Kento was exhausted; he had been fighting for hours now and had taken
out more ninja in that time with the others than they had ever though that there could be. Yet slowly they were making their way through the
enormous numbers and to the front of the groupings.
Mia had disappeared at some point during the struggle and as Kento
and Cye came in contact with the other members of the group they learned that Mia had not
been seen since about an hour into the battle. Now
they were worried because not only were the odds stacked incredibly against them, the
person that knew what was going on was now missing and could possibly have been
captured.
~Damnit where is she, We could really use her help about now.~ Three more shuriken imbedded themselves into Ryo's
armor and he was thankful that the small metal bits were usually meant as a distraction in
combat like this. He did not see the ninja
bearing the ninjato behind him until Kayura managed to get under the shot to block it with
the Kusari-gama. They nodded to each other
and Ryo yelled out,
The Ronins and Warlords all heard him and took to the air as Kayura
cut loose with QUAKE WITH FEAR and
at the same time Dais in another area cried WEB OF DECEPTION The resulting thousands of ninjas that were caught
in the wake of both attacks were slaughtered as Cale, Ryo, Sage, Kento, Rowen, Cye and
Sekmet all unleashed their sure kills on the ensnared ninja.
The resounding quiet of the thousands less ninja stirred the warriors
to actions and they Ran in the direction where they felt a huge energy that was far darker
than anything Talpa had produced. As they
ran they could feel that power flux as if in battle and the others could only assume that
Mia had somehow gotten through the ninja and to the Obajan.
The ninja came back slower this time and twenty or thirty at a time
so that it was easy for the running Warrior to form a line and as they ran just mow the
mindless shadow warriors over and out of existence. They
were all tired and their armors were pitted, smoking, charred and in some places missing
all together. They could not afford to armor
down to recharge as the battle was still on and they knew that with out their armors they
would be no match for the ninja, no matter what the state of their armor was in.
Running forward they caught each other as wounds closed too slowly
and tripped them up. Mia was ahead of them
and they could feel the SilverRaven armor and Mia in their tandem effort of brains and
brawn fighting that Mia preferred. As they
cleared the last grove of trees and ninja they were treated to a scene of exceptional
energy and ugliness.
Mia/SilverRaven fought with everything she had and was still getting
her ass handed to her. The Obajan was a ninja
that was smaller than Mia and as they fought Mia saw them and nodded silently. They looked behind her and saw that White Blaze
was out of the fight with a long slash down the length of his side.
White Blaze!! Ryo
leapt forward and the unexpected movement caught the Ninja Obajan off guard enough that it
earned a long double slice to mirror the one that White Blaze had. What surprised them all was that no blood spouted
from the wound. Instead the wound just seemed
to ooze together and close. Mia looked at the
shocked warriors and was quickly reminded of the battle that she had to focus on.
The others took shots in where they could as the battle was fast. Anubis could feel that Mia was growing weary and
knew that the other warriors would as well. Mia
would not last much longer unless someone did something. WEB OF DECEPTION!! The
Obajon was trapped but as it sliced out of the webs easily Dais' attack was complete
and as he took advantage of the Obajan's momentary moment of focus change and instead
of one Mia, there were many running about the Obajon taking shots and acting just like Mia
in battle.
As the Obajan started towards the ronins they realized that Dais had
given them the perfect opportunity to attack the Obajan and get involved in the fight. They fought with renewed purpose and then they saw
Kento fall.
Rowen looked to his friend and saw that a short tanto had pierced his
armor and that he was bleeding from the wound. As
he rolled his buddy over carefully it revealed the distraction that served to get the
Tanto in. A well-aimed suriken clipped him in
the neck and his larynx showed to the daylight. Rowen
stayed with Kento and Kayura charged to the fore and leapt to the sky.
Rowen's bow came to his hand from its place on his back and
snapped open.
Kayura swung the Kusari-gama and called out QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!
and threw the weighted claw.
Drawing an arrow from the quiver he aimed carefully and let the
energy gather about him at the focus point of the arrow.
The chains exploded from the ground catching the Obajan in its
restricting tangle. The others jumped out of
the way.
The energy was at its highest level ever when Rowen cried out,
releasing the pent up energy with practiced ease.
The blast of intensified energy hit the Obajan square on and not only
knocked it clear out of the chains, but started to char the little bits of armor that the
Ninja did wear. As the blast stopped and the
light faded everyone was shocked to see the Obajan still standing. Not only standing but it started laughing as well
the odd dual tone making it impossible for the warriors to tell if it was male or a female
that they fought.
Foolish warriors. When will you all learn that I can never be destroyed. As the Obajan turned to Mia. And SilverRaven, I see you have found your precious Ronins and a body to inhabit as well. You and your Ways are DEAD! Now is the time for the True Ninja!! As the Obajan leapt at Mia/SilverRaven, they both disappeared as Mia was to be hit leaving nine Warriors to wonder where they had gone.
Ronins are not mine. SilverRaven is. Tread lightly lest White Blaze get ya heh. :) QC&C are to be directed at Dragon Dagger