Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames ❯ Tyrone's Pure Heart Worries ( Chapter 20 )

“Well it's true that of the five of us, only Tyrone hasn't had his pure heart hunted. But, none of us are thinking that he doesn't have one! That's not even it man, please calm down!”

Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames

Episode 109

The phone in the underground laboratory is ringing. It's Elmyra calling Professor King.

“Professor, I've been investigating the Sacred Crest,” Elmyra says, “and I've started to notice a shadowy figure of someone holding it.”

“That shadow you're seeing is the person who will use the Sacred Crest,” Professor King explains. “If the person who gets it is on my side, I will be able to destroy the world. But, if the person is on the other side, my plans will be destroyed. We have to get that crest before the Brother Soldiers do!”

“What was that?” Elmyra asks, hearing a breaking sound.

Professor King had been so excited that he broke the phone.

“Sounds like you've broken the phone. We'll have to deduct that from your pay.”

“That's ok, Elmyra, I'll make those Brothers pay for it…with their lives!”

Tyrone's Pure Heart Worries

TJ and his friends are studying at Styve's. TJ is celebrating because he just finished his French homework. The other guys are happy too because it's a personal best for him: 23 minutes.

“Umm, TJ, I don't think you should celebrate too hard,” Tyrese says, interrupting the moment. “You got the last five questions wrong!”

“Ah, damn it!” TJ yells, getting upset.

“Just correct the problems and go on,” Tyrone says.

“I don't want to work anymore; I'll just end up getting more problems wrong. I don't want to feel the pain of getting my hopes up again.”

“Oh come on!” Styve bellows. “Did you forget the pain you had when your Heart Crystal was taken by one of the Youmas?”

“Yeah TJ, that was the most painful experience ever,” Damon says.

“I don't ever want that to happen again,” Tyrese says.

“Yeah, it was as painful as almost drowning in a pool,” TJ says.

Tyrone is sitting there, listening to the guys talk about their encounters with the Youmas, and looking depressed.

Later, Tyrone is by himself, thinking about his purity.

“What's up, boo?” Athena asks.

“Athena, why do you think that a Youma hasn't attacked me yet?” he responds. “Everyone except for me has had their Pure Heart Crystal taken.”

“Maybe it's not pure…but that couldn't be!” Athena corrects herself.

“Maybe it's because I'm TJ from another dimension, so since they already got him, they don't need to get me.”

“Are you worried about it?”

“Not really…”

Tyrone ends up at the gym, working in the batting cages. TJ happens to come by, but Tyrone doesn't see him, and hits him with a fly ball.

“Oh TJ, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you come in,” Tyrone apologizes, going over to him. “Are you ok?”

“Yeah, I'm ok,” TJ responds, rubbing his head. “The real question is: are you ok? You looked a little down at the study session.”

“Yeah, I'm fine now; I just needed to whack some balls.”

“Are you going to be ok by yourself?”

Tyrone is about to say of course, when he notices both cats behind TJ.

“Are you asking because I haven't been attacked by a Youma? I'm not worried about that at all.” “I can't believe I'm the one without a pure heart,” he says to himself.

Tyrone leaves the cages about an hour later, and goes over to Game Edge. He decides to try his luck at the UFO catcher game. TJ then walks in and asks him the question again. He responds that he is ok.

“Maybe Athena is thinking too much about it,” Prometheus says.

“Of course, Tyrone wouldn't worry about such things,” TJ says.

“Which part of me isn't pure?” Tyrone asks in a low voice. “If they can't even notice my pureness, the enemy isn't very good.”

“You're not trying to set yourself up as a target, are you?” Prometheus asks, catching some of what Tyrone said.

TJ immediately begins to shake Tyrone, telling him that getting his Heart Crystal taken is the worst feeling ever, and that he'd better stop talking about it right now.

“What would happen if they did attack you and take your heart crystal?” TJ yells.

“I'd capture it and put it back myself!” Tyrone says casually.

“That's impossible man! Please don't do something so rash!”

While TJ is banging Tyrone against the machine, he is collecting a lot of toys.

“No way…” they both say shocked.

Tyrone, TJ, and Prometheus decide to leave, and they run into Athena on the street. Tyrone now has a big bag full of toys from the catcher game.

“You know Ty, TJ has a pure love for Ashley,” Prometheus starts. “But he also has a pure love for eating and sleeping, not to mention a pure hatred for studying, causing him to purely want to ditch studying. But, if you're saying that that is a pure heart, then you have to realize that he's just an idiot.”

“Thanks a lot,” TJ moans.

“Even the enemy can't see through to your true purity, Tyson,” Athena adds.

“I told you guys, I'm not worried about it,” Tyrone protests.

“Now, you're sure you're not going to try anything dumb?” TJ asks.

“Yeah, yeah, I promise,” Tyrone lies. “Here, I've got to go to the library; take one of these toys.”

“No thanks, my mom will only make me clean it with all the rest of the junk in my room.”

Down at the library, Tyrone finds a book on pure hearts.

“'A pure heart is a heart that deeply focuses in on one thing at a time.' Well, TJ is one who concentrates on one thing at a time…so much as to be considered foolish by most. I think about so many aspects of things. Maybe I'm more mature in that aspect?”

“Hey there,” Jacoby says, spotting him.

“Oh, hey Coby, Elliott.”

Jacoby and Elliott are both shocked when they see Tyrone put back the book on pure hearts.

“Looking for more books on girls?” Jacoby asks.

“Elliott, Jacoby, what do you two know about pure hearts?” Tyrone asks.

“[Gasp] you think he knows that we know about the talismans?” Elliott whispers to Jacoby.

“Tal…?”

“Tal…?” Jacoby asks.

“Tal…?” Elliott asks.

“Tal…king for instance, is there something like that, what kind of actions would a person with a pure heart do?” Tyrone asks.

“T…ry doing something to help others.”

Just then, a truck goes by asking for blood donors. Tyrone hears this and goes racing off.

“What was that all about?” Elliott asks.

“Probably something about girls again,” Jacoby responds. “We probably read too much into it.”

“He took me seriously, even though I just thought of that off the top of my head. A dangerous purity.”

Tyrone then comes back and hands them each one of his prizes.

“So this is what they call a prize now a days,” Jacoby says.

“Oh come on, lighten up,” Elliott laughs.

Outside, Tyrone races up to the donation truck and tells them to take as much blood as they want.

“Donating blood is such a pure act,” he thinks to himself. “I'm so pure, I should be stopped!”

* * *

“Elmyra, have you found the next target?” Professor King asks on the phone.

“Yes, the owner of a pure heart type that I can't figure out yet,” she responds. “But I'm afraid that the Brother Soldiers might interfere again,” she says.

“You just worry about the victim; I'll take care of the Brothers.”

* * *

The next day, TJ is with Ashley at a park.

“…and everyday he lies about his age, going from one donation to the next,” TJ is saying to her.

“I'm surprised he's able to keep going,” Ashley responds. “In any case, stick around him, in case a Youma attacks him. Also, make sure he keeps his strength up.”

Down the road, Tyrone is rushing off to another donation truck. The guys and cats are watching behind some bushes.

“If Ty's pure heart ends up being a talisman, it's going to get dangerous,” Tyrese says. “But if that's true, then he'll be targeted eventually.”

“It's like he can think about nothing but giving,” Styve points out. “Enough is enough.”

“In the end, we'll have to save him if that happens,” Prometheus says.

“I wonder why they haven't attacked him though,” Athena ponders. “Maybe because he isn't of this world, his heart isn't pure…”

TJ then goes up to Tyrone and tells him that he and the others (who are still hiding in a bush) think he should stop. He also brings him some vitamin drinks.

“Thanks for the drinks T,” Tyrone says, “but I've got lots more blood to give.”

Just then, Elmyra's car appears across the street, and she targets Tyrone.

“Ha, I've finally found you Tyrone!” she says, laughing. “Your pure heart is mine!”

She shoots her gun and out comes his pure heart, which is just as radiant as TJ's, but unlike the others, is silver and has angel feathers around it.

“Tyrone, are you ok?” TJ asks, going over to him.

Tyrone looks up at him with blank eyes.

“I knew I had a pure heart,” he mutters.

He then begins to laugh, and starts to run away with his bright silver pure heart.

“Hey, come back here!” Elmyra cries, getting back in the car.

TJ runs after him too, and the guys begin to also. Athena trips on one of the vitamin bottles, and she and the three guys fall. TJ remains on the trail. Elmyra finally catches up with Tyrone in a parking garage.

“Good, he's stopped running,” she says. “What horribly strong mental powers he has to be able to make it this far. I hope this crystal isn't damaged.”

“Stop it,” TJ says, appearing behind her.

“What's this? Every black person must think that they are a Brother Soldier. I think it's time for you to meet my Youma. Doorknob-der, step up!”

The Youma appears, with a door for a shield. Elliott and Jacoby are watching from behind a pillar.

“Doorknob-der, it's starting to feel crowded in here. Close off the place,” Elmyra barks.

“Right boss,” she says.

Doorknob-der seals off all the exits, vents, windows, etc. TJ then notices that Elliott and Jacoby are in the garage as well.

“If I don't do something, Tyrone will lose his life” TJ thinks to himself.

“If we don't do something, we'll lose the Heart Crystal to that bitch,” Jacoby says to Elliott.

“Now, to claim my crystal,” Elmyra says. “An odd looking pure heart like this must be a talisman!”

“That Heart Crystal looks strikingly similar to TJ's, only it's silver” Elliott says. “What exactly is going on here?”

“I thought I said not so fast,” TJ says in his Silent Warrior tone.

“Just who do you think you are?”

TJ then holds up his Phoenix Star, and Elmyra starts to put two and two together.

“He's still carrying that toy around,” Jacoby comments.

“No, something is different,” Elliott says.

“Armor of the Phoenix, Transform!”

“I don't believe it,” Jacoby says after the transformation is done.

“I don't believe it,” Elmyra says.

“Well believe it bitch, because I am Silent Warrior, champion of justice. How dare you go after a boy who wanted nothing more than to treasure his pure heart. I will not forgive such insubordination! For all that's right, a handsome Brother Soldier in armor: Silent Warrior! And in the name of the Phoenix, I will punish you!”

“Doorknob-der, get rid of him,” Elmyra demands.

“Sorry,” she replies.

“What did you say?”

“I'm a door slammer, not a fighter.”

“Oh, just try anyway.”

“Ok then: Doorknob-der Reluctance Attack!”

The Youma starts to attack Silent Warrior, and catches him by pinning him down with her door shield. Elmyra starts to walk over to Tyrone, when a toy is thrown at her.

“That's the last toy you'll receive from me,” Elliott says.

TJ turns his head to see what's going on.

“Dark Tiger-Dagger Power!”

“Dark Hawk-Dagger power!”

“I don't believe it,” Silent Warrior thinks to himself. “Elliott and Coby are Brother Soldiers too!”

“Three Brother Soldiers?!” Elmyra exclaims.

“Hawk's Sheer Feathers!”

Dark Hawk's Eye blasts Doorknob-der off of Silent Warrior, and Dark Tiger's Eye gets the Heart Crystal.

“Please, give that back to him,” Silent Warrior protests. “He's my friend, and I don't want to lose him.”

“Don't worry, it's not a talisman,” Dark Tiger's Eye says.

“Dark Celestial Fires Release!”

“Dark Lightning Bolt Jolt!”

“Dark Ice Blizzard Storm.”

The attacks from the Brothers can be heard against the doors Doorknob-der put up.

“Oh great, now they're all here,” Elmyra whines. “Finish off the Brothers in here, quick!”

“Tiger's Paw Slash!”

Dark Tiger's Eye takes care of the Youma before it has a chance to attack.

“I told you I wasn't very good at fighting,” Doorknob-der says.

Silent Warrior then pulls out his swords.

“Oh no,” Doorknob-der cries. “Quick, take Elmyra first, not me.”

“Get off me,” Elmyra says, pushing her.

“Quick, take off his helmet and maybe he'll lose his power!”

“Phoenix, Flare…” starts Silent Warrior.

“I'm ready for you this time,” Elmyra shouts, pulling out a sutra. “Fire Demon Elmyra…”

“Up.”

“May the merciless embrace of fire take thee!”

“Now!”

“Fire Buster!”

A demonic symbol of fire appears before Elmyra, and emits a powerful flame. Silent Warrior's attack hits Elmyra's attack, and then reflects off of it, hitting the Youma, and killing it.

“What happened?” Silent Warrior wonders.

With the Youma destroyed, all the doors disappear and the Brothers enter.

“Not a step closer, or this boy right here gets barbequed,” Elmyra says, pointing her gun at Tyrone who's still unconscious. “Even your ultimate attack was no match for my Fire Buster Sutra! Now everyone, huddle together.”

They all look at each other and wonder if she's bluffing.

“I said move it, move it, move it! Now, huddle up cozy!”

All six Brothers gather together in a huddle.

“Good,” Elmyra says, facing them. “Now to claim my prize.”

As if on cue, a bag of toys gets thrown at Elmyra.

“Hey, what are you doing up?” she asks Tyrone.

“Dark Dagger Power!”

“Huh, I don't believe this, you're a Brother Soldier too?” Elmyra asks in astonishment.

“Dark Crescent Beam!”

Dark Warrior grabs his sword with his right hand and raises it to the sky. Two crescent moons collide on the tip, causing it to have an orange glow. He then circles the sword once clockwise from his head, and at the 10 o' clock pulls it back behind him. He then brings down his sword in a diagonal slash, shooting forth a concentrated beam of energy.

Dark Warrior aims his attack at her gun, destroying it.

“I can't take this pressure. I'm taking a personal day!” Elmyra screams, running for her car and then speeding off.

“Seems to me like she needs more than just a day,” Dark Blade says.

Dark Tiger's Eye and Dark Hawk's Eye begin to walk off when Silent Warrior spots them.

“Wait Elliott, Coby, please tell me why you want Pure Heart Crystals,” he says to them.

“Elliott?” Dark Sabre asks.

“And Coby?” Dark Knight also asks.

“Why do you want the talismans even if it would sacrifice one's life?” Silent Warrior continues.

“Don't try to investigate it,” Dark Hawk's Eye says.

“You shouldn't get involved,” Dark Tiger's Eye comments.

The two soldiers then walk off.

“Are they the enemy too?” Dark Warrior wonders.

“Why won't they join us?” Dark Knight asks. “I thought we all supported the Avalon Kingdom.”

* * *

Later, Elliott and Jacoby are talking about the previous battle.

“I don't regret transforming in front of him,” Elliott says. “We had to do so to save our lives, plus we couldn't have let that witch get the crystal if it was a talisman.”

“I still don't know if it was right to reveal ourselves,” Jacoby insists.

“Remember, he transformed in front of us first. Maybe we all have something in common after all. Besides, I wanted to save him and Tyrone. There's something about those two…”