Ronin Warriors: Next Generation: Forever You Will Know Me

Ronin Warriors: Next Generation: Forever You Will Know Me

By: Shadow Chaser

Chapter 5

"Where is Sage?" was the first question at the table during brunch.

'It isn't like Sage to sleep this long,' Ryo thought, looking around suspiciously, as if some shadow soldier would pop out. Suddenly Rowen clutched his head in pain.

"Rowen! What's wrong?" Kareyn asked, looking at him.

Her eyes widened in surprise as she saw his kanji flaring brightly on his forehead.

"Something's wrong…with…Sage," Rowen managed to get out though clenched teeth.

Ryo and Kento immediately dashed up stairs.

* * *

Ryo ran up stairs and when he got to Sage's door, he stopped, making Kento crash into him from behind.

"Kamagati is here," Ryo said, feeling the evil presence engulfing the rooms.

"Sayli! Shino! Get Sama and Kaira up. They might fall under Kamagati's influence," Ryo yelled back down stairs.

There was a chorus of okays and Ryo opened the door to Sage's room, blocking his mind from Kamagati's influence. He stepped into Sage's room and was greeted by a gust of wind, blowing things everywhere.

"Ryo! Watch it man!" Kento yelled, shielding his eyes from debris.

Ryo rushed to Sage's bed and found him laying there unmoving. Sweat was beading down his head, and he looked like he was in a lot of pain.

"Sage! " Ryo shouted, hoping Sage could hear him.

"Hey Sage, wake up man!" Kento yelled.

"Fools! You cannot wake Halo up. He is already under my control!" Kamagati's voice filled the room.

She suddenly appeared, making Ryo and Kento turn around in surprise. Ryo did a double take, and blinked. Kamagati looked a lot like the mirror image of Kayura, but older, and more age wrinkles on her face.

"Now, you will suffer and fall under my command," Kamagati said, laughing as the winds picked up speed.

She pointed two fingers at them and blue lightning lanced off the them, catching both Kento and Ryo in the chest, sending them through the room wall and out into the front yard.

"Wildfire!" Ryo yelled as he transformed into his sub-armor.

"Hardrock!" Kento yelled.

Ryo glanced up as he landed. Kamagati stood on the edge of the broken wall, then jumped out into mid air.

"Star Swords Scream! Hear the cry of the heavens!" Kamagati yelled, and Ryo saw the familiar purple lightning converge on him and Kento.

Ryo felt pain enter throughout his body, and screamed. He was thrown up into the air, then dropped to the ground. He laid on the ground, stunned from the sure-kill.

"Ryo, we've got to armor up," Kento said, struggling to move his unwilling arms and legs.

"Vengeance of Fears!" Kamagati pointed the Starlight Swords at Ryo and Kento, and two red tendrils grabbed on to them, sending electricity at them.

"Get away from my father!" Sayli yelled, her Wildfire swords blazing, as she struck at Kamagati.

"And the first of the C-Ronins gets caught in the web. Oh and it's their leader," Kamagati said sweetly as another red tendril wrapped onto Sayli throat.

Sayli choked as she was thrown to the ground, near the two other Ronins. She screamed in pain as electricity ran though her and suddenly, her eyes became a shining white color. Kamagati grinned, savoring the pain that the three were experiencing.

"Let my friends go," a voice said behind her and she spun around to face Sama, dressed in the Halo-Conjunction armor.

'Shit! I forgot about the other Halo,' Kamagati thought as she felt furious anger boil in her. She hated Halo because he was just about practically the only one that could ever defeat her.

"Well, you seem to be a sight for sore eyes," Kamagati commented as she looked him over.

"I may not have as much strength as before, but I can still defeat you," Sama said, holding his no-daichi in a classic en guarde position.

"I'll see about that," Kamagati said, as she put the Starlight Swords away and took out a similar no-daichi to the Halo armor; she saw the rest of the Ronins and C-Ronins assembled behind Sama, "Shadow soldiers! I call upon you to help me! Attack and destroy!"

Sama charged though the shadow soldiers, intent on taking out Kamagati for hurting his dad and his friends. 'She knows that I am the only one of the group that could defeat her, so I've got to keep my guard up,' Sama thought as he brought his no-daichi up to slash at her.

"You fight foolishly, but bravely. I commend you," Kamagati said as she crossed swords with Sama, "come to my side, and we both will fight for what is right."

'She's actually proposing to me? Man, that is one crazy warlord, or is it warlordess. Ah hell, just give it up and fight,' Sama thought, as he prepared his sure-kill.

"You actually believe I would desert my friends? Gotta think again missy. Lightning Slash!" Sama yelled, as he jumped high in the air and launched himself at Kamagati.

"You fool! Diablo Strike!" Kamagati yelled as she launched herself at Sama.

Both collided in mid-air, sending sparks of lightning and black-lightning everywhere. The friction of the two sent them blasting apart.

"Sama!" Kaira yelled, as she saw him not moving, under the tree.

Using her armor's bubble she landed next to him.

"Sama! You alright?" Kaira asked, placing her hand over his.

"For once, you actually care," Sama said through closed eyes, and winced as pain shot though.

"You stay there, I'll take care of that bitch," Kaira said, and stood up in front of Sama, facing the approaching Kamagati.

"Kaira, watch out! She's got one hell of a punch in her sword!" Rowen cautioned, blocking a few shadow soldiers' staffs and sabers, while launching a couple of arrows into their chests.

'I know, just gotta watch where she points that thing,' Kaira said silently to herself. She reached a hand to the pack in the back of her armor and a golden energy arrow launched into her hand.

Pulling back the string and arrow she yelled, "GALE FORCE!!"

The golden arrow sailed towards Kamagati and was sure to hit, when she caught it, and tossed it away.

"Pity, such a shame for a nice arrow. DIABLO STRIKE!!" Kamagati yelled as she sent a stream of black-lightning at Kaira.

Kaira looked dumbfounded. 'How did she catch my arrow?' she wondered, then she noticed the black-lightning coming towards her and instinctively reacted by bringing up her bow and it took the lightning, absorbing it.

"It looks like you attack didn't work," Kaira said, grinning.

"It wasn't meant for that," Kamagati said, and twitched a finger.

The Strata bow broke in half. 'What? But, how?' Kaira thought as she looked at the two pieces laying in her hands, which were once the remnant of the C-Ronin Strata bow. 'Lady Kayura said that no force could break these mystical weapons,' she thought.

"Now, this one is for you," Kamagati said as she prepared to do her sure-kill again.

Kaira let the pieces of the bow drop and she took out two thick snake shaped swords.

"A warrior never comes unarmed," Kaira said.

"Kaira, need help?" Kareyn said, running to her side.

"Nope, got what I need here," Kaira said, her gaze hardening on Kamagati.

"What are you going to do with those, make me bleed?" Kamagati taunted.

"Kaira…watch out," Sama weakly said.

"Precisely, I'm gonna make you bleed," Kaira said angrily, and pressed a button on the handle of her swords.

They suddenly turned into multiple swords, like a fan-sword.

"Whoa, what the hell are those," Kareyn commented, checking out her weapons.

"My back up," Kaira replied and charged at Kamagati, who was standing still from surprised.

'Shadow Lord, you never told me that the C-Ronin of Strata had those kind of weapons!' Kamagati mentally communicated with Shadow as she tried to block the savage slashes Kaira was giving her. 'I told you Kamagati, watch out for the C-Ronins. They have hidden weapons, now come back, and strike tonight as planned. You've done well,' Shadow said telepathically back to her. A bright yellow beam of light shone on Kamagati and the soldiers and they disappeared.

"Run, away while you can crap-head! You'll never survive me again!" Kaira shouted at the yellow beam.

She pressed the same button and the swords retracted. Giving them a twirl, she stuck them back into her leg holsters.

"Everyone alright?" Kareyn called out to the ones on the battlefield, taking over for Ryo.

"Depends on what you could count as alright," Sage's voice said, as he helped Ryo, Sayli and Kento up, looking a bit haggard himself in his pajamas.

"Oh, I think I broke a leg," Sama moaned from the near by tree.

"You baka! Just trying to butter me up right? I know already that you liked me Sama Date," Kaira said, glaring at Sama as she helped him up.

"Who spilled it?" Sama asked, looking at the boys of the group.

"Who cares," Kaira said and kissed him full on the lips.

"Go Kaira!" Hiro yelled.

Rowen and Sage looked at each other in surprise, both faces mirroring, 'hey, who knew?'

Suddenly there was a flash of purple light and Lady Kayura appeared, looking the worst for wear.

"Lady Kayura!" Kareyn exclaimed, surprised at how she looked.

"I escaped from Shadow Lord. He's got the other three future-warlords. It's not good, guys. Shadow Lord is planning a major assault," Kayura said, then the fainted from exhaustion.

* * *

"My that was fun," Kamagati said as she sharpened her Diablo swords against a stone grinder.

"I am proud of you," Raven said, stroking her hair.

"Hmm, you should be, after all, who's there for you when you are at battle?" Kamagati said, smiling as she moved her swords across the grinder, sending sparks in the air.

"Shadow Lord said to let Lady Kayura go. She does not know of any plans, but they will be on guard tonight, so you will have no trouble striking," Raven replied, turning her around from her work.

"Yes, after I get Halo, Strata and Elements then I will go after my traitorous sister," Kamagati said with deep fierceness.

"But there is still time. Come let us explore what is in this realm," Raven said, taking her hands and guiding her out of the small room.

* * *

"How is Lady Kayura?" Mia asked Kareyn as she walked down stairs and into the living room.

"She's resting. I healed her to the max. She should be fine in a couple of hours," Kareyn replied, plopping herself next to Rowen.

Kareyn noticed that Kento, Sage, Ryo and Sayli all looked sullen and sad.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"She deliberately delved into our minds and ripped our worst fears out!" Ryo said suddenly angry.

"Hey, chill Ryo," Cye spoke up.

Ryo cast a scathing glance at him, "You think I should chill? Huh, you think Cye, I should just forget about it? I had to see my father get killed again by a lion! You think I should just forget what she did?"

"I'm not implying…" Cye began.

"Well, it seems like your implying. I'm going out for fresh air," Ryo said, and walked out of the house.

"That went well," Sage said, and Mia glanced worriedly at the door Ryo left though.

* * *

'I can't believe she did that!' Ryo thought angrily as he kicked a small stone down the sidewalk path.

"Kamagati! I swear, you will pay for this!" Ryo yelled into the sky.

There was a tiger roar and Ryo turned around to see White Blaze running after him.

"Hey, Blaze. Did Mia send you?" Ryo asked the tiger as it stopped in front of him.

White Blaze gave a tiger's equivalent of a nod, and rubbed against Ryo's leg.

"Yeah, I shouldn't have overreacted back there, but I just hate it when I have to re-live something I don't want to re-live. You getting my drift White Blaze?" Ryo asked, hoping that he didn't confused the tiger.

White Blaze just looked at him, and seemed to be listening.

"Come on, let's go, before the guys think I've been attacked by a dark-warlord or shadow soldiers," Ryo said and started walking back.

* * *

"Oh, I'm so hungry! When is dinner gonna be ready?" Kento whined for the sixth time, and his stomach suddenly growled in agreement.

"Yeah, me too," Hiro voiced his agreement.

"You guys, if you don't shut your mouth up none of you will get any food!" Shino said, popping his head from the kitchen door then back in.

Sage sighed looking at the two human garbage disposals with weariness. At that moment, Rowen decided to move his chess pieces in a brilliant strategy.

"Check mate," Rowen declared, grinning at Sage, who turned his attention back to the game.

"Hey, no fair," Sage exclaimed, studying the pieces for any escape routes for his king.

"My turn," Kaira said, and shooed Sage away from his seat, taking it for her own.

"Alright, bet two dollars that Kaira will win against Rowen," Sama said to Kento.

"Your on," Kento said, pulling two bucks from his wallet.

'Good they're preoccupied, time for me to make my move,' Kamagati thought as she saw the Ronins/C-Ronins gathered around to see the match. She moved silently through the back door, as if she was invisible. 'I've just gotta love my armor, gives me power to become invisible and move through anything!' she thought as she prepared to blow some of the sleeping powder onto Shino, who was turning off the stove. 'Time to say nighty night C-Torrent!' Kamagati thought as she put some powder in her palm and blew it in his direction. She grinned evilly as Shino dropped to the ground, out cold.

* * *

"SHINO! Where is the dinner! I'm about to eat all the furniture up!" Hiro complained.

There was no answer.

"Shino?!" Hiro asked again.

There was still no answer.

"Something's wrong," Sama and Sage said at the same time, looking at the kitchen door.

All the Ronins/C-Ronins looked up from the game, all their eyes registered was cautiousness.

"Kamagati is here," Sage said, standing up, his eyes taking in everything.

"Very perceptive Halo, too bad you won't be able to stop me," Kamagati's voice filled the air, making hairs stand up on the back of Sage's neck.

Sage looked in the living room carefully. He looked for any traces of evil. Suddenly his eyes focused on one of the support beams near the kitchen door.

"She's over there," Sama said, pointing to where Sage was looking; he had also spotted where the Warlord of Fears was.

"Good eyes. Now say good night," Kamagati said, and Sage saw some kind of power float towards them.

"Sleeping powder, don't breathe it in!" Ryo exclaimed.

Sage tried not to breathe, but suddenly his head felt light, and dizziness swam all over. He collapsed on the ground and the last thing he saw before darkness came over was Kamagati stand above him, laughing her heart out.

* * *

Ryo awoke to a wet tongue licking his face.

"Alright, okay White Blaze I'm awake!" Ryo said, and shooed the tiger off of him.

He looked around and saw that the others were starting to come back to the land of conciousness.

"Everyone alright?" Ryo asked.

"I feel like hell," Kaira commented, looking around, "hey? Where's my future parents and Sage?"

"Damn! Kamagati must have taken them while where sleeping our heads off," Kento said.

"Yeah, and while you guys were off in la-la land, Shino and me were dusting off the leftovers," Cye said, coming from the front door, dressed in his armor.

"How did you get up so quick?" Sayli asked.

"Powder dissolves quickly in water," Shino said, looking at his bloody trident with disgust.

"We've got to get to the Nether Realm and find them. Hope it isn't too late," Ryo said, helping Mia get to her feet.

"I'll try to get a portal open, but it will be hard, since Shadow Lord's presence has made the barrier stronger," Kayura said, coming down stairs.

* * *

"Here are the ones you requested, my lord," Kamagati said, and three guards unceremonsly dumped Rowen, Sage and Kareyn on to the ground in front of Shadow.

"Good, Kamagati. You've done well. Your reward is an upgrade of new weapons of mass destruction," Shadow Lord said and waved her away.

Shadow Lord looked at his three prisoners, and grinned.

"You won't get away with this!" Kareyn yelled, and one of the guards hit her in the stomach, making her double over in pain.

"You three are the ones that will bring me ultimate victory!" Shadow Lord said and laughed.

Rowen looked over to Raven, who glared at him under his faceplate. 'We've gotta get out of here,' Rowen thought.

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To: people who want to read this

From: Shadow Chaser-the one who will haunt your dreams.

Message: Alright, the disclaimer thing. Ronin Warriors/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers do not belong to me; they belong to Nagoya and Sunrise Inc. My characters that I created belong to me and if you want to use them ask nicely. Also, this is just a tidbit reminder: school once again starts tomorrow and the teachers are going to give me hell, so chapter production will be slowing down. Read on and enjoy! Also, tell me how you like the chapter! I need feedback!