Breath Of Fire Quarter Moon part 2 Disclaimer. I don't own breath of fire just most of the characters I created for this Fic, Capcom owns BOF the lucky blighters

Ryu's Sword slipped from his sweaty palms at the cobbled streets fell silent. His Blue hair mopped onto his head and a slight splash of blood stained his face, at this point he wasn't sure if it was his own of that of one of the wounded soldiers that lay at his feet. Seth stared at this newcomer, Normally low class soldiers shouldn't have given him that much trouble. Seth's blond hair was also stained with blood and his cloak had been slashed beyond repair, so he discarded it. His war torn face turned to Ryu, it was curious. Seth felt some kind of connection, an almost sensual feeling. It was almost as if they had met before. Seth was the first to speak, "Thanks for your help, we must leave now or they'll send Royce and trust me when I say you don't want to fight him.". Seth then gave Ryu a notion to run and both of them fled the city by clearing the walls just as Ryu had done to get in.

The sun had risen by the time both of them had cleared the city. Ryu led Seth to what at first glance looked like a rock. Ryu spoke up when Seth looked baffled by this hideout. "Don't worry, believe you will go through the rock and you will. You might wanna take it at a run if you're a bit scared".

Seth focused, he had no reason to believe Ryu was lying to him seeing as he had been assisted by him. Seth trusted Ryu and ran straight at the massive rock and ended up crashing into a young girl. He looked up and realised he wasn't in the desert anymore but in the middle of a large resistance hideout. Ryu appeared at Seth's side and spoke. "It's time I told you why I have led you here"

Ryu had gathered a small group of just 4 people around him. "Most of you already know why I need to speak to you but it's time I told you the beginning". The young girl Seth had knocked over was the only one who looked surprised to be here, Seth held his composure. "All of you are familiar with the legend of the hero of destiny I trust" Agreement rose through the group "The hero of destiny plunged his sword into The demon of darkness which in return sealed them both inside the moon. The time has come to free that hero if we are to defeat the demon of darkness in his inevitable return. The only way to free him though is with the keys but the keys are actually people and your in the room with 2 of them right now". The 2 men who were also in this meeting gave dark looks at Seth and the young girl. "You mean to say I'm some puppet???. Sorry Ryu but I don't buy into that legend crap. I'm outta here" Seth stormed from the room and plunged himself back into the desert.

Noon had struck the clearing Seth seemed to have been walking for hours when Seth suddenly shuddered as if a giant freeze had been showered over him. A shadow appeared in front of Seth. The arm gave away who it was, Nobody but Royce had a Military Rifle instead of an Arm. "SetH, YOu HaVE BeTrAYEd uS". This was bad, Seth drew his sword and prepared to give it all he had. Royce continued to chant "SetH, YOu HaVE BeTrAYEd uS SetH, YOu HaVE BeTrAYEd uS SetH, YOu HaVE BeTrAYEd uS" And blasted Seth with such a power shot it blew him backwards.

Fading in and out of consciousness Seth felt himself with an empty desolate feeling, Wait there's a voice. "Sorry pal but Seth, isn't going anywhere with you and I wont let you kill him either". That was Ryu's voice!!!. The pain receeded, "if this was dying maybe its not so bad" he thought to himself. A face popped up in front of him. "Your ok now mister, you've gotta watch this coz he's gunna do it!"

Ryu faced Royce, if this guy was anything special then Ryu had no choice. His Golden eye flickered and the Aura began to build. The pillar of light erupted around his body and the sand beneath him began to spiral up in the energy. His body lifted from the ground and the sand obstructed the view of what was happening. Seth shuddered, he hadn't been this scared since the day his mother died. The girl on the other hand looked calm as if she'd seen this before. An almighty Yell filled the area as the spiralling sand erupted showing Ryu or what he had become.

Wings stuck out from Ryu's bare back and what was trousers now appeared to be red fur and clawed toes. His hair had changed from pale blue to the lightest Silver and his face remained the same except for both of his eyes were now gold. Ryu stared at Royce and cocked his head to provoke the attack. Royce let out a volley of shots which Ryu dodged easily "Come on, the way Seth spoke of you I expected a challenge for 1% of my full power". This was not the time to play so Ryu thrust himself at Royce and threw a punch combo at him sending him flying into an area of rocks causing it to come crashing down upon him.

Ryu turned around mid flight, grabbed Seth and the girl and flew back to the Rocky hideout. Seth was flabbergasted, how was such power fathomable???. Ryu disappeared into what looked like a collection of particles separating and re-assembling to show the old Ryu. "Will you hear me out this time seth???, this really does relate to you and this war wont be won with just me alone". Seth nodded and stared at the little girl, she also possessed amazing power to heal him like that. "This way Seth, you too Caitlin. This time I'll let you know all I can tell you right now. . . . . . . . . . Just hear me out"

What Will Ryu tell Seth that could possibly explain the display he showed???. Find out next time.