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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:30 pm
Ryo nodds, glancing at everyone, before swinging his swords. He aims the attack of fire and light at the shadow in front of them.
"Rage of Inferno!!" he yells.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:33 pm
The torn shadow feels the flames before it sees them. They tear through its body, and it screams.
Batrias turns away, putting his hands on his helmet, trying to block out the noise.
A gaping hole develops in the middle of the torn shadow's body...
"Ryo, you did it!" Cye exclaims.
"That damn thing lives yet..." Batrias managed.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:39 pm
Ryo can feel the terror and the hatred he had tried to lock away the moment the attack made contact. Breathing hard, he falls to his knees.
"I can't...." he says, "I can't do it again. I can't control it again."
Dannin walks up, setting a hand on his shoulders. The two fire warriors look at each other, her presence cool next to him.
"You can control it," she says quietly, "we're with you."
He shakes his head. It was like he was fighting with himself.
"You can do this," she says quietly again, "I will lend you my power with their own."
He looks at her carefully, "They're not the same armor set."
"But they are the same idea," she says, "Wildfire, Black Flame, they both hold the key to the armor that binds the others in their set."
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:47 pm
"Wildfire, stay as you are," Batrias says. He can see the torn shadow recovering already, wailing softly as the hole in its middle begins to heal. "We must take this chance now."
He raises his sword above his head once more. Three white points of light gather above the tip of the blade. Batrias points it at the shadow, and the three points extend, becoming three white lasers cutting through the shadow.
"Divine Vengeance!!"
The three lasers widen until one large beam. The beam expands, soon taking up the whole of the shadow. The red symbol for wrath pulsates on his forehead. The beam grows to twice the size of a man. In the distance, tanks fly into the air, flaming green hulks of metal. Helicopters explode in the air, crashing into buildings.
Finally, Batrias collapses. The beam, and the shadow, are both gone.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:55 pm
Ryo pulls off his helmet as the shadow dies. Able to see around him seems to make it easier to control the voice of the Inferno inside of him. But he does not rise to his feet. There is still a fire in his eyes.
Then he fell foreward, the Inferno dispelling into embers, leaving Ryo in a black sub-armor. His counciousness fails. Dannin grabs his shoulders, rolling him onto her back, then looks over at Sage.
"Any tricks in your bag?" she says, then sees Batrias, "for a broken wrist and two sleeping warriors?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:58 pm
Sage, thinking of the tanks and helicopters says, "All right, Kento, you carry that one there," He motions to Batrias, "And I'll carry Ryo. We've got to get out of this area. What just happened...you know, we blew up half the military, I think."
Sage lifts Ryo's unconscious form onto his back as Kento does the same for Batrias. "White Blaze, I want you to stay ahead of us and let us know if anything is coming, ok?"
White Blaze looks at Sage for a moment and then takes off.
Sage grunts and says, "Let's go."
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:02 pm
Dannin nodds, taking a running lead with White Blaze as only a Wildcat could with the giant tiger. She motions them around a few military blocks and finally leads them to an old, run down, dojo on the outskirts of town.
"We'll be safe here," she says, "no one comes here anymore."
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:05 pm
"All right," Sage says, laying Ryo down on a stained training mat. "Korin, if you don't mind, I'd like to speak with you alone."
Rowen only shakes his head, standing off by himself.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:11 pm
Korin nodds, "Sure, Sage."
Dannin smiles at the other Wildcat, taking a seat beside Ryo. She is soon asleep as well, White Blaze keeping an eye on the two.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:14 pm
When Sage has Korin off by herself where only can talk to her, he says, "Korin, if it's too hard, I'm here for you. The fact is, I love you, and I've been afraid to admit it. But seeing Ryo collapse like that, it made me think, what if I collapsed next? What if I was supposed to give up my life to save someone else? I realized that I didn't want to do that, because, in this world, I want to be with you."
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:20 pm
Korin takes off her armor helmet, revealing her pale face had turned a rose colored red. She smiles at Sage.
"You're the healer in the group Sage, and the most compasionate since the first time we met," she says, "you must understand that I'm not like you. I'm not really human anymore. So long as I wear my armor, I do not age, I do not get sick. I can be killed, but that's it."
She sets a cool hand on the side of his face, "Are you willing to accept that?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:33 pm
"I already have, Korin," Sage delcares. "The only reason I haven't told you is because of this search and everything. Now that's it's over..."
He moves in close to her, puts a hand behind her back, and kisses her.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:36 pm
Korin jolts in supprise, then wraps her arms around his neck, letting moment last as long as time will allow it.
She cared about him too, but had be afraid to say anything. She had been alone for so long, years had gone by, war after war, and no one had been her equal until now. She dare not think of the future, only the present.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:40 pm
Kento says to Cye, "Man, now I am really super-confused. What is going on here?"
Cye says, "Hush, Kento...let Sage have his moment while he can."
"Oh, all right," Kento grumbles.
Rowen kneels before White Blaze and pets the tiger on the chin. White Blaze licks him and Rowen laughs.
Sage, in another room, inhales deeply, his lips pressed against Korin's.
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:57 pm
Sage pulls back from Korin and takes a moment to study her eyes. He grasps her hand and says to her, "It might be time to heal some of the wounded. Can you help me?"
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