I surprised myself-- this is a long chapter for me. Hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer- Sadly enough- I still don't own anything- nothing has changed in the last 10 chapters

Chapter 10

"Rowen!!! Wake up!!" Star yelled as she banged on his doorway. "Why are you such a zombie in the morning ??? Wake UP!!"

This isn't working; she thought to herself, I need to get into the apartment so I can bang on his bedroom door. I could break the door down but then I'd have to replace it. Wait a minute, where does he keep his spare key? She looked at her surroundings, …….let's see under pot,… no…………..under mat…….no………on top of doorway………yes! Success. She quickly unlocked the door and walked in through the apartment until she reached his bedroom door. Banging on that door got a better response. When a dressed and very tired Rowen walked out, and seeing Star sitting on the couch, reading a book he growled, "How in the world did you get in here?"

She shrugged, "You just need to hide your key better, anyway are you ready?, and we're going to have to run to get to school on time now."

He just grunted, picked up his bag and left. Star laughed and ran lightly after him. At school, Kaede told Star that she was going to have to study alone today her mother was forcing her to go to some family thing. Star smiled and said that is alright.

After school, she was studying out on the school grounds waiting for Rowen and Ryo to get done with their clubs so they could study together. She kept getting the feeling that she was being watched but she wouldn't see anybody.

"Mistress, we should attack her now that she is alone, what are you waiting for?"

"Silence, you fool, you don't understand the full plan so keep you opinions to yourself." She spat out just as Rowen and Ryo walked around the corner, heading for Star. "Excellent, Go Now."

"Star? Where's Kaede?" Ryo calls out when they turned the corner and saw Star all by herself.

"She had to go do some family stuff….." she was interrupted when the school grounds became full of suits of armor.

"SUIT UP STAR!!" She heard Ryo yell.

"Armor of the Tempra" She yelled as she quickly put her under-armor on. And just as quickly she realized as new to her armor as she was she couldn't fight these armors just with her under-armor like her two friends could. "Armor of the Tempra - Dao Koui!" She yelled, donning a suit of armor with mix-and-matched colors. "That's better" as she continued the fight, trying to find her way over to Rowen and Ryo. As suddenly as it had begun, it was over. Star looked in amazement as the demon-armors melted into the ground. Running over to Ryo and Rowen, she could see that they had armored up as well.

"What's happening?" she asked them.

"I don't know, Star, hopefully we can find that out." Ryo answered.

Two days later when she was over at the aquarium, Cye was teaching her how to swim, (with Kento adding comments along the way.) They were attacked again. Again they defeated the enemies without much problem. But Cye brought up a good question, "Why are they attacking here? If they wanted Star why don't they attack when she's alone? This doesn't make sense."

Another week goes past with the spotty attacks; none of the Ronin Warriors knew what to make of it. "They aren't going after anyone in particular, or anything. Nobody is attacked besides us. This just doesn't make sense."

"Mistress, we are getting impatient, why do we keep attacking them and purposely losing? Why can't we take the armor of Tempra and go?"

"You're right, this is taking too long. Increase the number of attacks, try and maneuver them so it is just the girl and only one other. We'll see if that helps."

Knowing better than to question these orders, they leave with questions still in their hearts.

Star is walking to pick Rowen up in the morning with too many unanswered questions bouncing around her head. She was just about to go crazy; she was being attacked at least once a day. Before school, after school, (although never during school, which she was thankful), at night when she was having study sessions, when she was walking to school with Rowen. Why didn't they just attack her by herself and get it done with? When she got to Rowen's she knocked on his door, wondering if she was going to have to break in again. To her surprise Rowen walked right out the door.

She looked at him in wonder, "You're up by yourself, no banging, no threatening to dump water on you, no…"

"You can stop right there, yes I'm up. So?"

"You just surprised me that's all"

"Humph"

"By the way, I know today is Tuesday and I usually walk with you home, but I switched my swimming lesson with Cye to today, because we have that science fair thingy tomorrow."

"So, why you telling me this?"

"Just didn't want you to wait for me" she smiled at him. He looked down and gave a small back, "Thanks"

"Starciya, you really are hopeless when it comes to swimming, you know that?" Cye proclaimed exasperated at her floundering technique.

"Sorry Cye, I really am trying. Really." Star sheepishly replied.

"I know you are, but still…." Cye never got to finish that reply as another group of demon-armors appeared around them. Star's response was to start hitting her head on the edge of the pool and chant, "not again, not again."

"Get a hold of yourself, Star!!! Armor up!!!" Cye yelled as he pulled her from the water, already in his suit.

"Oh, Yeah" she mumbled as she yelled for her armor. As she started to fight she realized that there were a whole lot more than there usually is. She also realized she was getting separated from Cye. Fighting as hard as she could to defeat these guys so she could get to Cye. Although as out-numbered as she was she began to steadily give ground. Star watched in slow motion as she had her Katana ripped out of her grasp and watch it fly over past where Cye was fighting. Desperation fed her adrenaline as she fought back only to have her trip over a staff. Looking at it again, she realized that it was Cye's Trident. Not thinking but acting on a whim she picked up the trident and yelled. Super Wave Smasher!! Clearing a path to Cye she ran over to him and threw him his trident as she dived for her katana. She picked it up and turned around to ……..just Cye looked stumped.

"Where did they go?"

"I don't know they just disappeared" Cye stammered, "What did you do?"

The adrenaline was starting to wear off on Star as she began feeling light-headed and woozy. "I don't feel so good," she stated as she dropped to the ground, asleep.

After school the next day, instead of being at the science fair like she wanted to, Star had been dragged off to their training area outside of town.

"So if Rowen's theory is correct that since the Armor of Tempra comes from all of ours then you will be able to do our attacks, like you did with Cye's Super Wave Smasher." Kento repeated to Star who was laying on the grass looking grumpily at him.

"Yes, that's his theory, why are you explaining it to me again, that must be the fiftieth time I have heard it." Star complained.

"Because you don't get how cool this really is, Star." Kento said while bouncing up and down, "Now I can compare how strong my Iron Rock Crusher is to yours." Star just groaned and turned her back towards Kento.

"Starc, come on, Ryo ready for you." Sage called from where the other three were standing, complaining Star stood up, got on her armor and went to join her so-called friends.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked to no one in particular.

"Try it, Starc, Come on." Ryo urged as he put his twin katanas in her hands.

"But last time I did this it freakin' knocked me out." Star protested as she waved the katana's around, causing Ryo to quickly back up.

"Star, stop complaining and stop waving those katana's around like you're trying to direct traffic." Kento remarked.

"FINE," Star muttered as she turned around, "Who cares how much this is going to hurt me, anything for the pursuit of science, RIGHT!"

"Right, Star!" Was the response.

Shaking her head she put the swords together and said, "Flare Up Now." A small flare cut through the forest. After the smoke cleared they saw Star on one knee breathing very deeply leaning on one of the swords. She looked back at them with a tired look and raised an eyebrow in a told-you-so look. Kento went up and helped her stand up, wrapping an arm around her waist as she put an arm around his shoulders. "Get me back to the car, I don't feel so good."

As they started back to car, they talked "So why is Star so tired but Ryo isn't?"

"I might be used to fighting while Star isn't" Ryo said without thinking.

"But I fire my Temperal Slash all the time and I don't have a problem with it." Star snorted back.

"It might be that though….. In order for the weapons to do the Attack, they have to recognize the power of the armor they came from. So Star has to spend energy turning her energy into the said weapon's armor's energy so she could work the weapon." Rowen said with a cocky look on his face while everyone just stared at him with confusion on their faces.

"Ro, I am way too tired to figure out what you just said, please try again." Said Star.

He sat there for a moment, then said, "Each one of our weapons only work for the Armor that it came with. For instance, my bow only works for the Strata armor."

"Then why….."

"Just wait, let me finish. But since the Armor of Tempra is a combination of all five of our armors she can change her Tempra Energy into Energy for one of our Armors. Changing her energy uses more energy than normal."

"This still fries my brain but it is a little clearer. Can I take a nap now?" Star mentioned.

"I guess you might deserve a nap now" Kento said a little sarcastically.

"Whatever" Star murmured as she laid down and was out.