Legends Die Hard

By: Bindy Kitty

Chapter 2: The Will and The Word

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

--Robert Frost

"Thank you again Mia. I'll make sure I'll pay you back as soon as I get enough money." Adela told her. She was leaning on Rowen as she tried to get down the steps in the front of the hospital. They had just gotten out of the ER where they put Adela's right leg in a cast.

"Don't worry about it Adela. It's no big deal. And I have a feeling you'll be with us for a long time, so it's all covered in my insurance." She told her. She opened the door for the two of them, and they climbed in. "I think it's time we had a talk."

"Yah, Mia's right. We need to know who you are and where you come from, and how you think that Mia is a Ronin." Ryo told her.

"Oh yeah! I forgot about that! Mia, did you know that you were a Ronin?" Kento asked her.

"No, I'm just as stunned as you! Is it even possible?" Mia puzzled about it for a moment, and then got into the front seat.

"It is possible, but not probable." Sage mused. "But if Adela says she is then I guess that we'll have to take her word for it."

"Thank you." Adela said inclining her head. "Okay, as soon as we get back to your guy's house, then I'll tell you."

"Before we get there, can you tell us about your self?" Cye asked her. He leaned forward in his chair and draped his arms across the back of her chair. She took a deep breath and then started in to talk.

"Well, my name is Adela Black. I live very close to Kyoto. My family owns an apartment building and I live in one of my own. I majored in English and Music education and studied in the US for about a year in an exchange student program. I hope to be on Broadway someday soon, but by the looks of things, I'll have to put it off."

"Why?" Rowen asked her.

"Can't you feel it? There's a great evil that is moving against us somewhere in the universe. Were going to have to stop it. You really can't feel it?"

"Yes, but we thought it didn't involve us. We destroyed Talpa, and he's the only one that was trying to destroy the world." Ryo told her.

"Yes, but Talpa is not the center of evil. Someone else is out there with power like his, trying to conquer our world, or some other. It could be Talpa resurrected, or Badamon, or anyone that was associated with him. Or, they could be someone totally different. I don't know."

"Okay, but what about your armor. What's it called again?" Sage asked her.

"My armor is the Sunlight, and my kanji is Hope. I use a rod with a golden sun on its tip to do my attack. Instead of a man-like armor, Mia and I have more feminine armors and with our sub armors, we have circlets. All of us also have a stone, which is embedded into our circlets, but you boys don't have them anywhere on you. Mine is Amethyst and Mia's is the diamond."

"How do you know that I'm a Ronin? I've lived with these guys for almost 5 years, and they've never been able to tell that I have an armor." Mia asked her. It was so hard for her to believe that she could possibly have armor. What would it look like if she really had one? She pulled up into their driveway and they all piled out. Rowen put his arms around Adela's shoulders to help her up the steps again. When they finally get inside, Ryo asked her to show them her armor. She stood up and tottered a little but Rowen steadied her. She held out her hand and said

"Mia, take my hand." Mia did and Adela murmured something faint and both of them gained a visible aura. Mia's was a faint pearl and Adela's was a faint yellow. When the aura disappeared, Mia and Adela stood there in very feminine looking sub armors and silver circlets.

"Now Mia, repeat after me, 'Armor of Dawn Dao Joachi!' I'll say 'Armor of Sunlight Dao Tinschi' Okay?"

"Okay. I'll try it." Mia said closing her eyes, trying to concentrate. "Armor of Dawn, Dao Joachi!"

"Armor of Sunlight, Dao Tinschi!"

In a spray of cherry blossoms, Mia and Adela stood in full armor, but they weren't an ugly armor, they were more feminine than the boys and a lot nicer looking.

"Cool" Kento said.

"Thank you, Kento" Mia told him kindly. She looked down at the armor, and smiled. She took off the helmet and shook her hair. "It's a lot nicer than I thought it would be."

"Yes, the other girls are like this too." Adela told her.

"How do you know there are any other Ronins? Have you met them?" Rowen asked her, his eyes squinting.

"I don't know." She said, tapping the tip of the rod to her lower lip. "I just know. I guess."

"That's strange." Cye mused

"Yeah it is. Could someone be telling you it, without you knowing it?" Rowen asked her.

"I don't know. It's entirely possible that someone could be doing it. I doubt it but it could happen." She said back. "Someone with powers like ours could put or pick thoughts in or out of our minds."

"What do you mean, 'Powers Like Ours?'" Ryo asked.

"You don't know?"

"Know what? All the power we have is in our armors."

"No, that's not true. You can use the will and the word as well. Watch." They watched Adela concentrate intensely. In one corner a vase began to wobble back and forth. It suddenly went quickly into the air and come almost crashing down into the floor. At the last second, Adela raised her hand, and it stopped and floated to her and she handed it to Mia.

"Sorcery?" Ryo asked her, gaping.

"Yes, and you have the same powers as I do, all of you can do the same exact thing, and much more. There are rules and restrictions though, and you have to know them, or they can cost you your life."

"Like what?"

"For one, you can make things, but you can never unmake things. It's forbidden."

"What do you mean it's forbidden?" Rowen asked.

"The heavens forbid it. If you try to use words like, 'Unmake', or 'Undo" you are destroying a thing. Your not allowed to do that."

"Why not" Kento asked her.

"Because. It's always been like that."

"That means then you can't kill people. Right?" Cye asked her.

"No, you can kill people."

"But isn't that destroying people?"

"No. When you kill someone you take away something from them. Their life. You don't destroy them. It's complicated, but that's the best way I can explain it."

"What else can't you do?" Ryo asked her.

"You really shouldn't try to mess with the weather or time unless you really know what your doing. You could start an ice age or stop time altogether. That's forbidden as well by the way."

"What is?" Mia asked.

"Stopping time. You kill yourself."

"Oh." And she delicately let the subject drop.

"Anything else?" Sage asked

"You can change into animals too."

"What?" They cried in unison

"You can change…"

"I know that." Sage interrupted. "But, what type of animals?"

"All of them. Try not to make up new ones though. It really ticks off Mother Nature. She doesn't like people taking her job. You can modify ones though. Like you can be a pink elephant it you want. Or a green turkey. That would be weird though."

"So, animal at all. Like a eagle or a dolphin or a mermaid?" Cye asked her

"Well, all of them but a mermaid. They don't exist. Here on earth at least."

"Okay."

"What is the will and the word?" Mia asked her. All of this information was coming to fast!

"That's how you make the sorcery happen. You use your will, or your power, and use a word to focus your will into what ever your trying to do."

"So it's a magic word?" Cye said.

"No, there is no such thing as a magic word in sorcery. In magic there is, but magic and sorcery are totally two different things. It can be any old word, but it should relate to what your doing. Like, if your trying to move a rock, you should try to use a word like 'roll' or 'move' and not 'flop' or 'land'. I think it might confuse your will if you use them."

"So, we can do anything other than the rules you told us." Rowen asked her.

"Most everything. But I wouldn't try anything unless your absolutely sure you can do it, or you may end up killing your self. If you need help, call for me. I can do just about anything, so I can help you do it."

"Okay, then teach me how to become a wolf." Rowen asked her eagerly.

"Okay, put the figure of a wolf in your mind."

He did.

"You forgot the tail. You really should have one of them, or you can't steer."

He added that.

"Now you need to have nails. You cant grip turf with out them"

He put them on.

"Now make it longer."

He elongated his picture.

"Okay that looks pretty good. Now, slide yourself into the picture."

And he did.

Chapter Three