Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames ❯ Darkness my Old Friend; Dragon's Eye's Destiny ( Chapter 36 )

“With just a pinch of courage, anyone can be a soldier. With just a pinch of feeling for others, anyone can be the messiah. No matter how you have changed, please don't forget about the others who care about you. I will help you, in the name of the Phoenix…”

Silent Warrior: The Phoenix' Flames

Episode 125

“I am sorry TK, I am really sorry,” Eugene says, fading into the darkness of Des Demoné.

“Finally, he's gone,” Des Demoné says, feeling the presence leave him.

Darkness my old Friend: Dragon's Eye's Destiny

“Eugene!” Silent Warrior yells.

“Enough of that, Silent Warrior,” Hawk's Eye says. “He's not Eugene anymore.”

“Got that right,” Des Demoné says. “Eugene King has just died.”

“That can't be true!” Silent Warrior cries out.

“From within the Tao Nebula, a great power is arriving. It is the great master of the Order of the Revelation, the Sovereign of Silence, Lord Z! All we need now is the Sacred Crest, and then Lord Z shall appear in our world, and the eternal silence shall begin.”

“Then we'll just have to kill you now,” Hawk's Eye says as feathers start to gather above his head.

“Prepare to die,” Tiger's Eye says as he raises his hand for his attack.

“Oh no!” Silent Warrior states as he recognizes the preparations for the attacks.

“Hawk's Sheer Feathers!”

“Tiger's Paw Slash!”

“No!”

Silent Warrior dashes in front of Des Demoné and blocks the attacks. Its contact forces him to fly backwards only to land in an invisible force field that throws him back towards the Brothers.

“How nice of you,” he says with a faint smile.

“You idiot!” Hawk's Eye yells.

“Stay out of our way,” Tiger's Eye says as he and Hawk's Eye take out their talismans.

“Sorry fellas, but your talismans won't save you from me,” Des Demoné says.

His eyes turn to fire and the two Other Brothers are trapped in a fire shield. They are then swung into a nearby pillar. The fire around them then melts into the pillar, melting them into it.

“If you don't want to see them die, surrender the Sacred Crest,” Des Demoné threatens as he electrocutes the two.

“Don't do it!” Hawk's Eye yells.

“Silence!”

A ring of fire then appears around both warriors' necks.

“Perhaps I should kill one first to show I mean business,” he says, making the one around Tiger's Eye's neck smaller.

“Wait!” Silent Warrior calls out.

“If you give him the Sacred Crest, I will have no respect or honor for you as long as I live,” Tiger's Eye shouts.

“But…”

“Don't you even fucking think about it!” Hawk's Eye shouts.

“Silent Warrior!” Tiger's Eye yells.

Silent Warrior looks at the two for a minute, then at Des Demoné. He then holds out his hands.

“No!” Hawk's Eye shouts.

“Force, know thy plight; release the light! Sacred Crest, come with divine might!”

A ball of light appears in Silent Warrior's hands, and Des Demoné watches carefully. As the radiance of the light grows, so do his eyes. Professor King then walks out of the darkness, slowly. Breathing heavily, and with one hand over his chest in pain, he walks to the middle of the room.

“Eugene…” he says, barely able to talk.

He continues to walk towards Des Demoné.

“Eugene's father?” Silent Warrior says, stopping his summon.

“Eugene it's me…your pops…” he says, putting his hands on his shoulders. “This is my entire fault…that it ended up this way…”

“Youma King's empty shell,” Des Demoné says, looking down upon him. “How filthy and irritating. Don't touch me!”

He flings the professor off his shoulders, only to use his power to have him float in front of him.

“Eugene…” he says, continuing to struggle against the dark power.

“Stop it!” Silent Warrior shouts, falling to his knees. “Stop it…please.”

* * *

Outside, the Brothers are barely maintaining the Elemental Shield. The red Youmas are biting at them, hitting them, and doing whatever they can to break the shield. The Brothers look completely torn up.

“Everyone, hang in there,” Tauro Demos thinks to the others.

“They're getting more powerful,” Dark Sabre comments.

“It's not going to get through us,” Dark Knight says confidently.

“We can't let them out or risk the lives of everyone in the floating city,” Dark Warrior states.

* * *

Back inside, his struggling against Des Demoné's power is slowly depleting Professor King's life energy.

“Eugene…” he says still.

“Pops…” a small voice says, slipping out of Des Demoné.

The three warriors are shocked to hear this.

“Pops…” the voice says again.

“Impossible!” Des Demoné says, covering his face as his eyes fill with rage.

“Eugene?” Silent Warrior says, with renewed hope.

Suddenly Des Demoné's grip on the professor and the two Brothers loosens. They are still in the pillar, but the fire is gone.

“This body is refusing me,” Des Demoné comments aloud. “This pain…”

“Pops…” Eugene's voice drifts through the room.

“Now! Kill him now!” Hawk's Eye shouts.

“No!” Silent Warrior shouts back. “Eugene is alive.”

“Don't' be fooled,” Tiger's Eye says. “There is no significance or importance to his being alive. The most important thing is to destroy Des Demoné!”

“Eugene, are you in pain?” Professor King asks.

“The crest…” the pain is making it difficult for Des Demoné to say much.

“The crest?”

“I need the crest. Without it…”

“But where can I find it?”

“Pops…”

Eugene's consciousness starts to shed traces of light within Des Demoné's darkness. He screams and stands up, but cannot stand alone without falling over. With a look of determination on his face, Silent Warrior holds out his hands, and the ball of light begins to form again.

“Why?” Hawk's Eye asks, as tears form at his eyes from frustration.

“You are not the Chosen One or the real soverign!” Tiger's Eye says, choking on his words. “You have no right to do with the crest as you please!”

“I am the Chosen One,” Silent Warrior says calmly. “If I was not, I would not have been chosen as the Black Phoenix: Soul Edge, or to carry the Sacred Crest, or to have the mark of the Crest of Hope on my chest. I am the Chosen One, and I just realized what that means for the first time. Now, Eugene is still alive. It can't be true that there is no way to save this world without sacrificing someone innocent like Eugene.”

From between Silent Warrior's hands sheds brilliant rays of light, piercing the darkness of the room.

“That…” Des Demoné says faintly.

“That's the crest?” Professor King asks.

The ball of light starts to expand, and then takes the form of the Sacred Crest. With the crest floating in his hands, he walks over to Professor King.

“Please,” Professor King says, turning around to face Silent Warrior. “Please…I need that to save my Eugene.”

Silent Warrior lowers his arms, and the crest floats towards the professor's outstretched hands.

“Thank you so much,” he says.

Silent Warrior answers with a smile. Professor King then turns around and goes over to Des Demoné.

“Eugene, here is the crest,” he says. “Did you want this?”

“Yes,” he starts. “Hurry.”

As Tiger's Eye begins to cry, Des Demoné grabs the Sacred Crest. Immediately a blinding flash of light shines, and Des Demoné rises to his feet, laughing triumphantly. A force then throws the professor and Silent Warrior away from him. Hawk's Eye and Tiger's Eye watch in despair.

“Silent Warrior,” Des Demoné says. “When Lord Z comes, I will spare your life by making you a Youma vessel.”

“Eugene can you hear me?” Silent Warrior yells out.

“It's useless. No matter what you do, it's too late now.”

“You won't take Eugene or this world so easily!”

“Oh please, give it up. This crest is the crystallization of an ultra pure heart with love, hatred, happiness, anger, and sorrow all at their highest levels. To defeat Lord Z after he absorbs it, you would need a crystal, which is even more pure and powerful. You do not stand a chance in hell!”

Des Demoné places the crest into the slot on the machine in the middle of the machines on the table, and suddenly a great power rushes forth. A black pillar of light shoots straight up and out of the black star that is on the top of the barrier around the school. The Youmas in the barrier suddenly became stronger.

“What's going on?” Tauro Demos wonders. “Brother, what have you done?”

“What happened in there?” Dark Sabre wonders.

A Youma starts to break through and bites Dark Knight.

“Silent Warrior?” Dark Warrior wonders.

The entire building collapses, revealing Silent Warrior and the others. The altar holding the Sacred Crest breaks, and then the crest itself shatters. Silent Warrior is stunned. Dark energy then starts to blast from the dome.

“This way, Lord Z,” Des Demoné beckons.

A dark spinning nebula then appears in the dome.

“This is a result of your naivety and methods full of idealism!” Hawk's Eye screams.

“Phoenix, Flare Up, Now!”

Silent Warrior aims his attack at the giant dome and makes direct contact with Lord Z. Lord Z then opens his eyes and a ray of dark light shoots forth, hitting Silent Warrior. The beam causes him to fly back, and to drop his swords.

“Now that you can't power up again, you have no way of preventing the silence,” Des Demoné says. “The world for my master and I is about to begin!”

As Des Demoné laughs at Silent Warrior, a beam of dark light hits him from behind. He turns around only to see a huge beam blasting out of the dome directly at him. He is knocked unconscious, and when the beam lets up, his father is by his side. Another beam comes to hit them, but Silent Warrior gets in the way and takes the full force of the blast. Barely able to go on, he falls to his knees, breathing rapidly, his armor tattered and torn. The black shield around the school begins to spiral outside, and it soon becomes a black tornado. The four Brother Soldiers are swept up in it, unable to maintain their shield any longer. Inside the eye of the tornado, a dark mass suddenly appears where the glass dome was. Sinister growls are being made from within it.

“Eugene?” Professor King asks.

“Pops,” Des Demoné says, shedding traces of light within his dark essence.

“Eugene…”

“Pops, where are you? It's so dark in here.”

“I'm right here, Gene.”

“I have to help TK. Let me out of here!”

“I'm sorry,” Professor King says, tears streaming down his face. “I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Forgive me. If only we could return to the old days…”

Memories of Eugene's childhood, and early high school days then flash through his head.

“Pops,” Eugene says as the tears from his father's face fully revive his soul.

“Eugene!” he says, not believing his son has come back to him.

Silent Warrior looks up at the two as Hawk's Eye and Tiger's Eye look on in disbelief. Suddenly, a black star appears on Des Demoné's forehead.

“Get away you insect,” he yells, pushing the professor away. “Get lost, there is no meaning to your existence anyway…so don't get in our way!”

He tries to stand up, but cannot.

“Die now Eugene King!”

“No, never,” Eugene says.

“Damn you!” Des Demoné says, struggling to regain control.

“I…I…I have people who mean a lot to me! I will not let you destroy this world. You will hurt people no longer!”

With this final outburst, the black star shatters, and the sign of the dragon replaces it. His body then completely evaporates, and only the symbol of the dragon is left, shining brilliantly.

“Dragon Spirit Power!”

In this transformation, light shines from the sign of the dragon on Eugene's forehead, and then Eugene's whole body is shown. A dragon then comes and merges itself with his body, forming his uniform, which is just like Dark Warriors, only a deep black and purple. His uniform consists of black and purple boots, black pants with a purple stripe on both sides, a black, skin tight shirt with the symbol of the dragon (a dragon) in purple inside a black circle over his heart, black and purple gloves with the fingers cut out, and a black headband with the symbol of the dragon on it. He also has a black cape that has the outline of two dragon wings on it, which is also printed on his back. He still has the belt around his chest, and a sword/staff, the Dragon Sword Staff, on his back, under the cape. He pulls the weapon off his back and holds it next to him as he ends his transformation with the sign of the dragon in the background.

After he transforms, his body is now its right age of 18, and then he disappears.

“The Dragon of Destruction; the soldier of ruin has revived…” Hawk's Eye comments quietly.

* * *

At Ashley's, she is holding Timmy in her arms, stabilizing his life with her own life force. Suddenly, a light appears, and from it steps Dragon's Eye.

“It's you,” Ashley says, looking up.

He disappears, only to reappear in front of the two, just as Athena and Prometheus enter the room. Dragon's Eye raises his hands to his chest, and then lowers them again, revealing Timmy's Pure Heart Crystal. The crystal then goes back inside of Timmy.

“The legendary Dragon's Eye of Destruction?” Athena asks, recognizing him from long ago.

“It's Eugene, he's back!” Prometheus exclaims.

“Thank you for being such a good friend to me, Prince Takato” Dragon's Eye says to Timmy. “Prometheus, Athena, take care of them.”

* * *

“Lord Z is steadily growing in size and power,” Tiger's Eye says.

“We have no way of stopping the silence now,” Hawk's Eye says, looking away.

The ground starts to shake and everything begins to crumble. The pillars the two are trapped in breaks, and they are freed, although much of their uniform is torn apart from the fall. As the two rise slowly, they notice that everything is being destroyed as Lord Z expands.

“In the end, everything we did to prevent this was pointless,” Hawk's Eye mutters.

“It's over,” Tiger's Eye complains.

Between them and Lord Z, Silent Warrior is within shouting distance, on his knees. He has lost all hope and can't get back up.

“Silent Warrior, are you satisfied now?” Hawk's Eye asks. “Answer me damn it!”

He then falls to the ground, tears at his eyes.

“Lord Katsuhito” a voice calls out.

Silent Warrior looks around, but cannot find the voice.

“Silent Warrior,” the voice calls again, appearing in front of him.

The figure of Dragon's Eye is now in front of Silent Warrior.

“Thank you Silent Warrior. Thank you for protecting my body. I have been reborn like the rest of you, thanks to your tireless efforts.”

“Dragon's Eye…” Tiger's Eye says. “You're back…”

“Eugene!” Professor King says.

“I must go now pops,” he says. “I am now the only one who can save the world from the silence. Leave everything up to me.”

“I'll go with you,” Silent Warrior says, struggling to get up.

“You cannot. To destroy Lord Z, you must do so with a single attack from within. It would have been possible for Sacred Silent Warrior, but now that you do not have the power of the Sacred Crest, you won't be able to even get inside.”

“What will happen to you when you destroy him from within?”

“I am known as the Dragon of Destruction and the Soldier of Ruin because I have been given the power to destroy entire existences.”

He then raises his right arm, and the Dragon Sword Staff appears.

“The only thing is that when I use this power, even I have no escape.”

“No!” Silent Warrior yells, running towards him.

Dragon's Eye takes his staff and holds him at glaive-point.

“You cannot go where I go, my liege. Good-bye, friends. Demon Rightus!”

Just like Styve, an enchanted circle appears beneath Dragon's Eye, and fire above him. As it covers his body, he changes back into Des Demoné.

“But I thought Des Demoné was a Rapturer,” Silent Warrior says.

“Lord Z had corrupted Eugene so much that my mind was clouded,” he answers. “Now that the spirit of the dragon has revived my human side, the demon is also cleansed.”

His voice echoes and all the Brothers feel his emotion as he does a back flip into Lord Z's sphere.

“Dragon's Dark Revolution!”

Slashes, grunts, and clashes can be heard coming from inside the sphere.

“Eugene!” Silent Warrior yells, running towards the sphere.

A force field knocks him back and he skids a few yards until he finally stops, flat on his face.

“I have to help,” he says, slowly rising to his knees. “Sacred Phoenix Power!”

Nothing happens. He pauses a moment, then says it again, clutching the Phoenix Star tightly.

“Sacred Phoenix Power!”

He continues to call out the phrase, but nothing happens. Soon his cries of hope turn to shouts of anger.

“Transform damn it!” he yells out.

He then starts pounding the ground, still calling out the transformation phrase. Around him, the four Brother Soldiers are scattered, completely beaten by the tornado. Each, however, feels his desperate attempt to fight Lord Z.

“Silent Warrior,” Tauro Demos says as the symbol of fire appears on his forehead and his unholy demonic symbol on his chest.

“Prince Takato,” Dark Sabre says as the symbol of water removes his headband.

“Lord Katsuhito,” Dark Knight says as the symbol of lightning removes his headband.

“Chosen One,” Dark Warrior whispers as the dark symbol removes his headband.

“He doesn't care what happens to him,” Hawk's Eye says as the symbol of the hawk removes his headband.

“His sincere, pure, emotions protect everyone,” Tiger's Eye says as the symbol of the tiger removes his headband.

Silent Warrior's helmet's symbol then changes all the colors of the Brothers', and finally, with one last breath, he tries again.

“Sacred Phoenix Power!”

The impossible happens, and he changes into Sacred Silent Warrior. In front of the Phoenix star, his own Pure Heart Crystal guides him, giving him strength, as the Crest of Hope glows brightly on his chest behind the Phoenix Star. On his back, two fiery phoenix wings have appeared, encasing his two black angelic wings. He then leaps in the air, and flies toward Lord Z. Dragon's Eye's last words can be heard echoing in his ears as he plunges into the sphere. A series of explosions can be heard coming from inside. With a final, dying howl, Lord Z explodes, leaving a large crater where he was. Tiger's Eye and Hawk's Eye stand watching in amazement as they witness what just happened.

“If you find the true Chosen One, the real soverign…” Shark's Eye's words echo in their ears.

“The true Chosen One,” Hawk's Eye wonders. “Is it him after all?”

They both then look up to see a trail of embers flickering in the sky, and floating down from the sky, sparking gently, covering everything. Lying on the ground, the four soldiers regain some strength, and see the fire embers. In the center of the embers, Sacred Silent Warrior is floating down. His fiery wings glowing bright, his uniform tattered, his helmet gone. His hair is also fire like his wings, and his eyes are vacant with the fire. In his arms, he is holding a small, sleeping infant. On Sacred Silent Warrior's face is a blank expression of deep sorrow.