Destiny's Magic
ch 17
Oni was waiting patiently for Taea's arrival. IT seemed like it's been hours since they've spoken to each other. In actuality, it was only one hour. "About time, were you able to get your part done?"
"Yes Oni, my uncle is dead, and I have his powers. His body was nothing but dust when I was finally done with him." Taea replied with a bored look. "Now, what about yours?"
"Mine is going to take a bit more time, and of course some help from you." Oni said in a drawled out fashion.
"Why do you need my help? What's the matter Oni, can't you get rid of them alone?" Taea taunted with a smirk.
"If you think it's so easy to go up against the demon lord and his priestess, be my guest. Remember, they also just gained new powers from the two Rei Fauns." Oni pointed out. "But I'll understand if you don't want to help out on this. Just because you wouldn't want to be known as the world's best demon slayer. Well, that's fine by me, I'll just figure out a different way to take them out." Taea scowled at Oni, and then he smiled in a cruel way. "Good try Oni, playing on my ego. If I didn't know better, I'd say that you're planning against me."
"You're being paranoid Taea." Oni replied looking at him in amusement.
"Right, but in any case, I do have an idea that just might take out all of our problems, and get exactly what we want." Taea gloated pulling out the one parchment and talisman that'll help them.
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"My lord, the targets have been set up in the way you've requested." Nara reported approaching him.
"Good, now call forth the dragon." Dark Lighter ordered with a dangerous glint in his eyes. Nara gave a nod, and then did what was requested. The dragon was extremely tall. A mix of red and yellow scales surrounded the body. Its eyes were emerald green. The demon lord motioned for the dragon to se the targets on fire.
The dragon hit each target with pin point accuracy. It didn't take long for the dragon to complete the task. The demon lord ordered the dragon to back where he came from. He nodded, and then left Nara and Dark Lighter alone with the burning targets.
"Alright, would you mind explaining what happened, my lord?" Nara asked curiously.
"Just watch, and you'll understand." the demon lord replied. Reaching into his belt, he pulled out a round talisman that had the kanji for fire on it. The Dark Lighter spoke an incantation and threw it into the air. Lightning crackled in the air around it, sending it to each of the fire lit targets, linking them together. The talisman came down from the sky and implanted itself into the creatures head as it finally towered high over them. The creature was made a mix of magic and pure dragon fire. The fire creature stood on four legs, wings protruded out of its sides. While the coloring of its body was a mix of reds and yellows, the chest of this fire demon was an electric blue. It roared to life, the demon lord and Nara smiled cruelly. "Now go forth my fire demon, destroy everything in your path, and bring back what was taken from me."
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'Everything that we've been through, from Talpa, the Dynasty, soldiers, nether spirits, and whatever else we faced. This really takes the cake, I mean having powers besides my armor. It scares me, but I'm not going to admit that to them, especially not Kaye. If it was just me, then I'd have no problem with this, but it isn't. There's just too many things that are going on right now. Hikaru Tsungs as far as we know is gone, Taea has retreated to who knows where. The Dark Lighter and his demon priestess are still searching for us. Now two people coming out of nowhere saying that they knew my aunt. What do they want anyway?' Kento thought with a frown throwing a rock across the water.
Inside, the guys were sitting around the table talking, while Kaye was holding onto a book of some kind and gazing out the back window. "Kaye?" Cye said trying to get her attention.
"Huh, oh sorry Cye." Kaye apologized with a small smile.
Cye frowned slightly, "why don't you go out there and talk to him?"
"It looks like he just wants to be left alone right now." Kaye replied holding the book tighter. "He won't want to talk to anyone."
"Kaye, Kento needs someone right now. We know that he won't admit it, but how would we know if one of us goes out there and talk to him. Besides, you'll have better luck than the rest of us anyway." Cye teased with a nudge.
"Alright, you talked me into it. Let me know something Cye." Kaye replied turning around.
"Yeah?" Cye asked in curiosity.
"How can you always talk me into things so easily?" Kaye asked back with a light laugh. Cye shrugged and then ushered her out towards the door. Kaye shook her head and went out back.
"Kento?" Kaye called out to him while approaching. Kento glanced back and then returned his gaze to the water. He picked up another stone, and tossed it across, watching the ripples slowly fade away. Kaye walked up next to him, gazing out towards the water as well. She frowned slightly, and then opened the book. Leafing through the pages, until she found what she was looking for. Kento took a quick quizzical glance, Kaye caught his eye and smirked a little.
He smiled back, "what's that?"
"A spell book that I found. You know how my curiosity gets to me." Kaye replied looking towards him.
Kento laughed, "yeah do I ever."
"Hey!" Kaye replied in a mock hurt, but then smiled at him. "Anyway, check this out, I think you might like it, who knows, you might even try it too." Kaye spoke the words on the page. In front of them, the water parted, and rose high, and then came down like a waterfall.
"Whoa." Kento's eyes went wide in amazement.
"Well?" Kaye asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Well what?" Kento asked back.
"Are you going to try it, or is it too hard for you?" Kaye challenged with a smirk. "But if you don't think you'll be able to do it..."
"Oh yeah?" Kento replied, "give me that, and I'll show you how it's done." Kaye handed the book over to him. Kento looked over to her, and then looked onto the words that were on the page. He spoke the incantation, and the water parted, went higher than the first time. The waves climbed a little higher, and then cascaded down. "Too hard, huh? Hang on, I want to try a different one." Kento flipped to another page, he spoke the words on the page. "I thought that it would..." Before he could finish, both of them were floating in the air and over the water.
"Kento!" Kaye laughed looking towards him. "What did you do?"
"I wanted to see if I could make us fly." Kento replied with his goofy smile.
"Well, it worked." Kaye said with a smile. But just as they went a little higher, the spell wore off and they fell into the water below. The guys ran out to see if they were alright.
"Kento!" Cye called out for him while searching.
"Kaye!" Ryo yelled through cupped hands.
"Guys, they're over here!" Sage called to them.
"Are they alright?" Rowen asked slightly worried as he, Cye and Ryo finally made it over to where he was.
"Take a look for yourself." Sage replied smirking pointing over to where they surfaced.
"I don't believe it." Cye said laughing while watching the two splashing each other. While they were watching, Ryo looked up, his smile vanished as he saw the giant fire demon that wasn't too far from their location.
Rowen looked over towards the now quiet ronin, and frowned. "Ryo, what..." Ryo motioned over towards the creature. "What is that?!" The others stopped and looked to where Ryo's and Rowen's attention was diverted.
ch 17
Oni was waiting patiently for Taea's arrival. IT seemed like it's been hours since they've spoken to each other. In actuality, it was only one hour. "About time, were you able to get your part done?"
"Yes Oni, my uncle is dead, and I have his powers. His body was nothing but dust when I was finally done with him." Taea replied with a bored look. "Now, what about yours?"
"Mine is going to take a bit more time, and of course some help from you." Oni said in a drawled out fashion.
"Why do you need my help? What's the matter Oni, can't you get rid of them alone?" Taea taunted with a smirk.
"If you think it's so easy to go up against the demon lord and his priestess, be my guest. Remember, they also just gained new powers from the two Rei Fauns." Oni pointed out. "But I'll understand if you don't want to help out on this. Just because you wouldn't want to be known as the world's best demon slayer. Well, that's fine by me, I'll just figure out a different way to take them out." Taea scowled at Oni, and then he smiled in a cruel way. "Good try Oni, playing on my ego. If I didn't know better, I'd say that you're planning against me."
"You're being paranoid Taea." Oni replied looking at him in amusement.
"Right, but in any case, I do have an idea that just might take out all of our problems, and get exactly what we want." Taea gloated pulling out the one parchment and talisman that'll help them.
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"My lord, the targets have been set up in the way you've requested." Nara reported approaching him.
"Good, now call forth the dragon." Dark Lighter ordered with a dangerous glint in his eyes. Nara gave a nod, and then did what was requested. The dragon was extremely tall. A mix of red and yellow scales surrounded the body. Its eyes were emerald green. The demon lord motioned for the dragon to se the targets on fire.
The dragon hit each target with pin point accuracy. It didn't take long for the dragon to complete the task. The demon lord ordered the dragon to back where he came from. He nodded, and then left Nara and Dark Lighter alone with the burning targets.
"Alright, would you mind explaining what happened, my lord?" Nara asked curiously.
"Just watch, and you'll understand." the demon lord replied. Reaching into his belt, he pulled out a round talisman that had the kanji for fire on it. The Dark Lighter spoke an incantation and threw it into the air. Lightning crackled in the air around it, sending it to each of the fire lit targets, linking them together. The talisman came down from the sky and implanted itself into the creatures head as it finally towered high over them. The creature was made a mix of magic and pure dragon fire. The fire creature stood on four legs, wings protruded out of its sides. While the coloring of its body was a mix of reds and yellows, the chest of this fire demon was an electric blue. It roared to life, the demon lord and Nara smiled cruelly. "Now go forth my fire demon, destroy everything in your path, and bring back what was taken from me."
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'Everything that we've been through, from Talpa, the Dynasty, soldiers, nether spirits, and whatever else we faced. This really takes the cake, I mean having powers besides my armor. It scares me, but I'm not going to admit that to them, especially not Kaye. If it was just me, then I'd have no problem with this, but it isn't. There's just too many things that are going on right now. Hikaru Tsungs as far as we know is gone, Taea has retreated to who knows where. The Dark Lighter and his demon priestess are still searching for us. Now two people coming out of nowhere saying that they knew my aunt. What do they want anyway?' Kento thought with a frown throwing a rock across the water.
Inside, the guys were sitting around the table talking, while Kaye was holding onto a book of some kind and gazing out the back window. "Kaye?" Cye said trying to get her attention.
"Huh, oh sorry Cye." Kaye apologized with a small smile.
Cye frowned slightly, "why don't you go out there and talk to him?"
"It looks like he just wants to be left alone right now." Kaye replied holding the book tighter. "He won't want to talk to anyone."
"Kaye, Kento needs someone right now. We know that he won't admit it, but how would we know if one of us goes out there and talk to him. Besides, you'll have better luck than the rest of us anyway." Cye teased with a nudge.
"Alright, you talked me into it. Let me know something Cye." Kaye replied turning around.
"Yeah?" Cye asked in curiosity.
"How can you always talk me into things so easily?" Kaye asked back with a light laugh. Cye shrugged and then ushered her out towards the door. Kaye shook her head and went out back.
"Kento?" Kaye called out to him while approaching. Kento glanced back and then returned his gaze to the water. He picked up another stone, and tossed it across, watching the ripples slowly fade away. Kaye walked up next to him, gazing out towards the water as well. She frowned slightly, and then opened the book. Leafing through the pages, until she found what she was looking for. Kento took a quick quizzical glance, Kaye caught his eye and smirked a little.
He smiled back, "what's that?"
"A spell book that I found. You know how my curiosity gets to me." Kaye replied looking towards him.
Kento laughed, "yeah do I ever."
"Hey!" Kaye replied in a mock hurt, but then smiled at him. "Anyway, check this out, I think you might like it, who knows, you might even try it too." Kaye spoke the words on the page. In front of them, the water parted, and rose high, and then came down like a waterfall.
"Whoa." Kento's eyes went wide in amazement.
"Well?" Kaye asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Well what?" Kento asked back.
"Are you going to try it, or is it too hard for you?" Kaye challenged with a smirk. "But if you don't think you'll be able to do it..."
"Oh yeah?" Kento replied, "give me that, and I'll show you how it's done." Kaye handed the book over to him. Kento looked over to her, and then looked onto the words that were on the page. He spoke the incantation, and the water parted, went higher than the first time. The waves climbed a little higher, and then cascaded down. "Too hard, huh? Hang on, I want to try a different one." Kento flipped to another page, he spoke the words on the page. "I thought that it would..." Before he could finish, both of them were floating in the air and over the water.
"Kento!" Kaye laughed looking towards him. "What did you do?"
"I wanted to see if I could make us fly." Kento replied with his goofy smile.
"Well, it worked." Kaye said with a smile. But just as they went a little higher, the spell wore off and they fell into the water below. The guys ran out to see if they were alright.
"Kento!" Cye called out for him while searching.
"Kaye!" Ryo yelled through cupped hands.
"Guys, they're over here!" Sage called to them.
"Are they alright?" Rowen asked slightly worried as he, Cye and Ryo finally made it over to where he was.
"Take a look for yourself." Sage replied smirking pointing over to where they surfaced.
"I don't believe it." Cye said laughing while watching the two splashing each other. While they were watching, Ryo looked up, his smile vanished as he saw the giant fire demon that wasn't too far from their location.
Rowen looked over towards the now quiet ronin, and frowned. "Ryo, what..." Ryo motioned over towards the creature. "What is that?!" The others stopped and looked to where Ryo's and Rowen's attention was diverted.