THE NEW RONINS
SEASON 1: OVERLORD
EPISODE 1: THE ARMOR OF COSMOS


A/N: It's now in past-tense. Just so you know. *Lady Chandra*





Just as Sekhmet was about to land the finishing blow on Ryo, he cried out angrily.
Ryo looked up in time to see a black-bladed sword make a cut into Sekhmet's arm. The Warlord turned around, but it was too late. The three Warlords had it coming.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" A voice shouted to the Ronins, who obeyed, realizing the fate of the Warlords.
"SPACIAL BLAZE!" The voice then called, and a sudden, dark-blue beam erupted into the Warlords, who hastily dissappeared, back to their master Talpa.
When the smoke and haze from the attack cleared, the Ronin Warriors could just make out a figure standing a few yards away. He wore black, gold, and grey armor, and held in front of him was a black-bladed no-datchi with a silver hilt. All they could see through the helmet were peircing grey eyes.
"Who are you?" Ryo asked finally, after a long silence. The other warrior sheathed the sword and stepped a few steps closer to them.
"You can call me Cosmos." He replied, his voice betraying to them that he was younger than them.
The new warrior had a medium tone to his voice, but was dead serious and there was no humor in his tone.
"That's the Armor of Cosmos..." Anubis muttered, "But those armors were long ago destroyed.."
"Care to elaborate?" Cye asked Anubis.
"There weren't originally only nine armors.." Anubis replied, "There were sixteen, but somehow seven of them were destroyed.."
"And what's this Cosmos armor have to do with it?" Ryo asked.
"Cosmos was destroyed by the Ancient One." Anubis said, sighing, "Because it had the ability to be the ultimate armor, and he couldn't let Talpa get it."
"The ultimate armor?" Kento asked, confused.
"As strong as Hariel's Inferno armor," Anubis told them, "Without the catch of having to drain five friends. But only at maximum power."
Meanwhile, Cosmos watched them, his grey eyes scanning them as they spoke.
Finally, he walked away from them, leaving as silently and stealthly as he had come.
"Uh, guys?" Sage asked. When he got no answer, he yelled, "GUYS!"
Everyone stopped talking and stared at him. Sage got the 'what?' look on his face.
"You yelled." Cye said, eyes wide from beneath the light-blue helmet.
"You never yell." Kento added, smiling secretly from beneath the orange helmet.
"Guys.." Sage repeated, more calmly this time, "Cosmos left."
"I noticed." Rowen told him, nodding.
"Darn, I was going to ask him more about himself." Ryo said, and went out of the armor.
The others did likewise, and they headed home.
Mia looked on the computer for the location of the new armors, which obviously had not been destroyed as Anubis had thought.
"Look," Mia said, "A poem. It describes the whereabouts of the armors.."
"What's it say?" Sage asked.
Mia read the poem:
Waiting amid the grey star,
Eyes as dim as the large moon,
Trapped within himself.
Hiding deep within the Earth,
Distant from all but Mother Earth,
Trapped within the bonds of friendship.
Hidden among the flames bright and hot,
Far away in places unseen,
A young adult with the mind of a child.
Hidden underneath an eternal storm,
Holding her breath as she waits under the sea,
Trying far too hard to please.
Atop the ancient mountain high,
Where the light grows lightest and the dark grows darkest,
Trying to set himself free.

"That's it." Mia said when she had finished.
"But that's only five." Rowen observed.
"I know. It's all that there is." She told them.
"Of course." Anubis said, "Because Talpa has the other two."
"Oh." Ryo said.
"Where's 'Waiting amid the grey star'? Where would that be?" Cye asked, looking to Rowen, who was an expert on astrology and the stars.
"The moon, I think." Rowen replied.
"THE MOON?!" Kento yelled, "YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
"What about 'Hiding deep within the earth'?" Mia asked, trying to think, and also trying not to let her thoughts be interrupted by Kento's outburst.
"An underground cave sounds like it..." Sage said in his quiet tone, recalling in his head how Kento had been revived inside of a rock, three years ago. It seemed very distant to him now, as though a life time had passed between then and now.
"But what about 'Hidden among the flames bright and hot'?" Cye asked, "I think that's a volcano or something."
"No, it says 'Far away in places unseen'." Rowen pointed out, "And you can see a volcano."
"Is this going where I think it's going?" Sage asked, shaking his head slightly. Rowen nodded.
"The sun." Rowen said simply.
"Oh, great, first the moon and then the sun." Kento said, "YOU GUYS ARE NUTS!"
"What about 'Hidden underneath an eternal storm, Holding her breath as she waits under the sea'?" Mia asked, looking about the room.
"The ocean." Anubis replied calmly, "I should think Cape Hope, in Southern Africa."
"Why there?" Kento asked.
"Simple." Cye said, "It's just about the most dangerous area for any ship in the world."
"Okay, all that's left is 'Atop the ancient mountain high, Where the light grows lightest and the dark grows darkest'.." Rowen told them. Sage thought for a moment.
"The Pinnacles." Sage said quietly, recalling the place where he himself had been awakened to fight Talpa three years ago.
"That seems the simplest." Ryo said, "Since we know it."
"No, you two know it." Cye replied, "We don't, since we weren't there."
"Oh, yeah." Ryo said, sighing. Cye shook his head, grinning slightly at his friend.
Anubis looked at them and cleared his throat, hoping to gain their attention. When that didn't work, he did it again, a lot louder this time. They all stared at him.
"Cosmos is the first line, 'Waiting amid the grey star'." He explained, "So we should go after the second one, 'Hiding deep within the Earth' first."
Kento sweatdropped, "Oh."
Almost instantly, an idea came into Kento's mind.
"Hey..." He said, "I think there's an area with a bunch of underground caves nearby..."


Announcer: Can the Ronins find the warrior of Earth? Will they be able to defeat Talpa a second time? And what of the mysterious warrior, Cosmos? Find out next time on The New Ronins: Volume 1: Overlord!
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A/N: That's quite a bit to pack into a half-hour, isn't it? Heh heh. Actually, it's the condensed form. If I had wanted to put in every idea I had for this episode, it would have ended up becoming an hour-long special! One example is that I kinda wanted to have a dinner scene in there with Kento teasing "Cye Of The Fishies" about his thing for not eating sea-food. Oh well. There's always the OAV's. Sometime I'll have to include the Ronins' nicknames when they were kids in an actual storyline ("Cye Of The Fishies", "Kento Of Softstone", "Ryo Of Candle-Light", "Sage Of Lightbulb", and, finally, my personal favorite 'cuz it's so kawaii, "Rowen Of Way-Up-There"). These nicknames aren't meant to offend any fans of any particular character, because my faves have them too (no, I'm NOT a bigger fan of the Warlords than I am the Ronins, if that wasn't apparent by my little scenes). Oh, Warlord nicknames: "Anubis Of Big-Meanie", "Sekhmet Of Cough-Syrup" (isn't that poison??), "Dais Of Slight-Of-Hand" (but I'll be darned if he knew what that was at five years old.. Which is about when they got these nicknames), and finally, another personal fave (I can't help it if it's cute), "Cale Of Turned-Out-Lights". There. I got the Warlords in there (even though THOSE probably won't come in at all). Just kawaii musings of an anime-obsessed crazy girl, y'know. Not offending any of the incredibly HOTT Ronins and Warlords (okay, I don't think the Warlords are hot personally, but I DO think Sekhmet and Cale are awesome, and I can see where people come from in liking them.. I think I DID go through a Sekhmet thing somewhere along the lines.... Okay, away from that train of thought....). Heh. E-mail me or my cohorts Sage (aka Gareth) and Rowen (aka Alexander) at Sage_Date_Of_Korin@Yahoo.com but we don't have a website YET. We will sometime, hopefully. Thanx!
*Lady Chandra, Gary, and Alex*