Emotions Vs Power
Ch 7
"What the...where are we?" Cye asked in awe as he and everyone else looked around. They found themselves standing in the center of an extremely huge temple that had white walls that seemed to be somehow glowing.
A spiral stair case wined up and around them and then back down on the other side. At the top, were two windows at the opposite ends of each other that ran from the ceiling all the way to the main floor. The window on the right shown a midnight blue sky, with a silver-blue moon, three mountains that radiated the same glow as the moon. At the base of the mountains, was a waterfall that gently flowed down. The waterfall seemed to flow on an even plain and then level off to the next lower level, the land in a way kind of were acting like stairs. On both sides of the river beds were blue flowers on the two higher levels, and then on the lowest level, were white flowers that were tipped gently with red.
While the window on the left shown, a navy blue color of sky that had also a silver-blue moon high in the horizon. With this scenery showed a more narrow waterfall that only had two levels instead of three like the one on the right. On either side of this waterfall were two mountain ledges. The ledge on the left had what looked like a very old tree that branched out from it. Even though the tree looked so old, it was still very strong. While the ledge on the right was the one that the waterfall was actually flowing from. Then at the bottom there were the same white flowers with the red tips that seemed to overflow the entire basin.
"This is unreal." Rowen replied as he stared at the scenery wide eyed.
""Of all the places I've been, I've never seen anything like this," Kaye said. "It's absolutely breath taking."
"Thank you for saying so." a voice said from behind them.
The Ronins, Mia and Kaye quickly turned around to see who replied to Kaye's statement. Are you the Elders?" Mia asked as the five Elders and Tento stood in front of them.
"That's correct, Mia Koji." the first elder replied as he and the other four sat down.
"You, know my name?" Mia asked as she was slightly taken back.
"We know about all of you," the third elder replied with a slight smile. "I'm sure that the Ronins and Kaye here remember us from the last time that we met."
"Hey, you're the same ones that helped us out against Maguyser and Dago." Ryo said with realization as the memories came back. The Elders nodded in response.
"Then I have two questions for ya." Rowen said as he looked over at them.
"Go on, what is it that you want to know?" the fifth elder asked.
"First, how did we get to wherever here is, and why are we here?" Rowen asked back.
"To answer your first question, Strata, we brought you here." the second elder replied.
"And to your second question, you already know the answer." the first elder said.
"To see if you could help us get Katie back." Rowen replied.
"Correct, Strata." the fourth elder said with a small smile.
"Before we get into that. Kaye of the Tiger, there's someone here that's been anxiously waiting for you." the fifth elder said as he motioned for someone to come out.
"Who?" Kaye asked as she kept her eyes over to where he motioned. "Lightning!"
*Kaye, you're a sight for sore eyes.* Lightning said telepathically.
*Why did you leave that night? What could you have possibly been thinking? What did you think that you've could have accomplished by running away like that?* Kaye asked telepathically as she knelt down on both knees.
*Whoa, whoa, take it easy, slow down with the questions. I left because it was my fault that you were hurt, I should have watched over you better. I wanted to make things right, I thought that my friends here could help me figure out how to make things right again.* Lightning replied.
*You crazy tiger! You didn't have to go and do that, I don't blame you for what happened. Lightning, promise me that you won't run off like that again, promise me.* Kaye said as she looked into the tiger's eyes.
*I promise.* Lightning replied as he brought his huge paw up and over her shoulder.
"I like reunions as much as the next person, but we need to get back to the reason of why we're here." Sage said as Kaye stood up and walked back to the others with Lightning close in tow.
"Out of curiosity, why are you helping us? I thought that you couldn't interfere, because it would go against your code." Ryo asked as he started to approach them.
"That's far enough." Tento said as he got in front of Ryo.
"You'll have to excuse Tento, he's not very trusting of people, especially outsiders." the second elder replied. "Tento, stand down, these people mean us no harm."
"Whatever you say." Tento said as he walked back to his post.
"Can you tell us why Maguyser wants Katie?" Rowen asked as he glanced over at Sage as he grew quiet again.
"Unfortunately, Strata, we can't tell you why, but we can tell you that something that threatens the world has already begun." the fifth elder replied.
"I'm not sure who's more vague, you five or the Ancient when he was alive." Kaye said in a matter of fact type of tone.
"You will show respect towards the Elders, or I'll be forced to make you." Tento replied hotly as he glared at her.
"Bring it if ya got it, big mouth." Kaye taunted with a smirk.
"Why you little..." Tento replied as he was about to attack.
"Tento, stand down," the fifth elder said as he and the other Elders gave a small chuckle. "It seems like the Dream Walker shows close to the same fighting spirit as Katie."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Kaye replied with a smile.
"That's good, because you're going to need that fighting spirit, especially for what lies ahead." the fourth elder said.
"What do you mean by what lies ahead," Kento asked. "Is what Reann boasted true? When Katie turns she'll be back for Kaye?"
"Yes, it's true." the first elder replied.
In Maguyser's throne room...
"Reann! Reann, where are you!?" Maguyser called out in anger.
"Yes master, you've bellowed?" Reann asked as she bowed and then faced him.
"What were you thinking when you've decided to go and "visit" those annoying Ronins?" Maguyser asked back hotly.
"I...I." Reann started to say.
"You...you what? I'll tell you what you did. I was about to enter into the Dream Walker's mind when you've decided to pop in on them!" Maguyser replied as he cut her off.
"I'm sorry, master, I didn't know..." Reann said.
"I don't recall giving you orders to go over there! Now, did I?" Maguyser replied as his eyes started to glow.
"No, master, you didn't." Reann said as she stood there. Reann knew what was coming, she braced herself for the impact of Maguyser's attack. Maguyser shot out a wave of black energy towards Reann, she screamed as it hit her dead on, and then she fell to the floor clutching her side as she looked up towards him.
"REANN!" Katie shouted angrily as she finally started to lose her composure.
Laughter came from Maguyser and then another sound of laughter started to come from Reann. Katie looked towards them in a mixture of anger and shock. "What's the matter? Did you actually think that I actually hurt one of my best assassins?" Maguyser taunted with a smirk.
"You're pathetic Katie." Reann replied as she stood up and turned around to face Katie. There wasn't a single scratch on Reann, anywhere.
"Why Reann, why did you betray me like this?" Katie asked as her anger got even higher.
"Why do you think? It's not like we didn't tell you before, you will be turned. And you'll serve master Maguyser right along with me." Reann replied with a smirk.
"Reann, they are back from visiting with the Elders, go and retrieve the Dream Walker, and then bring her back here," Maguyser said as Reann bowed and then disappeared. "Fight it all you want, but soon you'll be back under my control."
At Mia's place...
"I can definitely say that didn't help what so ever." Kento said as he crossed his arms.
"At least they gave us Katie's medallion back." Cye replied.
"A lot of good that'll do us, especially since we can't get it to her," Sage said as he clutched onto the medallion. "They didn't even tell us where Katie could be!"
"If you wanted to know where Katie is, then all you had to do was ask," Reann replied as she stood on top of the banister looking down at them. "Now Dream Walker, you're coming with me."
"You want me, then come and get me." Kaye said as she grabbed Katie's medallion from Sage's hand and took off.
"Kaye, come back!" Kento yelled out to her.
"Why do they always insist on doing things the hard way?" Reann asked to no one in particular as she jumped from the banister and out the window taking pursuit.
"Come on, we have to get to her before she gets to Kaye!" Ryo replied as he and the others ran after them.
"Come out, come out wherever you are, Dream Walker." Reann taunted as she was looking around for her. Kaye stayed close to the protection of the forest. She knew that as long as Reann couldn't find her, she couldn't catch her. Even though Kaye hated the idea of hiding, she knew that she had to buy some time so the others would be there soon.
"If you're waiting for your friends to show, they won't. So why don't you just come on out?" Reann asked as she was starting to get a little annoyed at this game of cat and mouse.
"You wanna bet. You're not taking Kaye anywhere!" Kento replied with a glare of anger, as he and the others surrounded her in their armors.
"Same song, different tune. It doesn't matter, you can try and protect her all you want, but in the end, she's coming with me," Reann said with a smirk. "Dream Walker! Come out, or are you going to stay hidden and watch me as I kill off your friends one by one, starting with your boyfriend!"
"Kaye, whatever happens, don't answer her! Stay where you are!" Kento yelled out as he got ready to fight.
"Kento, no!" Kaye whispered.
Just as Kaye was about to run out there, "hello Dream Walker, it's good to see you again." Maguyser said as he faced her with a cruel smile and glowing eyes.
Ch 7
"What the...where are we?" Cye asked in awe as he and everyone else looked around. They found themselves standing in the center of an extremely huge temple that had white walls that seemed to be somehow glowing.
A spiral stair case wined up and around them and then back down on the other side. At the top, were two windows at the opposite ends of each other that ran from the ceiling all the way to the main floor. The window on the right shown a midnight blue sky, with a silver-blue moon, three mountains that radiated the same glow as the moon. At the base of the mountains, was a waterfall that gently flowed down. The waterfall seemed to flow on an even plain and then level off to the next lower level, the land in a way kind of were acting like stairs. On both sides of the river beds were blue flowers on the two higher levels, and then on the lowest level, were white flowers that were tipped gently with red.
While the window on the left shown, a navy blue color of sky that had also a silver-blue moon high in the horizon. With this scenery showed a more narrow waterfall that only had two levels instead of three like the one on the right. On either side of this waterfall were two mountain ledges. The ledge on the left had what looked like a very old tree that branched out from it. Even though the tree looked so old, it was still very strong. While the ledge on the right was the one that the waterfall was actually flowing from. Then at the bottom there were the same white flowers with the red tips that seemed to overflow the entire basin.
"This is unreal." Rowen replied as he stared at the scenery wide eyed.
""Of all the places I've been, I've never seen anything like this," Kaye said. "It's absolutely breath taking."
"Thank you for saying so." a voice said from behind them.
The Ronins, Mia and Kaye quickly turned around to see who replied to Kaye's statement. Are you the Elders?" Mia asked as the five Elders and Tento stood in front of them.
"That's correct, Mia Koji." the first elder replied as he and the other four sat down.
"You, know my name?" Mia asked as she was slightly taken back.
"We know about all of you," the third elder replied with a slight smile. "I'm sure that the Ronins and Kaye here remember us from the last time that we met."
"Hey, you're the same ones that helped us out against Maguyser and Dago." Ryo said with realization as the memories came back. The Elders nodded in response.
"Then I have two questions for ya." Rowen said as he looked over at them.
"Go on, what is it that you want to know?" the fifth elder asked.
"First, how did we get to wherever here is, and why are we here?" Rowen asked back.
"To answer your first question, Strata, we brought you here." the second elder replied.
"And to your second question, you already know the answer." the first elder said.
"To see if you could help us get Katie back." Rowen replied.
"Correct, Strata." the fourth elder said with a small smile.
"Before we get into that. Kaye of the Tiger, there's someone here that's been anxiously waiting for you." the fifth elder said as he motioned for someone to come out.
"Who?" Kaye asked as she kept her eyes over to where he motioned. "Lightning!"
*Kaye, you're a sight for sore eyes.* Lightning said telepathically.
*Why did you leave that night? What could you have possibly been thinking? What did you think that you've could have accomplished by running away like that?* Kaye asked telepathically as she knelt down on both knees.
*Whoa, whoa, take it easy, slow down with the questions. I left because it was my fault that you were hurt, I should have watched over you better. I wanted to make things right, I thought that my friends here could help me figure out how to make things right again.* Lightning replied.
*You crazy tiger! You didn't have to go and do that, I don't blame you for what happened. Lightning, promise me that you won't run off like that again, promise me.* Kaye said as she looked into the tiger's eyes.
*I promise.* Lightning replied as he brought his huge paw up and over her shoulder.
"I like reunions as much as the next person, but we need to get back to the reason of why we're here." Sage said as Kaye stood up and walked back to the others with Lightning close in tow.
"Out of curiosity, why are you helping us? I thought that you couldn't interfere, because it would go against your code." Ryo asked as he started to approach them.
"That's far enough." Tento said as he got in front of Ryo.
"You'll have to excuse Tento, he's not very trusting of people, especially outsiders." the second elder replied. "Tento, stand down, these people mean us no harm."
"Whatever you say." Tento said as he walked back to his post.
"Can you tell us why Maguyser wants Katie?" Rowen asked as he glanced over at Sage as he grew quiet again.
"Unfortunately, Strata, we can't tell you why, but we can tell you that something that threatens the world has already begun." the fifth elder replied.
"I'm not sure who's more vague, you five or the Ancient when he was alive." Kaye said in a matter of fact type of tone.
"You will show respect towards the Elders, or I'll be forced to make you." Tento replied hotly as he glared at her.
"Bring it if ya got it, big mouth." Kaye taunted with a smirk.
"Why you little..." Tento replied as he was about to attack.
"Tento, stand down," the fifth elder said as he and the other Elders gave a small chuckle. "It seems like the Dream Walker shows close to the same fighting spirit as Katie."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Kaye replied with a smile.
"That's good, because you're going to need that fighting spirit, especially for what lies ahead." the fourth elder said.
"What do you mean by what lies ahead," Kento asked. "Is what Reann boasted true? When Katie turns she'll be back for Kaye?"
"Yes, it's true." the first elder replied.
In Maguyser's throne room...
"Reann! Reann, where are you!?" Maguyser called out in anger.
"Yes master, you've bellowed?" Reann asked as she bowed and then faced him.
"What were you thinking when you've decided to go and "visit" those annoying Ronins?" Maguyser asked back hotly.
"I...I." Reann started to say.
"You...you what? I'll tell you what you did. I was about to enter into the Dream Walker's mind when you've decided to pop in on them!" Maguyser replied as he cut her off.
"I'm sorry, master, I didn't know..." Reann said.
"I don't recall giving you orders to go over there! Now, did I?" Maguyser replied as his eyes started to glow.
"No, master, you didn't." Reann said as she stood there. Reann knew what was coming, she braced herself for the impact of Maguyser's attack. Maguyser shot out a wave of black energy towards Reann, she screamed as it hit her dead on, and then she fell to the floor clutching her side as she looked up towards him.
"REANN!" Katie shouted angrily as she finally started to lose her composure.
Laughter came from Maguyser and then another sound of laughter started to come from Reann. Katie looked towards them in a mixture of anger and shock. "What's the matter? Did you actually think that I actually hurt one of my best assassins?" Maguyser taunted with a smirk.
"You're pathetic Katie." Reann replied as she stood up and turned around to face Katie. There wasn't a single scratch on Reann, anywhere.
"Why Reann, why did you betray me like this?" Katie asked as her anger got even higher.
"Why do you think? It's not like we didn't tell you before, you will be turned. And you'll serve master Maguyser right along with me." Reann replied with a smirk.
"Reann, they are back from visiting with the Elders, go and retrieve the Dream Walker, and then bring her back here," Maguyser said as Reann bowed and then disappeared. "Fight it all you want, but soon you'll be back under my control."
At Mia's place...
"I can definitely say that didn't help what so ever." Kento said as he crossed his arms.
"At least they gave us Katie's medallion back." Cye replied.
"A lot of good that'll do us, especially since we can't get it to her," Sage said as he clutched onto the medallion. "They didn't even tell us where Katie could be!"
"If you wanted to know where Katie is, then all you had to do was ask," Reann replied as she stood on top of the banister looking down at them. "Now Dream Walker, you're coming with me."
"You want me, then come and get me." Kaye said as she grabbed Katie's medallion from Sage's hand and took off.
"Kaye, come back!" Kento yelled out to her.
"Why do they always insist on doing things the hard way?" Reann asked to no one in particular as she jumped from the banister and out the window taking pursuit.
"Come on, we have to get to her before she gets to Kaye!" Ryo replied as he and the others ran after them.
"Come out, come out wherever you are, Dream Walker." Reann taunted as she was looking around for her. Kaye stayed close to the protection of the forest. She knew that as long as Reann couldn't find her, she couldn't catch her. Even though Kaye hated the idea of hiding, she knew that she had to buy some time so the others would be there soon.
"If you're waiting for your friends to show, they won't. So why don't you just come on out?" Reann asked as she was starting to get a little annoyed at this game of cat and mouse.
"You wanna bet. You're not taking Kaye anywhere!" Kento replied with a glare of anger, as he and the others surrounded her in their armors.
"Same song, different tune. It doesn't matter, you can try and protect her all you want, but in the end, she's coming with me," Reann said with a smirk. "Dream Walker! Come out, or are you going to stay hidden and watch me as I kill off your friends one by one, starting with your boyfriend!"
"Kaye, whatever happens, don't answer her! Stay where you are!" Kento yelled out as he got ready to fight.
"Kento, no!" Kaye whispered.
Just as Kaye was about to run out there, "hello Dream Walker, it's good to see you again." Maguyser said as he faced her with a cruel smile and glowing eyes.