The Ninja were disappearing now and staying away from the battle
scene. The ones that had been disbanded never
returned now. The Obajan was now in a world
of his own fighting against Mia/SilverRaven, the battle though fierce seemed to be in Mia's
favor as she was relentless.
As the guys all now had a chance to glance over to her once in a
while, they all had a chance to see the will if the indomitable woman they had all known
for the past few years now. What they saw
amazed them as they now saw in action the very thing that made Talpa's fall a
reality.
Sekmet, Dais and Cale all nodded and renewed their pledges to guard
the earth realm from the Dynasty. Kayura
looked at her friends and nodded as she saw the renewal of the flames in their eyes as
they fought harder, faster and better then they had. ~Nothing like a shot of pride to help a battle go along.~
Anubis was busy keeping the stray ninja out of the fight between the
Ninja Masters. He knew that Mia would be able
to take care of them, but he wanted her to be able to focus on the final battle. There would be no return this time from the dead
for this demon. Mia had pledged that silently
with Anubis one evening before the battle and she intended to keep it.
Ryo, Rowen, Kento, Cye and Sage all knew that Mia was tough in
everything that she had been through, but they never realized that she had this kind of an
iron will to hold out this long in a battle with out folding. They knew that she would not give up, and not
having to watch out for Yulie this time around made things easier for her to fight.
There was an air about the battle of victory for the Ronins and
Warlords. The combined attacks were becoming
easier for them all and they all knew that should they get in a bind that one of the
others would be there shortly to watch their backs as they fought on.
The color of the void was no longer gray as the blood and the auras changed its colors. Reds, greens, blues, purples, pinks, browns, blacks, and oranges colored the landscape now as the fighting energies bled into the fabric of the reality. Changing it from a void to a panorama of color and sound as weapons and sure-kills were used.
As the battle narrowed down to the battle between Mia and the Obajan,
the silence was a welcome sound. Mia was able
to focus more energy into what she was doing and her fighting style constantly changed. The changing style elicited respect from the
Obajan, but in the end he still planned to kill her and take over the Mortal realm as his
own.
Mia had to win. As she fought she knew that the lives of her friends, old and new, depended on it. Almost to fast for the human eye to follow, she led the Obajan in a dance that was beautiful as it was deadly. One wrong move would mean certain death on one or the other. The sure-kills had been used and the hand to hand was flawless as they fought for everything they believed in. Blood marred the floors and with the footing precarious they did what they could to keep their footing and still kill the other.
Gone was the fancy fighting and high skills. It was down to bloody hit for hit fighting and
damned was the one that quit the field. Hits
landed and missed and both warriors were cut, bleeding limping and in some places missing
pieces of their armor completely. This was
the final battle.
As Mia saw her opening to finally finish off the weakened Ninja
master she gathered her energies. In that
pause the Obajan collapsed slightly and gasped out in pain and breathlessness. Hold Ninja master!
Mia stopped the preparation for her sure kill and looked at the young
looking Ninja before her. Why do you
call for me to hold? You know that the price
of this battle is. Mia's odd
resonating tone was condemning and completely devoid of mercy. Mia had lost many of her friends to these demon
incursions. Both when Talpa invaded and when
the Obajan killed her friends to get to her at the college.
She felt no mercy to such a demon and instinctively she knew that he
would never reform. Still, she listened to
him. Something told her that this might be
important and so she paused and listened and respond.
SilverRaven, you know that I was once the cruel master that
harmed all I saw. Beauty meant nothing to me
and you knew that I would eventually return to this world to reclaim my ancient lineage
and rights.
It was never your right to rule as a Tyrant. Had you been a beneficent ruler. I would have never bothered you. But you were not, and I know you for what you
really are. You are forever condemned. Mia hissed out in a tone that took every one by
surprise.
Mia readied her No-daitchi again for the sure-kill. She had hatred on her features and all who saw her
were afraid. They knew how many friends she
had buried, and that she was remembering every one of them now as she readied for a
sure-kill that would forever deny the demon ninja master life in this realm.
The Obajan looked at Mia and knew that the time was now. With her and the spirit distracted with the
necessary moment to gather the energies for what would be his death blow it would be easy
for him to kill her. Her friends would be
next.
Taking the short blade that he always held for such occasions, he
sprung at the distracted ninja warrior. The
movement was so smooth and graceful that none of the warriors there could react in time to
prevent it.
Mia screamed out in pain as the knife struck true to her heart. She brought the battle sword down on the ninja, but only managed a glancing blow as her strength faded. Her armor flickered and vanished to the sub armor. As she collapsed to the ground dead, she never saw the explosion that ripped them all out of the void and back into the Earth realm.
The Ronins are not mine. Nor will they be anytime soon unless i get incredibly lucky ;) SilverRaven is mine to take care of so be warned hehehe Flames QC&C all go to Dragon Dagger