Chapter 9

"Well, well, well. Six little Ronins all in a row." Kale said with a sneaky laugh. He was surrounded by all of the other students, all the energy sucked out of them. "Since when did the Dynasty start going after energy directly?" Kento sounded very cocky. "Yeah! I thought they fed off human fear." Rowen agreed. "No time to chit-chat guys! We must call the Ronins to arms." They all looked at Jenna as if she had lost it. "Common! Armor of Creasant! Tao Ai!" "Armor of Triforce! Tao JinLae!" Jenna and Mina put on their sub-armor and waited for the others. "Okay. So we've got some explaining to do later," Jenna remarked. "Yeah. Just armor up already!" Mina sounded very impatient. "Right." The other Ronins were still in shock. "Armor of Wildfire!" Yelled Ryo, beginning the armor call. "Strata!" "Torrent!" "Halo!" "Hardrock!" "Ogre!" "Amazon Blasters! Show them what fighting is truly about!" Kale shouted. At his demand, eight slimy creatures popped up out of the ground. Green slime seemed to ooze off their body like avalanches. "EW! Gross!" Mina shouted. "No time to complain." Cye said. "Ready guys?" Jenna asked. "Yeah. Kick it." Anubis yelled this as the others began to knock out each of the Amazon Blasters. It was no easy job. Everything that they threw at them seemed to go down in vein. The Blasters were practically an equal enemy to all of the Ronins. "Stand back." Jenna announced, her temper was on edge and she was fed up with all of this nonsense. "What?" Ryo asked, stunned. "What are you up to?" "Just do it!" Jenna demanded. When her friends stood back, Jenna powered up. "VOLCANO GHOST!" A beam of energy struck the enemy hard. But they reformed! Now there were sixteen of the Amazon Blasters. "Well. That botched," Sage said sarcastically, and looked at Jenna with a hint of anger in his visible eye. "Who knew?" She asked. "Okay. Now what do we do Einstein?" Mina asked her friend. "Wing it?" Jenna acted so innocent. "Full armor. It's our only chance... now that there's twice as many of them." Ryo said. Jenna could tell everyone was ticked at her, but she didn't care. If they were her true friends they would get over it in time. "Armor of Triforce!" Jenna yelled. "Wildfire!" "Creasant!" "Torrent!" "Halo!" "Strata!" "Hardrock!" "Ogre!" The Ronins stood ready to fight. "Attack!" Mina yelled. Now each fighting two of the Amazon Blasters, they seemed to tire quickly. Ryo backed up into Jenna. "Well? Gotta any more plans?" "Yeah, actually! I think." Jenna continued, "Combine our powers into my attack." "Yeah, like that'll work!" Ryo rolled his eyes. "Believe me, it will! Guys! Give me your strength!" "What? Are you nuts?" Rowen yelled, busy with another, unneeded Amazon Blaster. "Yeah. Your last plan didn't work so why should this one?" Kento accused her. "Would you just do it! This time I know what I'm doing okay?" At that, the guys reluctantly agreed. "Quake with Fear!" "Thunder Bolt Cut!" "Super Wave Smasher!" "Iron Rock Crusher!" "Arrow Shock Wave!" "Flare Up Now!" "Triple Viral Beam!" Jenna gathered all of the powers into her sword and it began to glow like a light saber. "Phoenix Fricresa Void!" All of the powers shot out, destroying the Amazon Blasters, and knocking the energy ball from Kale's hand. "Zoisite isn't gonna be happy about this," Kale said. "I'll get you, Ronins! When her Majesty gets a hold of you, all of you will have heck to pay!" Kale then teleported, ending the battle. All of the other students began to wake up. The Ronins shed their armors before any of them saw them.

Once again the Warlords seemed to vanish for a time and soon it was Thanksgiving, but not a happy one. Evil had now taken control over the entire city of Toyama once again. The powers of the Dynasty had hopefully invaded Toyama for the last time as they dragged the people of the city into their dungeons. The once beautiful THS was now slowly crumbling to the ground and served as a headquarters for the Ronin. Many battles had kept them busy and sometimes left them overly exhausted. And at the present time, Jenna and Ryo were checking in with the others from after taking their turn of patrolling the city for more trouble and any open entries into the Dynasty. "Hey guys. There is no way that we are gonna get in easily. All of the gates are locked and we are the last ones left in the city. Now I am glad that Mia and Yuli are in the states." Ryo said as he slid down one of the walls by the gym door. Jenna stood beside him and let him lean his head on her legs. "What makes you think that it was gonna be easy? They most likely have more allies..." Rowen stated from were he sat on the bleachers by them. "And I know this to be a fact." A small cheetah-like cat jumped out of the shadows and walked over to the cluttered group. She then jumped into Jenna's arms. "How's it going girls?" "Fine." She looked around and saw the stunned faces of all of the guys. Mina nodded at her to explain everything. "Everyone. This is my and Mina's sidekick and guardian, Calico." "You can call me Cali." She purred as Jenna scratched her ears. "Cali. This is Ryo, Cye, Rowen, Kento, Sage and Anubis... as if you didn't know that already." Mina said as she leaned on Cye. "Cali's the one who helped us find all of you." "And the two of you still have some explaining to do." Sage reminded them. "Like why we never heard of you guys until now? OR why you never showed yourselves before??" Anubis asked in a frustrated tone. "Maybe I can explain things better than Triforce or Creasant." Calico said before either of the girls could so much as think. She now stood in the center of the group. "Well, like the rest of you, Jenna and Mina were chosen at birth to wear the armors that you bear. But their powers didn't answer the call of the armor at the time that they were supposed to. At that time, I was sent to help them awaken their powers and train in time to help you all with your second counter attack on Talpa. But due to my slow timing, they didn't realize them until a year ago." "But that was right after we beat Talpa!" Ryo exclaimed in a weary tone. Calico nodded to this. "I know. The Ancient still decided to have them complete their training. And within a years time they have learned everything that they need to know. But having trained all of their lives as a part of the armor powers, that urged them to do so, they learned what they lacked fast." "So you mean that they can fight, but don't have the full extent of the armor powers?" Cye asked. Mina elbowed him and Jenna gave him a look that could kill, making him regret that he had asked. "No. They adapted to the armor fast and have unlocked all of the powers to be at the same level as the rest of you. The reason for their amazing timing I do not know." Silence covered everyone before Calico broke it with the words, "All I know is what the Ancient told me." And she ended her story. "How do you know the Ancient?" Ryo asked. Calico let Rowen pick her up and scratch her head. "He was the one who choose me to do this job." She said in a thick purr. Then Jenna sensed an unwanted presence in the area. As she gazed out the shattered windowpane across from the door she stood by, Ryo began to feel a cold chill creep up his back as he looked at her face. "What's wrong Jenna?" He asked. "Yeah. You look like someone scared the crap out of ya." Kento agreed as he finished a candy bar. "Something doesn't feel right. An unwelcome Evil is near us..." As she spoke, the others picked up on the force too. Then they heard a shrill laugh fill the air as the pane broke completely and a woman with blonde hair appeared on the other side of it.