YAYYY! The fourth Chronicle of the Legendary Warriors is here. (Pokes self) Since when did I call this annoying five-chapter thing a chronicle? (sighs) Anyways, enjoy chapter 14, which is the longest so far. Dark is going to finally show his horrible face in this one. I'm going to make the chronicles of the original warriors five chapters, one with each warrior and one about the actual fight with Dark.
Actually, they really aren't that boring, but it's tiring to write about these warriors without really any information and I can't think of anything. But at least someone likes it. (nudges ChinaWings cheerfully)
By the way, my time line is completely messed up. Don't mind it or else it will sound very, very stupid.
Enjoy this lots and miss it when it ends or else. (just kidding)
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"Raimundo…" the Heylin Kimiko whispered. She raised the dagger even higher, so that the stab would be harder and certain to kill. She thought morbid thoughts of the blood that would spurt into the air, smiling viciously. "You are mine."
"Kim…don't…" Raimundo regained consciousness to find a knife being held write above him. He was frightened to death, and felt extremely hurt and uncomfortable. The hot blood was still flowing out of his stomach and many other areas where Kimiko had attacked him.
"Why not? I'll enjoy this. I want to see you crumble before me as I, the one who you care about most, take your life. And you won't hurt me even to save yourself, will you? You actually said that yourself. It's too bad you care too much for the person who will be responsible for your very downfall," Kimiko's lips curled higher into the most malicious grin Raimundo had ever seen. He couldn't bear seeing Kimiko like that, so he looked down sadly.
Raimundo lay, hopeless and desperate. He was thinking and thinking of some possible way to get out, but couldn't. Warm tears flooded his eyes. Was he going to die now? How could he die at the hands of the person he loved the most? It made him sad, the way the world was so twisted that something like this could happen. Why did Chase Young become so cold, so good at torturing people? He saw the knife flash brighter and Kimiko give him a sober look. "You're dead."
Raimundo didn't think; it was like instinct. He grabbed Kimiko around the arms and hugged her deeply, embracing her neck.
"No," Kimiko whispered, with a look of horror on her face. "You didn't…"
The spirit inside of Kimiko, the spirit that had caused Kimiko to nearly kill her greatest friend, released its evil grip for a few moments. The spirit was a creature of hatred, lurking the underworld in order to find some way to torture the people who cared about each other. And now, it saw the truth. Even after Kimiko had nearly caused Raimundo's death, he still loved her as deeply as ever. The spirit could not control Kimiko's body, because inside laid the force that it detested more than anything: love.
With the few moments the real Kimiko had control over her own body, she took the knife and tossed it into the deep pits of the mysterious black void. "Rai," she said softly. "Thank you."
Raimundo smiled weakly, hugging her even harder. "Are you…are you free now?"
"Not yet. Stay away from me!" Kimiko's body began shaking uncontrollably, as if she were going to break into pieces any second now. Suddenly, the sincere light in her eyes faded and revealed blankness, the kind smile faltered into a malicious grimace, and the beauty of Kimiko's self evaporated. Raimundo stared in horror, his eyes filling with tears again. He had never been emotional before, and he knew that he had cried on this day more than all the other times in his life. But he didn't care at all about that. He felt at that moment as if he had lost his friend Kimiko all over again, and that made him sadder than anyone. "No!" he could not stop shouting, he wanted this horrible reality to just be a dream, he wanted it to be gone as soon as he woke up… It was real. He didn't want to think at that moment, he just collapsed onto hard rock.
"I've lost you once… and now I'll lose you again," he murmured.
"Too right you have," Heylin Kimiko said with a conniving look in her hard eyes. "I'm back, unfortunately for you. You didn't think a simple hug could keep me away, now did you, my little Raimundo?"
"Yeah, I did," Raimundo said vaguely, with more courage than he actually had.
"Well, turns out you were wrong," Heylin Kimiko smiled. "You may have gotten rid of my precious dagger, but let me warn you, I have other ways. You didn't already forget about Judo Lette Flip, now did you?"
"First of all, get away from me," Raimundo said angrily. "And second, stop overusing the words 'now did you', because I'm going to find a way to stop you."
"And how will you do that?" Kimiko asked smugly.
"You'll see," Raimundo said, slowly standing back up, smiling as he began to formulate a plan.
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"Well, my young monks, it is time for my last tale of the warriors. You may want to know why I have told you so much. Part of it is that I feel obligated to do so. The other reason is because you must know your own strength, you own weapons, if you want to win. There is a quote from Sun Tzu: 'If you know your enemies and you know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory you gain you will also earn a defeat. If you know neither yourself nor the enemy, you will succumb in every battle.' " Master Fung gave them his wise smile, then continued. "You need to know about you own weapons, as well as your enemy. There is nothing of the great Chase Young in my story, but you have learned about Dark Young, who is, indeed, an ancestor of Chase. By learning about the great lord who once rose to evil, you will also learn of the great lord that is threatening us now. That is why this is crucial to defeating Chase Young and Wuya."
"Yes, Master Fung. We'll listen like a bored cow that can't go anywhere," Clay said.
"Yes, Master Fung, please continue with the tale of Eienko," Omi pleaded.
"Very well," Master Fung said. He closed his eyes and began to story of the last warrior, who was not physically great but had the greatest wisdom ever seen in one man alone.
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Eienko-1540 years ago"Eienko, there seem to be newcomers in our land," said a villager from one of the desert areas. Eienko had been appointed as chief because of his intelligence and skill as a fighter, and when there was trouble the villages sent a person to call on him.
"Who are they and what do they want?" Eienko asked, frowning.
" The…we don't know, but there are two strong-looking warriors and a very beautiful woman who also looks like a warrior," the man said.
"Have they come to fight us?" Eienko asked.
"I think not, Chief Eienko. They came with the Symbol of Peace in our nation. I highly doubt they want to war with us, and they are also plenty outnumbered. With a leader like you, I daresay it is impossible for any three warriors to defeat us."
"You may have underestimated our enemy," Eienko said, his face falling. "I don't think those three you were speaking of have any need to fight us, but there is rumor that many, many cities in the foreign area south of us have been destroyed by but one man. I have not heard all the facts yet, but it seems that he is planning to come here next, to destroy out villages and everything. Strange methods he uses, too. It appears that instead of really setting fire to a village, he prefers to shake them with enormous lightning that strikes down several houses and creates fire. And fire is not his only tactic. The most unfortunate are swallowed by their sea, and kept alive every single moment to experience the feeling of not being able to breath."
The villager quieted at this story. "Well, then, Chief Eienko, should I bring the three warriors that came to see you or not?"
"Go ahead," Eienko urged him.
The villager left running toward his village as fast as he could, to escort the three newcomers. He reached it about 10 minutes later, as all the villages were close enough to Eienko's palace. Then he told Aki, Celestia and Iaki to come with him. They followed along, smiling and exchanging glances. In another 10 minutes they arrived.
"Sir," the villager said breathlessly, "I've brought them. Should I go now?"
"Yes, you may leave if you wish to. Now…" Eienko cast his glance at Aki. "Who are you three and what do you want with our village?"
"Are you Chief Eienko?" Aki demanded back at Eienko.
"It so happens that I am. But more importantly… who are you?"
"I'm Iaki, she's Celestia, and the other guy's Aki," Iaki said with an air of looseness.
"Thank you. Now…why are you here at all?" Eienko asked.
"We need your help, Eienko," Celestia spoke up. "There is an evil man named Dark Young planning to capture your area and the entire world! He's succeeding and we have to stop him before there isn't any chance left!"
"I know about Dark Young. Have you ever fought him?" Eienko was interested in this information about Dark.
"Yes, in the past year we were looking for you… we saw many things that we rather would not see. We have more information on Dark now. It seems he was born from a village around here and left at an early age. He seems intent on getting revenge on the world, and I don't understand why. He has yellow, reptilian eyes and dark black hair with a faint green luminescence," Aki supplied. "Do you have any knowledge of who Dark is and his reasons for committing these heinous crimes? Because we do know that Dark was born here, definitely."
"Born here, with yellow eyes and black hair… that would be extremely unusual coloring for anyone of my area." Eienko pondered for a while. Suddenly his face turned white. "No… It couldn't be…"
"Who is it?" Iaki asked.
"My younger brother or my mother. I would say it's my younger brother, Dark seems like a man and not a woman. The point is, while everyone else has blonde or brown and even red hair, my mother had black hair and glowing brownish-yellow eyes. My brother inherited those features while I took my father's blue eyes and blonde hair." Eienko looked quite faint after saying this, and rested on his armchair.
"So… we're going to be waging war against…your very own brother?" Celestia looked mortified at the thought. "But… that's against my morale! How can you bear fighting against your own brother?"
"Because he is evil," Eienko said resentfully. "I'll stop him at all costs."
"Even kill him?" Aki asked, shocked.
"If I have to," Eienko said, keeping his face empty and blank.
They suddenly noticed the air. It had the rancid smell of…dead bodies! Eienko cried out in alarm. "My villagers have been attacked!"
"Hurry, then!" Iaki yelled as he ran towards the village where he smelled the horrible smell. Aki, Celestia and Eienko followed on quick pursuit.
They past through cacti, a clearing… suddenly they saw it. There, standing on top of a house that it had smashed to pieces, was a giant monster. It had 12 equally vicious eyes and horrible bloody teeth. Its claws were outstretched, ready to grab and devour the villager that had come to deliver the message to Eienko earlier.
"You will not take him!" Eienko yelled. He took out a sword and ran to attack, positioning himself so that he could leap onto the monster's chest. He attacked and caused it to falter, giving a sign for Iaki to attack as it was swaying.
Iaki stepped backwards, and then ran straight at the monster, launching a jumping kick a few feet away from the monster with perfect grace. He sailed through the air, kicking the vile monster into a large cactus. The monster howled in pain as blood spurted from its wounds.
"Bow and Arrows-Flame!" Celestia called out as she aimed at the monster's heart on the left side of its chest. She shot a flaming arrow and got it perfect- smack in the middle. The creature let out an agonizing scream and blood fell everywhere.
Aki gave the final blow- "Halberd of Water!" Water shot at the monster, carrying its dead body out to the ocean. The village was safe for a few moments. Then the darkness came again. "It can't…"
"You fools. Defeating my monster isn't enough, obviously. I'll have to destroy you all. Aki, the brave warrior seeking companions, Celestia, the beautiful village girl, Iaki, the valiant hero of Brazil, and my dear brother Eienko the Chief." Dark's voice rang out. There was a brilliant flash of light, and suddenly everything went dark. The cactuses disappeared, as did the last drop of water in the desert. The sand and rocks became hard a black, spreading darkness all over. Dark Young glowed in an electrical violet light, seemingly representing the chaos that was all over the area.
"Oh, no," Eienko said mournfully. "Please…"
"Too late," Dark sneered. "It's over for all of you, my brave heroes."
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My first cliffhanger in a while. I hate cliffhangers myself, yet I always write them. I hate myself. Please R&R!