Authors notes: I apologize for the mistakes to all the Sekhmet fans. Don't mean to offend anyone. They were merely mistakes on my part. Gomen minna.


Strength Of The Heart
Chapter 6
By Butterfly

Rowen burst through the doors of the room. What he saw before him made his stomach churn. Mia was held tightly in the grasp of Rahucas and he was kissing her roughly. Clenching a fist, he yelled out and ran forward. "Let her go!" With a mighty kick he succeeded in knocking Rahucas away from Mia. The other Ronins had now caught up and were standing at Mia's side, bombarding her with question after question. In a sudden rush of relief, happiness, and dizziness, she placed a hand to her forehead and leaned on the closest person. "Whoa guys, one question at a time" she chirped.

Cye held her up comfortingly. "Sorry Mia, we are just glad you're alright." As the ronins looked Mia over, Rahucas glared up from his position on the ground. Growling he pulled himself to his feet and brought the attention of the group back toward him.

"My, my, my, Welcome Ronin Warriors. I see that you have wasted no time in retrieving your little friend," he smirked and let out an arrogant sigh. "We might as well get it all over with then hmm?" Grasping his side, Rahucas withdrew his sword and jumped up above the ronins in a flash.

They scattered, each ronin rolling to a different section of the room, Mia, dragged off to the corner with Cye. Without warning Kayura, Dais, Sekhmet, and a very pissed Cale appeared in the room. Rahucas pounced in Ryo's direction, Steel clashing with steel. Kayura smirked and headed for Sage. "Oh what mind games can I play with this boy? Oh how I enjoy this!' She thought.

Dais attacked Kento fiercely, while Rowen had his hands full fending off Sekhmet. This left Cye and Mia standing face to face with Cale, "Back of Ronin!" he fumed. "Leave this wench to me! I wish to deal with her as she deserves the little..."

"You want to go anywhere near Mia you'll have to go through me first!" Taking a fighting stance Cye stood protectively in front of Mia. Cale charged the young ronin with all his might as Cye prepared for the attack.

The room filled with the sounds of clashing swords, cries of pain, shouts of attack names, bright lights, darkness, and bitter laughs of Detestation and loathing. Mia sunk to her knees watching the scene in its entirety. Neither side was gaining ground, though the ronins looked as though they would give in at any time. Their lack of rest was showing in their movements. 'They can't do this alone... I need to help...'

With a mighty cry Rahucas slashed his sword across Ryo of the Wildfire's armor. Placing a hand to his chest, Ryo landed on one knee, glaring weakly at his opponent. "Ryo!" Called Mia, as she raced to his side, placing her hands on his arm and shoulder.

"Get back Mia, before you get hurt..." He breathed weakly. "Get away from here now." Mia shook her head no sternly.

"I'm not leaving here without you guys!"

The sound of Rahucas' laughter echoed over the sounds of battle and a grin spread over his face from ear to ear. "Now is the time for the destruction of the Ronin Warriors and then, your dimension will be no more. I will rule all! BWAHAHAHA!" Raising his hands out he rose above them. "Now, Warlords, dearest sister come! Join me in the battle to end all battles! Now is the time to stand up at my side and decide the fate of everything!"

Kayrua and the Warlords jumped back from their respective battles and stood beside Rahucas as he began to chant something, an ancient spell...


More Authors notes: Sorry so short, I'm very busy lately. School finals coming up, but first I have to take the almighty Mcas exam to see if I'll graduate high school when I reach a senior or just get a lousy certificate of attendance... THEY SHOULDN'T BASE EVERYTHING ON ONE IDIOTIC TEST!!!!!! *catches breath* I'm ok now...^^ But anyway, I'm happy I got a tiny little cliffhanger in! Yay!