. You'll find out soon enough that you and your friends will never be the same again."
Sage glared at the woman in disbelief. No! This can't be happening! This is all just a bad dream, or, or. . . "I'll be meeting with you and your friends later. Until then, I'd suggest you have something to eat. I promise you it isn't poisoned or enchanted," she said, then, she vanished, leaving Sage afraid and alone.
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Aw. . . poor boys.
Guys, guess what? DRAGONIA WAS UPDATED!!!! Yes, yes, yes it was! Whoo-hoo!
Split Persona: o_O woo. . . two at once. Yes, pain and torture makes good fanfiction. Who wants to read a story with no conflict? Wait, don't answer that question. We mustn't forget about lemons and limes, now can we? Plot twist? HERE'S UER PLOT TWIST! BWAHAHAHA!!!
Marlene: It doesn't have to be. Most of my stuff doesn't revolve around humor- yes, some lines are humorous, but most of my concentration is on more serious things. End of Innocence revolves around rape and teen pregnancy. Thieves, a Chrono Cross fanfic I'm writing, is an AU about how some of the characters from the game lead a very, very different lifestyle that's a far cry from what I threw at them. And, even with all the sick jokes and one liners in this series, The Age of Legends is LOADED with seriousness. Just look at some of the character backgrounds and the three stories following The Armor of the Soul. Very bad things happen. I read that, and to be all honest with you, I felt it was a bit rushed. You shouldn't feel pressure to whip out things as fast as you can no matter how much your readers may want more. They'll be more pleased with something that took you two weeks of hard work to write rather than something you threw together in one night. Maybe it WASN'T rushed, but it just FELT like it was rushed- things went a bit too quickly for my liking, anyhow. But I'm only one person.
Kar-chan: Yeah, they're probably my favorite pairing out of the whole bunch, too. In fact, don't be surprised to see more stories revolving around them- I'm far from DONE with the series, because in addition to Ryo and Rowen meeting up with the Senshi and the boys, there's so much more that can be done. Hmm. . . I can actually see that for some reason ("The hills are aliiiivvee. . . with the sound of muuussiiiiiic. . ."). Raw garlic? Hmm. The vampires won't go near you, then.
Yin-Yang: *sighs dreamily* Wouldn't we all? Yes. . . video camera. . . nah! Web cam! Share it with the rest of us!
Robin: Hey, this is a multi-part fanfic! It's far from over! And, actually, Cye, technically, IS Japanese. Or rather Shin is Japanese. In the original Japanese version, the only two who WEREN'T Japanese were Shu (Kento) and Seiji (Sage). Shu is Chinese and Seiji is only half-Japanese- I read somewhere that people who are only part Japanese aren't considered Japanese at all in at least some parts of Japan. Also, you have to realize that most of the RW content on the net is fanfiction, and that relies a lot on the author. Some view him as Australian (he does say "mate" in one episode) and you can always go ahead and say he's Welsh or something along those lines.
~Dixxy