A Hero's Journey - Mysterion's Story

Chapter 28

                                     

                                       Mysterion had hardly recognized Aoi, because he was wearing such fancy clothes. Aoi walked next to The Ruthless Fox, and lowered his head trying not to make eye contact with them.

"Bring them to the dungeon, I'll decide what to do with them later" The Ruthless fox said while sneezing.

The guards grabbed them and bring them to the downstairs basement. The guards put chains on Mosquito's arms and Super Craig's feet that prevented them both from using their abilities, the cellar was made out of metal which made it nearly impossible to escape from. It had been almost an hour, and no words had been spoken.

"I thought you said that he wouldn't betray us" Mysterion whispered

"I'm quite sure I did say that" Yui answered

They heard footsteps come down the stairs. 

Are they going to kill us now? Mysterion thought. 

Ikari and Eisu stood up in front of them, the guards had taken away their weapons so they would have to fight without weapons. He could hear keys jangling, and then the door finally swung open, and facing them was Aoi.

"What are you doing here?" Ikari said bluntly.

Aoi looked down cowardly.

"Just hear me out ok?" Aoi said closing the cell door.

Aoi sat down and took a deep breath.

"Poison won't kill Kyontari completely, it'll only drain some of his energy, as you might know Kyontari has different powers, but I don't know all of them, he won't die from poison, but I do know how to kill him" Aoi explained.

"How?" Mysterion asked.

Aoi took out the Byoku fur from his pocket and grinned.

"Kyontari is however allergic to Byoku's, which is his weakness, so you'll have to get this near him somehow, and while all the symptoms happen, it'll drain even more energy, so then you have advantage to attack," Aoi said.

"Does he have the power to heal himself?" Mosquito asked.

"Yes, though he has to use more energy to do that, but if he doesn't have the energy, he can't properly heal himself" Aoi answered.

"Why didn't you just tell us in the beginning?" Super Craig asked.

Aoi paused and then told them that he ran away because he was going to report them to the general, but then he had a change of heart, and decided that he didn't want to anymore, but he had already told the general and couldn't do anything about it, but now he could.

"I don't think I gained the general's trust yet, but I think I have with Kyontari" Aoi said.

"Your right you haven't gained my trust" said a voice behind them.

Aoi stood up and took out his dagger quickly. Mysterion, Eisu, Ikari stood next to him ready to fight.

"There will be no need for that" the general said waving his hands up.

Aoi lowered his dagger, and the general closed the cellar door and took a seat.

"Listen, I have been waiting to kill my uncle for the past eight months, and I don't intend on giving that up, you guys are the closest chance I have to kill him, so I'll let you free, but you must do as I say" General Bloodworth spat.

"What if we don't?" Mosquito asked.

"I wasn't asking kid, now follow me" the general said as he unchained Mosquito and Super Craig.

The general led them to one of the guest rooms in the palace and got them new clothing. 

Why is the general doing this? Does he really want to kill his uncle or is this a trap? Mysterion thought.

"Aoi explained to me both of your abilities, but not yours yet" the general said pointing to Mysterion.

Mysterion stayed silent for a few seconds then answered.

"We can't trust you" Mysterion mumbled.

"Why is that? I have freed you, given you weapons, and lied to my uncle so I could hide you, what more do you need me to do?" the general said sternly.

"You and your army have killed hundreds of people, including my friends" Mysterion blurted out angrily.

Super Craig and Mosquito looked surprised, but they didn't say anything.

"Did they have abilities like you?" the general questioned.

Mysterion replied with a yes, and then the general's face reddened a bit.

"We weren't able to take over the city because of their powerful abilities, but they survived to the very end of the battle" the general said.

Mysterion was very relieved to hear this, then Mysterion looked down at the ground and mumbled. The general looked clueless and so did Aoi.

"What did you say?" the general asked.

"Immortal...I'm immortal" Mysterion repeated.

Aoi looked surprised, but the general looked as if he didn't believe Mysterion.

"If you don't believe me then stab me" Mysterion replied.

The general took Aoi's dagger and stabbed Mysterion in the chest without hesitation. The pain was unbearable, and the wound was bleeding hard, the general took out the dagger.

"Are you sure your immortal? You seem to be losing a lot of blood" the general asked.

"Y-yep, I can handle it, I've died at least 50 times now" Mysterion said while grinning.

Mysterion could see things getting blurry, his head felt a bit dizzy, then Mysterion fainted. Once he woke up, he could see he was lying on the bed, and in bandages. His friends and the general were talking, but when they saw he they stopped.

"How long have I been out?" Mysterion asked.

"Two minutes" Ikari replied.

"So you are immortal," the general said getting up.

"We have discussed plans and figured out something" Aoi said.

They spent most of that night talking about the plan and got a few hours of sleep. During those few hours Mysterion appeared into the dark world, but with the cherry blossom tree, and pond.

"Yui what is the chance of us defeating the Ruthless Fox?" Mysterion asked.

There was silence.

"This is quite strange, but I cannot see any futures ahead, so I don't know what's going to happen" Yui finally said.

Mysterion sat down, and sighed. I guess we just have to hope that we'll succeeded Mysterion thought wearily.

"Are you ready?" Yui asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be" Mysterion said standing up.

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