Hi Everyone! Welcome to the first chapter of The Armors Unite. If you haven't yet read the Mystical Warriors, please read that first, or you may not understand this as well. As this is already a fully completed Book (actually, we're working on Book 5 of the seven planned!), I'll try and keep updating this regularly, but I am a very busy college student, so please, be nice! If you like this, please, tell us so. We haven't gotten a single review yet, so come on, be reviewer number 1! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this! ~ Destiny Babe
Italics represent internal thoughts from the characters.
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The Two Worlds Collide
-July 5, 1998-
Mia walked toward her jeep, carrying 4 bags of groceries. One of which is for Kento, she thought. Feeding 5 teenage boys and herself had her going out every other day for groceries. But somehow, that thought comforted her. It meant to her that the Dynasty was gone and she could live her normal life with her 5 friends. Well, four friends and a crush.
Yes, she hated to admit it, but she was in love with Ryo. She didn't know what it was, but there was something about him that drew her to him. I think it's his passion for everything that draws me to him. He puts everything he has into everything that he does. She was turning the corner off of one of the busy streets of Toyama when she came upon the strangest sight she had ever seen. A girl, no taller then 5 and a half feet with two ponytails that streamed out from two buns on the top of her head, was challenging what looked like a Dynasty Soldier. Oh no, that poor girl is going to get herself killed!
"Come on fight me. Are you too cowardly to fight a girl? Come on and I'll show you what a real fight is. Power of the Moonlight!" A bright light surrounded the girl and when it faded, she was wearing sub-armor like the guys, except hers was different. The color on her sub-armor was silver and there was less color. On her chest was a silver crescent moon with the points facing up. Mia couldn't believe what she was seeing. A female Ronin Warrior? She was so shocked that she dropped her grocery bags, spilling food over the ground.
***
Serena was walking to the bus station to go home. She had been visiting distant relatives in Toyama and was going home from a
two-week stay. She was almost to the bus
station when she saw a youma dressed in armor. Great,
just when we thought they were gone.
The Mystical Warriors had defeated Queen Beryl a year ago, when she was
14. She was now 15 and hadn't worn her
sub-armor in a year. Until
now.
Now in her sub-armor, she charged the youma, punching it in the face and kicking it in the stomach, sending it back a few steps. The few moments that it took the youma to gain its balance gave Serena enough time to call her armor. "I call upon the armor of the Moonlight! Armor of the Moonlight, TO ARMS!" Suddenly, swirls of moonlight and wind blew around her. The wind scooped up her two ponytails, forming them into full buns at the top of her head. The moonlight swirled around her legs, arms, and torso, creating armor. Then, the light gathered in front of her face, creating a helmet, which she picked up and put on. Then, a bolt of moonlight shot down in front of her and created her staff that held her Silver Crystal.
The armor that Serena wore was silver. It had a tunic-like breastplate that covered the front and back of her torso, going no lower then her waist and no wider then her shoulder joints. Covering her forearms were silver gloves that covered her elbow to her wrist perfectly, then only covered the top of her hand, a break in the gloves at the wrist so she could move her hands. From her knees down were silver boots and on her chest was a white crescent moon. Her helmet was white with two silver horns that formed her symbol, a silver crescent moon. Holding her staff above the ground, she called out, "MOONLIGHT CRYSTAL!" as light entered the crystal. Then she pointed the crystal at the youma and shouted, "ILLUMINATION!" and light came out in a beam directed at the youma, killing it instantly.
Serena looked shocked at what just had happened "That was too easy. Youmas never die after I use my weak attack on them." Suddenly, a portal appeared in the sky and Serena looked at it to find two faces staring down at her. "Who are you?" Serena cried out. One of the people was a gorgeous woman, who laughed calmly at her and said, "I am Queen Metallia and I am almost ready to fight you, Serena of the Moonlight. You may have beaten my lackey, Queen Beryl, but you won't beat me. In the mean time, I'd like you to meet my 5th general, General Talpa." Serena gasped. "General Talpa? Bearer of the armor of Life?"
"Yes," Talpa said, "And I have come to serve my Queen in her battle to destroy you and your friends. So long…" and the portal disappeared. Behind Serena, there was a gasp. Serena detransformed into her regular clothes and turned around to find a woman about as tall as Celia with long auburn hair and blue eyes, staring at her with shock. "Hello," Serena said, "What you have just seen here is…"
"Are you a Ronin Warrior?" the woman asked. Serena was taken aback by that question. "What?" she said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Let me introduce myself. My name is Mia and I want to know if you're a Ronin Warrior?"
"No, but do you know them?"
"Know them?" Mia scoffed, "I live with them. Well, if you're not a Ronin Warrior, then what are you?"
"I'm what's called a Mystical Warrior. It's like a Ronin Warrior, except a little different." Serena looked at the ground around Mia and said, "Oh, you dropped your groceries. Here let me help you pick them up. By the way, my name is Serena."
"It's nice to meet you Serena. And thank your for helping me with the groceries. Could you help me carry them back to my car?"
"Sure." Mia and Serena walked the groceries back to Mia's car when Serena suddenly realized about her bus. "Oh-no! Mia, do you know what time it is?"
"Yeah, it's 3:40. Why?"
"Oh great, my bus to take me home left at 3:30. Now I have no way of getting home."
"I'll take you home. Where do you live?" Mia asked Serena.
"Tokyo. No really it's ok. It's really too far out of your way…"
"It's no problem. How about I drive you home in return for telling me about the Mystical Warriors and for helping me with my groceries? Sound ok to you?"
"Sounds fine."
"Ok, but we have to drop these groceries off at my place. Even though the guys aren't there, Kento will be mad if he doesn't have food when he gets home." That name triggered something in Serena's memory. Kento, hmm. Isn't that the name of one of the kings? The one Lita always says she's going to meet? "Excuse me for being rude, but what are the names of the guys you live with?"
"Um, Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen. Why do you want to know?" Oh my god, they're the 5 young kings that Celia was talking about! Serena bit her lip and said, "Oh, no reason. Just curious."
"Oh," Mia said, putting the groceries in the trunk of the jeep. Serena followed suit and put the two bags that she was carrying next to the other two. Closing the trunk, Serena climbed into the passenger seat that Mia had just unlocked. Starting the car, Mia drove off towards her place.
***
On the way to Mia's house, Serena had told her story of her adventures with the
Mystical Warriors and Mia had told Serena about the Ronin Warriors. Serena asked if Mia knew of the story of the
Ronin Armors and when Mia told her the version she knew, Serena said, "That's
just part of it," and explained the rest of the story. Mia was flabbergasted when she found out that
Ryo, Sage, Cye, Kento, and Rowen were actually the souls of 5 young kings from
the time of the Silver Millennium. Mia
was even more surprised when she found out that Serena and her friends were
Princesses of other planets during the time of the Silver Millennium. By the time they arrived to drop off the
groceries, Mia didn't think she could take any more surprises. They dropped off the groceries at Mia's house
and while Mia was putting things away, Serena was looking at pictures. When she finally came across a picture of 5
young guys, posing for the camera, with triumphant smiles on their faces, she
had to ask Mia about it. "Hey Mia!"
"Yeah Serena?"
"What's this picture of?" Mia walked into the room and looked at the picture Serena was looking at. "That's of the Ronin Warriors."
"Which one's which?"
"Well from starting from right to left is Rowen, our blue-headed genius…"
"You have one of those too?"
"Huh?"
"We have a blue-haired genius. Except mine is female. Yours is male. Continue."
"Then we have Kento…"
"The walking garbage disposal as you told me."
"Cye, Sage and Ryo." Mia's finger, which had been moved along the glass covering the picture, lingered shortly on Ryo's form in the picture. Serena caught the look in her eyes and said, "You like him, don't you?"
"What?"
"You like Ryo. I can see it in your eyes."
"How do you know?"
"Because the look your giving that Ryo character is the same way my boyfriend looks at me. Admit it, you like him."
"Ok, but you're the first one to hear me admit it." Mia drew in a shaky breath and said, "I'm in love with Ryo. Now, promise you won't tell anybody."
"I promise. I won't tell anybody. Except for Darien."
"Who's Darien?"
"My boyfriend. But don't worry, he won't tell anyone. If he does, I'll make him pay. He doesn't like it when I make him pay 'cause I ignore him and he hates that. So you don't have to worry about him telling anyone."
"Thanks. Ooh, look at the time. We better get you home."
"Ok," Serena said. Taking one last look at the picture, she smirked. They'll all meet soon. She thought before walking out of the house and back into the car, where Mia was waiting to take her home.
***
By the time Mia had dropped Serena off at her house, it was about 7:30. "Wow, nice house."
"Thanks, but it's not mine. It's my friend's. All of us live in the same house."
"Oh, I see." There was a pause in the conversation before Serena said hesitantly, "Hey Mia?"
"Yeah?"
"If this Talpa guy is as bad as you say and if he's joined up with Queen Metallia, who is really bad, then we could use all the help we could get. How about you bring the Ronin Warriors over so we can train together and beat these people."
"Well, I don't want to impose…"
"We have plenty of space. With 20 bedrooms, I don't think you can go wrong. Will you do it?"
"Yeah, I'll tell the guys about it. When do you want us to come?"
"I don't know. Whenever you want."
"How about 12:30 tomorrow. Does that work for you?"
"Sure does. See you tomorrow, Mia.
"Ok, bye." Serena smiled at Mia and climbed out of the car and walked towards the front door. Turning around, she waved to Mia as she drove out of the drive way and back towards her own home. Opening the door, Serena walked straight upstairs and went right to bed, exhausted from her fight earlier in the day. Normally, she wouldn't be so tired, but she hadn't fought in a year. After getting ready, she climbed into bed and completely forgot to tell anyone that they were going to have company the next day.
***
When Mia got home, it was about 10:00.
And all the guys were waiting for her in the family room.
"Hey Mia, where were you?" Kento asked.
"I was dropping a friend off at home. Guess what."
"What," Sage said, "Do you have news for us?"
"Yep, guess who I met today?"
"Who?" they all said.
"Another Ronin Warrior," she said bluntly.
"What?" exclaimed Ryo.
"Another Ronin Warrior? Are you sure?" Cye asked.
"Is there trouble?" Rowen asked.
"Yes, it's another Ronin Warrior. Actually, I believe the phrase they used was Mystical Warrior, but it's the same thing, only a little different."
"How so," Ryo asked.
"While your powers come from elements on Earth, the Mystical Warriors powers come from their planets."
"Planets?"
"Yup and you guys are meeting them tomorrow. There's a new threat. Talpa's back, but he's serving someone named Queen Metallia and the Mystical Warriors need our help. So, be ready to go by 11:00 tomorrow morning. We have to be there by 1:00 and they live an hour and a half away. I'll see you all tomorrow." Mia walked upstairs, listening to the guys talk amongst themselves. For some reason, she was reluctant to tell them that the Mystical Warriors were girls. Well, they'll be surprised tomorrow when they meet them. She thought, smiling as she went to get ready for bed.
***
Serena woke up and looked at the clock.
Her eyes widened and she said, "11:30!
My god, they're going to be here in an hour and I haven't told the
others yet. They are going to murder
me!" Serena rushed out of bed, got
dressed, and ate in a half an hour. "Ok
now I just have to find the others. Easier said than done."
After an half an hour of searching, she had only found Alex, Michelle,
and Celia, who were now helping her look for the other five. At 12:30, the doorbell rang. Rushing to the nearest intercom, she said,
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Mia. Can I come in?"
"Sure, just walk in. I'll be down there in a minute." Switching off the intercom, she frantically continued her search for her friends.
***
Mia drove down the street towards where Serena's house was and all the guys
were looking out the window in fascination at all the houses out there. "They're all mansions!" Rowen exclaimed,
"They must be really rich."
"I think so," Mia said. Pulling into Serena's driveway, the guys all were amazed at the house that they were going to be staying at. It was a 4-story mansion that was a coral-color on the outside with white trim. The house was surrounded by woods that seemed to go on forever. "This is where we're staying?" Kento asked.
"Yep," Mia said.
"It's beautiful," Cye said.
"I don't think I'll ever want to leave," Sage said. Mia parked the car in the driveway, turned the car off and exited the car, getting her bag out of the trunk. The other guys did the same and followed her to the front door. Mia rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer the door.
Suddenly a voice came out of the speaker of the intercom that was by the doorbell. "Hello?" the voice said. The voice was so muffled, that you couldn't tell if the person who was talking was a male or female. "Hey, it's Mia. Can I come in?"
"Sure, just walk in. I'll be down there in a minute." Mia knew that the voice was Serena because it sounded like it had expected them. Mia opened the front door and walked in. The other guys walked in and Cye closed the door behind him and whistled at the size of the place. The front hall was huge and the walls adorned with pictures, although Ryo was the only one who took up an interest in the pictures.
As he scanned down the line of pictures, he saw a blond-haired girl with two ponytails sleeping on a couch, a girl with olive green hair holding up two outfits with a dressing room in the background. Obviously taken at a department store. He thought. He also saw a turquoise-haired girl holding a violin, a girl with short blond hair leaning against a car, a smaller girl with short black hair wearing a Candy Striper uniform, a girl with long black hair, meditating in front of a fire, There's one for Sage, he thought, a girl with brown hair holding a cake platter with a cake on it in each of her hands, winking at the camera, and a girl with long blond hair with a red bow painting a picture of a lake. The last picture however, caught him by surprise. It was a girl with short blue hair, curled up in a big chair in front of a fire, reading a book as big as her palm with a small, satisfied smile on her face. "Hey Ro," Ryo called out to Rowen. Rowen turned to look at him. "What?"
"Come look at this."
"What is it?"
"A blue-haired girl reading a book in front of a fire." Rowen walked over to the picture and gasped. The girl in the picture was absolutely beautiful. "Wow," Rowen found himself saying.
"You like her?"
"She's gorgeous. But she probably has a boyfriend, or something."
"I'm sure," Ryo said. He was going to say more when the olive-green haired girl, the girl with the short blond hair, the girl with the turquoise hair, and the girl with the long, blond ponytails came walking into the front hall from different directions. The girl with the blond ponytails said to the short blond girl, "Did you find them Alex?"
"Nope, sorry Serena."
"Michelle?" Serena asked the turquoise haired girl.
"Nothing."
"Celia?" Serena said to the olive-green haired girl.
"Sorry." Serena groaned in frustration, pinching her sinuses.
"Where could they all be?" Suddenly, Serena looked up and noticed Mia and the 5 guys for the first time. "Oh, hello. I hope I haven't kept you guys waiting too long. We're just trying to find everybody, but in this house, that's a little hard to do. I'm Serena. And this is Alex, Michelle, and Celia." Right then, the small girl with the short black hair decided to bounce in. "Hey Serena. What's going on? What's with the people?"
"Heather, have you seen the others?"
"No, but I know where they are."
"Ok, where's our blue-headed genius."
"Ami's in her secret reading spot."
"Okay, and where's our meditating pyromaniac?"
"Raye is in meditating at her shrine."
"And Lita?"
"Down in the pantry, looking for more flour."
"And Mina?"
"Finishing her painting of the lake in the art studio. Want me to go get them? It's really easy. We had a new intercom system installed while you were gone. Watch this." Heather walked over to the intercom and pressed a button. "Hey Raye, Ami, Lita, and Mina. Get your butts down to the front hall on the double!" she yelled at a loudspeaker sounding throughout the house. "That's good idea," said Serena, "Who thought of that?"
"I did," Heather said.
"Oh," Serena said. Almost immediately after Heather called the girls through the intercom, a girl with her brown hair in a ponytail walked into the front hall. "Ok, could someone tell me what's going on?"
"Hello Lita, we have guests we want you to meet." Lita turned around and said, "Oh, hello." From the moment he saw her, Kento knew he was in love. Her presence was tall and commanding, but she looked to be a gentle person. She was beautiful with her brown hair and green eyes, but what attracted him to her was that she had a few flour smudges that were on her face from cooking. A girl who can cook. I think I'm in love. Serena was about to tell Lita who their guests were when Mina strode into the front hall. Mina's face was smiling as usual, but took on a look of confusion upon seeing the 6 new people standing in her front hall. "Hey Serena, what's up with the people?"
"You'll find out. Now say hello." Mina smiled genuinely and said, "Hello. I'm Mina." She looked at all of the people standing by her door and stopped when the guy with the auburn hair seemed to be staring at her. A chill ran up her spine and she softly smiled at him. While this was happening, Cye didn't think he could smile back. When Mina walked into the room, Cye knew he had never seen a more beautiful girl, from her long golden hair, to her deep blue eyes that shone with inner beauty. He looked her up and down and stopped when he got to her fingers, which were covered in paint. An artist! How wonderful! Cye loved to paint too and found that all of the girls that he had met had no passion for art. Suddenly, Cye and everyone else were broken out of their reverie when they heard a voice call, "SERENA! I know that was you on that intercom! You better have a good reason for taking me out of my meditation. You know I don't like to be disturbed!" A girl with purple-black hair stomped into the front hall wearing a priestess outfit that were red bottoms and a white long sleeved shirt. She was a little taller then Serena and had dark violet eyes. And Sage was captivated. Never before had he seen someone with that much passion flowing through them. He had never met a girl who liked to meditate and who had purple eyes, like his. Sage had liked a lot of girls in his time, but he was sure that what he instantly felt for this meditating goddess was something different, something like love. "Raye, Raye, Raye. You know I wouldn't bring you out of your meditation if it weren't important. Now turn around and look at who's behind you." Raye slowly turned around and immediately calmed down. "Oh, hello. If you haven't heard, I'm Raye and welcome to our house." Her voice was so gentle and polite that Sage wondered if that voice and the one he heard before were the same person. Sage was staring and when Raye caught him staring, she smiled and winked at him, causing Sage's cheeks to turn a light pink. Serena looked at her watch and impatiently tapped the floor with her foot. "One more to go…"
"Oh Serena!" a girl coming down the stairs cried.
"Yes Ami?" Serena yelled back.
"Is there reason why you woke me up and brought me downstairs?"
"You were sleeping?"
"Yes, I was."
"I'm sorry, but if you didn't stay up until all hours of the night, studying or reading, maybe you wouldn't be tired during the day."
"You know I'm a night owl, Serena." Ami had come down the second flight of stairs and turned to go down the first flight.
"I know you're a night owl and I'm really sorry that I woke you up, but this is important."
"What's so important?"
"We have guests!" Serena exclaimed proudly, "And they're a lot like us, too!" Ami was half way down the stairs when the shadows covering the stairs finally ended and everyone got a good look at her. The way she walked down the stairs almost seemed like she was floating. Her blue hair was rustled, telling the truth that she was just sleeping, and her blue eyes shone with intelligence that none of the Ronin Warriors had seen in anyone except in Rowen.
But what caught them was her blue hair that was the same shade as Rowen's. All the guys and Mia turned to look at Rowen, who was staring at Ami. If he thought she was beautiful in her picture, then she was gorgeous in person. Rowen couldn't find the words to describe her and he didn't think that any words could do her justice. She skipped down the last couple of steps and stood next to Raye. When she stood next to Raye, the guys noticed that the girls were standing in a straight line that started with Ami and ended with Heather. The order went: Ami, Raye, Mina, Lita, Serena, Alex, Michelle, Celia, and Heather. Rowen stood across from Ami, who wasn't looking at him, but at Serena, Sage stood across from Raye, Cye stood from across Mina, and Kento stood from across Lita. Ryo and Mia were standing close together, a little apart from the other Ronin Warriors.
Serena smiled and said, "Mia, how about you start with the introductions?" Mia smiled and said, "Sure," and took a breath and was about to start when the doorbell rang. Serena walked over to the intercom and said, "Hello?"
"Hey, it's Darien, can you let me in?"
"Sure, Darien. Just walk in. You're just in time to meet our guests." She turned off the intercom and Darien walked in and went straight for Serena. Smiling, she kissed him briefly and said, "Now you can meet our company." Serena took her place back in line and left Darien standing next to Heather. "Ok, you start again. Sorry for the interruption," Serena said to Mia.
"It's no problem. My name it Mia and the guys standing next to me are the Ronin Warriors."
"The Ronin Warriors?" all but Serena said.
"Yep," Mia said.
"Wait," Darien said, "You said you're name is Mia. Have we met before? I feel as if we've met, but I can't be sure."
"No I don't think so."
"Oh, it's probably nothing." Ryo stepped forward a little bit and said, "I'm Ryo of the Wildfire."
"I'm Kento of Hardrock." Lita gasped unnoticeably.
"I'm Cye of the Torrent." Mina smiled at him.
"I'm Sage of the Halo." Raye took in his lavender eyes and thought of her dream.
"And I'm Rowen of the Strata." Raye looked at Ami, who had turned a light pink, and slapped her on the arm lightly. "You owe me $20 bucks," Raye said to Ami.
"What? That was a year ago when we made that bet. And you still remember?"
"Absolutely." A year ago, Raye bet Ami that 'King Rowen' would have blue hair and Ami said that when that happened, she would pay Raye $20 dollars. "Now, pay up." Ami sighed and reached into her pocket for a 20-dollar bill. Reluctantly, she handed it over to Raye, who smiled triumphantly.
Everyone looked confused and Rowen said, "Did I miss something? What was that all about?" Raye looked at him and said, "Just a friendly wager that Ami and I made a year ago." Suddenly, the rest of the Mystical Warriors and Darien remembered the bet that Raye told them about that she and Ami had made when they were looking for Serena in Queen Beryl's castle a year ago. "And what was that wager about?" Rowen asked. Ami smiled conspicuously and said, "Royalty and their hair color." That answer confused the Ronin Warriors and Mia laughed lightly, knowing what the Ronin Warriors were in the past. Ryo turned to Mia and said, "What? What's so funny?"
"You'll find out soon enough. Now that we did our introductions, it's time for yours." Ami smiled and said, "I'll go first. Now, speaking of royalty, I'll give you all my official title, as I'm sure the others will too. I am Princess Ami, bearer of the armor of the Artic, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Mercury."
"I am Princess Raye, bearer of the armor of the Phoenix, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Mars."
"I am Princess Mina, bearer of the armor of the Heavens, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Venus."
"I am Princess Lita, bearer of the armor of Lightning, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Jupiter.
"I am Princess Alexandra, or Alex, bearer of the armor of the Earth, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Uranus."
"I am Princess Michelle, bearer of the armor of the Seas, and defender and heir to the throne of the planet Neptune."
"I am Princess Celia, bearer of the armor of Time, defender of the planet Pluto and the Time Gate, and heir to the throne of the planet Pluto.
"I am Princess Heather, bearer of the armor of the Gods, defender of the planet Saturn and of life and death, and heir to the throne of the planet Saturn."
"And I am Princess Serena, bearer of the armor of the Moonlight, defender and heir to the Moon Kingdom. And this my friends, is my royal court." She spread her arms out wide and all the guys were awed that they were standing in front of royalty. The guys were unable to speak. Never before had they met royalty, now they were meeting nine princesses, who happened to be princesses of 8 of the planets and the Moon. Little did they know that they were royalty, too. Ryo then noticed Darien and said, "Who are you? Do you have an official title?"
"Yes. I am Prince Darien, defender of the Moon Kingdom, and heir to the throne of one of the 10 kingdoms of Earth. And to you, King Ryo, I bow." All the guys were taken aback while Darien gave a little bow in Ryo's direction. "King Ryo?" all the guys exclaimed.
"You mean you don't know?" Darien said, now worried that he had spilled a big secret that they weren't supposed to know about. Serena sighed and said, "Celia, you better tell them or else they'll be really confused."
"Yes, Moon Princess. Let's go upstairs and I'll explain everything to you."
~Ok, so I know some of you may be thinking "what the heck are they on?" I promise, things will become more clear as we progress! Hope you enjoyed it! ~DestinyBabe
