Chapter 10:
Satoshi's world was clouded in darkness; the only thing he could sense at all was the faint smell of blood and the annoying throbbing in the back of his head...wait...pain? He was a ghost...how could he feel pain? Satoshi finally gained most of his senses back and opened his deep blue eyes to see himself lying on a hard stone floor. How did this happen? Last thing he remembered was Daisuke taking off after the dark robbed figure...then...nothing.
He slowly found strength in his arms and pushed himself slowly off of the floor. He was able to get to his knees when his head began to hurt tremendously again and he placed one hand on the back of his head...blood? There was blood on his hand? Ghosts don't bleed or feel pain...what the hell was going on?
"Oh good...you're finally awake," came a dark voice from the far side of the room, "I was starting to think my spell was to much for you...though it was with only the lowest fraction of my power. Pathetic really..." He sneered.
Satoshi quickly looked over to where the voice was coming from and saw a dark figure sitting side ways on a throne with one leg over one of the arms, but there wasn't enough light to see his face clearly.
"You brought me here?" Satoshi asked searching into the shadows.
"That's correct." He said simply, "However...I can assure you that is was not in your best intention..." He added with a sneer.
"Hmph...to cowardly to show your face or do you just like the darkness?" Satoshi asked now on his feet and facing the shadowed throne, and he noticed that in fact the only light in the room...was around him!
The figure chuckled, "Oh Satoshi...that hurts." He said with a laugh, "But as you wish...if you prefer the light...then so be it..." He said with a laugh.
Satoshi could make out that he waved his hand and the whole room filled with blinding light. Satoshi quickly shut his eyes and covered them from the light with his hands.
"Hahaha, what's wrong? I thought you wanted the light?" The voice asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, well you're taking it to far smart ass!" Satoshi yelled annoyed.
Suddenly, the light vanished... and the torches along the walls were suddenly lit, glowing in the large circular room providing the only light. Satoshi opened his eyes and looked at the throne to find it vacant. He looked around the room searching for the man in the chair. The walls of the room were made of stone like the floor, and Satoshi couldn't see a single exit anywhere! Yet as far as he could see, there was no one in the room but him. The walls were not bear; every type of weapon available lined them. Swords, whips, axes, maces, shields, daggers, spears, staffs, everything and anything! Some of the weapons even had old...and new blood stains on them. It was quite an awesome sight, but Satoshi continued to scan the room for the owner of that voice.
"Boo..."
Satoshi quickly whirled around to find himself face to face with...himself! The person in front of him was an exact match to Satoshi, minus the fact he had no glasses, short hair (it was quite long, about down to his mid back) or blue eyes...in fact...his eyes looked awfully familiar...like Krad's! Piercing, deadly golden eyes...ones that held no love or humanity...only anger, hatred, and malice.
"Who are you?" Satoshi asked narrowing his eyes and in a demanding tone.
"My name doesn't concern you." He said with a smirk, "I shall only tell you that I am a Sorcerer of Galseran, the Sorcerer of Heavenly Judgment, and... your executioner." He said now only an inch from Satoshi's face.
"Sorry to say Sorcerer...but you don't scare me..." Satoshi said with a glare and unmoving.
"No...I terrify you..." The sorcerer said with a malice smile, "I can read all of your thoughts and right now I can hear your screams of terror the emanate from your heart. You can't hide anything from me Satoshi...I know everything..."
Satoshi still stood adamant and clenched his fists, "Your mind games won't work on me...it takes a sap to believe that crap..." Satoshi growled.
The sorcerer laughed and grinned, "Deny it all you want...you know your fate is sealed...by coming to this castle, you signed your death sentence." The sorcerer said now slowly circling Satoshi. "I know all about you Satoshi Hiwatari...or should I say... Satoshi Hikari?"
Satoshi eyed the sorcerer as he continued to circle him.
"I know about your most known accomplishments...to your darkest secrets...I can read you as plainly as a book..." The sorcerer continued, "I know that you hold within you a hatred for the world...yet a love for a young red haired individual..." He smirked.
Satoshi's eyes widened, then narrowed again and he clenched his teeth in anger.
"I know that you're a detective...quite an accomplishment for someone of your age...but then I also know why..." The sorcerer grinned antagonistically, "I know about the demon that lives inside of you..."
Satoshi looked at the sorcerer with suspicion, how could he possibly know Krad?
"He's the only real power you posses...or should I say...he's the power that possess you...?" The sorcerer said with a scowl.
"No one controls me!" Satoshi growled, "What are you getting at?"
"I'm saying that you're weak Satoshi...you're nothing but a scared little child who happens to be cursed with a demon of light...you're nothing without him..." The sorcerer hissed.
"I don't need him to do anything..." Satoshi said warningly.
"Then prove it..." The sorcerer growled, his face now filled with malice amusement, "Prove to me that you have any strength at all without your precious angel to help you!"
Satoshi's anger had reached its limit and he threw a punch into the sorcerer's face. But the sorcerer didn't defend himself at all as the punch was being thrown.
"Pathetic..." The sorcerer said in a disgusted voice.
Suddenly, Satoshi was thrown backwards and across to the other side of the room! He hit the wall hard, back first and fell to the floor.
"If that's the best you can do...your death will come quicker then I thought..." The sorcerer growled disappointed. "Do you finally see how powerless you truly are? It's useless to fight child..." He said walking towards Satoshi who was trying hard to get up.
'How is this happening! How am I feeling pain? Why...why does this...'
Suddenly, Satoshi felt a strong grip wrapped around his throat and lifting him off of the ground. He found it harder to breath and grabbed the sorcerer's arms.
"You feel pain now? Wonder why? It's because I want you too..." The sorcerer said squeezing a little harder, "I have control over this place...my will is law here...and the law of this world is, if you threaten the worlds...you die..."
Satoshi couldn't breath at all! He struggled to get free, but the sorcerer's grip was too strong.
The sorcerer simply laughed at Satoshi's helplessness, "You disappoint me detective...sad really...to die so young...but then again..." The sorcerer grinned, "Your death is in our world's best interests..."
Satoshi had had enough; with the remaining strength he had, he brought his leg up hard and nailed the sorcerer in the chest. The sorcerer dropped Satoshi and stepped back.
Satoshi fell to his knees coughing; "You talk to much..." he managed to say and stood up rubbing his throat and coughing, "You should never underestimate me..."
"Hmph..." The sorcerer growled and seemed to have recovered from his kick to the chest. He raised his hand and created a sword of light magic, "I dare you to try that again..."
"First I want some questions answered..." Satoshi said firmly now regaining his composer.
"You're in no position to be making requests or demands." The sorcerer replied.
Satoshi glared at him, "Trust me...I promise to put up more then a good fight...if you answer me."
The sorcerer eyed him then grinned and lowered his blade, "Whether or not you put up a good fight is irrelevant...however..." He smirked, "It might be interesting to see you at your best...though I doubt it'll help..."
"Hmm..." Satoshi glared at the sorcerer, "Tell me...how is it that when I am a ghost you're still able to hear, see, and harm me?"
"I already answered that question," the sorcerer replied, "This room is filled with my magic...and my magic obeys my will, and I want you dead...are you finished with your questions yet?" He asked.
"Why is it you want me dead?" Satoshi asked annoying the sorcerer.
The sorcerer looked hard at Satoshi for a moment then shrugged and walked slowly towards Satoshi again, "Because my dear boy...your very existence throws this world and yours into danger." He replied vaguely.
"Can you explain farther...or does my very existence hinder your speech too?" Satoshi asked keeping the same pace and distance from the sorcerer as he was, but never taking his eyes off of him.
"Hmph, hardly..." The sorcerer smirked, "You entered this world through a painting correct?"
Satoshi stared at the sorcerer confused, "How did you know?"
"Because...unless someone enters that painting...this world doesn't exist..." He said, "You created this world...your memories...your emotions...your fears, they triggered the defense mechanism of this painting..."
"Defense mechanism?" Satoshi asked.
"The painting holds enormous amounts of magic...so powerful that it could cause great danger to the world of the light...your world...however...this energy has been sealed for centuries..." The sorcerer continued. "Let me explain how this works...when one with a vast amount of magic energy comes into contact with the painting, the person's soul and consciousness are transported into a world opposite their own, in this case, everyone you ever knew and every thing you ever loved is changed into the complete opposite of what they once were. Yet the inhabitance of this new world will have a complete memory and history of it's own...for instance, this war between Galseran and Madria that has been raging for two hundred years...has only lasted since you first entered the painting..." He replied, "But you were never suppose to be here..."
Satoshi continued to stare at the sorcerer trying to absorb all he was hearing.
"You and the red haired child have no magical energies...yet you were transported into this world as well because of the spirits that lived within you...and in turn...I and the second sorcerer of this world were created...our existence was not suppose to be so... and even something as tiny as that has thrown the worlds into jeopardy..."
"What do you mean?" Satoshi asked.
"We were not meant to exist at all, but because you are here so are we. We are the guardians of this world...the other sorcerer and I...however; we had to take shape in this world to prevent balance from disrupting totally. And there for...you all must die..."
"Die? WHY!" Satoshi demanded.
"Because...the king of Madria knows about these truths...and he knows because you're here! Throwing the balance of this world out of place has given the evil within this world a consciousness of it's own!" The sorcerer yelled.
"The evil of the painting...he's the sealed magic?" Satoshi asked putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
"He is the curse of this painting taken shape and therefore so have we...and now he's devised a way to release himself from the boundary of this world and unleash his evil upon your world...we can't let that happen..." The sorcerer said clenching his teeth, "However to do so...he needs an enormous power source...two however in this case..."
"Dark and Krad..." Satoshi replied to himself.
The sorcerer looked up at Satoshi with determination in his eyes, "I have discovered that he requires two powerful sacrifices for his plan to succeed. However...he can't sacrifice someone who's already dead..." He said glaring at Satoshi.
"But if you want to kill Dark and Krad...why go after me?" Satoshi asked.
"Because...as long as you and Daisuke live...I cannot kill Dark and Krad..."
"Daisuke..." Satoshi replied now remembering that Daisuke had run off after what must have been the other sorcerer! What if he's already...?
"To protect the cursed magic hidden with in this world, I will ensure their deaths...by ensuring yours..." The sorcerer charged at Satoshi with the blade.
Satoshi quickly backed up against the wall and found his hand on a sword hilt and grabbed it, "I won't die here!" Satoshi yelled and pulled the heavy blade in front of himself to block the sorcerer's, "And I won't let Daisuke either!"
The sorcerer grinned as the two blades held at a stand still, "Mark my words boy...I will prevent the destruction of the worlds...and I'll do so with your BLOOD!" He yelled and channeled a mass amount of magical energy through his sword and swiped it across where Satoshi's head would be, but Satoshi ducked and avoided decapitation.
Satoshi quickly distanced himself between the sorcerer as he turned to face Satoshi.
"You'll die one way or another...will you meet it like a coward or take it like a man?" The sorcerer growled and blasted several energy blasts at Satoshi.
Satoshi narrowly dodged them all and raised his sword in front of him again in defense, "I really don't care if I die...but...YOU WON'T HARM DAISUKE!" Satoshi yelled and locked blades with the sorcerer again.
"Heh, useless...I will destroy you both! And once you two are dead...I'll destroy the other two!" The sorcerer countered and knocked Satoshi's legs out from underneath him and Satoshi fell to the floor, "DIE!" He yelled and brought his sword down on Satoshi's face, but he rolled to the side and Satoshi brought his own sword up and nearly into the Sorcerer's side had he not teleported in the nick of time.
Satoshi quickly stood up and held his sword up, "I'll protect Daisuke with my life..."
Note From The Author:
MEOW! Wow...10 chapters! Exactly as much as the first story!! Dances WOOOOOOOT! And now all of your questions have been answered except how things will turn out! Next chapter we'll get back to Krad and Dark to see how they're doing, see if the Sorcerer of Heavenly Judgment will end Satoshi's life! Thank you all for your reviews and reading my story! bows Thank you all!