"A New Discovered Power"

Part Five

      Mia laid in her bed, with the Spirit Orb around her neck, and started to roll around. She began to open her eyes and saw a giant white tiger. "Huh? Tiger!" Mia, looking very scared, slowly started to move to the other side of the bed. "Good tiger. Stay right where you are." White Blaze jumped onto the bed and started moving towards her. She fell off the side of the bed and White Blaze jumped off the bed too. "Stay away from me!" She backed up into the wall.

      "Hey, White Blaze. Give Mia some room." White Blaze moved and Ryo squatted down in front. "How are you doing, Mia? You had quite a battle."

      "Huh? Who are you? What are you doing in my house? Get out of my house, or I'll call the police!"

      "Mia, it's me, Ryo. Don't you remember the guys and me? Remember Rowen, Cye, Sage, and Kento? We've been living with you for a while." Mia looked up at the guys and inspected them.

      "Why doesn't she remember anything?" Kento asked.

      "That battle must have been too hard on her," Sage said. Mia looked back at Ryo.

      "I don't remember you or any other boys living here, but you can stay here, I guess. Where's Grandfather?"

      "Um, he's been dead for a while, Mia."

      "What?" As she looked like she's going to cry, White Blaze licked her on the face.

      "Tiger!" she screamed, going back into the wall more. Ryo pet him on the head.

      "Don't be scared. This is White Blaze. He's as gentle as a lamb, as long as you feed him and you're not evil." Mia slowly inched her hand toward him and pet him. He purred and rubbed against her.

      "He isn't that bad."

      "Ryo! Mia! Is anyone home?"

      "Do you think you guys could go check that out?"

      "Sure, Ryo." The guys left and went to the living room, leaving Ryo alone with Mia.

      "Hey, you guys. Where were you?"

      "We were just checking on Mia, Yuli. She woke up."

      "That's great."

      "Listen, Yuli," Rowen said, "Mia isn't herself."

      "It looks like she forgot everything, including who everyone is. So, you have to be careful."

      "Okay, Cye."

      "We're going to need your help with Mia, Yuli. You're going to have to help us protect her. Do you think you can do that?"

      "Sure I can, Sage. You can count on me."

      "Who was that screaming?" Mia said entering the living room, peeking over Ryo's shoulder.

      "Hey, Mia. How are you doing? I'm here for the extra help you promised me." She squatted down and looks at Yuli.

      "I'm sorry, but who are you?"

      "Oh yeah. I'm Yuli. I'm glad you're okay."

      "Well, Yuli, it's nice to meet you. Now, how about that help you need? I may not know what's going on around here, but I still remember the things that I learned in school." Yuli took Mia's hand and pulled her into the dining room.

      "Okay, you guys, what are we supposed to do about Mia?" Kento asked.

      "Well, I guess we should watch her for now. We'll take turns looking after her," Rowen said.

      "Persha is gonna want to get Mia back."

      "We promised Hiro that we would protect Mia, though, Sage, no matter what, and that's what we're gonna do. It's not going to be easy though…"

      "But we have to do it anyway. She's the only one who can defeat Persha, I hope," Ryo said, finishing off Cye's sentence.

      "Mia, I still can't get it."

      "Let's try it this way." She took the pencil from Yuli and started to write, but suddenly froze.

      "Mia? Mia? Wake up." He shook Mia, but she didn't unfreeze. "You guys! Something's wrong with Mia!" Everyone ran into the dining room.

      "What's wrong, Yuli?" Ryo asked.

      "Mia was writing something down, and all of a sudden she just froze in place." Kento went over to Mia.

      "Hey, Mia, what's up?" He put his hand on her shoulder and Mia snapped. She took his wrist and flipped him over her onto the table, breaking it in half.

      "Huh? Kento?"

      "Who says girls aren't stronger than boys?" Kento said.

      "Hey, Kento, how ya feeling?" Cye asked.

      "I'm so sorry, Kento," Mia said as Cye and Rowen helped Kento off the floor and got him onto his feet.

      "What happened to you, Mia?" Sage asks.

      "I don't know. I was helping Yuli and this really strange feeling came over me, like someone was watching me or something. Then when Kento put his hand on my shoulder, I guess I just snapped. I'm so sorry, you guys."

      Persha sat on his throne in a dim-lighted room between two candles. "I can't believe that the girl got away. If she figures out the true power of the Spirit Orb, then we're in trouble," Persha says.

      "You won't have to worry about that, Master Persha. I will take care of the girl personally," Kryos said with one knee on the ground.

      "Watch out for the Ronin Warriors, Kryos. They will probably do anything to protect the girl."

      "I will not fail you."

      Mia sat outside by the pond nearby with her legs in the water knee- high. She closed her eyes and just let her hair blow in the wind. She may have forgotten some things, but she hasn't forgotten how warm the sun is and how cool the water is. She laid down and let her hair sprawl out everywhere. She opened her eyes and saw White Blaze's face. "What in the…"

      "Hi, Mia," Yuli said on White Blaze's back. Mia breathed in relief.

      "You guys scared me."

      "Sorry, Mia. We just wanted to see how you were doing."

      "I'm fine, Ryo. Don't worry about me." A spear came from nowhere and landed right by Mia's feet. She jumped up and got out of the water. From the woods, they could see dozens of soldiers ready for battle. "What are those?"

      "Soldiers. Mia, we gotta get out of here." Ryo turned into his subarmor, grabbed Mia's wrist, and went toward the house. Yuli on White Blaze followed Ryo and Mia.

      "What's happening, Ryo? What's going on?"

      "I can't explain it now. We just gotta get back to the house quick." The soldiers came after them and followed them. "Mia, get yourself and Yuli back to the house and get the guys."

      "Okay, Ryo. Let's go, Mia." Mia got on White Blaze and went back to the house.

      I gotta make sure that no one gets hold of Mia.

      Mia came running into the house and all the guys popped up.

      "Mia, what's wrong?" Kento asked.

      "There were some weird things coming from the woods and attacking us. Ryo stayed behind to fight them."

      "We gotta go help him, you guys," Rowen said. They got up and went outside and saw Ryo coming out from the woods in his armor.

      "What's taking you guys so long? Come on."

      "Armor of Halo, Strata, Torrent, Hardrock!"

      "Well, it looks like everyone is here," a stranger said from the woods.

      "Who are you?" Sage asked.

      "Let me introduce myself. My name is Kryos, follower of Master Persha. I've come here for the girl, so just give her to me and I won't have to kill you."

      "What?" Mia said.

      "There's no way we're going to let you take Mia. Yuli, White Blaze, get out of here and make sure no one gets even close to Mia."

      "Right, Cye. Come on, Mia." Yuli got Mia out of the way.

      "Well then, I guess I'm just gonna have to kill you boys."

      "I don't think so. Armor of Inferno."

      "AHHHHHHH!" Mia ducked as a spear came toward her. White Blaze attacked the soldiers and tried to destroy as many of them as he could. Mia and Yuli ran away and tried to get away from the soldiers.

      "Is this your best shot, Wildfire?"

      "Not at all. Rage of Inferno!" The attack missed and Kryos came straight at Ryo with a pair of swords. Ryo blocked it, but lost one of his swords.

      "Mia, I want to get out of here."

      "I know, Yuli, so do I." From the sky Ryo's sword came down in front of Mia and made her fall to the ground.

      "Mia, are you okay?"

      "Yeah, I'm just fine." She looked into the sword. Ryo and the others must be in trouble. The Spirit Orb around Mia's neck started to glow and her reflection in the sword turned to one of a man in armor a silver armor.

      "Well, Wildfire, what are you gonna do now?"

      Ryo stood his ground, but was getting scared. What am I supposed to do now?

      "You're gonna leave him alone, Kryos."

      "What?" He looked up at the roof and sees Mia holding one of Ryo's swords.

      "Mia! Get down from there!" Rowen screamed. Mia jumped to the ground and looks straight at Kryos.

      "So, Kryos. Are you ready for a fight? One sword each, or are you scared?"

      "This will be lots of fun." Kryos dropped one of his swords and they looked at each other.

      "Mia, what are you doing?" Kento asked.

      "Leave me alone, Hardrock."

      "Hardrock? She never called me Hardrock before."

      "Hey, you guys, I don't think that's Mia."

      "What?" Sage pointed his sword towards Mia and her reflection is of someone else.

      "Maybe it's one of the wearers of the armor before Mia. Maybe one of them took over her body or something," Rowen suggests.

      "I guess it makes sense," Ryo commented.

      "What are you waiting for, girl?"

      "I'm waiting for you to make your first move." Kryos started and Mia blocked his first move. They began to fight. They clashed with each other several times, being a match for each other, until Mia finally charged towards him and sliced his chest. Kryos looked at his chest and placed his hand on it.

      "This can't be. I can't be defeated by a girl. I will be back and next time, you will pay." He disappeared. Mia, with one knee on the ground holding Ryo's sword, suddenly snapped out of her trance and fell to both knees.

      "Wha, what happened?" She looked at her hands and saw the sword. "Ryo, is this your sword?" She got up and handed it to him.

      I can't believe that girl beat me. How will Master Persha feel about this, me beaten by a mortal girl? She will pay for this with her life.