Bleach Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior ❯ The Chosen One; Prince of the Kingdom of Avalon ( Chapter 34 )

“In order to track Yellow LightStar, Des Demona disguised herself as Silent Warrior. We fell right into her trap, and into big trouble! Yellow LightStar was also injured badly! Lucky for us, Dark Warrior appeared and managed to rescue us! But now the question is: is Dark Warrior the Chosen One? What's going to happen to us now?”

Silent Warrior

Episode 34

The Truth Revealed Part 2

“Dark Warrior, are you the Chosen One we're looking for?” Silent Warrior asks.

“Nope, I'm just another soldier like you all,” he responds.

“I can't believe my idol Terrific T: DW is standing right in front of me!”

“I hate to ruin this reunion, but we've got things to discuss,” Athena interrupts. “Let's all meet tomorrow at the Masaki Shrine at Manchester Farms.”

Everyone agrees, and Dark Warrior and Athena both teleport away.

“Kind of in a rush wasn't he?” Dark Blade comments.

“He's just that great!” Silent Warrior drools.

The Chosen One; Prince of the Kingdom of Avalon

“King Mithos, why did you order us to come back?” Sacred asks, appearing with Des Demona.

“We were very close to obtaining the last of the Nijizuishou Shards and defeating Yellow LightStar,” Des Demona adds.

“Lord Yggdrasil commanded it,” King Mithos answers.

“Our great ruler?” Sacred asks.

“Yes, he commanded it, and he also said to bring back Yellow LightStar, alive.”

“Are you serious?” Des Demona screeches.

“Orders do not need to be explained, Des Demona!”

Ashley has made it back to her mansion, and is leaning against the door in her room, clutching her shoulder.

“Fuck, I couldn't protect or save him,” she's saying to herself. “If it hadn't been for Dark Warrior, everything would've been lost.”

Her TV then turns on, and Des Demona appears on the screen.

“Nice place, didn't realize you'd be a rich bitch,” she laughs.

“How did you find me?” Ashley responds.

“Once I realized who you were, it was easy for me to find you.”

“What do you want?”

“Well, now that we know who you are, let's get straight to the point. We'll have a duel, and the winner gets the shards.”

“Sounds fair enough, I'm game.”

“Good, then let's meet this evening around 5. Come to Valhalla Tower, I'll be waiting.”

The TV turns off and Ashley crashes on the couch in pain.

“I'll do this…for my past…”

* * *

TJ is racing home after school, mad that Mr. Karr kept him late.

“It's the beginning of spring, why wouldn't I be looking out the window?” he's saying while running. “And of all the days to be late; Styve's going to have a whole list of things to say to me by the time I get there.”

As he's running, he spots Ashley ahead of him. He approaches her from the back, and slaps her on the shoulder. She winces in pain, but turns around and doesn't let him see.

“Tiny Tim, you're just as rowdy as usual,” she says.

“So what if I'm rowdy,” he retorts. “Better than being all hunched over and old like you!”

“Don't ever change, TJ.”

She then walks off, leaving him confused. He then notices there is some blood on his hand.

“This must have happened when I touched her back,” he concludes. “I don't know what's going on, but I should follow her for a bit.”

Ashley comes to an alley across from Valhalla tower. Suddenly, a hand grabs her shoulder, and she grabs the hand and flips them over.

“Tiny, what are you doing?” she asks, realizing it's him.

“Nice flip,” he answers, getting up. “What are you doing? You're bleeding through your jacket. If you don't get it treated, it's not going to heal.”

“What I do is none of your business.”

“I know, but I was worried.”

“Well go on home, and stop following me.”

Ashley walks off, and TJ continues to follow.

“She's here,” Des Demona notices from not too far away.

Ashley stops in front of the tower, and a red ball surrounds her.

“What is this?” TJ yells.

She turns to see him trapped in the ball as well.

“Why did you keep following me you idiot?” she yells back.

Before he can answer the ball lifts them off the ground and takes them to the tower.

* * *

“Where is TJ? This is late, even for him,” Tyrese says.

He, Damon, and Styve are at the shrine waiting to start the meeting.

“I called my aunt and checked the school. He isn't at either place.”

“Did you check Game Edge?” Styve adds.

“He's at Valhalla Tower,” a boy responds.

The guys turn to see an exact replica of TJ. Light brown skin, blue eyes, 5'9”. The only difference is the muscle build and the hair style, which is still straight, but it's been corn rowed and comes down the back of his neck.

“TJ, you went to get your hair braided?” Damon asks.

“And how did you gain all the muscle mass over night?” Styve questions. “No way hitting the gym in 8hrs would get u to be as jacked as me or Damon.”

“You guys are something else,” Athena says, walking up behind the boy.

“If you're Athena, then that must be Dark Warrior!” Tyrese concludes.

“My name is Tyson-Tyrone Beckford-Davis, but you can call me Tyrone,” the boy responds. “You can say I'm TJ's twin. I'm the him of an alternate dimension.”

“So you two are the same person?” Styve asks.

“We are but we're not. I possess all the same abilities and physical characteristics of your TJ, but there is some variation in our powers. I was born under the star of Justice, while he was…well it'll be explained later. Right now, I believe that he has gone to Valhalla Tower since he isn't here. Athena and I sensed great negative energy coming from there on our way here.”

The guys all sigh and shyly look away from Tyrone.

“If you knew TJ, you wouldn't say something like that,” Prometheus sighs.

“Well at any rate, let's get over there quickly.”

* * *

The red ball has dropped TJ and Ashley off inside the tower. TJ is knocked out, but Ashley is wide awake and staring at Des Demona.

“I'll place my shards here,” she says, walking to the middle of the room and putting them on the floor.

“Let the boy go,” Ashley demands.

“After you deposit your shards.”

Ashley walks over and places hers on the floor too. Des Demona stares with awe at the red, blue, orange, purple, light blue, yellow, and green crystal shards. Ashley then steps back, and Des Demona starts laughing.

“What's so funny now?” Ashley demands.

Sacred then appears and picks up the shards.

“You're such a fool for being so gullible,” Des Demona continues laughing.

“These shards now belong to me,” Sacred says.

Ashley generates a small yellow star and throws it at him. He teleports out of the room, and Des Demona closes her eyes, still laughing, and unaware that she is about to be hit.

“My face, you scratched my beautiful face,” she screams.

All the noise wakes TJ up, and he's caught off guard by the site of Des Demona.

“Why is she yelling at Ashley?” he wonders. “Did she figure out I'm Silent Warrior?”

“I won't forget what you've done,” Des Demona says, teleporting out of the room. “If you want the Nijizuishou Shards, Ashley Hunter, come to the top of the tower.”

“The Dark Crystal shards, how does she know about them?”

“Enjoy your fill of terror,” Des Demona's voice echoes as the room turns to ice.

Ice spikes begin to fall from the ceiling, and the two start running for the other side of the room. As they're running, Ashley is grabbing her shoulder in pain.

“Yellow LightStar was injured on her should yesterday too,” TJ remembers. “But she couldn't be her.”

The two keep running as more and more ice falls from the ceiling.

“I need to do something, Ashley can't keep this up.”

Without thinking, TJ scoops her up and begins flying the two across the room.

“This is much faster than running,” he smiles. “I hope you're not a mutant hater!”

A big boulder of ice falls before them, blocking the exit to the room.

“There's an elevator behind that rock,” Ashley yells out.

“Shouldn't you take the stairs in a case of emergency?” TJ questions.

“Just get us over there!”

TJ flies them in that direction, and he shoots his optic blasts at the boulder of ice, but it's not enough.

“Damn it, I'm still not fully awake from that red ball,” he explains.

“Allow me,” Ashley responds, putting her hands together. “Masenko!”

Ashley shoots a type of projectile from her hands, and together with TJ's beam, they smash the boulder and get inside the elevator.

“We're safe,” TJ says, putting her down. “I didn't know you were a mutant too!”

“I'm not,” Ashley replies. “I focused my spiritual energy into a concentrated form known as a `ki burst.' And we're by no means safe until we get out of here.”

The door then disappears behind them, and the elevator begins moving up.

“It appears that we're trapped,” Ashley observes.

* * *

Outside, the Brother Soldiers have made it to the tower. Dark Sabre is analyzing the building with his computer.

“There's some kind of impregnable shield surrounding the tower,” he tells them. “And get this, TJ and Ashley are inside!”

“What did you say?” Dark Blade asks.

“So you're saying there's no way inside?” Dark Warrior asks.

“In the name of the elements I call upon the forces of nature. Brew a storm, summon the clouds, bring down the heavens! Dark Lightning Bolt Strike!”

Dark Knight blasts open a door and the guys are speechless.

“Guess they weren't counting on real power. Come on guys, let's go.”

“What annoying pests,” Sacred says to Des Demona.

They are watching the city from a window on the top floor of the tower.

“We've got the seven shards and Ashley Hunter is as good as ours,” Des Demona says.

“Why don't you go pay them back for what they did to your beautiful face,” Sacred insists.

* * *

“This elevator is taking forever,” TJ complains to Ashley. “Hey, why do you want the Nijizuishou shards? If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to.”

“I need the shards to find the Zinzuishou,” she replies.

“She even knows about that?”

“It will reveal my past to me. When I was younger, I was involved in a type of tragedy. With my mother being…let's say `incapacitated,' my father had sent me here to get away from the perils of war back in our homeland. My vessel crashed, and I woke up with amnesia. I was adopted into the noble Hunter family, but as I got older, knew I wasn't one of their own. Then there were the dreams of this man, telling me to find the Dark Crystal, and everything would be revealed. I just want my past back, so I can move on with my future.”

TJ looks at her with sad eyes. She then looks at him and smiles.

“I have no reason why I just told you all that, Tiny Tim,” she says.

“It's TJ, remember that?” TJ retorts. “You know, I used to think you were the most obnoxious white girl trying to be down with the brothas, but I guess now I'll move you up to second place.”

“Thank you, TJ.”

She turns and looks up at the sky, and for a brief moment, TJ thinks again that she could be Yellow LightStar, but quickly dismisses it.

Back on the top floor, Sacred is still overlooking the city.

“This is a worthy place for you all to die, Brother Soldiers,” he smirks. “Very soon, this world will be nothing and only the power of Cruxius will prevail.”

His eyes then turn white, and energy starts to flow from him. The lights in the city all turn out, and the tower changes into a demonic temple. Inside, the Brothers are rushing up the stairs, when they feel the energy surging throughout the tower.

“What is this, Dark Warrior?” Dark Knight asks.

“My brother, Sacred, has changed this place into one of his temples,” Dark Blade answers.

“Dark Blade, you must protect us without exposing yourself,” Dark Warrior commands. “I know you can do it.”

“If I use one of my sutras, I should be able to suppress the dark power, and keep him from noticing who I am.”

Above the elevator shaft, Des Demona is looking down the long corridor, grinning at the faint glimmer of the elevator. She then raises her hands in front of her, and fire begins to surge between them.

“This is the end for you,” she smiles. “I'll just tell King Mithos it was an accident. Ye lord, mask of blood and flesh; all creation; flutter of wings; ye who bears the name of man. Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges: march on to the south! Way of destruction number 34: Shot of Red Fire: Shakkahou!”

Calling a powerful fire spell, Des Demona unleashes the fury of the fire high into the air, and then has it spiral downward towards the open roofed elevator where TJ and Ashley are. TJ looks up and notices the sparkle.

“You smell something burning?” he asks Ashley.

“Up there, it's a fire!” she yells.

The fire is getting closer, and neither knows what to do.

“You don't have ice abilities too, do you?” she questions.

“I don't control the elements like my mother!” he shouts back. “And teleportation is limited, so I can't get us both out of here.”

“You could never be on that trained team of mutants that fight for…”

“I'm in training damn it!”

The fire is getting closer and the two are still arguing.

“Silent Warrior could get us out of here, but then she'll know my identity… … … better than being burned to a crisp.”

“Ashley, I'm going to get us out of here,” TJ says in his Silent Warrior voice.

“And how do you plan on doing that?” she asks. “You just listed all the things you can't do!”

TJ just looks at her and holds up his right fist. Ashley looks at his shimmering silver bracelet, waiting to see what happens.

“Maybe now you'll see that I'm not Tiny Tim,” TJ smiles. “And try not to blush at what you see.”

TJ then blushes himself as Ashley rolls her eyes.

“Phoenix Transform!”

As TJ transforms into Silent Warrior, Ashley watches on, witnessing the whole thing, completely thrown off that he is Silent Warrior.

“This boy…he's…impossible…”

Up above, Des Demona watches as the fire makes contact with the elevator and causes a huge explosion. Pleased with her work, she prepares to report to King Mithos, when the dagger strikes before her. She turns around to see the image of a Phoenix as the smoke clears to reveal Silent Warrior.

“That was no accident doing something like that to innocent people. Like the Phoenix, I have risen from the flames to deliver punishment. Your cowardly games almost cost the lives of two innocent people, and for that you cannot be forgiven. As Silent Warrior, I shall not forgive you, in the name of the Phoenix.”

“How delightful,” Des Demona laughs. “It wasn't you I wanted it was your masked friend, Yellow LightStar, but now I get to kill you both!”

“Nice try Des Demona, but she's not even here.”

“Oh yes I am,” Ashley says.

Silent Warrior slowly turns around, to spot Ashley holding a yellow star shaped flower.

“Let's Rocket!”

Ashley holds the flower up, and it begins to shimmer and shine. It becomes transparent and reveals small stars inside. The stars spill out and cover her body, making it transparent with stars inside. White star dust then pans up her body from her feet, creating her uniform. She ends with a smile and sparkles going across her eyes, creating her signature mask. Her ending pose has her standing in front of a giant yellow star shaped flower with sparkles.

“Ashley…you're…Yellow LightStar!” Silent Warrior whispers.

He then thinks back to all the times she has come to his aide, and all the times she was teasing him.

“You can't fight, you're injured,” he says.

“Silent Warrior, I will protect you,” she smiles back.

“Enough with the song and dance you two, I've had enough,” Des Demona moans. “Let's finish this right now, you and me Yellow LightStar.”

“That's fine by me, Des Demona. Leave Silent Warrior out of this though, this is between you and me.”

“Of course; a fair and square fight.”

As Yellow LightStar is talking, Des Demona is creating a crystal behind Silent Warrior.

“My will shall be done!” she yells out.

The crystal goes flying towards Silent Warrior quicker than he has time to react. There's a flash of light, and when Silent Warrior opens his eyes, he sees Yellow LightStar behind him, the crystal pierced through her chest, blood dripping everywhere. She falls to the floor, her pony tail coming undone, and her mask falling off.

“Are you ok, TJ?” she asks.

“You fool, Ashley, you fool,” he responds.

He kneels down, holding her in his arms like he did earlier in the ice room.

“Why do you look like you're going to cry, not so Tiny Tim?” she smiles.

Silent Warrior looks at her without responding. With tears in his eyes he smiles back at her.

“Shut up you fool, the dust is in my eye,” he lies.

At the doorway, the Brothers have appeared.

“We were too late,” Dark Warrior says.

“Yellow LightStar…” Dark Blade whispers.

Silent Warrior blinks and a tear falls from his eye. As it falls, light begins to shimmer from it. It falls on to Yellow LightStar's sword, causing it to change to a golden blade. The blade then begins resonating.

“That's the Astral Sword,” Prometheus says to Athena. “But, that sword belonged to…”

In a side room, Sacred is watching the seven crystal shards. Reacting to the resonation from the tear and the sword, they fly off the table and float to the room everyone else is in. The shards then appear in front of Silent Warrior in a circle. They crash into each other and the result is a magnificently brilliant black diamond-shaped jewel.

“It's the Zinzuishou!” Athena exclaims.

Silent Warrior then stands up and holds out his other ring. Without any words being said, and his eyes losing their pupils, the Universal Bow is formed. The crystal then merges into the center of the staff, changing it to a black rod with gold tips and the Dark Crystal in the middle.

“What's happening now?” Prometheus asks.

“I think it's time,” Dark Warrior answers.

Silent Warrior reaches out and grabs the staff. Immediately a light from the staff surges through to Silent Warrior, changing his appearance. When the light dims, Silent Warrior is dressed in Imperial black and silver armor with flowing cape, black on the outside, silver on the inside, and a symbol of the Phoenix on the outside as well. On his forehead is a Japanese kanji in shining black, outlined in gold.

“It's the Chosen One!” Prometheus exclaims.

“The Prince of Avalon, the Guardian Kingdom,” Dark Warrior adds.