Annie: And we are back with a new chapter!
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The next day they decided to head back to Toyama, Trista also went with them even though she had no armor and fought alongside them. After a while, there came a pause in the fighting where both sides stop for a moment and seem to catch their breath, and the Hashiba twins looked at each other and started speaking.
"Up" Rowen said.
"Down." Georgina said in reply.
"Big."
"Little."
The others noticed the two speaking since during the pause was a moment of silence, they seemed to be speaking opposites.
"Far."
"Close."
"Fast."
"Slow."
"Tall."
"Short."
"Hot."
"Cold."
"In."
"Out."
"Fat."
"Thin."
"Night."
"Day."
"Young."
"Old."
"Male."
"Female."
"Mother".
"Father."
"Brother."
"Sister."
"Light."
"Dark."
"Win."
"Lose."
"Death."
"Life."
"Good."
"Evil."
"War."
"Peace."
As they spoke, they started glowing and that glow got brighter-stronger with each word they spoke, till the light flared and blinded everyone. When they could see again everything was back to normal and the warlords and ronin warriors were no longer wearing armor.
"Our armor, it's gone!" Cale exclaimed in shock.
"Not only is our armor gone, so is Talpa." Anubis said as he looked up and did not see Talpa's castle in the sky which was blue and cloudless.
"The five of you are also mortal." Came the voice of the ancient one as he appeared.
"Mortal?" Sekhmet asked him as he frowned.
"Yes." He replied.
"Hey, where are Rowen and Georgina?" Kento asked as he realized that the twins were not in sight.
"They are over here!" Yuli called having spotted them and gone over to where they lay.
"Are they alright?" Mia asked as they all went to where they were.
"They will be fine. The true power of the armor of balance, the power that Talpa wanted, could only be called upon by a set of twins." The ancient one revealed.
"They knew of the true power of balance, long before Rowen ever became the bearer of the armor of Strata." Trista said remembering the time she caught them listing opposites when they had come to visit their grandmother before she died and Georgina took over.
"So, they are out cold like this because they used the true power of balance?" Ryo asked.
"Yes, they will be fine with some rest." The ancient one said "Talpa will not come back, the armors will not be needed ever again, this will be the last time any of you will see me. Take care warriors."
He walked away with those parting words that seemed to include the ronin warriors and the warlords.
"We might as well get back to the crossroads." Trista said as Anubis picked up Georgina and Kento picked up Rowen.
"You three are welcome to come with us." Anubis said as he looked at the warlords who agreed.
The following morning a bell sounded and it woke everyone not already awake.
"You should not wander out here." Said Georgina as when she found Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet outside, the others were not far off, close enough to hear her speak.
"Why?" Dais asked her as he and the other two frowned at her.
"It's more like if you do wander around, you should keep the cottage in your sight or you will get lost." Rowen said as he walked up to stand next to his twin, they were wearing the cloaks with the hoods down.
"You two alright?" Mia asked as the other came closer to them who exchanged looks and smiled.
"We are fine, Mia. Nothing a good rest didn't fix." Rowen said.
"Good to hear." Sage said.
"Talpa is gone and so is our armor. All of our armors." Ryo said as included the warlords in that as well.
"Not surprising. Balance's power was strong enough to destroy everything and strong enough to create as well." Georgina said as Rowen nodded in agreement.
"So now what do we do?" Yuli asked.
"A good question." Sekhmet said.
"We might as well go back to doing what we were doing before the armors came into our lives." Rowen said as Kento, Ryo, Cye, Sage, Mia, and Yuli agreed.
"Easy for you to say." Cale muttered.
"You three are more than welcome to stay here until you figure out what you want to do with the rest of your lives." Georgina said as they agreed.
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