Shitza: Bonjour! Hope everyone has a good day today. Sorry for the last chapter's cliffhanger but I couldn't give things away too easily. There are many split opinions about what people thinks with this fic and how it is developing. I have to say I should have planned that prophecy a bit more, but it is simply but another piece to the puzzle. Which I think I have put most of the pieces into, except few, which are about to come. No worries, the last one comes with the continuation of this fic.
Also, I must ask my brother if he could scan some pictures for me. Some drawings I made for the next fic. Lately when I've been drawing Tyson and co I've loved to give them a clothes design. Don't know how many drawings I have of them now? Around 20-30 perhaps. The pile just keeps building up.
Oh, simply babbling today. Like recording more and more episodes of V-Force. I will probably regret this later, but I have no other use for the tapes right now, so why not? I simply wish I could have recorded some of season one as well.
Speaking of V-Force. CN is evil; they stop right before the big tournament begins. Ah, it annoys me they're not continuing. I want to see the rest of the tour… however this time I will perhaps be able to catch "Who's your daddy". (Squeals like a ten-year-old, anime style.)
This is the continuation of the last chapter. I thought it would be easier to split them up. It annoys me even more I forgot to add a chapter before… oh well, perhaps I can add this later. Makes this fic even longer, sigh, what am I getting myself into?
Chapter 14 Souls and Revelations
"Do you think this is enough?" Hilary asked Kenny as the two of them carefully sneaked pass the walls to get to their destination. It was a dangerous job, perhaps even worse then what everyone else was about to do. Well, except for Zeo. He had chosen to take the very worst part that sent shivers down their spines by the very thought or mentioning.
Kenny nodded. Before them lay a huge dark net created by the ten powers. Hopefully this would be enough. The two of them nodded, hiding their faces behind two gold masks. Hilary could remember Daichi's words when they had been given them, right after dinner.
"I hope I'm not disturbing!" Daichi said. The red haired teen was yet again carrying a wooden box under his arms. He opened it to reveal several gold masks, same style he and his sister had worn the first day the got here.
"These are for you!" He said giving one each to Zeo, Hilary, Max, Kenny and Tyson. The five teens stood rooted to the ground holding their masks. "What for?" Tyson asked.
"After all the things you are doing for us now we felt you could need them. Masks aren't simply used for keeping away identities or making new identities. Here we use masks as a spiritual link to out bit beasts. Wearing these means you become your beast. Except for the fact that they look cool each mask is also enchanted for some kind of protection or use."
"And what about Kai and me?" Ray asked.
"Oh, your sister is finishing yours Ray, and so is Raya fixing Kai's. You'll get them before it all starts."
Daichi whistled. Seven young girls appeared in the doorway, each carrying what looked like needles and paint. The seven teens winced seeing what was going on.
"There are no worries. We don't have any time for ceremonies but I thought we should do this considering what was going on."
He folded up his sleeve to reveal a yellow snake curled up around his arm. "You should say this is a tattoo. Half true. The other half stands for magic. Since you did so well mastering the elements we thought to give you the Izama Kouraka, the mark of life. It's a key of finding back if you ever would need it."
"Izama Kouraka?" Everyone asked in unison.
"Yes, the mark of life. This mark will allow you to have the same amount of powers everyone has. I've already told you that you have gone further then anyone else, but there is more. Have you ever noticed how alike we are to our beasts and elements? I decided last night I would give you the same gift. This would mean things that Ray's feline instincts would work out sharper, Max's abilities in water will progress that I think he would be able to beat the best swimmers in the world. Tyson and Hilary will gain the wonders of flying. Zeo will have a better ability to hide out of public, something I think he will need in the future. Kai's energy will not only flow in him but also affect the people around him. I think these things will be needed when you get some years older and have to abandon your blades on the shelf."
They all looked at each other and nodded. "Okay!" Max said. "I just hope my mum doesn't flinch seeing I've go a tattoo when I get home."
Daichi smiled. The seven girls chose a blader each and proceeded to do what they had been brought to do. Kai winced as the girl who was about to paint his phoenix waned to do it on his chest as well. Well, you get the idea. Ray gasped as the needles dipped in white paint pierced his shoulder. Hilary shrieked as the girl added silvery colour into her left upper arm.
"This is kind of cool!" Tyson said as the image of the blue dragon appeared on his right arm. Max nodded as well. Zeo said nothing. He had to bite his lips not to shriek in pain.
"I just wish they could have chosen a better spot!" Kai said putting back his clothes. The girl giggled making the two-tone haired blader growl. What couldn't be more annoying then giggling girls?
"Am I still alive?" Ray asked close on fainting. Everyone else nodded, all though their images still stung. Kenny had fainted and lay on the floor.
Zeo breathed out as the girl left him. His lower back ached terribly.
"May these charms protect you and give you strength!" Daichi said as he and the girls left. The Bladebreaker watched as they left. This sure had taken an interesting turn.
"Hilary, lets go, we're done here!" Kenny said. Hilary nodded as the two of them scattered. They had climbed from the wall using s very secret entrance; so secret it switched direction all the time so sometimes it could take months to find it. It was risky, but what could they do? They had an important mission to accomplish.
Suddenly a twig cracked. The two teens hid behind some trees waiting. A dark shadow approached as they had calculated. No matter how strong she was they could predict her movements. Hilary held her breath as the woman they waited for approached.
"Now!" Kenny said.
"I sure hope this works!" Hilary said as their target got caught in the net.
"Ray, on your left!" Raya warned flinging a knife at another direction. Ray ducked and used his knives to cut the demon in half. Driger reared almost throwing his rider of. Ray clung on to the white animal trying to calm him. The fight was huge but from the numbers they were loosing.
Kai swooped down on Dranzer cutting demons as he dived before flying up again. Demons tried to throw him of, but Dranzer was too agile for those tricks. The red bird screeched as she dove killing demons with her beak. Kai suddenly got of as Dranzer flew back to the sky to help the air creatures taking on the crows and such.
Ray fused into Driger and took of, getting more and more angered with this endless fight as it continued. It was pitch black, but everyone seemed to know what to hit. The air was filled with deadly shrieks and yells. All soldiers standing to fight for the Light did what they could, dying for their families and for what they believed in.
"Not yet!" Raya said. More demons were coming with every second and the dark army was constantly getting stronger. A huge number of demons had already fallen but more would come. Raya saw a flash as Driger/Ray jumped up to slice demons with the great paws. His body was aglow. Sparks flew from his body burning demons into crisps. Raya nodded and fused herself. A magnificent red fox appeared, it's tail in flames. Kai looked at them feeling slightly jealous. Jealous… sure… him… well… it looked that way. In his heart he wanted to be able to fuse, and he couldn't see the point why he still hadn't mastered it.
His body was on fire; everything seemed to be on fire. What was fire?
Inside the Village everything was chaos. People hurried in different directions as the battle was prepared. All Priestesses and Priests had stayed inside as the first patrol had taken action to prepare their little demonstration ahead. Tyson had taken command over most things and now raised his voice to say what had to be done and what they should do. In a matter of a few minutes most of the work was settled. All techniques from elements had been prepared to give the demons a show of a lifetime.
The wind blew strand of hairs from his face. It was a chilly night, a night without any sleep as far as he was concerned. Right now he had a people to defend. People who often gave their lives to defend a world they knew so little about except that they would never be able to do this alone. Demons had little effect upon the modern guns and bombs. Bombs and guns were built in the force to destroy and destruction was something they could mirror back. Most times magic was the most effective way to kill a demon for it wasn't armies like this that the villagers of this Valley feared would come out. It was demons with superior strength that manipulated souls and such.
Tyson breathed heavily. The wind wanted him something but what? He gave the lead to the new Elite of the Village of Wind, a green haired guy who reminded sort of Anto, but it was still not Anto. The green haired teen nodded and took charge. Tyson smiled. He used his powers to take himself outside the gates. The wind was calling him. As fire was calling Kai. It simply felt as if the time was right.
Tyson landed beside Kai, who smirked back. Tyson gave him the thumbs up as his body started to glow blue. Kai glowed as well, deep red. Their visions blurred as the world around them seemed to disappear.
(Shitza: Ah, as you can see giving the "strongest" bladers in the team something extra here. Oh, writing sure is fun.)
Tyson opened his eyes, yet from having been brown they changed into deep blue. His hair stood on end as it lengthened before melting into his body. His whole body grow longer, his head growing thinner as well. His eyes opened as he opened his mouth to roar. He had no wings, but why would a dragon of wind need them when he already floated through the storms he made? A long tail swung crushing as it went on. Dragoon roared yet again. They were ready.
Around them brute winds formed into a securing cocoon of a hurricane. Demons howled in pain being sucked up into it. The transformation from being human to a beast was still going on. Inside his heart his blood grew slightly colder. His fangs barred at the scent of evil. Demonic evil.
TYSON'S POV
Can a scent taste so rotten? Can something this dark blurry such beauty this holy land holds? Can the wind smell so betrayed by anger and deceit that the slightest tingle of hatred has poisoned it for decades to come.
Curse those foul things, destroying this land poisoning it with their mere touch. Haven't we all suffered because of these? It's been long since I was airborne, before I decided to follow another clan to a faraway land. By those hundred years I've been gone, how could all this happen? I remember, I remember young children with bright eyes laughing on these hills. These hills that will never be able to live like they once had done. Curse them, curse them!
My winds rise around me; my body feels like it's on fire. I'm alive again, I can feel it. My master has released me from my spiritual prison. My mouth hungers to rip these things apart. My claws tear their bodies apart and my wind are deadlier then the flames of hell.
"Cyclone Whisper!"
The forces of wind rose before the demons, sucking them up. A sort of sound, like a whisper echoed as the cyclone slammed into the dead armies destroying demons, but most airborne creatures as it went.
Meanwhile Kai could feel his own blood burning. His body temperature rose drastically as his eyes changed colour to yellow and his hair flamed red. His arms melted and feather grew over his body. Wings grew from his back, his legs shortened and armour appeared on his chest. Flames rose around him as the shell of what used to be Kai Hiwatari burned away leaving no ash. Flames appeared in his beak as a beam of fire shot into the open sky.
Flames danced before his eyes as he flew into the air. It was weird not having arms but using wings on his back instead. The dark creatures fled from the flames that burned on his wings and long tail. More fire came as another jet of blazes shot down on the demons below.
Down below a familiar voice gasped. "Kai… Tyson!"
KAI'S POV
As I fly, all my fears eaves me. That is the beauty of being airborne see. I can remember when humans tried so desperately to fly, all beginning with Ikaros. That stupid Greek, he tried and he fell much like everyone else. They still don't have wings; they should stay on the ground. The sky and humans is a calculation too hard too easy to count. They don't fit. Like me, I do fly.
The wind around me is so chill and cold. Maybe the demons are affecting this world far worse then I can imagine. It is a wonderful feeling, flying without being bound to something. I wonder if I have to go back there again? Not that it's a bad place, but flying is so much freer. My blazes around me never get to use its function being asleep in the small blade that's my home.
I swipe down, killing demons with fire as I touch them. My fires burn their dead souls and purify them. That is my task being a phoenix. To give life. Our bodies are built to the help of others, and thus I am helping. I am helping the descendants of a people who once prayed to me, believed I was their god. They called us Sacred beasts; well… many have called me that afterwards. But how sacred am I really. I am taking care of someone who can't open his heart to anyone.
But we must fight this, to gain honour and reclaim trust as the protector of the South. The Guardian of the Fires. We must continue, to the bitter end. That is hour oath, as for me, the sole female guardian.
"Titanic Inferno!"
The fused version of Dranzer and Kai burst into flames. The beak opened to release an enormous amount of firepower. The demons screamed in pain retreating. Fire and Wind was tearing them apart and they retreated.
'What have we done?' both thought flying south immediately.
"Zeo!"
Meanwhile Hilary and Kenny managed to catch their prey, who wriggled angrily inside the huge net. Hilary cheered and Kenny smiled scratching his nose. They grabbed the net, tying it up before dragging it away. It had come as a surprise attack and they had succeeded.
Kim shot them several curses and swore badly. Hilary sighed, she hated doing this but they needed to get back quietly. The girl took a rock from the ground, closed her eyes and…
WHACK!
Kim slumped down and didn't move. Kenny gave her the thumbs up as the two of them dragged her away.
They didn't notice however the crows that were watching them.
Zeo sighed heavily. They had taken such a long time to get here. Finally they had reached their destination, without knowing it. The only thing he knew was that an immense power of light dwelled in this room they were about to enter. He and Cerberus had fought the two guards without making serious attracting noises.
The two black doors opened to his touch. Inside laid several glass orbs, all holding prisoners or rather their souls. Zeo shivered seeing how many they were and among them she must have been. His hand roamed over the mass of souls, sweat was trickling down his forehead. He suddenly felt something dragging him and his hand continued over the blue orbs until it touched a large one, in the mixed colour of electric blue and baby pink. He would have to ask the Priestess about this later.
He took the soul, or glass orb and tucked it into a piece of cloth. Cerberus was waiting for him in the doorway.
"We did it!" he said happily. But then, that was when the roof started to shake. His hands glowed, being ready to strike if anything happened. A miscalculation, the demons were coming back.
The Villagers all cheered as a gigantic wave chased after the remaining demons, but something wasn't right. Tyson, Kai, Ray and Max stood side by side facing the last of the battle with sad worried expressions. There were no words from Kenny or Hilary and they all wondered what might have happened with Zeo.
"What do you think we should do?" Max asked behind his masks resembling a tortoise.
"I'm not sure!" Ray answered.
"I'm going down there!" Tyson said determined.
The other three looked at him.
"I'm going as well." Kai added. Tyson smiled back.
"Don't forget us!" Ray and Max said giving thumbs up. Tyson nodded.
"Then lets split up. Kai comes with me, you two follow Hilary and Kenny's trail. Ray, use your nose, you know what I mean. We better hurry too, while its still light out." He said as the sun finally reappeared.
"Good luck!" the two teens murmured jumping down from the wall. Ray fused with Driger and Max climbed his back. Kai and Tyson fused with Dranzer and Dragoon, taking of.
Several faces saw them take of. Raya blew a kiss; the priestess of Darkness waved her staff. Kids hiding in the caves saw two gods in the air and they cheered believing that the gods had heard their prayers.
For their help was required. As they hurried to get there in time Hilary and Kenny gasped I pain as the crows attacked them with sharp claws. Zeo had his own problems in the hellhole, trying to fight of the demons.
The question stands. How long can they hang out? How long can they wait before help arrives?
You'll see…
To Reviewers:
Kendo Baby: I know exactly how you feel. Indeed I have only met one teacher before who seems to notice we've got other lessons as well and that is my French-class teacher. She lets us do our homework during lessons and such so she is one of my favourites right now, next to my Latin-teacher, the old military. The reason I put him there is that he doesn't care if we haven't done out homework, he says we can skip if we want. But most of them, however says… do this to tomorrow and then you can take this as well. Luckily, the number of classes I take decreased when I entered Secondary High. Or I would still have to struggle with Math, Swedish, English, French, Spanish, PE, Social Science, History, Religion, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Techniques, Sewing, Art, Domestic Science, Geography… well, hope you get the point. Junior High here has too many classes, I'm surprised I managed to get decent grades in all. I'm taking nine classes this year, which is so much more relaxing.
Storms-winter: Hmm… you just wait and see what I have in store for them all. And it seems I have to drag out more and more of this battle, too bad there is still more to come. I always love to add some extra twists after a battle, however I am horrible writing really good battles. At least that's my own opinion. I am still not satisfied with this. I hope it'll go better next time; I won't drag on this forever. Promise!
storm-of-insanity: Isn't it? Well, she is light so she has to be scared of something. When I created her character I think I did a bit too much, so I thought well, why not add some weak sides. Everyone has got some kind of weakness, if it's ever to be called weakness at all. No, let me correct it. Everyone has something they are scared of our doubt about. Me, I have many frights where spiders are one of them. Spiders are creepy, rats as well. No worries, I knew you'd review sooner or later. I just hope you continue, your reviews always cheer me up.
Fire Falcon: Wow, the last two fusions complete. Or is it? This series will include fusions to the bitter end. (Laughs) Hope you enjoyed and I am happy you like my pairings. Indeed I tried to drag on this one for a while.
Z Star The Hidden Dragon: Well, apart from the part Daichi said masks also protects your face from attacks. The masks are a war symbol used in the valley and ever soldier has one when they are in war, or when they are out in missions, which involves that the face has to be hidden. Later, if I remember to add this, you'll see that the people in this valley travels a lot outside the Valley in order to capture bit beasts and to give bit beasts to worthy youngsters who can tame them. They also move around like normal people. That is a main reason they wear them not to be recognised. They spy a lot, I think its been mentioned before. Should I perhaps add that they have kept the Bladebreakers under close watch ever since Mr Dickinson arranged the team? All though, before you ask. No, they did not connect the sacred bit beasts with the four halves they are looking for. Why? Either they did not see it, or they still believed they were asleep.
Teaser: Oh no, this is getting even more and more messy, isn't it? Will the Bladebreakers be able to help out? Will Zeo manage to escape before the demons grab him into an eternal night? Will Hilary and Kenny hang on till help arrives? What does next chapter have to do, with the Protector of the night and the Silver Dragon?
Title next chapter: The Protector of Darkness.
End Notes:
Seems my dizziness is leaving me, Yay! Still, I better go. Our school has arranged outdoor activities, all though I will probably not enter having been ill for so long, but I guess mum will force me out the house if I don't go. My mum is horrible, especially when I've been sick for too long.
Arigatou, thanks for reading!
Shitza