Death and Destruction

by Tyria

Chapter 4: Screaming Stars

Sorry for the delay with getting this chapter to you, (You can always flame me at [email protected] ) My computer, being the stupid gay-assed P.O.C. that it is decided to delete the file at random, and then I had a three day class-trip with (Gasp) No internet access!!!! Anyway, enough with excuses, here's the fourth chapter.

"Come on guys, we can take her! We're the Ronin Warriors, and she's just some freaky lady!"

"Right!" They all reply.

"Ha!" I don't think I have to keep reminding you that she clicks after each sentence, so I'll tell you if she doesn't. "You think yourrr arrrmorrr will sssave you?! Then watch usss! Celessstial powerrr!!!"

She extends her hand and a purple yoroi appears. She throws it up in the air above her head and it breaks apart, raining purple light down around her. When the light hits the roof a cocoon of purple mist that shrouds her from view.

When the mist fades, she's in a silver, metal, tight-fitting body suit with purple tinted edges. She had on silver knee-high boots with purple horizontal stripes at the tops. She had on identically colored gloves which go to her elbows. The transformation dried her off completely and her hair had regained it's curl, shortening it back to her waist. Over one off her eyes was a strange device. It was silver and held on by hooking around her ear. A purple see-through screen covered the eye.

"Whoa, she's got a suit!"

"Careful guys, remember what happened last time a strange woman appeared with a suit." Sage warns.

I wince. When Lady Kayura was under Talpa's control, she would've destroyed us all if not for my white armor.

"Come on guys, we can take her."

"Come and trrry, HarrrdRrrock, and prrreparrre to meet yourrrr makerrr!" Instead of clicking she made a primal hissing noise.

"Arrrmorrr of the Celessstia, Dao Enkatsssu!!"

In a blinding flash of light, her armor appears on top of her suit . The body suit remains pretty much the same except strange purple patterns appear on its breast plate. Also, a Purple shoulder blade covers her right shoulder. A purple mid-thigh length skirt had appeared. Other than that, it seemed to be the exact same as before.

"She doesn't look so tough, I bet I can take her." Kento says just to be contradictory to Sage.

"Kento, you hard-headed idiot, don't!"

"Even when they're trying to save each other's life they still insult each other." Rowen mumbles.

"Sage, you worry too much, this'll be a piece of pie. Watch!"

Kento charges at her to try and punch her out quick. As soon as he gets close to Lady Tyria, she round-houses him. Those high-heels must really hurt, Kento was sent flying a little ways.

"Have you no ressspect forrr honourrr, boy?" Two gigantic wings spread open from the back of her armor. She pushes off the roof. She hovers for a few seconds as she presses a finger to the strange device on her ear. She flies up several feet higher and then begins to hover again.

"Guys, Don't get discouraged, transform!" I yell. "Armor of the Wildfire, Dao Jin!"

"Right. Armor of the Halo, Dao Chi!"

"Armor of the HardRock, Dao Gi!"

"Armor of the Strata, Dao Inochi!"

"Mia, Uli, stay near WhiteBlaze."

"Ryo, we can't jump that high."

"Aim for her wings."

"Verrry honourrrable." Lady Tyria states sarcastically.

"Look at her scabbards guys, they're empty. That's what she meant by give her her swords. She's defenseless!"

"Tell that to my jaw." Kento says sorely.

"We may be weaponlessss, but farrr frrrom defenssselessss. Yah!"

From her back come several tar-like black vines. They begin whipping us from above, pounding us down continuously. "Behold the powerrr of ourrr otherrr."

"The vines retract, at least a little bit. "Now, give usss ourrr sssworrrdsss orrr die!" She looks us each in the eyes, one by one. Her eyes are bright green. No one moves but her. "Then perrrishhh!!!"

She lifts up both her arms and the coils wrap around Kento and Rowen. She lifts them up into the air. The extra weight makes her fly down a few feet. I try to attack her but she wraps me up too.

She smacks Rowen and Kento together then throws them off the roof, pummeling them into the ground below.

While she is distracted, Sage runs over and tries to cut through the strand that was immobilizing me. As soon as his sword had cut through part of it, it regrew. She uses the tentacles that had entangled Kento and knocks Sage's sword out of his hands.

Then, she uses the vines which had entombed Rowen to wrap him up as well. She lifts us both a few feet of the roof.

"Ryo!"

"Sage!"

Tyria laughs as we struggle against her coils. "Perrrrhapsss yourrr frrriendsss know the wherrreaboutsss of ourrr sworrrdsss. Shall we asssk them?" She begins to fly forward towards Mia and Uli, all the while keeping is in front of her with her dark tentacles.

"NO!!!"

"Leave them alone!"

"Ssseemsss the Rrronin Warrrriors have a sssoft ssspot."

"Like there's no one you care for, your parents..."

"We carrre only about Lady Tyria and Sssendo."

"Who is Sendo?"

"Our other."

"I find that hard to believe. There must have been a tie before Sendo."

"We do not rrrememberrr sssuch a time. Tyrrria'sss perrrsssonal memorrries werrre errrasssed beforrre the melding. We rrrememberrr only Sssendo, Toukai, Jiki and Meiun. Orrr, in yourrr language, Death, Dessstrrruction, Dessspairrr and Doom."

"You mean there are others like you?!"

She laughs. "Worrrssse than that, they arrre ourrr sssyblingsss!!"

If we can only keep her distracted, then maybe... WhiteBlaze jumps and bites clear through the strands holding me , not giving it enough time to regenerate. I drop to the roof.

Her coils strike out at WhiteBlaze, who transforms to BlackBlaze. She draws back her coils and throws Sage down to the roof. All the tentacles retract back into her flesh. She swoops down in front of BlackBlaze and lands. Her wings fold back behind her. Her armor disappears and she is once again in her street clothing. Her infuriated expression changes to one of gentle confusion.

She says in a soft, gentle, sweet voice, and without clicking. "BlackBlaze? I, I know you... my past..." She screams and falls to her knees. A black tar-like liquid spreads from her back and covers her completely. As she stands, the goo changes consistency to form a skin-tight out-fit which covers her completely except for her hands, face and hair. Her screaming voice distorts then stops all together. The piercing sound of her screams lingers in the air. "Why would BlackBlaze be here with you rodents?" She asks harshly. It seems almost as if a whole different person is talking. Again she doesn't click. "Where is Lord SaberStryke?"

"We defeated him. As SaberStryke died, BlackBlaze saved WhiteBlaze's life. What's it to you?"

She ignores my question. "You defeated...NO!!! It's not possible!"

"I think this is the real Tyria who's talking."

Tyria slumps to the ground and begins sobbing. The black out-fit shatters into her armor. BlackBlaze nuzzles her, trying to cheer her up.

"Does she know them somehow?"

Kento and Rowen jump back onto the roof and stare in shock. The last thing they expected to see was Lady Tyria on the ground crying with BlackBlaze comforting her.

"Whoa, what happened?"

"We don't really know."

Uli runs over to Tyria and pats her on the back, in between her wings.

"It'll be OK. Sometimes it helps to tell people what's wrong."

She looks me right in the eye. "I am Lord SaberStryke's daughter.

Even though our bodies are frozen we can still talk.

"Torrent, what are you doing?!"

"What do you mean, what am I doing?! Oh, and by the way, my name's Cye."

"Look at the necklace you're wearing." Then he adds.

"Tor-rent's got-ta neck-lace."

"I can't move so how do I look down?" As soon as I say that, movement is restored. Kale falls on his face but Sekhmet and I manage to maintain our balance.

Dais runs up to us, in his spider armor, from an alleyway. "You are all lucky, just beyond Kale is my trap. I set it up to go on when the alarm goes off, and I didn't get a chance to set it off. Watch."

"Dais picks up a rock and throws it a few feet beyond Kale, who had just stood up. As soon as it hits the ground, coils of every sort wrap around the stone. It crumbles into dust.

"The necklace..."

"Sekhmet and Kale look at the jewel hanging around my neck.

"It saved us!"

"Dais, deactivate your trap, we must see Lady Kayura."

"Yes, of course." Dais touches the symbol on his armor while saying some strange incantation and leads our way to the throne room.

Once there, We see Kayura, in a flowing robe, reading a scroll.

"Lady Kayura, Cye of the Torrent is here."

"Huh, Cye?" She turns around and gasps. "The Cerulean jewel!"

"What are you talking about?"

"The stone you are wearing is mentioned in the parchment I was just reading. Is it how you got here?"

"I don't really know."

"Oh, why are you here?"

"Don't know that either."

"Just tell me what happened, Torrent."

I sigh. "I explain everything that's happened since the whirlpool, including Mr. Light. Ok, maybe not my calling him Mr. Light, but still. "And by the way, my name is Cye. Does that scroll say anything about Mr. Light?"

‘No. And without knowing for sure, I can't be certain how you got here or why."

"Great. Well..."

"Cye, the stone..."

I look down. The necklace is glowing. "Just like it did before we walk into that trip..."

"We have waited long enough!" Dais makes a strange clicking noise after all his sentences. His voice sounds warped and harsh. It cracks frequently. "We have heard all we need!"

"Dais, what are you talking about?"

"From Dais' forehead comes a black thick looking liquid. It covers his entire armor until it's black. "Death will be in that dimension! We must get there. For that, we need the staff and the jewel, now!"

"Over my dead and rotting corpse." I move to block the way to Kayura.

"Though that is Sendo's job, we're sure we can make an exception for you, Torrent."

"Dais, what's gotten into you?"

"There's someone or something else here."

"Who are you!"

"We are Toukai. Better known to you as Destruction. If you hand over the jewel and the staff, we will not hurt you. We want only to destroy Death, Doom and Despair."

"Who are they, what have they done to you?"

"They are my siblings, of course. No more delays, hand over the staff and stone, immediately!!!"

"Never!"

"Armor of the Torrent, Dao Shin!" Sekhmet transforms too, but I wasn't paying enough attention to hear what he says. I was focusing on Dais/Destruction.

Kale and Sekhmet step in between Dais/Destruction and I.

"Stand back, Torrent."

"You are our guest, it is our duty to protect Kayura and you."

"Black lightning slash!"

"Snake fang strike!"

The two attacks seem to be absorbed into the black substance around his armor. I step forward to attack but Kayura stops me. "Cye, it won't do any good."

"I've got to at least try, and so do you." I lift up my trident and direct it towards Dais. "Super wave smasher!"

The blast of water pushes the black away from Destruction's breast plate. Kayura attacks before the black goo can return. "Quake with fear!"

Dais is sent flying. The black disappears all together. "I didn't know you could use Anubis' attack."

"It makes sense, I do use his armor, after all."

"I just never thought of it."

"Dais seems all right and there's no trace of the black stuff."

"Kayura, I've been thinking. Can't we just use the Ancient's staff to get back?"

"That just might work, Torrent. We can try."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"MY NAME IS CYE!!!!

"Yes, Torrent. Now let me concentrate. Ancient's Staff, bring us back to the Ronins' world!"

The staff begins to glow and the room fills with blinding golden light...

And that's the end of chapter 4. Questions, Comments, Flames? Send them to [email protected] PLEASE!!! I haven't gotten anything yet and it's depressing me to the point were I might not be able to write anymore. ^_~ Anyway, that's it , that's all. Now to start on Chap. 5. @_@

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