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(Sage's POV)
The idea of rescuing Arca was something ludicrous that I never thought off in my entire life (if you could call it that); getting him out of trouble is different. At least then I don't have to worry about him facing a being who was made up entirely of rage, and who will most likely destroy the kid's stories, but I'm getting off track. After explaining Ire to Arch and Lock, us three immediately head to the kid's mind so we could rescue Arca and hopefully, stop Ire. Unfortunately, when we arrived, we immediately found ourselves pitted against a horde of Ire's fiery, demonic Wraths. The Wraths came at us, but we three were fortunate with our experience from the last time we fought them.
While Lock and Arch transformed and dealt with their Wraths, I made my stand with the Wrath that surrounded me as I fired black energy blasts with one hand, while slashing my black energy blade with my other one. A couple of Wraths came at me from behind, but I fired two blasts at them, destroying their fiery forms, which turned into red wisps of energy. Then, I turned my attention to the closest two Wraths as I slashed their heads off before I brought my body around to slash at three more. The Wraths would have surrounded me if I didn't fire a telekinetic blast at them (I've got telekinesis, remember?), which sent them flying across the kid's mind and fortunately diminished their numbers.
As I held out my saber in front of me, the Wraths that surrounded me quickly stayed back so they wouldn't fall to my black energy blade. As I did, I asked the Wraths one simple question, "Where's Arca and Ire?" The Wraths didn't answer, so I asked again, "Where's Arca and Ire?"
The Wraths' silence continued to irritate me and seeing how they weren't willing to reply, I decided to beat it out of them as I fired barrages of black energy blasts at them, annihilating them. The other Wraths charged at me and like before, I retaliated against them, slashing my saber and firing my energy blasts at the Wrath.
I took down as many of the Wraths as I could and not one of them was spared as I slashed and hacked away at them. "WHERE'S IRE AND ARCA?" I shouted at the oncoming Wrath, whom I destroyed with my black-bladed saber.
I continued with my remorseless assault until I only came face-to-face with one of the Wraths. This one looked like the others, save for the fact this one had sharp claws on its hands. It lunged at me, lashing its claws out. I raised my left armored forearm to block it before striking my black energy saber against its fiery chest. The Wrath was sent sprawling back on the floor before it got back up and attempted to harm me again, but I parried its claws before kicking it down to the ground.
I happened to notice that the numbers of Wraths had diminished significantly for Arch and Lock, who were in their Rider forms, had no difficulty in dealing with them. My attention turned back to the Wrath I was fighting, whose back was lying against the floor. "Now tell me, where is Ire?" I demanded at the Wrath.
"I will never tell you!" the Wrath spat as it tried to get up.
I had no time for this. I punched its face, forcing him back onto the ground and I placed my black blade at its neck before it could get up. "You will if you want to live!" I shouted, pressing my saber against its throat.
"He's in the core of the kid's mind!" the Wrath confessed quickly.
I looked at the Wrath with shock and for confirmation, I demanded, "Are you sure?"
"I am!" the Wrath spoke. "Arca is there, too!"
I was silent as I was deeply worried about the fact of Ire in the core of the kid's mind. Ire had access to the immense power that was stored in each of the stories and he could cause harm the kid's mind. I also wondered how Ire could have gotten in there because he could not get in there by himself unless Arca let-
'No, Arca couldn't have!' I denied, remembering how Arca promised himself he wouldn't do that.
My deep thinking made me lower my guard, which allowed the Wrath to smack away my saber from its throat before it lunged at me. I was knocked down on my back with the Wrath standing over me. "Now die!" it shouted, raising its right claw.
"Portal Smash!"
"Sealing Crash!"
Fortunately for me, I saw the armored forms of Arch and Lock come up behind the Wrath as it turned around to see the Riders send a charged kick to its stomach. The Wrath staggered back and let out a yell before it exploded, the only thing remaining was the red energy that flew away. As I stood up, I looked at Ichigo as I stood. "Thank you."
I noticed Arch wanted to say something, but Lock interjected, stating, "Thank us when this is over. Did you find anything out?"
I was hesitant answering that question at first, but seeing how dire the situation was, I nodded. "Ire's in the core of the kid's mind."
Though their visors were covered by their eyes, I could tell their eyes were widening in fear and shock, but before they could say anything, we all noticed more Wraths appearing in front of us. Immediately, Arch and Lock drew their weapons, preparing themselves for the Wraths. I was about to raise my saber, preparing to fight them as well, but Arch looked over his shoulder at me and said, "Sage, get to Ire and Arca! We'll hold them here!"
Hesitant on leaving them to face the Wraths alone, I asked, "Are you sure?"
"We'll be fine!" Lock told me. "Just go!"
Giving into their requests, I finally ran off into the kid's mind while Arch and Lock ran to the horde of Wraths. As they faced the Wraths, I snapped my fingers and I found myself in a white void filled with screens of Riders instead of black void. I was now in the kid's mind, and I would have to fight off Ire and save Arca...
AN: And that's all. Please leave a review to let me know and please if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive. Also, this is NOT up for adoption!
Anyway, this here is a preview of chapter 9 for my story, Kamen Rider: Sage & Arca. I've gotten this much done, so I thought I should show you. I hope you enjoyed it!
Raika out!