Chapter 3

The truth of Soul edge/ Kang's role in the legend

Kirin entered inside the temple, Kang followed behind, grasping his weapon tightly, looking around for any guards who would attack them, of course Kirin didn't show much fear since he had never been to a cloud runner temple before.

"Kirin, can we make this quick, I don't really much like this place." Kang said quietly, his paws clenched the shaft of his weapon tighter.

"You wanted to come here Kang, and from what you told me, I want that blade." Kirin countered as he continued to walk into the temple with Kang, his voice no where near quiet. Kirin held his stomach as it growled loudly, as well as Kang's stomach. "And possibly some food."

"I don't know where to find food around here, but I have some hard bread." Kang said with a smile as he pulled out a small bag with some squares of hard, crispy bread.

"Hard?" Kirin asked with confusion, wondering how bread could be hardened, he heard of toasted, but never hard.

"Hey we cook anything we find edible, sometimes it becomes soft, sometimes it becomes hard, anyway they're both good." Kang chuckled as he broke a piece into two parts, handing one over to Kirin.

Kirin took the bread piece and started to bite it, it may have been hard, but Kang was right, it was very edible. Kang smiled and shared with Kirin, but when they both looked forward, spears had surrounded them in winged paws, it was an ambush of guards.

"Oh" Kirin began the statement.

"Crap" Kang finished the statement.

Inside the queens chamber

Kang and Kirin were pushed to the top of the temple, where the Queen had waited for them. They were left there in the queens presence, Kirin was now shaking with fear, but now Kang was the one that was showing no fear at all.

"You see, Sharp Claw, your village would not return here for a good reason, the reason of that you had fallen when you last attacked us when the hero of Sauria remained here."The royal cloud runner spoke down at the child.

"I know your ladyship, we didn't mean to trespass, I'm not with my village...and im sorry if I caused a commotion around here."Kang replied as he lifted his head.

"Kang! Oh dear I didn't know it was you, I apologize for that little action back there."The cloud runner gasped and quickly flew down to the ground level, her shadow enveloped the two.

"Wait hold up, You and Kang know each other?" Kirin asked, his fear now replaced with great confusion.

"Of course Kirin, we started this rebel group." Kang replied with a smile, then turned back to the queen cloud runner. "Oh this is Kirin, the you-know-what."

The queen had a closer look at Kirin, her eyes squinting, he was radiating the same aura when he was still at home, five years ago.

"It is true! The Descendent of Soul Edge has returned!"The queens voice boomed over the temple, making sure everyone in the temple radius could hear.

"Huh?" Kirin yelled as he tried to bring his hearing back into normal tone, the boom of the queens voice made him temporaily deft.

"The Soul Edge, the blade you've seen in your dreams, the blade with the eye of its past wielders." The queen explained softly so that Kirin could let his ears heal.

"How did you know that?" Kirin asked her, wondering how she knew what he dreamt.

"Child, I was the guardian of the Soul Edge, but sadly Kang, it has been moved." She let out a heavy sigh of woe, this left Kang in confusion.

"What?" Kang asked with shock and surprise.

"The Krazoa spirits thought it would be safe if it was left in their temple." The queen explained, woe and sorrow in her words.

"Damn, I thought we would have a quick shot a Syphon, but now what do we do?" Kang growled to himself, his quick hopes now shattered.

"Go to their temple?" Kirin randomly suggested.

"Not that easy." Kang explained with quick ease.

"Why?" Kirin asked.

"Because in order to get to the temple, we have to go to the Warp Stone who can transport us there, but he doesn't teleport dinosaurs, and the light of teleportation is locked away in General scales battle camp." Kang explained, leaving Kirin no chance to make a comeback.

"Oh." Was all that Kirin had to say.

The queen walked over to a chest and signaled Kirin to walk over to it; Kirin did so, walking over to the glowing chest, whatever was inside it, he wanted to know what it was and how badly he wanted to have it.

"Inside this chest is a pair of axes, called the brothers of omen, a pair of axes that have been passed down royal bloodlines of the cloud runners, they are the elemental weapons of light and dark, and Kirin, I want you to have them." The queen explained as she pulled out two large hand axes, silver and gold shafts, black jagged axe head for darkness, and a smooth bright steel axe head for light.

Kirin held the axes in his paws, feeling the energies of the two, they made him feel powerful and more confident, now he had control over a piece of their elemental planes, light and darkness.

"I thank you, your majesty." Kirin bowed his head and sheathed the two axes behind him.

"Kang must always be at your side Kirin, he is also an important part of legend." The queen explained.

"How?" Kirin tilted his head in confusion. Kang walked over to the two, asking the same question.

"Long ago, the Key was known to be the descendent of the Soul Edge, but not without the lock can there be a key, Kang's family has worked with the Key for generations, Kang, you and Kirin were destined to fight along side each other, that is your role Kang, your role in the legend as the lock."The queen explained to the young sharpclaw.

Kang looked at Kirin as Kirin looked at Kang, they were indeed destined to fight Syphon, but could they triumph over an evil so great that lived for a thousand years?

Outside the temple

"I leave you with a couple scarabs and food, be sure that you both stay alive, without one or the other, the Soul Edge cannot come to be." The queen announced as a guard dropped two packs into their arms.

Kirin and Kang bowed to the queen for her hospitality and were off to the Ice region, where they can make there way across the bridge of the snow horn tribe, then onto the scarred field of where the great war took place, then General scales battle camp, but would they succeed in their quest for the Soul Edge?

On a trail

"So Kang, you and I were meant to find each other?" Kirin began the conversation with a question.

"I guess so Kirin, but I don't understand why my parents never told me I was the lock." Kang replied as his head dropped, his role in life was now at a bigger scale.

"Maybe because if you knew, you would have ran away." Kirin said comfortingly, patting Kangs shoulder.

"Maybe, but it wouldn't hurt to learn the truth instead of having someone else tell you that your apart of legend."Kang sighed and managed to keep a slight happiness.

Kirin nodded and looked forward, it was starting to get very cold, almost below -10 degrees, he could see his breath as it fell to the ground as ice, Kirin wouldn't survive without heat, unable to tap into his aura for the desired warmth.

"Here, put this on, those rags wont help." Kang sighed as he pulled out of his pack some warm clothes.

Kang passed a small tunic of fur over to Kirin, Kirin quickly put it on and felt like he was a springs, it was very warm inside the tunic, Kirin found this very pleasing.

"Thanks Kang, but what about you?" Kirin asked with worry for his friend.

"I'm resistant to the cold, right now I could walk naked all over this land, possibly make some snow angels, and not even get the slightest pinch of being cold." Kang laughed as he slammed his fist on his chest with pride.

Kirin started to laugh and remembered the jokes from that old engineer, he wondered if he was still alive, or if he even remembered Kirin, his laughter then became silence.

"Kirin, what's wrong?" Kang asked with a frown, wondering what happened to Kirin's happiness.

"I just remembered a Sharp Claw engineer, his name was Garin, and he was the funniest Sharp Claw I ever met, I couldn't stop laughing at his jokes."Kirin slightly chuckled, regaining some of his happiness.

"Garin, you mean my grandfather?" Kang asked with surprise.

"You know him?" Kirin asked with the same surprise as Kang.

"Of course, he's a master engineer, he could fix something the size of a mountain in about five minutes." Kang replied, slightly showing off his pride about his grandfather.

"Wow, I guess that's how you became so funny." Kirin chuckled and smiled.

"That's right." Kang chuckled as well.

The two looked in front of them as they made their way towards the gates of the ice region, they could see something at the entrance, a Snow Horn female, Kang knew who it was, but Kirin had no idea who it was of course.

"Kang? Kang! Kang, is that you?"The female gasped with surprise as she advanced on the two.

"Yes Beline Te, It's me, how come your out here?." Kang bowed to the female and then stood up straight.

"I was wondering when you were going to return, and it a long story.." Belina Te explained with slight woe in her voice.

"I can't hang around for stories, I have to get the key to Krazoa temple." Kang said to the large female, pointing to the cerulean vulpine beside him.

"My word, you found the key?" Belina Te gasped with surprise, her eyes fixed onto Kirin then back to Kang for an answer.

"Yes I did." Kang said as he nodded and smiled.

The princess looked at Kirin closely and carefully, he was indeed the key to her own eyes as he radiated the warm red aura, she gasped and drew the two close to her with her trunk.

"Listen you two, our land is under attack by General Scales, he left to return to his camp as well as left one of his privates here to guard the bridge to the desert, but they are using your grandfathers engineering to use war machines so that no one would get through, especially you two." Belina Te explained quietly and carefully, hoping that the two understood her perfectly.

"Damn them, abusing my grandfathers work." Kang growled to himself, absolutly angered with the abuse of his grandfathers finest invention.

"You must do something about this!" Belina Te told the two, she was very worried for the safety of both the ice region and the two young ones.

"We will, Come on Kang." Kirin nodded and quickly rushed towards the entrance with Kang, axes readied in his paws.

Kang and Kirin entered the gates of the Snow Horn tribe, looking around for any enemies, but then quickly jumped out of the way of an incoming barrage of rocks, fire from a large wooden/steel tank/catapault, steam powered and impenatrible. A huge blast of energy harnessed from the spellstones shot by the two from the war machine as well.

"Oh man, that's a war machine!"Kirin barked in shock, his heart pounded quickly and hard in his chest.

"Yup, one of my grandfathers pieces of work too, the Artemis cannon, we're going to have a tough time dealing with the war machines, they have no flaws and can destroy any thing but the Soul Edge, we might even die here Kirin."Kang explained with grief at the mere thought of death.

"Never say that Kang, we will make it, we will rescue your grandfather and stop Syphon, whatever means necessary!" Kirin barked at him, the axes readied in his paws, he was ready to face death head on.