Chapter 10 "Who are you!?!" Anubis yelled to her. Set in a sub-armored stance, all of them were ready to fight whom ever it was that threatened them. "Finally I have found the ones that destroyed my father!" She wouldn't let them see anything but her hair color and eyes; the rest of her that remained was over shadowed. "Your father? Listen lady, we do not know who your father is, so tell us what you want before I get mad." Rowen stated, not in the least happy. "So you do not remember Talpa do you?" The Evil one stated. "TALPA?!" The Ronins, minus Jenna and Mina, exclaimed. Ryo closed his eyes; painful memories hitting him. But not of the last war with Talpa, of another. A war that was foreign to him. "Yes... I am Zoisite. Empress of the NegaDynasty!" She finally let them see all of her. Her hair was golden like an angel's halo, but her eyes were evilly blue. She was tall and dressed in the clothes of a warrior, not a ruler. The rose that was tucked behind her ear seemed blackened with the evil that she carried in her soul; however, it seemed to also represent those that she had hurt in the past. "So you are the one that the Warlords have told us of! You will pay for your troubles!" Anubis declared. "My troubles? My incomprehensible, traitor of a War lady, Mysica, caused your last troubles! But now that she is out of my way, I will not stop to what I must to rule the world!" Zoisite laughed evilly, her laughter piercing the air. The Ronins covered their ears and tried to block out the sound. But, her next statement made Jenna really mad. "And now to use the Sailor Senshi against you as my underlings!" "NOO!! I will not let you do that!" Jenna charged at Zoisite, delivering a blow to her gut. As a counter, Zoisite kicked Jenna square in the chest. But still, that did not knock the bearer of Triforce down. She would not give in that easily. Once again Jenna charged at the enemy and began to deliver blows to her left and right. But Zoisite countered or blocked each of them. Once Jenna was tired out, Zoisite knocked her into a wall. This action thus made Ryo mad. No one hurt one of his friends. Especially when that friend was the girl that he had a crush on, even tho he wouldn't openly admit it to her. "Warriors!" When his comrades looked at him, they smiled and took up a stance to get in armor gear. When each of the warrior's foreheads blazed with their symbol, Ryo then called out, "To ARMS!" "Armor of Strata!" Rowen yelled, Life Force glowing like the stars in navy blue on his forehead. "TAO INOCHI!" "Armor of Hardrock!" Kento followed the orange symbol of Justice on his forehead shimmering. "TAO GI!" "Armor of Torrent!" Cye's British voice cried; the baby blue-white symbol of Trust glimmered like the sun on the water on his forehead. "TAO SHIN!" "Armor of Ogre!" Anubis's tan symbol of Loyalty gleamed in the center of his red bangs. "TAO ONI!" "Armor of Halo!" Sage's visible eye became closed and the lock of blonde hair that covered his other eye reflected a green tint from the green symbol of Wisdom on his forehead. "TAO CH!" "Armor of Creasant!" Mina followed. Her golden symbol of Love glowed like the sun. "TAO AI!" "Armor of Wildfire!" Much like his element of fire blazed, virtue did between Ryo's eyes. "TAO JIN!" "Armor of Triforce!" Jenna's weak voice called after everyone else was in gear. "Jenna, no! Stay back!" Ryo commanded as he stood in front of her protectively, his two katanas drawn. "You're in too bad of shape to fight."

"I have to Ryo..." Coughing, she fell to her knees. Ryo saw this and then was at her side immediately. Sage tried to serve as a diversion from them as Zoisite looked at them. "THUNDER BOLT..." He powered up his no datchi. Zoisite then hit him with a large gust of wind, knocking him into a wall. As each of the others attacked, she did the same too them. When it came down to Ryo, whom was still tending to the wounded Jenna, she grinned. "Take my battle for your life, or your death for her protection." She stated evilly. Ryo then stood in front of Jenna, sheathing his swords on his back. "I will protect her and my friends. My life does not mean anything to me if I do not have friends." This vow took Zoisite aback and she backed away from him in shock. "What.... Why would you do such a stupid thing?!" She yelled. "Because... they are my friends and I am nothing without them." Ryo's eyes were hard with hate and determination as he stared her in the face. But then Zoisite shook her shock off. "You are all too weak...." Zoisite's shrill laugh filled the air again. "But I invite you too come into the Dynasty and fight me...." With that, Zoisite disappeared and in her place was a large gate, better known as a 'doorway' to the Dynasty. Jenna stood with Ryo's help and then limped over to it, placing her hands on it as if she were going to open it. But Ryo stopped her. "Jenna! You can't go in there like this!" "I have to Ryo. I have to save my friends!" And with that, Jenna burst through the gates, Ryo hot on her tail. Blue-silver fog was on the other side of the gate, and billowed out through the doors. The others then followed them, but became lost in a swirl of fog and became separated.