In New York City, there are several huge buildings and apartments with dark, empty streets that over thirty million human beings were living, working, and walking on their own business and life. The city maybe entertaining and busy, but it also has a much darker side that involved serious crimes for the cops to react.
Above the city was a cloaking metallic grey futuristic airship with several glowing white zigzag lines flying high across the sky as it parked itself above the bright illuminating city. It was called the Crete Fortress. Inside the airship was furnished with a kitchen, living room, individual bedrooms, lab workshop, dojo, and meditation room.
In the dojo, the whole place was completely done in an ancient Japanese decor. It has a large healthy crystalline tree in the center of the bamboo floor and a bedroom located on the other side of the tree. Four teenage girls sat on the floor in their mediated position as they are prepared to start their training in their mystic training outfits: the oldest sister wore a blue skintight leotard with emerald green striped cuffs and a dark blue hood; the second oldest sister wore a red skintight leotard with dark green striped cuffs and a dark red hood; the second youngest sister wore a purple skintight leotard with brownish green striped cuffs and a dark purple hood; the youngest sister wore an orange skintight leotard with light green striped cuffs and a dark orange hood. It was the oldest sister Kirana against the youngest sister Talia and the second oldest sister Camilla against the second youngest sister Ariana.
The girls faced each other. Kirana and Talia jumped to their feet and both summoning out their elemental power. Talia narrowed her eyes as she put her hands above her head, already summoning the wind around her. Kirana gritted her teeth and put her hands in front of her while streams of water were surrounding her. Kirana made the first move and darted forward with a yell.
"Oh, yeah!" Talia yelled, charging towards her oldest sister and delivered a blast of wind at Kirana. "Talia is on the move!"
Kirana raised up a water shield in front of herself and successfully stopped the wind blast. She then created four arrows of water and fired them at Talia, who quickly smiled and jumped in the air to dodge the water arrows as she spun herself so fast to create a strong tornado. Kirana darted forward and released a swing of water-shaped blades as quick as lightning, which Talia immediately threw out a large ball of wind to freeze the attack. Talia started to run around the dojo in order to confuse Kirana.
"Too slow! Denied!" Talia smiled cockily with a confidence smirk on her face as she continued to dodge Kirana's water-shaped blades and held her hands engulfed with air energy as an offense shield. "How could you fight your opponent who is quick on their feet?"
Without saying a word, Kirana stood still just the right time to concentrate and predict her youngest sister's strategy. If she can just hit Talia at the very point, she'll beat her. With a smirk, the thin air created a puddle of water and engulfed itself onto Kirana's legs like armor. Talia ran forward to attack with a wind blast. At the last moment, just when Talia was going to reach her, Kirana swiftly ran up to raise her left knee into Talia's stomach, making her youngest sister falling to the ground in pain.
"Like that?" Kirana answered calmly at her downed sister.
"Good move, Kirana." Talia wheezed as she held a thumb-up.
Ariana was surrounded by the green petals that looked like snakes that are ready to obey every command the purple mage kunoichi would gave them as she stared threateningly at Camilla's face. Camilla, on the other hand, just watched her sister with a bored look on her and now she tilted her head from side to side to crack her neck. She hadn't powered up her flames yet, which was unusual for her.
"Alright, Ariana." Camilla said. "Just stand down and no one gets hurt."
"Come on!" Ariana replied as she rolled her eyes. "You always say that and the next thing you know, you HURT me and my plants!"
"Yeah…well…this time I won't." Camilla countered defensively with a shrug.
"Yeah right." Ariana snapped.
Ariana moved her hands swiftly with her palm pointing at Camilla, causing her plants to suddenly grow huge and aimed for the fire mage kunoichi. But Camilla dodged easily with a smile on her face when she kept dodging each plant at her sight over and over again. In a flash, Camilla gave her younger sister a sly grin and burned the plant into ashes with her palms engulfed in flames that caused Ariana to gasp in shock and horror.
"Should've stand down?" Ariana asked shockingly.
"Should've just stand down." Camilla answered slyly.
Camilla snapped her fingers. Suddenly, the floors beneath Ariana's feet became heated, making the purple mage kunoichi jump in the place.
"Okay, okay!" Ariana pleaded, jumping out of the floor and rubbed her feet. "I'm out! I'm out!"
Out of the corner of her eye, Camilla saw Kirana stepping forward and stepped away from Ariana to face her older sister. Ariana crawled away to kneel next to Talia, who stuck her tongue out at her. Kirana and Camilla kneel down on one knee and faced each other for preparation. Kirana and Camilla always had a strong sense of sibling rivalry on each other, constantly pushing each other to prove who's better and stronger. Another figure entered the room and the sisters looked at their younger brother, Ezra. He wore a teal long sleeved shirt with sea green cuffs, black sweatpants with a turquoise line on the side, and a dark teal hood. The mage boy got prepared and smiled.
"Kōun." Kirana said.
"You too." Camilla retorted with a shrug. "Don't be afraid, Ezra. We'll go easy on you." Camilla teased.
"Like that'll ever happen." Ezra said.
Getting to her feet, Kirana engulfed her hands in water power as Camilla did the same with her fire power. Ezra prepared to use his lighting powers to stike at his two eldest sisters but they backed away before the lightning could hit them.
Instantly, Kirana stood on her left leg and kicked Camilla rapidly with her right water-powered leg extended out with incredible speed, but Camilla quickly blocked with her flaming fists and dodged the second round of water kicks before jumping behind her older sister. Ezra got started on his electrical powers that he kept blasting at his two older sisters. Kirana turned around with her eyes narrowing dangerously. Camilla charged forward with a yell and hit Kirana in the face with the punch of her fists. On the ground, Kirana shot out a strong water ball at her younger sister that made Camilla crashing down to the floor. Slowly getting to his feet, Kirana turned and aimed another water ball at Camilla. But Camilla jumped back to her feet and managed to block the attack with a fire shield as Kirana sent out another water ball at Camilla from behind. Kirana managed to get a lock on the fire shield and swung it from Camilla's hands, but Ariana and Talia didn't even flinch as the shield hit the wall behind them. As the two continued to charge and clash each other, Camilla unleashed a sudden barrage of fire bolts in low and high directions to send her older sister crash to the wall. Ezra kept attacking with his lightning powers but Camilla caught a perfect time to knock Ezra to the tree, ending the match with Camilla the winner.
Groaning painfully, Kirana and Ezra looked up to see Camilla standing over her.
"I win." Camilla said with a smug smile.
"Yamè!" A serene voice commanded.
Suddenly, the siblings quickly turned to watch the door to their mother's room slid open. Her name is Shiroibara Sage. She was tall, beautiful woman with long black hair and dark brown eyes. She has a white star-shaped birthmark in the navel area. She also wore a white kimono with wide, bell-shaped sleeves and her clan's symbol are printed on the front and back of her dress. Her long forgotten clan are known for their mystical martial arts. Sage was strict but also the kindest, bravest and wisest woman known to the four young mage kunoichis and the young mage ninja.
Kirana was the oldest sister and the water mage kunoichi. She has a curvaceous body with a tall, slender built. She has long black hair that stops past her lower back with two blue sidetails and sapphire blue eyes. She has a blue spade-shaped birthmark on her chest that can only manifest when needed. She was the most serious and disciplined mage who acts as a balanced kunoichi of strength, speed, and intelligence. Despite being the oldest, her height ranges between Camilla and Ariana's height.
Camilla was the second oldest sister and the fire mage kunoichi. She has an athletic figure with sturdier build and broad muscles on her shoulders. She has long red hair tied into a ponytail that has a large dark red band with two dark red sidetails and emerald green eyes. She has two red heart-shaped birthmarks on her palms that can only manifest when needed. She was brawny and aggressive with a short temper and sarcastic attitude who acts as the strongest kunoichi of strength. She has a four star-shaped pierced earrings on both ears and a small dark red skull shaped scar on her right cheek. She is the third tallest and shorter than Kirana and Ariana.
Ariana was the second youngest sister and the earth mage kunoichi. She has a thin body stature with an extremely slender figure. She has brown shoulder length hair with two purple sidetails and brownish red eyes. She has a purple clover-shaped birthmark on her forehead that can only manifest when needed. She was quiet and inventive genius for mechanic and technology with her quiet and shy nature that comes across as the strong silent girl who acts as the smart kunoichi of intelligence. Despite being a mage with magical powers, she only used her magic for her inventions and science. She is the tallest of her three sisters.
Talia was the youngest sister and the air mage kunoichi. She has a slender figure with a slightly more pudgy body. She has blonde midback-length hair tied up in pigtails clipped down by dark orange star-shaped hair clips with two orange sidetails and baby blue eyes. She has an orange heart-shaped birthmark in her bellybutton that can only manifest when needed. She was the most immature and social mage with a wild, tomboyish attitude. As the best cook in the kitchen, she loves to cook amazing food for her family. She is shorter than her sisters and considerably shorter than Ariana but she is taller than Ezra.
Ezra was the youngest sibling and the lightning mage ninja. He has a slender male figure, five feet tall, fair skin, messy white hair, sea blue eyes, a slight gap between his teeth. He has a turquoise teardrop birthmark on his back that can only manifest when needed. He is youngest of the mages with a creative and caring personality. Despite being the youngest, Ezra tends to do normal boy things in the fortress. He is the shortest of his older sisters and the only little brother in the group.
Sage quietly walked into the dojo. The siblings moved to the middle of the dojo and knelt down in their mediated position with honor and respect.
"You all have proven your skills very well." Sage said in a congratulate manner as she walked past her five children.
"But I did better than them." Camilla bragged smugly.
Ariana and Talia rolled their eyes while Kirana and Ezra looked at Camilla with a raised eyebrow.
"This is self-improvement training, Camilla." Sage stated as she walked behind her children. "It's never about winning and losing."
"I know, mother." Camilla said with a nod. She crossed her arms over her chest confidently. "But they lost and I won. So, win-win for me."
Sage held the pressure point on Camilla's neck, causing her daughter to cry out in pain.
"But the most important thing is that we all did our best. Great job, everyone!" Camilla said quickly.
Sage released her daughter and Camilla fell forward to the floor while breathing heavily. Sage chuckled with a tiny smile.
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Meanwhile, Sage and her children sat around the kitchen table as they are eating chicken roman soup while Talia was stirring the pot with her usual cheerful smile. For her creatively, Talia became an excellent chief when it comes to the kitchen.
"Does every one want some more soup?" Talia asked. "Anybody?"
"Nope." Kirana said.
"Not really." Camilla replied.
"All yours." Ariana responded.
"Completely full." Ezra says.
"Okay, because I've made a cake for all of us." Talia smiled brightly as she pulled out a vanilla cake out of the fridge.
"Whoa." Kirana, Camilla, Ariana, and Ezra gushed as they leaned forward and stared at it in awe.
"It's amazing." Ariana smiled in amazement.
"Made of vanilla." Camilla said as her index finger took a little amount of frosting and licks it. "Nice."
"Delicious." Kirana smiled as she took a piece of the cake.
"And for you, little bro... I've made you a cupcake." Talia smiled as she presented him a cupcake with a birthday candle on it.
"Thanks Talia." Ezra said as he enjoys his cupcake.
"Well, Seijin no Hi!" Talia said.
"Seijin no Hi!" Kirana, Camilla, Ariana, and Ezra cheered.
"Yes, the day we all became a great family for fifteen years." Sage smiled happily. "And the day that we have trained as mage ninjas."
"Can you tell us a story, mother?" Talia asked as she sat next to her mother.
"But I've told you that story many times before." Sage replied gently.
"Please? Please?" Talia begged, giving her mother the pleading eyes. "Pleeeeaaassseee!"
Camilla quickly launched herself over the table and clapped a hand over Talia's mouth to silence her youngest sister.
"Please." Camilla said. "It's only the way to get Talia to shut up."
"Very well." Sage said with a nod.
As Sage's tale begin, it all started when she was walking out of the training room at her clan until she spotted a group of strange men surrounding the man named Caesar as they battled all of them in an engage combat. After the battle was over, Sage and Caesar became attracted to each other, falling in love at first sight.
Some years later, Sage heard a baby's cry from an alleyway. She went over and found a newborn baby boy in a box wrapped in a teal blanket. The infant boy stops crying and smiled when he saw Sage. Sage smiles warmly before taking the baby in her arms and walks back to the Fortress.
"And that's how we became a one great family." Sage said, holding the family picture that was kept all those years ago. "That love between me and your father gave birth to you all. And a new bundle came into our family." Sage smiles at Ezra, who smiles warmly back.
"Good memories." Talia said, grabbing the family picture and hugged it. She went over to Ezra and hugged him.
"Well, mother, now that we're officially fifteen and Ezra is eleven. We are finally ready to go outside the world, right?" Kirana asked hopefully.
Camilla, Talia, Ezra, and Ariana nodded eagerly for their oldest sister's hopeful words.
"Yes." Sage said.
"Yeah! Alright! Finally! Perfect! Yes!" Kirana, Ariana, Ezra, Camilla, and Talia cheered happily.
"And no." Sage added.
"Naw! No way! Darn it! No fair! I hate when she does that." Kirana, Ariana, Ezra, Talia, and Camilla grumbled sadly.
"True, you all have become very powerful, but you're still young." Sage admitted. "You all lack the maturity to use your skills wisely. You all aren't ready to face the danger of what's out there."
"Look, mother. We know you're trying to protect us, but we can't spend out whole lives living and hiding in here." Kirana explained. "We always want to meet new people, go to school, and explore the outside. But if we keep staying in this flying fortress here, how are we supposed to know what life is really like?"
Sage closed her eyes and used her future sight to predict the positive result for her children if they explore the outside world. When she slowly opened her eyes, her children stared right in front of her and looked her with big, pleading eyes. Sage sighed reluctantly as her decision was made.
"You made go…tomorrow." Sage said with a bit hesitation. "I'll assign you to go to high school on the first day in the morning."
The K-5 released out cheers of triumph.
"But you must remember that Ezra has skipped a few grades for his intelligence. Which means you must keep an eye on him." Sage said.
"Don't worry, Mother. He's safe with us. High five, y'all!" Talia hollered sassily.
With that, the siblings put their hands together as high fives.
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The next day, Kirana was sitting on the coach watching her favorite TV sci-fi show called Battle Matrix in the living room as her eyes are completely focused was on the TV screen. Despite being a trained mage kunoichi, Kirana was a huge fan of science fiction and Captain Mila was the leader of the intergalactic team and her favorite hero, hoping that someday she'll be just like her as a leader. Corporal Camille was the weapon expert, Sergeant Morgana was the head of communications in the ship, and Private Tenaya was the youngest member of the team. On TV, Sergeant Mila was commanding her teammates to carry out her orders without question.
"I still fail to see how this show is so cool." Camilla said, sitting on the couch next to her older sister while looking up from her comic book.
"Battlestar Matrix is an amazing show and Captain Mila is my favorite character." Kirana said determinedly. "Her leadership reminds me of our father and someday I'm gonna be a great leader like him."
"Yeah, good luck with that." Camilla said with a smirk as she went back to her comic book.
Kirana rolled her eyes at Camilla's words and turned back to see Ariana, Talia, and Ezra ran into the living room. Ariana and Talia stood in front of their older sisters as they both performed rock star guitar poses.
"It's go time, guys!" Talia cheered excitedly.
After channeling their magic within them, the siblings transformed their training outfits into their school outfits in a flashy manner: Ariana wore a light grey cross back tank top under a purple cardigan sweater, black skinny jeans, and purple sneakers. Camilla wore a sleeveless red tank top under a black leather biker jacket, black ripped jeans, red high-top sneakers, and two rhinestone spiked bracelets on each wrist. Ezra wore a teal shirt with a navy blue jacket, tan shorts that reached to his knees, and white sneakers. Kirana wore a blue asymmetrical one-shoulder shirt over a long white strappy tank top, black jeans, and blue caty wedges. And Talia wore an orange tank top under a white leather biker jacket, black skinny jeans, and orange high top sneakers.
Kirana, Camilla, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra stood in a firm line in front of their mother, who was pacing in front of them as if her children are lined soldiers.
"You're ready to experience the world you might embrace." Sage said. "But I only have two rules: don't expose your powers towards humans and stay in the shadows at all times for danger."
"Yes, mother." The siblings said with a nod.
"And good luck, my children." Sage sighed with a tiny smile.
With that, the siblings rushed towards the center of the living room and huddled together excitedly. They held out their hands into each other's and closed their eyes while casting a teleportation spell, moving instantaneously from the Crete Fortress to Roosevelt High School.
All Sage can do is sigh in worry for her five children's safety.
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After the spell made the siblings land on the ground in front of the school building without being spotted, Kirana pushed the doors wide open and walked inside with her siblings following behind her. They all stood awestruck as they could see lockers and classroom doors everywhere in one single hallway. The school seemed to be a three floor building from the outside, but it has a brown exterior and yellow hallways with green lockers in the inside.
"It's so cool." Talia whispered.
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The K-5 walked through the plain hallways where all students were talking and finding book through their lockers. They went to find their locker number and it turned out to their locker are close to each other. After organizing their stuff in the lockers, the siblings moved ahead away from the lockers and went out to search their classes. But Kirana couldn't help but feeling excited on the first time.
"This school is so amazing with the rooms or the gym." Kirana said excitedly as she looked around the corner of the school. "I don't understand why mother doesn't want us to come out here."
"Whoa, even the school has so many different computers." Ariana gasped as she suddenly pressed her hands against the window door to see lined desks of computers with one eye. "Those laptops are the next generation of cadmium processor with quantum encryption."
"Wow, Ariana. Even you would know such a thing." Camilla said sarcastically.
"They're so beautiful." Ariana said excitedly, looking back at the laptops and ignoring her older sister.
Ezra looked at the posters of school clothes on the walls.
"Wow. Look at those jackets." Ezra said in awe. "Too bad Mom can't make me wear them."
"Oh my. This school has all kinds of students." Talia said as she pointed her finger at the stereotype high school students. "The goths, the jocks, the nerds."
"Let's go, Talia." Camilla said, grabbing her younger sister by the shirt and pulling her from the group of students.
"Bikers!" Talia wailed as her older sister was pulling her away to where the siblings are regrouping.
"So, how are we gonna find out classes right here?" Ariana asked Kirana.
"Yo, O'Neil!"
Kirana, Camilla, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra suddenly found a school jock talking harshly with a girl. She has red hair tied up in a ponytail with a yellow headband, blue eyes with freckles on her face, and wore a yellow and white shirt with a 5 on it with a black t-shirt under it that has black sleeves and a black choker, blue jean-shorts with leggings under them, blue and yellow socks, and black boots. They know that they aren't allowed to expose their powers, but they can't watch some big guy bothering the little girl.
"What's the matter, April?" The jock said with a grin. "You can't escape me this time until you let me copy your homework now."
"Hey!" Camilla shouted as she walked up to the jock and April. "Leave her alone! She doesn't want you to bother her!"
"Says who?" The jock growled as he turned to glare at Camilla.
"Says me!" Camilla snapped.
Camilla swiftly moved in front of the jock and flipped upside down to rapidly rotate her body, attacking him with her boots that send the jock crashing to the ground. Kirana, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra noticed that all of the students are watching the fight as well as spotting the teachers heading the way to the fight. They quickly grabbed each other's hands and muttered a spell under their breath that only made the fight as an illusion for them and April to see. Once the jock got up and ran to deliver a punch with his fists, Camilla quickly grabbed the jock from the air by the leg to spin him rapidly and hurdled him towards the wall above the door that knocked him unconscious. Kirana, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra secretly released their hands that worn off the spell.
"Are you okay?" Ariana asked the girl.
"Yeah, thanks to that girl." The girl replied with a smile. "I'm April O'Neil."
"I'm Shiroibara Ariana. I'm from Japan." Ariana said as she pointed her thumb to her three sisters and younger brother with April. "And these are my sisters: Kirana, Camilla, and Talia. And this is my brother; Ezra."
"Do you have any idea where are we supposed to go?" Talia asked as she stood in front of April with a bright smile.
"Your classes, of course." April replied as she read the siblings' class schedules. "And since you guys are new here, only Kirana, Camilla, and Ezra have the same classes downstairs while you and Ariana have the same classes upstairs like my classes. So, Ariana and Talia will follow me to their classes."
"Thanks." Kirana smiled.
Ariana and Talia followed April while Lee and Ella turned the other way to find the classes.
"I have to admit. Fighting bullies are kinda fun." Camilla laughed.
"But we can't draw too much attention around here." Kirana said as she looked at Camilla with a firm face. "Let's get to class."
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After two classes later, the siblings sat at the empty table near the window on the right side of the cafeteria. Each of them were staring the same food on their trays: chocolate milk, applesauce, kiwi slices, brownie, and chicken sliders.
"Should we eat this?" Ezra asked.
"How are we supposed to know if these could be rotten?" Kirana asked cautiously.
"Well, they are food." Ariana said as she stared longingly at her tray.
"Not like any food we've ever ate in our lives." Camilla said with a shrug.
"Let's try each one." Talia suggested.
Kirana took the chocolate milk, Ariana took the applesauce, Ezra took the kiwi slices, Camilla took the brownie, and Talia took the chicken slider in one hand. Ariana, Ezra, Camilla, and Talia slowly took a bite of their food while Kirana slowly took a slip of her drink. Their eyes were widened in surprise as if their brains were set to explode. They continue to eat their lunch in excitement.
"Now, this I have to admit!" Camilla smiled as she ate the brownie. "The foods here are amazing!"
"I love this school!" Talia yelled in excitement.
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Two hours later, the siblings ran up on the school rooftop and grabbed each other's hands to cast a teleportation spell, moving instantaneously from Roosevelt High School to the Crete Fortress.
The full moon started to shine on the dark night. The K-5 began running across the rooftops of the city as they are jumping on each building while doing flexible flips and cartwheels. They also are wearing their official ninja outfits: Kirana wore a blue tight-fitting leotard with quarter length puff sleeves that are wrapped around the elbow with a hoodie, tight emerald green leggings, and blue knee-high, high-heeled boots. Camilla wore a red tight-fitting leotard with quarter length puff sleeves that are wrapped around the elbow with a hoodie, tight kelly green leggings, and red high-heeled boots that goes just past her ankles. Ariana wore a purple tight-fitting leotard with quarter length puff sleeves that are wrapped around the elbow with a hoodie, tight brownish green leggings, and purple high-heeled, shin-high boots. Talia wore an orange tight-fitting leotard with quarter length puff sleeves that are wrapped around the elbow with a hoodie, tight light green leggings, and orange ankle-high boots. And Ezra wore a black shirt with long teal sleeves that reach to his wrist and a teal hoodie, black pants with teal lines at the side, and teal combat boots with turquoise laces.
Then, the siblings stopped on the last building and looked over the city.
"Alright, guys." Kirana said. "Today has been a great day. We should head to the arcade center before heading home."
Camilla, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra cheered happily. But Ariana stared down at the empty sidewalk and saw someone that caught her attention.
"Hey guys. Look at that." Ariana said, pointing her finger down from the building.
Kirana, Camilla, Talia, and Ezra looked down to see that Ariana was pointing at a teenage boy walking casually down the sidewalk below. He has a slender build, long black hair, and brown eyes. He wore a black shirt, blue jeans, a black and white bandana, and black fingerless gloves. Ariana had her mouth wide open with her eyes popping dreamily, making her siblings believing it was love at first sight.
"He's the cutest boy I've ever seen." Ariana muttered as she stared down at the boy.
"And he's the only boy you've ever seen besides Ezra." Camilla pointed out.
Ariana was snapped out of her romantic daydream and gave Camilla a sidelong glare.
"My point still stands." Ariana retorted.
Suddenly, the sound of evil giggle drew the mages' attention back to the ground. They could see him being halted by female street gang twins coming out from the shadows. One twin has a svelte figure with long black hair tied in ox-horns with two long braids in each sides and violet eyes. She wore a black sleeveless qipao dress over a white long sleeved catsuit and black combat boots. The another twin has a svelte figure with long white hair tied in ox-horns with two long braids in each sides and violet eyes. She wore a white sleeveless qipao dress over a black long sleeved catsuit and white combat boots. The mages watched as the twins moved closer to attack the boy, who doesn't want to fight them because he's a gentleman and can't find a way to escape from them.
"He's in trouble! We have to help him!" Ariana declared with a gasp.
Before Ariana can make a move to jump off the building, Kirana put her hand on Ariana's shoulder to stop her.
"Remember mother told us to not expose our powers towards humans." Kirana reminded, not willing to disobey her mother's rules.
"Look, we know what mother said to us, but we can't just sit here and do nothing when the boy is about to get a beat down." Camilla said.
"I know, but-" Kirana explained.
"Well, I'm not gonna stand here and watch." Ariana said, cutting her older sister off. "I'm going in."
Ariana jumped off the building with Camilla, Talia, and Ezra immediately following after her. Kirana rolled her eyes in disappointment and followed after her younger siblings. Ezra ran up and performed a split kick at the twins' faces. Camilla punched the white-haired twin with her fist that send her straight to the wall that knocked her unconscious. Kirana ran forward to deliver a swift leg at the black-haired twin while Talia jumped in the air and swung her legs at her face. Ariana quickly spotted the boy was getting matched by the conscious white-haired girl and swiftly kicked her away from the boy. Ariana ran up to the boy and they looked at each other, but the purple mage kunoichi was surprised that the boy wasn't somewhat freaked out about the whole thing.
"Who are you, ladies?" The boy asked.
"Please don't freak out." Ariana replied. "My siblings and I won't harm you. We're the good guys. You have to trust me."
"I do and I like the way you fight." The boy said with a flirty smile. "You got skills."
Ariana offered the boy a sweet smile and held out her hand. The boy was about to take it when the van screeched on the street next to them. The defeated street twins quietly snuck out of sight before the mages can notice their escape. Four identical men got out of the van as one of them kicked Ariana that send her flying into Talia, who was flying into Kirana, Camilla, and Ezra as the five mages got hit against the building wall.
The men observed the boy silently and immediately grabbed him into the van before the van drove away.
"They're escaping!" Ariana shouted as she got up and chasing after the van. "And they got the boy!"
Kirana, Camilla, and Ezra followed after Ariana in a nick of speed.
"Any idea why those guys grab the boy?" Camilla shouted.
"Not a clue!" Kirana shouted back.
As the four mage ninjas raced after the van to rescue the boy, Talia started running after her older sisters and younger brother until she was confronted by one of the strange man. Talia lifted her arms out in front of her and fired a strong concentrated beam of wind at the man, who was hit by the attack. Talia's eyes widened wide in shock as the man didn't move one inch from her power. Talia growled as she swung her leg to deliver a kick, but the man quickly caught her leg with one hand and threw the orange mage kunoichi towards the wall.
Without attacking back, Talia ran away as quick as possible and the man followed after her. As Talia ran into the dead end alley, she turned around to see the man walking up slowly behind her. Talia screamed as she closed her eyes tightly in fear and created a saw disc-like solid air blade to attack the man, slicing his face in the process. The man covered his face with his hands and fell to the ground as Talia opened her eye to see pink light illuminating at her sight.
"What the heck?" Talia muttered as she walked over to the man to get a closer look at him.
Talia gasped fearfully when she saw the man's face being torn away that revealed a half robot face. A pink strange brain-like creature jumped out of the robot man's chest and growled at Talia, who screamed out loud and watched the creature running away with a screech.
Talia ran up to her siblings, who were walking down an ally after the van had escaped.
"Guys, you're never gonna believe this! That strange man I've fought had a pink, squashy brain!" Talia shouted.
"We all have brains, Talia." Ezra said in a confusing tone.
"Not all of us, that's for sure." Ariana remarked.
"But it was in his chest!" Talia screamed.
"No Talia, not in our chests." Kirana said with a sigh.
"You're not listening to me!" Talia shouted. She quickly got freaked out when Kirana slapped her face out of annoyance. "Why did you slap me?"
"I was snapping you out of this crazy talk." Kirana responded.
"Well, that didn't work!" Talia snapped as she led her siblings to the alley where she fought the robot man. "You guys have got to believe me!"
"I'm not so sure we do." Camilla said as she followed her youngest sister.
"Oh, yeah? Well, you'll change your mind when you see that he's..." Talia said, pointing her finger into the alley.
"Gone." Kirana, Camilla, Ariana, and Ezra said as they peered into the alley.
"Gone?" Talia repeated in confusion.
Talia looked into the alley and the robot man was nowhere to be found. She looked at her siblings as they walked away before she slowly followed them.
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Back to the Crete Fortress, the K-5 knelt in a row in front of their mother inside the dojo and reported their mission to Sage.
"I see." Sage said in a calm but strict manner. "You have work together as a team, but you five let them get away with the boy. That proves that you were not fully ready for what was out there. Maybe we can try again in another year."
"A year?!" Ezra repeated.
"What?! Mother, he doesn't have another year! But we have to save him now." Ariana demanded softly. "The boy was counting on us to save him. We have to go out there."
Sage thought for a minute and finally made her decision.
"Hmm, very well." Sage said with a nod. "But to fight more effectively, you're going to need a leader."
"My skills are going superior every day from my training. I should be the leader." Kirana said eagerly as she raised her hand.
"Why you?" Camilla said as she looked at Kirana. "I'm strongest and the best fighter there is. I should be the leader."
"Oh please. I'm smarter than all of you girls combine! It should be me!" Ariana voiced as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"No way, sis. Boys are the best for leading! It should be me!" Ezra argued.
"No, it should be me!" Talia scoffed slightly.
Kirana, Ariana, and Ezra stared at Talia their blank looks while Camilla glared at Talia an expressionless glance.
"I may not have a reason, but I know it's gonna be me." Talia smiled.
"Well, since you all trained very well, I will predict the future on it." Sage said, closing her eyes to concentrate on her magical powers and opened her eyes to look at her children. "The team leader is Kirana."
Kirana smiled happily while Ariana, Talia, and Ezra congratulated their older sister as Camilla got up and walked out of the dojo with a stoic look on her face, leaving her siblings staring at her with concern.
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Meanwhile, the K-5 are sitting on top of the apartment building. Kirana told them the building has the same logo as the van that kidnapped the boy and they should wait long enough on the kidnapper's arrival. Camilla, Ariana, Talia, and Ezra nodded their heads in agreement. After few hours passed on, the mages became bored for a quick minute until they heard something that made them looking over the building below. They saw the van drove into parking area next to the building, but the driver was a different person.
"Alright, let's go, guys." Kirana ordered.
The K-5 jumped off the building and landed slowly in front of the man as they summoned out their elemental magic engulfing in their hands.
"Alright, big boy." Camilla said. "We can do things the easy way or the hard way."
"Yeah, there's five of us and one of you." Ariana grinned. "So what are you gonna do about it?"
The man didn't reply and pulled out a high-tech gun as he began shooting pink lasers at the mages, who quickly dodged away from each blast.
"You have to ask, didn't ya?!" Ezra yelled angrily at Ariana.
The man quickly ran inside the van and drove off into the streets. The K-5 climbed on the top of apartment building and ran across the rooftops as they chased after the van.
"He's getting away!" Ariana exclaimed.
"Not this time!" Kirana said.
Kirana unleashed out a sharp shuriken made of water from her palm straight down to the tire, causing the man to lose control of the van and crashed to the nearby lamp pole.
"Now, we're getting somewhere." Kirana smiled to herself.
The mages jumped down the street and walked toward the back of the van for investigation. Camilla opened the door behind the van and a canister rolled out of it to stop itself at Talia's feet, causing the orange mage kunoichi to stare surprisingly at the glowing green substance inside the canister.
"No way…!" Talia muttered in shock.