"No, it can't be." said Kaye quietly.
"Kaye what do you mean it can't be? What are you talking about?" asked Mia.
"I don't think that Kaye is referring to a what, but instead of a who." replied Rowen.
"Ok Rowen, who is Kaye talking about then?" asked Kento.
"Lightning." said Kaye as the tiger suddenly appeared in the middle of the livingroom. Forgetting for the moment about her injured ribs, she tried to get to where Lightning was standing. Before Kaye could even walk two steps, she started to fall forward. Luckily for her that Kento was close enough to catch her.
"Kaye whoa there you're in no condition to be walking around. Especially after what that jerk Maji did to you." said Cye sternly. She nodded and sat back down on the couch.
'Kaye what's Cye talking about? Maji attacked you?' asked Lightning.
'Like you actually care what he did. You come here out of nowhere, acting surprised about him forcing me to transform into my subarmor. Wait a minute you know Maji don't you? Then what you said about you know why he wants our kanji orbs? It's true, I don't believe it! Lightning how could you keep this to yourself?' asked Kaye as she stared in shock at him.
'Kaye try and understand.' said Lightning.
'Try and understand what Lightning! Understand the fact that you kept this a secret. To understand that you left me with no explanation of where you were going, or even if you were going to come back?' asked Kaye as tears were threatening to fall.
'I'm sorry Kaye, I couldn't tell you. They made me promise to never tell anyone who wears the Tiger Armor.' replied Lightning as he started to walk towards Kaye.
"Not another step closer Lightning, I mean it!" said Kaye angrily.
"Kaye what's going on? We thought that you would be more than happy to have Lightning come back?" asked Sage.
"He knows why Maji wants the orbs." said Kaye as she glared at the tiger.
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Kento in confusion.
"Unsually it would be, but not in this case." replied Kaye.
"Kaye what are you talking about?" asked Cye. Kaye began to explain the conversation that she and Lightning just had. They were surprised to say the least.
"But Kaye, Lightning didn't explain what Maji wants with your and the guys's orbs." said Mia.
"Let's hear him out Kaye, alright." said Rowen.
"Fine Rowen, but I know what's going to happen. When Lightning's done explaining, he'll stay for a little while and then he'll disappear without a word, just watch you'll see." replied Kaye as she motioned for Lightning to continue his explanation.
Lightning nodded and continued with his story. 'You see Kaye everyone that wears the Tiger Armor, or any armor for that matter are to be tested to see if the one that is connected with it is worthy to keep their bond.' said Lightning.
"Kaye what did he say?" asked Sage. She explained what Lightning told her, and they were just as confused as she was.
"Ask him of it's the same test that we each took to gain our armors." said Rowen. Kaye asked Lightning Rowen's question. This time Lightning took a little longer to answer. It was like he was trying to figure it out himself. Finally he shook his head no, Rowen sat back in his chair thinking of what kind of test or tests that Maji has in store for them.
"Finally Kaye had enough, and decided to go somewhere and think. She got up from the couch, and started to walk in the direction of the training room. "Kaye where do you think that you're going?" asked Ryo.
"I need to think, so I'm going to the training room." replied Kaye with her back to them.
"You're going to do no such thing Kaye. You're going to rest, in case you didn't notice you are not completely healed yet." said Kento as he made his way to her.
Kaye shook her head and gave a little laugh. "Oh really Kento, and how do you plan to make me change my mind?" asked Kaye curiously.
"You really want to know?" asked Kento with a mischievous grin.
"Yea, I really want to know." replied Kaye in annoyance.
"Ok, but you've asked for it." said Kento. Kaye turned around and looked at him with an expression that said go for it and see what will happen. Kento literally swept Kaye off of her feet, she gave a look of surprise to find out that one minute she was standing up and facing him, and the next minute she was being carried upstairs.
"Kento, put me down. I can walk you know, my legs are not broken, I just have bruised ribs." said Kaye as she was trying to get out of his strong embrace.
"Sorry Kaye, I don't think so. Besides, you wanted to know how I was going to stop you from going to the training room and well now you have your answer." replied Kento with a big grin. On the way up to Kaye's room, they could hear the loud laughter coming from the livingroom.
"Kaye how did you like the trip?" yelled Cye as he continued laughing.
"Ha, ha Cye very funny. Just wait until I get back down there, then you'll see what I think is funny." Kaye yelled back.
"Easy there Kaye, don't start getting riled up now. Just concentrate on getting some rest and then later we'll talk." said Kento as he placed Kaye onto her bed.
"Oh just you wait Kento, you'll get yours. Just you wait and see." replied Kaye as she looked straight into his eyes.
"I think that this is payback for the trick that you played on me with the cake that you did last night." said Kento as he kissed her on top of her forehead.
"Oh really, I thought that you already payed me back by that sweeping technique that you pulled off from last night?" asked Kaye with a mischievous smile.
"Yea I do but now you fell for it twice. Consider us even, now go to sleep. You need your rest, someone will be up later to make sure that you are alright, now sleep." said Kento before closing the door behind him.
"Maybe I'm being too hard on Lightning? No, he left without any explanation of any kind, and then poof he's back just like that! Maybe I, oh I don't know. What am I suppose to do, how does he expect me to handle what he just told us about these so called tests? I guess that I should get some sleep, then maybe everything will become easier to deal with." thought Kaye as she began to fall asleep.
"Hey Kento, is Kaye finally sleeping?" asked Mia.
"Yea, finally. So what do we do now, does anyone have an ideas?" asked Kento as he sat down on the couch.
"Well let's see what we know so far. One, we have a major wacko trying to take our kaji orbs away from us for some kind of test that he has planned. Two, we have a mystical tiger that has been gone for a long time and suddenly shows up. Three, we have an injured Kaye that is upstairs supposedly sleeping. From all of this, one thing is a definate." said Rowen as he looked around the room.
"Come on Rowen, don't leave us in suspense like this, what's the one thing that's a definate?" asked Ryo.
"We definately know that we are in major trouble if we can't figure out what this Maji guy wants with our orbs." replied Rowen as he sat back and began to analyze the situation.
"Mia, is there anything on your computer about this Maji character?" asked Sage.
"I'm not sure, I could check. What are you guys going to do in the meantime?" asked Mia as she grabbed for her laptop.
"Well we can't get any more answers out of Lightning because he only talks with Kaye. So I guess we're going to have to come up with some kind of plan with what information that we have at the moment." replied Sage.
"Unfortunately it won't be much of a plan, but at least we'll have something to go on." said Ryo.
"Yea I suppose, but Ryo what are we suppose to do? I mean how are we going to know how this guy is going to strike?" asked Cye as he looked over at Ryo.
"How's this for an answer?" asked Maji as he appeared hovering in the air above the livingroom. The ronins took defensive positions, while White Blaze and Lightning stood around Mia.
"Now won't you be good little ronins and hand over your kanji orbs?" taunted Maji as he looked the guys over.
"How about we don't give them to ya, but we'll hand over your head for hurting Kaye like you did!" said Kento angrily.
"I did notice that someone was missing from this little group. So where is she?" asked Maji as he began to look for her.
"Oh yea right, like we're going to tell you." replied Cye in annoyance.
"Alright if you're not going to tell me where she is, then I'll just tear this place apart piece by piece until I find her." said Maji as he began to glow red. Maji fired off an energy wave above the ronins' heads like a warning shot making everyone to cover their heads from the oncoming broken parts of the ceiling. The explosion made Kaye suddenly wake up and ran to the banister.
"Hey what's with all of the noise? How is a person suppose to get any sleep around here? Oh man." said Kaye as she saw Maji in the livingroom.
"Kaye watch out!" yelled Rowen as he saw Maji fly towards her.
"Well hello young one, it seems that we meet again. What? Aren't you glad to see me?" asked Maji as he stopped right in front of her.
"Sorry, but no I'm not glad to see you. Especially with what you did to me the first time that we met." replied Kaye angrily.
"That's too bad, but I guess that I should expect for you to respond that way. Enough of the pleasentries, and let's get back to business shall we." said Maji as he looked coldly at her.
"Hey back off pal if you know what's good for you!" warned Sage.
"What are you going to do if I don't, how you say back off?" taunted Maji as he turned around and looked at the guys.
"This! Alright guys armor up!" yelled Ryo as he and the others transformed into their armors.
"Guys don't!" Kaye yelled as she watched Maji begin his attack on them.
"How can Maji be here? He's suppose to be in the nexus, unless. No I have to lead him away from here before it's too late." thought Lightning as he looked towards him.
'Kaye, listen to me we don't have much time. I'm sorry for what I did, I hope that you can in time forgive me.' said Lightning as he started get ready to attack Maji.
'Lightning!' replied Kaye as he went full out and attacked Maji driving him outside.
"Kaye what do you mean it can't be? What are you talking about?" asked Mia.
"I don't think that Kaye is referring to a what, but instead of a who." replied Rowen.
"Ok Rowen, who is Kaye talking about then?" asked Kento.
"Lightning." said Kaye as the tiger suddenly appeared in the middle of the livingroom. Forgetting for the moment about her injured ribs, she tried to get to where Lightning was standing. Before Kaye could even walk two steps, she started to fall forward. Luckily for her that Kento was close enough to catch her.
"Kaye whoa there you're in no condition to be walking around. Especially after what that jerk Maji did to you." said Cye sternly. She nodded and sat back down on the couch.
'Kaye what's Cye talking about? Maji attacked you?' asked Lightning.
'Like you actually care what he did. You come here out of nowhere, acting surprised about him forcing me to transform into my subarmor. Wait a minute you know Maji don't you? Then what you said about you know why he wants our kanji orbs? It's true, I don't believe it! Lightning how could you keep this to yourself?' asked Kaye as she stared in shock at him.
'Kaye try and understand.' said Lightning.
'Try and understand what Lightning! Understand the fact that you kept this a secret. To understand that you left me with no explanation of where you were going, or even if you were going to come back?' asked Kaye as tears were threatening to fall.
'I'm sorry Kaye, I couldn't tell you. They made me promise to never tell anyone who wears the Tiger Armor.' replied Lightning as he started to walk towards Kaye.
"Not another step closer Lightning, I mean it!" said Kaye angrily.
"Kaye what's going on? We thought that you would be more than happy to have Lightning come back?" asked Sage.
"He knows why Maji wants the orbs." said Kaye as she glared at the tiger.
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Kento in confusion.
"Unsually it would be, but not in this case." replied Kaye.
"Kaye what are you talking about?" asked Cye. Kaye began to explain the conversation that she and Lightning just had. They were surprised to say the least.
"But Kaye, Lightning didn't explain what Maji wants with your and the guys's orbs." said Mia.
"Let's hear him out Kaye, alright." said Rowen.
"Fine Rowen, but I know what's going to happen. When Lightning's done explaining, he'll stay for a little while and then he'll disappear without a word, just watch you'll see." replied Kaye as she motioned for Lightning to continue his explanation.
Lightning nodded and continued with his story. 'You see Kaye everyone that wears the Tiger Armor, or any armor for that matter are to be tested to see if the one that is connected with it is worthy to keep their bond.' said Lightning.
"Kaye what did he say?" asked Sage. She explained what Lightning told her, and they were just as confused as she was.
"Ask him of it's the same test that we each took to gain our armors." said Rowen. Kaye asked Lightning Rowen's question. This time Lightning took a little longer to answer. It was like he was trying to figure it out himself. Finally he shook his head no, Rowen sat back in his chair thinking of what kind of test or tests that Maji has in store for them.
"Finally Kaye had enough, and decided to go somewhere and think. She got up from the couch, and started to walk in the direction of the training room. "Kaye where do you think that you're going?" asked Ryo.
"I need to think, so I'm going to the training room." replied Kaye with her back to them.
"You're going to do no such thing Kaye. You're going to rest, in case you didn't notice you are not completely healed yet." said Kento as he made his way to her.
Kaye shook her head and gave a little laugh. "Oh really Kento, and how do you plan to make me change my mind?" asked Kaye curiously.
"You really want to know?" asked Kento with a mischievous grin.
"Yea, I really want to know." replied Kaye in annoyance.
"Ok, but you've asked for it." said Kento. Kaye turned around and looked at him with an expression that said go for it and see what will happen. Kento literally swept Kaye off of her feet, she gave a look of surprise to find out that one minute she was standing up and facing him, and the next minute she was being carried upstairs.
"Kento, put me down. I can walk you know, my legs are not broken, I just have bruised ribs." said Kaye as she was trying to get out of his strong embrace.
"Sorry Kaye, I don't think so. Besides, you wanted to know how I was going to stop you from going to the training room and well now you have your answer." replied Kento with a big grin. On the way up to Kaye's room, they could hear the loud laughter coming from the livingroom.
"Kaye how did you like the trip?" yelled Cye as he continued laughing.
"Ha, ha Cye very funny. Just wait until I get back down there, then you'll see what I think is funny." Kaye yelled back.
"Easy there Kaye, don't start getting riled up now. Just concentrate on getting some rest and then later we'll talk." said Kento as he placed Kaye onto her bed.
"Oh just you wait Kento, you'll get yours. Just you wait and see." replied Kaye as she looked straight into his eyes.
"I think that this is payback for the trick that you played on me with the cake that you did last night." said Kento as he kissed her on top of her forehead.
"Oh really, I thought that you already payed me back by that sweeping technique that you pulled off from last night?" asked Kaye with a mischievous smile.
"Yea I do but now you fell for it twice. Consider us even, now go to sleep. You need your rest, someone will be up later to make sure that you are alright, now sleep." said Kento before closing the door behind him.
"Maybe I'm being too hard on Lightning? No, he left without any explanation of any kind, and then poof he's back just like that! Maybe I, oh I don't know. What am I suppose to do, how does he expect me to handle what he just told us about these so called tests? I guess that I should get some sleep, then maybe everything will become easier to deal with." thought Kaye as she began to fall asleep.
"Hey Kento, is Kaye finally sleeping?" asked Mia.
"Yea, finally. So what do we do now, does anyone have an ideas?" asked Kento as he sat down on the couch.
"Well let's see what we know so far. One, we have a major wacko trying to take our kaji orbs away from us for some kind of test that he has planned. Two, we have a mystical tiger that has been gone for a long time and suddenly shows up. Three, we have an injured Kaye that is upstairs supposedly sleeping. From all of this, one thing is a definate." said Rowen as he looked around the room.
"Come on Rowen, don't leave us in suspense like this, what's the one thing that's a definate?" asked Ryo.
"We definately know that we are in major trouble if we can't figure out what this Maji guy wants with our orbs." replied Rowen as he sat back and began to analyze the situation.
"Mia, is there anything on your computer about this Maji character?" asked Sage.
"I'm not sure, I could check. What are you guys going to do in the meantime?" asked Mia as she grabbed for her laptop.
"Well we can't get any more answers out of Lightning because he only talks with Kaye. So I guess we're going to have to come up with some kind of plan with what information that we have at the moment." replied Sage.
"Unfortunately it won't be much of a plan, but at least we'll have something to go on." said Ryo.
"Yea I suppose, but Ryo what are we suppose to do? I mean how are we going to know how this guy is going to strike?" asked Cye as he looked over at Ryo.
"How's this for an answer?" asked Maji as he appeared hovering in the air above the livingroom. The ronins took defensive positions, while White Blaze and Lightning stood around Mia.
"Now won't you be good little ronins and hand over your kanji orbs?" taunted Maji as he looked the guys over.
"How about we don't give them to ya, but we'll hand over your head for hurting Kaye like you did!" said Kento angrily.
"I did notice that someone was missing from this little group. So where is she?" asked Maji as he began to look for her.
"Oh yea right, like we're going to tell you." replied Cye in annoyance.
"Alright if you're not going to tell me where she is, then I'll just tear this place apart piece by piece until I find her." said Maji as he began to glow red. Maji fired off an energy wave above the ronins' heads like a warning shot making everyone to cover their heads from the oncoming broken parts of the ceiling. The explosion made Kaye suddenly wake up and ran to the banister.
"Hey what's with all of the noise? How is a person suppose to get any sleep around here? Oh man." said Kaye as she saw Maji in the livingroom.
"Kaye watch out!" yelled Rowen as he saw Maji fly towards her.
"Well hello young one, it seems that we meet again. What? Aren't you glad to see me?" asked Maji as he stopped right in front of her.
"Sorry, but no I'm not glad to see you. Especially with what you did to me the first time that we met." replied Kaye angrily.
"That's too bad, but I guess that I should expect for you to respond that way. Enough of the pleasentries, and let's get back to business shall we." said Maji as he looked coldly at her.
"Hey back off pal if you know what's good for you!" warned Sage.
"What are you going to do if I don't, how you say back off?" taunted Maji as he turned around and looked at the guys.
"This! Alright guys armor up!" yelled Ryo as he and the others transformed into their armors.
"Guys don't!" Kaye yelled as she watched Maji begin his attack on them.
"How can Maji be here? He's suppose to be in the nexus, unless. No I have to lead him away from here before it's too late." thought Lightning as he looked towards him.
'Kaye, listen to me we don't have much time. I'm sorry for what I did, I hope that you can in time forgive me.' said Lightning as he started get ready to attack Maji.
'Lightning!' replied Kaye as he went full out and attacked Maji driving him outside.