Chapter 15: Power grows
I walked to where the battle was set to take place with the others following me. "You know, you don't have to come guys." I said to them. "We want to make sure they don't pull a double cross Serena. I ... we don't want to lose you." I thought I had heard wrong. Had Ryo almost said that he didn't want to lose me, as in he liked me? No I must have heard wrong. I shook my head at myself. Get a grip Serena. Focus on the battle; you have got to focus on the battle not make eyes at Ryo. I told myself.
Then we walked into the clearing where the warlords were but I saw one other person there too. Corin! I could see he wasn't in good shape. He looked like he had been through the worse torture imaginable and I knew first hand, that in the Dynasty, that was possible. " Here Icefire." Koga shoved Corin to me, Corin fell to his knees and I quickly moved to his side. "Serena don't.... don't let him beat you. I guess I'll see you on the other side." I knew what he meant. " No Corin! Don't die on me. Don't you dare." I whispered trying to help him stand up. "Beat them up good Serena, show them not to mess with the Ronins. I'll be watching over you kid." He said, and with one last breath he was gone forever.
I froze: Any thoughts of the battle left me, as tears ran down my cheeks, but I didn't let the warlords or the others see them but when I stood I was shaking in fury. " You ... MURDERS!" I said: But before I could attack, Cale and Dais grabbed me, holding my arms behind me and holding me still distipe my sturrgle. "Serena don't! Don't attack in anger, they did this to take your focus from the battle. You can't let that happen!" Dais said giving me a good shake to bring me to my senses, I nodded slowly regaining control over myself and they both released me. "One of you take Corin and give him a proper burial. I'll fight these sickos." I said my tone saying it was best not to argue.
Harry, Mia and White Blaze left while the rest of us stayed. "Well Icefire are you going to fight? Or better yet surrender and we'll go easy on you." I clamped my fists, my nails drew blood. " Armor of Icefire! Power of Spirit!" I called on my armor. "I'll die before I surrender! And I swear upon my armor I won't let you or your master rule the mortal world!" I yelled. I heard a few gasps of shock, because swearing on your armor was serious. If you swear on your armor and don't do as you swore you would lose your armor and could die.
Koga and I clashed swords: luckily from the training I just endured I had a better stand of my ground then Koga, so I forced him to release the clash of our swords, or get stabbed. Koga responded with a slash from his sword, forcing me to either block his attack or be hit with his sword. "You're stronger than I thought child." Koga said, but I cut him off with a slash. I used my feeling to aid me in battle as Anubis had taught me, and that gave me strength and I knew if I let my emotions get the better of me I might kill Koga in battle. I threw one of my daggers at Koga: he ducked as I planned and I kicked him across the face after he duck making him spit blood.
Koga though, laughed. "While you are stronger than I thought, child, you are still no match for a Dynasty Warlord." And with that, he proceeded to do a variation of the attack that he had done earlier, hoping to drive me to my knees or knock my blades out of my hands. But I was ready for that. When he slashed I jumped up and over. I whirled around and landed a slash to his back. Koga stiffened up from the attack to his back. "Not bad little one. Too bad it was all for nothing!" He made a motion with his hand and all of a sudden everything broke loose.
Suddenly Kaila, Dan and several Dynasty soldiers attacked my friends. I felt someone slash me across the shoulder but Koga didn't touch me. A flash ran in my mind: Dan struck Ryo across the shoulder. "Ryo! Sage! Kayura!" I yelled seeing the remaining warlords and some Dynasty soldiers were going after them. "Oh no Icefire. You're mine!" Koga struck me in the back as I ran to my friend's aid. I fell to the ground, but swiftly rolled on my back and blocked a blow from Koga's sword.
I felt another blow, but I knew that somehow I was feeling the blows Dan gave to Ryo. " No Ryo." And as the attack occurred, an angry snarl was heard from the camp. "No way in ^%$# am I going to allow this to happen!" snarled an irate Harry! Pulling his kanji ball, he quickly summoned his armor. "OK warlords, you want to rumble: BRING IT ON!" " Harry don't! Ryo, Kayura and Sage is in trouble, help them!" I yelled to my friend. "OK Serena. But as soon as they are safe, these GOONS are TOAST!" he roared, as I knocked Koga to the ground and we got up at the same time. I was about to strike but an intense pain stopped me and Koga forced me to back up.
"What's wrong Icefire? Too weak?" Koga mocked. From where I was standing I saw Ryo being stuck again and felt his pain. I lashed at Koga almost beheading him but he moved at the last second and I only gave him a deep cut to the shoulder. I didn't see the Dynasty soldier until it was too late and I was knocked to the ground. "Is that the best that you can do little Ronin? Why don't you just surrender to they Dynasty and avoid all the misery that your friends are feeling?" Koga taunted at me. "Hold her. I'll take her to the Dynasty after I killed her friends." he said as he left but then hid in the bush a small child was about to make a miracle happen.
No guys. No don't give in. Virtue, Wisdom, Trust, Justice, Life, Loyalty, Sincerity, Obedience, Pity, Spirit! Yuli thought holding tightly onto the bracelet I gave him. Suddenly I felt a warmth surround my body but it turned cold: Ice cold! My armor glowed and I felt stronger and I felt the power of my armor increasing. I didn't know what had caused it: I didn't know Yuli had invoked the power of my bracelet.
I kicked the soldier off, and threw a blast of ice at Koga. He then turned around very quickly. "That was a warning Koga! I came ready to fight with honor! Now that I know you have no honor, expect no quarter the next time we fight! You won't win Koga." I exclaimed feeling very calm as I forced the soldier away from me. "It's your turn. This is for all the people you hurt and killed Koga. BURING ICE BLAST!" I called my attack; it got many of the soldiers and warlords. " We'll be back." Koga said and disappeared.
I fell to one knee as my armor left me; I was tired after the battle and using my sure kill. Even with the help of the training, I was tried, but I knew that my friends needed me, especially Ryo. "Serena!" I heard someone yell. I looked up into my friend's faces and rose to my feet. " Ryo, he, Kayura and Sage are badly injured. I don't know where Sage and Kayura are but Ryo is in the woods: he's knocked out and he doesn't have his armor on; it faded like my did." I said
Harry quickly sent his armor back to its kanji ball. "Ok, this is going to be a triage system of treatment. Until Sage and Kayura are back in action, I will be treating everyone on a basis of how bad they are hurt. The more critical their injuries, the higher up on the list they go. Now, lets get cracking and check on the others!" As we proceeded to move out, Harry turned toward Saber. "I need you to act as a combination lookout and guardian Saber. I don't know how badly the rest of the team is hurt, but I need someone to keep an eye on things until everyone has been treated. Could you do that for us?" he asked. Saber nodded. "You didn't have to ask. I was already planning on doing that," he said.
I went with the others, I showed them where Ryo was and helped the them find Kayrua and Sage." Now, now young lady. You have to rest: we found the others and they are being treated so you need to rest." Harry said to me. I didn't fight back this time, I nodded and leaned against a tree in front of the recovery tent that my friends were and fell asleep. " I hope Ryo and the other get well soon." Mia said to Anubis as they watched me fall asleep, leaning against the tree.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hi Icefire here, first thing I'd like to say is that I don't own the Ronin Warriors. Second I'd like to say this story isn't just mine, it also belongs to my friend and partner Harry, since he and I are co writing this story. Harry is helping me a lot in this story, so he deserves the credit too.
Of all the low down, no good, dirty tricks: The warlords killed Serena's friend and ex warlord Corin! If Dais and Cale didn't stop her she might have lost it then and there. But the warlords pulled a surprise attack and go after Ryo, Sage and Kayrua! Serena felt each blow Ryo took from Dan and if Yuli didn't use the bracelet they would have lost. Of course no one knows that Yuli was the cause of Serena's power increase. But what will happen to the three injured Ronins? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 16: Confession
I walked to where the battle was set to take place with the others following me. "You know, you don't have to come guys." I said to them. "We want to make sure they don't pull a double cross Serena. I ... we don't want to lose you." I thought I had heard wrong. Had Ryo almost said that he didn't want to lose me, as in he liked me? No I must have heard wrong. I shook my head at myself. Get a grip Serena. Focus on the battle; you have got to focus on the battle not make eyes at Ryo. I told myself.
Then we walked into the clearing where the warlords were but I saw one other person there too. Corin! I could see he wasn't in good shape. He looked like he had been through the worse torture imaginable and I knew first hand, that in the Dynasty, that was possible. " Here Icefire." Koga shoved Corin to me, Corin fell to his knees and I quickly moved to his side. "Serena don't.... don't let him beat you. I guess I'll see you on the other side." I knew what he meant. " No Corin! Don't die on me. Don't you dare." I whispered trying to help him stand up. "Beat them up good Serena, show them not to mess with the Ronins. I'll be watching over you kid." He said, and with one last breath he was gone forever.
I froze: Any thoughts of the battle left me, as tears ran down my cheeks, but I didn't let the warlords or the others see them but when I stood I was shaking in fury. " You ... MURDERS!" I said: But before I could attack, Cale and Dais grabbed me, holding my arms behind me and holding me still distipe my sturrgle. "Serena don't! Don't attack in anger, they did this to take your focus from the battle. You can't let that happen!" Dais said giving me a good shake to bring me to my senses, I nodded slowly regaining control over myself and they both released me. "One of you take Corin and give him a proper burial. I'll fight these sickos." I said my tone saying it was best not to argue.
Harry, Mia and White Blaze left while the rest of us stayed. "Well Icefire are you going to fight? Or better yet surrender and we'll go easy on you." I clamped my fists, my nails drew blood. " Armor of Icefire! Power of Spirit!" I called on my armor. "I'll die before I surrender! And I swear upon my armor I won't let you or your master rule the mortal world!" I yelled. I heard a few gasps of shock, because swearing on your armor was serious. If you swear on your armor and don't do as you swore you would lose your armor and could die.
Koga and I clashed swords: luckily from the training I just endured I had a better stand of my ground then Koga, so I forced him to release the clash of our swords, or get stabbed. Koga responded with a slash from his sword, forcing me to either block his attack or be hit with his sword. "You're stronger than I thought child." Koga said, but I cut him off with a slash. I used my feeling to aid me in battle as Anubis had taught me, and that gave me strength and I knew if I let my emotions get the better of me I might kill Koga in battle. I threw one of my daggers at Koga: he ducked as I planned and I kicked him across the face after he duck making him spit blood.
Koga though, laughed. "While you are stronger than I thought, child, you are still no match for a Dynasty Warlord." And with that, he proceeded to do a variation of the attack that he had done earlier, hoping to drive me to my knees or knock my blades out of my hands. But I was ready for that. When he slashed I jumped up and over. I whirled around and landed a slash to his back. Koga stiffened up from the attack to his back. "Not bad little one. Too bad it was all for nothing!" He made a motion with his hand and all of a sudden everything broke loose.
Suddenly Kaila, Dan and several Dynasty soldiers attacked my friends. I felt someone slash me across the shoulder but Koga didn't touch me. A flash ran in my mind: Dan struck Ryo across the shoulder. "Ryo! Sage! Kayura!" I yelled seeing the remaining warlords and some Dynasty soldiers were going after them. "Oh no Icefire. You're mine!" Koga struck me in the back as I ran to my friend's aid. I fell to the ground, but swiftly rolled on my back and blocked a blow from Koga's sword.
I felt another blow, but I knew that somehow I was feeling the blows Dan gave to Ryo. " No Ryo." And as the attack occurred, an angry snarl was heard from the camp. "No way in ^%$# am I going to allow this to happen!" snarled an irate Harry! Pulling his kanji ball, he quickly summoned his armor. "OK warlords, you want to rumble: BRING IT ON!" " Harry don't! Ryo, Kayura and Sage is in trouble, help them!" I yelled to my friend. "OK Serena. But as soon as they are safe, these GOONS are TOAST!" he roared, as I knocked Koga to the ground and we got up at the same time. I was about to strike but an intense pain stopped me and Koga forced me to back up.
"What's wrong Icefire? Too weak?" Koga mocked. From where I was standing I saw Ryo being stuck again and felt his pain. I lashed at Koga almost beheading him but he moved at the last second and I only gave him a deep cut to the shoulder. I didn't see the Dynasty soldier until it was too late and I was knocked to the ground. "Is that the best that you can do little Ronin? Why don't you just surrender to they Dynasty and avoid all the misery that your friends are feeling?" Koga taunted at me. "Hold her. I'll take her to the Dynasty after I killed her friends." he said as he left but then hid in the bush a small child was about to make a miracle happen.
No guys. No don't give in. Virtue, Wisdom, Trust, Justice, Life, Loyalty, Sincerity, Obedience, Pity, Spirit! Yuli thought holding tightly onto the bracelet I gave him. Suddenly I felt a warmth surround my body but it turned cold: Ice cold! My armor glowed and I felt stronger and I felt the power of my armor increasing. I didn't know what had caused it: I didn't know Yuli had invoked the power of my bracelet.
I kicked the soldier off, and threw a blast of ice at Koga. He then turned around very quickly. "That was a warning Koga! I came ready to fight with honor! Now that I know you have no honor, expect no quarter the next time we fight! You won't win Koga." I exclaimed feeling very calm as I forced the soldier away from me. "It's your turn. This is for all the people you hurt and killed Koga. BURING ICE BLAST!" I called my attack; it got many of the soldiers and warlords. " We'll be back." Koga said and disappeared.
I fell to one knee as my armor left me; I was tired after the battle and using my sure kill. Even with the help of the training, I was tried, but I knew that my friends needed me, especially Ryo. "Serena!" I heard someone yell. I looked up into my friend's faces and rose to my feet. " Ryo, he, Kayura and Sage are badly injured. I don't know where Sage and Kayura are but Ryo is in the woods: he's knocked out and he doesn't have his armor on; it faded like my did." I said
Harry quickly sent his armor back to its kanji ball. "Ok, this is going to be a triage system of treatment. Until Sage and Kayura are back in action, I will be treating everyone on a basis of how bad they are hurt. The more critical their injuries, the higher up on the list they go. Now, lets get cracking and check on the others!" As we proceeded to move out, Harry turned toward Saber. "I need you to act as a combination lookout and guardian Saber. I don't know how badly the rest of the team is hurt, but I need someone to keep an eye on things until everyone has been treated. Could you do that for us?" he asked. Saber nodded. "You didn't have to ask. I was already planning on doing that," he said.
I went with the others, I showed them where Ryo was and helped the them find Kayrua and Sage." Now, now young lady. You have to rest: we found the others and they are being treated so you need to rest." Harry said to me. I didn't fight back this time, I nodded and leaned against a tree in front of the recovery tent that my friends were and fell asleep. " I hope Ryo and the other get well soon." Mia said to Anubis as they watched me fall asleep, leaning against the tree.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hi Icefire here, first thing I'd like to say is that I don't own the Ronin Warriors. Second I'd like to say this story isn't just mine, it also belongs to my friend and partner Harry, since he and I are co writing this story. Harry is helping me a lot in this story, so he deserves the credit too.
Of all the low down, no good, dirty tricks: The warlords killed Serena's friend and ex warlord Corin! If Dais and Cale didn't stop her she might have lost it then and there. But the warlords pulled a surprise attack and go after Ryo, Sage and Kayrua! Serena felt each blow Ryo took from Dan and if Yuli didn't use the bracelet they would have lost. Of course no one knows that Yuli was the cause of Serena's power increase. But what will happen to the three injured Ronins? It looks like you have to find out in Chapter 16: Confession