Mystery of the Soul
Ch 10
The Dark Harpy sneered at them in annoyance. "I saw what happened. Our prey got away from you because you didn't take into account their powers that they've inherited from the Rei Faun family line!"
"My sincere apologies my mistress, we didn't think that…" Balin objected as he tried to explain.
Her eyes flared, "You're right, you didn't think that's your problem!" Dark Harpy looked down at them and glared. "It looks like I have to take things into my own hands."
The fire bird looked up at the Dark Harpy and smirked. "Well now, it's been a while since you've been out of your castle. I was wondering if you even knew where your own door was."
Dark Harpy growled a little, "At least I'm not restricted to only one area of the spirit nexus like some other deity that I know."
"Watch what you say Dark Harpy." the fire bird warned with a glint of fire going off in its eyes.
"Look, I don't feel like getting into it with you. All I want are the two that are there with you, and then we'll leave. So, just hand them over, and then when my business with them is over, we'll settle our score." Dark Harpy replied hovering over the entrance to the fire bird's home.
The fire bird glanced at Kento and Kaye, as it thought about Dark Harpy's offer. "Maybe instead of handing them over to you, I'd keep them myself, or we could split them, one for each of us."
Kento and Kaye were both getting more than a little annoyed. They didn't want to be there in the first place, but here they were being bartered between two deities. "Hey, that's it! Look, we're not possessions that you can bargain with! So, you can just forget it, and besides, neither of you are going to split us up!" Kaye growled as she narrowed her eyes at them.
"That's enough out of you! We didn't ask for you to speak! So, while the two of you are in this nexus, neither of you will have a choice in what happens!" the fire bird roared angrily.
Kaye recoiled against Kento. He wrapped his arms around her and glared at the fire bird.
"Well, what's your answer?" the fire bird asked as it watched Dark Harpy.
"I wouldn't trust the fire bird my mistress. I think it's up to something." Javas said quietly, glancing down there.
"For once, you say something that's actually intelligent." Dark Harpy replied glancing at him. Then she looked down at the fire bird. "I have a better idea, when I'm finished with what I have in mind. Then we can discuss what to do with them, providing they survive that is."
"The time for discussion has passed, Dark Harpy. We'll settle this now." the fire bird stated as it created a fire ball that surrounded Kento and Kaye. The three of them started to rise towards Dark Harpy and her spirit hunters.
"What's with the fire ball? Don't you trust me?" Dark Harpy asked in slight humor.
"Trust and you, those words don't exactly go together in the same sentence when you're concerned." the fire bird replied as they were now finally face to face.
"You wound me to the quick fire bird." Dark Harpy said in a mock hurt tone. "You judge me too quickly."
The fire bird shook its head. "No, I just know your reputation, and it's not a very flattering one. So, we'll settle this the old fashioned way."
Dark Harpy smirked as a dangerous glint went off in her eyes. "Old fashioned way that's fine with me." She acknowledge with a nod, and then turned around and looked at her spirit hunters. "Whatever goes on, stay out of the way. When the time is right, as quickly as the three of you can, detain our prey and then take them to my castle. Retain them there until I return."
Rajak nodded, "Of course my mistress, everything shall be as you've instructed."
"Dark Harpy, I'm waiting." the fire bird taunted a bit impatiently. "And you know how impatient I can get."
She turned around slowly, "But of course, well then, I won't keep you waiting much longer."
"Kento…" Kaye started to say as she looked at him in concern.
"I know Kaye, I know." Kento replied while holding her close to him as he looked towards the two feuding deities.
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Oni smirked, "I think, no actually, I know that you'll hand over the Dragon's Fire to me." Sage narrowed his eyes at him, "Really, care to tell us how you know, or are you just going to make us guess?"
"Look around, open your eyes. The two of you are surrounded. The exits are blocked and there's no way out." Oni replied in amusement as he started to approach them.
Ryo looked at Oni, Maverick, and the Dragon's Fire that he held. "Stop right there or I'll break it here and now!"
Oni stopped his approach, and Maverick held his fellow thieves back. "You wouldn't destroy it. You need the Dragon's Fire to find the other two items that can help your friends return back to the land of the living." The demon smirked at Ryo as he saw him hesitate. "I knew that you wouldn't, so why don't you just hand it over and I'll make sure that you'll get back to where you came from."
Ryo glared at him, fire burning in his eyes. "NO! I won't give it to you! You're the one that's to blame for this entire thing! You had this all planned, all of it! You made us look like fools! Well, no more! Do you hear me!? Now, I'd suggest that you get out of our way!"
Sage could feel not only his own power starting to increase with his emotions, but Ryo's as well. When Ryo told off Oni like that, something inside of him just snapped. Even with all of his training, he still was human and had feelings just like the rest. He knew that he couldn't let his emotions take over, but this time seemed different somehow. This time, two of their friends were taken before their time, and someone was trying to prevent him and Ryo from bringing them back.
The whole place was at a standstill. Everyone kept their eyes on the two Ronins to see what they were going to do, as well as Oni. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rowen looked over at Cye and frowned deeply. Out of all of them, he knew that Cye was taking this the hardest. Yea, Ryo's blaming himself for what happened, but they all knew that he had no control over it. What happened, did happen. But for Cye, his best friend and his sister that he cared about most were lying there motionless. He wasn't going to give up on the idea of them coming back. Cye couldn't think that they wouldn't, not even for one second.
'All of us have been through so much. We've all fought against impossible odds, and won one way or another. This time won't be different from any other.' Rowen thought to himself. "Hey Cye, why don't we try and get some sleep?"
Cye shook his head, "No thanks Rowen, I'm not tired. I want to stay awake, I want to be here when they wake up."
"It's not going to do you or them any good if Kento and Kaye found out that you didn't take care of yourself Cye." Rowen replied with a stern look. "We have to get some rest. Besides, we don't know how long Ryo and Sage are going to be. It might take a couple of days for them to get back."
"I don't care Rowen, I'm not leaving." Cye told him as he glanced back with a frown.
"Fine Cye, we don't have to sleep inside, we can just set up right here. Is that better, will you sleep?" Rowen asked as he gave him a better offer.
Cye closed his eyes, and then sighed, "Yea, thanks Rowen."
Rowen gave a relieved smile, "Ok then, I'll just go inside and look around for some sleeping bags and a few other things. I'll be right back."
Cye looked at them, his heart felt saddened and heavy. He couldn't help feel this way, it was only natural. He knew that the others carried this emotional burden as well. He couldn't help but feel like he was going to lose his mind from the extreme amount of grief that still plagued in his heart.
Cye knew that he had to be strong for them, because he knew they would do the same for him. He wanted to do something, anything so he wouldn't feel so helpless as he did right at that moment. "Kento, Kaye, I don't know if you can hear me, but please come back soon. I don't know what I can do to help the two of you. I just hope that you both know we're all waiting for you. Ryo and Sage are trying their hardest to retrieve the items to bring you back to us. Whatever is going on in the spirit nexus, remember that we're waiting for you both to come home."
The Dark Harpy sneered at them in annoyance. "I saw what happened. Our prey got away from you because you didn't take into account their powers that they've inherited from the Rei Faun family line!"
"My sincere apologies my mistress, we didn't think that…" Balin objected as he tried to explain.
Her eyes flared, "You're right, you didn't think that's your problem!" Dark Harpy looked down at them and glared. "It looks like I have to take things into my own hands."
The fire bird looked up at the Dark Harpy and smirked. "Well now, it's been a while since you've been out of your castle. I was wondering if you even knew where your own door was."
Dark Harpy growled a little, "At least I'm not restricted to only one area of the spirit nexus like some other deity that I know."
"Watch what you say Dark Harpy." the fire bird warned with a glint of fire going off in its eyes.
"Look, I don't feel like getting into it with you. All I want are the two that are there with you, and then we'll leave. So, just hand them over, and then when my business with them is over, we'll settle our score." Dark Harpy replied hovering over the entrance to the fire bird's home.
The fire bird glanced at Kento and Kaye, as it thought about Dark Harpy's offer. "Maybe instead of handing them over to you, I'd keep them myself, or we could split them, one for each of us."
Kento and Kaye were both getting more than a little annoyed. They didn't want to be there in the first place, but here they were being bartered between two deities. "Hey, that's it! Look, we're not possessions that you can bargain with! So, you can just forget it, and besides, neither of you are going to split us up!" Kaye growled as she narrowed her eyes at them.
"That's enough out of you! We didn't ask for you to speak! So, while the two of you are in this nexus, neither of you will have a choice in what happens!" the fire bird roared angrily.
Kaye recoiled against Kento. He wrapped his arms around her and glared at the fire bird.
"Well, what's your answer?" the fire bird asked as it watched Dark Harpy.
"I wouldn't trust the fire bird my mistress. I think it's up to something." Javas said quietly, glancing down there.
"For once, you say something that's actually intelligent." Dark Harpy replied glancing at him. Then she looked down at the fire bird. "I have a better idea, when I'm finished with what I have in mind. Then we can discuss what to do with them, providing they survive that is."
"The time for discussion has passed, Dark Harpy. We'll settle this now." the fire bird stated as it created a fire ball that surrounded Kento and Kaye. The three of them started to rise towards Dark Harpy and her spirit hunters.
"What's with the fire ball? Don't you trust me?" Dark Harpy asked in slight humor.
"Trust and you, those words don't exactly go together in the same sentence when you're concerned." the fire bird replied as they were now finally face to face.
"You wound me to the quick fire bird." Dark Harpy said in a mock hurt tone. "You judge me too quickly."
The fire bird shook its head. "No, I just know your reputation, and it's not a very flattering one. So, we'll settle this the old fashioned way."
Dark Harpy smirked as a dangerous glint went off in her eyes. "Old fashioned way that's fine with me." She acknowledge with a nod, and then turned around and looked at her spirit hunters. "Whatever goes on, stay out of the way. When the time is right, as quickly as the three of you can, detain our prey and then take them to my castle. Retain them there until I return."
Rajak nodded, "Of course my mistress, everything shall be as you've instructed."
"Dark Harpy, I'm waiting." the fire bird taunted a bit impatiently. "And you know how impatient I can get."
She turned around slowly, "But of course, well then, I won't keep you waiting much longer."
"Kento…" Kaye started to say as she looked at him in concern.
"I know Kaye, I know." Kento replied while holding her close to him as he looked towards the two feuding deities.
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Oni smirked, "I think, no actually, I know that you'll hand over the Dragon's Fire to me." Sage narrowed his eyes at him, "Really, care to tell us how you know, or are you just going to make us guess?"
"Look around, open your eyes. The two of you are surrounded. The exits are blocked and there's no way out." Oni replied in amusement as he started to approach them.
Ryo looked at Oni, Maverick, and the Dragon's Fire that he held. "Stop right there or I'll break it here and now!"
Oni stopped his approach, and Maverick held his fellow thieves back. "You wouldn't destroy it. You need the Dragon's Fire to find the other two items that can help your friends return back to the land of the living." The demon smirked at Ryo as he saw him hesitate. "I knew that you wouldn't, so why don't you just hand it over and I'll make sure that you'll get back to where you came from."
Ryo glared at him, fire burning in his eyes. "NO! I won't give it to you! You're the one that's to blame for this entire thing! You had this all planned, all of it! You made us look like fools! Well, no more! Do you hear me!? Now, I'd suggest that you get out of our way!"
Sage could feel not only his own power starting to increase with his emotions, but Ryo's as well. When Ryo told off Oni like that, something inside of him just snapped. Even with all of his training, he still was human and had feelings just like the rest. He knew that he couldn't let his emotions take over, but this time seemed different somehow. This time, two of their friends were taken before their time, and someone was trying to prevent him and Ryo from bringing them back.
The whole place was at a standstill. Everyone kept their eyes on the two Ronins to see what they were going to do, as well as Oni. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rowen looked over at Cye and frowned deeply. Out of all of them, he knew that Cye was taking this the hardest. Yea, Ryo's blaming himself for what happened, but they all knew that he had no control over it. What happened, did happen. But for Cye, his best friend and his sister that he cared about most were lying there motionless. He wasn't going to give up on the idea of them coming back. Cye couldn't think that they wouldn't, not even for one second.
'All of us have been through so much. We've all fought against impossible odds, and won one way or another. This time won't be different from any other.' Rowen thought to himself. "Hey Cye, why don't we try and get some sleep?"
Cye shook his head, "No thanks Rowen, I'm not tired. I want to stay awake, I want to be here when they wake up."
"It's not going to do you or them any good if Kento and Kaye found out that you didn't take care of yourself Cye." Rowen replied with a stern look. "We have to get some rest. Besides, we don't know how long Ryo and Sage are going to be. It might take a couple of days for them to get back."
"I don't care Rowen, I'm not leaving." Cye told him as he glanced back with a frown.
"Fine Cye, we don't have to sleep inside, we can just set up right here. Is that better, will you sleep?" Rowen asked as he gave him a better offer.
Cye closed his eyes, and then sighed, "Yea, thanks Rowen."
Rowen gave a relieved smile, "Ok then, I'll just go inside and look around for some sleeping bags and a few other things. I'll be right back."
Cye looked at them, his heart felt saddened and heavy. He couldn't help feel this way, it was only natural. He knew that the others carried this emotional burden as well. He couldn't help but feel like he was going to lose his mind from the extreme amount of grief that still plagued in his heart.
Cye knew that he had to be strong for them, because he knew they would do the same for him. He wanted to do something, anything so he wouldn't feel so helpless as he did right at that moment. "Kento, Kaye, I don't know if you can hear me, but please come back soon. I don't know what I can do to help the two of you. I just hope that you both know we're all waiting for you. Ryo and Sage are trying their hardest to retrieve the items to bring you back to us. Whatever is going on in the spirit nexus, remember that we're waiting for you both to come home."