Test of the Armors
chapter 3
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"Kaye where are you!?" yelled Kento.
"Calm down Kento, you freaking out won't be of any help in finding her, now will it." said Sage as he tried to calm him down.
"Don't you think I know that?" asked Kento.
"As soon as you get yourself calmed down, we'll go and look for her ok." replied Ryo.
"How can you guys be so calm about this?" asked Kento.
"Hey Kento we're just as worried as you." replied Cye.
"Alright fine I'm calm, now how do you propose that we look for her?" asked Kento as he slammed his hands down onto the back of the chair that Kaye was sitting in.
"Why don't we call our subarmors, maybe then we can find her." suggested Rowen.
"Rowen you think that our armors have some type of connection with Kaye's?" asked Kento eagerly.
"It's worth a shot." replied Rowen.
"Alright then let's do it already, wht are we waiting around for?" asked Kento. The other guys nodded and quickly changed into their subarmors.
"Ok now what?" asked Cye.
"Just concentrate, clear your mind and focus." replied Sage as he closed his eyes. The others followed his lead, it didn't take long for their subarmors to glow their respective colors. While the guys were doing their thing, Kaye was trying to figure out what was going on.
"Ok what the heck just happened? One minute I'm home sitting back in my chair, and the next minute I'm here." thought Kaye as she looked around.
"Welcome young one, I'm glad that you've responed to my invitation." said the stranger.
"Invitation? What are you talking about? Who are you, where am I, and another thing why am I here?" asked Kaye as she was getting annoyed.
"You definately ask a lot of questions." said the stranger.
"Yea people keep telling me that, now I really don't like to repeat myself. If you would answer my questions and get me back home, then I'll be glad to forget this has ever happened." replied Kaye as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry but I can't answer all of your questions." said the stranger.
"Can't or won't, if you don't answer my questions and get me back home, then you won't like the consequences." replied Kaye angrily.
"I'm sorry that you feel that way young one. But I suppose that I could answer a few of your questions. There are a few of these questions that I'll reserve the answers for later. The question that I will answer about where you are I'll be glad to explain." said the stranger.
"Well if you wouldn't mind, start explaining." replied Kaye.
"This place is what you could call a nexus between realms. It can create whatever is inside of your mind and make it real." explained the stranger.
"No way that could happen, the only possible way is if one was in..." realized Kaye.
"Yes and no to what you were thinking. It is similar to the dream realm, but it's way more dangerous here. You could say that it's possibly deadly." replied the stranger.
"You weren't planning on me leaving were you? What do you want from me?" asked Kaye angrily.
"It's not you that I want, it's your kanji orb as well as the ones that belong to the Ronin Warriors." replied the stranger.
"What are you talking about? What's a kanji orb?" asked Kaye as she hoped that the stranger would believe her.
"Don't play dumb with me young one! I know that you and your friends all possess mystical armors. You will give it to me now or I'll find a way to make you hand it over. The choice is yours, but be quick about it." warned the stranger.
"Oh man I can't just hand over my kanji orb just like that. I gotta figure out something and fast." thought Kaye as she glared at the stranger.
"Well what is your decision?" asked the stranger.
"Maybe I believe you and maybe I don't. How am I suppose to know what kind of powers you have if any?" asked Kaye as she was trying to buy some time.
"Fine if you want a demonstration then you'll get one." replied the stranger coldly. Kaye got ready by taking a defensive position, waiting to see what this guy was going to throw at her. The stranger's eyes turned red, and then his whole body developed a red glow. He raised both of his hands in front of him and directed them right at Kaye. A red energy beam shot out directly towards her. Kaye tried to get out of the way, but she found out that she couldn't move. When Kaye looked up she saw the energy beam hit. Kaye started to scream from the intense pain. The stranger kept increasing his power, making the kanji of determination to flare brightly on her forehead and necklace, causing Kaye's subarmor to appear.
"Something's wrong, were losing the connection!" yelled Sage as the ronin armors began to lose their glow.
"No! Come on guys try harder!" Kento yelled back.
"Guys, what's going on?" asked Mia.
"We're not sure Mia, but whatever is inerferring with the link is very powerful." replied Ryo.
"Guys!" said Mia as she noticed that their surroundings were changing all around them.
"Mia as you can probably tell, this isn't the best time for interruptions. We are trying to find Kaye." replied Sage.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you." replied Mia in annoyance.
"Mia, are you telling us that you saw Kaye?" asked Kento with some hope while keeping his concentration.
"Yea I saw a glimpse of her for a second and then she was gone." replied Mia.
"How did she look to you Mia?" asked Rowen.
"She looked like she was in pain as well as very ticked off." replied Mia as she watched the guys try to keep hold a little longer. When Mia told them what she saw, something inside of Kento snapped, and the kanji on his forehead and on his chain glowed brighter than the others. It seemed like a new kind of power has awakened in him.
In the nexus the red beam that hit Kaye finally died, and revealed Kaye standing there in her subarmor. "Ok, note to self make this guy number one on my payback list." thought Kaye angrily as she glared at the stranger.
"Are you satisfied young one with my small demonstration?" asked the stranger.
"That was a small demonstration, man I definately don't want to see what you would call a big demonstration." replied Kaye angrily.
"Then hand over your kanji orb or you and your friends will feel my full power." said the stranger.
"There has to be a way out of here, but where?" thought Kaye as she quickly looked around her surroundings.
"Don't bother looking for an exit, you won't find one." taunted the stranger.
"You don't even try to count me out just yet." replied Kaye as she fell to one knee.
"Good, you have a strong spirit, I'm sure that your armor does as well. Now I'm giving you one more chance to hand over your kanji orb." said the stranger.
"Who are you? Answer me!" said Kaye as she was trying to buy some time for a plan to come into play.
"Well I suppose that I could tell you my name. A lot of good it'll do you. I'm called Maji. Now that you know my name, it's time to hand over your kanji orb." replied Maji.
"It looks like I have another choice that has just presented itself." replied Kaye with a smirk.
"How can that be? I'm the only one that has real power in the nexus?" asked Maji in disbelief.
"Well guess again Maji, I think that I just found my ride home." replied Kaye as she spotted a portal of some kind tha was being held open by each of the ronin's spirit from their armors. Kaye got up and started to run towards the opening. For some reason the portal began to slowly close.
"Guys I see her, I see Kaye!" exclaimed Mia.
"No you won't escape me! No!" yelled Maji as Kaye dove through the portal that quickly closed behind her. Kaye flew right past the guys and right into the couch. They broke their link and ran to where she was laying.
"Kaye what happened, where were you? Are you alright?" asked Kento with concern.
"Kento one question at a time ok." replied Kaye as she winced when she grabbed her side.
"Kento back off and let me get over there. Mia we need the first aid kit stat." said Sage as he tried to get Kento out of the way.
"I got it Sage, Kento move so Sage can heal Kaye alright." replied Mia as she made her way to the couch. Sage and Kaye began to glow green for a while, and then the glow faded away. Sage stepped back and let Mia try to bandage her ribs.
"Kaye can you sit up?" asked Ryo.
"Yea I think so." replied Kaye as she tried to sit up on the couch.
"Now Kaye, are ya feeling up to answering a few questions?" asked Rowen.
"I'll see what AH, I can answer. I guess Maji did one heck of a number on me." replied Kaye as she winced from getting up too fast. She saw the concern in their eyes and gave them a small smile.
"Kaye are you sure that you feel up to it?" asked Cye.
"Yea Cye go ahead, ask away." replied Kaye as she stabled herself on the couch.
"Alright then Kaye, where did you disappear to?" asked Rowen.
"A place called the nexus." replied Kaye.
"What is this nexus?" asked Rowen.
"According to Maji, that's the jerk that brought me there, he said that the nexus is something like the dream realm, but more fatal." replied Kaye.
"What does this Maji guy want?" asked Ryo.
"He said that he wanted my kanji orb." replied Kaye.
"You still have it don't ya?" asked Kento.
"Yea I still have it, you think that I'm crazy enough to just hand it over? Besides mine isn't the only one that he wants, he also wants all of yours as well." replied Kaye.
"Why, what does he want them for?" asked Mia.
"I don't know, he didn't give me any reason." replied Kaye.
'I know why.' said a voice.
chapter 3
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"Kaye where are you!?" yelled Kento.
"Calm down Kento, you freaking out won't be of any help in finding her, now will it." said Sage as he tried to calm him down.
"Don't you think I know that?" asked Kento.
"As soon as you get yourself calmed down, we'll go and look for her ok." replied Ryo.
"How can you guys be so calm about this?" asked Kento.
"Hey Kento we're just as worried as you." replied Cye.
"Alright fine I'm calm, now how do you propose that we look for her?" asked Kento as he slammed his hands down onto the back of the chair that Kaye was sitting in.
"Why don't we call our subarmors, maybe then we can find her." suggested Rowen.
"Rowen you think that our armors have some type of connection with Kaye's?" asked Kento eagerly.
"It's worth a shot." replied Rowen.
"Alright then let's do it already, wht are we waiting around for?" asked Kento. The other guys nodded and quickly changed into their subarmors.
"Ok now what?" asked Cye.
"Just concentrate, clear your mind and focus." replied Sage as he closed his eyes. The others followed his lead, it didn't take long for their subarmors to glow their respective colors. While the guys were doing their thing, Kaye was trying to figure out what was going on.
"Ok what the heck just happened? One minute I'm home sitting back in my chair, and the next minute I'm here." thought Kaye as she looked around.
"Welcome young one, I'm glad that you've responed to my invitation." said the stranger.
"Invitation? What are you talking about? Who are you, where am I, and another thing why am I here?" asked Kaye as she was getting annoyed.
"You definately ask a lot of questions." said the stranger.
"Yea people keep telling me that, now I really don't like to repeat myself. If you would answer my questions and get me back home, then I'll be glad to forget this has ever happened." replied Kaye as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry but I can't answer all of your questions." said the stranger.
"Can't or won't, if you don't answer my questions and get me back home, then you won't like the consequences." replied Kaye angrily.
"I'm sorry that you feel that way young one. But I suppose that I could answer a few of your questions. There are a few of these questions that I'll reserve the answers for later. The question that I will answer about where you are I'll be glad to explain." said the stranger.
"Well if you wouldn't mind, start explaining." replied Kaye.
"This place is what you could call a nexus between realms. It can create whatever is inside of your mind and make it real." explained the stranger.
"No way that could happen, the only possible way is if one was in..." realized Kaye.
"Yes and no to what you were thinking. It is similar to the dream realm, but it's way more dangerous here. You could say that it's possibly deadly." replied the stranger.
"You weren't planning on me leaving were you? What do you want from me?" asked Kaye angrily.
"It's not you that I want, it's your kanji orb as well as the ones that belong to the Ronin Warriors." replied the stranger.
"What are you talking about? What's a kanji orb?" asked Kaye as she hoped that the stranger would believe her.
"Don't play dumb with me young one! I know that you and your friends all possess mystical armors. You will give it to me now or I'll find a way to make you hand it over. The choice is yours, but be quick about it." warned the stranger.
"Oh man I can't just hand over my kanji orb just like that. I gotta figure out something and fast." thought Kaye as she glared at the stranger.
"Well what is your decision?" asked the stranger.
"Maybe I believe you and maybe I don't. How am I suppose to know what kind of powers you have if any?" asked Kaye as she was trying to buy some time.
"Fine if you want a demonstration then you'll get one." replied the stranger coldly. Kaye got ready by taking a defensive position, waiting to see what this guy was going to throw at her. The stranger's eyes turned red, and then his whole body developed a red glow. He raised both of his hands in front of him and directed them right at Kaye. A red energy beam shot out directly towards her. Kaye tried to get out of the way, but she found out that she couldn't move. When Kaye looked up she saw the energy beam hit. Kaye started to scream from the intense pain. The stranger kept increasing his power, making the kanji of determination to flare brightly on her forehead and necklace, causing Kaye's subarmor to appear.
"Something's wrong, were losing the connection!" yelled Sage as the ronin armors began to lose their glow.
"No! Come on guys try harder!" Kento yelled back.
"Guys, what's going on?" asked Mia.
"We're not sure Mia, but whatever is inerferring with the link is very powerful." replied Ryo.
"Guys!" said Mia as she noticed that their surroundings were changing all around them.
"Mia as you can probably tell, this isn't the best time for interruptions. We are trying to find Kaye." replied Sage.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you." replied Mia in annoyance.
"Mia, are you telling us that you saw Kaye?" asked Kento with some hope while keeping his concentration.
"Yea I saw a glimpse of her for a second and then she was gone." replied Mia.
"How did she look to you Mia?" asked Rowen.
"She looked like she was in pain as well as very ticked off." replied Mia as she watched the guys try to keep hold a little longer. When Mia told them what she saw, something inside of Kento snapped, and the kanji on his forehead and on his chain glowed brighter than the others. It seemed like a new kind of power has awakened in him.
In the nexus the red beam that hit Kaye finally died, and revealed Kaye standing there in her subarmor. "Ok, note to self make this guy number one on my payback list." thought Kaye angrily as she glared at the stranger.
"Are you satisfied young one with my small demonstration?" asked the stranger.
"That was a small demonstration, man I definately don't want to see what you would call a big demonstration." replied Kaye angrily.
"Then hand over your kanji orb or you and your friends will feel my full power." said the stranger.
"There has to be a way out of here, but where?" thought Kaye as she quickly looked around her surroundings.
"Don't bother looking for an exit, you won't find one." taunted the stranger.
"You don't even try to count me out just yet." replied Kaye as she fell to one knee.
"Good, you have a strong spirit, I'm sure that your armor does as well. Now I'm giving you one more chance to hand over your kanji orb." said the stranger.
"Who are you? Answer me!" said Kaye as she was trying to buy some time for a plan to come into play.
"Well I suppose that I could tell you my name. A lot of good it'll do you. I'm called Maji. Now that you know my name, it's time to hand over your kanji orb." replied Maji.
"It looks like I have another choice that has just presented itself." replied Kaye with a smirk.
"How can that be? I'm the only one that has real power in the nexus?" asked Maji in disbelief.
"Well guess again Maji, I think that I just found my ride home." replied Kaye as she spotted a portal of some kind tha was being held open by each of the ronin's spirit from their armors. Kaye got up and started to run towards the opening. For some reason the portal began to slowly close.
"Guys I see her, I see Kaye!" exclaimed Mia.
"No you won't escape me! No!" yelled Maji as Kaye dove through the portal that quickly closed behind her. Kaye flew right past the guys and right into the couch. They broke their link and ran to where she was laying.
"Kaye what happened, where were you? Are you alright?" asked Kento with concern.
"Kento one question at a time ok." replied Kaye as she winced when she grabbed her side.
"Kento back off and let me get over there. Mia we need the first aid kit stat." said Sage as he tried to get Kento out of the way.
"I got it Sage, Kento move so Sage can heal Kaye alright." replied Mia as she made her way to the couch. Sage and Kaye began to glow green for a while, and then the glow faded away. Sage stepped back and let Mia try to bandage her ribs.
"Kaye can you sit up?" asked Ryo.
"Yea I think so." replied Kaye as she tried to sit up on the couch.
"Now Kaye, are ya feeling up to answering a few questions?" asked Rowen.
"I'll see what AH, I can answer. I guess Maji did one heck of a number on me." replied Kaye as she winced from getting up too fast. She saw the concern in their eyes and gave them a small smile.
"Kaye are you sure that you feel up to it?" asked Cye.
"Yea Cye go ahead, ask away." replied Kaye as she stabled herself on the couch.
"Alright then Kaye, where did you disappear to?" asked Rowen.
"A place called the nexus." replied Kaye.
"What is this nexus?" asked Rowen.
"According to Maji, that's the jerk that brought me there, he said that the nexus is something like the dream realm, but more fatal." replied Kaye.
"What does this Maji guy want?" asked Ryo.
"He said that he wanted my kanji orb." replied Kaye.
"You still have it don't ya?" asked Kento.
"Yea I still have it, you think that I'm crazy enough to just hand it over? Besides mine isn't the only one that he wants, he also wants all of yours as well." replied Kaye.
"Why, what does he want them for?" asked Mia.
"I don't know, he didn't give me any reason." replied Kaye.
'I know why.' said a voice.