Melancholy of Flowers

Chapter Fourteen


Surprising Power and the Final Round



“H-Hana run.....” Cye choked.

Kurushimi’s grip increased and a puddle of blood formed underneath Cye’s hanging body. “What a sweet boy you have here,” Kurushimi said in a husky voice. “So gentlemen like and cute too.”

“LET GO OF HIM!” Hana demanded.

“It so sweet how both of you care for each other,” Kurushimi grinned. Kurushimi raised her hand and black chains emerged from the wall. The chains wrapped themselves around Cye’s neck, arms and legs, making him hang from the wall. “You happy now? I let him go.”

“That’s not what I meant,” Hana sneered. Hana felt a gust of wind and was blown to the back of the room. She was thrown into the chair that Kurushimi normally sits in and was chained to the chair. “What? What is this?”

“You are going to be my special guest.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“You are going to witness the most blood gushing event you will ever see in your short, pathetic life.”

“What are you saying?” Hana looked up towards the ceiling and realized little glowing balls floating in the air. “What are those?”

“Took you a while to realize them. They are my special bombs that I use only on special people.”

Hana’s face light up with horror as she looked back at Kurushimi. Kurushimi’s face had a smug look to it. Her eyes were dark and cold. Her lips curled up at the corner of her mouth to form an evil smirk.

“NO! YOU CAN’T!” Hana yelled, trying to break free.

“Oh but I can. Just sit back and enjoy the show,” Kurushimi laughed and with a wave of her hand, the bombs from the air swarmed around Cye’s hanging body.

“What is she doing?” Kento demanded.

“She’s going to blow Cye up,” Sage said in a horrific voice.

“WHAT?! NO WAY! GET AWAY FROM HIM!” Kento screamed.

Kurushimi looked at Kento with the same look she gave Hana and snapped her fingers. The bombs exploded on Cye, making him scream in agony.

“STOP! NO MORE!” Hana demanded.

Smoke filled the room as the last bomb exploded. Everyone was silent and just starred at the cloud where Cye’s body was. Hana sat in the chair, her body trembling with fear as to what Cye might look like now. Kurushimi laughed as she stepped away from the cloud of smoke.

“I only had a few left, but it was worth it. You seemed to enjoy it,” Kurushimi said, looking at Ryo’s face. All color left his face along with any sign of movement. He just hung there by his chains, waiting to see what was the result.

The smoke cleared the room and everyone gasped in horror. Cye’s body hung from the chains in the wall, motionless. The little puddle that once was underneath him was now an ocean of crimson blood. The color of Cye’s face was now paper white and his skin had burned marks along with deep holes in his skin.

“Oh my..... OH MY GOD!” Hana cried. “CYE WAKE UP! PLEASE!”

“YOU BITCH!” Kento screamed.

“It worked out better than I planned it would be,” Kurushimi said.

“You... you will pay...”

“What did you say?” Kurushimi looked and saw that Hana was no longer in the chair. “But how? How did you escape?”

“I told you from the start didn’t I? I have powers that even you don’t even know of,” Hana said as she stepped down from the platform that the chair was on. “You are the one who is going to suffer.” Purple aura surround Hana’s body as she walked over to Cye’s motionless body. She pressed her ear against his chest and sighed. “He’s still breathing. But not for long.”

“We need to get him to a hospital,” Kento said.

“And say what? A maniac witch bombed our friend?” Sage said. “Hana, release me.”

Hana’s eyes glowed a deep purple and the chains that once bound the guys to the wall disappeared.

“How did you do that?!” Kurushimi demanded.

“I don’t want to repeat myself,” Hana glared at her.

Sage picked up Cye’s bloody body and carried him outside of the warehouse.

“Not so fast,” Kurushimi said through clenched teeth.

“Armor of Wildfire... dao jin!” Ribbons appeared from the ground and wrapped around Ryo’s body. The ribbons bursted in cherry blossoms and turned into Ryo’s armor. “I don’t think so Kurushimi. I sat around and watched as you played around with my friends. Now it’s my turn to step in.”

“We are right behind you,” Kento said.

Ryo looked behind him and saw all his friends in their armor. “Thanks guys.”

“NO! This is my fight Ronins, stay out of it,” Hana said.

“What? Hana, you are no match for her unless we team up,” Ryo said.

Hana’s eyes glowed purple again and Ryo, Rowen, and Kento were thrust against the wall.

“Hana! What’s with you?!” Ryo yelled.

“I told you that it’s between me and her. I don’t want anyone to interfere with this battle,” Hana said.

“I don’t think Hana is herself Ryo,” Rowen whispered.

“What do you mean?” Ryo asked.

“Look at her eyes,” Rowen pointed out. “They aren’t as lively as they were.”

“Rowen does have a point Ryo. Her eyes are blank and they aren’t her usual color either,” Kento said.

“Her powers must have taken over her body,” Ryo said.


Another wave of energy force appeared from Hana’s hand and threw Kurushimi to the back of the room. Hana stood where she was, starring at the rubble that she made. Kurushimi removed the broken chair from her and stood up.

“How dare you,” Kurushimi growled. With a quick movement, Hana was pinned against the wall with Kurushimi’s hand around her neck. “I don’t like it when someone else pushes me down.”

“You are just like a little kid,” Hana smirked. “You don’t like losing.” Kurushimi yelled and punched Hana in the stomach, making her cough up blood. Hana smirked and then started to laugh. “Thanks for making my point so clear.”

“She’s losing it,” Kento whispered. “Hana is totally going into the deep end with no life saver attached to her.”

“I think she can take care of herself,” Ryo said. “Besides, does it even look like she’s hurt at all?”

“Not physically showing, no.”

“She’s okay for now.”

“I can’t stand people like you,” Kurushimi growled, making her grip harder around Hana’s neck. Hana choked but still had a smile on her face.

The guys looked on as Cye showed up from behind them with his armor on.

“Cye? What are you doing here?” Ryo asked with his eyes wide.

“I’m fine....” Cye said weakly.

“No you are not.”

“He wouldn’t listen to me. I stopped some of his bleeding, but he is still very weak,” Sage said who was supporting Cye’s body.

“Look, I don’t want Hana to think that she is alone,” Cye said.

“She knows that she’s not alone Cye. We offered to help her but she said for us to stay out of this fight,” Kento said.

“What?” Cye looked at Hana with worried eyes.

“You know, I’m flattered that you want to get so close to me, but you are starting to annoy me,” Hana said and grabbed both of Kurushimi’s wrists. “I think it’s time for you to let go.” Hana removed Kurushimi’s hands from around her neck and threw her to the wall. Kurushimi went flying past the Ronins and crashed into the back wall. Hana rubbed her neck and started to walk slowly toward the fallen villain. “You are the one who wanted to pick a fight with me. I didn’t come back here to fight with some maniac who doesn’t even know what the hell she is talking about. You should’ve just let us live in peace.”

“Shut up....” Kurushimi said softly. Kurushimi got up from the wall and stood up, holding her right arm. “I will kill you if it’s the last thing I do.”

“You are going to kill me? You are already beat.”

“SHUT UP! I will have my revenge!” A crystal like sphere appeared behind Hana and charged toward her.

“HANA LOOK OUT!” Ryo called.

“What?” The sphere pierced through Hana’s stomach, making her scream in pain.

“NO!” Cye cried.

Kurushimi laughed and walked over to Hana, a smile spread wide across her face. “Didn’t see that one coming did you?”

“You......” Blood gushed out of Hana’s mouth as Hana collapsed to the ground.

“You got what you deserved,” Kurushimi sneered.

“Iron Rock Crusher!”

The ground rose and millions of rocks appeared from under Kurushimi’s feet. Kurushimi yelled as the rocks crushed upon her body. Sage raced to Hana’s side and began his healing stage.

“She’s still breathing,” Sage said. “If I close the wound in time, she should make it.”

“That’s good to hear,” Ryo said. “Right Cye? Cye?”

Cye stood there with is yori tightly in his grasp. “I can’t forgive her for what she did to Hana....”

“I know you are upset Cye, but I think Kento to care of her. There is no way she could survive that attack,” Rowen said.

“That attack... was... nothing,” Kurushimi said as she crawled from under the rocks. “It was a weak attack.”

“What the hell?! Is she like some kind of bug or something? We can’t get rid of her!” Kento said.

“I will and I will make sure she pays for what she has done,” Cye said.

“But your body is too weak. I don’t think you can survive another attack let alone using your own,” Ryo said.

“I’ll be fine. It’s just you and me now Kurushimi!”

“You? Fight me? Your kidding right? I bet each part of your body aches from all those bombs,” Kurushimi laughed.

“Let’s find out then,” Cye growled as he pointed his yori at Kurushimi. “Wave Smasher!” The blue beam shot out from the tip of the yori and at Kurushimi.

“Nice beam, but I have one as well!” Kurushimi created a purple beam from her palms and aimed it at Cye. The two beams clashed together in the center of the room. Kurushimi laughed and added more force to her beam, making it push Cye’s attack back a little.

“Cye’s not going to be able to hold out much longer,” Ryo said. “I can see that his body is giving out.”

“Not to mention Kurushimi’s beam is beating his attack,” Rowen said.

“Let me help....” Hana groaned.

“What?” Sage asked.

Hana slowly sat up and looked at the two attacks. “I can help Cye defeat her.”

“Not in this condition,” Sage said.

“I can do it Sage. It’s the least thing I can do for him.”

Hana slowly got to her feet and made her way by Cye’s side.

“H-Hana?” Cye asked.

“Cye I want you to do me a favor. Whatever happens, I just want you to know that I love you with all my heart.”

“What are you saying?”

“Just relax your body Cye.”

Hana breathed in through her nose and closed her eyes.

“Do you see what I see?” Kento asked.

“Yeah but I don’t believe it,” Rowen said.

“Hana’ s body is turning transparent,” Ryo said.

“This is my ultimate technique,” Hana said while looking at Ryo. “I can enter a person’s body.”

“WHAT?!” Ryo asked in shock.

“It took time for me to master it and you will never believe how hard it was, but I did it. Cye...... I will lend you some of my power so we can defeat her once and for all.”

“Are you sure about this?” Cye asked.

“No I’m not sure. I’ll probably die once this is all over with.”

“What? No! I won’t let you do it!”

“Cye..... it’s the least I can do.”

Hana walked into Cye’s body, making the purple aura surround his body.

“How does it feel Cye?” Kento asked.

“It feels weird,” Cye admitted.

“Just relax Cye and let my power flow within you,” Hana said in Cye’s head.

Purple essence flowed from the tip of the yori and flowed with the light blue beam.

“What is this?!” Kurushimi asked.

“It’s our super attack! Wave Smasher!” The beam from the yori grew and moved through the purple beam, hitting Kurushimi’s body. Kurushimi yelled in pain as her body disappeared into the air.

Cye dropped his yori to the floor and fell to his knees. Hana’s body appeared from Cye and fell to the ground motionless.

“Hana? HANA!” Ryo cried as he raced to her side.

Sage put his hand on Hana’s chest and waited patiently.

“Well Sage?” Kento asked.

“Her heart beat is very fainted but I think I can save her,” Sage said.

“This warehouse isn’t very far from where Mia lives right?” Kento asked.

“About ten minutes from here,” Rowen said.

“What are you going to do?”

“Well we can’t bring Cye and Hana back to my apartment looking like the way that they do. People hang outside all the time and if they see us, they will start to wonder,” Ryo said.

“Going to Mia’s is the only option then,” Rowen said. “If we have our sub armor on, we can get there in half the time it will take without it.”

“Then we better hurry,” Sage said.

“Wait....... where’s Ryo?” Rowen asked.

“I’m over here,” Ryo said, carrying Natsumi in his arms. “We have to bring her along.”

“Fine then, I’ll carry Cye,” Kento said, picking up Cye’s fallen body.

“And I’ll carry Hana,” Sage said.

“Let’s go,” Ryo said and headed out the door.

The Ronins exited the warehouse and headed toward the mountains to Mia’s house.




A/N: OMG! This took me so long because I kept having writer’s block and I couldn’t figure out how to make this more interesting. It was seriously killing me. I hope it turned out okay for all of you. The last chapter will be up soon.... I hope. Thanks for reading.