Chapter 36
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While James and Sage were fighting Nightshade, Ryo and Rowen teamed up to take on one of the two female warlords, Cassandra. The two Ronin's approached carefully, since they had never seen her in action before.
Her armor was different than the others, since it hugged her voluptuous figure, and was causing Ryo problems with keeping his mind on the mission, while trying to keep his mind from envisioning him ravishing this female warlord! Rowen, while seeing this warlord, did not seem to be affected the same way that Ryo was. He was able to keep his cool around her.
"Now Boys, is that any way to behave around a lady?" Cassandra asked, her voice lilting with a slight French accent. Ryo seemed spellbound by her, while Rowen just looked on. "That's it young Ronin. Come to me, and I will devour your love and turn it to hatred! THEN, I will send you after your friend" Cassandra thought to herself, as she used her armor's power to turn Ryo's love for his friends and Mia against him.
The more that Ryo fell under the power of Cassandra's armor, the darker his eyes got, and the harder it was to think of anything BUT doing what Cassandra wanted. Soon, his very thoughts were changing, changing from aiding Rowen and the others, to destroying them and presenting there heads to Cassandra. And Cassandra loved every minute of it!
"Once I have the leader of the Ronin's under my power and have the others destroyed, Master Talpa will reward me greatly! Perhaps I will replace Nightshade as the leader of this team!" Cassandra thought to herself as she urged Ryo further and further into the depths of darkness of hatred that she was changing his love for Mia and his feelings of brotherhood for Rowen and the others.
Suddenly, Ryo drew his twin katana's! "It is time that you paid for insulting Mistress Cassandra, Ronin SCUM!" Ryo exclaimed as he charged toward Rowen. He started slashing with the blades, forcing Rowen to be on the defensive, and not able to draw an arrow, let along fire it!
"Ryo, think this through! That warlord is controlling your mind! She is manipulating you to attack me!" Rowen exclaimed as he dodged the attacks by Ryo. Suddenly, Ryo tripped on a small stone, and fell down. THAT gave Rowen the opportunity that he had been waiting for. He quickly drew an arrow and charged it with the power of his armor. "ARROW SHOCK WAVE!" Rowen called out as he sent the arrow toward Cassandra, hitting her right in the middle of her armor!
"HOW DARE YOU!" Cassandra called out after being hit by the arrow. But, what she didn't realize was that when Rowen had hit her with the Sure Kill, it had broken her hold over Ryo! But she quickly found out, when Ryo reversed the handle of one of the katana's and hit her on the back of the head, knocking her out.
"Are you OK Ryo?" Rowen asked, as he looked on at the Ronin leader and bearer of the Inferno armor. He was relived when Ryo nodded.
"I'm fine, thanks to you Rowen. If I hadn't tripped and you broke her hold over me, there is no telling what would have happened" he replied. "Let's keep her out for a while, until we can figure out how to keep her from using that trick again" he suggested.