Emotions Vs Power
ch 17
"Come on, we have to get out of here." Rowen said as he was looking around at the destroyed room. "Who knows what's going to happen when Tento comes back with Maguyser."
"What?! Rowen, there's no way that I'm going to leave Kaye here in her condition!" Kento bellowed out angrily.
"Kento, we don't have a choice. We have to go." Sage replied as he glanced over to him.
"No! I said that I'm not going to leave her!" Kento shot back.
"Kento..." Cye replied as he put a supporting hand onto his shoulder. "None of us are exactly thrilled about leaving Kaye here either. But we have to regroup and figure things out. Besides, the only one that knows how to get Kaye back is Maguyser, and we know that he's not going to even consider doing it."
Kento growls angrily, and then yells, "damn it!" Cye pulls his hand back, incase he's forced forward from Kento's momentum.
Kento slowly walked over to Kaye, he lifted his hand and caressed her cheek. "We'll be together again, I'll find a way, I promise." he said as he had one final look and then took off with the others.
"Kento..." Ryo said as they were heading back to the hidden room where Reann showed them the first time.
"Just leave me alone Ryo." Kento replied in a quiet anger. Ryo and Sage glanced over at each other. They all knew how hard it was for him to leave her behind like that, but unfortunately, it was the only option that they had. As soon as they got back, Ryo laid Katie down onto a couch, and Reann onto the other one that was a crossed from it.
Kento kept himself away from the others, he didn't want anyone to talk to him at all. "Since Ryo and Sage have their armors back, and that we have possibly two more on our side, then I would say that we have a better chance of winning." Rowen said as he analyzed the situation.
"That may be true Rowen, but we need a plan first before we do anything else." Sage replied as he was healing Katie and Reann. Cye looked over to Kento, he hated seeing his best friend being so torn up inside. He wanted to go over to him and tell him that everything will be alright. That everything will work out, but deep down, Cye wasn't even sure about it himself.
'Come on, get it together. Your kanji is trust, you can't lose faith now or it's all over.' Cye thought as he scolded himself.
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Inside of Kaye's mind..."Dream Walker, why don't you stop fighting? You know that it's useless to continue." Maguyser taunted.
"I'll never stop fighting...My friends..." Kaye replied.
"Your friends have deserted you." Maguyser said as he cut her off.
"No! They haven't, they wouldn't!" Kaye replied angrily.
"But they did, why do you think that you're still here with me? Even your love has abandoned you. They knew that it was hopeless to get you back, so now you're with me forever." Maguyser taunted with a laugh.
"No! Kento would never..." Kaye shot back.
"If he didn't abandon you, then why are you still here?" Maguyser asked. "Well..?" he raises an eyebrow at her.
Kaye looked up towards him with a glare and a glint of strong determination in her eyes. "He'll come for me, and so will the others. You'll see."
"How do you know this for sure? How do you know that they won't just give up and go back without you?" Maguyser taunted.
"Because, deep down I know that they won't give up on me, and they know that I won't ever give up on them." Kaye replied unwavering, as her kanji of determination flared up, making Maguyser fall back from her a bit.
"Believe in what you will, but know this, in the end it will make no difference!" Maguyser seethed as he vanished, leaving Kaye alone to continue with the endless dream of tortures.
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In Katie's dream..."Hello Katie of the Crystal, welcome back. We've missed you." a voice said. Katie whirled around to see who was talking to her.
"Elders!" Katie replied in a happy voice. "It's good to be back."
"Unfortunately, this is a short visit. We're here to inform you that if you and the others don't hurry to set free the Dream Walker from her endless dream of tortures, then Maguyser would win, and pitch the entire world into an endless darkness." the first elder warned.
"But how? I thought that only Maguyser knew how to break his hold over Kaye. Is there another way that you're not telling me?" Katie asked.
The Elders looked around at each other, "yes there is another way, but it involves you, your brother and a new armor that the two of you shall share." the second elder replied.
"What do you mean...A new armor?" Katie asked in curiosity.
"It's called the Armor of the Phoenix. It's very powerful, but only two people that are of blood relation can use it." the third elder replied.
"That explains why you said that it involves me and Ryo." Katie said as she was starting to understand.
"Yes, but it will only respond if the two of you work together, otherwise..." the first elder replied.
"Otherwise...Otherwise what?" Katie asked as she was starting to get annoyed.
"Otherwise, the armor will disappear and be rendered useless, and further more, if you two don't, then there's the possibility that the Dream Walker will never be freed." the second elder replied.
"No, I won't allow that to happen!" Katie said angrily.
"We thought that you would say something like that." the third elder replied. "Here, take this, it's the orb to the Phoenix armor." The orb floats down in front of Katie, she grabs it and then looks towards the Elders.
"Good luck, Katie of the Crystal." the first elder said as they vanished from her dream.
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"Come on Katie, wake up already." Ryo said as he was squeezing her hand. Just as he said that, Katie's eyes shot open. "Katie?"
"Ryo?" Katie asked with a frown as she finally sat up.
"Katie, are you alright? You had us worried sick!" Sage asked as he hurried over to the couch.
"I'm alright." Katie replied as she looked over towards her closed hand. Katie slowly opened it and there inside was the orb to the Phoenix armor.
"What is that?" Sage asked as he got everyone's attention.
"I guess that it wasn't only a dream." Katie replied quietly.
"What are you talking about?" Cye asked in slight confusion.
"This, the Elders came to me in my dream and told me about this. It's the orb to the Phoenix armor." Katie replied as she was showing them.
"Whoa, whoa wait a minute there's another armor?" Rowen asked with a frown.
"Seems like it, but I don't see why we should be surprised." Sage replied as he sat down next to her.
"What did the Elders say, Katie?" Cye asked as he decided to get the ball rolling. Katie took a deep breath and started to explain everything that took place in her dream.
"You've got to be kidding me?!" Ryo asked as he looked over to his sister.
"I'm not, Ryo, if we don't pull together, the armor won't work, Maguyser will pitch the world into total darkness forever, and Kaye won't ever be freed. So what do you say, Ryo, are you willing to give it a shot?" Katie explained as she looked over towards her brother.
Ryo looked around at everyone, and then his sights landed onto Kento. He could see the pleading look in Kento's eyes. Then he looked back towards Katie. "Yeah, I'm in." Ryo replied as he stood up, walked over to Kento, and placed a reassuring hand onto his shoulder. "Don't worry Kento, we'll get Kaye back. Trust me."
Kento gave a small relieved smile, "I do trust you Ryo."
"Well it's about time that we got some news. I was starting to get bored just laying here." Reann said as she stood up. "What? Don't look so surprised, I want to kick Maguyser's sorry ass just as much as the rest of you. So then what are we waiting for, an invitation?"
ch 17
"Come on, we have to get out of here." Rowen said as he was looking around at the destroyed room. "Who knows what's going to happen when Tento comes back with Maguyser."
"What?! Rowen, there's no way that I'm going to leave Kaye here in her condition!" Kento bellowed out angrily.
"Kento, we don't have a choice. We have to go." Sage replied as he glanced over to him.
"No! I said that I'm not going to leave her!" Kento shot back.
"Kento..." Cye replied as he put a supporting hand onto his shoulder. "None of us are exactly thrilled about leaving Kaye here either. But we have to regroup and figure things out. Besides, the only one that knows how to get Kaye back is Maguyser, and we know that he's not going to even consider doing it."
Kento growls angrily, and then yells, "damn it!" Cye pulls his hand back, incase he's forced forward from Kento's momentum.
Kento slowly walked over to Kaye, he lifted his hand and caressed her cheek. "We'll be together again, I'll find a way, I promise." he said as he had one final look and then took off with the others.
"Kento..." Ryo said as they were heading back to the hidden room where Reann showed them the first time.
"Just leave me alone Ryo." Kento replied in a quiet anger. Ryo and Sage glanced over at each other. They all knew how hard it was for him to leave her behind like that, but unfortunately, it was the only option that they had. As soon as they got back, Ryo laid Katie down onto a couch, and Reann onto the other one that was a crossed from it.
Kento kept himself away from the others, he didn't want anyone to talk to him at all. "Since Ryo and Sage have their armors back, and that we have possibly two more on our side, then I would say that we have a better chance of winning." Rowen said as he analyzed the situation.
"That may be true Rowen, but we need a plan first before we do anything else." Sage replied as he was healing Katie and Reann. Cye looked over to Kento, he hated seeing his best friend being so torn up inside. He wanted to go over to him and tell him that everything will be alright. That everything will work out, but deep down, Cye wasn't even sure about it himself.
'Come on, get it together. Your kanji is trust, you can't lose faith now or it's all over.' Cye thought as he scolded himself.
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Inside of Kaye's mind..."Dream Walker, why don't you stop fighting? You know that it's useless to continue." Maguyser taunted.
"I'll never stop fighting...My friends..." Kaye replied.
"Your friends have deserted you." Maguyser said as he cut her off.
"No! They haven't, they wouldn't!" Kaye replied angrily.
"But they did, why do you think that you're still here with me? Even your love has abandoned you. They knew that it was hopeless to get you back, so now you're with me forever." Maguyser taunted with a laugh.
"No! Kento would never..." Kaye shot back.
"If he didn't abandon you, then why are you still here?" Maguyser asked. "Well..?" he raises an eyebrow at her.
Kaye looked up towards him with a glare and a glint of strong determination in her eyes. "He'll come for me, and so will the others. You'll see."
"How do you know this for sure? How do you know that they won't just give up and go back without you?" Maguyser taunted.
"Because, deep down I know that they won't give up on me, and they know that I won't ever give up on them." Kaye replied unwavering, as her kanji of determination flared up, making Maguyser fall back from her a bit.
"Believe in what you will, but know this, in the end it will make no difference!" Maguyser seethed as he vanished, leaving Kaye alone to continue with the endless dream of tortures.
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In Katie's dream..."Hello Katie of the Crystal, welcome back. We've missed you." a voice said. Katie whirled around to see who was talking to her.
"Elders!" Katie replied in a happy voice. "It's good to be back."
"Unfortunately, this is a short visit. We're here to inform you that if you and the others don't hurry to set free the Dream Walker from her endless dream of tortures, then Maguyser would win, and pitch the entire world into an endless darkness." the first elder warned.
"But how? I thought that only Maguyser knew how to break his hold over Kaye. Is there another way that you're not telling me?" Katie asked.
The Elders looked around at each other, "yes there is another way, but it involves you, your brother and a new armor that the two of you shall share." the second elder replied.
"What do you mean...A new armor?" Katie asked in curiosity.
"It's called the Armor of the Phoenix. It's very powerful, but only two people that are of blood relation can use it." the third elder replied.
"That explains why you said that it involves me and Ryo." Katie said as she was starting to understand.
"Yes, but it will only respond if the two of you work together, otherwise..." the first elder replied.
"Otherwise...Otherwise what?" Katie asked as she was starting to get annoyed.
"Otherwise, the armor will disappear and be rendered useless, and further more, if you two don't, then there's the possibility that the Dream Walker will never be freed." the second elder replied.
"No, I won't allow that to happen!" Katie said angrily.
"We thought that you would say something like that." the third elder replied. "Here, take this, it's the orb to the Phoenix armor." The orb floats down in front of Katie, she grabs it and then looks towards the Elders.
"Good luck, Katie of the Crystal." the first elder said as they vanished from her dream.
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"Come on Katie, wake up already." Ryo said as he was squeezing her hand. Just as he said that, Katie's eyes shot open. "Katie?"
"Ryo?" Katie asked with a frown as she finally sat up.
"Katie, are you alright? You had us worried sick!" Sage asked as he hurried over to the couch.
"I'm alright." Katie replied as she looked over towards her closed hand. Katie slowly opened it and there inside was the orb to the Phoenix armor.
"What is that?" Sage asked as he got everyone's attention.
"I guess that it wasn't only a dream." Katie replied quietly.
"What are you talking about?" Cye asked in slight confusion.
"This, the Elders came to me in my dream and told me about this. It's the orb to the Phoenix armor." Katie replied as she was showing them.
"Whoa, whoa wait a minute there's another armor?" Rowen asked with a frown.
"Seems like it, but I don't see why we should be surprised." Sage replied as he sat down next to her.
"What did the Elders say, Katie?" Cye asked as he decided to get the ball rolling. Katie took a deep breath and started to explain everything that took place in her dream.
"You've got to be kidding me?!" Ryo asked as he looked over to his sister.
"I'm not, Ryo, if we don't pull together, the armor won't work, Maguyser will pitch the world into total darkness forever, and Kaye won't ever be freed. So what do you say, Ryo, are you willing to give it a shot?" Katie explained as she looked over towards her brother.
Ryo looked around at everyone, and then his sights landed onto Kento. He could see the pleading look in Kento's eyes. Then he looked back towards Katie. "Yeah, I'm in." Ryo replied as he stood up, walked over to Kento, and placed a reassuring hand onto his shoulder. "Don't worry Kento, we'll get Kaye back. Trust me."
Kento gave a small relieved smile, "I do trust you Ryo."
"Well it's about time that we got some news. I was starting to get bored just laying here." Reann said as she stood up. "What? Don't look so surprised, I want to kick Maguyser's sorry ass just as much as the rest of you. So then what are we waiting for, an invitation?"