The Dark Dragon has arrived
The Dark Dragon has arrived
Chapter 4
By: Lady Korin

Shannon came out of her last class and looked around for Ashley. She sighed when she didn't see her. Shannon continued on towards her locker and then started getting her books and things out to take with her to Mia's house. As she got her things, her thoughts wondered back several days.
I can't believe I'm a Lady Ronin. If anybody had told me my life would change so much over the past few days, I would have laughed at them. Now though, I am fighting with the Ronin Warriors to save this world from a new evil. To top it all off my best friend is also a Lady Ronin.
Shannon shook her head and looked at her watch. She had to find Ashley and hurry up if she was going to make it to Mia's house on time. She shut her locker door and starting walking down the now deserted hallway. Shannon just happened to look down the hallway to the right of her and she saw Ashley talking to a few of their classmates. She turned and walked up to her friend.
"Hey Ashley, I've been looking for you."
Ashley jumped slightly when Shannon suddenly appeared behind her. She turned around and said, "Hi Shannon. I was wondering where you were at." Shannon saw the expression on her friend's face when she turned around and had to keep from laughing. It was along the lines of 'I'd rather jump of a cliff then be talking to them right now'. Shannon grabbed Ashley's arm and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt Carrie, but Ashley has an appointment to keep. If she doesn't get going she's going to be late."
"I'll talk to you later Carrie." Ashley said as she took off after Shannon.
After both girls got far enough away from Carrie and her friends, Shannon said, "What did they want?"
"They were bugging me to see if I was going to the dance this weekend." Ashley said making a face at the thought of going to the dance.
"I forgot about it." Shannon replied.
Ashley looked at her friend a minute and then she looked at her watch.
"We better get going if we want to make to Mia's in time."
They were heading towards Ashley's house, when Shannon said, "Hey Ashley, What do you think of all that has happened?"
Ashley thought for a moment before she answered.
"Honestly it's still a little confusing, but I'm glad that I can do something to fight for this world, rather then sitting around never knowing what's happening. I think we will be able to defeat this evil. We just need to find the last two Lady Ronins."
"I have to agree with you on most of that." Shannon said.
They walked in silence for a short distance more until they heard, "Well, What do we have here?"
They both turned around to see a young man in white and sky blue armor holding twin katanas. They looked around and discovered that they were surrounded by Dynasty soldiers. They turned back to the armor figured and Shannon said, "Who are you?"
"My name is Black Hawk and I am here to destroy you." He said stepping towards the two of them.
Black Hawk suddenly lunged at Shannon and Ashley and they both jumped out of the way. When he turned towards them again, they both had their subarmor on.
"Shannon, you take care of the Dynasty soldiers. I handle him." Ashley said watching Black Hawk carefully.
Shannon nodded and said, "Be careful."

Black Hawk watched in amusement as Shannon went after the Dynasty soldiers while Ashley stayed behind.
"You honestly think you will be able to defeat me on your own." He said.
"Try me." Ashley replied.
Black Hawk lunged at Ashley and she quickly dodged his attack. He whirled around quickly and brought one of his swords down at Ashley, she just barely managed to block the attack. She dodged his second sword and then kicked him in the chest. He backed up a short distance and laughed.
"Is that all you've got?"

Shannon was taking out the Dynasty soldiers, but she was slowly being outnumbered. She took out another Dynasty soldier and dodged another attack from one other soldier. She heard Black Hawk and Ashley fighting behind and she took out the soldier behind her in time for her to hear Black Hawk say, "Is that all you got?"
"Ashley. We need our armor!" Shannon yelled to Ashley.
"Ashley nodded and said, "Let's do it!"

"Armor of Earth, Dao Chi!"

"Armor of Ice, Dao Chi!"

After they both transformed, Shannon went after the soldiers and Ashley attacked Black Hawk, who dodged her attack. He jumped back out of the way and said, "So you're finally getting serious. It's about time."

Shannon decided to take out the rest of the Dynasty soldiers with her surekill.
"Earth Divide!" Shannon said as she thrust one end of her joined swords into the ground. The ground began to shake and spilt in half. The Dynasty soldiers were destroyed instantly. Shannon looked around for a second to make sure all the Dynasty soldiers were gone before she ran over and joined Ashley.
"Enough! Playtime's over." He said.
Black Hawk placed his two swords together and then began to spin them.
"Whirlwind howl!"
After he said that, a huge gust of air blew around both of the Lady Ronins and began to spin increasingly faster. Shannon and Ashley were attempting to stay on their feet. Both of them were thrown into a building behind them. Ashley recovered before Shannon and she held out her hand. A bright ice blue ball of energy appeared in her hands.
"Arctic Blast!"
The ball of energy flew towards Black Hawk, who fired pure dark energy at Ashley. Both attacks collided in mid air and exploded. Shannon and Ashley covered their eyes from the blast. When they looked up, Black Hawk was gone and several of the nearby buildings had been destroyed in the blast.
"Where did he go?" Shannon said looking around.
"I don't know." Ashley replied.
They were still looking when they heard an evil laugh fill the air.
"I'm not through with you just yet, Lady Ronins. This was just a test. I will be back to finish you off."
Shannon and Ashley looked at each other and willed their armor and subarmor away.
"Let's get going. We better tell Ryo and the others about this." Shannon said as she took off running. Ashley followed her. They never saw a silent figure watching them from the shadows. This person was wearing black and purple armor and was holding a sword. A black panther was next to this person and they watched the others leave the area.
"So they are both Lady Ronins. I will have to reveal myself soon Onyx. Come on."
The person stepped out of the shadows revealing a teenager with dark black hair and dark brown eyes. She looked to be about the same age as Shannon and Ashley. She also had a small pendant hanging around her neck and it was identical to the other Lady Ronins' pendants. She turned and headed away from the direction the other two had taken.

"Kento, where do you think you are going?"
"I'm heading to the kitchen for a snack. Want something?"
"Kento, you just ate dinner an hour ago!"
"I know, Cye. I'm still hungry though." Kento whined as he replied.
Ryo, Rowen and Sage backed away from the two and quickly made their way to the living room. They had just walked in, when they heard Tanya join in the argument and a moment later Cye appeared in the living room with them. Cye just looked at them and said, "It's safer in here."
A few minutes later a very hungry Kento and a very pissed off looking Tanya walked into the room with Mia behind them. She didn't look very happy, either. At about that time both Shannon and Ashley arrived at the house. Shannon opened the door and they both walked in the house. They entered the living room and watched the others wondering what had happened.
"Do we even want to know what happened?" Shannon said breaking the silence.
All the Ronins and Mia jumped slightly and turned to look at her.
"No you don't." Mia replied.
Ashley shook her head and then said, "Sorry, we were late. We ran into a slight problem on the way here."
"What happened?" Rowen asked.
"We were on our way to Ashley's house, when one of the warlords appeared. He said his name was Black Hawk and he was wearing white and sky blue armor. We fought him and the Dynasty soldiers. He disappeared after the fight and said that this was just a test for the Lady Ronins. He also said he would be back to finish the job." Shannon said.
"That would be the third warlord to fight any of us. We will have to keep an eye out for him. I wonder what he meant by saying that that was just a test." Sage said.
"Where did the attack take place?" Rowen asked.
Shannon told him and he looked up sharply and said, "That's were Mika lives."
Ashley looked at Rowen and said, "Who's Mika?"
"Her name is Mika Hiroshi. She goes to school with us." Cye said.
"Yeah and she's the only girl to completely ignore Sage." Kento said laughing.
"Kento! Shut up!" Sage said as he glared at Kento.
Everyone else started laughing at the two and Sage just ignored Kento's teasing.
"How about we all meet at our school tomorrow? We will introduce you to Mika and ask her if she saw anything." Rowen said.
Shannon and Ashley nodded.
"Sounds good to us." Ashley replied.
They spent the rest of the evening talking about who and where the other two Lady Ronins could be. Shannon and Ashley had to leave later and they promised to meet the others at their school.

The next day Shannon and Ashley arrived at the guy's school and saw Ryo, Cye, Kento, Tanya and Sage standing around outside the school. They walked over to the others, when Shannon noticed Rowen was missing.
"Hey guys. Where's Rowen?"
"He's right there." Ryo said pointing.
Ashley and Shannon looked over to where he was pointing. They saw Rowen walking towards them with a girl that had dark black hair and dark brown eyes. Rowen noticed them and waved. He walked over with the girl and said, "This is Mika Hiroshi. Mika, these are the friends I was telling you about. This Shannon O'Connor and Ashley Callahan."
Mika smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you. Rowen said you wanted to ask me about something?"
Before either of them had a chance to say anything Ryo said, "We were wondering if anything happened around where you lived yesterday."
Mika looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah, apparently there was an explosion of some sort. It took out several buildings. I didn't see what happened, though."
Rowen nodded and said, "We were heading to the park a couple streets over. Would you like to come with us?"
Mika shook her head and said, "I'd like to, but I can't. I have a few things to do tonight. I'll talk to you all later, though. It was nice meeting you."
Mika then turned headed down the street towards where she lived.
They all gathered up their things and Sage said, "Shall we be going?"

They arrived at the park and were talking or working on homework, when a cold breeze blew through the park. They all looked around and saw nothing, but they could feel dark energy in the park.
"So we have all the warriors in one spot this time. This should be fun." A voice said.
Shannon jumped to her feet, along with Ashley, and said, "Where are you Black Hawk?"
"Right here, Lady Ronin."
Black Hawk appeared above the table and they all jumped away from it. They put their subarmor on and Ryo said, "So you're the one that attacked them yesterday."
Black Hawk just looked at the Ronin leader with indifference and said, "Of course. Now it is time to finish the job."
He called forth the Dynasty soldiers and the battle began. Black Hawk watched the battle for a short time, before he went after Rowen and Sage. He charged up his attack and said, "Whirlwind howl!" Rowen and Sage where both caught in the cyclone and then they where both thrown in the trees behind them.
"Rowen! Sage!" Ryo said.
"Are you alright?" Cye asked.
"We'll be fine." Sage said as him and Rowen got to their feet.
"I think it's time we got serious." Rowen said.
"Let's get armed!" Ryo said.

"Armor of Ice!"

"Armor of Torrent!"

"Armor of Hardrock!"

"Armor of Earth!"

"Armor of Halo!"

"Armor of Strata!"

"Armor of the Typhoon!"

"Armor of Wildfire. Dao Chi!"

The Ronins and Lady Ronins put their armor on and Black Hawk just watched them.
"You're going down Black Hawk!" Ryo said as he drew his Wildfire swords.
"Just try it Ronins. If you have the guts." Black Hawk replied.
Within seconds they were fighting the rest of the Dynasty soldiers and Rowen and Sage were fighting Black Hawk. Sage attacked Black Hawk and while Sage held him, Rowen shot an arrow at him. Black Hawk knocked Sage out of the way and charged up an attack.
"You will pay for that Strata. Storm Winds Rage!!"
"Arrow Shock Wave!!"
Both Rowen and Black Hawk sent their attacks at each other. Rowen's attack wasn't strong enough though. Black Hawk's attack went through his.
"Rowen look out!" Ashley cried out.
Before anyone had a chance to do anything, another attack hit Black Hawk's and they exploded. Black Hawk looked around and said, "Who did that!?"
"I did."
Everyone turned to look at the newcomer and saw that she was dressed in black and purple armor and was holding a sword in her hand. There was a black panther standing next to her. The symbol for the Dragon was on her armor.
Black Hawk looked at her and said, "It can't be. You are the lady Ronin of the Armor of the Dragon."
He attacked her and she said, "Whirlwind Kick!"
She knocked him back and he went to charge his attack again, when she said, "Dragon Slash!" Multiple ribbons of light surrounded him and then exploded. When everyone could see again, Black Hawk had disappeared.
Mika looked surprised for a second before she said, "I did it. Who said a girl couldn't be a warrior."
Rowen looked at the girl and said, "Mika!?"
She turned and looked at him before she said, "Rowen? It that you?"
"Yeah, it's me and the others as well."
They all powered down their armor and Sage said, "Who would have thought you were a Lady Ronin."
"I can say the same to you as well, Sage." Mika replied sarcastically.
"Have you known you were a Lady Ronin?" Ryo asked.
"I've only known for a short time. It was about the same time the new Dynasty showed up in this world."
"I see. Well now we only need to find the last Lady Ronin." Rowen said.
"Do you know anything about her, Mika?" Cye asked.
"No, I don't." Mika replied.
"The last Lady Ronin. She is the Lady Ronin of the Armor of Lightning." Sage said as they watched a bolt of lightning flash across the sky in the distance.


Also, Mika Hiroshi was created by Tatsu and I'm just borrowing her for this fic.