Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Revolutionary Soldier Silent Warrior ❯ King Gareeth's Awakening ( Chapter 6 )

“TJ, what do I do? If Ashley doesn't wake up, then me and Z…we'll disappear forever!”

“Timmy!”

“I'm losing my power…”

“Hang on; we're not alone! Everyone is here! If we combine our strength, we will surely win! Revolutionary Soldier: Silent Warrior: King Gareeth's Awakening. `The new moon carries the message of the soul…'”

Revolutionary Soldier: Silent Warrior

Episode 172

Xero Warrior is holding Ashley, while Des Demoné and Angel Warrior are holding King Gareeth at point blank with their swords.

"Lady Yuna will never wake up," King Gareeth says, taunting them. “No matter how many times you call her name, she won't wake from my nightmare. With that piece of mirror stuck in her eye, there's nothing even I can do.”

Xero Warrior begins to fade in and out, becoming transparent.

"Do you really think you made it here by yourselves?" King Gareeth asks. "You're the final pieces for me to torture the Chosen One with."

Suddenly, King Gareeth turns into a mirror.

"Where'd he go?" Angel Warrior asks.

A blast of energy then knocks her and Des Demoné across the room. Xero Warrior continues to hold Ashley, crying as he fades.

"Ashley, your dream is to always be with TJ, right?"

“The future is changing,” Des Demoné recalls StarScream saying. “TK…”

“Mama, please wake up…”

King Gareeth's Awakening

Prometheus and Mid-Knight are on a sidewalk, both in their god forms, when Athena runs up to them in her god form as well.

"I have terrible news," she says. "People all over the city are trapped in mirrors, mirror shade lenses, and anything else that's reflective. It's all those that were attracted to the mirrors' energy. I tried using my abilities, but this curse is something different. Nothing has worked on the people."

“Will they make it by dawn?” Prometheus asks.

“Believe in them; believe in TJ.”

"Prince Takato…" Prometheus says, looking up at the sky.

* * *

TJ is still on the stairs, forcing his way through the thorns. His energy shield has faded to almost nothing, and his exoframe is back on him, but it's barely protecting him.

"I'm coming Ashley," he says.

* * *

Back in the throne room, Xero Warrior is still holding Ashley.

“You must hate me,” King Gareeth's voice says. “Do you hate me enough to want to kill me? But even if you kill me, the curse will still stand. Those captured in the nightmare will be in it for all eternity!”

"If you don't wake up, I'll disappear," Xero Warrior whispers to Ashley.

King Gareeth then appears in a mirror overhead. As if hearing Xero Warrior, Ashley's eyebrows begin to twitch.

“Call out to her more, Xero Warrior!” Des Demoné shouts.

Amazed at how this is happening, King Gareeth begins to blast Ashley with black lightning into her eye with the golden light.

“Way of Binding number 81: Splitting Void: Danku!”

Using his Dragon Sword, Des Demoné leaps in front of her and creates a void that absorbs any energy thrown at it. King Gareeth stops, and then appears, in person, across the room. He gloats as Xero Warrior fades some more.

“O holy ones, grant me your sacred power, and cast thy purifying light upon this corrupt soul! Holy Judgment!”

Angel Warrior shines with a brilliant light, and raises her staff up high. Sparkles then appear in the sky, and from them holy light beams crash down. King Gareeth uses his mirrors to move in and out of the beams, avoiding the attack.

“What is going on?” Des Demoné barks at King Gareeth.

“I will take everything the Chosen One loves,” King Gareeth smiles. “His lover, his friends, and every living thing on his planet. He will know the bitterness I feel for being locked in that darkness!”

“You fool; it is your unhappiness that has trapped you! All those years ago, you decided to be a coward and run. You were the cause of the fall of the Silver Millennium Revolution! But this cannot go on. It looks as though I'll have to release my power of destruction to end everything. By eliminating you who is responsible for this present calamity, I will bring an end to it all."

"Words of an ancient demon,” King Gareeth laughs as Des Demoné raises his sword. “Do you think I'm that ignorant? If you use that power, you will be destroyed too.”

"That is the mission I have accepted. As the head of the Youkai Demon Knighthood, it is my destiny to do what I must to protect Prince Takato: the future king of Virtue, the Black Phoenix: Soul Edge, and the Chosen One with the Zinzuishou and Crest of Hope. Bankai!”

Calling forth his own demonic power, Des Demoné's eyes turn to fire, which soon surrounds his body. His wings become sleeker; his tail pointier, and the horns on his head longer. The insides of his wings show the stars, much like his brother Sacred's wings. The dark brown armor of Venom then turns purple and black, and his sword changes into the devil's staff.

"What good is that?" King Gareeth asks. “Do you intend to die along with me? It would be pointless! Do you want to waste your own life?”

"I believe in him. The Chosen One is our light of hope. I won't let you put that light out!"

“Those eyes again! Damn those determined eyes!”

King Gareeth remembers the others having eyes like that before he trapped them.

“I won't stand for those eyes!” he yells out, blasting Des Demoné.

The Demon Dragon Sword Staff absorbs the attack, and then begins to glow.

“Everyone loves TJ; don't you have any friends like that?” King Gareeth recalls JetStorm asking him.

“Brothers, you must carry on the mission for me,” Des Demoné thinks to the others. “Protect Lord Katsuhito for me. He is the Chosen One, the real sovereign, and has a lot to accomplish. For this, I will destroy this evil king…”

"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle! Way of Destruction Number 63: Neo Dragon's Mega Flare; Raikoho!"

Des Demoné lifts his sword up high, and the sky darkens with black clouds. They then part to reveal the Neo Dragon: a magnificently beautiful black and purple dragon with six wings. It then fires the mega flare at Des Demoné, hitting his sword staff. Des Demoné then slashes the sword staff down to the ground, causing a tremendous energy output. Suddenly, there is a huge explosion, and TJ is knocked down the stairs he's climbing. When the smoke fades from the explosion, most of the palace is destroyed. King Gareeth gets up, and he notices a large hole where the Demon Dragon Sword Staff hit. He looks up to see Xero Warrior holding onto Des Demoné, making sure he is all right.

“Why did you get in the way?” Des Demoné asks.

“You are my best friend Eugene. I couldn't let you sacrifice your life just after being reborn,” Xero Warrior explains. “The one who told me to believe in the future of our prince and princess, was you…Eugene. It'll be fine; they won't be defeated by something like this.”

He then falls to the floor, and begins to fade more. As this distracts Des Demoné, King Gareeth attacks him, and knocks his sword staff away from him. A mirror then appears and traps him.

“I thought you would be easy to take care of,” King Gareeth pants. “I should have sealed you immediately inside a mirror. But, my revenge is just starting on your prince. You can watch the entire thing from the seat I have made just especially for you.”

The other mirrors then appear, and the entire Mystical Armored Brother Warriors surround the room, encased in the mirrors all with their helmets off and their weapons strapped in their respected places on their armors. QuickStrike and Neo Dragon Zero are still in their demonic forms.

"Gareeth," a voice calls out.

King Gareeth turns to spot TJ staggering into the room; his exoframe completely tattered and torn.

"Welcome, Prince of Virtue, Chosen One, and the accursed Black Phoenix: Soul Edge. I applaud you for reaching my throne room. You're too late this time: it will be dawn soon and they will never awaken."

King Gareeth goes back to his throne, and starts to caress Ashley. TJ notices Angel Warrior holding Xero Warrior on the floor, and rushes to them. Angel Warrior hands Xero Warrior to TJ, and he begins to fade even more.

"TJ, I couldn't save Ashley,” Xero Warrior starts, “but I believe in you and your powers."

“Believe in yourself, father,” Angel Warrior says quietly.

“Your chest…it's warm…TJ…”

They both then finally vanish entirely in a shower of lights. TJ then collapses in tears. He is kneeling on the throne room floor, crying uncontrollably.

“How pitiful,” King Gareeth smiles. “The fruits of your labor have disappeared as well. Feel sorrow and grieve, for this nightmare will never end!”

“What did Timmy ever do to you?” TJ asks, looking up at him. “What the hell did Timmy ever do to you!”

“You mean besides harbor that beautiful entity in his soul? Why Chosen One, what beautiful eyes you have. Do you hate me? Then hate me some more. Do you know what's behind you?”

He then turns around and notices the mirrors containing his friends all around him.

“All the comrades that followed you fell into my trap,” King Gareeth says. “Now, you are the only one left.”

"Why?" TJ asks.

"To get revenge on you," King Gareeth answers. "So you feel the loneliness I felt. From the past to the present, and even the future, you have been loved by so many people: I can't stand it!"

As King Gareeth talks, a dark mirror appears behind him.

“Before I got that mirror,” he continues, “I was in solitude.”

Inside the mirror appears Prince Gary, his younger self. A chorus is chanting "Our handsome Prince Gary" in the background.

“Even with all my devoted followers, no one shared my happiness and sorrow. I was in solitude all that time, but the mirror saved me from that solitude! The mirror promised me everlasting beauty.”

Prince Gary reaches out to a mirror somewhere, and his eyes turn golden. A ballroom is then shown, and then a still of teenage Gary.

“Without any friends, without those I love, I was my own friend. I was the one who I loved; the one who talked and shared happiness with me was myself, forever! I was released from my loneliness and won over solitude. So, I have to be beautiful forever, to prevent going back into solitude. To do so, I needed the mirrors of souls, as you need friends. But, nevertheless, the Phoenix sealed me into the cold and deep darkness! After losing the mirror, I had only myself in the loneliness! Can't you understand!?”

King Gareeth screams and starts to blast TJ over and over again. TJ is hurled across the room by the attacks, and is then finally slammed into a wall.

“At last, my revenge will be complete,” King Gareeth says, getting up from his chair. “This long lasting grudge of hatred shall be complete.”

King Gareeth picks up TJ by the throat, and begins to strangle him.

“Die, suffering in agony!”

He suddenly loosens his hold on TJ's throat, shocked to see that TJ isn't putting up a fight. He is even more shocked to see tears in TJ's eyes.

"Stop it!" King Gareeth says. "Don't look at me with those eyes! Stop looking at me with those sympathetic eyes.”

He strangles him harder, but TJ's expression doesn't change. Finally, he hurls TJ across the room, and collapses. TJ kneels where he landed, tears dripping unheeded from his eyes.

"You should be mad at me, hate me!" King Gareeth says.

"If it was me, I couldn't live alone," TJ replies. "I can't stand being alone all the time like you."

"How can you feel what I felt? Don't talk to me as if you know what it felt like!"

"You may be right, but even doing this won't change anything. If you want revenge, you should take it on me. Return everyone else. They'll understand your situation. They'll become your friends. Just take your revenge on me."

TJ gets up, and Ashley's eye glows brighter than ever. With tears streaming down her face, the shard finally comes out and shatters.

“Impossible,” King Gareeth says. “Does this mean my curse is broken?”

All the kanjis on the trapped Brothers appear, and the mirrors shatter. The Brothers appear as Ashley stands up. A shower of lights appears next to Ashley, and Xero Warrior and Angel Warrior re-materialize. Ashley then takes both of their hands.

"Timmy...Ashley...everyone," TJ says.

“We understand,” Tauro Demos says.

“You can still make it, before the dawn,” Silver Warrior also says.

“If we unite our power, then surely he can start over again,” TJ sighs.

King Gareeth looks up at the eclipsed sun, and starts screaming. He notices all the Brothers and Ashley standing with their eyes closed, meditating. He begins to attack wildly, blasting all the Brothers one after another. When he attacks Xero Warrior, Ashley shields him with her body, tuning into the Lady Yuna in her gold and white knight's armor. The Brothers seem unhurt by the attacks, and King Gareeth is stunned.

“Don't be scared…”

“You're not alone now…”

“Anyone's heart would become cold after being alone for so long…”

“Please, open your heart…”

“You can atone for your sins…surely…”

“Please, have courage…”

“Believe in yourself…”

“And believe in us…”

“Believe in TJ, my father…”

“Believe in the Chosen One…”

"Believe in TJ," the Brothers all say as their kanjis begin to glow brightly.

The Crest of Hope then lights up on TJ's chest, and then the Tetra star appears on top of it. The star then shines brilliantly, changing him back into Silent Warrior, and creating the Universal Bow.

“You can feel it, can't you?” he asks King Gareeth. “That's everyone's hearts…the powerful energy that we've gathered for you.”

He then holds up the Universal Bow, and a beam of energy shoots from it up to the eclipsed sun.

"Remember your real dream," Silent Warrior says. “The dream you had as a child…”

"I wanted a friend," King Gareeth breaks down. "I wanted friends who could truly understand me…Can I really start over?"

“Of course. Dark Crystal, grant me the power to pierce the hearts of evil and replenish the light within. With this power beknownst to man, I call upon that which will deliver those from evil. Using the spirit of the Chosen, I confine thee back from which you came. Virtue Zinzuishou Piercing Cleanse!”

Silent Warrior pulls back his hand against the Universal Bow, and creates an Arrow of Virtue, which he then shoots straight to the eclipsed sun. King Gareeth stands there watching as the arrow goes to the eclipsed sun. The sun shatters, and King Gareeth begins to cry. Then, THE mirror breaks and King Gareeth disappears in a brilliant shower of white lights. Prince Gary then wakes up from a bad dream in his throne room.

“Was I sleeping?” Prince Gary asks someone.

“Yes, the prince must be very tired,” someone responds.

"Can someone sing me a lullaby as I go to sleep?" he asks.

"I will," someone says, and Prince Gary is happy.

The Brothers are standing in what remains of the evil King Gareeth's palace, looking up at the sky.

“It's over,” Lady Yuna says. “No, it's the beginning for him.”

“Yes, it is,” Silent Warrior agrees.

“I hope he will be happy,” Xero Warrior adds.

Silent Warrior then holds out his hand towards JetStorm.

"Here," he says, opening it to reveal JetStorm's earring.

Everyone smiles.

“A dream is only for the night,” everyone can hear Prometheus saying. “In the morning, a new day begins.”

Somewhere in space there is evil laughter…