Emotions VS Power
Ch 5
"Hey, how did..?" Rowen started to ask as Kento, Kaye and Sage came inside. Right away Rowen could tell that something was definitely up, he was about to ask another question, but just then Ryo came into the room.
"You guys are back early, hey wait a sec, where's Katie?" Ryo asked in confusion. Sage, Kento and Kaye stiffened as Ryo asked his question. They weren't sure on how to tell him that Katie went back with Reann to be back with Maguyser, let alone that he was still alive, heck, they couldn't even believe it. But in some way, Kaye knew that he didn't die during that last battle with them.
"Ryo, Rowen, would you get Cye and Mia, we'll be there in a minute." Kento said as he gave them a look that said he meant business.
Ryo and Rowen gave each other a quick confused glance, they've never seen Kento be this serious before. So they knew that it had to be something major to take this kind of take charge type of attitude. So they quickly went to find Cye and Mia and then waited for the others to join them. "Ok, Kento, are you going to tell us what's all of this about?" Mia asked as they walked in.
"Everything was going just great, until someone decided to crash the party." Kento began to explain.
"What, who Kento?" Ryo asked as he was starting to get alarmed.
"The same person that broke in here a few weeks ago." Sage replied with a quiet tone.
"You mean, Reann?" Mia asked.
"Yea, that's her." Kento replied with a nod.
"Ok, we know the who, but we still don't know what happened." Cye said as he glanced at Kaye, she was being so quiet, and he was starting to get concerned about it.
"When Reann crashed our night out, she said that she was there for one person, and one person only." Sage replied while keeping that quiet tone.
"You mean that Reann was after my sister!?" Ryo asked as his anger started to rise.
"Yea, she was. She put up one heck of a fight. She punched Sage so hard that he flew back into a few tables. Then I went at her, but I flew back too. That left only Kaye and Katie to fight Reann. Kaye seemed to be handling herself ok, but then with a blink of an eye, Reann was holding Kaye in some kind of submission hold with one hand, while she held her neck with the other." Kento replied as a flicker of anger went off in his eyes.
"It looked like Reann was using Kaye as some kind of bargaining chip. Katie told Reann to let her go, but she wouldn't unless Katie went with her. Then Kaye told her to don't do it, but then you know how stubborn Katie can be, she gave herself up to Reann, and then they disappeared." Sage said as he finished the story.
"She shouldn't have gone with her. She shouldn't have gone." Kaye said in a whisper as she finally spoke.
"Kaye, Reann was going to kill you. Katie saved your life." Kento replied as he was trying to comfort her.
"At what price, Kento? Was my life that important for Katie just to give up and go with her," Kaye asked as she quickly stood up and walked over to the landing as she laid her hand onto the banister. "Maybe, maybe Reann was right, maybe I'm not strong enough."
"Kento, what's she talking about?" Cye asked in confusion.
"Reann seemed a little surprised to see that Kaye was up and around from the kick that she gave her that landed Kaye right into the wall," Kento replied. "And then Kaye asked why shouldn't she be? Then Reann replied by telling her that she didn't think that she was actually that strong."
"Kaye, don't let Reann's words start making you doubt yourself. You're a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for." Cye said as he walked over to her and put his hand onto her shoulder.
"Cye, if that's true, then why couldn't I stop her?" Kaye asked as she was clutching onto the railing so hard that her knuckles were starting to turn white.
"If you didn't notice, Kaye, Sage and I had heck of a hard time with her too, remember." Kento replied.
"And besides, I have a feeling that there's something else that you haven't told us since the day that you, Katie and Mia came back from that shopping trip a few weeks back." Rowen said in a matter of fact type of tone.
"Kaye, please, tell us what's going on. We can help you." Cye replied as he squeezed her shoulder.
"I don't think that anyone can help me with this." Kaye said as she avoided eye contact with him.
"Try us." Ryo replied in a challenging type of tone.
Kaye took a deep breath before beginning, "ok, you guys remember the last battle that we had with Maguyser?" Kaye asked as she slowly turned around to face them.
"How could we forget?" Sage asked.
"Well, during that battle, I had to use Dragon's song twice. The first time was to get Katie back from Maguyser's control, and the second time was against Maguyser himself." Kaye replied as she continued her story.
"Go on, we're with you so far." Rowen said as he was trying to keep her going.
"Well, ever since that battle was over, I've been seeing images flashing in my mind of what Maguyser was doing to his victims. The flashes are not as bad as they were a few weeks ago. Anyway, it was like I was right there standing, watching all of the pain and suffering that he kept on inflicting on his prisoners, and I couldn't do anything about it. And I had this feeling that he knew I was there the whole time. They felt so real, I could feel their pain and suffering, I could hear their voices cry out for him to stop. I...I," Kaye replied quietly. "I can feel him in my head, he's there when I sleep, he's there when I'm awake. It's like I can't get rid of him, and he knows...he...knows."
"Kaye, it'll be all right. You'll see." Kento said as he walked over to Kaye, and pulled her into his embrace as he was trying to comfort her.
In Maguyser's lair...
"So the Dream Walker has finally told them. It doesn't matter, they can't help her." Maguyser said in slight amusement.
"What are you talking about? Kaye, told them about what?" Katie asked.
"You weren't the only one that was keeping something from your friends. You see, the battle that we had the last time that we met. Do you remember the Dream Walker using a technique called Dragon's song?" Maguyser asked.
"Yea, so what about it?" Katie asked back.
"Let's just say that when she used it, that certain I guess that they can be called side effects are taking place; from using such a powerful technique that she wasn't yet familiar with." Maguyser replied with a smirk.
"So, is this how you claim that you'll get control over her?" Katie asked as she narrowed her eyes in anger.
"You have gotten even more clever since the last time that we met, but first before I can start the controlling process, she needs to be here. I can't very well do it while she's with those annoying Ronins." Maguyser replied.
"You can just forget about that, because there's no way that they would allow you or Reann to get even ten feet of her, before they start kicking your faces in," Katie said hotly. "They remember what you did, and knowing them, they'll be more than happy to kick your ass!"
"You know that fighting spirit of yours is starting to get really annoying." Reann replied.
"Oh really, and what are you going to do about it?" Katie asked in a challenging tone.
"I'll be more than happy to cram that so called fighting spirit down your throat." Reann replied hotly as she was about to attack her.
"Reann! That's enough! I already told you once that I need her alive and in one piece. I don't need you to start having your temper controlling you. Do I need to remind you of your place?" Maguyser asked as he glared at her.
"No, master, there's no need." Reann replied as she bowed and walked away.
"Even though I've enjoyed our little chat, there are a few things that have came to my attention that I need to take care of.
Now, be a good girl, and try not to go anywhere, I'll be back later." Maguyser said as he disappeared down the hall.
"Why that pompas, overbearing, we'll see about who's telling who about being able to go anywhere," Katie thought in anger as she snapped her fingers and tried to teleport. She looked around and noticed that she was still in the same place, Katie tried again, and still no luck. "This is just great, it looks like Maguyser has somehow blocked my ability to teleport. Damn him!"
At the same time, Sage decided to go into the woods and meditate. He needed to try to clear his head and get control over his emotions. He also thought that maybe he could try and find Katie, so he closed his eyes and started to meditate. "Come on Katie, where are you?" Sage thought.
"Sage." a voice said in his head.
"Katie," Sage replied as a sudden feeling of hope surged through him. "Katie, tell me where you are, Katie?"
No answer, Sage opened his eyes and looked around. He knew that he heard Katie's voice, "at least I know that she's ok."
Sage thought as he got up and headed back to the manor. As he was heading back, he saw that Kaye was going really hard at the punching bag. He stopped and watched her, he could tell that she was trying to get out all of her anger and frustration.
Sage was about to say something, "Kaye." Ryo said as he walked over to her.
"Ryo." Kaye replied as she continued to go at the bag.
"Kaye, would you stop for a minute, I want to talk with you?" Ryo asked as he was about to move closer to the bag.
"If I were you Ryo, I wouldn't be coming any closer," Kaye replied as she went at the bag even harder, making it swing faster and faster. "If you wanna talk, then talk, otherwise, leave me alone."
"It's kind of hard to talk to you when you have that punching bag swinging like that." Ryo replied as he ducked out of the way of the oncoming bag.
"Then you don't really wanna talk." Kaye said as side armed the bag, making it swing high as it hit a few low branches.
"That's enough Kaye, you're going to hurt yourself if you don't calm down and stop going at the bag like this." Ryo replied as he kicked the bag out of her path.
Kaye turned around and faced him, sweat pouring down her face, breathing hard, "what did you do that for?" Kaye asked in annoyance.
"I said that I wanted to talk with you. Now, would you please come and talk with me?" Ryo asked as he looked towards her.
Kaye's anger started to subside, "alright, you wanna talk, let's talk." Kaye replied with a smirk.
"Whoa, talk about a quick attitude change." Sage thought as he continued to watch them.
"You know, Sage, if you wanted to join us, all you had to do was ask." Kaye said as she took a quick glance over at him.
"How..?" Sage started to ask.
"How did I know that you were there when Ryo and I were talking?" Kaye asked back.
"Yea." Sage replied as he walked over to them.
Kaye gave a small chuckle, "easy, I saw a glimpse of you when Ryo kicked the bag out of my path." Kaye said with a small smile.
"Mind if we go inside and talk, it's starting to get really cold out here." Ryo said as he lead them to the door.
"Sure that's fine, if you guys don't mind. I wanna take a quick shower and change before we start talking, that is if it's ok by you." Kaye replied as she went inside.
"Sure, go ahead. Hey Sage, are you coming?" Ryo asked as Kaye went inside.
"Huh, yea Ryo, I'm coming." Sage replied as he started to walk past him.
Ryo put his hand on Sage's shoulder, "Sage, about earlier, I..." Ryo started to say.
"I know, Ryo, you were just playing out the role of the older brother. Hey, I would have done the same thing, I have sisters too, remember." Sage replied with a small smirk. Ryo gave a small smile back, and then the two went inside.
Elsewhere...
*It's been a long time, Lightning.* the first elder said telepathically as Lightning appeared before them.
*Yes, it definitely has been a long time, old friend. So then needless to say, you know why I'm here.* Lightning replied.
*The attack on your young charge wasn't your fault. It was just a matter of wrong place, wrong time.* the second elder said.
*Yes, I know that now, but I still feel like I could have done more.* Lightning replied.
*You've done all that you could, have more faith in your Dream Walker. Besides, Reann is definitely an adversary to watch out for, she's very ruthless, and will do anything to do what's needed to get the job done, no matter what the cost.* the fourth elder said.
*What's going on? I can sense something extremely evil in the air. Elders, can you tell me what it is?* Lightning asked as the tiger looked at them.
*I'm sorry, old friend, but that we cannot do.* the third elder replied.
*But why?* Lightning asked.
*Because it has already begun.* the first elder said.
*What has begun? You're being too vague.* Lightning asked.
*I'm sorry, but it's time for you to leave.* the second elder replied.
*You're avoiding the question. What has begun!?* Lightning asked as the tiger was starting to lose his patients.
Ch 5
"Hey, how did..?" Rowen started to ask as Kento, Kaye and Sage came inside. Right away Rowen could tell that something was definitely up, he was about to ask another question, but just then Ryo came into the room.
"You guys are back early, hey wait a sec, where's Katie?" Ryo asked in confusion. Sage, Kento and Kaye stiffened as Ryo asked his question. They weren't sure on how to tell him that Katie went back with Reann to be back with Maguyser, let alone that he was still alive, heck, they couldn't even believe it. But in some way, Kaye knew that he didn't die during that last battle with them.
"Ryo, Rowen, would you get Cye and Mia, we'll be there in a minute." Kento said as he gave them a look that said he meant business.
Ryo and Rowen gave each other a quick confused glance, they've never seen Kento be this serious before. So they knew that it had to be something major to take this kind of take charge type of attitude. So they quickly went to find Cye and Mia and then waited for the others to join them. "Ok, Kento, are you going to tell us what's all of this about?" Mia asked as they walked in.
"Everything was going just great, until someone decided to crash the party." Kento began to explain.
"What, who Kento?" Ryo asked as he was starting to get alarmed.
"The same person that broke in here a few weeks ago." Sage replied with a quiet tone.
"You mean, Reann?" Mia asked.
"Yea, that's her." Kento replied with a nod.
"Ok, we know the who, but we still don't know what happened." Cye said as he glanced at Kaye, she was being so quiet, and he was starting to get concerned about it.
"When Reann crashed our night out, she said that she was there for one person, and one person only." Sage replied while keeping that quiet tone.
"You mean that Reann was after my sister!?" Ryo asked as his anger started to rise.
"Yea, she was. She put up one heck of a fight. She punched Sage so hard that he flew back into a few tables. Then I went at her, but I flew back too. That left only Kaye and Katie to fight Reann. Kaye seemed to be handling herself ok, but then with a blink of an eye, Reann was holding Kaye in some kind of submission hold with one hand, while she held her neck with the other." Kento replied as a flicker of anger went off in his eyes.
"It looked like Reann was using Kaye as some kind of bargaining chip. Katie told Reann to let her go, but she wouldn't unless Katie went with her. Then Kaye told her to don't do it, but then you know how stubborn Katie can be, she gave herself up to Reann, and then they disappeared." Sage said as he finished the story.
"She shouldn't have gone with her. She shouldn't have gone." Kaye said in a whisper as she finally spoke.
"Kaye, Reann was going to kill you. Katie saved your life." Kento replied as he was trying to comfort her.
"At what price, Kento? Was my life that important for Katie just to give up and go with her," Kaye asked as she quickly stood up and walked over to the landing as she laid her hand onto the banister. "Maybe, maybe Reann was right, maybe I'm not strong enough."
"Kento, what's she talking about?" Cye asked in confusion.
"Reann seemed a little surprised to see that Kaye was up and around from the kick that she gave her that landed Kaye right into the wall," Kento replied. "And then Kaye asked why shouldn't she be? Then Reann replied by telling her that she didn't think that she was actually that strong."
"Kaye, don't let Reann's words start making you doubt yourself. You're a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for." Cye said as he walked over to her and put his hand onto her shoulder.
"Cye, if that's true, then why couldn't I stop her?" Kaye asked as she was clutching onto the railing so hard that her knuckles were starting to turn white.
"If you didn't notice, Kaye, Sage and I had heck of a hard time with her too, remember." Kento replied.
"And besides, I have a feeling that there's something else that you haven't told us since the day that you, Katie and Mia came back from that shopping trip a few weeks back." Rowen said in a matter of fact type of tone.
"Kaye, please, tell us what's going on. We can help you." Cye replied as he squeezed her shoulder.
"I don't think that anyone can help me with this." Kaye said as she avoided eye contact with him.
"Try us." Ryo replied in a challenging type of tone.
Kaye took a deep breath before beginning, "ok, you guys remember the last battle that we had with Maguyser?" Kaye asked as she slowly turned around to face them.
"How could we forget?" Sage asked.
"Well, during that battle, I had to use Dragon's song twice. The first time was to get Katie back from Maguyser's control, and the second time was against Maguyser himself." Kaye replied as she continued her story.
"Go on, we're with you so far." Rowen said as he was trying to keep her going.
"Well, ever since that battle was over, I've been seeing images flashing in my mind of what Maguyser was doing to his victims. The flashes are not as bad as they were a few weeks ago. Anyway, it was like I was right there standing, watching all of the pain and suffering that he kept on inflicting on his prisoners, and I couldn't do anything about it. And I had this feeling that he knew I was there the whole time. They felt so real, I could feel their pain and suffering, I could hear their voices cry out for him to stop. I...I," Kaye replied quietly. "I can feel him in my head, he's there when I sleep, he's there when I'm awake. It's like I can't get rid of him, and he knows...he...knows."
"Kaye, it'll be all right. You'll see." Kento said as he walked over to Kaye, and pulled her into his embrace as he was trying to comfort her.
In Maguyser's lair...
"So the Dream Walker has finally told them. It doesn't matter, they can't help her." Maguyser said in slight amusement.
"What are you talking about? Kaye, told them about what?" Katie asked.
"You weren't the only one that was keeping something from your friends. You see, the battle that we had the last time that we met. Do you remember the Dream Walker using a technique called Dragon's song?" Maguyser asked.
"Yea, so what about it?" Katie asked back.
"Let's just say that when she used it, that certain I guess that they can be called side effects are taking place; from using such a powerful technique that she wasn't yet familiar with." Maguyser replied with a smirk.
"So, is this how you claim that you'll get control over her?" Katie asked as she narrowed her eyes in anger.
"You have gotten even more clever since the last time that we met, but first before I can start the controlling process, she needs to be here. I can't very well do it while she's with those annoying Ronins." Maguyser replied.
"You can just forget about that, because there's no way that they would allow you or Reann to get even ten feet of her, before they start kicking your faces in," Katie said hotly. "They remember what you did, and knowing them, they'll be more than happy to kick your ass!"
"You know that fighting spirit of yours is starting to get really annoying." Reann replied.
"Oh really, and what are you going to do about it?" Katie asked in a challenging tone.
"I'll be more than happy to cram that so called fighting spirit down your throat." Reann replied hotly as she was about to attack her.
"Reann! That's enough! I already told you once that I need her alive and in one piece. I don't need you to start having your temper controlling you. Do I need to remind you of your place?" Maguyser asked as he glared at her.
"No, master, there's no need." Reann replied as she bowed and walked away.
"Even though I've enjoyed our little chat, there are a few things that have came to my attention that I need to take care of.
Now, be a good girl, and try not to go anywhere, I'll be back later." Maguyser said as he disappeared down the hall.
"Why that pompas, overbearing, we'll see about who's telling who about being able to go anywhere," Katie thought in anger as she snapped her fingers and tried to teleport. She looked around and noticed that she was still in the same place, Katie tried again, and still no luck. "This is just great, it looks like Maguyser has somehow blocked my ability to teleport. Damn him!"
At the same time, Sage decided to go into the woods and meditate. He needed to try to clear his head and get control over his emotions. He also thought that maybe he could try and find Katie, so he closed his eyes and started to meditate. "Come on Katie, where are you?" Sage thought.
"Sage." a voice said in his head.
"Katie," Sage replied as a sudden feeling of hope surged through him. "Katie, tell me where you are, Katie?"
No answer, Sage opened his eyes and looked around. He knew that he heard Katie's voice, "at least I know that she's ok."
Sage thought as he got up and headed back to the manor. As he was heading back, he saw that Kaye was going really hard at the punching bag. He stopped and watched her, he could tell that she was trying to get out all of her anger and frustration.
Sage was about to say something, "Kaye." Ryo said as he walked over to her.
"Ryo." Kaye replied as she continued to go at the bag.
"Kaye, would you stop for a minute, I want to talk with you?" Ryo asked as he was about to move closer to the bag.
"If I were you Ryo, I wouldn't be coming any closer," Kaye replied as she went at the bag even harder, making it swing faster and faster. "If you wanna talk, then talk, otherwise, leave me alone."
"It's kind of hard to talk to you when you have that punching bag swinging like that." Ryo replied as he ducked out of the way of the oncoming bag.
"Then you don't really wanna talk." Kaye said as side armed the bag, making it swing high as it hit a few low branches.
"That's enough Kaye, you're going to hurt yourself if you don't calm down and stop going at the bag like this." Ryo replied as he kicked the bag out of her path.
Kaye turned around and faced him, sweat pouring down her face, breathing hard, "what did you do that for?" Kaye asked in annoyance.
"I said that I wanted to talk with you. Now, would you please come and talk with me?" Ryo asked as he looked towards her.
Kaye's anger started to subside, "alright, you wanna talk, let's talk." Kaye replied with a smirk.
"Whoa, talk about a quick attitude change." Sage thought as he continued to watch them.
"You know, Sage, if you wanted to join us, all you had to do was ask." Kaye said as she took a quick glance over at him.
"How..?" Sage started to ask.
"How did I know that you were there when Ryo and I were talking?" Kaye asked back.
"Yea." Sage replied as he walked over to them.
Kaye gave a small chuckle, "easy, I saw a glimpse of you when Ryo kicked the bag out of my path." Kaye said with a small smile.
"Mind if we go inside and talk, it's starting to get really cold out here." Ryo said as he lead them to the door.
"Sure that's fine, if you guys don't mind. I wanna take a quick shower and change before we start talking, that is if it's ok by you." Kaye replied as she went inside.
"Sure, go ahead. Hey Sage, are you coming?" Ryo asked as Kaye went inside.
"Huh, yea Ryo, I'm coming." Sage replied as he started to walk past him.
Ryo put his hand on Sage's shoulder, "Sage, about earlier, I..." Ryo started to say.
"I know, Ryo, you were just playing out the role of the older brother. Hey, I would have done the same thing, I have sisters too, remember." Sage replied with a small smirk. Ryo gave a small smile back, and then the two went inside.
Elsewhere...
*It's been a long time, Lightning.* the first elder said telepathically as Lightning appeared before them.
*Yes, it definitely has been a long time, old friend. So then needless to say, you know why I'm here.* Lightning replied.
*The attack on your young charge wasn't your fault. It was just a matter of wrong place, wrong time.* the second elder said.
*Yes, I know that now, but I still feel like I could have done more.* Lightning replied.
*You've done all that you could, have more faith in your Dream Walker. Besides, Reann is definitely an adversary to watch out for, she's very ruthless, and will do anything to do what's needed to get the job done, no matter what the cost.* the fourth elder said.
*What's going on? I can sense something extremely evil in the air. Elders, can you tell me what it is?* Lightning asked as the tiger looked at them.
*I'm sorry, old friend, but that we cannot do.* the third elder replied.
*But why?* Lightning asked.
*Because it has already begun.* the first elder said.
*What has begun? You're being too vague.* Lightning asked.
*I'm sorry, but it's time for you to leave.* the second elder replied.
*You're avoiding the question. What has begun!?* Lightning asked as the tiger was starting to lose his patients.