Mystery of the Soul
Ch 2
Cye, Rowen and Sage quickly dropped their bundles and restrained Ryo from attacking Shen and Jia Li. "Ryo, calm down, we feel the same way..." Rowen started to say while they were having one heck of a time holding onto him.
Ryo glared at Rowen dangerously, "no Rowen! We don't feel the same way! None of you could! You're not the ones that killed our friends, I did!"
"Wildfire, if you would just listen..." Jia Li started to interject looking at him.
"Forget it! I'm not interested in what either of you have to say! Maybe the two of you had a hand in how our friends got killed!" Ryo growled angrily pulling away from them. "It doesn't matter if they did or didn't, I'm through!"
"Ryo, what...What are you saying?! What do you mean you're through?" Cye asked in astonishment looking at him wide eyed.
"Just like I said Cye, I'm done! I'm no longer a Ronin Warrior! We're suppose to save lives, not take them! I've failed as a leader and a friend, I don't deserve to be a Ronin any more!" Ryo replied while his eyes flared up angrily.
"Ryo, stop and hear what you're saying!" Sage exclaimed getting in front of him while giving Ryo a stern look as he grabbed onto his shoulders. Ryo growled and grabbed onto Sage's hands, twisted his hip, and threw him over his shoulder. Sage flew over Ryo and landed right smack in the middle of a huge pile of firewood.
"Sage!" Cye called out running towards him in concern. "Hey, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Cye." Sage replied keeping his eyes on Ryo the whole time.
Cye helped Sage stand, "Ryo, you're crazy! Can't you see that he, like the rest of us were trying to help you!?" Rowen yelled at him.
"I don't want or need anyone's help! Now just leave me alone!" Ryo shot back in extreme anger running away from them.
"Ryo, wait! Where are you going?!" Cye called out to him in concern while still steadying Sage.
"Let him go, Cye." Sage replied closing his eyes.
"But Sage..." Cye objected looking at him.
"He'll be fine, Ryo just needs some time to himself, he'll be back, didn't mean what he said." Sage replied reassuringly.
"Yeah Cye, you know how Ryo gets," Rowen said with a nod. "Besides, we have to find out what they have to say. Now, since you two have the answers that we want, start explaining."
In a different part of the spirit nexus, the spirit hunters just returned and started to unsaddle their dragons. "What are we going to tell her?" Rajak asked taking the saddle off and putting it away. "That we lost the spirits that we were suppose to hunt and bring back."
Javas looked at him like he was crazy, "have you lost your mind!? We can't tell her that, who knows what she'll do to us if she found out!"
"Well then, what do you suggest that we tell her?" Rajak asked raising an eye brow at him.
"I don't know, why don't you come up with something, since you're so brilliant!" Javas replied starting to get angry.
"That's enough you two." Balin said interrupting them.
"But Balin.." Rajak started to object, "he started it."
Javas looked at him in surprise, "what!? No I didn't! You're the one.."
"That's it! Can you two do more than just argue?" Balin asked in annoyance. He sighed, to Balin it seemed like he was always breaking up their squabbles. Balin wondered if he didn't break them up just one, what would actually happen. He scoffed at the idea, "look, you two just get it together, we have to report to Dark Harpy."
"Yeah, yeah, we're coming." Rajak grumbled when all three of them were done with getting their dragons ready to rest up at the main castle before heading off to their own. The three spirit hunters walked down the cobble stoned hall. Torches lit as they walked by, and then burnt out as soon as they passed. Screams and pleadings of their recent victims echoed through out the dungy halls.
"Sounds like Dark Harpy is in a good mood." Balin said with a smirk rounding a corner.
"Oh, and how can you tell?" Javas asked raising an eye brow at him.
"Listen, do you hear anything?" Balin asked back in amusement. Javas and Rajak looked at each other with a slight frown. "No, I don't hear a thing. So, then how would that be able to tell if she's in a good mood or not?"
Balin laughed, "because, she just extinguished a few more spirits."
"Oh, I see." Rajak replied with a slight nod, and then he winced as he glanced over at Javas. They both shivered and then continued to move on.
The three spirit hunters finally made it to Dark Harpy's main chamber. The doors slowly creaked open, "I hate it when they do that." Javas said under his breath. Rajak nodded to his statement and quickly followed Balin inside.
"Tell me Balin, were the three of you able to find the two new spirits that have arrived?" Dark Harpy asked while her back was turned to them.
"I'm sorry, but we couldn't find them." Balin replied while bowing to her. Balin quickly hit the other two, and then they bowed as well.
"You couldn't find them?" Dark Harpy drawled out in slight anger turning around slowly to face them.
"No, my mistress." Balin replied humbly.
"I see, now tell me, Balin, what shall I do with the three of you?" Dark Harpy asked circling them.
"Please, mistress, don't kill us and take our souls, give us another chance." Rajak begged while staying low.
"Tell me, why should I do that, my dear spirit hunter?" Dark Harpy asked with a slight interest.
"Because, my mistress, we're the only three spirit hunters that are left, and you need us to do what we do best, and that is hunting new spirits." Javas replied trying to come up with anything that'll save their hides.
"Stand up straight and look at me." Dark Harpy ordered. The three spirit hunters stood up and almost lost their breaths from the pure sight of her. In all the time of working for the Dark Harpy, they never seen her up close, only her face. Now standing before them was a creature that has jet black wings, gray hair that goes past her waist and braided. Eyes black as coal, dark and unforgiving. Body is lavender in color, wears a black outfit. One sleeve is all the way to her wrist while the other is bare. The bottom part goes to her mid calf, and wears daggers strapped on both outside of her legs. "I'll give you another chance, do what you have to do to capture these two new spirits. But know this, if you don't come back with them, then you three will be their replacements, and what I have in mind for those two is far worse than anything imaginable. Do I make myself clear?"
"Ah, yes my mistress, crystal clear." Balin replied bowing out before leaving, dragging the other two behind him.
"Hey Balin, why are the two new spirits that just arrived so important? I mean, they're just like the other spirits that came before them, right?" Rajak asked while they were walking towards the place where their dragons are waiting.
Ch 2
Cye, Rowen and Sage quickly dropped their bundles and restrained Ryo from attacking Shen and Jia Li. "Ryo, calm down, we feel the same way..." Rowen started to say while they were having one heck of a time holding onto him.
Ryo glared at Rowen dangerously, "no Rowen! We don't feel the same way! None of you could! You're not the ones that killed our friends, I did!"
"Wildfire, if you would just listen..." Jia Li started to interject looking at him.
"Forget it! I'm not interested in what either of you have to say! Maybe the two of you had a hand in how our friends got killed!" Ryo growled angrily pulling away from them. "It doesn't matter if they did or didn't, I'm through!"
"Ryo, what...What are you saying?! What do you mean you're through?" Cye asked in astonishment looking at him wide eyed.
"Just like I said Cye, I'm done! I'm no longer a Ronin Warrior! We're suppose to save lives, not take them! I've failed as a leader and a friend, I don't deserve to be a Ronin any more!" Ryo replied while his eyes flared up angrily.
"Ryo, stop and hear what you're saying!" Sage exclaimed getting in front of him while giving Ryo a stern look as he grabbed onto his shoulders. Ryo growled and grabbed onto Sage's hands, twisted his hip, and threw him over his shoulder. Sage flew over Ryo and landed right smack in the middle of a huge pile of firewood.
"Sage!" Cye called out running towards him in concern. "Hey, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Cye." Sage replied keeping his eyes on Ryo the whole time.
Cye helped Sage stand, "Ryo, you're crazy! Can't you see that he, like the rest of us were trying to help you!?" Rowen yelled at him.
"I don't want or need anyone's help! Now just leave me alone!" Ryo shot back in extreme anger running away from them.
"Ryo, wait! Where are you going?!" Cye called out to him in concern while still steadying Sage.
"Let him go, Cye." Sage replied closing his eyes.
"But Sage..." Cye objected looking at him.
"He'll be fine, Ryo just needs some time to himself, he'll be back, didn't mean what he said." Sage replied reassuringly.
"Yeah Cye, you know how Ryo gets," Rowen said with a nod. "Besides, we have to find out what they have to say. Now, since you two have the answers that we want, start explaining."
In a different part of the spirit nexus, the spirit hunters just returned and started to unsaddle their dragons. "What are we going to tell her?" Rajak asked taking the saddle off and putting it away. "That we lost the spirits that we were suppose to hunt and bring back."
Javas looked at him like he was crazy, "have you lost your mind!? We can't tell her that, who knows what she'll do to us if she found out!"
"Well then, what do you suggest that we tell her?" Rajak asked raising an eye brow at him.
"I don't know, why don't you come up with something, since you're so brilliant!" Javas replied starting to get angry.
"That's enough you two." Balin said interrupting them.
"But Balin.." Rajak started to object, "he started it."
Javas looked at him in surprise, "what!? No I didn't! You're the one.."
"That's it! Can you two do more than just argue?" Balin asked in annoyance. He sighed, to Balin it seemed like he was always breaking up their squabbles. Balin wondered if he didn't break them up just one, what would actually happen. He scoffed at the idea, "look, you two just get it together, we have to report to Dark Harpy."
"Yeah, yeah, we're coming." Rajak grumbled when all three of them were done with getting their dragons ready to rest up at the main castle before heading off to their own. The three spirit hunters walked down the cobble stoned hall. Torches lit as they walked by, and then burnt out as soon as they passed. Screams and pleadings of their recent victims echoed through out the dungy halls.
"Sounds like Dark Harpy is in a good mood." Balin said with a smirk rounding a corner.
"Oh, and how can you tell?" Javas asked raising an eye brow at him.
"Listen, do you hear anything?" Balin asked back in amusement. Javas and Rajak looked at each other with a slight frown. "No, I don't hear a thing. So, then how would that be able to tell if she's in a good mood or not?"
Balin laughed, "because, she just extinguished a few more spirits."
"Oh, I see." Rajak replied with a slight nod, and then he winced as he glanced over at Javas. They both shivered and then continued to move on.
The three spirit hunters finally made it to Dark Harpy's main chamber. The doors slowly creaked open, "I hate it when they do that." Javas said under his breath. Rajak nodded to his statement and quickly followed Balin inside.
"Tell me Balin, were the three of you able to find the two new spirits that have arrived?" Dark Harpy asked while her back was turned to them.
"I'm sorry, but we couldn't find them." Balin replied while bowing to her. Balin quickly hit the other two, and then they bowed as well.
"You couldn't find them?" Dark Harpy drawled out in slight anger turning around slowly to face them.
"No, my mistress." Balin replied humbly.
"I see, now tell me, Balin, what shall I do with the three of you?" Dark Harpy asked circling them.
"Please, mistress, don't kill us and take our souls, give us another chance." Rajak begged while staying low.
"Tell me, why should I do that, my dear spirit hunter?" Dark Harpy asked with a slight interest.
"Because, my mistress, we're the only three spirit hunters that are left, and you need us to do what we do best, and that is hunting new spirits." Javas replied trying to come up with anything that'll save their hides.
"Stand up straight and look at me." Dark Harpy ordered. The three spirit hunters stood up and almost lost their breaths from the pure sight of her. In all the time of working for the Dark Harpy, they never seen her up close, only her face. Now standing before them was a creature that has jet black wings, gray hair that goes past her waist and braided. Eyes black as coal, dark and unforgiving. Body is lavender in color, wears a black outfit. One sleeve is all the way to her wrist while the other is bare. The bottom part goes to her mid calf, and wears daggers strapped on both outside of her legs. "I'll give you another chance, do what you have to do to capture these two new spirits. But know this, if you don't come back with them, then you three will be their replacements, and what I have in mind for those two is far worse than anything imaginable. Do I make myself clear?"
"Ah, yes my mistress, crystal clear." Balin replied bowing out before leaving, dragging the other two behind him.
"Hey Balin, why are the two new spirits that just arrived so important? I mean, they're just like the other spirits that came before them, right?" Rajak asked while they were walking towards the place where their dragons are waiting.