"Darkness Revived"

Chapter Two

      "Your Highness, I'm sorry to say that the warrior that we sent to destroy the Ronins has been defeated," a man said in a princely dressing. He had blue eyes and blue hair.

      "How could the Ronin Warriors defeat him?" asked the man on his throne.

      "The Ronins were not the ones who defeated him. A girl defeated him."

      "What? How could a weak mortal girl defeat such a powerful warrior?"

      "This wasn't any ordinary girl, Your Highness. She possessed a powerful golden armor with wings and a staff that contained a small orb."

      "So, it looks like she possess the spirit orb. This mortal girl is actually then more like a princess. With her power, this hunt is going to be fun."

      "Do not worry, Your Highness, I have a plan that is guaranteed to work."

      "Hey, Ryo, wake up." Yuli shook Ryo and he started to get up. "Breakfast's ready!"

      "Okay, I'm up," Ryo said slowly, getting up.

      "Where is everyone? Move it, you guys!" Mia screamed out. Ryo walked down the stairs and saw everyone sitting at the table.

      "Come on, Mia. I'm hungry!" Kento said.

      "Calm down, Kento. I'm not in the mood for your complaining!" Mia came out of the kitchen with a short stack of pancakes, wearing a blue business suit.

      "This is it? Mia, this isn't anything," Rowen said.

      "Well, this is what you're having for breakfast if you want lunch and dinner."

      "Are you putting us on diets or something?" Cye asked.

      "No. It's just that we are short on money. I thought my grandfather's money would be enough, but with the bills going up and having to buy food every day, we're kinda running low. I'm going to an interview today. It lets me work at home and it pays well."

      "You'll get it, Mia," Ryo said.

      "I hope. Now where are my glasses?"

      "Since when do you wear glasses?" Rowen asked.

      "I can't find my contacts, so I have to wear my glasses. I know where they are." She ran over to the counter and put them in. "Now, where are Yuli and White Blaze? If they don't come soon, I'm gonna be late."

      "Here we are!" Yuli shouted, coming down the stairs on White Blaze.

      "Come on, you two." She pushed them toward the door. "Bye, you guys!"

      "Um, Mia, you forget something," Ryo said.

      "Huh?" She looked at him and held up her purse. She ran over and took it. "Thanks," and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She started to run toward the door.

      "Um, Mia…"

      She turned around and Ryo held up the keys. She ran toward him, took the keys, and gave him another kiss. "Thanks again." She went toward the door again.

      "And…"

      She turned around once more and Ryo held up a pair of blue pumps. "Oops." She ran over, took them, and kissed him again. "What would I do without you?" She hopped toward the door with purse on her shoulder, keys in her mouth, trying to put on her shoes. "Bye!"

      Mia drove into town with Yuli in the front and White Blaze in the back. "Okay, Yuli, don't forget I'll see you at three."

      "Right."

      She continued to drive until she came onto a huge traffic jam. "What's going on? Move it, people!" She looked out the window to see what was holding up the cars and saw dozens of people running away.

      "Mia, something's wrong."

      "I know, Yuli. Let's go check." They got of the car and ran in the opposite direction of the people. They stopped as they saw a man in gray armor. "Not another one." She turned into her subarmor and the man looked toward her.

      "Well, you must be the girl called Mia. It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Nai and I've come to destroy you."

      "Not today. Let's get this started. I have an interview to get to."

      "It looks like you're going to have to cancel."

      "Armor of the Heavens!" Mia transformed and got ready to fight. Nai held out five rings like a deck of cards and threw them toward her. She jumped, but two went on her wrists and tied them together. She dropped her staff on the ground and tried to free herself.

      "Don't even try. You'll never free yourself."

      "This looks really bad," Mia muttered to herself. She turned toward Yuli. "Yuli, I need you and White Blaze to go get the guys. I'll take care of this, guys."

      "Are you sure, Mia?" Yuli got on White Blaze.

      "Just go!" Mia spread her wings and flew up, trying to dodge the rings. Yuli started to ride away.

      "Come on, White Blaze! We gotta hurry!" Yuli and White Blaze started to see the house and ran up to the door. Yuli started to ring the doorbell over and over. "Come on, you guys!"

      Ryo opened the door and saw Yuli. "Yuli, what are you doing here?"

      "Ryo, Mia is in really big trouble. I mean huge. We were driving and everything stopped, so we went to see what was happening and there was this guy and he had these rings and he tied Mia up and…"

      "Okay, Yuli." Ryo turned around. "Hey, you guys! Mia's in trouble!"

      The guys, Yuli, and White Blaze ran down the same block where Mia stopped the car. "Where is she, Yuli?" Sage asked.

      "She's straight ahead."

      They turned a corner and saw Mia floating about as high as the skyscraper next to her, hanging upside down all tied up in dozens of chains. "Ryo!"

      "Mia!" Ryo started to run over.

      "Watch out, Ryo!" Ryo stopped as long staff came down. He looked above him and saw a figure coming down.

      "So nice to see you, Ronin Warriors."

      "That's the guy who tied up Mia!"

      "That's right, I had to tie up your lovely friend to keep her busy."

      "Mia, use your staff!" Kento screamed.

      "Oh, you mean this?" He showed the staff in his hand.

      "You guys, we better get ready to fight. Armor of Wildfire, Halo, Strata, Torrent, Hardrock!"

      "Do you think you're actually gonna defeat me?"

      "We sure do. Iron Earth Quake!" Nai dodged the blast. He pounced toward Kento with his staff. At the end of the staff, a foot-long blade came out, but Kento moved out of the way. "That was too close!"

      "Now, to get this over with." He took out five white rings and held them like a deck of cards. "Why don't you boys try these on for size?" He threw the rings and each one surrounded each of the guys.

      "What are these?" Rowen asked.

      "These things prevent you from attacking me, but I'm able to attack you. It's time to finish this. Dark…" Suddenly, the Ancient's staff landed in front of Nai and stopped him.

      "That's the Ancient's staff," Ryo said.

      "But that means…" Cye started to say.

      "So nice to see you again, you guys," Kayura said, standing on the roof of a nearby building. Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet stood on other rooftops.

      "What?" They all jumped off the buildings and landed on the ground.

      "What are you guys doing here?" Sage asked.

      "Well, this guy and his master took over the Netherworld. We tried to get it back, but we couldn't defeat them, so we decided to come and see if you guys could help," Cale said.

      "But it looks like we won't have to ask," Dais replied.

      "Hey, you guys! Trash this jerk so I can get down already! I still have that interview, and if I don't get that job, there won't be enough food for everyone!"

      "NO way. NO one takes away from my food supply."

      "It looks like I got more pests to exterminate."

      "I don't think you're going to destroy us. It's going to be the other way around," Sekhmet said. "Snake Fang Strike!"

      Nai dodged the attack. "Dark Night Shade!" Everyone got knocked down by the attack, but got up quickly.

      "Let them go! Why don't you fight me?" Mia screamed

      "Shut up!" He put his hand into a fist and the chains around Mia constricted, making her scream in pain.

      "Hey, stop that. Don't hurt her!" Ryo shouted at him.

      "So, you're worried about your little girlfriend. I guess I found the Ronin's weakness." He put his hand into a tighter fist and Mia screamed louder, trying to gasp for air.

      "Just leave her alone," Cye said.

      "We're going to have to fight without her, you guys, got it, Ryo?" Sage said.

      "Right. Armor of Inferno!" Everyone's armor started to glow, including Kayura's, Cale's, Dais' and Sekhmet's armor.

      "What happened?" Dais asked.

      "I think since our armors come from the same origins, they worked together," Rowen said.

      "All right then, let's see if this armor has gotten any more powerful, 'cause we're gonna need it," Ryo said.

      "What are we waiting for, then? Dark Night Shade!"

      "Inferno Fire Blast!" Huge flames broke through Nai's attack and surrounded him. In a flash of light he disappeared and the attack disappeared. The chains around Mia disappeared and she started to fall to the ground, gasping for air. Everyone looked in her direction and saw her falling.

      "Quick! Use your wings! Open them!" Yuli screamed.

      "Huh?" Mia looked at the ground coming up, spread out her wings, and stopped herself before she hit the ground. She landed on the ground and sat down. Everyone ran over toward her to see how she was.

      "Are you okay?" Sage asked.

      "I think so."

      "Here's your staff," Yuli said, handing her the staff.

      "Thanks. Wait a minute. Oh no! I'm late! I'm late for my interview."

      "Why don't you go? You may still have some time. We'll take care of everything," Ryo said.

      "Thanks, Ryo. I'll see you guys later." Mia spread her wings and flew away.

      "So, what's our next step?" Kayura asked.

      "How could you fail me!"

      "I'm sorry, Master. I didn't mean to. I'll get them next time."