Destiny's Magic
ch 13
"Taea Tsungs, how could you allowed this to happen!" Hikaru yelled outraged as he grabbed onto any potion that was in reach and threw it into the fire. The flames shot straight up, and flickered violently as they quickly shifted in colors, and finally went back to normal.
"I'm sorry uncle Hikaru, you're right. Everything was set up perfectly, until the Ronins and Oni came around." Taea growled in annoyance. "Granted, the Ronins were captured, by orders of Dark Lighter, but that demon Oni, he just had to show up with his high and mighty attitude."
"Hold on Taea..." Hikaru replied as he was musing over what he just said.
"Yes uncle?" Taea asked as he felt very nervous.
"Did you just say that Oni showed up?" Hikaru asked back as he looked at him curiously. Taea just nodded in response for fear of if he said anything, it would increase his anger more. "I see, and did Oni say why he was there?"
"He basically said he was there to help Meih, so the debt that he owed her would have been paid off. Favor for a favor is what I guess he meant, but he said something else that seemed, odd to me." Taea replied with a frown.
"Oh, and what was that?" Hikaru asked as his temper changed.
"He said something to the effect of once the debt is repaid that they're enemies again." Taea replied as he was slightly confused.
"Thank you nephew, you may leave now." Hikaru said as he dismissed him.
"But uncle, I thought that we were going to discuss the next part of the plan?" Taea asked as he was about to step closer.
"Taea, leave now before I change my mind about punishing you for your failure!" Hikaru replied as he kept his back turned to him.
"Of course uncle." Taea said as he vanished from the room.
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Loud bells that were strung about the Rei Faun property clanged. Alarming whoever was there that a demon was nearby. "What is that noise?" Rowen asked as the loud clanging snapped everyone out of their thoughts.
"We better go and check it out." Ryo replied as he got up and lead the others outside.
"It seems the loudest is over here!" Sage yelled to them. They all ran over to his location.
"I don't get it. Something must have been here, otherwise those things wouldn't have gone off without a reason." Cye replied as he thought it over.
Kento and Kaye jerked a little as they sensed something. "No Cye, whatever set them off is still here. Alright, whoever or whatever you are show yourself." Kaye called out as she and Kento were facing the direction that the demon was hiding.
"I'm impressed, ordinary humans wouldn't have been able to sense my kind, but then again you're not ordinary humans." Oni replied as he came into view.
"It's you! You're the one I saw when I was a kid, and you're also the one that's been haunting my nightmares!" Kento accused in an angry tone. "Just who or what are you, and why are you here?!"
"I'm a demon, my name is Oni. Yes I do remember you Kento Rei Faun. I also know you're the current bearer of the armor of Hardrock. You my lovely, are Kaye, Kento's wife, and bearer of the Tiger armor. These four are your friends, Ryo Sanada of Wildfire, Rowen Hashiba of Strata, Cye Mouri of Torrent, and Sage
Date of Halo." Oni point out in his own cocky way.
"How...How did you know all of that?!" Cye asked in shock.
"I told you, I'm a demon, and there's a lot of things that I know." Oni explained as he sat down on a bolder.
"Since you're a demon, then why did you help Meih to get our friends out of there?" Rowen asked suspiciously.
"Call it either one of two things, either professional courtesy, or repaying an old debt, it doesn't really matter to me." Oni replied in a playful manner.
"An old debt? What do you mean? I thought that slayers and demons are enemies?" Kaye asked.
"You're not wrong in what you say, slayers and demons are enemies. But the only reason we weren't for that period of time, was because in a way, she saved my life." Oni replied as he saw the disbelief in their expressions.
"Aunt Meih wouldn't save a life of a demon!" Kento exclaimed angrily.
"She did, isn't it proof enough for you that I'm sitting here plain as day on this bolder?" Oni asked as he looked directly at Kento.
"You still didn't answer the question of why you're here." Sage replied as the look of mistrust gleamed in his eye.
"The demon world knows that Meih Rei Faun left this world tonight. I'm just here to pay my respects to her from one warrior to another." Oni explained as he got up and jumped from the bolder. "Will you allow me to do at least that much, since I did help you escape." They could tell that Kento was majorly against this idea from the start, but he did know that Oni did have a point, he did help them escape from Dark Lighter.
"Fine, but you can give your respects to her right where you are. I'm not going to let you step in here under any circumstances." Kento warned as he kept his eyes on him.
"Fair enough, it won't take me long." Oni replied as he closed his eyes and paid his respects. "I'm done, so I'll be leaving now."
"Oni, before you go there's one more thing that I should tell you." Kento said as he kept his gaze.
"What could that possibly be Rei Faun?" Oni asked as gave him a quick nod.
"Don't ever come back. If you do, I'll make you wish that you didn't." Kento warned as his eyes glowed. Oni saw this, but he gave no indication of it phasing him. Oni gave no indication of a yes or no answer, he just vanished. When he was finally gone, the clanging stopped, and they saw that Kento was rubbing his eyes.
"Kento, are you alright?" Kaye asked in concern as she walked in front of him.
"Yeah, I'm alright, I think that I'm just tired." Kento replied with a tired smile, as he put his hands onto her shoulders.
"Actually, Kento has a good idea for once." Rowen replied teasingly.
"Hey!" Kento said in mock hurt.
"I'm kidding Kento, but we should at least try to get some sleep. Because I think that we're going to need it for what's to come." Rowen replied in a serious tone. Everyone nodded in agreement, and then one by one they went back to the house.
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Elsewhere...
"What could be taking that demon so long?" Taea grumbled as he saw how late it was.
"That's the problem with you younger slayers, always impatient." a voice replied out of nowhere.
"This is no time to be playing games. If you don't come out here, then I'm leaving." Taea threatened as he started to walk out.
"Alright, alright, sheesh, keep your shirt on I'm coming." the voice replied as a demon stepped out of the shadows.
"Oni, what took you?" Taea asked in slight annoyance.
"Look I don't take orders from you, last time I checked we work together as partners." Oni replied as the demon crossed his arms.
"Alright, I get your point we did agree to work as partners. So, how did it go over at the Rei Faun's place?" Taea asked as he decided to switch the subject.
"They're reacting exactly like we thought they would. And if I maybe so bold, I'd say that my performance was particularly believable." Oni replied in a slight bragging way.
"Yeah, yeah, fine, just as long as you were able to fool them to thinking what we wanted them to think." Taea said as leaned back against the wall.
"Don't worry Taea, I've done my part, but what about you? Did Hikaru believe your performance?" Oni asked in a challenging tone.
"I have my uncle eating out of the palm of my hand. He won't know what hit him until it's too late." Taea replied with a smirk as he crossed his arms.
"I heard that the demon lord and his priestess are going to search again for the two Rei Fauns that he'd captured before." Oni said as he switched subjects.
"When?" Taea asked as he glances over at him.
"Soon that's all I know for sure. I only heard that small part before I was spotted in that region again." Oni replied as he leaned back and looked at his hand.
"Do I detect that the all powerful Oni is afraid of Dark Lighter and Nara?" Taea taunted with a smirk.
Oni quickly stood up and grabbed Taea by the collar. "I don't fear anyone! I'm one of the most powerful demons that the world has ever seen! Humans and demons alike tremble at even the sound of my name! So don't tell me about fear, because my dear boy, I am the very definition of fear!" Oni replied as his eyes glowed. "In fact, I think that I'll even give you a small demonstration." Oni's eyes continued to glow as he produced images of Taea's most dreaded fears over and over again in his head.
"Alright, alright stop! Stop! I believe you, just make it stop!" Taea pleaded in his screaming.
Oni growled, "fine, pathetic human." Oni's eyes stopped glowing and then he threw Taea across the room in disgust. Taea slid across the floor and then he came upon a sudden stop against the wall. Taea glared at Oni and then vanished from sight. "This is all too easy, the demon lord and his priestess are hunting down the two Rei Fauns that escaped from them. Hikaru Tsungs is planning his revenge along with his nephew, but doesn't realize that Taea Tsungs has plans of his own, but what's the real fun is that no one but me knows what's going to be the real show. They won't realize that they're only a small part to the much larger picture until it's too late!"
ch 13
"Taea Tsungs, how could you allowed this to happen!" Hikaru yelled outraged as he grabbed onto any potion that was in reach and threw it into the fire. The flames shot straight up, and flickered violently as they quickly shifted in colors, and finally went back to normal.
"I'm sorry uncle Hikaru, you're right. Everything was set up perfectly, until the Ronins and Oni came around." Taea growled in annoyance. "Granted, the Ronins were captured, by orders of Dark Lighter, but that demon Oni, he just had to show up with his high and mighty attitude."
"Hold on Taea..." Hikaru replied as he was musing over what he just said.
"Yes uncle?" Taea asked as he felt very nervous.
"Did you just say that Oni showed up?" Hikaru asked back as he looked at him curiously. Taea just nodded in response for fear of if he said anything, it would increase his anger more. "I see, and did Oni say why he was there?"
"He basically said he was there to help Meih, so the debt that he owed her would have been paid off. Favor for a favor is what I guess he meant, but he said something else that seemed, odd to me." Taea replied with a frown.
"Oh, and what was that?" Hikaru asked as his temper changed.
"He said something to the effect of once the debt is repaid that they're enemies again." Taea replied as he was slightly confused.
"Thank you nephew, you may leave now." Hikaru said as he dismissed him.
"But uncle, I thought that we were going to discuss the next part of the plan?" Taea asked as he was about to step closer.
"Taea, leave now before I change my mind about punishing you for your failure!" Hikaru replied as he kept his back turned to him.
"Of course uncle." Taea said as he vanished from the room.
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Loud bells that were strung about the Rei Faun property clanged. Alarming whoever was there that a demon was nearby. "What is that noise?" Rowen asked as the loud clanging snapped everyone out of their thoughts.
"We better go and check it out." Ryo replied as he got up and lead the others outside.
"It seems the loudest is over here!" Sage yelled to them. They all ran over to his location.
"I don't get it. Something must have been here, otherwise those things wouldn't have gone off without a reason." Cye replied as he thought it over.
Kento and Kaye jerked a little as they sensed something. "No Cye, whatever set them off is still here. Alright, whoever or whatever you are show yourself." Kaye called out as she and Kento were facing the direction that the demon was hiding.
"I'm impressed, ordinary humans wouldn't have been able to sense my kind, but then again you're not ordinary humans." Oni replied as he came into view.
"It's you! You're the one I saw when I was a kid, and you're also the one that's been haunting my nightmares!" Kento accused in an angry tone. "Just who or what are you, and why are you here?!"
"I'm a demon, my name is Oni. Yes I do remember you Kento Rei Faun. I also know you're the current bearer of the armor of Hardrock. You my lovely, are Kaye, Kento's wife, and bearer of the Tiger armor. These four are your friends, Ryo Sanada of Wildfire, Rowen Hashiba of Strata, Cye Mouri of Torrent, and Sage
Date of Halo." Oni point out in his own cocky way.
"How...How did you know all of that?!" Cye asked in shock.
"I told you, I'm a demon, and there's a lot of things that I know." Oni explained as he sat down on a bolder.
"Since you're a demon, then why did you help Meih to get our friends out of there?" Rowen asked suspiciously.
"Call it either one of two things, either professional courtesy, or repaying an old debt, it doesn't really matter to me." Oni replied in a playful manner.
"An old debt? What do you mean? I thought that slayers and demons are enemies?" Kaye asked.
"You're not wrong in what you say, slayers and demons are enemies. But the only reason we weren't for that period of time, was because in a way, she saved my life." Oni replied as he saw the disbelief in their expressions.
"Aunt Meih wouldn't save a life of a demon!" Kento exclaimed angrily.
"She did, isn't it proof enough for you that I'm sitting here plain as day on this bolder?" Oni asked as he looked directly at Kento.
"You still didn't answer the question of why you're here." Sage replied as the look of mistrust gleamed in his eye.
"The demon world knows that Meih Rei Faun left this world tonight. I'm just here to pay my respects to her from one warrior to another." Oni explained as he got up and jumped from the bolder. "Will you allow me to do at least that much, since I did help you escape." They could tell that Kento was majorly against this idea from the start, but he did know that Oni did have a point, he did help them escape from Dark Lighter.
"Fine, but you can give your respects to her right where you are. I'm not going to let you step in here under any circumstances." Kento warned as he kept his eyes on him.
"Fair enough, it won't take me long." Oni replied as he closed his eyes and paid his respects. "I'm done, so I'll be leaving now."
"Oni, before you go there's one more thing that I should tell you." Kento said as he kept his gaze.
"What could that possibly be Rei Faun?" Oni asked as gave him a quick nod.
"Don't ever come back. If you do, I'll make you wish that you didn't." Kento warned as his eyes glowed. Oni saw this, but he gave no indication of it phasing him. Oni gave no indication of a yes or no answer, he just vanished. When he was finally gone, the clanging stopped, and they saw that Kento was rubbing his eyes.
"Kento, are you alright?" Kaye asked in concern as she walked in front of him.
"Yeah, I'm alright, I think that I'm just tired." Kento replied with a tired smile, as he put his hands onto her shoulders.
"Actually, Kento has a good idea for once." Rowen replied teasingly.
"Hey!" Kento said in mock hurt.
"I'm kidding Kento, but we should at least try to get some sleep. Because I think that we're going to need it for what's to come." Rowen replied in a serious tone. Everyone nodded in agreement, and then one by one they went back to the house.
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Elsewhere...
"What could be taking that demon so long?" Taea grumbled as he saw how late it was.
"That's the problem with you younger slayers, always impatient." a voice replied out of nowhere.
"This is no time to be playing games. If you don't come out here, then I'm leaving." Taea threatened as he started to walk out.
"Alright, alright, sheesh, keep your shirt on I'm coming." the voice replied as a demon stepped out of the shadows.
"Oni, what took you?" Taea asked in slight annoyance.
"Look I don't take orders from you, last time I checked we work together as partners." Oni replied as the demon crossed his arms.
"Alright, I get your point we did agree to work as partners. So, how did it go over at the Rei Faun's place?" Taea asked as he decided to switch the subject.
"They're reacting exactly like we thought they would. And if I maybe so bold, I'd say that my performance was particularly believable." Oni replied in a slight bragging way.
"Yeah, yeah, fine, just as long as you were able to fool them to thinking what we wanted them to think." Taea said as leaned back against the wall.
"Don't worry Taea, I've done my part, but what about you? Did Hikaru believe your performance?" Oni asked in a challenging tone.
"I have my uncle eating out of the palm of my hand. He won't know what hit him until it's too late." Taea replied with a smirk as he crossed his arms.
"I heard that the demon lord and his priestess are going to search again for the two Rei Fauns that he'd captured before." Oni said as he switched subjects.
"When?" Taea asked as he glances over at him.
"Soon that's all I know for sure. I only heard that small part before I was spotted in that region again." Oni replied as he leaned back and looked at his hand.
"Do I detect that the all powerful Oni is afraid of Dark Lighter and Nara?" Taea taunted with a smirk.
Oni quickly stood up and grabbed Taea by the collar. "I don't fear anyone! I'm one of the most powerful demons that the world has ever seen! Humans and demons alike tremble at even the sound of my name! So don't tell me about fear, because my dear boy, I am the very definition of fear!" Oni replied as his eyes glowed. "In fact, I think that I'll even give you a small demonstration." Oni's eyes continued to glow as he produced images of Taea's most dreaded fears over and over again in his head.
"Alright, alright stop! Stop! I believe you, just make it stop!" Taea pleaded in his screaming.
Oni growled, "fine, pathetic human." Oni's eyes stopped glowing and then he threw Taea across the room in disgust. Taea slid across the floor and then he came upon a sudden stop against the wall. Taea glared at Oni and then vanished from sight. "This is all too easy, the demon lord and his priestess are hunting down the two Rei Fauns that escaped from them. Hikaru Tsungs is planning his revenge along with his nephew, but doesn't realize that Taea Tsungs has plans of his own, but what's the real fun is that no one but me knows what's going to be the real show. They won't realize that they're only a small part to the much larger picture until it's too late!"