The captain of that devilish ship was watching as his pawns defeated the soldiers. He was approached by a not so familiar face, not familiar to him at least.
"Are you the one who attacked the castle?" Shuichi asked coldly. Bison just gave a smirk and answered him; Knowing that there would be a fight following their introductions.
"Yes…I am. You must be one of the prisoners who escaped. You will pay for defying me," He threatened.
"You'll be the one to pay for involving innocent lives in your search, if you want a fight, I'll give you one." Shuichi said.
Back at the castle Suguru was awakened again, this time by a vision. Not just any vision either.(1)
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Shuichi and are in a fight to the death as the King, Taki and a few surviving soldiers watched. The pink haired boy is fighting both him and Sakano at the same time.
End image.
"THAT IDIOT!" Suguru screamed. "HOW CAN HE BE SO RECKLESS, GOD DAMMIT!" He turned to the bed that Shuichi was supposed to be sleeping in and saw that he was absent. It looked like the psychic's vision was coming true as he stayed in that room.
He knew that his friend could be extremely reckless, he knew that if the others didn't keep a close eye, Shuichi would run off and do something dangerous. But unlike the other times in the past, he and hiro had no idea what was going through the teen's mind. He looked by his bed and saw that Hiro was not there either. Suguru wandered the halls to find his lover and tell him about his vision. Knowing Hiro, he may have gone to see how K was doing. After all, he did come into the castle moderately injured and barely able to move. Maybe Hiro was just keeping him company.
However, there was one problem; Suguru didn't trust the former soldier in the slightest and when it came to being around Hiro, he really didn't trust him. It was obvious that something may have been going on between them and he was going to find out. As he passed the medical ward, he could hear what sounded like two people laughing. The laughing sounded very familiar to him and he began to hear some other, more peculiar sounds, getting more suspicious he opened the door that was strangely unlocked. He saw that Hiro and K were just joking around about something. Although Suguru was not one to jump to conclusions, his mistrust towards K was overwhelming to say the least.
Just as he was ready to confront them he had yet another vision, only this one would be more painful than the first.
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A group of Gorgons are attacking Eternias and turning everyone into solid stone. Controlling the gorgons is a masked witch holding a mysterious jar.
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Suguru lost his balance and fell back first to the floor. He was now barely conscious from that last vision. It was rare for any psychic to have more than one vision a day, at least after a few minutes of having his vision about Shuichi.
K and Hiro ran out of the room to check on their comrade. It looked like the visions had him in intense pain. Hiro went to the psychic side, hoping that what he thought was happening to him wasn't.
"Suguru, are you alright? Suguru!" Hiro shouted. But there was no response. He then saw that Suguru was having yet another vision and that's when the worst started to cross his mind.
Hiro knew that the only time Suguru would have three visions in a row was if his dark energy was taking over him.
"What did you see?" Hiro asked. He couldn't help but worry about the man he loved. It looked like he would finally circum to the visions painful impact on his body. Just like in his prophecy.
"Gorgons, Lot's of gorgon were attacking the kingdom. And … before that… I saw master Shuichi…fighting the leader of those pirates. Hiro, That priest was right… These visions really were too much for me to bear. I should have gotten rid of them; you shouldn't have…found me." Suguru explained.
"You don't understand! I love you and I will search to the ends of the earth for you! Suguru…Please…Don't die on me…I need you!" Hiro cried.
"I can't…. I want to stay in this world with you, all of you but I can't … he won't let me…Why can't I stay…?(2)"
"Hiro, what's wrong?" K asked staring at the lifeless teen. He then saw that Hiro was doing everything he can to resuscitate the boy but failing miserably. But soon Suguru rose again, however something was different about him. Different and frightening.(3)
"Suguru…" Hiro called. He couldn't help but have nothing but fear after what happened the other year with him. Every time this dark entity took over it was for some reason always trying to kill hiro. At first the sorcerer never understood why but on this day he finally understood. He was the only thing standing between Suguru and pure darkness. He was the one who should have been able to keep this from happening but it failed miserably. He didn't believe what the other magicians said about it being destiny. But from what has been happening since they came it looked like it was destiny after all. Then the psychic finally spoke, but not necessarily as himself.
"Finally I'm rid of that wretched fool, "he began. "I was wondering when that runt would die. And now that he's out of my way, I can get rid of you!"
Hiro had a good idea what happened to his lover. It was just like in the prophecy they heard before.
~flashback~
"I don't believe it!" Hiro shouted As they sat in their cabin. "I won't believe it! I don't believe that Suguru's visions will kill him there's no way."
"Forgive me young one." A priest said. He was fortelling a prophecy that involved Suguru's future if one day the visions became too much for him. And about the dark entity that was born within him. According to his prediction, Suguru would die and the evil inside him would take over his body. Hiro wouldn't believe it. He always thought there was something he could do to prevent it from happening.
"Young one, I know that this is the last thing that you want but in order to keep your friend safe you must stay away, if you are further involved with him his evil side will be more likely to get rid of you!"
All the sorcerer in training could do was listen to the preist. He knew that Suguru's visions were painful but never imagined that they would one day cause them any real harm.
~end flashback~
"Who…are you?" He asked coldly. K raised his sword at the body that once belonged to his friend. It didn't hurt to be prepared for what this evil Suguru would throw at them.
"I have been called many things over the years, but you can just call me Saiou." He answered.
It appeared that Hiro would be in for a fight. Except it was no ordinary fight, it would be with a shell of his late lover. Coming out of his room, Eiri was wondering just what the hell was going on. He couldn't sleep because of all the noise he was hearing from them. He saw Hiro and Suguru's body standing by the medical ward along with K raising a sword to Suguru.
"What are you three fighting about now?" he asked irritantly. He knew that whatever it was it had to be serious if weapons were drawn.
"er…Your majesty!" K said pretending to be distracted. "Why you Uh….go back to sleep….we'll settle this."
His efforts of course were useless. Then Saiou turned to him and began to taunt the men.
"Isn't this lovely, the gangs all here. Well, almost." He began. "I wonder where that pink fluffball is, Oh, that right, he's outside getting the crap kicked out of him by bison. Heh,heh, I should have known the twerp would go and be reckless."
"Suguru, What the hell happened to you?" Eiri asked slightly confused. He thought that the person he thought was suguru was acting strange; if he only knew.
"I'm just telling you the truth, my prince." Saiou said. "And by the way, your Suguru is no longer alive, I, Saiou am now in control. All of your lives will be forfeited eventually but first I have some business to attend to…" And with that he vanished wtih0ou a trace.
Eiri then turned to Hiro, suspecting that he knew something about what happened to Suguru earlier. He was starting to suspect that he didn't tell them the whole story.
"I had a feeling you were hiding something after that incident in the forest." He said. "I think you have some explaining to do. What happened to Suguru."
It was all out there now, No matter how much he hated to admit it. Hiro had to tell him everything.
"There was a prophecy saying that Suguru's visions would one day bring Saiou out of his bonds. That's what happened in the forest a few days ago. Suguru lost control of his powers and was about to become saiou but he regained control. Then he left and went to that shaman to try to get rid of him but tjem the shaman turned us into stone. Before we left, Saiou tried to take over again and kill me but K stopped him and Suguru was having vision after vision until finally it…" His voice began to crack as tears fell from his eyes.
"Is he right about Shuichi?" Eiri asked.
Hiro, still grieving for his lover didn't want the prince to worry anymore about Shuichi.
"I have a feeling he might be, you better go out there and talk some sense into him. I just hope master didn't get into too much trouble." He answered.
Eiri roamed the hallways trying to find a way out. The eternian castle was huge, even bigger than his own, at least where he lived he could find an exit.
"This brat really will be the death of me." He said to himself.(4)
Meanwhile, outside the castle, Shuichi was struggling to hold his own against Bison and Sakano. Just like in one of Suguru's final visions, Bison had the upper hand. The worst part of this was that he wasn't a skilled warrior at all. He was at the bottom of his class and had the lowest rank. He at one point was afraid of his own shadow and now he made a reckless move trying to fight when he should have stayed in bed. Little did he know that his friends were in deeper than he could be right now?
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