Double Vision By LadyWildfire7
rated: pg-13, still subject to change. This chapter will have swearing like the others, but will also have some blood as well. Just warning you, in case if it bothers anyone.
*Disclaimer: As Always, I do not own the Ronin Warriors, I only own the new character I made up. If for some reason you would like to use her, just ask, it's no problem!*
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Chapter two: Breathing
In the dark depths of a dreary dungeon an auburn haired teen lay breathing hard on the cold wet ground. Breathing hard from the beating he had just received from Sekhmet. He was always Sekhmet's favorite and found himself being challenged by Sekhmet quite often in the old days. Breathing felt almost impossible, it hurt to inhale and exhale. The auburn haired teen lay there bleeding from the nose and the mouth. A big black welt was forming around his right eye. There was a large scrape above his left eye that had begun to bleed. His whole body ached, and he was sure that his left wrist was broken. Sekhmet attacked him? He was sure that the ex-warlords were no longer enemies but this new twist of events had found him very wrong. Cye (the real Cye) raised his head gently to look around. All he could see was the rusted bars of the cell they had locked him in, everything else was enveloped in darkness. He tried to sit up but his wrist gave out and he heard yet another disgusting cracking sound. He spat out his own crimson blood and brought his right hand up to feel his swollen cheek. He didn't even have his armor orb on him when they attacked him. How could he not have it? He hated himself for not thinking. Sekhmet could torture him all he wanted, it's not like this had not happened before. He did not talk then, and he would not talk now. However, this time was different from the last , because this time he was all alone.
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A red haired man using a staff to lean upon stood on a grassy hill overlooking Mia Koji's mansion. He moved forward to look closer and the clanking of his staff could be heard as his robes billowed in the wind. He breathed in the strong night air and closed his eyes. Yes, it had been a long time. A long time to live in secrecy, a long time to live a lie. But the former Ancient had wished it so , for reasons still unknown to Anubis. He felt sorrow that he could not aide them in the final battle, how he would have truly liked to help. At least he could be here this time to warn them of the growing threat against them. He would watch them for now, as it was not the time for them to meet again. He would continue to visit Kayura in her dreams, making her believe he was alive.
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Kayura could not sleep at all. She was a nighttime kind of person and didn't sleep much at night and if she did , she didn't fall asleep til very late. When she did sleep , usually her dreams were haunted by visions of the dynasty. She turned over in her bed and tried to get comfortable amongst the fluffy pillows and satin sheets. She closed her eyes but found herself not weary. That's when she caught sight of it. The bright full moon shown in through her glass door leading out to the balcony. Two rooms had balconies, the room Kayura was staying in and Mia's room. Mia's room was far from her and a floor up so Mia's balcony was higher than hers. Kayura climbed out of bed and unlatched the lock and walked outside. The cool autumn air chilled her skin and the balcony floor felt cold beneath her bare feet. She walked to the edge of the balcony and stared straight up at the moon which was currently yellow. She breathed the night air in deeply and closed her eyes as she did so. That's when she heard something moving above her so she whirled around quickly to find Rowen on the roof. He was looking through a large ebony telescope and had not noticed Kayura standing there on the balcony in the silk lavender night gown Mia had let her borrow. She was quite amused with him being awake when everyone else was asleep and him being on the roof looking through a telescope. She didn't know much about the Ronins and she was unaware of the fact that stars interested Rowen. But, it made sense to her that he would interested in the night sky, he was the smartest and most scientific of the Ronin Warriors.
Finally she spoke softly , "The moon looks entrancing tonight , doesn't it Strata?"
He stopped what he was doing to look down on the intruder to his star gazing and said,
"It's absolutely beautiful." He went back to looking through the telescope and she leaned against the rails of the balcony with her eyes closed . She was considering going back in when he said, "Why are you out here, Kayura?"
Without opening her eyes she responded , "I love the night. I don't sleep much and if I do, it's not til late."
"Ahh I see. I am the same way, I stay up late and sleep in late. I like to come out here at night and look for constellations and planets. The others think I'm crazy staying up all night doing things like this. Do you think I'm crazy, Kayura?" Rowen asked.
"Not at all. Dais, Sekhtmet , and Cale always thought it was odd that I don't sleep much. Anubis was a lot like this. You know when I think about it, I never realized how much alike we were in ways" she told him.
Silence, not a word from Rowen. Kayura opened her slate blue grey eyes to look upon him, but he was gone. 'Maybe it's better that we don't continue to converse. This is all quite strange anyways. Tell me a couple years ago that I would be staying at Mia's mansion and out here speaking with Rowen and I would have told you that you're disturbed' she thought. She closed her eyes once more only to open them quickly when she heard the door creak open.
Rowen was coming outside to speak with her, she watched as he gently shut the door behind him. 'That was quick' she thought. He advanced over to her and came to a halt next to her leaning against the balcony's railing.
She turned to face him and he said, "It's all well and good to speak to you from the roof, but I'd much rather talk to you face to face."
She smiled sweetly at him but did not respond. Something he once said to her long ago entered her mind. They were in the middle of battling and he said "I'm falling for you, Kayura." And she had told him coldly , "Don't do it, I'll only break your heart." The brief flashback ended and she found herself staring off into space.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked.
"Nothing special, Strata." She lied.
"You can call me Rowen. I don't mind." She didn't speak to him, because she knew not what to say. When she thought about it, she didn't really know him. The only time they ever spent together was when she was trying to destroy him. It wasn't like that in the end though. She was on his side now but they still did not really speak much. She never got to know any of the Ronin Warriors although she always found Rowen attractive and intriguing. She was Lady Kayura and she did not have time for such matters.
"What has your life be like these past years? What have you been doing?" he questioned her.
"Well , it's not too fascinating really. I've been getting used to this world and all the things in it. The guys and I have done a lot of traveling , tried a lot of new things that did not exist in our realm. Seen a lot of new things that we never knew existed. Some of these people in this world sure are peculiar" she said.
He laughed and said, "You are right, some of the people in this world are very diverse. What did you find you were most interested in, what did you like?"
Kayura smiled big feeling her next statement would be rather bizarre in itself, "Junk food. Roller coasters, movies theaters , those car things. Those are excellent, real fun. Airplanes aren't very fun, Cale freaked out on one, it was embarrassing. I think we've seen almost everything, visited a lot of different cities and countries. Tried gambling. The alcohol in this world is not as strong as ours." Rowen laughed again and Kayura noticed that she really enjoyed that strong laugh of his.
"Are you a lush?" he asked.
"Not much of a drinker but Sekhmet sure is. You should see him when he's drunk, he's hilarious! He likes to dance around crazily." They both laughed at the thought of this. And then they were quiet for a moment.
Kayura looked back up at the stars then back at Rowen and noticed that he had moved closer to her and was watching her closely. He reached out and touched one of her navy locks and played with it for a moment. She felt she was hardly breathing as she watched him, she had never seen Rowen like this. So vulnerable , so alluring, so breathtaking. He moved closer again eyes locked on hers and she found herself moving forward too. He was real close now she could see his midnight blue eyes had specks of dark green in them. She could feel his sweet hot breath touching her. She could see that he had little tiny freckles on his nose and cheeks. She brought one of her soft hands up and caressed one of his cheeks gently. He put his hands around her waist and pulled her closer. They were face to face now and closer than ever when the balcony door exploded open and Sage came hurrying through it. The two of them jumped and moved apart as Sage looked over the scene before him.
With an amused look on his face he said, "Am I interrupting something? Because I suppose I can come back later. Later when Cye isn't missing."
"WHAT?! Cye's gone?" Asked Rowen.
"Yes, Kento heard Cye get out of his bed and go downstairs but he never came back up. Kento waited and waited for him then decided to look for him. He searched the whole house and didn't find him, then he heard Mia's jeep start and ran into the garage but wasn't in time to see Cye take off. Kento says he just barely missed him. So he decided to wake up all of us to ask if we knew where Cye went" Sage concluded.
"Well let's keep looking for any clues leading to where he went" stated Rowen.
Kayura nodded and thought to herself, 'I cannot tear my eyes away from him, what am I obsessed or something. I'm acting like a young girl , blushing and getting nervous when he's near.'
"Not sure we'll find anything but we can try again" said Sage. And with that the three of the rushed back into the house.
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In a dark room only lit by blue flames on tiny golden candlesticks Tulpa sat upon his new elaborate throne in his throne room. The air was sour and musty and it would have choked anyone other than the warlords and Tulpa. Tulpa's energy was not fully restored yet , but the more time that passed , the more power drifted back to him. Many mirrors were in the room, mirrors used to watch the world. Cale and Sekhmet knelt down before Tulpa and the three of them listened as the door to the throne room squeaked open to reveal a tall slender woman clad in all black robes. She had long black hair but when it caught the light it gave the illusion of being a very dark violet. Her eyes were a unusual dark grey, and everything about her was dark and lacked much color. Had it not been for her exceptionally pale skin and bright ruby lips she would be almost invisible in the darkness. The door shut behind her and she edged forward as if floating with her black robes trailing behind her. She wore a silver necklace around her neck with an emblem on it, the crest of her family. Of which she was the last. She was pretty, even though her features did not fit together properly for some reason. She looked incomplete, like something was forgotten when she was created. There was something about her that caused you to stare without knowing why.
She knelt down before Tulpa, "You called my lord", she said in a very strong accent foreign to Tulpa and his warlords.*
"Yes, Fiera, We are awaiting Dais's return, he is bringing news of his mission" Tulpa told her.
Fiera rose from her position kneeling before Tulpa and smiled and the larger teeth could be seen in her smile. Her smile would have been exquisite had those two teeth not interrupted it and made it look malignant.
"Ahhh yes, the spider lover. I should like to hear what he has accomplished so far." She huffed and said under her breathe , "If anything at all."
Only a few moments later Dais emerged into the throne room and knelt down before Tulpa and stood up again.
"What news do you bring us, Dais, Warlord of Illusion?" asked Tulpa.
Before Dais (now fully Dais again and not resembling Cye in the least bit) could respond Sekhmet interrupted him , "Dais is a damn idiot he told them a dynasty soldier attacked him in the kitchen."
Dais shot him an dangerous glare and said, "I am sorry Master Tulpa, I was flustered and could think of nothing. It would have helped if we could have interrogated Torrent first to learn things about him and the other warriors. I do not know how to act as Cye of the Torrent."
Cale spoke up, "Sekhmet tried torturing him and it did not work, he will not speak. Why don't we just kill all the warriors while we can, then they will be out of our way for good."
"Good idea, let's just kill them without getting their armors, I hope you will never be in charge of anything because.." Dais argued back.
"SILENCE!" yelled Tulpa and they were all quiet.
" Dais be more careful of your words! And no, we cannot kill them yet Cale, because we do need their armors. We need to find out every secret of inferno as well. There is still more that they know that we do not. Especially Sage and Ryo. There is a lot we must find out and obtain before we can finish them off. I trust you will not disappoint me, dark warlords" Tulpa said.
"Yes Master" the three warlords chanted in unison.
"My lord, if I may" said Fiera.
"Proceed" said Tulpa.
"Cale was telling me that Lady Kayura said something about another armor, a tenth armor, is it true? And that Wildfire knows all about it, the ancient one told him." Fiera asked eagerly.
"As far as we know it is not. It has not been found yet even if it is. However, we are searching the far regions of the mortal world for it" Tulpa replied.
"Master, Kayura suspects that Anubis may not be dead" said Dais.
"Anubis? Not dead? Impossible! He would have been present for the final battle." Tulpa stated.
"Hardrock suggested that Anubis faked his death. Kayura had some key that I've never seen before and she said when she awoke it was there" Dais added.
"First steal the key, we will go from there. If Anubis is not dead once we find him he will be in more pain than he can comprehend" said Tulpa.
Sekhmet spoke up, "Dais you seriously need to act more like Cye. Fiera, do you think you could use a kind of spell on Cye to make him tell the truth? We need to know personal things about the Ronins so that Dais may not make them suspicious. "
Fiera smiled and once again those teeth were barred and she held up a small vile of a bright green liquid , " Already a step ahead of you. Truth serum, I have no doubt in my mind that this will not work on Cye of the Torrent."
"Very well, Fiera, use this on Torrent" said Tulpa.
"Master, Kayura also mentioned the Ancient saying something about the armors to her before he died. A fact that is very important yet dangerous in the wrong hands. We might need to bring her here as well" said Cale.
"The time will come when they all will be brought here but for now we need information and eventually those armors. I have not yet decided how they shall meet their demise. We must catch them off their guard so they cannot fight back. There is much work to do, Dais return to the mortal world. Fiera give Cye the serum and then interrogate him. Cale and Sekhmet continue training my new soldiers. Go, I'll summon you when you are needed."
"Master we have yet another problem", said Dais as everyone turned to leave, " I cannot find Torrent's armor orb, and even if I find it I know not of how to call it forth. I only know how to call my own."
Tulpa laughed at this, " If they do not have Cye, they cannot call inferno. Do not think much of calling Torrent's armor, just find the orb."
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Fiera descended the old stone steps in the dark foul smelling dungeon, holding a lantern of blue flames in her left hand and the vile in her right hand. She found Cye's cell at the back of the dungeon and ambled forwards towards him. Carefully she sat the lantern down and pulled a tiny bronze key out of a pocket in her robes. She unlocked the cell and walked in. She stood over Cye and he did not move.
"Good evening Torrent."
"How do you know who I am ?" he asked her.
She knelt down so she could see his face better then sat across from him, and said, "You are going to have to help me out here, or I am going to have to hurt you." She brought her hand up and gently touched Cye's face and as she did he winced from pain and disgust.
"And I would not want to hurt such a man" she continued. Her hand had now wandered up to his auburn hair that was stained with his own dried blood. He moved away slightly, not able to move much because of the pain he was in.
"Do not touch me" he commanded her.
"Oh bossy are we? You will find a lot will come out of being my friend. You would be better off to switch sides now. You do not want to make an enemy out of me, I may appear pretty now, but I have a much darker side that I am positive you do not want to see." She hissed and her fangs were visible.
Cye let out a horrified gasp and moved even further away from her. "What the bloody hell are you? Stay away from me!"
"What do you think I am boy, what usually has teeth like this? Things that you never knew existed, right?" she said grinning. "Things from nightmares" she said as she ran her tongue along one of her fangs. She moved closer recovering the ground that she had lost between them. Cye stood up , and it was very hard for him to do, and he looked behind her to the cell. He was looking for an exit, she could tell, so she stood up too.
"I'll try nicely first, Torrent. And if you do not comply , I shall not come to you sweetly next time. Tell me everything about your friends, their fears, what they like. Tell me where they keep their armor orbs. Tell me what Sage dreams of, I know you know. Tell me about the tenth armor. And I'd also like to know what Ryo knows, something the ancient told him. " The final two comments made Cye wonder, 'what did Ryo know that he didn't about the armors? And what does she mean by tenth armor'.
"I know not of what you speak of."
"Do not play games with me, Torrent. You'll only get hurt."
"I know nothing! I've never heard of a tenth armor, if it were real I would have known."
She studied him for a moment, deciding he was indeed lying. She also decided she would have to slip the serum into his food, there was no way she could get him to take it.
"Who are you?" Cye asked.
"Your not in a position to ask questions" she told him.
"I have the right to know" said Cye.
"You most certainly have no rights" she said angrily. "Now tell me what I want to know, what are your friends afraid of? What scares them, and where do they keep their armor orbs?"
"Ask away, I don't know anything. We don't discuss these sort of things. And even if I did know, which I don't , I wouldn't say" said Cye.
"How do you summon your armors?"
"I don't know."
"I know you do."
"I know nothing, you can ask all day. Do whatever you want, you'll get the same answers again and again. I DON'T BLOODY KNOW!" Cye yelled.
She reached out and slapped Cye hard across the face and Cye once again spat out his own blood. She kicked him hard in one of his shins and then punched him in the ribs. She grabbed him by his hair and forced him to look up at her. His sea green eyes glared at her with hatred. Fresh blood was on his lips from the slap across the face. Noticing this, she leaned forward and pushed her lips against his. She grabbed his chin so he could not move his head out of her grasp. He pushed powerfully against her shoulders and tried to move her back. And after exerting quite a bit of force she removed her lips from his.
"You will tell me everything I want. Don't make me hurt you further" she ordered him.
"Hurt me? Hurt me? Ha! That didn't hurt me. And no I'll never tell you anything. Never."
"Tell me now, this is your last chance."
Cye looked at her and shook his head no.
Her dark grey eyes blazed at him with anger, "Why don't you make things easier on both of us and talk. Aren't you sick of pain?"
Normally calm Cye looked at her and said with a lot of angry energy, "Pain, no that wasn't pain. I didn't feel nothing. Your going to have to do better than that."
"Alright, how's this?" she asked as she punched him hard in the head , rendering him unconscious.
"Ugh , I always have to do everyone's dirty work" she said as licked his blood off her lips and walked back up the stone steps.
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The sound of a garage door opening and the jeep's engine roaring into the garage alerted all of the house's occupants. Dais, now Cye once more, had returned.
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--Author's note: I originally thought about making this a Samurai Troopers fic but decided against that because I know more about Ronin Warriors. There will be more action/adventure in the upcoming chapters for now this is more like a humor/romance with a little bit of adventure. I know it's been a slow start, but it will get going soon! * = I have no idea where vampires are supposed to be from and I really don't know what kind of accent they have, if anyone knows tell me!
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