Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames ❯ Damon's Power Surge ( Chapter 16 )

“Damon is training up at a temple in the mountains. What's wrong man, are you worried about something? Damon, your troubles make us worry too. Don't forget, all of us have your back too!”

Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames

Episode 105

Damon is running in the mountains, training alone. He's running through a forest, when he trips over a tree root.

“Why, why did I lose to someone like that?” he thinks to himself.

He then thinks back to a week ago when they were facing a Youma. He throws his attack, but the Youma reflects it easily. Silent Warrior then finishes off the enemy.

“When it comes to brute strength, usually I am depended on,” Damon says to himself. “I need to get more power.”

Damon's Power Surge

“Elmyra, come here,” Professor King calls out.

“Rapturers 5, Elmyra speaking,” she answers.

“What is the status on the next target?”

“The next target has already been chosen. This person must have a pure heart, for he has been training alone on the mountains for the past four years. His name is Kakusui Yakushiji, and he's a monk at the Nicheren school. I have a question professor.”

“What is it Elmyra?”

“What kind of shape is the talisman supposed to be?”

“Well, if the pure heart is a true talisman, it will turn into one of three holy items: an enchanted gauntlet, a holy sword, or a golden staff. When the three items are gathered together, the Sacred Crest will appear.”

Professor King then sends the Youma case over to Elmyra, and she drives off in the car. She appears out of an aqueduct.

* * *

“Hey Promeeth, check this out,” TJ says, regarding a post card in his hands. “It's from Damon. It says that he's training at some temple up in the mountains.”

“Training?” Prometheus asks.

“Yeah, and get this: it's right next to on of the hotels Ashley's family owns. This makes me lucky!”

“TJ, you can't seriously be thinking what I think you are.”

TJ talks to the others, and the four guys decide they have nothing better to do (it being Saturday and all) so they decide to go and pay Damon a visit. On the train, TJ and Tyrone are pigging out on the food.

“You could at least take a breath every once in a while,” Styve moans. “You have pieces of your lunch stuck on your cheeks.”

“We're hungry too,” Prometheus and Athena cry from the duffle bags they are hiding in.

“It'd be nice if you gave us some of that food,” Athena says to Tyrone.

Both TJ and Tyrone give them each a shrimp.

“Why didn't Timmy come along?” Styve asks.

“Huh?” TJ says, pausing with his mouth open. “Oh yeah, well I used my skills and told him to stay home, and as his future father, of course he listened to me.”

“That's not true,” Prometheus speaks up. “He snuck out the back door while Timmy was in the bathroom.”

TJ and the guys finally reach their destination, and start to complain about all the stairs leading up to the shrine.

“You know guys, there's a nice hotel around here,” TJ comments. “Do you guys want to stay there?”

“We came to help out Damon,” Styve bellows.

“It doesn't matter where we stay, as long as we can help Damon,” TJ insists.

“You're saying some really decent things today, TJ. It doesn't matter to me as long as I can study,” Tyrese says.

“Stop it, that's enough!” Prometheus yells. “The real reason TJ came up here is because Ashley is visiting a hotel nearby that her family owns.

“So you lied to us about helping Damon train?” Tyrone asks.

“And you didn't mean it when you said you wanted to study?” Tyrese adds.

“Guys, we're on a trip. We can do lots of objectives!” TJ pleads.

“Then it's settled,” Styve says. “We're staying at the temple.”

The guys all climb the stairs, and then complain when they finally reach the top. Tyrese points out that it has 52 more steps than the Masaki shrine. They then notice Damon working out. They also see another guy running around.

“Hi guys,” Damon says, noticing them at the stairs. “What are you doing here?”

“We came to support you,” TJ says. “Hey, what's that guy doing over there?”

“Oh, that's Kakusui. He runs 50 laps around these mountains everyday.”

“Is he the teacher here?” Styve asks.

“Yeah, he's the only other person up here.”

Later, Damon is walking around, when he notices Kakusui sitting under a waterfall.

“Ouch, that's cold,” Damon says, touching the water.

He tries to stand under it, but it's too cold for him.

“How can I become like this?” Damon asks, referring to his invulnerability. “I'm in a kind of slump, and my techniques aren't effective.”

Kakusui then comes out of from under the water, but doesn't say anything. Damon then snaps at him. Kakusui points to his mouth.

“The water is so cold that it has frozen it shut,” he says, muffled.

Damon laughs at this remark.

“That's better,” he says, getting it unstuck. “'There is no path that lets me live my life other than this path, therefore, I walk this path.' That is my favorite quote.”

“Is the path always the right one?”

“Well, sometimes it isn't, but it only helps me to learn from my mistakes. Despite this being the path I chose, whenever my training doesn't go quite well, I keep wondering if this was the right path…”

“Even you have doubts?”

“Ha, I won't lose to anyone in terms of wondering about my life!”

* * *

That night, everyone is sleeping in Damon's quarters.

“Hey Damon, why did you suddenly decide to come up here?” Styve asks.

“I don't have a particular reason,” Damon lies.

“You shouldn't hold your worries inside,” TJ says to Damon.

“Yeah, as you can see, TJ doesn't have a problem letting his business out,” Styve comments.

TJ gets upset at the comment, and throws a pillow at him. Styve throws it back, along with his own, and one hits Tyrone. Tyrone gets upset and throws a pillow back, but it misses and hits Tyrese. A big pillow fight then ensues. The next morning, Damon is up before everyone, and is looking at them as he leaves the room.

“Thank you for coming guys,” he whispers, “but this is something that I want to solve by myself this time.”

Damon starts his workout, and all the noise wakes up the others.

“Maybe there's nothing we can do to help him,” Styve says, watching him out the window.

At breakfast, TJ and Tyrone are shocked to find that all they're eating is a bowl of cereal.

“I'm not going to get any energy from this,” they complain.

“This will make one's brain work better,” Tyrese says.

“This will make a person lose weight,” Styve adds.

“I want to eat something good while I'm on my trip,” TJ complains some more. “I know, let's go eat at the hotel.”

“TJ, you're always thinking about girls!” Styve scolds. “But I wouldn't mind eating there either.”

“Well, what are we going to do with this cereal?” Tyrese asks.

“We'll eat this too,” TJ says.

As TJ is stuffing his face, Tyrone takes out some swimming trunks.

“I brought mine too,” Styve says taking his out.

TJ takes out his also.

“At least one of you was only thinking about Damon,” Athena says.

“Actually…” Tyrese says, bringing out his trunks.

The guys then go over to the hotel and get food from the all you can eat buffet. They then go and find seats by the pool. While they are eating, TJ spots Ashley.

“Hey Ashley,” he says as she comes up to them. “You look phat in that business suit. Want to get together and do something?”

“Sorry I can't babe,” she replies. “I'm really busy today.”

She walks away, and then TJ sits down, mad. Styve gets up and stretches, and then hears some voices from across the pool.

“Hmm, look at that light skinned brotha over there,” one voice says.

“He is so fine,” another one comments.

“All four of them is fine,” a third adds.

As the four guys are listening in, they prepare to go visit, when the girls then start hollering over some other guys.

“You little heffers!” Styve yells out.

TJ then looks to see who they were talking about, and notices it's Jacoby and Elliott.

“Look guys, it's them,” TJ says, getting up.

They all go over and talk to them, sitting in lawn chairs.

“What are you doing here, Tiny,” Jacoby asks.

“Those are some tight designs on your trunks,” Tyrone says to Elliott. “Marc Edwards?”

“Of course, and thanks,” he responds. “You all look well yourselves.”

“We should probably start heading back,” Tyrese suggests.

“I don't want to leave,” TJ whines.

“You already know that Ashley is busy today, so why don't you just give it up?” Styve asks.

TJ gets upset at Styve's tone of voice, and goes to push him in the pool, but he misses and falls in himself.

“The wind is bringing me the scent of foul ground,” Jacoby says to Elliott. “Something is going to happen.”

* * *

Meanwhile, Damon and Kakusui are training in the mountains. They are both meditating to nature.

“Wow, he's really good at this,” Damon starts to think, when he hears snoring. “Do you always take a nap during training all the time?” he asks aloud.

“Only when I'm sleeping,” he responds. “It's important to relax sometimes. Don't try to overexert yourself.”

On the road, TJ is walking back when Elmyra's car speeds by him. Recognizing the car, he begins to run. The car reaches Damon and Kakusui, and Elmyra points the gun at him.

“Get out of here,” Damon yells. “You don't know what you're dealing with here.”

“No way, you go, she's after me,” Kakusui says. “A person cannot do it alone. People need people.”

Elmyra then shoots the gun, and his Pure Heart Crystal is taken. Damon then dives into a bush.

“Dark Lightning Dagger Power!”

TJ then appears and transforms too.

“Armor of the Phoenix, Transform!”

A green dagger then strikes in front of Elmyra.

“One who lays hands on this man will not be forgiven. I, Dark Knight, will punish you.”

“Oh please, you want to fight?” Elmyra asks. “Well, Demonderuru will fight with you, let me get her. Step up!”

A Youma with a giant paintbrush then appears, and begins to fight Dark Knight. The black dagger then strikes the ground in front of the two fighters.

“Stop right there! No matter what evil things you do, even if the ones for justice fall seven times, they will get up the eighth time. For what's right, I'm a handsome Brother Soldier in Phoenix armor. I am Silent Warrior! And in the name of the Phoenix, I will punish you!”

“We the Brother Soldiers will punish you too,” the other three say, appearing in a tree.

“That's ok guys, leave this to me,” Dark Knight says. “I'll defeat them by myself this time. Dark Lightning Bolt Jolt!”

Demonderuru reflects the attack back at the guys with her paintbrush. Dark Tiger's Eye then appears and looks at the Heart Crystal.

“Your mission is a failure again,” he says to Elmyra. “This isn't a talisman, just a pure heart.”

“Yeah, so why don't you just leave, puff pants?” Dark Hawk's Eye says.

Elmyra then gets mad and tells Demonderuru to finish them all.

“Why do you think she's speeding off?” Dark Hawk's Eye asks.

“She probably went home to change her pants,” Dark Tiger's Eye replies.

“Would you like some help Dark Knight?”

“No thanks Hawk, I want to do this alone,” he replies.

“Suit yourself,” Dark Tiger's Eye says, “but don't overexert yourself.”

The Brother Soldiers continue to fight against the Youma, but don't succeed, and eventually get tied up.

“Dark Knight, don't try so hard,” Silent Warrior says. “Let's all combine our powers.”

“Together we are one,” Dark Blade says.

“Believe in everyone,” Dark Sabre says.

“Let's fight together,” Dark Warrior adds.

Dark Knight then remembers what Kakusui said about working together. “A person can't live alone.”

“It's important to relax sometimes,” Dark Knight says.

He then closes his eyes and starts to meditate.

“Wake up!” Demonderuru shouts, throwing a blast at them.

“In the name of the elements I call upon the forces of courage and nature to banish this Youma. Brew a storm, summon the clouds, bring down the heavens! Dark Supreme Lightning Bird!”

Dark Knight calls forth his powerful thunder bird and defeats the Youma.

* * *

On the train ride back, TJ and Tyrone are pigging out again.

“Next time you need to discover yourself, just come to us,” Styve says.

Everyone laughs as the train goes off into the sunset.