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Ryo's eyes snapped open. He stared up at the ceiling, breathing heavily. He sat up and winced, his side and arm hurt like hell, "What happened?" He mumbled.

"You were attacked by the Dynasty." A voice stated.

Ryo looked around urgently, "Who said that?!" He demanded.

"Calm down, you'll only hurt yourself farther." The voice soothed and White Blaze stepped out of the shadows.

"White Blaze?" Ryo whispered, "Since when do you talk?"

"Since I was given a chance to speak." He laughed and sat down next to Ryo.

Ryo felt the memories of earlier come back to him and clenched his fists, "My friends are gone and I can't do anything to save them." He growled.

"I wouldn't worry, Mia-" The large tiger began but Ryo cut him off.

"Mia?! Where is she?? Is she alright!?! They didn't hurt her did they??" Panic rose within him as he attempted to get out of bed.

White Blaze jumped up and pushed Ryo back onto the bed with his paws on his shoulders, "Calm down. She's just fine and wasn't hurt by the Dynasty."

Ryo sighed in relief, "That's good to hear, so where is she?" He asked. White Blaze didn't reply and looked away, "Where is she?" He asked again.

"Ryo," He began, "Mia, she's..she's in the Dynasty right now, fighting for- "

"WHAT?!?! WHY THE HELL IS SHE IN THE DYNASTY?!?!?!?" He roared and stood up.

"Well, she's fighting to save the others." He stated quietly.

"How could she..what is she thinking??!!?" He exclaimed and shakily walked over to his closet. He pulled out a button-up black shirt and threw it on, wincing.

"Ryo, you're not strong enough to go anywhere!" White Blaze protested.

"I'm not gonna lay in bed, hoping that the woman I love comes home safe." He began to walk out the door when White Blaze stopped him, "Move, or else I'll make you."

"Like you could in your condition," The tiger laughed, "Get on, I'll take you."

Ryo smiled in relief, "Thank you, boy." He climbed onto his back and White Blaze set off in a dead run.

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"I don't want to fight, just please give me my friends back." Orpheus pleaded.

"Do you really think it'll be that easy?" Crometheus laughed, "You have to defeat me to save your friends!"

"Then I will," She raised her wand and glared at the man, "Stella, stay back." She commanded and the lioness obeyed.

He flung off his cloak and jumped down to Sailor Orpheus, "It's your funeral." The two leapt at each other and the final battle over the Dynasty began.

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Ryo and White Blaze were wandering through the maze of the Dynasty, "Where are all the soldiers?" Ryo asked.

"I have a feeling that this is Mia's doing." White Blaze suggested as they carefully crept through, though there was no need.

"Mia, what's happened to you?" Ryo whispered, looking down.

Soon, they came to the lone tower, "I'll bet she's in there." White Blaze commented and they moved towards the doors when Ryo noticed something.

"White Blaze, hold on a minute." The tiger complied and stopped, "What's that?" Ryo asked.

Over on the far side of the castle was a small door, almost hidden to the untrained eye, "Let's go check it out." They ran over to the door where Ryo slid off White Blaze.

Ryo pushed open the door only to be met with darkness, "Hello?" He called. Out of the shadows lunged a soldier, weapon ready. Ryo knew he couldn't block it and waited for the impact to come but it never did. He opened his eyes to see White Blaze had knocked the soldier out cold.

"You can thank me later." He teased.

"What would I do without you?" Ryo joked and scanned the room now that his eyes had adjusted to the darkness. He found another door on the other side of the room. Looking at the guard, he discovered a key hanging around his neck. Ryo removed it and stumbled over to the door. He unlocked it and pushed the heavy metal door open, "C'mon White Blaze." He called quietly.

The two cautiously entered the even darker room. It burst into light as he walked in, revealing one large room with his four friends chained against the walls, unconscious and wearing their sub-armor, "Hey, you guys!!" He exclaimed and ran over to the first one, which happened to be Sage, "Sage, wake up!" He shook his shoulders roughly.

With a small moan, Sage rolled his head up and stared at Ryo groggily before finally coming to, "Hey Ryo!! You're alive!"

"Yeah, but I thought you were all gonna be bleeding corpses when I found you." He grinned and removed the chains.

Together, the two woke and released the other three Ronins. Once they were all freed, Sage healed Ryo's wounds, "Man, Ryo! You probably had Mia worried sick about you." Kento laughed and slapped his friend in the back.

At the mention of her name, Ryo's face became somber, "Ryo, are you ok?" Cye asked worriedly.

Before Ryo could answer, White Blaze came trotting in, "Ryo, there's some kind of fight going on inside the tower!"

All four of the guys froze and stared at the large tiger, "D-Did he just talk?" Kento exclaimed.

White Blaze grinned and nodded, "Now I can tell you, I HATE IT WHEN YOU EAT MY FOOD!!!!" He shouted.

Ryo and the others laughed while Kento 'humphed' and looked away, "What did you just say about a fight?" Rowen asked, becoming serious again.

"There are bright eruptions of light coming from within the tower entrance." He explained, "We should go check it out."

"Right, let's go!" Ryo lead the charge outside and towards the tower.

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Sorry for the shortness, but that's why I'm doing two chapters! Please review!