Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB ❯ Many Mirrored Mazes ( Chapter 36 )

The sun is being covered even more, and inside the tent Pronyma and the Four Cardinals have disappeared.

"I'll get you out of that mirror, Xero Warrior," Silent Warrior says, running towards it.

It then disappears, and Silent Warrior wonders what happened to it.

"StarFire's host is now ours," Pronyma laughs.

Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB

Episode 163: Part Three of the End

“Why is it so much bigger inside this tent than it is outside?” Silver Warrior complains.

He and the others are walking through the tent, searching for Xero Warrior.

“There's a split in our path,” he points out.

“Which way to go?” JetStorm wonders.

“Let's take the left path,” NightScream answers, scanning the area.

"I feel something evil ahead," QuickStrike comments.

Many Mirrored Mazes

In another place, Xero Warrior has been freed from his mirror prison.

"StarFire, where are you?” Xero Warrior calls out.

As if answering him, the globe from his dresser, known as the Stallion Rave, appears. He grabs it, and it begins resonating with a light in the distance. Xero Warrior follows the light until he finally reaches the body of Phoenix.

"It's the Phoenix entity!" Xero Warrior exclaims, getting down on one knee and bowing. "I remember meeting you in the Crystal Forest. I'll get you out of that trap.”

"We can't have that now, can we?” King Gareeth asks, appearing.

Xero Warrior turns around to see King Gareeth, but before he can react, the king ties him up in spider webs.

“So it was you this whole time,” King Gareeth smirks.

“Who are you?” Xero Warrior asks.

“I am King Gareeth; the one who controls the Chaos Moon and its Cruxius Circus.”

"Why do you do such terrible things to Phoenix?”

"You'll never understand how it feels. You see, I was a king, on a small planet. I had relations with the people of the Moon, and its ruler. On the day that the hero Mithos Yggdrasil attacked, I happened to be there, enjoying the anniversary of the Silver Millennium Revolution. Unfortunately, that day was the day of reckoning. The pathetic Brother Warriors were not able to stop the forces of Cruxius from attacking, and everything was destroyed. In order to stop the peril, the queen commanded everything be destroyed. Not willing to have my life purged by the Black Phoenix: Soul Edge with everyone else, I opted to be `saved' by the female Phoenix. Little did I know that by locking me in this mirror, she had sealed my fate of returning to the other side. I grew angry, and eventually hated all that were associated with the Chosen One and the New Moon.

“While being here, I learned of the Golden M'kran Crystal, and how if I had it, I could return to the other side of the mirror and be invincible. What I didn't know, was that a beautiful woman was protecting the Golden Crystal. At that time. I went to M'kran, and realized that I wanted the woman as well. The woman said that if I had a beautiful soul, I could have her crystal, but if I didn't, I would be punished as someone with a poor mind. I went towards the crystal, and it burst into flames. Because of that sacred flame, I was unable to get a hold of the crystal. But, the King of the Chaos Moon was waiting for his chance! As long as I could get the Golden Crystal, I could escape my confinement. So, during the eclipse, I unleashed my people and succeeded in capturing that woman!"

"Phoenix did nothing to you!" Xero Warrior exclaims.

"That's right. I should be punishing the people of the Silver Millennium Revolution and the New Moon!"

King Gareeth then sends electric jolts through the spider webs holding Xero Warrior, electrifying him.

“Taste my hatred that has built up over the years!” he cackles.

“Things will never go the way you want them to!” Xero Warrior yells.

“I will not forgive anyone who opposes me! Pronyma!”

“Yes sir,” Pronyma answers, appearing in a mirror.

"I want to thank you for finding the host of the Golden Mirror. Now, get rid of the other eye sores form the New Moon."

* * *

The Cardinals are in their room, complaining about being bored.

“I'm sort of disappointed,” Forcystus says.

“I want to ride StarFire,” Rodyle pouts.

“For us not to be involved at a time like this is dirty,” K'var grumbles. “I say we make a complaint!”

“We shouldn't oppose our wonderful king,” Magnius says.

“You say that, but what are you doing?” K'var asks, noticing her polishing a telescope.

"This is a tool to look at the stars. Now, I'll just add my red ball, and bam: Eavesdropping Ball! Hmm…this is strange…”

Magnius can see Xero Warrior being held captive.

"You shouldn't spy on his majesty," K'var says.

“Let me try something,” Rodyle giggles. “Creating Ball!”

Rodyle makes a life size Xero Warrior doll, and Forcystus opens a hole in the wall.

“Bad girls could have fun with this hole,” K'var smiles.

“But we aren't those type of girls!” the others laugh.

In the hole, which leads to King Gareeth's side of the mirror, he is speaking to the lifeless body of Phoenix.

“Even without a pure soul, with my powers of darkness I can do whatever I want with the Golden M'kran Crystal,” he is saying. “And whatever I want, with you…”

Unnoticed behind him, K'var uses her magic to switch the bodies of the doll and Xero Warrior.

* * *

Meanwhile, the guys are still walking through the tent when they come to a room full of mirrors.

"Come on, let's keep moving," the guys say to Silent Warrior who has stopped at one of the mirrors.

He starts to leave, but his reflection stays. It gives him an evil look. Pronyma is not too far away in a room full of candles.

“The Brother Warriors shall not leave this hall of mirrors,” she says to herself. “With this spell, they will become slave to their emotions and fears.”

Back in the room, each warrior finds themselves alone with mirrors. JetStorm walks up to one, and his reflection talks back.

“JetStorm,” it speaks out.

“Who's there?” JetStorm asks, looking around.

“Turn to the mirror. Don't be afraid; I'm you.”

“You're me?”

"I'm the real you. Why are we dressed like this? Our true self is a lot gentler than being a soldier. Our soul is one of inner peace, but all we do is fight. But no one understands our true nature. If we keep fighting like this, we'll get further and further from our real self.”

It then changes into his outfit from the college dance they all went to.

“Come inside so you and I can save our gentle soul."

“Is it alright for us to continue doing something like this?” NightScream's reflection asks, grabbing him. “Have you given up on our dream because you've been fighting so much? At this rate, you'll end up doing something to hurt your hands, and then you'll never be the doctor you want.”

“You're having such a hard time keeping justice," Silver Warrior's reflection says to him. "No one appreciates you anymore. Why don't you forget about those people, and live out your dream? So far from your own world, yet so close. This isn't the real thing though, this isn't where you belong…"

QuickStrike is confronted by many reflections.

"The enemy is strong, and there's no guarantee you'll win," they all say. "Why don't you just run away? You have many avenues you want to pursue in your life, why gamble the chances of not being able to do them?"

Silent Warrior sees the other guys walking off, and then he sees a reflection of himself.

"You know that this is really scary," it starts to say. "I know this because I'm you. I know everything about you. We should have a dream together. Forget about everything and let your soul fly worry free."

The reflection is about to grab Silent Warrior, when he remembers that Xero Warrior and Ashley are counting on him. He then steps away.

"Are you ok?" the reflection asks.

"Can't you see the pain I'm in?” Silent Warrior asks. "When I was a child, it was fun because I was free. But I was able to find friends I could share my pain with when I got older.”

As Silent Warrior is talking, the other Brothers can hear his voice, and are beginning to come back to their senses.

“If you can't see my pain, and you can't see that I'm satisfied with myself the way I am, then you can't be my true reflection. This hand of mine, in burning red! Fist of the Phoenix Flare!"

Silent Warrior uses his first attack, and destroys the mirror, causing the mirror in Pronyma's hand to break.

"Heavens; Holy Indignation!"

Silver Warrior destroys some mirrors around him.

"Torrent; Super Wave Smasher!"

NightScream destroys the rest surrounding the group. There's one mirror left, and Pronyma is in it.

“Trying to fool us with a spell like that…”

“You sure are underestimating the Brother Warriors!”

“It's not that we've discarded the dreams of our souls we had as children…”

“But right now, we all…”

“Have bigger dreams to deal with!”

“You guys all disappeared on me,” Angel Warrior says, running up to the Brothers. “I was afraid something had happened to you.”

"You'll never get out alive," Pronyma taunts.

She then takes out a mirror, which shows the Four Cardinals in their room. They've taken StarFire out of her mirror.

“Finally we get to play!” Magnius says excitedly.

“She's so pretty,” Rodyle drools.

“I'm getting on first!” K'var says.

They all try to jump on, but end up falling through her.

“I forgot, this isn't her physical self,” Forcystus comments.

“I think she's making fun of us!” Magnius yells, looking at her stare at them.

“We've captured your hideout,” K'var says, pointing to Xero Warrior.

“If you don't listen to us…” Forcystus starts.

She stops speaking when she notices StarFire turning its head up at them.

“What a rude bitch,” K'var growls.

“Binding Ball!” Rodyle calls out, putting a bridle on StarFire. “Now you will be out pet!”

Due to the stress, the golden horn on her head starts to light up, and Rodyle gets anxious.

"I wonder if we can get the Golden Crystal out," Rodyle says.

She reaches for it, but then the flames return and burn her hand. Rodyle gets mad for that and binds her tighter. Xero Warrior then wakes up.

"What did you guys do?" he asks.

"We didn't do anything," Forcystus says.

“That poor attitude needs to go though,” K'var scoffs.

“Tell her to stop those flames, or else we'll be having char-broiled horse burgers tonight,” Rodyle giggles.

Xero Warrior runs up to the flames, and then proceeds to run through them. The Cardinals are impressed, and don't understand why he's doing it. He makes it through the flames, and breaks the bridle off, causing the flames to stop.

“Why did you risk your life for her?” K'var asks.

“I just wanted to save her,” Xero Warrior answers. “It wasn't about my safety, as long as she was ok.”

“You little bitches, what have you done?” Pronyma yells at the girls through the mirror.

She then creates mirrors to trap the four girls, leaving Xero Warrior and StarFire alone. Next, spider webs appear and trap Xero Warrior again. They start to shock him, causing his Soul Mirror to come out and force StarFire back inside. The mirror the Brothers are watching then cracks, causing it to go blank.

In some alternate dimension, the Four Cardinals are floating around.

“I can't believe that old hag locked us in here,” Magnius complains.

"King Gareeth will get us out soon," Rodyle says.

"I wonder if we're missing something," K'var wonders. “We're obviously a lot stronger than that little boy Xero Warrior, but he keeps winning against us for some reason…”

Xero Warrior is trapped back with King Gareeth, and the sun is almost covered fully.