"A New Discovered Power"

Part Nine

      Mia walked down the street with her purse hanging off her shoulder. A figure followed her close by. She turned her head and the figure disappeared. She continued to walk down the street and the figure reappeared. Mia stopped again and looked back, but the figure disappeared around the corner. Mia started to walk again and suddenly stopped. "Kento, you can come out." She turned around and Kento came out of hiding.

      "Um, hi, Mia. Isn't it a lovely day for a walk?"

      "What were you doing following me?"

      "I wasn't following you. I was just taking a walk."

      "We'll see about that." She grabbed Kento's ear and dragged him to the jeep.

      Persha stood in a valley by himself. He was in the middle of five pillars in the shape of a pentagon, which were glowing. "Well, it looks like Kryos couldn't handle the responsibility of destroying the girl. That doesn't matter now. I'll destroy her and this world my own way."

      "Okay Yuli, do you have any threes?"

      "Go fish, Ryo."

      Ryo picked up a card and put it in his hand. Everyone sat around the diningroom table playing cards. "Okay, Sage, it's your turn." Everyone heard the door open and slam close.

      "Hey, Mia's back."

      Mia threw Kento into the table. "Whoa, Mia. What was that for?" Rowen asked. Mia stoods at the end of the table.

      "I want to know what's going on right now!" she said angrily.

      "We're only playing go fish, Mia."

      "I don't want any of that smart talk from you, Sage! Yuli, can you leave the guys and me alone for a while?"

      "Sure, Mia. Come on, White Blaze." White Blaze and Yuli went out of the room.

      "All right, I want some answers right now! Why are you guys following me?"

      "What are you talking about?"

      "You know exactly what I'm talking about, Cye! You sent Kento out to follow me! I really don't like being watched like a little kid!"

      "We're sorry, Mia, but it's the only way we could watch you," Ryo said.

      "Then you could have at least come along with me!" She slammed her hand on the table. Ryo stood up at the opposite end of the table and slammed his hand on the table.

      "We thought this was the best way. At least we let you have some space. This is the only way we can protect you from being killed!"

      "I can take care of myself, Ryo! I don't need to be treated like a baby. You saw how I was when I was fighting Kryos. I don't need to be watched twenty-four-seven!"

      "Sorry if we're trying to save your life!" They stared at each other in silence.

      "Ryo! Come outside quick! Something strange is happening!" Everyone rushed outside and saw the sky start to turn black.

      "It must be Persha."

      "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go find out what he's up to." Mia pulled in front of them with the jeep.

      "Come on, then." Everyone got into the jeep except Ryo and Yuli.

      "I'll go on White Blaze." He and Yuli hopped on and started running. Mia followed him in the jeep.

      "I've never seen Mia and Ryo like this before. They never fight," Kento whispered to Rowen.

      "I know. It's really scary. I wonder what's going to happen."

      "Ryo, what happened between you and Mia? I heard you guys screaming at each other."

      "Mia and I just had a little fight, Yuli, that's all."

      Persha looked down on everything high upon a mountain. "Well, it looks like the Ronin Warriors and the girl are coming to ruin my plans. I can tell that they won't have any luck, though. They're way over their heads."

      Ryo and Yuli waited as Mia stopped the jeep. "Took you guys long enough to get here."

      "At least we're here." They looked over the side of the cliff and saw five giant pillars in a pentagon shape.

      "It looks like Persha is ready to make his last move."

      "That means that we have to make our last move."

      "Right. Yuli, Mia, stay here."

      "Right, Sage."

      "Armor of Wildfire, Strata, Halo, Torrent, Hardrock!" All the guys jumped off the cliff and landed on the ground below.

      "Hey, you guys, there's nothing here."

      "This doesn't seem right. Where's Persha?"

      "Right behind you, Halo." They all turned around and see Persha in his brown armor. "It's so nice to finally meet you in person, Ronin Warriors. I am Lord Persha, but you probably knew that already. Now, you can just give me the girl, or we can do a little fighting. Your decision."

      "There's no way you're getting Mia, so we'll settle for fighting."

      Persha took out his sickle (like what the grim reaper holds). "Very well then, Wildfire. Let's get started. Dark Destruction!" They started to fight and none of the guys could lay a hand on Persha, but Persha easily struck each of the guys down.

      "Mia, they're getting creamed. We gotta do something. Why don't you do something, Mia?"

      Mia looked at the guys fighting. "I wish I could, Yuli, but I don't know what to do."

      "Well then, I'll do something." Yuli got up and went toward the cliff. Mia caught him, but slid on the edge and fell off.

      "Why don't you just tell me where the girl is, so we can end this once and for all?"

      "There's no way we're telling you, Persha."

      "AH!" Mia grabbed onto a rock on the cliff and pulled herself up.

      "So, you've been hiding the girl from me all this time. Now it's time to see the death of your friend." Persha jumped into the air and went toward Mia.

      "Mia! Watch out!" Ryo screamed. Mia turned her head and saw Persha heading towards her.

      "Dark Destruction!" Mia closed her eyes, but Ryo blocked the attack before it hit Mia and brought her back to the top.

      "Ryo! Mia!" Cye screamed.

      "We're in trouble now, you guys," Rowen commented.

      "Well, that was easy enough. Now what are you going to do, Ronins?"

      Ryo and Mia knelt in front of each other at the top of the hill. "Mia, are you all right?"

      "I'm fine, Ryo. Thanks." Ryo crunched and fell into Mia's arms. She started to cry as she saw her friend in pain. "I'm so sorry, Ryo. You sacrificed your life to save me, even after I was such a jerk to you." Ryo looked up into Mia's eyes.

      "Don't worry about it, Mia. I'll make sure nothing happens to you." He fell into her arms and was knocked out.

      All of a sudden, Mia's eyes got big as she remembered the day of the warrior festival. 'Don't worry about it, Mia. I'll make sure nothing happens to you.'

      "Talpa."

      "What are you talking about, Mia?"

      "Yuli, I remember everything now. I remember Talpa, and the Dark Warlords, and the armor of Inferno, and the Ancient, and Kayura, and the Jewel of Life, and I remember being kidnapped and the spirit orb and being made to fight against you guys."

      "That's great, Mia, but what are we supposed to do now? Without Ryo, we're in trouble."

      Mia looked at Ryo and laid him down. She got up, wiped her tears away, and held the spirit orb in her hand, staring at it. "I'm going to teach Persha a lesson about hurting and messing around with my friends." Love. "Armor of the Spirits!"

      The spirit orb floated into the air and began to glow. A bright light flashed and Mia appeared in a dull gray armor. The spirit orb formed a long staff with the outline of a circle at one end, with the spirit orb floating in the middle. She grabbed the staff and a flood of silver light surrounded her. When it disappeared, Mia was left in a bright silver armor.

      Each of the guys were tied to the ground with chains, struggling to get out. "So, what are you going to do now, Ronin Warriors?"

      "We're going to destroy you, Persha."

      "I don't think that's possible, Hardrock. Now, who should I destroy first?" He looked at all the guys. "I choose you, Hardrock, since you spoke up to me. Get ready for the end." He charged toward Kento with his sickle in hand. Kento froze in surprise, and just as the sickle was about to strike, something came flying through the air and knocked it out of his hand. "What was that?"

      "I'm just glad that thing came along." Cye looked toward the tallest tower, the one at the top point. "Hey! Look over there, you guys!" Everyone looked and sees a strange person in silver armor holding a long silver staff.

      "That must be the person who saved me."

      "But who is it?"

      "Could it be?" Persha mumbled to himself.

      "Hey, you guys!" Yuli ran down the cliff on White Blaze carrying Ryo. "It's Mia! That person is Mia!"

      "What!"

      "No! The girl found her armor."

      "I am Mia of the Heavens, guardian of the heavens and my world. I will fight and protect my world, and my friends at any cost and I won't let anyone hurt them."

      "Those are big words for such a little girl." Persha turned around and went toward Sage. Sage closed his eyes and heared a clash. He opened his eyes to see Mia standing in front of him, holding back Persha.

      "Wow, that was fast."

      "Afraid to fight a little girl, Persha?"

      "Not at all. It would be my pleasure to fight against you." Mia and Persha started to fight. They blocked each other on every hit, but as they began to fight more, Mia began to glow a brighter silver.

      They stopped for a minute and Persha gave a little smirk. "Get ready to die, girl!" The pillars started to glow and five beams of light came straight toward Mia. It hit Mia, but a light broke through the beams and shattered them. Persha and the guys stared in amazement as they saw Mia come out of the attack without one scratch. "It can't be! She can't be that powerful!"

      "Get ready to say goodbye, Persha." Mia began to glow brightly and jumped into the air. "Mortal Spirit Blaze!" She pointed her staff at the ground as the spirit orb began to glow. A beam of light came out and went toward the ground. As it hit, the beam broke up into several beams surrounding everything. It freed the guys and destroyed each of the pillars.

      "No! I didn't know she was this powerful! She will pay for this." Persha suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.

      Mia came down to the ground with her eyes closed and landed safely. Ryo, still on White Blaze, opened his eyes and looked at Mia. She turned around and Ryo saw that now she had very pale, glass-like blue eyes and silver hair. "Mia," he mumbled, and closed his eyes.

      Ryo opens his eyes and sat up. He saw that he was in his bedroom. He looked next to him and saw someone with its head on his bed. "Mia?"

      "Looks different, doesn't she?" Sage said. Ryo looked at the door and saw everyone there.

      "She sure does." He took some of Mia's hair hanging over her face and put it back in place.

      "You should have seen her, Ryo. She was amazing. I saw her transform and everything."

      "Why did she transform, Yuli?"

      "Well, she saw that you guys were in trouble and all of a sudden, she got her memory back and transformed."

      "We sure are lucky, then. She was amazing out there, fighting Persha by herself," Rowen commented.

      "And she totally destroyed him, too. Her power was amazing. You should have seen her, Ryo," Kento said.

      "I really wish I could have."

      "Hey, Ryo, we're going out for a while. Wanna come?" Sage asked.

      "Sure." He got up and put on his shirt, making sure not to disturb Mia. He started walking out the door when he realized he forgot his wallet. "I'll meet you guys outside."

      They continued as Ryo went back into his room and got his wallet. He turns around and saw Mia sleeping. He went over, gently picked her up, and put her into his bed, covering her up. He kissed her lightly on the forehead and whispered, "I love you, Mia." He started walking toward the door.

      "I love you too, Ryo." Ryo turned around and saw Mia turn her head toward the wall.

      I must have been hearing things. He went out the door.

      So, it looks like this part of the story is finished. Send me any comments. Stay tuned for the next part.