Elsewhere, the Ronins and Kaye were trying to figure out their next move. "Rowen, hey Rowen are ya there, hello?" asked Kaye as she was trying to get his attention.
"Huh, Kaye? What's up?" asked Rowen.
"You've been pretty quiet for a while, are you ok?" asked Kaye in concern.
Rowen gave her a small smile, "Yea Kaye I'm fine, I was just thinking." replied Rowen.
"That's Rowen for ya, always thinking. Have ya came up with a plan?" asked Kento.
"Sorry guys, I'm having a hard time coming up with anything yet." replied Rowen.
"Don't worry about it Rowen, I'm sure that you'll figure something." said Sage.
Rowen gave Sage a quick smile and then went back into his thinking mode. "There has to be a way to defeat our armors, but how? How can we beat them without destroying them, and vice versa? Is it possible that Maji wants us to destroy each other? If so, then why? What could he possibly gain if we destroy each other?" thought Rowen as he was trying to analyze the situation.
"Guys?" said Kaye.
"Kaye, what?" asked Sage as he glanced at her.
"Question, why are your sub-armors glowing like that?" asked Kaye in confusion.
"What are you talking about Kaye? The only time our sub-armors glow is when..." replied Sage as he faced her.
"When? When what Sage? When do your sub-armors glow like that?" asked Kaye as she was starting to get annoyed with him.
"When we sense that our armors are close by." replied Ryo as he stood up and began to look around.
"Ok then, so where are they?" asked Kaye as she walked over to Ryo.
"Why don't you turn around, and see for yourself?" said the armor of Wildfire. When everyone turned around, they saw their armors standing right in front of them.
"Great, here we go again." said Kento as he and the others went into defensive position.
"Wait! We don't want to fight you, we've come to talk." said the armor of Torrent.
"How can we be sure that this isn't some kind of trick?" asked Ryo as he kept his eyes on his armor.
"Believe us, it's no trick. We just want to talk to you." replied the Tiger armor.
"Ok, start talking, we're listening." replied Kaye as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"Maji has something major planned, but we're not sure what it is yet." said the armor of Strata.
"You've got to be kidding! None of you know what that jerk is planning? Do you honestly think that we would believe that? Give us a break!" replied Kento in disbelief.
"You are truely a hard head Kento. If we were still teamed up with Maji, wouldn't you think that he would be here too?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"What! I don't believe it, did you hear what my armor called me? My own armor!?" asked Kento in shock.
"Kento, now isn't the time to get into it." replied Ryo as he held back a chuckle.
"But Ryo!" said Kento as he looked at him.
"Hey could the two of you pick a worse time for an arguement? Besides, they're right I don't see Maji around anywhere. So what is it that you wanted to talk with us about?" asked Cye as he was trying to take control of the situation.
"We don't have much time, Maji will be here soon." replied the armor of Halo.
Just then Maji appeared, "Actually Halo, your time has just ran out, and I'm already here!" said Maji with an evil grin.
"I knew it, they're still working together! I knew that we couldn't trust them!" said Kento angrily.
"No you're wrong, we're not working with Maji any more." replied the armor of Hardrock.
"Lies! you were just stalling for time until Maji got here!" said Kento angrily.
"How can you say that? Especially since I saved you and your girlfriend's life when I shielded the two of you from Maji's attack." replied the armor of Hardrock.
"It was just an act, that's all it was, an act." said Kento as he glared at his armor.
"No! Why can't you understand that what I did wasn't an act?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"Then why, why did you save us?" asked Kaye as she stepped up next to Kento.
"Yes Hardrock, I'm sure that all of us are wondering the same question. So why don't you tell us your reason for what you did, or am I going to have to force an explanation out of you?" taunted Maji as he began to glow red.
While everyone was waiting for Hardrock's answer, Maji had his attack ready, and now he was picking out his targets.
"Since you're not going to tell us your reason, then you better get ready to say goodbye." taunted Maji as he was about to fire.
"Wait! You want an answer, fine I'll give you my answer!" replied the armor of Hardrock.
Maji powered down his attack, and then everyone looked towards the armor of Hardrock. "I shielded them from your attack, because, that's what I'm, no all of us are suppose to do. We are suppose to protect the people that are connected with us without question. It's our duty, it has been ever since the Ancient first created us. That's why I shielded them from you Maji. You wanted to know my answer, so there it is. Now what do you say to that, you heartless piece of gutter trash!" explained the armor of Hardrock.
"Interesting, I wonder though, do the rest of you agree with what Hardrock just said?" asked Maji curiously. The armors looked around at each other, and then looked towards Maji.
"Well?" asked Maji as he was starting to get impatient.
"How's this for an answer! Super wave smasher!" yelled the armor of Torrent as he delivered his sure-kill at Maji. The other armors joined in with their sure-kills while the guys and Kaye watched the armors and Maji fight.
"Guys, we have to help them." said Cye.
"Yea we know Cye, but how? Our armors are the ones that have the power to go against Maji, not us." replied Sage.
"That's not the point Sage, and you know it. It took more than just power from our armors to defeat our past enemies. It took brains, strength, determination, heart, and the will to survive. Without all of those things combined, then we would have lost a long time ago. I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to help them in any way that I can." said Kaye as she ran into the fight.
"Kaye!" yelled Kento.
"Guys we're not doing any good just standing here. So let's go and back them up already!" said Cye as he ran after her. The other guys looked at each other, gave a quick nod and then joined in the fight as well.
"It's about time, what took ya?" asked Cye as he jumped out of the way.
"Never mind that, in case you didn't notice, we have a major fight on our hands. Kento, check out over there!" said Rowen as he directed Kento's attention to where Maji was going to deliver an attack at the armor of Hardrock.
Kento nodded and ran towards his armor. Just as Maji fired, the armor of Hardrock stood there ready to take on the full attack. But just before it hit, something from behind tackled him making Maji's attack fly past them.
"I don't believe it, you actually saved me? Why?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"What's so hard to believe? You saved me and Kaye, so I thought that I would return the favor. Besides I finally figured out what you were telling me about how my armor, you would be able to work in according to how I feel." replied Kento with a grin.
"So it is true, you did actually learn something after all." said the armor of Hardrock.
"Hey!" replied Kento in mock annoyance.
"If you two are done with socializing, then would you hurry up and get over here?" asked Rowen as he and his armor got out of the way of Maji's attack.
"Come on let's go and kick some major butt." said Kento as he reached down to help his armor up. As soon as Hardrock grabbed onto Kento's hand, they both glowed a really bright orange, and the two finally became one.
"Alright! Hey guys check it out, Kento has his armor back!" yelled Kaye in excitement.
"Yea and now it's payback! Hey Maji get ready because you're going down! Iron rock..." yelled Kento as he got ready to deliver his sure-kill.
"No it can't be possible, he passed his part of the test! Now there's no way that I can take his armor away from him. I can't let the rest of them reunite with their armors. There has to be a way for me to prevent them from reuniting! But how? If that happens, then it wouldn't take them long to figure out how to get back to their home. I have to retreat for now, and come up with a new plan before it's too late." thought Maji as he disappeared.
"Man, he got away again! I wish that he would stop disappearing like that, it's getting really old really fast." thought Kento in annoyance.
"Kento, you did it!" said Kaye in excitement as she ran up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Kento smiled and gave Kaye a major squeeze and then let her down next to him. The others just shook their heads in amazement.
"I hate to be raining on the parade here, but only one of you has reunited with your armor. We still have a long ways to go yet before we're all reunited. So I suggest that we stop haning around here and find somewhere so we can figure out how to get the rest of us back together." said the armor of Strata.
"You do have a point there, but in case you've forgotten, we don't exactly know our way around here." replied Rowen.
"No we didn't forget about that, but we know how the nexus works. So we'll be able to find places to hide out until we can figure out our next move." replied the armor of Halo as it lead the way to a safe haven.
"Huh, Kaye? What's up?" asked Rowen.
"You've been pretty quiet for a while, are you ok?" asked Kaye in concern.
Rowen gave her a small smile, "Yea Kaye I'm fine, I was just thinking." replied Rowen.
"That's Rowen for ya, always thinking. Have ya came up with a plan?" asked Kento.
"Sorry guys, I'm having a hard time coming up with anything yet." replied Rowen.
"Don't worry about it Rowen, I'm sure that you'll figure something." said Sage.
Rowen gave Sage a quick smile and then went back into his thinking mode. "There has to be a way to defeat our armors, but how? How can we beat them without destroying them, and vice versa? Is it possible that Maji wants us to destroy each other? If so, then why? What could he possibly gain if we destroy each other?" thought Rowen as he was trying to analyze the situation.
"Guys?" said Kaye.
"Kaye, what?" asked Sage as he glanced at her.
"Question, why are your sub-armors glowing like that?" asked Kaye in confusion.
"What are you talking about Kaye? The only time our sub-armors glow is when..." replied Sage as he faced her.
"When? When what Sage? When do your sub-armors glow like that?" asked Kaye as she was starting to get annoyed with him.
"When we sense that our armors are close by." replied Ryo as he stood up and began to look around.
"Ok then, so where are they?" asked Kaye as she walked over to Ryo.
"Why don't you turn around, and see for yourself?" said the armor of Wildfire. When everyone turned around, they saw their armors standing right in front of them.
"Great, here we go again." said Kento as he and the others went into defensive position.
"Wait! We don't want to fight you, we've come to talk." said the armor of Torrent.
"How can we be sure that this isn't some kind of trick?" asked Ryo as he kept his eyes on his armor.
"Believe us, it's no trick. We just want to talk to you." replied the Tiger armor.
"Ok, start talking, we're listening." replied Kaye as she crossed her arms across her chest.
"Maji has something major planned, but we're not sure what it is yet." said the armor of Strata.
"You've got to be kidding! None of you know what that jerk is planning? Do you honestly think that we would believe that? Give us a break!" replied Kento in disbelief.
"You are truely a hard head Kento. If we were still teamed up with Maji, wouldn't you think that he would be here too?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"What! I don't believe it, did you hear what my armor called me? My own armor!?" asked Kento in shock.
"Kento, now isn't the time to get into it." replied Ryo as he held back a chuckle.
"But Ryo!" said Kento as he looked at him.
"Hey could the two of you pick a worse time for an arguement? Besides, they're right I don't see Maji around anywhere. So what is it that you wanted to talk with us about?" asked Cye as he was trying to take control of the situation.
"We don't have much time, Maji will be here soon." replied the armor of Halo.
Just then Maji appeared, "Actually Halo, your time has just ran out, and I'm already here!" said Maji with an evil grin.
"I knew it, they're still working together! I knew that we couldn't trust them!" said Kento angrily.
"No you're wrong, we're not working with Maji any more." replied the armor of Hardrock.
"Lies! you were just stalling for time until Maji got here!" said Kento angrily.
"How can you say that? Especially since I saved you and your girlfriend's life when I shielded the two of you from Maji's attack." replied the armor of Hardrock.
"It was just an act, that's all it was, an act." said Kento as he glared at his armor.
"No! Why can't you understand that what I did wasn't an act?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"Then why, why did you save us?" asked Kaye as she stepped up next to Kento.
"Yes Hardrock, I'm sure that all of us are wondering the same question. So why don't you tell us your reason for what you did, or am I going to have to force an explanation out of you?" taunted Maji as he began to glow red.
While everyone was waiting for Hardrock's answer, Maji had his attack ready, and now he was picking out his targets.
"Since you're not going to tell us your reason, then you better get ready to say goodbye." taunted Maji as he was about to fire.
"Wait! You want an answer, fine I'll give you my answer!" replied the armor of Hardrock.
Maji powered down his attack, and then everyone looked towards the armor of Hardrock. "I shielded them from your attack, because, that's what I'm, no all of us are suppose to do. We are suppose to protect the people that are connected with us without question. It's our duty, it has been ever since the Ancient first created us. That's why I shielded them from you Maji. You wanted to know my answer, so there it is. Now what do you say to that, you heartless piece of gutter trash!" explained the armor of Hardrock.
"Interesting, I wonder though, do the rest of you agree with what Hardrock just said?" asked Maji curiously. The armors looked around at each other, and then looked towards Maji.
"Well?" asked Maji as he was starting to get impatient.
"How's this for an answer! Super wave smasher!" yelled the armor of Torrent as he delivered his sure-kill at Maji. The other armors joined in with their sure-kills while the guys and Kaye watched the armors and Maji fight.
"Guys, we have to help them." said Cye.
"Yea we know Cye, but how? Our armors are the ones that have the power to go against Maji, not us." replied Sage.
"That's not the point Sage, and you know it. It took more than just power from our armors to defeat our past enemies. It took brains, strength, determination, heart, and the will to survive. Without all of those things combined, then we would have lost a long time ago. I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to help them in any way that I can." said Kaye as she ran into the fight.
"Kaye!" yelled Kento.
"Guys we're not doing any good just standing here. So let's go and back them up already!" said Cye as he ran after her. The other guys looked at each other, gave a quick nod and then joined in the fight as well.
"It's about time, what took ya?" asked Cye as he jumped out of the way.
"Never mind that, in case you didn't notice, we have a major fight on our hands. Kento, check out over there!" said Rowen as he directed Kento's attention to where Maji was going to deliver an attack at the armor of Hardrock.
Kento nodded and ran towards his armor. Just as Maji fired, the armor of Hardrock stood there ready to take on the full attack. But just before it hit, something from behind tackled him making Maji's attack fly past them.
"I don't believe it, you actually saved me? Why?" asked the armor of Hardrock.
"What's so hard to believe? You saved me and Kaye, so I thought that I would return the favor. Besides I finally figured out what you were telling me about how my armor, you would be able to work in according to how I feel." replied Kento with a grin.
"So it is true, you did actually learn something after all." said the armor of Hardrock.
"Hey!" replied Kento in mock annoyance.
"If you two are done with socializing, then would you hurry up and get over here?" asked Rowen as he and his armor got out of the way of Maji's attack.
"Come on let's go and kick some major butt." said Kento as he reached down to help his armor up. As soon as Hardrock grabbed onto Kento's hand, they both glowed a really bright orange, and the two finally became one.
"Alright! Hey guys check it out, Kento has his armor back!" yelled Kaye in excitement.
"Yea and now it's payback! Hey Maji get ready because you're going down! Iron rock..." yelled Kento as he got ready to deliver his sure-kill.
"No it can't be possible, he passed his part of the test! Now there's no way that I can take his armor away from him. I can't let the rest of them reunite with their armors. There has to be a way for me to prevent them from reuniting! But how? If that happens, then it wouldn't take them long to figure out how to get back to their home. I have to retreat for now, and come up with a new plan before it's too late." thought Maji as he disappeared.
"Man, he got away again! I wish that he would stop disappearing like that, it's getting really old really fast." thought Kento in annoyance.
"Kento, you did it!" said Kaye in excitement as she ran up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. Kento smiled and gave Kaye a major squeeze and then let her down next to him. The others just shook their heads in amazement.
"I hate to be raining on the parade here, but only one of you has reunited with your armor. We still have a long ways to go yet before we're all reunited. So I suggest that we stop haning around here and find somewhere so we can figure out how to get the rest of us back together." said the armor of Strata.
"You do have a point there, but in case you've forgotten, we don't exactly know our way around here." replied Rowen.
"No we didn't forget about that, but we know how the nexus works. So we'll be able to find places to hide out until we can figure out our next move." replied the armor of Halo as it lead the way to a safe haven.