Hey there my fellow Fanfiction readers. I'm employing a new technique in my story where I go from one side of the story to the other. From Spyro's Journey to Takeshi's and Masami's. Enjoy.

Chapter Five,

Takeshi lifted his head slowly it was swimming in pain but he felt something warm lying beside him but he couldn't see anything. He felt around and felt cold stone under his touch. He couldn't remember how he had gotten here, in fact he didn't know where here was. The last thing he remembered was being pulled through a dark portal of some sort and then nothing. His sight was still not returning and he was becoming increasingly frightened. He calmed as he found the warm figure of whom he recognized as Masami. He ran his paw over up her side until he found her face and felt he breath coming in a steady pattern.

She was simply asleep and he felt relieved that she was fine but their situation began to return to him along with his hearing. He heard the steady dripping of water and the unmistakable sound of bubbling magma were they in some sort of volcano? Takeshi's smell returned and he gagged as he smelled a powerful stench of decaying flesh. He began to see blurred lines, he also heard Masami stirring from her sleep. He turned and was amazed at how much more quickly his sight was returning and within a minute it was back. He looked around at the cell in which he and Masami had been slumbering in.

He noticed a large stream of lava nearby and a half rotted corpse against the wall from which the smell came from. He stood and went over to the unfortunate soul and broke the chains that held it to the wall. It fell to the floor with a sickening flop but he had dealt with death before and it didn't bother him much. He took its arms and dragged it to the magma and said, "Rest in peace" as he threw it in. There was a hiss as it hit and then nothing. He walked over to Masami as she sat up and looked around blindly. She called for her father and mother but there was only Takeshi.

He knelt beside her and put his paw on her shoulder trying to convey comfort to her through the touch. It had the opposite effect; she became hysterical and began beating blindly at the air. He grabbed her arms and tried to calm her and just as her hearing returned he called, "Masami it's me clam down please!" She calmed and said, "Takeshi, I can't see, where are we?" He shook his head and said, "I don't know Masami all I know is that we're in some sort of cell." Masami began to sob; she was so frightened, though her sight returned it didn't calm her. The only comfort she gained was from Takeshi's hold, he let her cry against his shoulder being that was all he could do anything more wasn't right. Her tears began to subside but he still held her close to him and only let her go when she said so.

She looked around at the cell in which they were trapped and sighed as she said, "Well I guess there isn't much we can do other than sit here. I'm sure my father is looking for us." Takeshi darkened slightly as he thought about the idea, he was sure that all he cared about was Masami and Cynder. He was certain that he didn't care about him at all. He didn't say anything he knew that he would upset Masami if he said something like that and any moment they spent together was as good as gold to him. The one thing that nagged at him was the fact that there were no doors to their cell only a river of lava and that was about it.

He looked at the walls of crystal and didn't see any way of forcing entry into another room through which they might escape. In fact the room seemed to be separated from the rest of the world, as if it had been made elsewhere and with no other places to go. Masami got up and walked over to the river of lava and looked into it. Takeshi walked over to her and asked, "What are you looking at?" She didn't answer instead she reached down and touched it. Takeshi grabbed her but stopped as no sound of pain escaped her. She pulled her paw out and in was whole and undamaged.

She smiled and said, "The lava is an illusion, it does not exist it is in reality a tunnel." Takeshi smiled and said, "I do love you, I don't know what I'd do with out you." She smiled and put her leg in then slid in altogether, Takeshi followed and found himself looking down a long dark hall which was made entirely of dark crystal. He took Masami's paw and led her down the hall until he came to a door made from iron. He stopped her and put his head against the door and heard voices on the other side.

They said,
"So what do you plan to do with the brats?" This voice was feminine but dark and evil. A second voice answered, "I plan to train Takeshi in his skills so that he may be a suitable heir." This voice was also dark but defiantly male. Takeshi assumed that this must be the dragon that had so effectively destroyed Spyro but he had no time to worry about him. The female answered, "And what of the girl?" "I plan on using her as leverage to get Takeshi to obey me and if he does not even then I will use his love for her against him." Takeshi had by now gathered that the Female dragon was Cynder but he had never heard her like this.

Cynder laughed, "Ha, that is evil Lethek. Could you possibly think of any thing crueler? First you destroy that weakling Spyro through his bonds to his family, then you wound Takeshi's mother by revealing who she was really with on the night on which your son was conceived." Takeshi felt his heart stop and become as cold as ice, his father? How could this be? Ember had always told him that his father had been a great warrior dragon who had vanished a day after their night together. He heard the dragon Lethek speak again, "Cynder, I have much more in store, some of which you are personally going to be a part of. I plan to…" He broke off. Cynder had stopped him and turned to the door.

Takeshi listened harder through the door in an attempt to hear more of Lethek plans, he was alarmed when the door flew open and he felt sharp talons dig themselves in his shoulder as he was thrown threw the door. Masami landed on top of him as she herself was thrown into the room. Takeshi looked up at the figure who sat on the large bed against the back wall of the room. His face was obscured by shadow but Takeshi knew that this must be Lethek. Lethek rose from the bed and looked at his intrusions. His face was dark and mysterious but it held a large amount of good looks in it, a lot like Takeshi. His body was firm and powerful as if it was always ready for battle but as Takeshi realized he was completely relaxed.

It would hold even more power if he were in combat with every mussel tense. Lethek looked at the two figures on the floor and walked towards Masami, Takeshi moved in front of her to block her from Lethek. He stopped moving and looked at Cynder who nodded and grabbed Masami from behind lifting her off the floor. Takeshi tried to move and for a brief moment he did before every mussel in his body became rigid as stone. Takeshi watched as Lethek looked Masami over held in place by the same magic that he was held by. He watched as he traced the line of her face, tested her physical strength and without even the slightest amount of interest began to inspect lower regions.

Takeshi broke the bonds holding him and charged at Lethek his eyes filled with bloodlust, he wanted nothing more than to break this monster in half. He wanted to rip him apart until blood was everywhere. But before he got within five feet Cynder dropped Masami and kneed him in the gut. She followed up by punching him into the air and grabbing him with her tail driving him into the ground at Lethek's feet. He looked down at Takeshi and said in a mocking voice, "Aww, do you love her? Would you be willing to die so pointlessly for her?" Takeshi struggled but was lifted into the air by Lethek's magic. He was held there as Lethek walked around him inspecting him just as uninterestedly as he had with Masami but he didn't touch him.

He stopped and said, "I'll not deny that your mother did much stop you from being like me even though it was unintentional." Takeshi heard a gasp from the floor but couldn't look at Masami. He heard her say, "His mother? But that would make you…" Lethek grinned evilly and said, "Yes that would make me his father." Takeshi heard her say under her breath, "It can't be." He wanted so much to declare his love for her to renounce his father and to be with her but he couldn't speak. Lethek looked at Cynder and said, "Take Masami to her room, I have thing that I need to discuss with Takeshi."
Takeshi heard Masami sob as she was dragged from the room.

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