The Crystal Armor: Part VII
Rowen couldn't understand how Youzen could control them and their armors. As he, Sage and Cye warded off Kento, Mick, and Ryo's attacks on Lori, something caught his eye. On the end of the sticks in Youzen's hand, were three miniature figures of Hardrock, Wildfire, and Metal armors. He suddenly had an idea and pulled his bow, aiming it at Youzen. Just then, he couldn't move or release the arrow. Instead, he turned and aimed it at Lori. She saw this and whispering an apology, she gave him an uppercut, making sure not to have the spikes on her gauntlet hit him. She watched as he flew back and looked at Sage and Cye worriedly. She was the one Youzen was after and he seemed to know she wouldn't kill her friends. But how could Sage and Cye help her when he could control them at any minute?
"Any ideas on what to do, Sage?" Cye yelled, dodging Mick's halberd spear-like end. He was now facing his best friend and Mick to keep them from attacking the new ronin. "If I did, I'd have done it by now," Sage yelled back, slicing one of Rowen's arrows. "All I can think of is that they're under a spell, or enchantment. Those sticks must be controlling them." As he thought this, he jumped high into the air and aimed his no-daichi blade at Youzen. He suddenly felt heavy and fell to the ground. He tried to at least kneel but he couldn't move his body. He could only watch as Youzen came over him and added another miniature puppet to his collection. He tried not to get up but he watched in horror as he did and looked at the last remaining ronin between him and his orders.
Cye didn't know what to do. He and Lori were surrounded by his friends being controlled to kill Lori. He didn't know how long he would last as he blocked Ryo's attack but got a full hit by Kento's attack. He had to draw Youzen's attention from Lori. Kento lunged at him and pinned him to the wall with Sage holding his blade to Cye's throat. Cye could see Kento's face straining, trying to get control of his body again. "Man." Kento muttered, "This really bites. I'm holding my best friend down and allowing that scum behind us to kill off a girl who just got here." "Cye," Sage grunted as he seemed to try to pull his sword off of his friend's neck, "Can you see what's happening behind us?" "No." Cye groaned, feeling the blade pressing a little harder against his throat, "Hope Lori can get out of this." he muttered.
Lori saw things weren't looking too good. She had three guys with stronger weapons attacking her at once and the only guy not controlled pinned against a cliff wall with a sword at his throat. She couldn't hold out. She was pretty beat up. "Enough," Youzen said as he walked over and kneeled next to her battered body and pulled one of Rowen's arrows out of her armor. He smirked as he heard her scream in pain. "You have something that belongs to me." he said, lifting her up by her neck, "So you can give it up now.or I'll let you're new FRIENDS watch as they murder you and then hand it to me." "I don't know what you're talking about!" she yelled as best as she could, her vision getting blurry. She could hardly breathe. "Your armor, my dear." he said, throwing her at the cliff wall. He sneered as she hit it, hearing her bones break and her screaming in pain, seeing blood falling from her mouth onto the sand. "You're not getting this armor," she whispered hoarsely, struggling to stand up, "And if you need to have these guys to destroy me, then you are just weak. That's extremely pathetic." She watched as he threw the miniature ronin puppets onto the sand and the five ronins fell to the ground, almost lifelessly. He sneered as he pulled out his masamune, a double-bladed katana. As she finally managed to stand, supported by the cliff wall behind her, he advanced slowly towards her, sword raised, ready to slice off her head. Suddenly, a large burst of energy hit Youzen on his right side, causing him to yell in pain. Lori watched as he slowly disappeared from her sight. She tried to keep her eyes open a little longer but it was no use. She was too beat up to hold out. The last thing she saw was Cye holding his trident up and running over to her as she blacked out and hit the sand.
Cye ran over and knelt next to Lori's unconscious body. He checked her breathing and pulse. After he checked to make sure she was still alive, he walked over to where the puppets were and pulled the dagger from his back. He then sliced the strings from the dolls and watched as his friends stand up, moaning and complaining, mainly Kento. "Ack." Kento muttered, "Sage, next time, fall backwards instead of on top of me and Cye with your sword." "Trust me, Kento," Sage moaned, "If I could've, I would've. And that's all I'm going to say about that." "Is she ok?" Ryo yelled, stumbling a bit as he approached Lori with Cye kneeling over her. "Yeah," Cye said, "Just bruised and exhausted. Maybe some broken bones, but her armor should take care of that. We better get back to Mia's place." As he said this, he picked her up in his arms. Just then, her armor disappears and she returns to wearing her normal clothes. They didn't waste anytime in getting to Mia's but Sage glanced back once in a while, wondering if Youzen was still out there.
Mia was starting to worry. It was almost an hour since she saw the guys leaving the house in their subarmors. She sat down and looked at White Blaze. "Do you think they are alright?" she asked it. White Blaze only nodded. She was about to turn on the TV when she saw the guys come in through the door, Cye holding Lori who was limp in his arms. "Oh god!" Mia gasped, "Is she alright?" "Yeah.she's fine Mia," Cye said, laying her down on the couch, "Seems someone's after her armor. I managed to hurt him so he shouldn't come back to bother us too soon." He quickly changed into his normal clothes and the others followed, Ryo and Mick sitting on either side of White Blaze, and Kento, Sage, and Rowen sitting on the other couch. Cye sat on the floor next to Lori.
Lori groaned and opened her eyes. She saw a ceiling fan moving around above her. She wondered if she was still dreaming as she sat up and watched all the guys crowding around her, asking if she was alright. Her head began to pound. Luckily, Mia broke them up. "Give her some room, guys!" Mia yelled, pulling each of the boys away and setting them on the floor or couch, wherever she tossed them. She may be scrawny but when she sets her mind to something, don't get in her way. "Are you feeling better, Lori?" Mia asked. "Yeah." Lori replied, "Just a headache." Then she looked at the six ronins and finally said what she wanted to say since she realized that they knew about her armor. "Why is my armor so important that this Youzen freak would want to take it from me?" They all looked at each other but finally Ryo stepped forward and told her everything about their own armors, about fighting Talpa and the evil Dynasty, and about protecting the world. The others joined in sometimes and when they were all finished, they waited in silence until Lori said something. She had her head down, hair covering all features in her face. Finally, she lifted her head up and they were all shocked that she was smiling. She stood up and looked at each of them. "I hope school isn't going to be like this. First day and I finally call my armor. Who knows what will happen on the first day of school?" she said. The guys couldn't help but smile along with her. Kento went over and gave her a pat on the back. "Hope you're still hungry," Cye said, "Because I don't think Kento, Rowen, and Mick got to it all yet." The three accused looked at him with mock shock. "How can you say that, Cye?" Kento asked, slinking over towards the kitchen. Cye, Sage and Ryo managed to hold the three bottomless pits back for Lori and Mia to at least get some of the food. Well, Lori thought to herself, At least I know things won't be dull around here.
The End.
Rowen couldn't understand how Youzen could control them and their armors. As he, Sage and Cye warded off Kento, Mick, and Ryo's attacks on Lori, something caught his eye. On the end of the sticks in Youzen's hand, were three miniature figures of Hardrock, Wildfire, and Metal armors. He suddenly had an idea and pulled his bow, aiming it at Youzen. Just then, he couldn't move or release the arrow. Instead, he turned and aimed it at Lori. She saw this and whispering an apology, she gave him an uppercut, making sure not to have the spikes on her gauntlet hit him. She watched as he flew back and looked at Sage and Cye worriedly. She was the one Youzen was after and he seemed to know she wouldn't kill her friends. But how could Sage and Cye help her when he could control them at any minute?
"Any ideas on what to do, Sage?" Cye yelled, dodging Mick's halberd spear-like end. He was now facing his best friend and Mick to keep them from attacking the new ronin. "If I did, I'd have done it by now," Sage yelled back, slicing one of Rowen's arrows. "All I can think of is that they're under a spell, or enchantment. Those sticks must be controlling them." As he thought this, he jumped high into the air and aimed his no-daichi blade at Youzen. He suddenly felt heavy and fell to the ground. He tried to at least kneel but he couldn't move his body. He could only watch as Youzen came over him and added another miniature puppet to his collection. He tried not to get up but he watched in horror as he did and looked at the last remaining ronin between him and his orders.
Cye didn't know what to do. He and Lori were surrounded by his friends being controlled to kill Lori. He didn't know how long he would last as he blocked Ryo's attack but got a full hit by Kento's attack. He had to draw Youzen's attention from Lori. Kento lunged at him and pinned him to the wall with Sage holding his blade to Cye's throat. Cye could see Kento's face straining, trying to get control of his body again. "Man." Kento muttered, "This really bites. I'm holding my best friend down and allowing that scum behind us to kill off a girl who just got here." "Cye," Sage grunted as he seemed to try to pull his sword off of his friend's neck, "Can you see what's happening behind us?" "No." Cye groaned, feeling the blade pressing a little harder against his throat, "Hope Lori can get out of this." he muttered.
Lori saw things weren't looking too good. She had three guys with stronger weapons attacking her at once and the only guy not controlled pinned against a cliff wall with a sword at his throat. She couldn't hold out. She was pretty beat up. "Enough," Youzen said as he walked over and kneeled next to her battered body and pulled one of Rowen's arrows out of her armor. He smirked as he heard her scream in pain. "You have something that belongs to me." he said, lifting her up by her neck, "So you can give it up now.or I'll let you're new FRIENDS watch as they murder you and then hand it to me." "I don't know what you're talking about!" she yelled as best as she could, her vision getting blurry. She could hardly breathe. "Your armor, my dear." he said, throwing her at the cliff wall. He sneered as she hit it, hearing her bones break and her screaming in pain, seeing blood falling from her mouth onto the sand. "You're not getting this armor," she whispered hoarsely, struggling to stand up, "And if you need to have these guys to destroy me, then you are just weak. That's extremely pathetic." She watched as he threw the miniature ronin puppets onto the sand and the five ronins fell to the ground, almost lifelessly. He sneered as he pulled out his masamune, a double-bladed katana. As she finally managed to stand, supported by the cliff wall behind her, he advanced slowly towards her, sword raised, ready to slice off her head. Suddenly, a large burst of energy hit Youzen on his right side, causing him to yell in pain. Lori watched as he slowly disappeared from her sight. She tried to keep her eyes open a little longer but it was no use. She was too beat up to hold out. The last thing she saw was Cye holding his trident up and running over to her as she blacked out and hit the sand.
Cye ran over and knelt next to Lori's unconscious body. He checked her breathing and pulse. After he checked to make sure she was still alive, he walked over to where the puppets were and pulled the dagger from his back. He then sliced the strings from the dolls and watched as his friends stand up, moaning and complaining, mainly Kento. "Ack." Kento muttered, "Sage, next time, fall backwards instead of on top of me and Cye with your sword." "Trust me, Kento," Sage moaned, "If I could've, I would've. And that's all I'm going to say about that." "Is she ok?" Ryo yelled, stumbling a bit as he approached Lori with Cye kneeling over her. "Yeah," Cye said, "Just bruised and exhausted. Maybe some broken bones, but her armor should take care of that. We better get back to Mia's place." As he said this, he picked her up in his arms. Just then, her armor disappears and she returns to wearing her normal clothes. They didn't waste anytime in getting to Mia's but Sage glanced back once in a while, wondering if Youzen was still out there.
Mia was starting to worry. It was almost an hour since she saw the guys leaving the house in their subarmors. She sat down and looked at White Blaze. "Do you think they are alright?" she asked it. White Blaze only nodded. She was about to turn on the TV when she saw the guys come in through the door, Cye holding Lori who was limp in his arms. "Oh god!" Mia gasped, "Is she alright?" "Yeah.she's fine Mia," Cye said, laying her down on the couch, "Seems someone's after her armor. I managed to hurt him so he shouldn't come back to bother us too soon." He quickly changed into his normal clothes and the others followed, Ryo and Mick sitting on either side of White Blaze, and Kento, Sage, and Rowen sitting on the other couch. Cye sat on the floor next to Lori.
Lori groaned and opened her eyes. She saw a ceiling fan moving around above her. She wondered if she was still dreaming as she sat up and watched all the guys crowding around her, asking if she was alright. Her head began to pound. Luckily, Mia broke them up. "Give her some room, guys!" Mia yelled, pulling each of the boys away and setting them on the floor or couch, wherever she tossed them. She may be scrawny but when she sets her mind to something, don't get in her way. "Are you feeling better, Lori?" Mia asked. "Yeah." Lori replied, "Just a headache." Then she looked at the six ronins and finally said what she wanted to say since she realized that they knew about her armor. "Why is my armor so important that this Youzen freak would want to take it from me?" They all looked at each other but finally Ryo stepped forward and told her everything about their own armors, about fighting Talpa and the evil Dynasty, and about protecting the world. The others joined in sometimes and when they were all finished, they waited in silence until Lori said something. She had her head down, hair covering all features in her face. Finally, she lifted her head up and they were all shocked that she was smiling. She stood up and looked at each of them. "I hope school isn't going to be like this. First day and I finally call my armor. Who knows what will happen on the first day of school?" she said. The guys couldn't help but smile along with her. Kento went over and gave her a pat on the back. "Hope you're still hungry," Cye said, "Because I don't think Kento, Rowen, and Mick got to it all yet." The three accused looked at him with mock shock. "How can you say that, Cye?" Kento asked, slinking over towards the kitchen. Cye, Sage and Ryo managed to hold the three bottomless pits back for Lori and Mia to at least get some of the food. Well, Lori thought to herself, At least I know things won't be dull around here.
The End.