Chapter 7: Arguing, the string that binds is breaking
"W-Where am I?" Runo asked herself. It was not soon that she realized that she was back in the dark world, where she saw the six legendary warriors. "Now what do the legendary warriors want with me now?"
"I'm afraid that you guessed wrong" a voice answered her from out of nowhere
"W-Who's there?" she called out. Turning her back around, a figure slowly appeared before her. When she cleared her vision, it was a giant white tiger. It has no saber teeth like Tigrerra, or armour on it. However, it does have the same sapphire eyes, a scar on its eye (but it was on the right), and black stripes. The tiger is also chained to its paws
"You are, Runo Misaki, am I right?" he asked (yes, it is a boy). Not finding the right words, she just nodded her head. "My name is Tyos. You seemed to have a connection with Tigrerra"
Runo was surprised when the name 'Tigrerra' slipped out of his mouth "Y-Yes, h-how did you know?"
"I have been watching you, and it seems that she is more than a partner to you," he stated, remained calmed
"Of course! She's my best friend! No, she's my sister!" she boastfully said. Tyos smirked
"We'll see," he said, determinedly. She was about to ask him what he meant but she was cut off "Listen to me very carefully, for I will never repeat myself again. Tomorrow, as you wake up, your companion will tell all of you that you are heading to a place called Trinity Valley. He will ask you which way you all should go, tell him to follow the Akemi star and it will lead you to your destination. If they ask, tell them that Tigrerra told that to you in your dream"
Puzzled, she hastily asked "W-What are you talking about?"
Tyos didn't answered, instead, he slowly faded away, leaving a confused Runo behind
"Ughh... Come on Mom, its Saturday" moaned Dan "Oh, Hey Kai. What's up?" he sat up. Facing Kai, he was shaking Dan's shoulder to wake him up
"Wake everyone up, we better keep moving," he said. Not waiting for Dan to answer, he went out of the cavern and waited outside.
"Uhh... sure?" Dan said, tilting his head. He sighed and shook their shoulders to wake them up. Unfortunately, he was having a hard time waking Lnyc up
"Come on Lync, wake up!" he tried shouting but it was no use. Lync snuggled his face deeper under the sheets
"What's wrong Dan?" Alice asked, Dan frowned
"It's Lync, I just can't get him to wake up," he complained.
"Why don't you go outside, I'll wake him up," she volunteered
"Uhh, sure, if you say so" said Dan and went outside, everyone was there already. Alice glanced down at Lync, she knew that he's awake, he was just lazy. Then, Alice remembered something that she read on the magazine
"Wake up Lyncy" she said in a coquettish way. Lync's face was completely red; he could feel Alice's warm breath as she whispered those words in his ear.
"M-Mroow, shtill schweepy" he mumbled, but Alice understood he said: N-No, still sleepy. So she had no choice, without warning, she began tickling Lync. He was laughing his heart out, he can't breathe
"S-S-top it! HAHA you're- hahah! Alright! I'm up! hahaha!" Alice stopped and giggled
"Let's go sleepy head" she said and walked out. Lync sighed
"Girls..." he muttered and took his things and went out
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Everyone was already outside the cavern, stretching their tired limbs for the morning day- well, not exactly day. In the doom dimension, you can't tell whether it's night or not. The sky is still dark and the stars are still visible; I guess Kai has a way to track the time here in the Doom Dimension. When the others glanced at Runo, she was greeting and patting Naga on the head for a good morning. They looked at her doubtfully; guess they still haven't found their resolve. They didn't even bothered to greet Runo a good morning, except for Keith, Ace, Shun, and Kai. On the other hand, Drago continued to glare at Naga, which he (Naga) just ignored
"Hey Kai, where are we going anyway?" Dan asked
"We're going to a prison called Trinity Valley," he answered
"I see, so how do we know when we got there?"
"Normally, you'd see a gate. Are you stupid or what?" he said, crossing his arms.
"Hey! What was that about?" Dan exclaimed, it was too early in the morning and what did he get? An insult
"So, where do we go now?" asked Ren. Kai took a while to answer. He then, glanced at Runo
"What do you think, Runo?"
"Oh, uhmm..." Runo forgot what she supposed to say. Then it hit her, the dream that she had with that white tiger, Tyos. "Uhmm... I guess that... we should follow the Akemi star?"
"The Akemi star?" Kai raised an eyebrow and then smirked "It'll be dangerous, but if you say so" he looked at everyone "All those Bakugan that can fly are the only ones who may remain in their true form, as for the others..." he raised his hand and hit all the Bakugans who can't fly, and they returned to their ball form
"HEY? WHAT THE? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO US?" Preyas exclaimed.
"Obviously, I turned you guys back in your ball form" he said, putting a hand in his jacket. He pulled out an iPod with a blue fire design and blue headphones. He placed them on and played the song "That's How I go by Baby Bash feat. Mario & Lil' Jon"
"It'll be dangerous," he warned "Everyone, get on those bakugans that can fly. We'll leave now"
They did what they're told, Everyone was on the back of their chosen Bakugan. Everyone has a pair, except for Runo. She was all alone on Naga's back
"Milady, it's alright. You don't have to ride on me. You may stay with your friends" Naga said, concerned. His mistress' condition concerned him. He was the sole reason why her friends ignore her. He thought that Runo felt OP (Out of Place), and betrayed
"No Naga, it's alright. I want to stay with you," Runo said, shaking her head left and right
"As you wish" then, Kai approached them
"Hey, mind if I tag along with you guys?" he began "Everyone already has a pair"
Naga and Runo looked at each other, and Runo nodded her head. Kai smiled and jumped on Naga's back. He wrapped his arms around Runo's waist. Which made her blush, the contact sent chills down her spine
"Alright everyone! Follow me" he announced and, well, reluctantly. They followed him, with Naga in the lead. While they were all flying, they have been through rough paths. For example, a fog of poisonous gas, numerous volcanic geysers, overhanging cliffs, and all of that, you get the point, right?
They were at the point of giving up but a little spark of hope still remained. They were climbing a Cliffside this time, yes they are now climbing. There was some kind of barrier to prevent them from flying, so they continued on foot. They thought that the Trinity Valley was just over the Cliffside, but as the dust cleared; to their disappointment, they saw nothing but an empty, dry land
"THIS IS YOUR TRINITY VALLEY? YOU'RE CRAZY!" The princess of Neathia, Fabia, shouted, she's already tired of all the rough paths they've been through. She was obviously pointing that on Runo. Since she was the one who told them to follow that star "I'm...leaving!"
"But Fabia, we have to keep following the Akemi star" said Runo
"I'm taking the easy way for once"
"But it's the wrong way!" Runo snapped
"Who says?" Runo paused for a while, but remembered what Tyos said. If anyone asks, she'll answer that Tigrerra told her
"My Bakugan, Tigrerra. She told me that in my dream"
"Then she is as stupid as you" Runo gasped and felt anger surge through her 'How dare she insult Tigrerra! I don't care if you're a princess or not, you crossed the line!'
"Take that back!"
"Never!"
"TAKE IT BACK!" Runo shouted
"NO!" with that, Runo pushed Fabia and both of them went rolling down the Cliffside and the others soon followed. Kai groaned and professionally skidded down the cliff. When the others got down, they caught Runo and Fabia fighting
"You!" Fabia yelled and pushed Runo
"ouch!"
"Let go of me!" Fabia reacted and pushed Runo again to the boulder. Runo wiped a trail of blood coming out of her mouth. She had enough; she doesn't want to fight anymore. Naga's sudden appearance and they ignoring her is enough. If this continued, it'll make matters worse.
Therefore, she backed out and walked away, but Fabia gave her a final blow. Which made Runo tumble down into the ground; Fabia had enough and turned her back on her with a loud 'hmph!'. Runo sobbed, wiping her face
"Go on! Go the wrong way! *sniff* I don't care!" Runo followed the star's direction, which, she had to climb a rocky slope. She looked back to her... uhmm... namakas... "Come on, we have to keep going. *pant ~ pants* Come on!" she urges them, but they just stared at her and everything fell into an eerie silence...
"Fabia's way, might be easier" Julie broke the silence and said it in a very low tone, but everyone could hear it
"*pant* I think so *pant* too" agreed Preyas. Runo gasped then frowned; she glared at them and finally turned away. "RUNO! WAIT! Whoa! Whoa! DON'T BE ANGRY! WAIIIITTTT!" Preyas tried to climb up the slope but small rocks were tumbling down and it made him fail/fall
"Fabia! We're coming with you Fabia! Fabia, guys! WAIT!" Julie called out and ran after Fabia and the others. Runo kept on following the Akemi star with Naga, Shun, Anubias, the Vexos, and their Bakugan. So, that means that the others went with Fabia. Therefore, they were, hey wait! ...where's Kai?
Kai had his arms crossed against his chest, his teeth gritting, and he was... growling?
"Would you please stop growling?" said an irritated voice. Kai moved his orange glasses down a bit to show his burning, amethyst, snake-like eyes.
"Why? Runo, is being torn apart!" he yelled "How would I even calm down?"
The creature looked at him, straitening his posture "This, will be necessary. In this, she needs to learn how to endure all kinds of pain. Both physical and emotional" he said it in superiority
"Grrr..." Kai continued to growl
"I know how you feel, you just don't want her to get hurt, because... you like her, don't you?" Kai looked at the oval, glass mirror that shows them everything of what's happening, and he smiled at the sight of Runo
"I wasn't there for her when her parents died, and I wasn't there for her when she needed me the most. But... this time... this time, I'm gonna make sure that I'll be there for her, no matter what" he spoke through his heart
"How sweet, since when did you became a romantic person?" the creature stated and both of them chuckled
"Well, I'll be going then" Kai placed back his orange glasses and leapt through the portal
Back at Runo and co. Her heart cringed; it's not that she's having a heart attack. She just blames herself for what's happening right now. She doesn't want to blame Naga, it was all that stupid destiny of hers! Things might even turn okay even if Naga showed up.
Tears fell down from her deep emerald eyes. The Vexos saw this, and tried to comfort her, and it worked... well, a little bit. When they asked her what's the problem, she didn't respond. Runo opened her mouth to say something, but a loud shriek of cry interrupted them
"What was that?" Shadow wondered
"That's... Mira's voice!" Keith was more alarmed, her sister's in trouble!
"Let's go!" Runo said. They nodded their heads and flew to Fabia and co.'s direction
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"FABIA! EVERYBODY! HELLLPPP!"
"Help us!"
Well, that's what they heard when they flew to them. To their view, they saw Marucho, Julie, Alice, Dan, etc., and their bakugans. Half sunk under some black tar (more like a quicksand). They eventually helped them out anyway. When they asked where Fabia is, they said that they were separated from her.
Not a moment later, they heard another shout. They went to that direction and saw Fabia, inside a cave. It was collapsing
"Take my hand Fabia!" Runo called out, reaching her hand towards her. Fabia just slaped her hand away, but Runo insisted. She took out her hand again "Come on Fabia! The cave's collapsing!"
After a few heartbeats, Fabia took Runo's hand and she was pulled away from the cave. Both panting, Runo looked at Fabia with concern
"Are you alright? Fabia?" she asked, she placed her palm on her shoulder and Fabia jolted up, backing away
"I don't need your concern!" she yelled
"HEY!" Shun shot back "We were able to find you because of her, and you can't even say 'thank you'? what kind of a princess are you?"
"Yeah! If you didn't gave the wrong way, this wouldn't have happened!" Keith added
"That's enough Shun! Keith!" Runo said. Fabia just groaned and walked away.
"Fabia?" Alice was concerned of what's happening
"Fabia come back! Fabia!" Runo called out
Fabia hid behind a falls and sobbed. She was too proud to admit it... she gave the wrong way...
The gang went on, and crossed paths with Kai. He said that he lost them, that they got separated, which was only a lie and they actually believed him. They continued on until...
"Why are we stopping Kai?" asked Marucho
"We're here" he said. Kai went in front and forged a spell "Aurisio re gene" and the mist slowly cleared away, and a giant black gate appeared before them. The gates slowly opened, revealing a giant, castle like monument, the area is completely abandoned, the walls are filled with cracks, and piles of rubble were lying around. As they approached the main doors...
"Only those that have pure of blood may enter thee" a voice stopped their feet from continuing. A boy with blonde spiky hair, a purple and blue visor mask made out of either plastic or glass (it seems to function like a Bakupod). He also wears a white cape-like coat. It is buttoned by straps on its chest, however towards the waist it is unbuttoned. At the waist, if you look carefully you can see part of a blue shirt and two cross something that seem to go together. He also wears boots with small heels at the bottom. These boots have straps and buckles on them as well. Also, he wears red-fingerless gloves
"Rade, it's me, let us through" Kai said, mockingly
"Sheesh, you don't have to say it with that tone, I-" as the boy fully showed himself, the Bakugan Brawlers' eyes were like saucers, their jaw dropped at the sight of their former rival
"MASQUERADE?" they all shouted in unison. Masquerade just smirked and glanced at Runo
"Ohh... so I see why you act like that, Kai" he said, still staring at Runo. He sighed, "When fate intertwines..."
"Shut it Rade, are you gonna let us in, or not?"
"Alright, follow me, Tyos is waiting"
Then, reluctantly, they all followed him inside. Inside was completely different from the outside, the walls were spotless, it has linings made of gold and silver. A red carpet was placed on the floor and crystal glass chandelier hung from the ceilings. They walked through the long hallway and went down from a black door with the symbol of two white tigers with scars on their eyes. As they reached the bottom, it was a dungeon made for one. Tyos, the tiger from Runo's dream was on a giant floating marble. His paws were chained to the walls and a mystic barrier surrounds him.
"My name is Tyos"
Okay okay, I know that it was confusing and corny. By the way- I'M SOOO SORRY FOR UPDATING VERY LATE! WE HAD AN EXAM AND I NEED TO STUDY! GOMENASAI!
I'll tell you guys later in the story why Kai's eyes were 'snake-like', who is really Tyos, and why is Masquerade there
Rade is Kai's nickname for Masquea/rade
This is Chapter 7 of a Haos' Light. So, I'm gonna make it up to you guys... (although I hate to give spoilers) Chapter 8 will be entitled 'What lies behind the mask' or 'Behind the past', the gang will meet Tyos and they should release him from his prison in exchange for the information about their enemies' plans. Unfortunately, when Tyos was freed, Zenohelm appeared, they tried to fight him but failed, although they were able to wound him. While the battle took place, Kai's glasses broke and his true face was revealed.
So, I guess that, that's enough, right?
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