In the nexus, Maji was watching with extreme intrest of what was going on with his latest victims. "Maji, as you can see, the ones that you took the orbs from still possess the will to fight." said the armor of Strata.
"You maybe right Strata, so then what makes you think that's not exactly what I want all along?" asked Maji as he walked away from the portal.
"You must be totally out of your mind to even think that you stand a remote of a chance against them." said the armor of Halo.
"So what if I am Halo, besides, I'm very impressed that they even survived the first phase of the test. Most of them don't even make it to the second. Now I think that it's almost time for the second phase to begin." replied Maji as he began to put his plan into action.
"Hey, wait a minute! You said that you would give them a few days to recover. You're not going back on your word now are you?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"No Hardrock, I don't intend to do that in the least, I do have some honor you know." replied Maji as he tapped his fingers on his magic book. The armors were not exactly satisfied with his answer, but they let it drop for now. So they walked away from Maji leaving him to look through the pages trying to find the right spells that he was looking for, so he would be ready for the next time that they meet.
"Interesting, it seems that the armors are somehow concerned about them. Ever since the tests were first introduced back when the armors were created from Talpa, not once the armors gave any indication of having concern for their past wearers. This might turn into a problem for me later on. I wonder why now of all times, they finally decided to care for them. Ah yes here it is, these should work very well to my advantage. Soon it'll be time to pay them another visit, this should be prove to be very entertaining indeed." mused Maji as he closed his magic book and retired to his room.
A few days later, "Nice view, mind some company?" asked Kento as he approached Kaye with a back pack.
"Huh, oh Kento hi, no I don't mind. Hang on a sec." replied Kaye as she wiped the snow off of the bench.
"Thanks, so what are ya doing over here by yourself?" asked Kento as he put down the back pack.
"Hey sure no problem, I was just thinking." replied Kaye as she looked at him.
"Let me guess, you were thinking about when Maji is going to attack next. Am I right?" said Kento as he looked at her. Kaye nodded her head showing that he was right. Kento wrapped his arms around her, she then leaned back into his embrace having a feeling of knowing that he will always be there with her no matter what. Kaye then tilted her head up towards his and gave him a warm smile. He returned one of his own, and then they both laid back and looked up at the starry night sky.
"Now isn't this the site to behold. Two people that are in love, huddled together and looking at the stars. Trying so hard to believe that everything will turn out to be alright. Well, I'm sorry to bring you down to reality, but that won't be happening." said Maji as he appeared not too far away from them.
"Maji, you have a lot of nerve to come here!" said Kento angrily as he moved Kaye behind him.
"Come now, don't you remember the last time that I was here? I told you that I would give all of you a few days to recover, and then we'll begin the second phase of the test." said Maji as he watched them.
"If Maji's here, then where are the armors?" thought Kaye as she began to look around.
"If you are looking for the armors, you won't find them around here." said Maji as he noticed that Kaye was looking around.
"Then where? Oh God, Kento we gotta go, now!" said Kaye in alarm as she realized where they were.
"Go, Kaye where? No way, they're not." replied Kento as he realized what Kaye was thinking.
"I would hurry if I were you. Who knows what is happening to your friends right now." tauned Maji as he watched them take off running towards the mansion.
Meanwhile...
"Has anyone seen the two love birds around lately?" asked Sage as he glanced out the window.
"Now that you've mentioned it, they haven't been around for a while. Maybe we should go out and look for them. What do you think Sage? Sage?" replied Mia as she looked towards him.
"Quiet, something isn't right." said Sage as he sensed something.
"Hey you're right, guys get ready we're about to get some unexpected company." replied Rowen as he got into a defensive position.
"What about Kaye and Kento, they're still out there somewhere?" asked Cye in concern.
"I'm sure that right now they're better off than we are Cye." replied Ryo as he was ready for the on coming fight.
"Ronin warriors, come out and fight us, or we'll come in and get you." said the armor of Wildfire.
"It doesn't look like we have much of a choice in the matter." said Sage.
"Then let's not disappoint them." replied Ryo as he and the others ran outside with their sub-armors on and ready to fight.
"Well, it took you long enough." said the Torrent armor.
"Sorry about that, but we weren't expecting company." replied Rowen.
"Not everyone is here, where are the other two?" asked the Halo armor.
"Actually we don't know where they are, but why don't you deal with us instead." replied Cye as he and the others got into defensive positions.
Not too far off, Kaye and Kento were almost to the mansion when they heard sounds of a battle. "Oh man this can't be good, I hope that they hold out long enough for us to get there." thought Kento as he and Kaye continued running towards the mansion.
"Kento, how are we suppose to fight our armors, especially when we don't have any special attacks and they do?" asked Kaye.
"I'm not exactly sure Kaye, but we'll worry about that when the time comes. Right now we need to hurry up and get there so we can back the others up." replied Kento as they transformed into their sub-armors.
"Hey guys, did you decide to start the party without us?" said Kaye as she and Kento arrived.
"It's about time that you two showed up, we were begining to wonder if you were going to put in an appearance." replied Rowen as he blocked his own armor.
"Sorry about the wait, but we had a little run in with Maji. He's the one who told us about this little get together." replied Kaye.
"Guys, this isn't right, we shouldn't be fighting our own armors." said Cye as he attacked his armor.
"We know Cye, but it looks like we don't exactly have a choice in the matter now do we?" asked Sage as he blocked his armor.
"Well since everyone is here, now would be the time to go into the second phase of the test." said Maji as he appeared hovering in the sky.
"Maji, oh great it's not like we don't have enough to deal with." thought Kaye as she dodged an attack from her armor.
"Second phase, what do you mean by that Maji?" asked Kento as he tried to attack his own armor.
"You'll see soon enough. Armors, hear me! Restrain them so we may return to the nexus and continue the tests." ordered Maji. In a blink of an eye, each of the armors disappeared and then reappeared right behind them grabbing each person from behind.
"No way that the armors could be that fast on their own. Maji must have done something to increase their powers in some way." thought Rowen as he and the others were trying to struggle free.
"Let go, you're hurting me! Let go!" said Kaye as she continued to struggle.
"Sorry young one, but the armors won't listen to any of you any more, they are under my control. Now back to the nexus, so we can begin phase two." replied Maji as they all disappeared leaving Mia and White Blaze staring at the spot where their friends were once standing.
"No, this can't be happening. There has to be a way to get them back, there just has to be." thought Mia as she and White Blaze ran back into the mansion.
In the nexus, "Where are we?" asked Sage as he and the others were looking around.
"That's an easy question to answer. You are in the nexus, if you don't believe me, then why don't you ask your young friend?" replied Maji as he got close to her.
"Kaye, is what he saying true? Are we really in the nexus?" asked Rowen as he looked in her direction.
"Unfortunately." replied Kaye as she glared at Maji.
"In all of my time testing the wearers of the Ronin armors, I've never seen a female dawn an armor before. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how she will do." said Maji as he got closer.
"Don't even think of touching her!" warned Kento angrily as he glared at Maji.
"Oh really and why shouldn't I?" taunted Maji.
"Because if you lay a hand on her, I'll personally make sure that it will be the very last thing that you'll ever do." replied Kento in a dangerous voice.
"That would be something to see, but I think that you'll have a problem with pulling that off." replied Maji with an evil smile.
"Oh really, and why's that?" asked Kento angrily.
"Simple, I can never die, I'm an immortal." replied Maji as he began to laugh.
"Maji, what do you want us to do with them?" asked the armor of Strata.
"For now, throw them in there. Then we'll take them out when it's time for the second phase to begin." replied Maji as he motioned over to a room in the corner.
"Come on let's go, move it already!" said the armor of Wildfire as the armors were escorting them to the room.
"There ya go, make yourselves comfortable, you just might be here for a very, very long time." said the armor of Halo as it shut the door and left them locked inside.
"The nerve of that guy, Kaye are you alright?" asked Cye in concern.
"Yea Cye I'm alright. Ok guys what are we suppose to do now, any ideas?" asked Kaye as she looked at each of them.
"Unfortunately we can't do anything at the moment. The only thing that we can do, is to wait until they come and get us." replied Ryo as he sat down on a bench.
"So that's it, we're just going to sit here and wait?" asked Kento in disbelief.
"What else can we do Kento? It's not like we exactly have a lot of options." replied Sage as he glared at him.
"Guys, you three arguing isn't exactly a good idea, we have to figure out how to get out of here, get our orbs back, stop Maji, and how to get home." said Rowen as he tried to get control of the situation.
"That won't be easy Rowen, we have no idea of how the nexus really works." replied Cye.
"Maybe we do, Kaye remember when you told us that Maji said the nexus is sort of like the dream realm?" asked Rowen.
"Yea, so what about it?" asked Kaye.
"Well maybe, just maybe you can dream walk out of here and find a way for the rest of us to get out as well." replied Rowen.
"I'm not sure about that, I don't know how my ability will work in this place." said Kaye.
"Come on Rowen, you can't be serious!" said Kento in a bit of an alarm.
"It's the only way that might work, besides I don't hear anyone else coming up with any ideas. So, will you do it?" said Rowen as he looked towards her.
"Well, I definately don't want to stay here. I guess that it's decided, I'll do it." replied Kaye reluctantly.
"Kaye, are you completely sure about this?" asked Ryo.
"No, but how can anyone be completely sure about anything." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"You maybe right Strata, so then what makes you think that's not exactly what I want all along?" asked Maji as he walked away from the portal.
"You must be totally out of your mind to even think that you stand a remote of a chance against them." said the armor of Halo.
"So what if I am Halo, besides, I'm very impressed that they even survived the first phase of the test. Most of them don't even make it to the second. Now I think that it's almost time for the second phase to begin." replied Maji as he began to put his plan into action.
"Hey, wait a minute! You said that you would give them a few days to recover. You're not going back on your word now are you?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"No Hardrock, I don't intend to do that in the least, I do have some honor you know." replied Maji as he tapped his fingers on his magic book. The armors were not exactly satisfied with his answer, but they let it drop for now. So they walked away from Maji leaving him to look through the pages trying to find the right spells that he was looking for, so he would be ready for the next time that they meet.
"Interesting, it seems that the armors are somehow concerned about them. Ever since the tests were first introduced back when the armors were created from Talpa, not once the armors gave any indication of having concern for their past wearers. This might turn into a problem for me later on. I wonder why now of all times, they finally decided to care for them. Ah yes here it is, these should work very well to my advantage. Soon it'll be time to pay them another visit, this should be prove to be very entertaining indeed." mused Maji as he closed his magic book and retired to his room.
A few days later, "Nice view, mind some company?" asked Kento as he approached Kaye with a back pack.
"Huh, oh Kento hi, no I don't mind. Hang on a sec." replied Kaye as she wiped the snow off of the bench.
"Thanks, so what are ya doing over here by yourself?" asked Kento as he put down the back pack.
"Hey sure no problem, I was just thinking." replied Kaye as she looked at him.
"Let me guess, you were thinking about when Maji is going to attack next. Am I right?" said Kento as he looked at her. Kaye nodded her head showing that he was right. Kento wrapped his arms around her, she then leaned back into his embrace having a feeling of knowing that he will always be there with her no matter what. Kaye then tilted her head up towards his and gave him a warm smile. He returned one of his own, and then they both laid back and looked up at the starry night sky.
"Now isn't this the site to behold. Two people that are in love, huddled together and looking at the stars. Trying so hard to believe that everything will turn out to be alright. Well, I'm sorry to bring you down to reality, but that won't be happening." said Maji as he appeared not too far away from them.
"Maji, you have a lot of nerve to come here!" said Kento angrily as he moved Kaye behind him.
"Come now, don't you remember the last time that I was here? I told you that I would give all of you a few days to recover, and then we'll begin the second phase of the test." said Maji as he watched them.
"If Maji's here, then where are the armors?" thought Kaye as she began to look around.
"If you are looking for the armors, you won't find them around here." said Maji as he noticed that Kaye was looking around.
"Then where? Oh God, Kento we gotta go, now!" said Kaye in alarm as she realized where they were.
"Go, Kaye where? No way, they're not." replied Kento as he realized what Kaye was thinking.
"I would hurry if I were you. Who knows what is happening to your friends right now." tauned Maji as he watched them take off running towards the mansion.
Meanwhile...
"Has anyone seen the two love birds around lately?" asked Sage as he glanced out the window.
"Now that you've mentioned it, they haven't been around for a while. Maybe we should go out and look for them. What do you think Sage? Sage?" replied Mia as she looked towards him.
"Quiet, something isn't right." said Sage as he sensed something.
"Hey you're right, guys get ready we're about to get some unexpected company." replied Rowen as he got into a defensive position.
"What about Kaye and Kento, they're still out there somewhere?" asked Cye in concern.
"I'm sure that right now they're better off than we are Cye." replied Ryo as he was ready for the on coming fight.
"Ronin warriors, come out and fight us, or we'll come in and get you." said the armor of Wildfire.
"It doesn't look like we have much of a choice in the matter." said Sage.
"Then let's not disappoint them." replied Ryo as he and the others ran outside with their sub-armors on and ready to fight.
"Well, it took you long enough." said the Torrent armor.
"Sorry about that, but we weren't expecting company." replied Rowen.
"Not everyone is here, where are the other two?" asked the Halo armor.
"Actually we don't know where they are, but why don't you deal with us instead." replied Cye as he and the others got into defensive positions.
Not too far off, Kaye and Kento were almost to the mansion when they heard sounds of a battle. "Oh man this can't be good, I hope that they hold out long enough for us to get there." thought Kento as he and Kaye continued running towards the mansion.
"Kento, how are we suppose to fight our armors, especially when we don't have any special attacks and they do?" asked Kaye.
"I'm not exactly sure Kaye, but we'll worry about that when the time comes. Right now we need to hurry up and get there so we can back the others up." replied Kento as they transformed into their sub-armors.
"Hey guys, did you decide to start the party without us?" said Kaye as she and Kento arrived.
"It's about time that you two showed up, we were begining to wonder if you were going to put in an appearance." replied Rowen as he blocked his own armor.
"Sorry about the wait, but we had a little run in with Maji. He's the one who told us about this little get together." replied Kaye.
"Guys, this isn't right, we shouldn't be fighting our own armors." said Cye as he attacked his armor.
"We know Cye, but it looks like we don't exactly have a choice in the matter now do we?" asked Sage as he blocked his armor.
"Well since everyone is here, now would be the time to go into the second phase of the test." said Maji as he appeared hovering in the sky.
"Maji, oh great it's not like we don't have enough to deal with." thought Kaye as she dodged an attack from her armor.
"Second phase, what do you mean by that Maji?" asked Kento as he tried to attack his own armor.
"You'll see soon enough. Armors, hear me! Restrain them so we may return to the nexus and continue the tests." ordered Maji. In a blink of an eye, each of the armors disappeared and then reappeared right behind them grabbing each person from behind.
"No way that the armors could be that fast on their own. Maji must have done something to increase their powers in some way." thought Rowen as he and the others were trying to struggle free.
"Let go, you're hurting me! Let go!" said Kaye as she continued to struggle.
"Sorry young one, but the armors won't listen to any of you any more, they are under my control. Now back to the nexus, so we can begin phase two." replied Maji as they all disappeared leaving Mia and White Blaze staring at the spot where their friends were once standing.
"No, this can't be happening. There has to be a way to get them back, there just has to be." thought Mia as she and White Blaze ran back into the mansion.
In the nexus, "Where are we?" asked Sage as he and the others were looking around.
"That's an easy question to answer. You are in the nexus, if you don't believe me, then why don't you ask your young friend?" replied Maji as he got close to her.
"Kaye, is what he saying true? Are we really in the nexus?" asked Rowen as he looked in her direction.
"Unfortunately." replied Kaye as she glared at Maji.
"In all of my time testing the wearers of the Ronin armors, I've never seen a female dawn an armor before. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how she will do." said Maji as he got closer.
"Don't even think of touching her!" warned Kento angrily as he glared at Maji.
"Oh really and why shouldn't I?" taunted Maji.
"Because if you lay a hand on her, I'll personally make sure that it will be the very last thing that you'll ever do." replied Kento in a dangerous voice.
"That would be something to see, but I think that you'll have a problem with pulling that off." replied Maji with an evil smile.
"Oh really, and why's that?" asked Kento angrily.
"Simple, I can never die, I'm an immortal." replied Maji as he began to laugh.
"Maji, what do you want us to do with them?" asked the armor of Strata.
"For now, throw them in there. Then we'll take them out when it's time for the second phase to begin." replied Maji as he motioned over to a room in the corner.
"Come on let's go, move it already!" said the armor of Wildfire as the armors were escorting them to the room.
"There ya go, make yourselves comfortable, you just might be here for a very, very long time." said the armor of Halo as it shut the door and left them locked inside.
"The nerve of that guy, Kaye are you alright?" asked Cye in concern.
"Yea Cye I'm alright. Ok guys what are we suppose to do now, any ideas?" asked Kaye as she looked at each of them.
"Unfortunately we can't do anything at the moment. The only thing that we can do, is to wait until they come and get us." replied Ryo as he sat down on a bench.
"So that's it, we're just going to sit here and wait?" asked Kento in disbelief.
"What else can we do Kento? It's not like we exactly have a lot of options." replied Sage as he glared at him.
"Guys, you three arguing isn't exactly a good idea, we have to figure out how to get out of here, get our orbs back, stop Maji, and how to get home." said Rowen as he tried to get control of the situation.
"That won't be easy Rowen, we have no idea of how the nexus really works." replied Cye.
"Maybe we do, Kaye remember when you told us that Maji said the nexus is sort of like the dream realm?" asked Rowen.
"Yea, so what about it?" asked Kaye.
"Well maybe, just maybe you can dream walk out of here and find a way for the rest of us to get out as well." replied Rowen.
"I'm not sure about that, I don't know how my ability will work in this place." said Kaye.
"Come on Rowen, you can't be serious!" said Kento in a bit of an alarm.
"It's the only way that might work, besides I don't hear anyone else coming up with any ideas. So, will you do it?" said Rowen as he looked towards her.
"Well, I definately don't want to stay here. I guess that it's decided, I'll do it." replied Kaye reluctantly.
"Kaye, are you completely sure about this?" asked Ryo.
"No, but how can anyone be completely sure about anything." replied Kaye with a small smile.