Ryo and Sage stood in awe of their surroundings. It wasn't the mounds of jewels, or the variety of weapons that were strewn all around, but a giant mural that covered an entire wall. Thickets of smoke slowly rose up and pitched what was once day into everlasting night. The only light that could be seen was the fire that was ignited by two sets of dragons.
The first set of dragons were an off pearl in color. Their eyes were crystal blue, traces of navy were displayed upon the undertones of their wings.
The second dragon set were blood red in color. Their eyes black as onyxes, traces of yellow were shown underneath their wings.
Two people were standing on opposite sides, on the left was a man holding what looked like a white staff with a dragon's head at the top. While the man on the other side was also holding a red dragon staff.
Ryo frowned deeply as they were memorized by the display. "It seems that they were somehow controlling both set of dragons with those staffs."
Sage nodded, "It does look that way, Ryo…The Dragon's Fire, it's glowing."
"What!" Ryo's eyes went wide as he stared at what he was holding. The exact moment that the Dragon's Fire was close enough to the mural, the painted dragons started to literally peel off the wall. "Sage! Watch it!"
The two Ronins dove for cover as the dragons circled the ceiling and fighting each other. "Ryo, look that dragon, it's missing an eye. You don't think that…"
"This thing is actually that dragon's missing eye?" Ryo asked as he looked over at him in bewilderment. -
"Kento, Kaye?" Cye stated with concern as he got up and looked over them. "Rowen, how's that possible? Something's wrong, I know it."
"Cye, just take it easy. I'm concerned about them too." Rowen nodded and frowned deeply as he looked towards them. "But for the time being, all we can do is wait until Ryo and Sage get back."
Cye nodded and then sighed in frustration. "Yea I know, but they're taking too long. They should have been back by now."
Rowen was about to reply, but just then the environment around them started to quickly change. "What in the world!"
The trees and ground started to become old and petrified. In the center of the lake, a pool of dragon's blood circled and then lit on fire and shot up towards the sky. The fire shot up so high that it encased the moon and made it explode. Chunks of the moon fell to the ground and incinerated whatever were in their paths and turning what was petrified into a dusty wasteland.
Rowen and Cye shielded Kento's and Kaye's bodies the best that they could and then looked at each other. "Rowen, what's going on?"
"Cye, I honestly have no idea." Rowen replied in disbelief as he looked around and assessed the damage. "But I have a feeling that we haven't seen anything yet."
Something else caught Cye's eye, it was in the exact place where the fire shot into the sky. "Rowen..."
"What...?" Rowen asked as he was now seeing the same thing. A huge flaming gate was twirling in mid air, on the other side of this gate, it showed the spirit nexus, and then in the spirit nexus it showed their world. It kept on twirling round and round, showing both sides of the gate. The spirit nexus side of the gate stopped and focused onto a small section of land and everything that was shown was sucked inside. Then when whatever was brought into the spirit nexus, an equal exchange of something else came out into their world, and it was definitely not friendly.
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Near the outer perimeter of the spirit nexus, Meih Rei Faun's eyes snapped open. She could feel the pain and horror that Kento and Kaye were reliving in their minds. Her breathing became rapid, the fear was constricting her heart so much she felt like it was going to explode. Meih forced herself to calm down. She closed her eyes, and started to concentrate on her breathing. She knew she had to do something to help her family that were being held by Dark Harpy. "Kento, Kaye, listen to my voice. You have to concentrate and dig deep within yourselves. Unleash your power from the Rei Faun family line, don't be afraid of the power, embrace it. Only then, you'll be able to break free and be able to defeat the Dark Harpy and her spirit hunters. As well as helping to save both the spirit and human worlds."
'Aunt Meih?' Kento thought in confusion while he was trying hard to fight with the demons that have been reawakened within his mind. The words Meih told them echoed inside, which made him and Kaye to fight their inner demons and to dig deeper than they ever have before to unlock the power that lays dormant inside.
"What's this!" Dark Harpy asked while she witnessed the fact that both of her prisoners were actually fighting against the control of her instigators. "No, this can not be! You can't fight against them, no one can! No one has ever been able to come back from their tortures!"
"There's always a first time!" Kaye replied as she and Kento were starting to finally fight back. They could feel aunt Meih's powers along with theirs becoming stronger and stronger the more they fought back against the Dark Harpy's instigators.
"You have no right…" Kento started to say as he felt his power surge through out his spirit form. "To try and merge this nexus and our home!"
Kento's aura has intensified to the max, his eyes turned orange. He could feel the exact same power that he felt when this happened before back at his aunt's home. He didn't want it then, and he knew that he didn't want it now, but what Dark Harpy was putting them through was more than he could take.
Kaye could also sense the same power surge that he had before, she could also sense his reluctance of using it. 'Kento, please, don't fight against it…I'll always be by your side, no matter how bad things look.'
'Kaye, I'm afraid of what I might become if I use this power that's been handed down to us. I can't risk it! I can't!' Kento replied mentally.
'You won't change, you'll always be the same person that I fell in love with when we first met. Besides, two realms are at risk, as well as our friends! We can't let it end like this!' Kaye reminded him. 'Kento…You, me, and the others, we were all chosen for a reason to receive our armors and anything else that came along to help ensure that our world would be safe from those like Dark Harpy. It may be a burden that none of us care to have, but it's ours, and we're the only ones that can do this. If there's anyone that I know who can pull off anything that he sets his mind to, no matter how bad the odds are, it's you.'
'Kaye….' Kento nodded and then let the power run him over, but at the same time he felt that the magic was letting him keeping in control.
As soon as Kento finally unleashed his dormant powers, the dark robed interrogators that were torturing them were disintegrating. Dark Harpy eyes grew wide in disbelief, her anger rose when she heard the third one which was standing beside her, actually yelling in pain and then within a blink of an eye, all three of the interrogators exploded.
Dark Harpy seethed at them in pure hatred as they were powering down. "You think that you've won? You have only put off the inevitable, but don't worry, you two will pay for what you've done."
"Oh yea, well then bring it! We'll be ready!" Kento called after her as she stormed out of the room.
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AN: Hey, I'm so sorry for not updating lately…been going through a lot, hunting, moving, getting settled, hooked up…etc…Also, I know that the chapter isn't very long as I usually write it, but least it's a start…