Ronin Warriors – Being of the Mystical Armors

By Tayla Drago

Chapter # 4 - Sekhmet, the Dark Warlord of Venom

From Ryo was found inside of a volcano first thanks to Minako and Kero's powers which has guided Mia, Ully, and White Blaze to him and stopped Anubis before he could destroy him. Wow, for Talpa's trying to separate the Ronin Warriors, he sure isn't too bright. If Ryo was found for his armor to also gave him power from volcano to be the Wildfire, then will the same thing happen to the other four with the same from their elements too? However, Minako was using her powers of the Pure Heart from the Armor of Diamond of hers, for it must work again for Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage as well and for Kero to change into five different types of colors for each of them as well.

With Anubis, having failed, Talpa sends Sekhmet after the Ronin Warriors. It is also shown that Talpa has captured the people of the city and Ully's mother and father were there too. At the suggestion of Mia, she, Ryo, Minako 'who was in the car with the three', Ully 'he was sleeping' and White Blaze also Kero from running and flying while following the car outside of it; they headed to the university where Mia's grandfather worked to get his help by finding the other four Ronin Warriors. A long drive, but they were watching out for anymore dangers to come around again.

"(From Ully sleeping in the car, Kero and White Blaze are following us from air to ground, and finding the other guys won't be so easy to do...)" Minako said to herself within her head. "(Man, so much is going on.)"

Mia had to tell both Ryo and Minako about where they were going to first.

"Ryo. Minako. I want to take you two at the university where my Grandfather and I work at."

"Why there?" ask Ryo.

"Do you have a good reason why we need to go?" and Minako does too.

And so, Mia explains the reason why she went out to search for the Ronin Warriors.

"It's how we've found you and the other Ronin Warriors, along with Minako by the legends be to true after seeing her powers up close." she said. "If we go to the university, my Grandfather can give us more answers to find Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage. The way we founded you, Ryo, in the volcano which power up your armor."

Well, I want to find the others if I didn't know where they were after Talpa tried separating them with a long sleep for them like Ryo was in. Who could forget about that part?

"Yeah, Talpa split you guys up to where the power of your armors..." Minako said to notice that.

"I remember fighting with Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage with Minako by my side against Anubis." Ryo remembers a little. "Then Talpa took us away and for me to wake up inside of a volcano…So weird."

"But that's how we found you." Minako said to Ryo. "For Kero and I to be using our powers like some type of tracker."

And thanks to Minako and Kero to learn about it, really helped from finding Ryo first.

"So true."

"And that is why we need to go there right away." Mia said.

Little does any of the six not know about, something of a poison like type of gas was covering the building of the area where Mia's grandfather was at. Not good all by Sekhmet's doing of the snake's deadliest venom type of power and such from his armor, deadly. Everything was getting melted and destroyed that was spreading all over the place. Minako felt something from afar that could only lead to trouble to be hurting her head again.

"(Huh?! What's this strange feeling?!)" Minako was confused and wishes to know what was happening. "(I hope it isn't a bad one I'm getting from where we're going to, I really hope not.)"

I don't blame you there, Minako, and Kero feels it too while flying. On the way, the group stop by Ully's house to try to find his parents, but have no luck, so Ully vows he will help the Warriors defeat Talpa and save the world. From them sadly getting captured by the Dynasty, the home is empty, the plants are dead for his mother love planting them in one room; Ully will do what he can to aid the Ronin Warriors no matter what happens; a tough kid to be strong for Ryo and Mia to understand him, as Minako watches to make her think about her past 'if she does have a father, mother, or anyone else in her family' but with no luck to remember anything at all – Kero and White Blaze felt bad for her because of it…While stretching their legs out to be taking a break, Ryo sees Minako sitting in the corner to try talking to her a lot more. Well, well, this is something new for him to be doing. Cute!

"Hey, Minako."

She sees Ryo coming up to her to try hiding her headache pains from him.

"Oh! Hey, Ryo. What's up?" she asks him.

"Nothing. I just want to see what was on your mind?"

Minako didn't know what to say to Ryo, hard to get along with the others from having trouble fitting in. But not anymore.

"Ah! Nothing!" she does feel bad for Ully having his parents capture. "I really feel bad for poor Ully. Losing his mother and father, I hope he'll be okay."

"He's a tough kid. He did said he would help us fight against the Dynasty, Ully will be just fine." Ryo sees Minako thinking about family suddenly.

"Family…"

"Huh?" Ryo was loss. "You say something? 'Family'?"

Minako got embarrassed on what she just said, she then tries changing the subject.

"Oh…Nothing! Nothing at all…Sorry." she said.

Soon Ryo tries changing the subject as well, from Minako doing other normal things on her own before the evil event happened.

"So…Hey. I was wondering, Minako, what was your daily life before the Dynasty appears? Anything?"

This sure has gotten Minako's attention for Ryo to bring something like that part up to her.

"Huh?" she tries to think. "I'm not sure…I was just a traveler, I guess. I worked hard, help out others, animals, and such. I go where I need to be. Is like my mind's telling me to do all of these things."

"Really?" Ryo asks Minako on other things. "Okay, favorite food?"

"Any flavor for healthy ramen." she answers.

And it keeps going on little at a time.

"Type of music?"

"Smooth jazz."

"TV shows?"

"Anything worth seeing all fantasy-like."

"Daily off times?"

"Work out a lot of heavy lifting from arms and legs."

"Favorite color?"

"Pink, of course."

"And favorite movie…?"

Minako was a little shy to answer that part to Ryo, but she tries to anyways while still smiling.

"Well, it's kind of embarrassing to say."

"Try me." he said.

"You know the movie with the flying carpet of love and magic…? Some Disney cartoon film-?"

Ryo knew Minako was talking about.

"Oh, that! I love the movie." said Ryo. "Wow, Minako. You have so much to enjoy getting to know you a lot better like this."

Minako never felt this much happiness in a while to have others who cared about her like Mia, Ully, White Blaze, and Kero too and soon will the other four guys next including Ryo himself to her life little by little.

"Yeah...and you know what, Ryo? You're right. It is fun this more way." she said. "(Even if it'll be a while to find out who I really am, I won't be alone. And will know more about family, maybe mine soon enough.)"

Soon Mia starts the car up to get going to where her Grandfather was at as soon as possible.

"Leaving already, huh? We should probably get going now, Minako. Come on." said Ryo.

The two catch up to the others right away, for they stay closer while walking.

"Oh, right. Coming!"

Arriving at the university to see it was looking bad on what Sekhmet did around the area, as both Kero and White Blaze knows about it.

"So this is the place, huh?" ask Ryo to be seeing the view. "This is looks like something else."

Already Kero pulls on Minako's arm to tell that something was very wrong.

"You don't have to tell me twice, Kero. I feel it too." Minako keeps her eyes open. "(Please don't let it be another Dynasty…)"

At the university, the group tries to enlist the help of Mia's grandfather 'in a dark room and not looking or acting like himself at all', as he refuses to help, and just telling them to give up. Just like that really.

"Grandfather. Why are you working with the lights off?" Mia asks her grandfather.

He tells her not to touch it.

"No, this is fine." he said in an odd tone.

"I brought Ryo, one of the five Ronin Warriors here and the Pure Heart one as well, her name is Minako Hura, the Armor of Diamond. Maybe with your computer, we can find the other four."

As Mia said there from Ully holding a camera and such, her grandfather says this to her.

"The end of mankind has come, you should learn your place, woman. Just give up for all is loss."

"Why are you just suddenly giving up?" she asks him.

"It would be a waste of time…"

Mia gets on to her computer to get to work instead.

"How can you say these harsh words, Grandfather?" Mia gets mad. "Fine. I'll just have to do it myself."

Mia gets to work as Minako and Kero both looked at each other to know something was very wrong, so they needed to look around the room to see what was it.

"Kero, let's have a look around the place." Minako said to her pet dragon.

While Ully was taking some photos, he soon realizes the random two suits of armor are two disguised Dynasty soldiers that attack.

"Ah!" Ully screams. "The armor moved!"

Soon White Blaze and Kero were staring at it as well, for Minako found out where they were coming from, the suits.

"Ryo! They're here!"

She and Ryo got ready for battle to protect the others from the danger.

"Mia!" Ryo shouted. "The Dynastys have found us!" Ryo, along with Minako too as a team on his side fight off with the soldiers one by one with help from White Blaze and Ully 'using the camera, and Kero head-butting the rest', defeated the soldiers. From kicks, blocking the swords with their strong arms, punching their way through, tackling them 'thanks to White Blaze', as Kero flew around and getting stabbed at, Minako does the rest to use her hands together and hits them from behind. From light of blindness, and the evilness getting out of the empty suits, all was good thanks to them. "Thanks, White Blaze." Ryo said. "You too, Kero, a very strong head on your shoulders."

Minako then felt another evil feeling in the room.

"Ryo! Mia's in danger!"

Soon they turned around to see Mia was being strangle out of nowhere. Her grandfather! Dr. Koji was possessed by a Dynasty spirit and attacks her.

"Mia!" Ryo pushes Dr. Koji to freeing Mia as he grabs a sword to try swinging at him to move away, Minako tries holding him from behind but only to be pushed to the wall instead, he was strong when he is taken controlled by the evil within. "Minako!" Ryo freaks out.

"I'm…! Fine!" she said in anger to throw a chair at Dr. Koji to be slicing it in two. "Great! Another Dynasty is taking control of the old man!"

Trying to charge in for the kill, Ryo kicks the man down hard making Mia freak out. They have no choice! Save Dr. Koji from the Dynasty's spirit controlling the poor man! Hurry!

"Ryo! Minako! Stop! You two are hurting him!" she said.

"Mia, that's not your grandfather right now!" Ryo said to her.

"Ryo's right!" and Minako too. "Please trust us, we will save him and I know how!"

And how will those two save Dr. Koji while getting the evil spirit out of the old man? This possess man kept on slashing away at the two to move quickly and try talking some sense into him; while Kero and White Blaze kept their eyes on both Ully and Mia for hopefully everything will turn out to be all right.

"Wait, Minako. You know how to save Dr. Koji from the whole mind control thing?" ask Ryo.

"I think so…" she was thinking hard. "(At least I think I do.) I'll find a way to do just so, just watch my back and don't get cut."

"Believe me, I wouldn't dream of dying like this."

Dr. Koji was about to attack the two again…Ryo manages to kick the sword out of his hands, allowing Minako to light up on her forehead showing the symbol of love on it in Japanese, making the sword glow up in her hands now, and points it at Dr. Koji's head inches away to smoke out the evil and save his life. Nice one! Even Minako didn't think she couldn't do something like it, but she did for Kero knew all along.

"She did it!" Ully was happy.

"Wow! Minako, how did you do that?" Ryo asks her to be surprised.

"Huh? I…I don't know…" she was surprise about this too. "I just did it by luck. I think I got the evil out of him by using my powers of some kind. Don't look at me!"

Looks like Mia stood by her grandfather side to see if he was all right after the horrible event he went through.

"Grandfather, I'm here now." she says this to Minako on what she and Ryo did for her. "Thank you, Minako."

Dr. Koji sees his granddaughter.

"Mia…" he said while feeling very weak.

"Grandfather, you're going to be okay."

Somehow Minako and Kero weren't so sure to only make Mia very sad about the bad news.

"I…I know that. I'm going…to…die…"

Mia didn't want to believe in it.

"Sorry…I can exorcise the evil and heal the wounded, but once infected with so much poison by these demons, I can't stop it." Minako said in sadness because she did do her best.

Dr. Koji was freed from the Dynasty's control, but he has been poisoned by the Dynasty to slowly and painfully meeting his end, but not before revealing that the Warriors have been returned to the places where their armor was created and puts half of the information down on to the computer for Mia to do the rest on her own. The last thing before he goes out to aiding everyone else to save the world.

"The Ronin Warriors have return for once they came from of the armor…" he said while typing. "Follow the riddle to find the remaining four…Along with the Pure Heart female Ronin Warrior, she will be your guide and find with a glowing heart of gold…Protect her from what's to come…Don't let Talpa...or his Dynasty goons get to her…first…Mia…" and then, sad to say for Dr. Koji dies to leave out a mistype in the end, for Mia was sad for losing her grandfather.

"Grandfather…!"

"Dr. Koji!" Ryo said to being upset.

"No!" Minako was more upset to feel Mia's pain.

From the crying of someone's loss to place on the bed to rest in peace and covering Dr. Koji up with the blanket in the other room 'for Kero and Minako to do together and saying a pray'; White Blaze then senses another evil Dynasty outside of the building to go check out leaving Ryo to be confused and Kero too who joins with the tiger. Minako still saw a person died for the first time to be painful to get a headache from and tries hiding it before Ryo to see her.

"Minako?" he asks her.

"Huh? I'm fine, Ryo, really…"

"Listen, it wasn't your fault. We did try saving Dr. Koji." Ryo said tries cheering Minako up. "You were great. Mia will be fine. She has to do this for him."

Minako sees within Mia's eyes she must try solving the riddle, and she's not giving up on it yet to Ully's surprise by seeing her typing away for some answers to find.

"You really think so, Ryo?" she asked. "I wanted to save his life, I did…I tried! I feel her pain of loss, just like I felt Ully missing his parents. Those two reminded me of myself and I don't know why. It's just tearing me apart just thinking about it! Who am I?!"

Ryo didn't know Minako was in pain, as Ully tells Mia not to stop searching to keep on typing away for the answers repeatedly to get an 'access deny' thing a lot.

"She has to find them." said Ully.

Mia tries to find the answer in his computer while Sekhmet watches from nearby, planning to follow them and attack once they find their comrades. However, White Blaze and Kero both detect the Dark Warlord and they both attack him. Not good…And even worse for Mia to not get some answers.

"No!" she said to be getting mad. "This isn't right! What's the keyword?"

Minako tries saying something to cheer her new friend up.

"Mia…Listen, I tried. Really. We must keep on trying. Ryo and I won't let the Dynasty's or this Talpa guy will win no matter what happens."

Outside of the window of the building, a powerful type of dark light was being shown where Sekhmet was against Kero and White Blaze. Minako felt them for the two were in trouble from her react…

"What the-?" surprised Ryo.

"Another Dark Warlord!" shouted Minako to see Ryo taking off first. "Ryo?"

Ryo notices the fight and joins in to try saving the two creatures.

"Minako, protect Mia and Ully. I'll go aid White Blaze and Kero."

Ryo fighting alone with Minako's help? That's crazy! But I guess its because he's only protecting her to allow Mia to find the answers.

"Huh? But I want to help you out too!"

Ryo pats Minako on the head, to her surprise to show he cares as a true friend should.

"It's fine." said Ryo. "Do this for me. Mia might need your help. Once she finds what she's looking for, you three get out while I deal with a sneaky snake. Okay?"

She understood to put her faith on Ryo and his trust.

"Alright…"

"Good." Ryo jumps out from a window and runs up to another building across. "Watch yourself!"

Minako does so by protecting both Ully and Mia as she tries finding the answers on the computer many more times. Ryo transforms allowing Kero and White Blaze to move aside; Sekhmet was ready to have venom-like powers of a snake for his six arms to pull out and six swords to slice at Ryo. Trying to fight back without getting his body all melted up, he was having trouble defeating this Dark Warlord. Mia was still having trouble getting the answers to the riddle.

"This isn't right!" Mia said to get worried. "Oh, Grandfather…Please help me!"

Minako senses the pain from Mia's heart to reach out her hand to help Mia remember on what Dr. Koji told her about the riddle a while back. Another one of her powers here? Something about… 'Drinking springs from the immortal fire', or something like those words. Soon she types it all down to remember on how Ryo was found in a volcano as Minako's power glows up into a red type of color.

"Yeah…I remember." she tells it to Mia. "My body was completely red when we found Ryo first in a volcano as the Armor of the Wildfire. And the other four might have different elements of their armors to find them too. That's it!"

Finally, Mia realizes that her grandfather was referring to a poem he used to teach her and finds it on the computer.

"Yes! I got it! You're right, Minako, you are also the key!" she said with joy.

"You did?" ask Ully.

"Wait…I am?" Minako was confused.

As Ryo was getting beaten by Sekhmet from his deadly poison to destroy on top of the building from his six venom-like swords to cause Ryo to fall, not good! This guy's weapons are too deadly, it's going to destroy the entire building; lucky for Mia she's got the rest of the things down on her computer to take out of there and say her last good-byes to her Grandfather Dr. Koji, time to leave!

"Minako! Ully! We're leaving!" she said.

Ully follows them after taking a few more photo shots from his camera of Ryo against Sekhmet in time as Minako transforms to guide them out.

"Well look at this…" the young boy notices something in the photo. "Right, Mia!"

"You don't have to tell me twice, Mia. You and Ully just follow me." Minako said to transforming. "ARMOR OF DIAMOND! TO ARMS!" she then uses her attacks to get out of the danger. "Shard of Crystal Cyclone!"

Well, the three made it just in time too before the entire university building was destroyed by running down the stairs fast, as Minako using her scythe to make a run from the rumble building and things that were in the way. Ryo was freaking to think they were just killed, almost. But another huge piece of the building was coming down hard for Minako to destroy some into crystal pieces, for one she had to keep up hold for Mia and Ully were scared and trapped.

"No!" the two said in fear.

Minako had to do something…She closes her eyes to make it glow and get even stronger to lift the piece out of their way and cuts it to shreds with her weapon.

"Mia! Ully! I will…! Protect my friends!"

Minako makes a path for the two to escape as White Blaze and Kero leave them out safely, allowing for the female hero to get out of the destroyed building from her fast speed to feeling normal again.

"We made it!" Mia said with joy.

"Too close…" Ully was happy to still be alive. "That was amazing, Minako! You saved us!"

"What…? I saved you guys?" she sees on what the danger looked like now. "Wow! I can't believe I've made a path! (I don't even know the half of my powers here…)"

Ryo sees the others were all right from the danger.

"Minako! You saved them!"

Ully notices that Sekhmet doesn't have six arms like it appears, he's just moving his arms fast. Nice one, kid. He informs Ryo about it to showing the photo.

"Ryo! Two of his arms are real! He just moving them really fast, see?" Ully shows Ryo the photo.

"Wow…You're right, Ully." Minako then joins in the battle. "What a cheater…It's time for you to play the song of your defeat. For I am…Minako, of the Diamond. Part of the Ronin Warriors of the Pure Heart. For I seek for Love, to protect the innocent ones with pure hearts too. And for taking a life of Mia's grandfather, prepare to be crystallize, evil Dark Warlord."

Ryo smiles to remove his armor to make the fight easier now for both he and Minako knows of Sekhmet's powers to join forces.

"You tell him, Minako." said Ryo. "No more playing nice, Sekhmet."

Sekhmet didn't care to still do his abilities again.

"So you think by having another member in your Ronin Warrior gang will beat me?" he asks. "Just try me!"

Minako puts her weapon away to do what Ryo does by dodging of Sekhmet trying to stab at them, but together they were a team to move away in time. Keep it up, you two! As Sekhmet comes charging in, Ryo jumps to get behind to steal on of his swords to slice the Warlord of Venom and drops his other five swords, for Minako to use her attack again as Kero becomes her long claws on her hands.

"I think we just did. Later!"

Minako stabs the ground to make Sekhmet's own weapon turned against him and the building blows up from the venom smoke to destroy everything. Lucky to get away from the area too, but he'll be back as this attack won't be enough to destroy Sekhmet at all.

"Ah! You haven't seen the last of me, Ronin Warrior…! I'll be back!" he said to be fleeing away.

And with that, the entire area was no more to go down in seconds…As White Blaze and Kero run to fly out of the place and follows the car for Mia goes to find the other Ronin Warriors as both Ryo and Minako will do their best to save Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage together. The big helper was Ully who aided Ryo today from Sekhmet's trickery today.

"Ully, you really helped us back there today." Ryo said to him.

"You are amazing for a kid." and Minako. "Thank you."

"It was nothing…" he said smiling. "You saved Mia and me first when the building almost came down on us, that was awesome! You're like Super Girl."

The two laughed for Mia says something to them on what she has found out on her laptop so far from the riddle, to finding the others – their elements of the different areas from their armors and Minako's powers to track them down one at a time, for those were the keys.

"Ryo. Minako. I solved the riddle. We're going to the Catasota Gulch Pinnacles next."

"Pinnacles?" confused both Ryo and Minako there.

Following the information found in the riddle, the group then heads to the Catasota Gulch Pinnacles with Sekhmet following them, unknown to them. Yep, he was still alive 'of course' to go after them once again. As the sun was about to set on a beach area for Mia to be strong for her grandfather and keep Ully company to save his parents and everyone else too, they hang out for a while – along with White Blaze just lying down on the sands. As Ryo and Minako watch the amazing sun set view from the ocean, they stood close to each other once again to chat a bit more before heading out. Here we go again…

"Nice fight you did back there, Ryo." she speaks up first.

"Thanks." he said back. "Same with you too, you really saved Mia and Ully from the building falling down on them."

Minako laughs a little, she then sees Ryo's face was bleeding to have a bad cut from Sekhmet's sword, lucky for the venom didn't get into his body, a close call there. Still, she was worried about him.

"Ah! You're bleeding! And it's all because of me…I wish I was able to help you out."

"This thing?" Ryo sees it from the reflections from the waters. "I can hardly tell it's there."

Minako then stood in front of Ryo to place her hands near his cheeks.

"Stay still!"

This made Ryo's face turn completely red suddenly.

"Okay…?"

Soon Minako's eyes glows up again to start healing Ryo's cut to disappear off his clean healing face in seconds. He was amazed from her skills just now, for Kero sees everything on top of the car.

"There, that's better." she said. "(I guess I do have strange powers which it can be very useful.)"

Ryo sees his face was looking better again.

"My face…I didn't know you can do that, Minako. Thank you!"

"Oh! You're welcome." said Minako to feel shy about it. "I have a gift. It makes me feel like not human at all when I do this sort of thing. I never make friends because of this."

"Are you kidding me? People are wrong to think that way, to me you are a friend." said Ryo. "I mean it."

This made Minako a bit happy to hear.

"Really…?" she then felt week to fall for Ryo catches her in time.

"Minako! Hey, you all right?" he asks her.

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired." Minako said to try smiling again. "Maybe it's because of my powers. I don't know. Well, even if it is, I still want to help you and the others. You protected me, so I'll do the same for you in return!"

Minako means it. As Ryo sees how brave and strong she was slowly becoming which was a very good thing.

"If you say so." Ryo said to be smiling. "You're something else, Minako."

"You-You mean it…?"

"Every word."

Ryo was serious about it, for Minako looks at him suddenly to be kissing him on the cheek for a quick peek and moves a side when she was done. She felt shy and Ryo was left speechless to place his hand on that little kiss that he has gotten from a girl.

"Thank you, Ryo. My friend." said Minako to be looking at the sunset view. "(I won't be alone anymore. I got friends, Kero, a goal, powers to aid the innocent lives, stopping evil, and I will find out more about myself in no time. Watch out, Talpa! Because Ryo, the other Ronins, and me will be coming for you real soon!)" she then gets back to reality. "Nice beach, isn't it?"

Ryo snaps out of it to see Minako feeling happy to keep on staring until the sun goes all the way down, people needed to be saved to be looking at the city once more – for Mia and Ully's sakes.

"Huh? Oh, right!" he said just to go along on this part. "Yes. Yes, it is."

Kero knows what was going on with those two already just by looking at it. Soon Ryo, Minako, White Blaze, Kero, Mia, and Ully headed out after staying on the beach to find Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage, to find one of them at a time – for what their armors were of the four elements will find each of them soon enough. Hopefully soon enough before Talpa and the Evil Dynasty's do, like Sekhmet to be striking back at the heroes at any time.