"A New Discovered Power"

Part Six

      Mia walked down the street in a blue t-shirt and jeans with Ryo next to her in his street clothes, both carrying grocery bags. "Thanks for coming with me, Ryo. I never knew Kento could eat so much."

      "It's okay, Mia. I guess you didn't remember about Kento's appetite, and anyway, I needed the air." Plus, this is the best way I can watch you. They continued walking down the street until Mia saw a fountain out of the corner of her eye.

      "Ryo, could we make one more stop? I want to make a wish in the fountain."

      "I guess so." Mia ran over and put down the bags. She opened her purse and took out two pennies. She handed one to Ryo.

      "Here, Ryo. You have to make a wish too." Mia turned her back, closed her eyes, and tossed the penny over her shoulder. Ryo did the same thing, except he tripped over the edge of the side and fell into the fountain. Mia started to laugh as Ryo sat himself up. "You're supposed to throw the penny in, not yourself."

      "Very funny, Mia."

      Mia looked at her watch. "Oh, no. I promised the others we would be back an hour ago. Stay here with the bags, Ryo. I'm going to get the car." She started to run as Ryo got out of the fountain. He saw a car coming close to a mud puddle.

      "Mia! Watch out!" Mia stopped by the curb and looked back at Ryo and then back at the road. The car came by and went straight through the mud puddle, covering Mia totally in mud. "I tried to warn you, Mia." Mia wiped the mud from her face and looked very frustrated. She ignored everything and went straight for the car.

      "How could you let her defeat you, Kryos?" Persha slammed his hand on the arm of his throne.

      "I am sorry, Master Persha, but she caught me off-guard."

      "Well then, this time make sure you aren't caught off-guard."

      "Yes, Master."

      "Where's Mia and Ryo? They were supposed to be here an hour ago. I'm starving."

      "All you can think about is your stomach, Kento," Sage said.

      "What if something happened to them?"

      "We're fine, you guys," Ryo said, coming in with two bags in his hands.

      "All right! Food!" Mia walked in after him with two more bags. Everyone stared at her. "Mia, what happened to you?" Everyone started to giggle.

      "Don't ask, Kento. I'm gonna take a bath. Don't disturb me for the next hour." She put down the bags and went to the bathroom.

      Kryos floated in the air, looking at Mia's house. "You will pay for what you've done, girl. I promise I will make you pay."

      "This feels so good. I should do this more often," Mia said in the tub taking a bubble bath. "But it's so hard to when I have to take care of Yuli and help out the guys." She made a spiral in the water with her finger and relaxed. She put her hair up and laid back. "It's so nice and quiet."

      Mia looked through the window above the tub and saw a soldier's face. "Ahhh!" She popped out of the tub and covered herself in the shower curtain. She started running towards the door as the soldier came through the window, smashing the wall. She ran out the door and down the hallway and bumped into Ryo. They both fell to the ground.

      "Mia, what's wrong? We heard you screaming," Ryo asked, getting up.

      "And shouldn't you be in clothes?" Kento asked.

      "There was… a soldier… looking at me… through the window in the bathroom… and then it came through and tried to attack me."

      "Are you sure, Mia?" Rowen asked.

      "I'm sure. I'll show you." She got up and took them to the bathroom. She opened the door and everything was normal. "What? Where's the smashed wall?"

      "Mia, you must be stressed out or something. Everything is fine."

      "I'm telling you the truth, Sage." She looked around and noticed the shower curtain was up even though she was wearing it. As the guys started to leave, she stopped. "Wait a minute, you guys. The shower curtain is back up even though I'm wearing it. It's the same kind too."

      "Mia's right," Cye said, "they just did this to fool us. We better look outside to see if anyone is there." All the guys went outside and Mia followed with one hand holding up the curtain.

      "I don't see anything here," Ryo commented.

      "Maybe it was just to scare us."

      "That isn't like them though, Rowen." They continued to look as Mia saw something around the corner of the house.

      "I wonder?" She went to the corner and turned. All of a sudden she screamed.

      "What? Hey, where's Mia?" They ran around the corner and saw Kryos holding Mia upside down by a leg.

      Mia, with one hand still holding together the shower curtain and the other the end closer to her feet up so the curtain wouldn't fall down said, "I told you something was wrong."

      "Let go of her, Kryos."

      "I don't think so, Wildfire. She is going to pay for what she has done to me." He raised her up and started to swing her back and forth slightly, like a pendulum.

      "You guys, I don't want to bother you or anything, but I need some help here!"

      "I said let her go now."

      "Okay, then. I'll let her go." Still holding Mia by the foot, he slammed her into the tree. Mia screamed out in pain.

      "What are you doing to her?" Rowen said.

      "Letting her go, like Wildfire said." He let go of Mia's leg and threw her into a window. Mia fell to the ground surrounded by broken glass, unconscious.

      "That's it. Armor of Wildfire, Halo, Strata, Torrent, Hardrock!" In a flash, the guys were in their armor. Kryos attacked and all the guys dodged him. "Armor of Inferno!"

      "So, you think that your puny armor is going to defeat me?"

      "This armor isn't as puny as you think." They began to fight, clashing swords with each other. The guys stayed back, ready to help out Ryo if needed.

      "Dark Ice Strike!"

      "Rage of Inferno!" The two powers clashed, but Kryos' attack was more powerful and hit Ryo, sending him straight into the wall.

      "You're right, Wildfire. That armor isn't puny, it's worse than puny."

      "Oh man. What are we supposed to do now?"

      "I have no idea, Cye, but we have to do something."

      If I can't use my armor, then how am I supposed to defeat Kryos?

      Mia laid on the ground in one of the bedrooms, not moving. Something's wrong. Kryos is beating Ryo and the Inferno. I wish I could do something to help them. I don't want to see them hurt. The symbol of love appeared on Mia's forehead and the Spirit Orb began to glow. It left the room and went outside.

      "Why don't you just give up, Ronins?"

      "We'll never give up," Ryo saif. All of a sudden, the Spirit Orb hovered above the guys and covered each of them in a white light.

      "What's happening? I feel stronger," Kento said.

      "I don't know, Kento." After a couple of seconds, the Spirit Orb disappeared.

      "Well, it looks like you boys had a little break. I hope you know it's going to be back. Dark Ice Strike!"

      "Thunderbolt Cut!" Sage's attack cut off Kryos' attack.

      "No way. What was that?" Cye asked.

      "We weren't able to use our power before when Ryo uses the Inferno."

      "Maybe it was that light that helped us," Rowen said.

      "How could this be?"

      "All right then, Kryos, let's finish this. Rage of Inferno!" The attack hit Kryos and he screamed.

      "NO! This can't be! You will pay with the girl, Ronin Warriors!" He disappeared.

      "Well, that was a surprise."

      "What about Mia?" They all went through the window and checked on Mia. She started to move around. "Mia, are you all right?"

      "I think so, Ryo." Mia began to get up, but started to fall back down. Ryo grabbed her and carried her in his arms. She had little cuts all over her from the broken glass.

      "Let's make sure you're okay and get you into some clothes, okay?" Sage asked.

      "That sounds like a good idea," Mia said with her hands around Ryo's neck.

      "And don't worry, Mia, you won't have to take a bath," Kento commented. Everyone laughed a little. Ryo went toward the door and Mia put her chin on Ryo's shoulder, looking out the window.

      Why can't you just leave us alone, Kryos? What have we done to you? We just want to live in peace.