Hi everyone, it's been a while. To be fair I finished this chapter a while ago but I was having beta reader problems. My beta had to stop reading my story for personal reasons and I was having trouble finding another one. Thanks to my new beta reader, Hero of Olympus in disguise, I finally got this chapter out.

I would also like to thank everyone who reviewed. They are the ones who encourage me to continue this story and it is always a joy to read their reviews. Anyhow before I start I'm going to do a quick recap. As always if you remember what happened feel free to skip it:

Ryner is a god of destruction that was banished and sent to live as a human.

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Sion learns of a banished god that is mortal and decided to kill him to get his powers unaware that the god is Ryner. Ryner deices to keep it a secret from Ferris and Sion.

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They travel to see an Oracle who will tell them where the banished god is. On the way they learn that others are after the banished god.

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They arrive at the Oracle's cave and the next day Sion and Ferris go into the cave. (Ryner makes an excuse on why he can't go). They learn that Ryner the banished god and head back out of the cave.

Ferris wants to save him but Sion is convinced he has to kill Ryner. Sion knocks out Ferris and heads to confront Ryner….

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Alright then! On to the story!

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I don't own The Legend of The Legendary Heroes but if I did I would make a second season.

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Sion looked down at Ferris. He felt numb. When they had gone through the gate, he'd been thinking of taking her out as soon as she let her guard down. He didn't have to wait long for an opening as Ferris quickly let her guard down to wake up Ryner. He took that opportunity to hit her on the back of her head with the hilt of his sword. Now she couldn't stop him, and she wouldn't have to witness Ryner dying by his hands. Sion himself would carry that burden. With dull lifeless eyes, he started forward.

"This ends now." He muttered.

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Sion stepped over Ferris and moved steadily towards Ryner. He couldn't feel his feet walking or the sword in his hand. He could feel nothing at all. All he could do was concentrate on his task, his mind was set. He would kill Ryner, one swing, Ryner wouldn't feel anything he would just…end.

As he approached the sleeping god, Ryner stirred. Sion stopped for a moment then continued forward. As he got closer Ryner groaned and sat up.

"Ug," he muttered, "That was not a good nap." He blinked a few times and then looked over at Sion, "Hey are you alright? You don't look very good." Sion said nothing as he continued his steady march drawing his sword as he did. Ryner's eyes widened in shock for a moment and then went dull.

"Oh I see," Ryner muttered softly, "you found out." He smiled sadly up at Sion. Ryner's expression shook Sion to the core and he felt his numbness slightly lift. An awareness of what he was going to do overcame him and he struggled to kill any emotion that tried to surfer. This had to happen. There was no other way. It was for the greater good of the world. He would put Ryner's power to good use. There was no reason to hesitate. But even as he said, even as he fought to keep them down, he could feel his emotions seeping thought. His sword felt like it weighted a ton, his legs became frozen in place. It aggravated him how just seeing Ryner's face could bring up so many feelings.

"Hey are you alright?" Ryner asked worriedly. Sion realized that he had stopped moving.

"Shut up." Sion snarled, "I…will kill you….You need to die…you will die." Each word made him feel like he was choking. He shut his mouth, there was no reason to speak. It would only make this worse.

"I see" Ryner said giving Sion a sad gentle smile. "I guess there's no reason to push this off." The banished god pulled himself to his feet and faced Sion, "Let's get this over with." With that he closed his eyes.

Sion stared at Ryner, the Oracles words coming back to him:

"The banished god is yours to kill. If you ask it of him he will gladly die by your hands."

The Oracle was right, Ryner didn't hesitate, didn't fight. He just gave up. Sion felt his stomach turn and he wanted to give up….

Then it was all gone again. He pushed all his emotions away, stomping on them until they were nothing. Sion let his breath out slowly and picked up his sword again, it no longer weighed anything, he could barely feel it. He turned back to Ryner who was still waiting for him. No hesitation, this would end here. This foolish game would end. To gain the power he needed to save the world he would first have to crush his friend. He didn't have the luxury to hesitate. He. Must. Kill. Ryner. Sion took the few remaining steps, closing the distance between Ryner and him and took a deep breath. He raised his sword and pointed it at Ryner's chest. He would be quick about it. Ryner would not feel a thing. There was no reason to hesitate…..With that last thought he swung at Ryner.

It felt like the world suddenly slowed down. All the feelings he had crushed suddenly came crashing back like a wave. As his sword got close to Ryner he felt a crushing panic overcome him. This was Ryner….This was his friend…He would never see him again if he did this.

That thought alone took his breath away threatening to suffocate him in despair. Without him realizing it his hand automatically switched directions, swing up and slicing Ryner's arm instead. Ryner hissed in pain as his arm started bleeding but he still didn't move. Though a haze Sion looked at Ryner as he stood there, bleeding. It was too much. The last of his resolve crumbled and the numbness disappeared. He could feel again, move again. He finally faced what he was planning to do, what he managed to do. The shock of the realization hit him and he dropped his sword. Sion laughed, though it came out more like a sob and sunk to the ground.

"I'm such a fool..." He muttered. He covered his face so he didn't have to see anything. Not Ryner bleeding, not his blood covered sword, not the Oracle's cave, not unconscious Ferris, nothing but the inking blackness within.

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Ryner watched Sion cry in alarm.

When Sion had first arrived he had made his intentions clear. He was going to kill Ryner. Although Ryner knew this was going to happen he still felt sad to find that there wasn't an ounce of companion in his friends golden eyes. He was hoping, rather foolishly, that Sion would at least hold some of their friendship, that at the end Sion would smile or say something acknowledging that they were once friends. The look in Sion's eyes destroyed that possibility. Ryner supposed it was good that Ferris wasn't there. It would have been devastating to have to see the look in both of their eyes. She was probably off eating Dango somewhere not wanting to deal with him. She probably hated him for hiding the truth, dragging her on a journey and then making a move on her. She probably felt frustrated that he didn't turn himself over at the castle and saved her the journey.

One good thing, Ryner supposed, that came out of the look on Sion's face was that Ryner no longer wanted to cling to his life. The feeling of the desire to live that was so strong the night before died with the dead look in Sion's eyes. His eyes proved that Ryner was being selfish all this time, hiding the truth from them so he could be happy. No, their friendship couldn't withstand the truth. They both knew it now. This was a good reminder to Ryner of the hatred and fear in all the other people's eyes throughout his life as a god. He became a human to die, he deserved to die. He put it off too long. Now was the time. It would end here.

With that thought in mind Ryner closed his eyes and prepared himself. He felt Sion's sword pierced his arm and his hissed, trying to not cry out. He didn't have the right to do that, not after all Sion had put up with. The injury was deep but not life threating. It was probably a test to see if Ryner would try to run. He prepared himself for the next and final blow but it never came. Instead he heard the sword fall to the ground followed by hysterical sobbing. It sounded empty, insane, and tired. Ryner hesitated for a second before opening his eyes to see what was happening. He found Sion huddled on the grass, his hands covering his eyes but not managing to hide the tears.

"Hey are you alright?!" Ryner asked alarmed, moving forward. He paused before touching Sion. He didn't know what was ailing Sion and he would probably not appreciate the concern of a destructive god. Ryner pulled his hand away and sat down watching him cry.

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Sion didn't know how long he sat there but at some point his head started clearing enough to think. The first thing he realized what that he was exhausted. Not only from lack of sleep but from everything, his whole burden. The second thing he realized what that he couldn't kill Ryner. In the darkness he wondered how long he was sitting there for. The world was quiet so perhaps Ryner had made a break for it? He wouldn't blame him for running. Even after turning himself over to Sion freely there must have been something in him that hated Sion for the betrayal. He probably figured out that Sion couldn't kill him and left. Sion slowly looked up from his hands. He found Ryner sitting a few feet away looking both alarmed and concerned.

"You're still here." Sion muttered tiredly giving the banished god a broken smile.

"Alright that's enough," Ryner said frustrated, "I don't know what's wrong but you are clearly beyond tired and worn out. Take a break. Take the rest of the day to rest and we can finish this tomorrow." Sion blinked at him and then gave a small snort.

"You really think I can do it." Sion asked softly. "You really think I can kill you." Ryner just gave him a confused look. Sion, feeling a lot better now, dragged himself to his feet. Now that he had decided that he couldn't kill Ryner he had to think of what the next step would be. It would only be a matter of time until someone figured out who Ryner was. In the meantime he had to hide Ryner somewhere until he could find out what to do with him.

"Sion?" Ryner asked worriedly. Sion turned to him, his eyes traveled to Ryner's arm which was still bleeding.

"Your arm." Sion said guiltily. Ryner looked down at his arm.

"It's not deep." Ryner said tearing a piece of cloth off his clothes and tying it around his arm. "See, it's not that bad." Sion frowned looking down. He would have to make this up to Ryner later but for now he had to figure out what the next step would be.

"Give me a few minutes." Sion finally said, "I'll figure this out."

"Are you alright?" Ryner asked concerned. "You aren't making any sense."

"I'm fine, just give me some time." Sion said smiling. Ryner paused for a second searching Sion's face for any sign of another breakdown. After finding that Sion seemed to be doing better he sighed and shrugged.

"You're hopeless. I'm going back to sleep." He yawned, "Wake me when you figure things out." Ryner shot Sion one more searching look before lying back down.

Sion watched Ryner lie down. After a few seconds he could hear him snoring. Sion smiled faintly. Leave it to Ryner to sleep after almost getting killed by his friend. His smile faded after remembering he was that friend. Sion sighed again, his exhaustion returning. His head was pounding and his eyes, heavy.

His emotions weren't a lot better. He was feeling guilty at his own arrogates to think that he could just kill Ryner. He also felt angry at himself for hurting Ryner. As he sat stewing in his own emotion's he realized he felt upset for a different reason. He felt upset that Ryner actually thought he would, and could kill him. What would drive Ryner to let Sion kill him? Did their friendship mean that much to Ryner? If so then Sion was the worse friend ever.

Sion shook his head trying to clear his mind. He could find a way to apologies later. Right now he had to concentrate on saving Ryner from anyone else who was hunting him down.

"Now, how to do that." Sion thought as he closed his eyes and rubbed his hand on his forehead. Suddenly he was jolted out of thought by a sword against his neck.

"You…You'll die." The voiced snarled.

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Alright that's it! Thank you for reading. Please leave a review, it will only take a minute and it makes my day. I will try to update sooner next time.