"A New Discovered Power"

Part Two

     Ryo was outside on the balcony remembering how Mia left. Why did I let her go? It's all my fault! He slammed his fist into the railing.

      "Hey, Ryo. How ya doing?" Ryo turned around to see Rowen standing with White Blaze. He rubbed up against Ryo's leg and Ryo gave a little smile, but quickly returned to a frown.

      "How do you think? Because of me, Mia's probably dead right now."

      "It wasn't your fault, man. It was whatever this new evil's fault."

      "But I told her I would make sure nothing happened to her. I lied to her and broke a promise."

      "She's gonna be okay. She's strong enough, and anyway, they are going to want to know what happened to her before they do anything. That gives us a while. When you're ready, you can come to dinner."

      "Thanks, Rowen." Rowen and White Blaze left Ryo alone. Then a gust of wind went by and Ryo closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw a strange figure that resembled the Ancient One. He had silver hair and very pale blue eyes. "Who, who are you?"

      "My name is Hiro. I must talk to you about the girl and what is happening."

      "Do you mean Mia? Do you know where she is?"

      "I can't talk here for much longer, come to the Heaven's Temple and you will everything and rescue your friend."

      "But how do I get there?"

      "Follow your heart, Wildfire." Another gust of wind comes and the person is gone.

      "Rowen, Sage, Kento, Cye! Get the jeep!" Ryo ran inside to get the guys.

      "Lord Persha, your new warrior is here."

      "Let's see. Who are you?" A circle of candles lit up and showed a person in black armor just like Talpa's.

      "I am Talpa, loyal follower to Master Persha. I will obey your every command, Master."

      "Very good. You will soon be ready."

      "Stop here, Rowen." Rowen stopped the car and Ryo got out.

      "Ryo, are you sure you know what you're doing? You've been under a lot of stress lately," Sage asked.

      "This is the place. Hiro told me to follow my heart and I feel the temple nearby."

      "He's finally snapped, you guys."

      "Give him a chance, Kento. He hasn't been wrong before," Cye said. Ryo, followed by the others, walked into the forest. Ryo looked around and saw a strange rock glowing.

      "Here it is!" He touched the rock and the ground disappeared from their feet.

      "Armor of Wildfire, Halo, Strata, Torrent, Hardrock!" With the help of their armor, they landed gently on the ground.

      "Well, it looks like something's here."

      "It looks like you've found the Heaven's temple, Wildfire. This proves that you really do care about the girl." A man appeared from nowhere and everyone except Ryo took out their weapons.

      "It's okay, you guys. He's on our side."

      "Let me introduce myself. My name is Hiro. I have heard that the girl you call Mia has found the Spirit Orb."

      "What's that?"

      "It must have been the thing around her neck that glowed, but what it have to do with anything?" Cye asked. Hiro held out his hands and a ball of white light appeared.

      "Let me start from the beginning. Look into the light, Ronin Warriors." They did as he said and they saw the story unravel. "A long time ago, a great evil entered this realm and no warrior could destroy it. One day, I prayed to the gods to save my friends and family and I told them that I would do anything to make sure they were okay."

      "Mia told us this story. You were given the power and destroyed the evil, right?" Kento asked.

      "That is not completely true, Hardrock. I thought I defeated the evil, but I didn't know that there was someone more powerful then the one I destroyed. He caught me off guard, captured me and took me to his realm. He wanted the Spirit Orb, which was given to me by the gods to use my armor. I couldn't let them have it, so I sent it off to be used for good again one day.

      "Every century, the evil comes back and slowly takes over this realm. Each time it comes, the Spirit Orb comes out of hiding and chooses someone to use its power. It has chosen many warriors to fight the evil, but each time, they fail. This is the last time the evil will be coming into this realm. I have no idea why the Spirit Orb has chosen Mia. She has no fighting experience, but it must have a reason." The ball of light disappeared. "She must defeat this evil this time and she is the only one who can. Not even the Armor of Inferno is strong enough. That's why they took Mia before she knew about its power. But to reach the Armor of the Heavens, she must find the five parts that make up the armor. Her mystic barrier, her soul staff, her sixth sense, and her wings."

      "But what's the fifth part?" Kento asked.

      "No one, not even I, know what the fifth part is. Every other warrior got all the parts, except for the fifth one. We will just have to hope Mia can figure it out. Ronin Warriors, you must get Mia back or it will be the end of this realm as we know it. You must protect her and the Spirit Orb with your lives, or it will spell trouble"

      "We will do what you say, Hiro, even if it means all of us dying," Rowen said.

      "But how do we get her back? You told me you knew how."

      "I can't talk anymore, Ronin Warriors. My power is becoming weak. I am trusting you with this task, and do whatever it takes." He turns around and disappears.

      "Wait!" Ryo screamed, but they all disappeared and wound up back outside. "He didn't tell me how to get Mia back."

      "Don't worry, Ryo." Sage put his hand on Ryo's shoulder. "We'll get her back."

      "That isn't your worst problem, Ronins."

      "What was that?" Rowen looked up into the tree and saw a strange figure. He pointed to it. "Up there. Who are you?"

      "Who am I? You should remember me, Ronins. After all, you did defeat me, didn't you?" The figure came out from the tree and the guys gasped.

      "It's Talpa! No way. We destroyed him."

      "Is that what you thought, Wildfire? Now, let's begin." He took two of his swords and started to attack. Rowen shot dozens of arrows, but he dodged every single one.

      "Man, he's fast. Ryo, I think we should pump up the power."

      "Right, Rowen. Armor of Inferno!"

      "Well, well, the Armor of Inferno. This will be fun." Ryo and Talpa started to fight and Talpa took Ryo down in no time. He put one foot on top of Ryo's chest and held his sword to Ryo's neck. "Now, Wildfire, it's time to die."

      Ryo looked very seriously at him. Why doesn't he just kill me now?

      I don't get this. It should be easy for me to kill Ryo of the Wildfire. But something is holding me back. For some reason, I don't want to hurt him.

      Rowen shot one of his arrows at Talpa and hit him in the right shoulder. He lost his grip on his sword and took his foot off of Ryo. He walked backward, took out the arrow, and clutched his shoulder. "You will pay for this, boys!"

      "Talpa, come back now. You are in no condition to fight."

      "Yes, Master. I will be back to finish this, Ronin Warriors." He disappeared and Ryo got up.

      "I wonder why he stopped?" Sage said.

      "I don't know, you guys, but it looks like we are up against something more powerful than us," Ryo said.

      Hope you are enjoying it so far.