Chapter 1: The Story
(Three months after the final battle with Tulpa)
Everyone was still in the mansion, for some reason the boys still felt like training. So that morning all the ronins went to their places to train and practice their skills.
Mia however was in her grandfather's archive; she had decided to reorganize the collection.
After an hour Mia came across an old notebook that had her grandfather's name on it.
When she opened the cover the first page had a question on it.
Ronin Women?
Filled with curiosity Mia turned the page and started to read.
(The story)
When the armor was presented, the five warriors were given village women. Each woman gave birth to a son and the heir to the armor.
The gods themselves then gave the warriors a different kind of woman when they defeated Tulpa; they gave them magical women. But these women weren't like witches, these women were made from magic and the warriors armor elements. Each of these women gave birth to a daughter.
These ten children would pass down through the ages the power and skill to defeat Tulpa if he was reborn. If this occurs both the armors will resurface, and the ronin women will return to power.
(End of story)
(Her grandfathers notes)
Through my research and tracing the ancient warrior's genealogy these women were in fact real, and throughout history these two family lines cross. When the family lines are crossed with a descendant of both families the offspring of the two are twins with one female child and one male child.
I trust that these women will enhance the ronin warrior's power.
Mia closed the notebook and thought for a while.
"Did these women just lose their powers through the years" she wondered "or has the true evil just not arrived yet"
That night at dinner they were all talking, laughing, and having a grand old time. Except for Mia who was still thinking of what she had read earlier.
"Something wrong Mia" Sage asked finally noticing the concerned look on Mia's face.
"Oh nothing just thinking about something I found in my father's archive." She spoke gently trying to drop the conversation "but how was training."
Kento not taking the "drop it" hint, "Fine but tell us what you found what was it about."
"Yeah tell us Mia" Ryo chimed in
"Well I don't know what to make of it," she said giving in to their plea. "I found an old notebook that my grandfather had been collecting information on a story of ronin women."
"Women!" Kento said eagerly
"Will you tell us the story?" Cye asked with a sense of interest.
"I'd like to hear the story as well." Sage said with mounting curiosity.
"Alright let me go get the notebook." Said Mia as she stood up.
She hurried off to the archive and retrieved the notebook from the shelf, and set off back to the table. But when she got back the five guys had all moved to the living room waiting intently for the storyteller to arrive. Everyone sat quietly except for Kento who was inhaling a giant piece of cake.
"Well are you all comfortable?" she asked a little confused to why they all moved from the table.
"Yes" they all said in unison with Kento accidentally spewing cake crumbs all over the carpet.
"Ok then" Mia said as she seated herself in a cushy armchair.
She told the story to the warriors as they all listen to her with full attention. Then she read and explained her grandfather's notes. When she was finished she told them her concerns.
"These women sound like they should have arrived already." She stated "and I'm worried that they will only arrive when there is a truly powerful danger and that means yours jobs might not be done yet."
The guys all looked at each other.
"But that can't be. We defeated Tulpa when he returned." Rowen said, "What could be worse than Tulpa."
"I don't know but I worry for all of you" Mia said not denying that there wasn't anything worse than Tulpa.
"Well I think we should sleep on it and keep training just in case." Sage announced with a great yawn.
"I agree it already been a long day." Said Ryo as he headed toward his room.
(Some time in the past, on the other side of the nether realm, just before the ronins enter the nether realm to face Tulpa for what was thought to be the final time.)
Celine a strong young woman, highlighted with deep blues slipped in through the red gate, held open by Electra. A tall and muscular girl, orange accenting her cloths, three other girls moved past her silently. The five of them moved quickly through the desolate landscape finding shelter behind a large out cropping of rocks.
"Celine don't you think we should have fond the ronins before we came in here?" Current, a slender woman, light blue trim adorning her cloths, questioned.
"Yes I have to agree with Current Celine, I'm not sure our powers are strong enough if we where to actually come across Tulpa." Serenity state as she looks around extremely cautious.
Beauty turned around and looked at the both of them, the red in her outfit complementing the glow in her eyes. "Well I trust Celine with my life and if she thinks this is the best way to find the ronins I'm with her all the way."
Celine wasn't even listening as she peered over the ledge, scanning the terrain for movement. "Ok girls we need to move as quickly as possible to the east, there is another area we can hide, and then we can move to the temple from the rear. If the ronins are here that's were they will be, facing the evil like the true warriors they are."
With a nod they all transformed, the magic in there cells giving them the ability to shift. Celine led the pack moving swiftly, that's when disaster struck. Dais the warlord of illusion had hidden a web with in the landscape catching and immobilizing them as they ran through his threads. Celine made it through to the cover but only noticed her sisters missing when she turned. As she looked back, she saw her sisters trapped and unconscious in spheres, she was frozen in fear.
"Ah there you are wife of strata" Tulpa's image floated a few yards away from her, as she stared at him in disbelief, Dais had time to move behind her and trap her in a web. Her body was elevated, suspended in a sphere, and brought to Tulpa. "Now my little darling lets make sure you and your friends don't every have the chance to meet the ronins."
"What are you going to do with us?"
"Oh nothing, just scatter you where no one will find you, especially you. You're much too strong for your own good, but I could make one exception. That is if you would join me and my warlords in destroying this world."
Fury burned in her eyes. "I would rather be scattered as dust then join your ranks." Her body trembling as she tried to fight Dais's hold.
"That can be arranged." With that Tulpa laughed darkly, Celine's vision going dark, as Tulpa blew out a breath scattering the five to the wind, Celine's sphere shattering as she became one with the stars.
"Well done master." Dais bowed to his master.
"Shut up, and go help Anubis, while I plan the ronin's destruction."
(Please review it's my first story)