Chapter 9: only in dreams
::Kyo closed his eyes half way as his horse strode swiftly threw the field as if it where flying as it glided threw, it was beautiful out and the grass was as green as it could get. It was extremely warm out, after a while he could barely see a town up ahead, he lightly kicked the horse in the side as it yelped slightly and started to stride quicker as he started to lean forward the wind hitting his face. In a few moments he reached the town, he made the horse slow down and slowly make it's way to a stable without any permision and took it to an empty stable putting it inside tiying it to the tiny hinged gate as he walked out. Kyo walked out and around the block on the cobble floor that was extremely dusty and filled with dirt, the people wearing old cloths. He walked into a clothing shop looking around and then seeing a black leather cloak. It seemed as if it where a little bit larger then him but he grabbed it walking over to the owner:: "how much is this" ::kyo said quietly as the man looked Kyo over:: "…it'll be 7 silver coins…" ::Kyo nodded and reached in his pouch grabbing the half filled bag with the money he earned while working at the castle, he handed the man the seven silver coins and put the cloak on, it was very baggey and slightly heavy. The sleeve reached to the mid point of his hands, he kept the hood down, the botton reached to his ankles, his sword now invisible:: "thanks" ::kyo said as he walked out into town then throwing his hood up over his head hiding his face not wanting to be seen by the guards as he looked around and slowly made his way towards his house. His eyes scanning around from underneath his hood. People would exchange glances at him till he made it to his house…looking at what remained of it. He then turned to his right starting to make out to the the field where he used to train, he walked out there to the tree with the grave where he got the gem…but now there where a few more graves…his parents and siblings he looked at them and looked at his fathers seeing his fathers sword…the blade halfway down into the dirt with his black armor around the blade. Kyo just gazed at it and then turned his head looking at the grave where he got the gem looking it over. He then looked off to his right:: "…there's nothing here…" ::he walked back into town looking around and then slowly made his way to the tavern walking in he would walk up to the counter and sit down on a stool keeping his head lowered so his identity would be sealed. The bar tender would walk up to him, the bartender looked rather old and pretty big with a large gut. :: "can I help you" ::Kyo nodded:: "yes…can you tell me anything about the grave…the one under the tree with the strange writing on it next to family grave site" ::the man blinked and then nodded:: "yeah…I do but why do you want know anything about it" "…I have my reasons" ::the man sighed deeply:: "alright…well the grave is for an old warrior…nobody could match his skills in swordplay…and also he knew magic that nobody could withstand. He could wipe out an entire army he was more powerful then anybody could imagine. He founded his own kingdom…which was recently burned to the ground and slaughtered…it was awful…but anyways the man made his own kingdom from scratch no help from anyone. He had his own powerful army, owned much land and was a feared ruler but was loved by the people. But when he began to grow old he became bitter. He used to have a gem that he would carry with him everywhere…which was recently stolen. And somehow he would always say that this gem will bring the entire world to it's knees and that he would be the strongest ruler ever…he would always say things like that. Till he finally lost it and went into a craze…people said…that he wasn't even human anymore his eyes where blood red his skin started turning darker and his teeth…where definatly not normal…they looked more like a fangs. Extremely sharp fangs. He became stronger and was starting to gain more and more land then finally…the people turned on him and he lost the respect of the people and the kingdom and they turned on him, the overpowered him taking him and attempted to execute him, he escaped but his wounds where to great…he came to this town and a young man found him. He told the man to bury and embed the gem in his grave and write the words that are on his tomb on the door today…when he was dying…he seemed very kind and gentle till he finally passed away. He was buried with some kinda strange book…I can't remember it was very thick. Also he was buried with a scroll and another gem…it was blue" ::kyo blinked at all the information he was taking in::
"…how do you know all about this" ::the man smirked slightly:: "because I was alive to witness it all…along with who used to be our top generall…Vurge" ::kyo's eyes widned:: "…father" ::he said barely a whisper:: "what was that" "…nothing" ::the man then raised a brow:: "well will you be having anything to drink?" ::kyo shook his head and stood up and walked out of the tavern looking around and walked back to the tomb looking at it reading the enscription on it over and over again:: "…how can anyone have a pure heart" ::he looked at the old rotted door to the tomb and put both hands on it firmly and started to push forward, it wouldn't budge, he started pushing with all his might cringing his teeth till the door burst open with a cloud of dirt flying to the air. He saw several torches lit:: "what…why are the torches lit" ::His eyes widened:: "there must be somebody down here" ::he then quickly started to run down the dark old path with cobwebs and dirt everywhere, his hood flying down, he looked down seeing footprints, his eyes widening, he looked straight ahead and started running faster clutching his fists tightly. Up ahead he sees a opened door, he runs threw it seeing stairs leading down, he jumped high into the air flying down the stairs his cloak flapping wildley his arms out to his sides then as he hit the ground he let his arms fly down to his sides and started running forward once again his feet making a tapping sound with every step taking in deep breaths seeing the large line of torches till he sees two huge doors open the next room very well lit, he runs in seeing a large square room with a huge pit in the center and no door, he looked down the pit not seeing the bottom, just darkness. He took a deep breath and jumped down his cloak flapping , when he hit the bottom he bent his knees slightly and then stood up straight looking around the new room he was in that looked like a large dome with a casket in the center, the room was lit very dimly:: "…I must be very far under" ::he looked to his left then to his right not seeing anybody then quickly turned around seeing the old man…it was Crashion, his eyes wide:: "what are you doing here!" ::the old man smirked:: "why…I am here for the blue scroll and gem of course." ::his arms folded behind his back as if he where hiding something:: "but..Crashion…how could you jump down that pit and not get hurt" ::Crashion smirked devilishly as his eyes turned blood red, he quickly held out his hands that where pure black and scaley with long claws:: "now…Kyo you are my apprentice and you are a good student…but if you do not stay out of my way and choose to take the scroll I will have to hurt you" ::Kyo blinked:: "but I must find out what they are…I need to know what happened and why I'm possessed" ::Kyo then nodded the young woman that helped him recover when he was wounded she was up against the wall cowering. Crashion then glared at Kyo:: "what…don't' think I'd let my youngest daughter into any danger…I only brought her here because I knew I could protect her and I need her to witness what a true demon looks like" "…a true demon?" ::Crashion nodded:: "yes…a true demon" ::he smiled devilishly again and started to walk towards the casket:: "no! wait! Let me examine the items first…it might help me!" ::Crashion glared at Kyo again:: "boy I have no time for this stuff!…the sooner I gain full power the better!" ::He continued walking towards the casket, Kyo quickly ran towards the basket and unsheathing his sword holding it in front of him the tip pointing towards Crashion:: "don't even DARE attempt to harm me! I will kill you myself boy!" ::then suddenly Crashion appeared at Kyo's side and backhaned him sending Kyo flying face first into the dirt as a large dust cloud flew up, Kyo quickly stands up as Crashion lifts up the top of the large casket that was hiding the corpse and throws it at Kyo as it moved extremely quick, Kyo swings his sword vertially cutting the stone slab in half stopping it from hitting him, he charged at Crashion as Crashion smiled grabbing the blue gem as it slowly sunk into his hand his hand turning blue and his eyes turned a very sky blue color with no pupil as he looked at Kyo smiling:: "now…I assume you know where the red gem is…TELL ME! I know you have it! It is dead obvious!" ::Kyo glared at him:: " I won't give it to you!" ::Crashion glared even deeper at him:: "I will not let you stand in my way…I have been waiting for thousands of years and the effect is finally starting to take effect on me ::He looked at his hands:: "I searched the world everywhere for the gems…and I have every one…except the red one" ::He glared back up at Kyo:: "and then I will become as strong as he did!" ::he looked over at the corpse then back to Kyo:: "and I won't let a child stand in my way!" ::he then appeared in front of kyo thrusting his hand forward, Kyo quickly spun around Crashion and brung his sword down vertically, Crashions body would turn to dust as the blade would look as if it hit him, then the sand flew up behind Kyo forming back into crashion he held his hand forward as it glowed a green color Kyo quickly turned around jumping back several feet. Deep in the green aurora a green gem could faintly be seen::
::Kyo's eyes widned seeing the gem as Crashion smirked as four large wings slowly appeared on his back, there where a clear green light. He flapped his wings flying into the air, the his hand had a blue aurora around it as he then appeared as a blur flying straight at Kyo and and swung his fist as it turned into a purple aurora, Kyo jumped back as Crashions fist would hit the ground making it shatter to rubble with debree flying everywhere:: "you cannot defeat me!" ::Crashion then quickly stood up on his feet:: "but tell me this child…why do you care so much on how you became possessed and the gem your carrying on you now…why not just give it up…it has caused you nothing but harm right now?" ::Kyo closed his eyes halfway:: "because it'll help me find answers…it gives me strength…" "what do you need strength for when I can give you the answers you want?" ::he then would smirk slightly as Kyo's eyes widened:: "tell me! Tell me what happened please…" ::Crashion nodded:: "yes I will…only if you will give me the gem after the story" "…but…I don't now how" "don't worry Kyo…I can do it for you" ::He smirked as he started to walk towards Kyo:: "WAIT…not until you tell me all that I want to know first…first tell me…how did I become possessed?" ::Crashion sighed deeply:: "ok…the gem that you stole from the tomb…had a demon trapped inside of it. And there are several other gems like that one. Each one with a different powerful demon enslaved in it…they are all powerful demons that where enslaved different times threwout history because there where no other way to stop them…you…you have the almight bersker…me I have all the rest. These gems are called the gems of chaos. And the corspe over there…used to have ever single one of them and when you have every one you will have more power then a god. Which he obviously had but his army overwhelmed him obviously. And when you touch one of these gems it turns to a liquid and flows threwout your veings giving you the blood of a demon. But over one half of the blood goes to your brain and takes over a part of your mind"
"…how do you know all of this" "because my father used to research this till the day he died and shared all of his knowledge with me" ::Kyo lowered his head slightly:: "…I have another question…who are Blaze and Ferverus…and why does Ferverus help you?" ::Crashion folded his hands behind his back once again:: "First…Blaze and Ferverus are old Legendary warriors known to spread chaos and destruction threwout the land. They more feared then anything because nothing could stop them…till a large army called the Holy army came with the greatest leader known to man Kain stopped Blaze…Ferverus was a clone made from Blaze…a Necromancer found Blaze's tomb and tried to experiment with a new spell he had created and instead of correctly reviving Blaze into a super being he somehow made another Blaze instead calling him Ferverus meaning Hell warrior. But Ferverus didn't stay with the necromancer long and ended up killing him and then went back to causing chaos threwout the world…but once again he was stopped by another powerful leader this one was named Twaiken the newest leader of the holy army but much more powerful as Kain…but wasn't as loved as Kain. Then after that the King of a great kingdom called Varisbain found the bodies of Blaze and Ferverus and burried them deep within a tomb filled with traps and demons…but I was able to revive them correctly…I was able to get Ferverus to work under my alligence but the original Blaze was to ignorant would not listen and took off…and is once again causing chaos…" ::Kyo nodded slowly holding his hands together tightly:: "…but why is it…that Blaze and Ferverus kill…and always try to attack and kill me…" ::Crashion then smiled again:: "that is because a long long time ago…even before I was born…Blaze made a deal with the demon in your crystal…see Blaze's parents where slaughtered by Vampires…" ::Kyo's eyes widened remembering, seeing a child crying after his family was slaughtered by vampires:: "then he ran into the demon the berserker…the berserker said he would revive Blaze's family only if Blaze where to find the purple gem of Chaos…which he did successfully. but when he brought it back to the demon the demon did not grant Blaze's wish and instead attempted to slay him but wasn't strong enough and fled. So now blaze Ravages the earth trying to get revenge on everyone for his pain…which isn't very fair if you ask me…NOW is there anything else you want to know" ::kyo lowered his head slightly:: "…no there isn't…"
::Crashion smiled as he walked towards Kyo grabbing his hand tightly as there was a sharp pain that would flow threw Kyo's body, Kyo would scream in pain as Crashion cut Kyo's hand open as blood would fly straight up into the air stopping in a certain point where all the blood was forming into a ball then it would slowly stop and form into a magnificent gem, Crashion smiled evily up at the gem as Kyo's wound would heal up he would let go of I and grab the gem as it would slowly start to sink into Crashions hands as his eyes would flush to a blood red color:: "…now that you have the gem…what are you intending to do" ::Crashion looked at Kyo:: "…hehehe…I am now going to take over the three great kingdoms…Farcringe,Gorvinge, and Furbendle…and I shall now beggin my slaying here…in Ringston" ::he grinned evily. Kyo's eyes widened with fear as he took several steps back:: "…NO! I can't let you take Ringston…why are you trying to take over everything!" ::Crashion would then just laugh:: "are you stupid boy! For power! Who doesn't dream of having supreme power…heh money, strength, fortitude, and women" ::Kyo glared at him holding his sword even tighter, Crashion's green wings would vanish as he started to move towards the casket again:: "…Crashion one last question…what does the scroll do" ::Crashion turned his head slightly smirking, as his old white hair would slowly turn black, his old pale skin would then look young and flushed with color, his arms old and frail now turning to young and muscular, he had the same smirk on but looked like a whole different person:: "…it will teach me how to have full control over the gems so I'm not constantly being taken over by the demons…you merely had one demon and could barely handle that…I have ten of them" ::He smirked as he walked towards the corpse again, Then Kyo quickly appeared as blur landing on the very thin rim of the casket smirking looking at Crashion as he quickly bent down taking the scroll and jumping backwards doing a flip as he landed on his feet:: "ARR how can you still move that quick!" ::Kyo smirked:: "a while back I did an erround for a bar tender and darnk a strange elixer that was made for speed I guess" ::Then Crashion appeared before Kyo and attempted to backhand him but Kyo quickly ducked and rolled to the side as Crashion roared in anger and pain as his arms flew out to his sides as two large wings appeared one black and one white, one had strange demon with blood red eyes and a large horn sticking out of it's head and curving out, with the black wing going down it's spin and the other was a female demon with bright blue eyes and bright white scales, but had no scales on her young soft face with a light blue streak going up her cheeks to her eyes that where pure light blue and pointy ears looking like those of a elf, with the white feathery wings of an angel, they came out of Crashions back, Kyo and the young girl cowering against the wall looked in fear:: "ARRR" ::Crashion screamed in pain once again::
::Crashion's arms then started to turn slightly larger with the scales crawling further up his arms, Kyo quickly started looking around for a escape around the empty room he then looked back up the pit and jumped high up into the air just barely making it to the thin tunel that lead down there and quickly started jumping back and forth against the air going higher and higher each time still weilding his sword tightly as Crashion jumped high up right below kyo with a smirk, Kyo started to decend slightly and slashed his sword at Crashion's face hitting him straight down the right eye down to his chin as Crashion roared in pain as he started bleeding as he thrashed about in the air and laned on the ground Kyo quickly started moving up again and made it out looking around and then started running faster then has ever running towards the exit till he reached it quickly closing the tomb looking around quickly…then knew there was no way he could stop Crashion from destroying this town. He lowered his head in shame and slowly turned his head to his fathers armor and sword:: "…" ::He slowly walked to it pulling the sword out of the dirt and picking up the armor , he took off the cloak putting on the armor underneath it and weilding both of his swords wearing the cloak over his armor now gazing at his reflection as the tomb door would start to shake:: "…something that would only happen in a dream…" ::then suddenly he door started to crack and shake violently………"
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