Ronin Warriors – Being of the Mystical Armors
By Tayla Drago
Chapter # 8 - Rowen, of the Strata
Now that they know where Rowen is, the other Ronin Warriors have to try to figure out how to get to him 'while Ully was sleeping aside White Blaze as Kero was next to them too'. As Ryo, Minako, Kento, Cye, Sage, and Mia talk about getting to Rowen who's in space since he had the armor or Strata won't be so easy to do. I mean, really…How can any of them get to space? Not even Kero could fly very high up and out of the atmosphere.
"Rowen of the Strata in space…" said Minako. "Who knew, huh? It makes sense when you think about it. No wonder why I felt him somewhere from afar on my end."
"Now we know where Rowen is." Ryo said.
"But a lot of good that does us." Kento said to not liking this whole mess at all.
"Right in front of us this whole time…"
No time to be complain now, Mia, must think of a way to save Rowen for even Ryo must ask that to her.
"So…What's the plan?"
Mia was having a little bit of trouble thinking about that part.
"I don't know." she said to the others. "Rowen must still be in a deep sleep. Probably in some sort of orbit."
Then Sage says something too about it.
"Well you can all bet if we know where Rowen is, then so does Talpa."
Not having a way to do so themselves, they realize Talpa will try to destroy Rowen himself and they decide to try to find out what that method will be. Sage was right…
"Relax, man, we still win without him." said Kento.
Ouch, Kento's words wasn't a very nice thing to say there.
"No! Kento! That wasn't nice!" angered Minako.
"What?"
"She's right, Kento! Don't you ever say that!" Ryo augured with him.
"And why not…?" Kento was lost. "Are you saying this because Minako says so or what?"
"And don't ever underestimate Talpa either!"
From all of this mess, it's hard to do anything but without giving up for Mia must agree with the other two.
"Ryo and Minako are right…"
So Kento let out a big sigh to go along with it as well.
"Yeah, yeah, I know." he then notices something with Minako. "(Since when Ryo and Minako were this close?)"
Ryo sits next to Minako to keep her company after what Kento 'kind of' said there.
"You cold?" Ryo asks her.
"Huh? Just a little…" As Minako leans on Ryo's shoulder, he really likes the feeling to allow her to do so for they were looking at the sky.
"Minako, we will save Rowen one way or another."
"And we will too." she said. "I know you all for a short time since you saved me, so it's my turn to save you all in return. (Just hang in there, Rowen, we'll save you soon. Somehow…)"
From shooting starts in the skies, as Rowen was floating and still fast asleep in space to sense the other Ronins will save him somehow. Other than him still in a deep sleep, what's the plan into doing so…?
"The question is how can we save Rowen?" Cye asks the others.
Good question! How can they?! Mia knows they must move out to do so in no time.
"We can't just here, you guys."
"Where do we start?" Kento asks her.
Isn't it obvious…?
"Talpa!" she answers.
"Talpa?" confused Minako. "You think he has something up his sleeves, Mia?"
"But of course, Minako. If Rowen's alive, he's a threat to Talpa and the Evil Dynasty's."
"Mia's right, Talpa will find a way to stop Rowen if he has to." said Cye.
Not good at all about that idea to go right up to Talpa, but to Minako to be feeling about it for Mia to be the right thing to do and the only way. It's better than nothing, for Mia proposes that two of the Warriors find out Talpa's plan while the other two return to the city.
"Well, before we can spy on Talpa we need to think of a plan first." Sage said to the others.
"We should just do a surprise attack on Talpa and his goons." said Kento.
"I…Don't know if your plan is such a good idea, Kento, no offensive…" Minako said to sound a bit serious.
Even Sage agrees with her too to tell that to Kento.
"She's right! Forget it! Remember what happened last time?"
From Talpa trapping the five by using his powers to try to separate all five of the Ronin Warriors? Yeah, they sure did.
"We'll be ready this time! For sure!"
"We need to save the world as a team, we can't do it without Rowen." Ryo said.
When the Warriors get in to an argument about who will go…This is getting hard to do. Until Mia speaks up for Minako wants an easier and smart plan.
"Excuse me? Mia…?" she tries talking.
She does the rest for Mia to sound serious now.
"Stop. This fighting isn't getting us anywhere! Not even for Minako the most." said Mia to prove a point. "Talpa evil powers are strong, and one of you alone couldn't stand against him without staying and working together. But together, you're all a strong fighting force of winning like that. So I say this…Minako.
Mia turns to Minako to think of this plan to the other one too for the two can do one at a time.
"Two of you guys can go to Talpa to see the plan, and the rest of the two can head back to the city with the others…?" she said. "I think this is how I feel it. In fact, I don't want to lose any more lives like you guys! It's hard as it is to be part of it, and now look at me?! I don't know who I am and I'm fighting demons of some sort! So please…Stay strong, everyone. There is a 'we' in team, right…?"
Minako was right, for the other four Ronin Warriors almost didn't see how serious she can be and Mia too to know this was the only way. Mia confronts Minako to keep her strong without shedding a tear in front of them, as she was a innocent girl.
"Minako…We didn't know…" Ryo tries to cheer her up.
"There, there…It's alright now." she said to be saying something else next. "Now is this plan, understood?"
"Got it." Ryo, Cye, Kento, and Sage all said together. "Sorry, Minako."
At least she bows and smiles to them to be herself again to think of themselves too before jumping into the fight without a plan, not this time.
"It's fine. No problem at all, I've forgiven all of you." Minako had something to ask next. "So…Who will the two be to check on Talpa?"
"Ryo and I can go!" said Kento.
"But all you got is a fight on your mind." Sage said to him.
Hard for Kento to get Ryo and him to see Talpa and the others to stay at the city to back to; Mia chooses Cye and Sage herself instead for everyone to agree upon it whether they agree or disagree with it.
"Stop this!" she shouts. "This is getting us nowhere. I'll decided both Sage and Cye will go. Sorry, Kento, but it's for the best."
Minako agrees with Mia too.
"In that case, I have to go with you with this one."
"Of course we do." Cye said.
Ryo sees this to be a very good point here.
"If Minako agrees, then so do I."
She was surprise to hear this coming from Ryo to still be hating the idea a little.
"(Ryo…)"
"It'll be fine, Minako. We just got to go along with it. All of us to save Rowen somehow."
And with that all taken care of, everyone calls it for the night until tomorrow morning.
"It's getting late. Let's all get some sleep." Mia said to everyone else.
But before getting some sleep, Ryo has something to say to Minako.
"Minako. Can I say something to you?"
"What's that?" she asks him.
And so, Ryo whispers to Minako in the ear, like what though…? Speaking of Talpa, looks like he has something in mind to try to destroy Rowen in space real soon for Anubis, Dais, Sekhmet, and Cale to see for themselves…Not good. Later at night time, Ryo, Kento, and White Blaze sneak off to do the job themselves after telling Ully to tell Mia when she wakes up. For now, he, Kero, Mia, Sage, Cye, and Minako continue to rest up as Ryo does one more thing before going off. He sees Minako sleeping well to be stroking his hand on her face for a bit to gaze at her beauty, looks like Ryo just can't enough of her or her lips from kissing his cheek.
"Minako, be strong. Do what I say, and we'll be back with Rowen, okay?" he said quietly.
Soon Kento was behind Ryo to be teasing him.
"You like her…"
"Kento?!" Ryo was blushing. "Really?! Man…Let's go already."
The three take off in time for Ully to see and goes back to sleep.
"You think Minako's got the message?" Kento asks Ryo.
"I think she does. (Be strong, you guys.)"
Soon, Kero wakes Minako up to get ready to meet up with them as soon as possible once they sneak out quietly from the others in time. Ryo told from her powers can locate Rowen for Ryo and Kento to go save somehow once she does to send the energy out to them, and with it...she does so on the other side of town and tires to stay strong.
"Come on, Kero." she said to be taking off. "(Ryo, I hope your plan works out. We're coming to save Rowen together. Cye. Sage. Mia. Ully. Please forgive us for doing this.)" And their they go, plus two more people too. As Talpa summons the Nether Spirits to deal with Rowen, explaining to the Warlords that the spirits can combine their powers together to create a massive supernatural construct called a Dark Matrix that will be able to destroy anything it's sent against. Talpa plans to send it to destroy Rowen. Soon enough on the next day for Sage, Cye, Mia, and Ully try to catch up to the other five wherever they are now somewhere in the city of Talpa's dark power was spreading into one building already. Minako and Kero make their way to the area by sensing it out together to try finding Rowen within space before telling from Ryo, Kento, and White Blaze right away next. "Keep your powers aware, Kero. I sense some evil in this city. I think…This is where Ryo, Kento, and White Blaze might be headed."
Kero understood for the two kept on moving, for Talpa thinks one of the Ronin Warriors are here to stop his plan from trying to kill Rowen with the Neither Spirits help.
"Hmm…It looks like the Ronin Warriors were foolish enough to split into two groups to try to stop me." said Talpa. "In that case…Cale, take care of the one who's alone right away!"
Cale, Dark Warlord of Corruption was up to face against Minako and Kero. Hey…I don't think he's aware of her just yet, huh? But the other four Warlords were…?
"I shall, Master Talpa." said Cale to head out with his armor on.
I hope those two will be fine. As Kento, White Blaze, and Ryo approach the building where the Dark Matrix is, Talpa sends Dynasty soldiers to distract them. Seems like Talpa not worried of the others stopping them besides one once Rowen is killed by his doing. Those two felt the energy of dark power from which was being made from afar and looked very deadly.
"(What? What's this I'm feeling?)" Minako said to try staying strong. "Kero! Do you feel it too?!" Though they easily defeat them 'as Minako does the same with Kero to become her spike-like shield to try stopping the rest', the Dark Matrix is launched, but the Ancient One intervenes and destroys it. Once the others saw the deadly power, it was luck that someone stopped it with luck and saved Rowen; a very close call for Ryo and Kento knowing of the plan for Cye and Sage to hurry with the others and Minako too. "Wow…" Minako was amazed. "Did that man did what I think he did? He's the one who helped us out from before."
The Ancient One talks to Minako through mind power for her to feel and hear him out.
"Quickly, child. A Dark Warlord has appeared before you. As of the other Ronin Warriors as well. Get ready for battle. Save Rowen of the Strata."
Kero pulls Minako with his mouth to get going than to question about the event that just happened already.
"(Who is this mysterious person…?)" she snaps out of it. "Oh, sorry Kero. You're right. Let's keep going." Talpa calls upon the spirits again to form another one while sending Anubis to stop Ryo and Kento. Soon, Kero stops to be growling at another Dark Warlord who was nearby as they approach to the building for Minako to feel it out. The one area they were standing in turns into darkness all around them. "A Dark Warlord…Who's there?" Minako demanded to know.
Cale appears to try slashing her into bits with his long deadly sword, luckily for Minako summons her own made of crystal in seconds to block it in time.
"A woman?" said the confused Cale. "Not an ordinary looking Ronin Warrior I see, and yet you have great power from within you and that dragon of yours. Do you care if I slay it?"
"Leave Kero out of this!" she said. "Who are you?!"
"Who I am? I am one of Master Talpa's loyal servants of the Dark Warlords. Cale, Warlord of Corruption. I'm here to stop you from interfering with my Master's plans. Even if you're alone without the others, I shall destroy whoever stands in our way. Even if they're children or a pretty girl like yourself."
"I'm not scared of you! I will save Rowen!" Minako was putting on a brave face against the enemy alone for Kero keeps her brave to aid her in this fight.
"Tough words without your boyfriends to help you out." Cale laughs. "Now, let me cut you in half to drag your soul into the darkness!"
The two have a sword fight against one another to be really fast for Kero becomes Minako's wings to withstand against Cale' weapon to try sensing him out than seeing her enemy through the power of darkness all over with no light in the area to see anything. The other two Ryo and Kento 'along with White Blaze aiding them' battle against Anubis, then, knowing they're running out of time, armor up and start climbing the building. Going into their armor forms to stop Anubis to get to Rowen by stopping the Neither Spirit from firing another one right away, still he wanted to fight against Minako too for payback after what happened from the last time. But for now, he sticks with Kento and Ryo to fight with. With Minako giving it her all against Cale to be too powerful against one Ronin Warrior alone against his dark powers to be push back.
"Too…Strong…!" Minako tries to stay strong. "Your powers…It's darkness, isn't it, Cale?"
"That's correct, my dear." he said to her. "Any slash by my sword of darkness shall feel the power weaken them. Such as you are too. I shall slay you and your dragon too making this battle an unhappy ending." Cale releases his attack for Minako tries to make a run for it with Kero's help.
"(Oh, no…!)" she starts panicking. "Kero! Move aside! Quickly!"
A type of black lighting was flashing from Cale's sword to strike at Minako.
"Black Lighting Flash!"
It was a direct hit on Minako for Kero goes to normal again to go out cold, as she was hit from the powerful shock at the two got for Ryo, Kento, and White Blaze to see from afar while fighting against Anubis. They hope she'll be fine to meet back with them real soon. For Minako, tries getting back up on her feet to withstand the shock without backing down against Cale.
"I'm…Not…Going to go…down…that easily, Cale…!" she transforms. "ARMOR OF DIAMOND! TO ARMS!"
To Cale's surprise seeing a woman was part of the Ronin Warriors to be showing off her true armor on in front of the enemy.
"So, you are a Ronin Warrior…" he said. "Why haven't neither of us from the Dynasty seen this one yet?"
"Because living demons like yourself are mean, rude, and selfish! Keeping us in the dark to try destroying Rowen who's in space, is unforgivable with villains like you need to be stopped! If Ryo and Kento are doing the same on the other end of town, then so I am. For I am…Minako, of the Diamond. As I seek for Love for protecting the ones who are innocent with pure hearts. And for that, prepare to be crystallized, foil Dynasty creature!" said Minako and gets her scythe out for battle.
Kero cheers his friend on for Cale won't fail Talpa to defeating a different Ronin Warrior yet.
"Armor of Diamond? Who seeks love? Ha! You make me sick." he said. "It looks like I might have to give you a taste of more lighting power yet again. And then into the darkness you will go!"
"Bring it on!"
The two fight it off only for Minako to have a better vantage against Cale this time; while Ryo faces off against Anubis and Kento fighting off other Dynasty armies to get to the stop but with no luck for another energy ball was being made to try to kill Rowen again. Until that energy goes crazy to shocking Anubis for more power – so it's not him right now being deadly and way too powerful to go after them. While the other two kept on fighting from building to another.
"Have some more of my Black Lighting Flash!"
Minako looked like she got hit, only to go in to a lot more of her from her abilities to confused Cale to try attacking him fast from punches, kicks, the other throwing her scythe at him, and then releasing her attack.
"Not this time…" she fires away. "Shard of Crystal Cyclone!" Cale was hit to get lots of shards burning him. She and Kero then sees the Neither Spirits begin to fire another attack without the Accident One around to stop this one. "No! No! We need to get to Ryo and Kento, they need our help, Kero!" said Minako.
"But who will help you?!" Not good…! Cale comes from behind to cut Minako to really slash right at her back to fall near where the other Ronin Warriors were for Kero tries saving her from falling to her death, but the enemy shocks the poor dragon who was still too weak after the last one, not good. "Enough!" he said to shock Kero. "Rowen shall die by Master Talpa's hands one way or another! You lose here, Minako!" he laughs. Just then…Minako gets shock from the power of the Neither Spirit to increase the same powers when she's out cold again to the max in anger with it around her body and her eyes glowing for Kero to be saved by floating in the air to gently fall, and a big shock to Cale to be seeing this for the first time. As it was only hurting both Ryo and Kento, which causes their armor to start squeezing them to death. "What…? You're still able to fight?" Minako flies on over to Cale to try using his attack on her again. "Black Lighting-! Aaaah!" she grabs hold of Cale's arm to be very strong, Minako crushes the armor a little bit and his arm to hurt as she uses a energy wave to send Cale flying into the building wall and in pain. She wasn't herself right now for Kero to be seeing this happening to her. "No…! I can't lose…! This girl can't have this much power!"
She starts beating Cale up a lot for there was no end, until Kero moves around a lot to talk 'or make noises to her' for him to hug Minako back to her senses to see what she just did. By looking in her own reflecting of a window building and almost killing Cale to freak out in horror.
"What…?" she was shock. "No…No…! No! Did I do this to Cale…? It can't be! (I need to hurry to Ryo before another weapon is launched! But first…)"
Minako heals Cale quickly for her to go to Ryo and Kento up top as Cale had no choice but to make his retreat since he sees that his plan was still going well.
"This isn't over yet, Minako…I will beat you next time!" he takes off. "(Her power…How did she get so much power to defeat me in seconds?!)"
The Dark Matrix starts to launch and Ryo, seeing his only chance to save Rowen, jumps on it to ride it into space, but is absorbed by the matrix. As Cale gets Anubis out of there to remove the dark powers out of him afterwards in time, to soon find out that it affected Minako too having hers to a maximum upgrade that time. Kento and White Blaze meet up with the others and informs them on what happened and they watch as the Dark Matrix launches into space. Ryo had to save Rowen in space no matter what before they are both killed, as he was thinking about Minako for her and for Kero to feel him out before being launched.
"(Minako…! Minako!)" Ryo calls out to her.
She and Kero felt it for the building was destroyed for Kento and White Blaze to escape back as they joined Ully, Mia, Sage, and Cye. But not good having two more members gone by Talpa's hands again.
"It can't be…" she senses Ryo out. "Ryo!"
As the others fought their way through the Dynasty army for the other three 'and seeing Talpa for which he would beat them all', Ryo is alive inside the Dark Matrix, but his armor is absorbing the energy from it and slowly crushing him. Talpa appears to the others and taunts them about the fact that Ryo and Rowen will soon be dead and sends his soldiers to face them.
"(Hang in there, Rowen. I'm coming to save you.)" said Ryo to control his armor from the massive power from within it. "(Minako, please…Please guide us when we get back to Earth!)"
Anubis asks for a fair fight against Ryo since the last one was a mess there and Cale was recovering just fine to need more time 'lucky to be alive too'; as Anubis really wants to face against Minako since she did this to him, and was claiming it won't be victory if the Warriors aren't defeated in a fair fight, but Talpa refuses to listen to him and plans to use the power of the Nether Realm to destroy the Warriors and sends Anubis away. Minako was trying to get her powers back to still be freaking out from knowing of her true powers was hurting her and almost killing Cale, for Kero tries to get her senses back to tell her some good news about Ryo.
"(Did I…What is my powers…?)" she questions herself. "(The power I just did besides getting a boost from the dark energy from Talpa's weapon…I know this wasn't the first time! Why can't I remember?!)" Before Kero tell Minako the news, they both started to feel out Ryo's Flare Up Now attack about to happen from inside of the weapon. "Huh?" she snaps out of it. "Ryo? Ryo! Stay strong! Save Rowen! Break it!" Inside the Dark Matrix, as Ryo is slowly crushed, he realizes that if he doesn't do something both he and Rowen will die. Channeling the energy his armor is absorbing, Ryo launches Flare Up Now and destroys the Dark Matrix from within. He does it very well that everyone else and Minako with Kero too can see the explosion from the skies. "Ryo…? Ryo…Please tell me you're still alive?" she asks Kero. "He has to be, right Kero?" Kero wishes he knew too so they kept on following their energy from below…Seeing this from the ground, the other Warriors despair, but continue fighting. Ryo survives the explosion, but passes out and starts to drift out into space. Soon Kento, Cye, and Sage during their battles have their armors reacting to something; as do Minako to feel it out too giving her a chance to call out to Rowen for him and Ryo to get out of space since Ryo's Virtue was glowing. "Love…" and so was Minako's. "Kero, fly above me! I still feel tired to heal up slowly but I can do the others as I can still contact Rowen in order to save Ryo, and bring the both back to Earth. Do it!" Kero does so for Minako to send her energy to Rowen and Ryo and quickly with everything she must do her very best as promise and worry about her other troubles later with their help. But for right now… "(Rowen? Rowen, can you hear me? Please…Use you Arrow Shock Wave to save yourself and Ryo. Hurry…Let my Pure Heart be both of your guides to land you two back safety.)" And with that for Minako and Kero's powers were working for the two in space, Rowen 'with his virtue Life was glowing too on his head' finally wakes up and uses his bow to reel Ryo in. Rowen propels them back to Earth which the other Warriors witness and rejoice. For Kento's Justice, Cye's Trust, and Sage's Wisdom go along with Mia, Ully, and White Blaze finding them somewhere they landed at for Kero goes back to guide them; while Minako uses her diamond-like feet to make her speed by running goes faster to getting to the two and fast. "(I leave the rest to you, Kero, to guide the others. I'll go to Ryo and Rowen myself.)" she said. "(And besides on what I've done was bad…I feel something like I know who Cale was…Also Anubis is odd too from his fight on the other side of town. Like his powers are the same as us, and yet he's having some trouble. What does this strange feeling mean?)"
Anubis senses it too and heads out to stop Ryo and Rowen while Talpa realizes that another power has awakened from inside of Anubis. He also wants to face against Minako to the most this time. It seems Minako's right, but from what does Talpa know than Anubis himself for his forehead was glowing too. Another Ronin Warrior maybe?
"(I will get back at you this time, Minako of the Diamond. You will die along with the other two…)" said Anubis.
It looks like both Ryo and Rowen have landed safely from deep in the woods for Minako to go to them. They were alright.
"Rowen? Ryo?" Minako sees them to go running down into to the hole. "Oh, thank goodness! You two are alive! (I knew it! We got all five of them back!)" Rowen doesn't remember on what just happened at all after he just saved the day, for Minako calls out to them as she makes her way down the hole. "Rowen! Ryo!"
"What's this?" Rowen questions himself. "Where am I and how did I end up here?"
Minako sees Rowen first.
"You're okay! Wait…You don't remember what you did?"
"Minako?" he was surprise to see her. "No, not really…"
"Rowen…Minako…"
Soon the two see Ryo looking fine, but a little weak to still be smiling at them. For Minako goes up to Ryo hugging him.
"Ryo!" she said with joy. "We did it! I'm so glad you're alive! I almost loss all hope!" Ryo liked the feeling of Minako hugging him to place his hand on her head to be patting her.
"Minako, hey. Sorry to make you worry."
"Ryo?" Rowen was shock to see him hurt without remember anything at all. "What happened to you?"
"Man, you wouldn't believe me even if I tell you." he said.
"Come on, Ryo! Tell me everything." Rowen begged of him.
Minako goes over to try healing Ryo up first.
"Not now, Rowen. He needs treatment and then you." she does it.
"But, Minako, you're in bad shape than I am."
"It's fine. You guys helped a lot, I want to return the favor. I'll go last after I help you two out first…"
Seems like Minako can't shake the feeling of almost killing Cale to slowly remember using her special powers to from before that was on her mind right now. And before Ryo could explain to Rowen and Minako to finish healing him, they were soon attacked by Anubis. From dark clouds, burning tree, lighting, and him appearing again in front of the three.
"Is…?"
"That…?"
Both Ryo and Rowen question themselves to see him and Minako already feeling Anubis out too late.
"It is him…Anubis!" she said. "No! Not now!"
"Well, if it isn't Ryo of the Wildfire, Rowen of the Strata, and Minako of the Diamond." said Anubis who was ready for battle. "Lovely to see you three again! And Minako, I wanted to battle with you again since the volcano…It's payback time!"
Minako remembers that battle alright.
"What for? Revenge? You played unfairly!" she said to soon feel something out from him. "(No way…He's the one I'm feeling the strange things from him?)"
Anubis got his chain weapon-like ready to strike at them.
"I got something special in mind for you, leaving me to crush the two boys at the same time!"
Anubis's attack sends Ryo, Minako, and Rowen flying in the air. Although the other two were fine to get back on their feet to keep on fighting, not good on Ryo's end the most.
"Stop!" Minako begged of Anubis. "You're attacking us while we're still weak!"
"That's the point!" he laughs.
How can Rowen and Minako stop the Warlord of Cruelty now?
"You okay, Ryo?" Rowen asks him.
"It's my armor…! I can't move right! I don't think Minako's healing powers can stop it…!" he said in pain.
Looks like from the energy ball was hurting Ryo's armor to heal on its own.
"Now I got you!"
Anubis attacks them, only for Rowen to use his bow to catch his attacks in time to save the other two to go flying.
"I owe you one, Ryo!" he said to be holding on to dear life. "Minako, you and Ryo both get out of here now!"
"No!" she said to try stopping her headache without another event happening to her. "(Not now…! Not now…!) We're not leaving without you, Rowen!"
"Rowen!" Ryo calls out to him.
Rowen goes flying from Anubis's chains, as does Ryo too hard to be unable to fight back.
"Ryo! No!" Minako was horrified.
"You are weak, boy!" the enemy said.
"Well, I'm not!" Minako tries using her attack on Anubis again. "Shard of Crystal Cyclone!"
Somehow Anubis breaks with his chain and sharp part of it in seconds.
"Not this time!"
"Oh, no…!" Minako begins to panic.
As Rowen fires some arrows for Anubis to strike him down and Ryo coming back for more with his sword…He still needed to try for Ryo tries his Flare Up Now attack on Anubis.
"Flare Up Now!" Ryo fires his attack.
It fails for Ryo was chained up in the air, now only for Minako has to fight back in combat against Anubis instead to save him and Rowen.
"Leave them alone!"
"Do you want to play, Minako? Very well…Ungraded!" Anubis attacks.
The two were fast to be swinging their weapons at each other in midair to not get hit at all. Soon, Minako sees a symbol on Anubis's head to be right to be another Ronin Warrior.
"I knew it…You're like us, Anubis." said Minako.
Soon another chain from underground pops up to hurt Minako by grabbing her leg for Anubis has her now.
"Got you! Time to have some more fun, missy…!" he starts swinging her around in circles. "Round and round we go!"
As he was laughing, he throws Minako a lot all over the ground hard to be in pain for she couldn't break free and didn't want to use her special powers again to be fighting back by not wanting to hurt another.
"Minako!" Rowen and Ryo said together.
"Tell me, Minako, does this hurt?" Anubis continues. "Or this? Tell me about this one?! Or this?! Or this?! Come now, I'm dying to know!"
Minako breaks the chain using her scythe in time land on her feet safely this time.
"Stop it!" she was freed.
"Run away!" Ryo shouts to Minako.
She tries to, but Anubis uses his attacks to trap all three of them.
"Oh, no you don't…! The fun has only begun!" he throws his chains underground. "Quake with Fear!"
Now he has capture Ryo, Minako, and Rowen with Quake with Fear attack. With Ryo going out cold for feeling weak and Rowen seeing the horror happening…
"Ryo! Minako!" he said in horror.
"No, Ryo! Get up!" Minako couldn't break free. "This is bad!"
"Now I got you all…Who should I kill first?"
Minako had to go for the sake of her friends to be the only hope to save the world and stopping Talpa if she must.
"(No…!) Anubis! Don't you dare hurt Ryo! Or else I-!" Anubis points his weapon near Minako's face instead of Ryo's.
"Or else what?" he taunts her.
"I will stop you…! I would die before you kill my friends…!" she said to put on a brave face.
"So be it."
Minako was about to meet her end…However, Anubis hesitates to kill the helpless Ryo with his desire for a fair fight conflicting with his Dynasty morals. Minako knew something was up with him to be so different from the other Dark Warlords.
"(Huh?) What are you waiting for, Anubis? Kill me." said Minako.
"Shut up!" he said to really having trouble deciding that right now. "I can if I wanted to!"
"Then, why haven't you? (I knew it. Something from within him has awaken to see the light, I can just sense it a little.)" she continues questioning Anubis. "Well, why haven't you yet? Or to me either? You got scared so suddenly? Unless, you're turning out like they are too. Is that it?"
Anubis was choosing between fighting for Talpa or against him suddenly to not hurt the Ronin Warriors anymore.
"That's…none of your business…woman!" he said in anger.
"But I'm right, aren't I…?"
Before he can decide from Minako's words…This part happens next.
"Hey!" Rowen calls out to Anubis. "I won't let you hurt Ryo or Minako anymore! So it's my turn to kick your butt!"
Rowen powers up for Minako gives it her all to trap Anubis from his feet by using her remaining powers in time.
"Do it, Rowen!" she said. "Fire!"
"Arrow Shock Wave!"
A direct hit! Rowen hits him with Arrow Shockwave. For Minako breaks free to save Ryo's out cold body in time from falling. Anubis survives the attack, but his mask and helmet breaks in half, revealing to a shocked Rowen that he's human.
"We did it, Rowen! We-!" Minako stops to see something she knew all along. "Ah! Anubis?! (Again, I was right about him.)"
"You're a man! A human like us!" shock Rowen.
Anubis could still stand to fight against his so call enemies.
"Does it matter…? You're my enemies and you two must die-!" Anubis tries to attack Rowen again, but is stopped by Talpa himself as his loyalty seems to be faltering.
"What? What's going on?!" confused Minako. "Where's this power coming from?!"
So much for Anubis fighting back now…
"Ah! Master Talpa! I can win!"
"Silence!" said Talpa. "You have failed me, Anubis. I will not let your powers be waste for you being so weak. Return to me now!"
Talpa teleports Anubis back to his castle for Minako couldn't get him out of there.
"No, Anubis!" she misses her chance. "Anubis…"
Now Rowen questions himself if the other three Dark Warlords like Anubis was the same human with different Mystical Armors too like the other five have. He then turns his attentions to Minako and Ryo to check on them.
"Minako?" he asks her.
"I'm fine. Don't worry." she said with a smile. "Ryo's going to be okay too, the dark energy's finally gone. Let's carrying him back to the others."
Soon, the two hear familiar voices nearby.
"Speaking of the others…" Rowen calls out to them. "Hey! You guys!"
The other Warriors Cye, Kento, Sage, along with Kero, Mia, Ully, and White Blaze arrived and all five of the Ronin Warriors are finally reunited. Kero flies around with joy to be hugging Minako.
"Kero! We did it!" she checks on Ryo again. "Ryo…"
"I'm okay, Minako." he said. "You were great out there, being brave for us without giving up. You're truly amazing."
"As of you were too, Ryo."
Again, those two were getting close to know each other even more than friends…
"Alright!" Ully cheers with joy with White Blaze roaring too.
"You did it, Ryo! Minako!" Kento said. "Way ago!"
"Now all five of us and Minako as well of the Ronin Warriors are back together once again." said Cye.
"That's right, we'll never forget this day." and Sage too.
Yes. Ryo, Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage 'along with Minako too' are back as a team to save the world and stop the Evil Dynastys yet. As Mia says so as well with joy.
"Now all can stop Talpa and his Dynasty goons, and all of you will win."
"(Yeah, at least…They will. But what about me?)" Minako questions about herself.
And so, all ten of them will head out to stop Talpa, his goons, the four or three of the Dark Warlords now, and save the world with everyone else who were still trapped there at the temple too. But to Minako's actions on what she did earlier, will she tell the others and still control her powers? Already doubting her thoughts about it now. And seeing that Talpa has failed to stop the Warriors reunion, he orders his castle gates sealed against the inevitable attack. How will our heroes be able to get inside now and fight back? Besides Anubis, Cale, Dais, and Sekhmet could also be human beings with powerful armor like the other five Ronin Warriors are? And will Talpa soon learn about Minako who's a very special member? I hope not!