Chapter two:



"Armor of the Firestorm Dao Jin!!!" Kira was instantly wrapped in bolts of silk and cherry blossoms and when she came out of her transformance, she was wearing a red armor suit much like Ryo's, only hers had streaks of lightning that chased around her figure as she moved. The Kanji of Compassion glowed on her breastplate in gold. Her twin katanas flashed in the low lamplight. The Firestorm would burn anyone who did not have a pure heart. Thus, Damien would have to find another way to retrieve her since he could not even get close to her. The heat coming off of her armor was intense, more so than the Inferno Armor.



Ryo regained conscience just then; looking at the girl in surprise as she powered up. The next thing he knew the girl was standing protectively in front of his still form in full battle armor, egging the one called Damien on.



Kira did not realize that Ryo was awake until she felt his pain arch across her mind link to him. She gasped in surprise at the pain he was in. There was more to this than what Damien had dished out, as she suspected. "Damn, I need to heal him, but that would mean that I would be defenseless against this creature." Kira looked over at Ryo and slowly began to walk toward him, lowering her body temperature as she did so. She stopped several feet away, unsure if she should go any farther. She had been warned that only the true at heart could withstand Firestorm's heat, but Ryo did not even appear to be fazed. "Of course, since his armor is the Wildfire, he can withstand my heat as well." This proved without a shadow of a doubt to Kira that Ryo was indeed the one that she had been searching for, ever since she was but four years old and Ryo was six.



Kira smiled fondly down at him, knowing that he did not understand what was going on. Ryo started to speak but Kira placed her finger on his lips and said softly, "we will talk in a few minutes. First I have to deal with this scum." Kira whirled back around to face the now enraged Damien who had been watching Kira's ministrations to the young man. "Prepare yourself Damien, I will not let you hurt any more innocents like you did me, RAGE OF FIRESTORM IMPLODE NOW!!!!!" A huge column of fire shot out of her twin swords and twisted into a ball of flame that moved wherever she pointed it. Kira let the fire build within her as she released a massive set of destruction that took care of Damien and half of the car garage with him. At least for now. Kira looked for any sign of Damien, but he had disappeared along with the wind.



"Ryo, are you all right?" Kira asked in a concerned voice.



"Yeah, I'm fine but I am confused." Ryo looked up at Kira with a sense of recognition in his eyes, but he still could not place the feeling. He tried to shake his head in an effort to clear it. Groaning, he felt another spasm cross through him, but this one did not last as long as the first two times.



Kira placed her hands on top of Ryo's and began to will his pain away.



Ryo looked up at her with a stunned expression, but before he could say anything, she whispered that she would explain everything later. Ryo nodded his head, feeling slightly disoriented. Kira looked down at him with such warmth in her heart. She could not believe that after twelve years she was actually looking upon his face once more. Tears began to pool in her eyes before she hastily dashed them away. "Come on, let's get you home to Mia and the guys. They are probably worried sick about you by now."



Ryo looked up at the girl somehow trusting her even though they had only met; never thinking to question how she knew where he lived and with whom.



Kira placed her hand over the Kanji symbol on Ryo's forehead and said sleep. Ryo was out like a light, once again in a healing trance. Kira found Mia's keys in Ryo's jeans pocket and she promptly deposited him into the passenger seat. She then climbed behind the wheel and shifted Mia's car out of reverse as she headed out of the garage, the groceries long forgotten. Mia's jeep had been on the opposite side of the garage that got blew away. They were a few new scratches on it, but Kira hoped Mia would not kill her since she was bringing Ryo home.