Evil Torrent

Chapter Six
Torrent vs. Ronins


Cye entered through the front door, only to see everyone sitting on the couch. Mia got up and ran up to him.

“Cye where were you?” she asked. Cye just stood there, not saying a word. “Cye?”

“Cye!” Kento shouted as he ran to his friend. He hugged Cye with tears flowing down his cheeks. “Oh Cye where were you? I missed you and all of your good cooking. Everyone sucks at it.” Kento stopped then broke away from Cye. “It was a total nightmare, you hear me?!” Kento shouted, shaking Cye by the shoulders.

“Stop it Kento,” Ryo said. “Give him space.”

Cye silently walks upstairs and into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

“Whatever,” Kento said and walked away. But Ryo just starred upstairs, concern on his face. For the rest of the night, no one heard from Cye. Kento had to sleep on the couch because Cye wouldn\'t unlock the door to their room. Ryo laid awake in bed thinking about Cye’s strange behavior. Morning came around and everyone was still sleeping. Ryo, who finally got to sleep, was hanging off the edge of his bed. White Blaze who was next to him was sleeping as well, until he heard a door shut and footsteps in the hallway. White Blaze opened one eye and stayed still for a moment. The footsteps went down the stairs and out the door. Getting up, White Blaze nudged Ryo\'s hand.

“What?” Ryo moaned. White Blaze growled silently, nudging Ryo\'s hand harder. “Okay, okay.” Ryo got out of bed and goes to the window. Looking out, he sees Cye walking away. “Cye?” Ryo was now fully awake now. He got dressed and headed out the door along with White Blaze.

“Where\'s he going?” Ryo asked himself as he followed Cye who was heading toward the forest. Cye walked a few feet away from Ryo then stopped. Ryo stopped as well as he watched Cye closely. Cye turned around and faced Ryo with a blank expression on his face. “Cye why are you here? What\'s up? You\'re not yourself.” Cye reached into his pocket and took out the dark yoroi orb. He held it up and changed into his sub armor. Instead of his normal light blue color, it was dark blue. Ryo stood there in shock while White Blaze growled.
“Cye where\'d you get that orb from?” Ryo asked.

Cye looked at Ryo with a evil grin on his face. Ryo stepped back as he saw red flash in Cye’s eyes.

“Cye!” Cye attacked Ryo and knocked him to the ground. White Blaze charged at Cye but got knocked down too. “Cye why are you doing this?” Ryo asked as he struggled to get up. Cye ignored Ryo’s question and kicked him hard in the chest. Ryo yelled in pain as he fell to the ground. He laid there as he felt the pain his chest and back. He heard foot steps coming toward him, but the pain was so bad, he couldn’t look. Suddenly he felt a heavy pound on his back. His eyes are shut tightly as the new pain coursed through him. After Cye stomped on Ryo\'s back, he kicked his sides.

“Cy please,” he said weakly. Cye just stood there with a smile on his face. Tears start to form in Ryo\'s eyes. Cye raised his hand and was about to make the final blow until an arrow flew in. Cye looked to his left and smiled.

“Well, look who comes to join the party,” he said in a cold voice. The others stood there in shock.

“Cye? Cye what are you doing?” Sage asked.

“Guys.... he\'s evil....” Ryo said through clutched teeth.
“Evil?!” they all said at once.

“Are you okay?” Rowen asked as he helped Ryo up. Ryo looked at Rowen forced a weak smile.

“Yeah..ah!” Ryo hunched over, holding his chest.

“What did you do to him Cye?” Sage asked.

“Nothing. I just gave him what he deserved,” Cye grinned.

“Deserved? He didn\'t do anything to you!” Sage yelled, now feeling rage within him.

“Shut up.” Cye kicked Sage below the belt two times.

“Sage are you okay?” Kento asked, running to his side. Sage couldn\'t answer except shake in place. “Cye! You bastard!” Kento charged at Cye and punched him right in the face. Panting hard, Kento looked at his fist. “What did I do?”

“Signed a death will,” Cye said angrily, his eyes flash red again. “Armor of Torrent.... Dao Shin!” Black and purple ribbons appear instead of the original ribbons. Kento shielded his eyes from the bright light that the transformation caused. When the light faded, he looked at Cye who is in a different armor. Instead of the light blue armor, it was dark blue. Cye pointed his yari at Kento. “Say cheese. Super Wave Smasher!” The beam shot out of the yari and hit Kento. He fell next to Ryo who\'s head is resting on Rowen\'s lap. Kento struggled to get up, but fell back down.

“Kento! Hang in there buddy!” Rowen said.

“Ryo...” Kento closed his eyes and passed out.

“Kento....” Ryo weakly said.

“Ryo? Ryo don\'t move!” Rowen said.

“But Rowen I have to. Everyone is getting pummeled to the ground. They need me.” Ryo got to his feet and looked at Cye who was glaring at Ryo. “Armor of Wildfire.... Dao Jin!” Ribbons appear along with falling cherry blossoms. The blossoms turn into Ryo\'s armor.

“There\'s Wildfire,” Cye said evilly.

“Cye I don\'t want to fight you,” Ryo said.

“I don\'t want to talk. Super Wave Smasher!” The beam struck Ryo hard and he fell to the ground.

“Ryo!” Rowen ran up to Ryo and starts shaking him.

“Rowen....” Ryo groaned.

“Ryo, you\'re injured as it is. Let me reason with him.”

“But...”

“No. This is for your own good.” Rowen faced Cye who had a smirk on his face. “Cye, I don\'t know what game you\'re playing, but it ends now.” Rowen withdrew an arrow and aimed it at Cye.

“No! Rowen!” Ryo shouted.

“Please forgive me,” Rowen said softly. “Arrow Shock Wave!” He released the arrow, hitting Cye in the chest. Cye screamed and fell to the ground. Rowen ran up to him and grabbed him by the shoulders. Cye tried to pull away, but Rowen\'s grasp on him was too strong. “Cye what\'s wrong with you?” Cye doesn\'t answer him. “Answer me!” Rowen slapped Cye across the face. “Cye!” Rowen shook Cye harder.

“C-Cye,” Ryo said. His kanji appeared on his forehead, making Cye\'s glow too. Cye yelled in pain and threw Rowen off him. He held his head and shuts his eyes. “Cye?” Rowen asked. Cye starts to see images of him and his friends, having a good time together.

“Ryo? Rowen? Sage? Kento?” Cye asked and walked toward them.

“Hey what\'s up Cye? Waiting for dinner you know,” Kento said with a big grin.

“Yeah, you\'re an excellent cook,” Sage said.

“Yeah, better then the rest of us,” Ryo smiled.

“Sure. But why are you being so nice to me?” Cye asked.

“What kind of question is that? We\'re friends,” Kento laughed.

“And friends stick together. Through thick and through thin,” Rowen added.

“We would never mistreat you,” Sage said.

“Never,” Kento confirmed.

Cye opened his eyes and looked up to see Rowen starring at him. “Cye are you okay buddy?” Rowen asked.

“Y-You called me buddy,” Cye said.

“Of course I did. No matter how evil you get, you are still my best friend.”

“Best friend...” Cye fell to the ground and groaned His armor starts to flash from dark blue to light blue. Rowen walked over to Cye and laid a hand on his shoulder..

“Fight it Cye. We\'re here for you no matter what,” Rowen said.

“Ugh...” Cye struggled to look up. “R-Ryo.... Sage.... Kento.....” Cye closed his eyes tight. “This is my fault. I did this to them. They were only trying to save me.” Rowen noticed tears running down Cye\'s cheek. Cye\'s armor went back to it\'s original color. Cye lifted his head up and looked at Rowen.

“Cye?” Rowen asked with concern on his face.

“Rowen. Thank you,” Cye said with a smile.

“Glad you\'re back. buddy.”

Akui banged a fist onto a table. “Stupid Ronins!” he shouted. “Spirits, bring him back to me!”

Spirits flew out of the castle and headed toward the area where Cye was.

“Ryo,” Cye said as he helped Ryo up. Ryo slowly opened his eyes and smiled. “Ryo. I\'m so sorry.”

“Don\'t be.... glad to have you back,” Ryo said.

“Are you okay Sage?” Rowen asked.

“Yeah... I\'ll live,” Sage said, sitting up.

“Cye gave you some mean blows,” Ryo said.

“Sorry Sage,” Cye said.

Sage smiled at him and patted him on the back. “It\'s okay.”

“So who did this to you anyway?” Ryo asked.

“Hana....” Cye said quietly.

“Hana?” Sage asked.

“Hana, she\'s in danger. She has two sides to her. Herself and an evil spirit named Shijisha.”

Everyone stood there in silence, trying to soak everything in. Cye was about to say something, until a purple aura formed around him.

“What is this” he asked.

His body slowly began to vanish into the air.

“Cye!” Ryo said and went to grab him, but his hand just went through Cye’s hand.

“It’s Akui, he’s trying to take me back,” Cye said.

“Who’s Akui?” Kento asked.

“The mastermind behind all this. He’s in a castle that’s on top of a mountain,” Cye said as his whole body vanished before the others.

“Cye!” Ryo yelled.

“This is just great,” Kento said angrily. “Now what?”

“We try to find this Akui person,” Sage said.

“Or until we meet up with Cye again,” Rowen added.

“If he does become evil again, we’ll know how to bring him back,” Ryo said.

“And Hana too,” Kento said.

The others nodded and headed back to Mia’s house to tell her what had happened.


A/N: Short chapter. ^^ Yeah. Didn’t feel like adding anything else to the chapter. Next chapter should be long though. Have lots of ideas for it. ^.~