Ranger24: Okay short chapter but it sets things up for the next one. Also fans of my fics involving Shade the two characters introduced in this chapter will be in those fics, including Twilight Dawn.
Also Ddraig s Caul is Welsh for Dragon's Maw, my sword. Hey most people use Japanese names so I though it'd be cool to use Welsh.
Chapter 16: Last Promise
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Ranger made his way down the fog filled streets. His guitar case slung over his shoulder and his cloak wrapped about him. It had been very wet the past few days and now fog hung over the city in ridiculous quanity's. It was almost like london.
Suddenly he paused as he passed the entrance to an alley. He frowned at the darkness within unsure of something.
Then from right above him there came a mighty roar! Ranger rolled out of the way just in time to avoid being crushed by a large person in a white fur lined coat weilding to mid sized broad swords. The man glared at him as Ranger rose to his feet.
"And who are you supposed to be big guy," Ranger asked unzipping his guitar case and drawing out his sword.
"My name is Docen, I am your death Twilight Warrior!" His attacker snarled before swing his broad swords at Ranger who ducked them and back stepped raising his sword.
"Okay then if you want to fight..." He replied.
Suddenly a rocket came flying in and exploded right where Docen had stood. Ranger drew up his cloak to sheild himself from the blast as the sound of foot steps reached his ears.
"You really need to watch yourself Ranger," Ace said swinging her rocket launcher over her shoulder.
"Sure, just don't try to kill me along with the bad guys," Ranger replied in an annoyed tone.
He turned to where the darkside had stood but there wasn't even crater. The steps of an abandonde apartment had instead taken the blast but his attacker was gone. Ranger sighed and put his sword back in the guitar case.
"Something tells me trouble is a brewing." He muttered.
"Wait do I only get one line in this chapter?" Ace asked frowning.
"Yeah kinda." Ranger answered.
"Oh man," Ace groaned.
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The next afternoon Ranger, Lilo, and Stitch were at Pop's diner.
"Hey Ranger can we go to the beach?" Lilo asked.
"Sure," Ranger replied.
"Really!" Lilo said excitedly.
"Yeah, just get your license, pay for insurance, watch the speed limit, and you can go." Ranger said as Suki walked up with Ranger's ice cream.
"You jerk," Lilo muttered.
"Here you go Ranger," Suki said setting Ranger's ice cream on the table.
Ranger grinned and stuck his spoon into the ice cream and began to dig in.
"What do you mean it's no good?!" Pop's suddenly shouted from the bar.
Ranger, Lilo, and Stitch glanced about to see a man in a long black coat sitting at the bar with a strawberry sundea in front of him.
"My apologieze sir, it's just a bit to sweet for my liking." The man replied in an even tone.
"Look it's a strawberry sundea it's supposed to be really sweet!" Pop's replied.
"You know I kinda have to agree with the guy pops." Ranger said suddenly standing up. "I think you might have put in a bit to much sugar in the mix."
Two minutes later Ranger, the new guy, Lilo, and Stitch were out in front of the diner as Suki shrugged at them apologetically from inside.
"Nice going Ranger," Lilo muttered.
"Oh be queit," Ranger growled.
"I'm terribly sorry about that," the new guy said in apologetic voice. "My name is Ferus and I just got here from out of town."
He extended a hand which Ranger shook.
"Ranger."
At that moment Ranger's cell phone began ringing and yanked it out of his pocket.
"Yello?" He said bringing it up ot his ear.
He frowned for a moment.
"Okay I'll be right there," he said before snapping the phone closed. He hefted his guitar case onto his shoulder.
"Lilo, head on back to the shop I've got some business to take care of." He said turning to leave.
"So wait your ditching us!" Lilo objected.
"Yeah kinda," Ranger shot over his shoulder before he rounded a bend and was out of sight.
"Asshole," Stich growled.
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Several minutes later Ferus sat in city park gazing at a statue of a hooded figure weilding a large sharp broadsword. All about him people were enjoying the first day of no rain for a whole week with just about everything you could expect from a park. He leaned back his head and closed his eyes.
"So what are you doing here?" Said Lilo's voice from right beside him.
He opened his eyes and glanced about to see Lilo standing next to him while Stitch wooed ladies with his epic Elvis impersonation.
"Enjoying the day. You're freind not back yet?" He asked plesantly.
"Ranger?" Lilo huffed sitting down. "I'd hardly call him a freind. He's really more like the guy I muoch off of."
"That's not a very nice thing to say," Ferus noted.
"Well Ranger's not exactly one you ca say many nice things about. He's lazy, he's got bad taste in music, he's a brute, he's violent, he's a slob, and he never even says thank you to me no matter how many times I clean up that shop of his! And don't get me started on all of the money he owes people!" Lilo ranted in heated tones.
Ferus smiled slightly and rubbed the back of his head.
Unbeknownst to them to figures were watching them from a near by roof top. One of the two being Gollum and the other being the white coated warrior, Docen who'd attacked Ranger. Gollum snickered watching Lilo and Ferus.
"Ferus is very foolish my precious. GOLLUM! GOLLUM! He knows so little."
Suddenly he felt a sword at the base of his skull and he gulped.
"Bad mouth my brother again and I'll cut your head off," Docen snarled.
"We is sorry master! GOLLUM! GOLLUM! We is just making fun! Yes just making fun! We know the reason for you quest to kill the Twilight rat. GOLLUM! GOLLUM!" Gollum said quickly.
"Do you need a losange or something?" Docen asked.
"No we is good." Gollum replied.
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In some run down part of town a man screamed as he ran through a darkened room.
"Someone help me! I'm being chased by a monster!"
He came upon a dead end and turned about quiveing in fear as his pursuer revealed herself.
Larxene smirked at him hefting her large black M1911's.
"You're right I'm not human, but then again you aren't human yourself are you?" She said smirking at him.
He shivered for a second before he grinned wickedly. "True but knowing that won't save you!"
He shuddered and his limbs became massive jagged blades! He screeched and charged at Larxene who fired her pistols right into his chest! He stumbled back and Larxene's boot slammed into his neck pinning him against the wall! A blast of lightning shot from her finger tips and shocked the monster! He screamed in agony until she relented her attack and scowled.
"Alright buddy talk, what do you know about a big darkside in a white coat, goes buy the name of Docen?" She demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about," he hissed. Larxene smirked pulling out a kunia, before she shoved it in his left eye.
He screamed in agony before she sent another blast of lightning into him. She relented after about thrity seconds.
"You were saying?" She said casualy.
"OKAY! I'll talk! He's one of the two silent swords! They were employed by the Twilight warriors as the silent guardains of their fortress Amon Ere after they abandonded it! He wants to take revenge on the Twilight warrior's for leaving him and his brother their for all of these years alone frozen in stone! Now will you please let me go?" He said in a pained voice.
"Nah, it's much more fun to kill you," Larxene replied before unloading one of her pistols magazines into the guy who slumped to the ground in a pool of his own gore.
"You really are a sadist," Ranger muttered stepping out of the shadows.
Larxene smirked. "Well I don't see the problem since he's dead. Was the information to your liking?"
"Maybe," Ranger replied turning to leave.
"Hey can I be in more chapters?" Larxene asked.
"The fic's almost over woman," Ranger growled.
"Asshole," Larxene muttered kicking the corpse.
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Back at the park it was almost sunset and Lilo was still ranting to Ferus.
"And don't even get me started about the way he constantly keeps breaking that darn juke box of his!" Lilo said before sighing and leaning back against the seat.
The large clock tower in the distance chimed of the hour with a ring. Lilo sat up looking alarmed.
"Oh nuts! It's eight o'clock already?" She said standing up.
"You leaving?" Ferus asked.
"Yeah, Ranger's probably going to be back soon! And he'll eat all of the pizza if we don't hurry! Stitch!" She called.
Stitch was in the midst of dozen's of girls who were screaming hysterically over his musical abilities. Lilo shook her head helplessly before turning back to Ferus. "So can I see you tomorrow, maybe you could come over to the shop?"
Ferus smiled. "That sounds nice, I'll see about it."
Lilo grinned. "Great see you!"
She ran off to Stitch and literally had to drag him out of the crowd of women around him.
"Poor girl, she's living with the Twilight fool," Gollum hissed walking up behind Ferus. Ferus frowned at him.
"You really should annouce yourself," Ferus suggested.
"Very well master, we shall announce ourselves next time," Gollum replied.
"What is it that you want?" Ferus asked.
"We just though we'd be nice and warn nice master that his brother Docen is going to face the Twilight fool tonight at his own shop." Gollum hissed before laughing wickedly.
Ferus's eyes widened in alarm and he jumped and ran after Lilo's retreating back as Gollum continued to laugh.
The sun dipped below the horizon as Ranger walked down the darkened streets.
Docen walked down the streets in a brooding silence with many stairs from passers by at his odd dress choice.
Ferus ran furiously but he feared that he wouldn't make it in time.
Ranger quickened his pace to a decent trot as he glanced at his watch.
Docen continued to stroll confidently down the streets his lips pursed with anticipation.
Ferus whiped around a corner to missing a stride jumping over a cart of cabages which fell over spilling it's contense across the street. The vendor gave a scream.
"MY CABAGES!!" He screamed.
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Docen pushed open the door to Fanfiction May Cry raising his swords, but the shop was empty.
"He's not here brother," Ferus said stepping out of the shadows.
"Then where is he?" Docen demanded.
Meanwhile several blocks away Ranger came to a stop in front of Pop's diner and stared at the closed shine.
"Shit," he muttered.
Back at Fanfiction May Cry Docen closed the door glaring at his brother.
"You should not have come Ferus," he growled.
"And let you murder him?" Ferus shot back.
"The Twilight Warriors left us to rot! Their order is dead!" Docen snarled. "He's the last of the rats."
"That's not true..." Ferus started but Docen cut him off.
"Prove me wrong! Where are the other Twilight Warrior's? They're dead that's what! Dead and in their graves! What evidence have you come across that could prove that the Twilight Warriors are still a force to be reckoned with?" Docen demanded.
Ferus lowered his head not speaking.
"With the Twilight Warriors gone the most we can do is put this last one out of his misery." Docen said.
"I can't let you do that," Ferus replied suddenly gripping a hand around one of the ornamental swords on the walls. He yanked it off it's stand and raised it into a ready grip. "I will not allow you to ruin the three pillars utterly."
"With that blade?" Docen scoffed. "Why don't you summon it? Your sword Umtorna?"
"I swore to never use that sword again," Ferus replied sharply.
Docen smirked. "Then there is no point in me fighting you if you refuse to go full force."
He turned to leave and Ferus lowered his sword.
"Brother!" Ferus said stepping forward. Docen raised one of his swords at him.
"If he returns, tell him to meet me in the park." Docen said before exiting out the front door. There was a clap of thunder and the rain came. Ferus returned the sword to it's place on the wall and slumped over on the couch.
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Ten or Twenty minutes later the door to Fanfiction May cry opened again and Ranger stepped in dripping wet with rain water. He took of his wet cloak and with a curse flung it onto the coat rack.
"God I hate rain," Ranger growled.
"Leave now," Ferus said suddenly, once more emerging from the shadows.
Ranger turned to him and frowned.. "No way, this is my place. It maybe a dump but the rents cheap."
"You don't understand!" Ferus snapped. "My brother Docen is going to kill you. He's waiting for you in the park."
"By the statue of Jeremaih?" Ranger asked frowning.
Ferus nodded. "Most likely. He want's to kill you and take revenge."
Ranger smirked and made his way over to his desk.
"If that's the case, then what do you want to kill me for?" Ranger asked, turning around to see Ferus gripping a sword. Ferus gritted his teeth as the lightning crackled and the thunder roared.
"You are a Twilight warrior, one of the last. If the Twilight warriors die out the rest of the three pillars will go with them. But instead of activly working to restore the order you sit in this shop making money off of mercenary work and flaunting the power of the three pillars for you profit! If I take your power then I can use it to restore the Twilight Warriors and save the three pillars." Ferus answered angrily.
Ranger sighed. "You couldn't handle my power buddy. I can't even handle it all."
Ferus frowned and lowered the sword.
"I'm only using twenty five percent of my power most of the time. Twenty five percent of the rest is for emergency's and the other fifty is unstable. I'd kill myself in three minutes if I used that." Ranger replied picking up his cloak and tossing it into the bathroom to dry. Then he went upstairs leaving Ferus standing there in the office thoughts racing. Could he handle that much power? If the last Twilight Warrior couldn't handle it...
"I suggest you get going," Ranger said about seven minutes later as he came down the steps. He was now dressed in a long tailed dark green coat, with a black vest over it. His sword was no longer in it's guitar case but on his back seeming to hang there of it's own accord. In his hands were Sol and Luna. He reached the wooden floor and began to walk towards the exit.
"If your brother is looking for a fight," Ranger said shoving Sol and Luna into their holster's on his back. "Then I'm more than happy to abolige."
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About twenty minutes later Docen stood in the park staring at the statue of Jeremaih the half blood, the first Twilight Warrior. The artist had done a very nice depiction of the half darkside half balance Twilight Warrior. The artist had even managed to scratch in a look to the eyes that just screamed a past filled with pain and sorrow.
The rain dripping around him formed into pools that reflected the black stormy sky and the flashes of lightning above that were rapidly followed by the pounding of thunder. The puddles also gave him an extra set of eyes. Amidst the rain he heard the tramp of boots. He turned about to face Ranger as he approached. Docen's expression was stoney.
"So you came actually?" Docen said coldly.
Ranger smirked.
"Well a fight every now and then does keep life interesting," he said reaching onto his back and pulling out his sword with a flash. With a single stroke he sent the water droplets flying off of the sword and into the puddles. Lightning flashed again and made Ranger sword breifly appear golden in the night. The thunder roared.
Docen smirked as well raising his arms out. Out of a cloud of darkness his two swords appeared and he caught them in his hands. He spun them around, threw them into the air and caught them again as the lightning flashed again and made his black broad swords turn ivory in the breifest of moments.
"Indeed," he replied. "Allow me to introduce you to my swords. This is Rengoto and this is Lucian." He said first raising his left then his right sword.
Ranger furrowed his brow amidst rain droplets dripping into his hair. "Well let's see how they go up against Ddraig s Caul," he said before beckoning with his fingers to Docen. "Let's see what you can do."
Docen snarled and charge at Ranger swords ready! With a mighty yell he swung at Ranger with Rengoto but Ranger parried and countered with Ddraig s Caul. Docen back stepped and swung Lucain at Ranger's head; but Ranger ducked the stroke and made a slash at Docen's chest. The Darkside swordsmen jumped back to aviod the blow. Then the two charged eachother again and locked swords against one another in a furious battle of strength!
Docen won and Ranger was thrown back. He crashed into a puddle and Docen lunged at him!
"I've got you now!" He shouted!
At the last second Ranger rolled out of the way and slashed at Docen's right arm as he smashed his blades into the flagstone plaza. Blood lined Ddraig s Caul leading edge. Docen cursed as he looked at his ruined right coat sleeve and the long gash on his arm running from his elbow to his shoulder.
"You'll pay for that!" He snarled striking back at Ranger who back stepped to avoid the blow. But before Ranger could recover Docen hammered him with a rain of heavy blows with Rengoto and Lucian! Ranger parried and dodged as best as he could but Rengoto knicked him on the elbow and cut through his coat drawing blood and Lucian clipped him on the hip!
Finally however Ranger caught both swords with Ddraig s Caul. Then with a mighty heave he threw Docen back and slashed at him vicously with Ddraig s Caul. Docen blocked Rengoto and tried to counter with Lucian but Ranger reverse stabbed him in the arm with Ddraig s Caul! Docen curse but then laughed as yanked his ruined limb off the blade.
"Yes! This is it! Show me everything you have Twilight Warrior! Give me a battle worth dying in!" He proclaimed before counter attacking with Rengoto only as he dropped Lucian.
Ranger blocked his blow but gave way before Docen's strength! Docen moved in for the kill but Ranger pivoted on his right foot around Docen and sunk Ddraig s Caul into Docen's chest with a sickening thunk. Docen gave a gasp of pain as Ddraig s Caul came out the front of his chest right through the rib cage. Rengoto slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a clang. Lightning flashed again and the thunder roared.
Docen chuckled as blood began to drip from his mouth. "Well done, Twilight warrior. Well done."
Ranger pulled Ddraig s Caul out of Docen's chest and with a flick of his blade the blood went splattering into the puddles, dyeing them dark red. Docen fell forward onto the ground, dead.
"BROTHER!!" Ferus screamed!
Ranger turned to see the other Darkside standing by the bench where he'd sat with Lilo. He was shaking horribly and his eyes were wide with anger.
"You... You..." He said glaring at Ranger eyes watering. But even as tears poured down his face to mix with the rain his skin turned a violent purple and his eyes flashed red.
"YOU BASTARD!!" He screamed raising his hand! A massive single edge sword burst from a cloud of dark energy and Ferus caught it in his hands.
"DIE!!" He screamed charging Ranger who's eyes flashed as he swung Ddraig s Caul to face Ferus!
The lightning flashed again! The Thunder roared! There came the sound of a sword slicing through flesh and a scream of agony.
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The next day at Fanfiction May Cry Lilo stepped in the front door followed by Stitch.
"Morning Ranger!" She called.
Then she saw Ranger lying on the couch with his eyes fast shut, his elbow and hip bandaged, and dirt covering his fingers.
"He been out all night," Stitch said poking Ranger.
Back at the park two mounds of earth had been raised of under the bows of a tree and sheltered by some bushes. At the head of each mound were the weapons of the two darksides.
Gollum snickered wickedly as he wrapped a hand around Ferus's sword Umtorna.
"The Twilight fool does our work for us again, yes my Precious," he hissed before releasing one of his throaty coughs. "We must thank him soon, yes we must."
Ranger24: And that's it. The last chapter before the epic to part finale! Read and review.