You guys may be right, however now that you are almost caught
up with the Warlords in training, you will now need to train with them to form a team that
can work together. Old memories and arguments
must be pushed aside and new bonds must be forged over the old lines of distrust. You must all be able to trust each other to be
there when you need them most, and this will be a most difficult lesson to learn as you
all have been two separate factions long enough to know that this will not be easy to mend
the old tears in the possible alliances. The
warlords were staring at Mia but Anubis and the younger five kept eating as they listened
to Mia.
As Cye looked up at the four gaping warlords he commented. You guys are going to have to get used to
that. Silver Raven has a tendency of doing
that when you least expect it. But she knows
what she is talking about and she is drawing from Mia's memories and her knowledge of
the pasts of our armors to understand what has been making things difficult lately.
Kayura, Dais, Cale, and Sekmet all looked from the calmly eating guys
to Mia whose eyes were glowing an odd silvery color and back again before they decided
that it would probably be for the best that they did get used to Mia having some unusual
abilities in this meeting. As they returned
to their eating they looked up at Anubis and Sekmet asked. So how was it that you are back?? I mean you were very much dead when we last were able to fight together.
Let's Just say it was a case of need. White Blaze knew what was going on but could not
communicate that to well to the Ronins, and Mia did not have a clue about what was going
on. This time she was going to need all the
help she could get and Silver Raven knew that she trusted me as did most of the ronins and
so called me out of the spirit realm to help them in this fight.
This is not permanent, but it does feel good to be back, even under
the circumstances.
The Warlords all nodded at the explanation and as the meal continued
they discussed everything that happened and Mia used her ability of showing things like a
projector to help clarify certain situations. By
the time everyone had finished the Warlords were caught up on the news and there was a map
showing the places of the attacks spread out on the table. As they all looked at it, Dais walked around it and nodded.
Do you all see a pattern emerging here?? He looked around at the blank faces that looked
back at him. As the other three warlords
walked around the map they too began to see the pattern that was emerging. With smiles on their faces they asked Mia to reset
the map and place the dots that matched the battles in the order the battles were
fought.
As she complied comprehension dawned on the younger five warrior's
faces as they saw what Dais was getting at. Almost
all of the battles were being fought with in a block of the battles they had previously
fought the Warlords, and always the battle started to the North of the old battle site. Some one had been watching and planning very
carefully for this time, and that meant that they would also know about each of the Armor's
strengths and weaknesses in battle and what they all came together to form. All they could hope for now was that they did not
have some one in the Dynasty when they fought Kayura in the final battle and they would
have one little secret to hold as an ace.
The map disappeared and as they all sat back down at the table they
nodded to each other. This was serious and if
they all did not band together both the Dynasty and the Mortal realm could fall to the yet
un named evil.
Mia, why won't you tell us the name of the puppet-master
behind all of this? I mean if we know about
him then we can go after him and take him out that much sooner. Kento was trying to understand the strategy behind
the secrecy but as fate would have it, he was not having much luck.
Kento, I can not tell you who the puppet-master is because that
is something that you can not know until it is time. If you know too soon then you will all perish if you take it into your heads
that it would be good to take him out now. But
until then we have to weaken him. Find his
weak points because as we found out the hard way These ninja that we have been fighting have been trainedand trained
well. Mia was trying to put to words
why she could not tell with out giving too much away and the elder warriors respected
that. As Kento and Ryo looked about ready to
argue, Kayura stood up and headed for the back door.
I do not know about all of you, but Mia/Silver Raven mentioned
that we all needed to train together to learn to be the better team. I say we do it now while we have the chance to
train instead of waiting to be attacked to find out where we all fit into the team. As she stepped out of the door, Mia and Anubis
stood up and followed her leaving the rest to get up and follow at their own pace.
Hours after night had fallen, ten beaten, scraped, and bloody
warriors returned to the mansion with Mia to get their wounds tended. Mia had some minor cuts and bruises but they were
from tangling with Warlord/Ronin pairs that had chosen their own partners.
Dais and Kento came up with several strategies that left most of the
other teams wondering what hit them after Dais walked up to the groups and then unleashed
Kento's Iron Rock Crusher. As they ate
a path through the other teams the strategies were getting simpler but they were working. Dais was still surprised that the old pit them off
each other trick still worked to a certain degree, and usually Kento would mop up with his
sure-kill or Dais would tie them up in his webs to let them try to escape on their
own.
Ryo and Anubis were also one of the better brain/Brawn combinations
as raw skill was incorporated into the fights and they usually traded fighting partners
until the other team either wore down or just ended up getting severely singed by Ryo's
Flare Up Now Attack.
Rowen and Kayura seemed to be able to hear the other's thoughts
as they attacked and forced the other teams into splitting up then trading places to tie
them up. What surprised everyone though was
when Kayura used Quake With Fear, Rowen used his Sure Kill and they combined in the middle
to become one attack. The combined energy of
the attack held the captured team in a bind that took a very ticked off Sekmet's acid
to break.
As Sekmet and Cye were released from the double bind they found
themselves facing off with the last pair, Cale and Sage against Mia/Silver Raven. Cale and Sage like their respective sources still
were reconciling several problems when they literally ran into Mia. As she was in full armor she smiled at them and
flipped over them.
As they looked at where she was they noticed what was coming at them,
to late and were smashed into the tree line by one rather powerful Super wave Smasher
followed with no break in the flow by the armor eating Warlord of Venom's own
Strike.
As Cye and Sekmet helped Sage and Cale back up Sage noticed that
Sekmet's touch was healing Cale and the Armor of Corruption in a dull haze. As Sage accepted the apologies from the pair he
noted that the Venom Lord's hand was on his shoulder healing him in the same haze. As he looked at Sekmet in question he got his
answer.
Did you honestly think I could not find a way to get my own
venom to reverse its own effects?? The
somewhat sarcastic reply came as he was promptly tackled to the ground by the Warrior in
Green. As he was about to hit Sage for
attacking him Sage picked him up off the ground and pointed to the spot where they had all
4 been standing. Cale had tackled Cye and was
pointing to the large hole that was recently placed there.
As they all recognized Mia's handy work they focused on her and
as the five teams slowly coalesced into a rather formidable fighting force Mia smiled to
herself as she called a halt to the practice.
As they were bandaging each other up in a large circle each bandaging
the person next to them, Mia stood up and smiled. You
all did well, Next time you will all switch partners and learn about other skills that can
be used in battle. As you all started to come
together and fight me this evening you may have noticed that you all became stronger. You were feeding off each other's energy to
keep going. It is that very link that will
keep you fighting in a battle long after you should have been dead.
As you became stronger your attacks started to blend with the others
and as you gained strength and power and familiarity with these attacks you will find ways
of defeating the Ninja. Keep learning, you
will need all the knowledge you can get to battle these minions. Unlike the spirit cans of Talpa's dynasty,
these Ninja will be much harder to defeat and it will take everything you haveand
more to defeat them.
They all looked at each other and sighed. They still did not fully trust each other yet but they all knew that this was when it counted and now they had no choice but to do the impossible again.
Chapter 17 and still no end in sight....*grins* The RWs and respective characters are not mine. However Silver Raven and the SR Armor ideas are mine so Back off hehehe. QC&C is to be sent to Dragon Dagger