Riyougi and Ryoun stepped into the tomb their father had spoken of, Riyougi
holding the only torch. They had only been in there once when their father
discovered it. The walls were made of sand a few meters down, and then
became gold, with carving and drawings all round.
Ryoun loved the drawings and mostly stood and stared, wondering what each symbol meant, with a smile on his face. Riyougi kept walking down the hallway, taking notices of the walls but not stopping to have a closer look.
"H-Hey! Big brother! Wait for me!" Ryoun shouted, seeing as the walls grew dark from the lack of light. Riyougi smiled as his brother caught up, finding it somewhat funny.
"The Tomb is made of gold but does not contain any more of it" Riyougi, remembering what his father had said about the tomb's layout. "The writing on the walls is the true legends behind the battle of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, repeated over and over again"
After passing through a mile of the underground hallway, they came to the main chamber. As soon as Riyougi stepped forward to light the room, a gush of wind arose and blew out the torch. But the chamber didn't fall into darkness, instead a red light on a gold alter kept the room bright.
"Big brother!" Ryoun said in amazement, taking a step forward. "Is that."
"Soul Edge's missing piece" Riyougi answering his brother's unfinished question. Ryoun looked at his older brother and smiled. Riyougi gave Ryoun a slight smile, but quickly hide it. "Now remember, there is no booty traps!" Riyougi explained to his younger brother, seeing Ryoun drawing in closer to the red glowing piece.
"ARGH!" Ryoun screamed, jumping back and hiding behind Riyougi.
"What is it?!"
"It's not a piece! Its an. EYE!"
Riyougi grabbed his chest with his free hand and shook his head, thinking it was more serious then that.
"Don't you remember Ryoun?!" Ryoun came out from hiding from his brother's back, but didn't let go of his brother's arm. "Both Soul Edge and Soul Calibur have eyes on them! This must be the eye of Soul Edge!" Riyougi explained.
"But it was opened! And it look at me" Ryoun stated, sounding scared just by looking at the red glow. "Can we go home?" Riyougi snatched away his hand from his brother and step in closer, examining the glowing piece of Soul Edge.
"Its not opened!" Riyougi stated, his voice risen a bit. "By the looks of it, it hasn't opened in years" Ryoun held his hands up to his chest and slowly moved up beside his brother. Ryoun quickly hide his eyes and only peered through the gaps in his fingers. The eye wasn't opened, just like his older brother said. "See"
"I'm sorry big brother" Ryoun apologies to Riyougi.
"Don't apologise to me Ryoun. You ain't ready for this after all!" Riyougi said, with a smile on his face. Ryoun tighten his fist to his older brother, his face going red.
"Am too!" Ryoun snapped back, not liking being teased. "I'm brave!" Riyougi nodded after hearing this from his brother. Riyougi stepped back and pushed Ryoun closer to the eye, until his face was an inch away. "Um. M-maybe not t-that Brave"
"As I thought" Riyougi mumbled, pushing in front of his younger brother and moving past Soul Edge's eye to the drawings inscribed on the back wall. "Now, father said that something was important about these so called pieces of Soul Edge, but. what was it?" Riyougi scratched his head, trying to remember what his father had said.
"I have managed to complete the translation on the back of the wall. It
describes the power of each piece of Soul Edge. First, the eye has the
power of foresight. that I managed to figure out easy."
"Dam! I wasn't paying any attention to what he said!" Riyougi cursed to himself, when he couldn't remember anything else. Riyougi was too eager to see Soul Edge's piece. It was like a thorn in his mind, but now that he had seen it, it left him alone and became dismissed.
"But big Brother, you never pay attention! You hardly even listen to me!" Ryoun stated still staring at the eye on the alter. "Why is that?"
"Just say, I get bored very easily" Riyougi said simply, rubbing his fingers over the cravings. "Now. it says about a power of speed."
"And magic!" Ryoun added in, pocking at the eye and recoiling each time he did.
"Strength" Riyougi said afterwards, while moving down to another set of cravings.
"Defence" Ryoun again added, remembering and paying attention to what his father had said, about their powers.
"Flight"
"Soul Drain"
Riyougi kneeled on the ground to read the final cravings, but the red light wasn't bight as it was when they had come in for him to read. He pressed his face right up close but still couldn't make out the inscription.
"Oh great!" Riyougi cursed, moving his face away from the wall. "The glow isn't strong enough for me to read the cravings! Now I wish the torch didn't blow out" Riyougi sighed and slowly stood up. "Ryoun do you remember the last power?"
"Y-yes" Ryoun said sounding very soft and lifeless. Riyougi was able to hear what his brother said and merely thought Ryoun was playing around. Riyougi waited for a while for his brother to answer, but the room fell silent.
"Well?!" Riyougi asked, sounding very harsh to his younger brother as he looked at the bottom craving. There was a slight paused, but then the came a slow breathing sound from his brother.
"F-Foresight, Father t-told you"
"I said I wasn't paying attention! I got bored!"
"Oh" Came a sudden flash of light that lit up the room for a mere second. Riyougi became blinded from the reflection on the gold walls, falling back on the alter. "Oh Big brother. Help" Riyougi spun around and paused.
"Ryoun! What have you done!?"
Ryoun was engulfed in a dark red flame that seemed to have arisen from the ground. Ryoun's head was hanging down and his left hand was clutched around Soul Edge's open eye. Ryoun slowly lifted his head - lifeless - in a way as though another force or person was lifting his head for him.
"RYOUN!" Riyougi shirked, pressing against the wall. "Your eyes!" Riyougi started into his brother's eyes. They had turned black and his pupils red, like fire. "Stop this Ryoun!"
Suddenly the flame withdrew and his brother's eyes returned to normal. The room was still lit up with light that emitted from the eye, which had closed itself. Ryoun started to breath fast and collapsed to the floor. Riyougi was shocked and slightly amazed at what he had just witness.
"B-Brother?" Ryoun sobbed, lifting his head off the ground. "I was so scared" Tears began to fall from his eyes and rolled across his cheeks. Riyougi frowned and moved from the wall in his normal posture, like what just happen had made no difference or impact to him. "What happen to me? I saw all these things, images! Of places, people and of you! But I don't understand"
Riyougi knelt down to Ryoun and grabbed his brother's hand that contained the eye.
"Foresight"
Ryoun loved the drawings and mostly stood and stared, wondering what each symbol meant, with a smile on his face. Riyougi kept walking down the hallway, taking notices of the walls but not stopping to have a closer look.
"H-Hey! Big brother! Wait for me!" Ryoun shouted, seeing as the walls grew dark from the lack of light. Riyougi smiled as his brother caught up, finding it somewhat funny.
"The Tomb is made of gold but does not contain any more of it" Riyougi, remembering what his father had said about the tomb's layout. "The writing on the walls is the true legends behind the battle of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, repeated over and over again"
After passing through a mile of the underground hallway, they came to the main chamber. As soon as Riyougi stepped forward to light the room, a gush of wind arose and blew out the torch. But the chamber didn't fall into darkness, instead a red light on a gold alter kept the room bright.
"Big brother!" Ryoun said in amazement, taking a step forward. "Is that."
"Soul Edge's missing piece" Riyougi answering his brother's unfinished question. Ryoun looked at his older brother and smiled. Riyougi gave Ryoun a slight smile, but quickly hide it. "Now remember, there is no booty traps!" Riyougi explained to his younger brother, seeing Ryoun drawing in closer to the red glowing piece.
"ARGH!" Ryoun screamed, jumping back and hiding behind Riyougi.
"What is it?!"
"It's not a piece! Its an. EYE!"
Riyougi grabbed his chest with his free hand and shook his head, thinking it was more serious then that.
"Don't you remember Ryoun?!" Ryoun came out from hiding from his brother's back, but didn't let go of his brother's arm. "Both Soul Edge and Soul Calibur have eyes on them! This must be the eye of Soul Edge!" Riyougi explained.
"But it was opened! And it look at me" Ryoun stated, sounding scared just by looking at the red glow. "Can we go home?" Riyougi snatched away his hand from his brother and step in closer, examining the glowing piece of Soul Edge.
"Its not opened!" Riyougi stated, his voice risen a bit. "By the looks of it, it hasn't opened in years" Ryoun held his hands up to his chest and slowly moved up beside his brother. Ryoun quickly hide his eyes and only peered through the gaps in his fingers. The eye wasn't opened, just like his older brother said. "See"
"I'm sorry big brother" Ryoun apologies to Riyougi.
"Don't apologise to me Ryoun. You ain't ready for this after all!" Riyougi said, with a smile on his face. Ryoun tighten his fist to his older brother, his face going red.
"Am too!" Ryoun snapped back, not liking being teased. "I'm brave!" Riyougi nodded after hearing this from his brother. Riyougi stepped back and pushed Ryoun closer to the eye, until his face was an inch away. "Um. M-maybe not t-that Brave"
"As I thought" Riyougi mumbled, pushing in front of his younger brother and moving past Soul Edge's eye to the drawings inscribed on the back wall. "Now, father said that something was important about these so called pieces of Soul Edge, but. what was it?" Riyougi scratched his head, trying to remember what his father had said.
"I have managed to complete the translation on the back of the wall. It
describes the power of each piece of Soul Edge. First, the eye has the
power of foresight. that I managed to figure out easy."
"Dam! I wasn't paying any attention to what he said!" Riyougi cursed to himself, when he couldn't remember anything else. Riyougi was too eager to see Soul Edge's piece. It was like a thorn in his mind, but now that he had seen it, it left him alone and became dismissed.
"But big Brother, you never pay attention! You hardly even listen to me!" Ryoun stated still staring at the eye on the alter. "Why is that?"
"Just say, I get bored very easily" Riyougi said simply, rubbing his fingers over the cravings. "Now. it says about a power of speed."
"And magic!" Ryoun added in, pocking at the eye and recoiling each time he did.
"Strength" Riyougi said afterwards, while moving down to another set of cravings.
"Defence" Ryoun again added, remembering and paying attention to what his father had said, about their powers.
"Flight"
"Soul Drain"
Riyougi kneeled on the ground to read the final cravings, but the red light wasn't bight as it was when they had come in for him to read. He pressed his face right up close but still couldn't make out the inscription.
"Oh great!" Riyougi cursed, moving his face away from the wall. "The glow isn't strong enough for me to read the cravings! Now I wish the torch didn't blow out" Riyougi sighed and slowly stood up. "Ryoun do you remember the last power?"
"Y-yes" Ryoun said sounding very soft and lifeless. Riyougi was able to hear what his brother said and merely thought Ryoun was playing around. Riyougi waited for a while for his brother to answer, but the room fell silent.
"Well?!" Riyougi asked, sounding very harsh to his younger brother as he looked at the bottom craving. There was a slight paused, but then the came a slow breathing sound from his brother.
"F-Foresight, Father t-told you"
"I said I wasn't paying attention! I got bored!"
"Oh" Came a sudden flash of light that lit up the room for a mere second. Riyougi became blinded from the reflection on the gold walls, falling back on the alter. "Oh Big brother. Help" Riyougi spun around and paused.
"Ryoun! What have you done!?"
Ryoun was engulfed in a dark red flame that seemed to have arisen from the ground. Ryoun's head was hanging down and his left hand was clutched around Soul Edge's open eye. Ryoun slowly lifted his head - lifeless - in a way as though another force or person was lifting his head for him.
"RYOUN!" Riyougi shirked, pressing against the wall. "Your eyes!" Riyougi started into his brother's eyes. They had turned black and his pupils red, like fire. "Stop this Ryoun!"
Suddenly the flame withdrew and his brother's eyes returned to normal. The room was still lit up with light that emitted from the eye, which had closed itself. Ryoun started to breath fast and collapsed to the floor. Riyougi was shocked and slightly amazed at what he had just witness.
"B-Brother?" Ryoun sobbed, lifting his head off the ground. "I was so scared" Tears began to fall from his eyes and rolled across his cheeks. Riyougi frowned and moved from the wall in his normal posture, like what just happen had made no difference or impact to him. "What happen to me? I saw all these things, images! Of places, people and of you! But I don't understand"
Riyougi knelt down to Ryoun and grabbed his brother's hand that contained the eye.
"Foresight"