Ronin Warriors: Next Generation Part 3
I do not own Ronin Warriors in any way, shape or form.
"Storm twins?" Amarantha mumbled and then she began to laugh hysterically followed by Laban. "You're no match for us!"
"Let me handle it, Snow Twins," Sebek said, "I have some unfinished business to take care of!" He threw his weapon around Gail and it lifted her up.
"Hey, put my sister down!" Yuli ordered.
"Yeah, put me down!" Gail cried, squirming. She started kicking at his arms and then she aimed for his head, Sebek ducked and Gail cut her leg on the razor-sharp dorsal fin like spike on his armor. Gail yelped in pain.
"Why you," Yuli grunted. He stepped forward to attack then he felt like he had all the life sucked out of him. Everything went numb.
"Touch of Death!" Calisto cried, he stepped back and laughed, "they do not call me the warlord of death for nothing!"
"Flare up now!"
"Ghugh!" Calisto fell back.
"You okay, Yuli?" Ryo asked.
"I think so…" He groaned, "man, I feel like I can't walk or anything." He shook his head to clear his vision. "I'm going to take a little…" his head fell back and he zonked out.
"Yuli, wake up!"
"Let me go!" Gail snarled. "Yuli, what kind of brother are you!?"
"Hold on, love!" Sai shouted, "Super Wave Smasher!"
The water made Gail stronger and she was able to get away. However, water also made Sebek strong. She jumped away and trwirled her long sword. "Hard Rain Stream!"
"I not take attacks from women or children," he blocked her attack like it was nothing, "and you are both. Thanks for the energy blast."
"Screaming Vulture Strike!" Boris shouted. A large dark bird was headed to Mia.
"Mia watch out!" Rowen shouted.
"Don't worry about me!" Mia said, "I'll be fine. Armor of Phoenix, Tao Gen!" (Note, This was from my other story, "The Next Wildfire") A red silky cotton body suit covered Mia's body, next with golden-yellow shin guards, boots, gloves and a helmet with wings on the side and wings on her boots. A pair of golden wings was the symbol for her armor on her breast plate. Her weapon was a pair of sun swords with a sun engraved in the middle. The handles looked like a pair of wings. The swords looked like Lady Kayura's Starlight swords, but bigger and the ribbon that hung from them was a bright shiny red insstead of the blue ribbon from Lady Kauyra's.
Mia jumped and crossed her swords, "Fire Bird Scorch!" A giant bird of flames went to the giant ugly bird and burned it to a crisp.
"Scorpion Acid Sting!" Selket cried, slamming her weapon into Kento.
"Ahh! My armor's…melting!" Kento groaned, "and my skin feels….aaughhhhhh!"
"Don't worry, Kent--," Sage said but then he was stung as well. Selket's staff had the venom of 1,000 scorpion stings. One blast could be fatal. But it was a very painful death her enemies will have. She and Calisto were alike. His powers drained away their strength for a short time, making them feel numb as if they were dead. Unlike Calisto, however, instead of numbing her enemies, Selket's stings enhanced their nerve sensors, making the pain greater. (I've learned that fire ants do the same thing!). Selket went on stinging one warrior to the next.
"Someone, do something!" Kento cried.
"Well, done, Calisto," Laban said.
"Oh, forgive me, children," Selket said, "I'm taking all the fun away. Let's see what you can do. Snow Tulpa has told me that you were strong and I'd like to see that for myself."
"I'll go first," Amarantha announced, raising her ice crossbow and placing an icicle arrow in the string. Unlike other arrows, her icicles were deadly sharp and also crooked. Her icicle's were different than the icicles that hung from peoples roof, they were magical arrows that never melted. She also had an icicle sword that came from a stalagmite. "Ice Arrow Net!"
Her arrow shot Rowen in the heart. Luckily he was wearing armor. It pierced his breastplate slightly On impact, a net of icicles went around him. "Nice arrows," Rowen mumbled, "How'd you like to see mine!?"
"Arrow Shock," He pulled his arrow and his arrow did nothing to the net. "Wave?"
Amarantha took her icicle sword and made a line across the ground, "Buried Alive!" (Doesn't that have a good ring to it?!)
"OH-MY-GOD!" Ryo cried.
A giant avalanche was headed toward them. There was no time to react.
"Your turn, brother!" Amarntha said, turning to him.
"I love watching Tag Teams."
Blizard slapped her hand and laughed, "Blizzard Fury!" Laban shouted. Great winds and snow came from the clouds and to the Ronin Warriors.
The Snow Twins and Neo Dark Warlords laughed as they watched them defeat their enemies.
"Lava Rose Scorch!"
"Who said that?" Amarntha demanded.
A rose of fire burned through the wave of snow and ice.
"Splitting Earth!"
"What's going on?" Laban echoed.
The earth cracked right between the Neo Dark Warlords and the Ronin Warriors just before the avalanche closed over them. The snow fell into the crack.
"Who are you, show yourselves if you want to live!" Calisto demanded.
The Ronin Warriors groaned and pick themselves up. "Who-what??"
A boy wearing dark brown and gray armor jumped down holding a girl in bright red and pink armor. He set her down on her feet when they got on the ground. "You said it like we had no choice," the girl said.
"I'm Akira of the Earthquake," Akira said. He noticed Yuli laying on the ground, "What the…What the hell did you do to my cousin!?"
"Akira?" Yuli mumbled and then Mia put his arm around her neck and lifted him up. "Hey, is that you?"
"Of course it's me, cuz," Akira laughed with his hands on his hips. "It hasn't been that long, has it?" (Isn't cuz short for cousin? Or does it really matter?) "Whoa, who's the babe?" Akira pointed and Mia.
"Whoa, who's the babe?" Yuli pointed at Rose.
Rose smiled, "I'm Rose of the Volcano."
"Mia," Mia answered.
"I don't care who you are," Boris shouted, "you're ruining our plan! Let's destroy them!"
"Stop!" Calisto said, "you fool, Master Snow Tulpa told us to bring them to him alive!"
"Snow Tulpa?" Ryo grunted.
"Oh, yes, Ryo of wildfire," Calisto said. "We know all about you ronin warriors. Master Tulpa may be gone, but his younger brother lives!!"
"Younger brother!?"
"And Snow Tulpa is far stronger than Tulpa ever was!" Selket added, "You've met your match!"
"Well, we're not going anywhere!" Kento cried.
"Foolishness," Calisto said.
The tired Yuli stepped forward and grunted, "I was just a kid when Tulpa took over everything and nearly killed the ronin warriors. But I'm older now and I'll be damned if you think Snow Tulpa is going to follow out his older brother's plans!" He pulled out his katana's, "I'm gonna blow you all the way to Kingdom Kum!" (Did I spell that right…?)
"Yuli, what exactly are you doing?" Gail asked, shooting him the "I can't believe you're my brother" look.
"Something I should have done a long time ago," he twirled his katana's around and put them together, "STORM UP NOW!!!!" (No, I didn't mean to rip his attack off of Ryo, okay. I just thought it sounded cool!) A great blast of wind came from Yuli's swords and began blowing the warlords and the snow twins away.
"Stop them," Selket cried but they were blown too far away to do anything.
Yuli smiled, "well, I'm glad I got them off my back." He put his katana's back in his sheaths.
"Let's go home," Ryo said. "I think we should all talk."
"Good idea," Mia said.
"They're going away!" Boris growled, "we must go after them!"
"Let them leave, Boris, my friend," Calisto grinned mischievously as opened his hand to reveal a shiny jewel on a necklace, "I don't think we'd be returning to Snow Tulpa just as empty handed as you may think!"
"Wait, I know what that is," Laban said, "it's the jewel of life!"
"You're right, dear brother," Amarantha said, "that warrior, Yuli of the Hurricane was wearing it. It must have fallen off of him somehow."
"Well, he's not wearing it now, is he?" Calisto asked, still grinning.
"We might not have their armors," Sebek added, "but this shall be enough for now."
The snow twins and the Warlords laughed while they went back to the Snow Dynasty. "Lord Snow Tulpa," Calisto began.
"Have you got the armors for me?" Snow Tulpa demanded.
"No, sire," Calisto said.
"What?!"
"Wait, Lord Snow Tulpa," Amarantha said, "we have something else. Show him, Calisto."
Calisto showed him the jewel of life, "we were able to get this, master."
"Ahh," Snow Tulpa rose from his seat to grasp the jewel, "the jewel of life!"
"Forgive us master, that we couldn't get the armors for you. Those blasted warriors were much stronger than we bargained for."
"All the better, my warlords, now I know for sure how strong they are," Snow Tulpa looked the jewel over and over, "with his jewel, I can become stronger and I can control all living things!" he began laughing maniacally and it was the cue for the others to start laughing with him. Snow Tulpa disappeared around the corner and into a room full of ice. There stood three ice statues with the mouths open in a terrified scream, "starting with you, The first Dark Warlords of the Dynasty!" on a closer look, the statues were Sekhmet, Dais and Kale in their full armor, the three warlords who survived the heavy burden of being Tulpa's warlords. Anubis was lucky, he didn't have to bear the suffering any longer. Sehkmet, Dais and Kale still carried the burden after Anubis was killed and after Tulpa's destruction, Snow Tulpa captured them and put him in his snow cave of horror. "If you thought that working for Tulpa was bad, wait until you wake up, you will find that your nightmares are real!"
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The ronin warriors sat in Mia's living room introducing themselves. They stood up when they said their names. They were all in their subarmors. The girl's sub armors differed from the boys. Their sub armor was the thin bodysuit that they wore with their armor plates. It was made out of silk, cotton and other fabrics (I don't know what it's made out of!) so it was light enough for the girl's to move. But it was also strong enough to protect them. The armor the boys wore was too heavy for the girls to wear.
"Sage of Halo."
"Rowen of Strata."
"Kento of Hardrock."
"Sai of Torrent."
"Ryo of Wildfire."
"They are the original ronin warriors," Mia explained.
"So, what are we?" Gail demanded.
"Yeah, where did our armors come from?" Yuli added.
"I found mine in my parent's museum," Akira said. "And a bunch of other armors."
"I didn't know you had armors in your museum!" Yuli cried.
"Yuli, you never been in my museum." He smiled at Gail, "what's your name, sweetheart?" he took her hand and was about to kiss it.
"I'm Gail," she said simply, "your lost cousin."
"Cousin?!" he dropped her hand, "cousin?"
"Yeah, Akira," Yuli explained, "Gail's well, she's my lost twin sister."
"I didn't know you had a twin!"
"Neither did I."
"Trust me, Akira," Gail said, "I'm just surprised as you are."
Rose sat in silence, closing her eyes every now and then and folded her arms and didn't speak up until Gail nudged her and said, "so, what's your story?"
"I found my armor in a volcano," she replied and then closed her eyes. "That's all."
"Secretive, aren't we?" Gail said, raising an eyebrow.
"Cut it out, Gail!" Yuli commanded.
"It was a joke, Yuli!"
"I don't think it's funny!"
"Man, they just found each other and they're already having a sibling quarrel!" Rowen commented.
"I think you like her," Gail said.
"I think you're nuts!"
"Actually, I think Gail's right," Akira said.
"Be quiet, Akira!"
"Now that's enough!" Mia shouted, then sighed when she got everyone's attention, "we won't get anywhere if we're fighting! Now let's try to figure out where these new armors came from, shall we?"
"Right," Sai added.
"We got our armors from Tulpa's body." Ryo said. "The ancient made them."
"But the ancient is gone, Ryo." Sage said.
There was a long uncomfortable silence and then Rowen finally spoke up, "Wait, I have an idea."
"Rowen, you're always thinking, aren't you?" Kento teased.
Rowen ignored Kento's remark, "Who took the ancient's place when he died?"
"I hate guessing games," Kento groaned.
"It was Anubis," Yuli said.
"Right," Rowen said, "but he died before we destroyed Tulpa. Who took his place after he died?"
"Kale?" Kento guessed.
"No, you moron!" Rowen shouted, "It was Lady Kauyra!!" (Her name is so confusing…am I spelling it right?)
"Oh, yeah," Kento said, "where was I??"
Rowen sighed.
"You're right, Rowen," Yuli said, "Lady Kauyra's a real tough lady. And I think she's the one who made the armors. It couldn't be anyone else. Have you noticed how the girl's armors look like hers? If Kale or Anubis or one of the other Warlords were to make the armors, you think they'd make some for girls? They didn't even like Lady Kauyra!"
Rowen smiled at Yuli's thoughtful explanation, "Yuli, I'm impressed that you even thought of that!"
Yuli blushed, "yeah well, don't forget, I've been with you guys a lot and I can remember everything that happened all those years ago!"
"So, where is Lady Kauyra anyway?" Mia asked. "Could she be in the Netherworld? Is she even alive?"
"Oh, she's alive alright," Gail muttered.
"You've seen her?"
"Yes, shortly after I found my armor," Gail answered, "she told me about you guys. She talked to me like she knew exactly who I was." She closed her eyes, "I didn't really believe her, especially when she told me I had a twin brother out there." She opened her eyes, "but when I really thought of it, I had nothing to lose so that's why I came here."
"Did she say where to find her?" Yuli asked.
Gail shook her head.
"Did either of you see Lady Kauyra?" Yuli asked Rose and Akira.
"Sorry, cuz," Akira said, "I saw no one alive after the earthquake."
"Everyone was dead," Rose said, "everyone."
"Wait a minute," Mia said, "if you didn't see Lady Kauyra, then how did you know where to find us?"
"Yeah, are you really Yuli's cousin?" Kento demanded.
"Well, of course I am," Akira laughed. "But I did hear a voice. Sounded like a man. He told me to come here."
"Must've been the ancient," Sage said.
"Or Anubis," Rowen added, "but they're dead."
"I heard a voice too," Rose said, "and he said the same thing." She stood up from the couch and went to the balcony, "excuse for me a minute. I need to be alone."
"Poor girl," Mia said, "I guess she's had it rough."
Then there was a crash of lightning and a boom of thunder. Rose screamed as the lights went out. Yuli ran to her rescue. "What's the matter, Rose?" he asked.
"I'm scared!" she took her hands off the balcony and put them on his chest. She began to tremble.
Yuli looked out in the distance to see what looked like another world. "The Dynasty," he muttered. As he felt Rose shake, he remembered seeing the same thing as a little boy. He closed his eyes as he remembered that scary memory.
"I'm scared!" he had said and he clutched Ryo.
"We must stop them," Ryo said. "Don't Worry, Yuli. I'll protect you, buddy." (AN: I can't really remember what happened there on that episode, but I do remember when Yuli said he was scared and clutched Ryo…it looked so cute)
Yuli opened his eyes. He wasn't a little kid anymore and he saw scarier things than what played on the news and in horror movies. He came face to face with fear. He wasn't going to be scared now. He had to remember how he had faith in the other ronin warriors and believed in them. It was an honor to be with them. Now he had to believe in himself. Yuli slid his arm around Rose.
"I'm scared!" she repeated. "I'm not cut out for this!"
"Don't be scared, Rose," Yuli said, "I'll protect you."
"Do you promise, Yuli?" Rose asked, sniffling.
"Promise."
"Aww, how sweet!" Gail teased. Beside her was Akira trying to keep from laughing.
"That was very nice, 'cus," Akira said, "I'm touched!" he sniffed and wiped a fake tear from his eye.
"Hey, cut it out!" Yuli shouted.
"Come back inside," Mia ordered, "now!"
"Sure, toots," Akira said, "anything you say!" he clicked his tongue and pointed his finger at her with his hand shaped like a gun. Yuli and Rose followed, hand in hand.
Gail groaned, "great, my twin brother's a stupid Romeo and my cousin is an uneducated body-builder! How could my only living relatives be boys that fall for girls? Ugh! Can anything else go wrong?"
"Excuse me, love," Sai said behind her, "you'll catch cold if you stand out here all night."
Gail stiffened at Sai's sweet, rich English accent. She blushed all over the place and turned around. She shivered, "you're right, burr, it's freezing out here!"
Sai wrapped his arm around her and brought her inside. "You are cold."
"Yuli," Mia said, "remember the jewel of life? We can use it to find the entrance to the Netherworld. You have it, don't you?"
"Sure I do," Yuli said, bringing his hand his neck, "I never take it," he felt that the jewel was not there, "off? Oh no, it's gone!"
"Yuli, where's the jewel?" Mia demanded. "How can you lose it?!"
"I don't know!" Yuli cried.
"Great, now my brother doesn't remember where he leaves things," Gail covered her face with her hand and shook her head.
"Wait, it must have fallen off in the battle," Yuli muttered, and his eyes went wide, "that must mean…oh, nooo! Aww, SHIT!"
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Snow Tulpa looked at the jewel of life again. He couldn't take his evil eyes off of it. "Prepare, Ronin Warriors, your doom awaits for you!" His evil laughed echoed throughout the cave and the entire Snow Netherworld. The frozen warlords, though they were nothing but a couple of statues, heard his plan and wanted nothing more than to stop him before it was too late. If only there was a way for them to break free. They couldn't even blink.
Someday, someday, each warlord thought, we'll show you just how good we really are.
To Be Continued…