Chapter 5 - CHAPTER 4: THE SARIM SQUALL'S RISE AGAIN!

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(About 4 days have passed since the park incident)

"damn you Ramone! Damn you!" Jade sobs softly while looking at Ryōshin who is now in a stabilizing capsule. They weren't healers and the most they could do was slow down the damage the darkness was doing to his body. The darkness was now spread across his chest and left arm completely. Ryōshin hadn't even woken or moved an inch since passing out he was just... in a coma.

She angrily stormed out of the room after deciding that they've been running long enough, its been 2 years after all and she almost lost Ryōshin this time around. She pulled the necklace out of her top and tugged it snapping the chain. Instantly she transformed into her real self.

Rin rushed after her, grabbing her fore arm firmly as he pulls off his necklace with the other hand.

"J stop! This is not the time to go on a rampage! He needs us right now God dammit!" Rin yelled as he pleaded with her.

She calmed down and relaxed a bit, not wanting to play tug of war with him, she listened instead.

He pulled her back from the door and pushed her against the wall.

"What the hell were you planning!? Do you honestly expect to waltz in there and have that piece of sh*t hand you the antidote? Like hell he would!"

She turned her head sideways to avoid looking him in the eye, she knows that Rin is right.

His eyes softened after saying those words and he stared intently at her, almost piercing her flesh. It's hard that she lost most of her family, now she's about to relive that horror again with Ryōshin dying before her. He wanted to pull her in for an embrace but knowing jade he didn't want it to seem like she had to comply and stay, he wanted her to understand what he was saying. Rin placed one hand on her shoulder with a sigh and the other hand he used to gently turn her face towards him. He leaned his forehead against hers with a smile.

"Look...." he said in a soft voice "You've gotta think of Ryōshin no matter what. I know you'd tear his ship apart but then you'd be in an all-out battle with him. Do you think you'd get the antidote in time? Do you think he'd give you even if his life was on the line?"

" ........" she stood there silently with her eyes casted downwards .

"This is Ramone we're talking about, he'd rather gut the poor kid like a fish than give him the throne." He said looking over at Ryōshin knowing that they've got to hurry and find a solution.

"Let's call Dylan. He's the best chance we've got."

"Is that a fact?" she asked ("I've failed them again") she thought.

"His heartbeat's faint but with the stabilizer and the life orb you made he'll be fine for now. Let's just wait until Dylan gets here." He said as he walked back over to the doorway of Ryōshin's room.

She stood with her back pressed against the wall looking over at Rin. "Valerian's really are a peculiar race. You may be Bulwatian but that valerian part of you is ever present." She looked at the wall in front of her at the projected rotating cube that had their family photos on it. "Sorry Rin but I can't run away..... Not this time." she said smiling

"If we keep running I might lose you too. So no I can't stay but I'll call Dylan and you ensure he does a good job. If he doesn't come in time, I'll come with the antidote. I promise". She said and started walking briskly towards the door.

"J!!" he yelled

"I'm sorry my love..." she extended her arm and uses airlock on him until he lost consciousness. Air lock was one of her favorites since she could remove or add any gas to the air within a certain radius. She made sure it was mild, tho a Bulwatian like him wouldn't be killed by her technique of course. She walked over to him and placed his necklace back around his neck and walked outside.

"RELEASE..." she whispered as a seal revealing an air symbol infused with a jade fluid appeared on her forehead like a crown, it connected down her spine and to specially created jade orbs on her ankles, between her breast and wrist. The suit was similar to the one Skyler wrote but more elegant and fierce. It was a brown and red battle suit designed by herself and the a group of outrageous scientist. She was the head of the upgraded weaponry department, which decided to infuse all weapons with different levels of harnessed jade energy, it was the Jade X Project. She even went so far she found a way to bind her wind and the energy to make her ultimate battle suit- "Battle maxia".

"It's been a while since I've worn you..."Battle Maxia"! Let's slaughter em" she took off to the sky laughing insanely.

She started flying south but halts suddenly as she realised she doesn't know Ramones location. The ships they used for travel had to be cloaked with invisibility once a royal was onboard.

"Idiot! You don't have time to be flying around and searching." She said to herself.

She figured Ramone would still be out looking for Ryōshin since his minion didn't get to kill him in the park, if he was out she could sense him once he's near. "Hmm... He's not even within my range." She said scanning the area around her.

"Ah! That's right, I don't need to search" she closed her eyes and slowly listened to wind carrying voices around, she was listening for her squad members. They were the easiest to find since she placed a seal on them her energy could recognize. She found Rebel, the second in command of the squad.

"So that's where you've been all this time?" Jade said as she connected an invisible line of air directly to the back of Rebel's head.

"YOO! What's up? It's not like you to contact me out of the blue." Rebel said with a smile

"The Squall's have a mission" Jade said sternly

"Lady J...J...Jade! Finally some action, Lux reporting for duty!" Rebel said all cheery.

It had been 2 years since they went into hiding and they'd swore an oat to only come when called by Jade or Ryōshin. Rebel was more of you're geeky kinda girl but she was trained for close quarters combat since she was a long range fighter. She provided areal support to the squad, like a drone scouting the skies she's watch the battle from all angles and round up a strategy. That was the second in command, Rebel lux Zog.

" right! I need you to locate Ramones ship." Jade said

"Wait! You're not going to fight Ramone are you?! That's crazy. You guys will destroy the city." "Weren't we supposed to plan how we'd fight Ramone? He's still important to us we can't kill him." Rebel was dead serious when she spoke. She hated the idea of unnecessary deaths after all she grown fond of the creatures called humans... Or a particular human.

"RYOSHIN'S DYING!...They poisoned him and it's not something I can deal with. Its toxins from the 3 great beast and darkness spores, it's slowly infesting his body. I've placed him in a customized rebirth capsule but its just slowing down the process." Jade said with a now shaky voice.

"We need a grand master or master healer. Since Dylan is the only healer I can get on to right now tell him to head over to our place then rendezvous with the squad." she said

"No...Way!" Rebel said in disbelief as she pulled her ring off transforming into her old self or real self I should say.

"Roger boss! I'm sending the coordinates to you now and I'll get the squad ready." Said Rebel.

"Roger that commander" Jade said with a smile of relief.

----------------(scene switch, back at the house)-----------------------------

Rin gasped for air as his consciousness returned to him. He jumped up running outside to stop Jade but she was long gone. Tho he was a Bulwatian he was hafu, simply because his mom was a Valerian and his dad a Bulwatian. He wasn't strong enough to stop her.

"J! J! JADE!" he called looking around only to hear the birds chirping, but was met with something uneven below his feet. Looking down he saw pieces of their cracked marble floor showing the spot she took flight from. "Dammit jade!"

*tap, tap, tap* in his state of confusion he hadn't heard the footsteps inside the house.

"He's quite something else isnt he?" asked a mysterious guy who was now in the room looking at Ryōshin.

"Someone's inside the house!? Ryoshin!" Rin blitzed back to Ryōshin's room with his sword drawn. "How the hell did you get in here?"

("BANG")

"Fool I'm not your enemy..." the man says as he puts up a surging energy shield stopping Rin's sword with one arm. He extended his other arm towards Ryōshin while releasing his technique on Rin. As the shield vanishes he mutters something else.

"SCARICO VITIA"

A light glows from his hand aging everything in its path. Rin dodges but his left arm wasn't lucky.

"A master healer!? Who are you? You're a Zoea aren't you?" Rin says looking over at his arm now disintegrated.

"Grand master if you may. If you move any closer, you'll die. You're thick sculled as ever so I guess I'd better hurry" The man said looking back at Ryōshin then Rin again.

Rin was taken back by what he said, Grand master? But to everyone's knowledge they died when maximus was killed. Their people were eventually raided and they got wiped out. They were a free group of people the empire treated as share holders in a business. "Did Ramone train someone?"

"Agbara Orison: 3rd release- Ken! Rise Amon, cross Innuendo" Rin said while splitting his sword in two.

This was a technique he rarely used but now was as good a time as ever. He was using the ancient curse the sword held. One that fed off of your life force granting immense power, along with Ken- heightened senses.

"Now for you." The man said quickly looking back at Ryōshin and trying to be quick. I mean the gorilla behind him was gonna split him in two.

"Ramone sent you didn't him! For a healer it makes sense why you got in here, once there's a life source you guys can flow with it like the wind." Rin said with anger

"And why would I ever work for that monster? Don't mix my kind with the fallen." He releases his technique on Ryōshin and pulls up his shirt sleeve to reveal an emblem from the Oradea clan hoping it would convince Rin.

"VITA SPIKE" He said as he pulled the black snake like vines from Ryōshin and sent pure life energy into him. The black snake like vines were in a green transparent circular ball in his hand along with the toxins. As he absorbed it back into his hand a strip of his white hair turned black.

"You! You're from the Azad!" Rin stopped as his swords began cutting into the guy's neck like scissors. He'd already broken the shield that was put up. Azad was the home of the healers and only master healers had the ability to give life or bring someone back from a coma state with the cost of their hair and two years off their life. Zoea was the name given to all healers.

"There he's healed." He said as the wound on the sides of his neck were healing instantaneously. "You've still got that insane strength? Good! Then protect him better, or train him so he won't be a half assed wuss."

"It's a good thing I followed him around sometimes. I hadn't seen him these past few days so I got worried. Well I guess we're even now." The mysterious man said turning to head out the house.

"Healed! Did he just say that" Rin sheath his sword and went to check Ryōshin's vitals. They were getting better and fast!

"Ah! Sorry about your arm, you would have killed me if I didn't do something, I mean I'm not a fighter an all." he said standing at the door way of the house.

He went in to the room to heal Rin's arm and headed outside. MORTE INVERSA"

"Tell her we're even now, she'll know who I am and give him about 5 minutes, he'll be new as ever."

"Wait! Are you....?!" Rin shouted at the door but the wind drowned out the name.

"Oh, I thought she was too high and mighty to spread a peasant's name. Well I guess people change uh." He laughs to himself as he walks away turning into mist.

"Ha~! Things turned out great!" he said feeling his worries slowly disappear with his body slumping to the floor.

"WAaAaA~! What the hell is this?!" Ryōshin stood looking at his reflection in the mirror in utter disbelief.

Ryōshin! How are you!? Any pain!?" Hearing his voice Rin runs over to inspect him but is shocked. "Your face! It's different"

"What did you guys do!? The scars are gone. Is this what I look like now?" he inspected his face and upper body as if it was someone else's.

"PHEW! As long as you're better than before." Rin said patting him on his head.

"Well my arm doesn't hurt any more, that's Jades good medicine for you." He said giving Rin the thumbs up and a bold smile.

"A good old friend eh." He said remembering the man with a smile.

"What are you talking about?" he looked at Rin with an eyebrow raised.

"Ah! I need to contact J!" he sat on the floor harnessing his energy into string like projection and started searching for Jades energy.

"Hmm..." he connects with her energy telepathically and talks to her.

"What is it rin? Is something wrong with ryoshin?!" she asked in a panicked state.

"No he's fine!" he explained in detail everything that had happened.

"That piece of... And here I thought he was joking about keeping an eye on Ryōshin out there." She said smiling

Hold on a sec..."

"AIR SLICER!" she suddenly motioned her hand sending sickle shaped condensed air across the sky.

"What was that? Are you already fighting him?" He felt a sudden change in her energy.

"Is she OK?" Ryōshin asked as he was worried by Rin's remarks.

"I'm fine. I just found Ramones ship. Rin its time." She ended her chat with Rin to focus on the wreckage that had crashed into the city below.

"What's that about?" Ryōshin asked Rin when a broadcast message projected from his nuro connector warning citizens to stay away from 18th Island where a terrorist attack was going on.

"Look there's a video" he said taping on it. "It's a woman! Is she crazy!" Looking at the woman closely he noticed something "Hey isn't that Jades sword she's holding?! Wait, where did Jade say she was?" He looked over at Rin with a look of desperation on his face.

"Rin... Rin..."

Rin looked over at ryoshin in silence as he contemplated Jade's statement. " Its time"

"Aren't you gonna answer me. What if she's hurt...? Fine I'll go look for her myself, some husband you are uh." Ryōshin girthed his teeth with his fist balled as he was upset at Rin for just sitting there in silence.

"The revolutionary army has begun their attack, striking the princes ship early this morning. I repeat....." Another message began resounding over and over on from the nuro connector.

"What do they mean she's a revolutionist? Why are these idiots even attacking now? There's people down there!" Ryōshin lamented

"It's time you remembered everything!" Rin said grabbing Ryōshin by the shoulder.

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Jade stood on an air-platform she created looking down at Ramones ship through the smoke.

"KreAk! BAMM!!" the doors of the ship were knocked out as 5 rotating black sphere's emerged and one dispelled revealing Ramone.

"Dying once wasn't enough for you I see. Now how shall I kill you again, beloved sister of mine!!" he asked looking up at her

"I should be the one asking you that! Tsk damn dog!" she said with the words heavy as they left he tongue.

"Now now, is that any way to great your elder brother? Know your place child, you almost killed my guest. I don't think I can pity you anymore." He said with a ferocious voice.

Ramone dispelled the other black sphere to reveal his guards and three children.

"My Lord! Are you alright?" Glinka stepped forward asking.

"BLAZE!? AOI!?.... What are you planning to do with the children!?" she gasped at the third child she now recognized.

"NO THAT'S... SNO... SNOW! RAMONE!!!!" she drew her sword and blitz down to Ramone.

"SHADOW BINDING!" He yelled "Humans are so fragile aren't they?" he was using Skyler's shadow ability to tightly wrap around their bodies. He grinned at jade when she halted, he knew she'd have to abandon them or die trying to save them.

Skyler slowly crawled out of snow's shadow and placed her blade against her neck while licking her face.

"She's been getting in the way of me and Ryoshin..... So have you." Skyler smiled sadistically.

Eragon appeared from Ramones shadow and placed his blade against Aoi's neck.

Jade floated in the air racking her brains for ideas, the squad was at least Five minutes away. She had to do something. "Not Good!!"

END OF CHAPTER 4..

*For the words you don't understand*

Zoea clàn- one of the few clans left untouched by the Bulwatian empire. Their a nation of healers

Agbara Orison: 3rd release- Ken- level 3 of the agbara orison that provides you with heighten senses.

cross Innuendo- cursed sword

SCARICO VITIA- to destroy life

VITA SPIKE- to give life

MORTE INVERSA-- reverse death