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7: Une
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Torrent watched his super wave smasher attack hit the ground leaving a small crater that wasn't too deep just as Cye, Kento, Ryo vanished. The Armor was not at all happy, his master wouldn't be pleased if she found out the Hardrock, Wildfire and his bearer knew what was going on even with their memories extracted. Lowering his trident he descended from the nightsky returning to Hardrock's side. The orange armor's head/helmet turned to greet him.
On the other hand, Mina was sweating bullets; she swore she heard Cye's voice outside her house. Was he okay? Did that armored freak hurt him? What if Ryo was with him, was he hurt was well? All these thoughts ran through her mind as the two assailants landed inside the bedroom aiming their weapons toward her or Yulie.
Her sister Junya was shaking like a leaf standing in the doorway praying that the metal monsters wouldn't kill her or her sister along with the little boy whatever his name was. "M-Mina, I think we should run now," Junya squeaked out gripping the sides of the wall, thank goodness their parents weren't home at the moment.
Mina nodded pushing Yulie completely behind her, the armors stepped closer their grips on their weapons tightened. Yulie shivered holding onto Mina's skirt in a death grip, when she patted him on the shoulder blade. He looked up at the girl who stared at him the corner of his eye. "Yulie-san when I tell you, run out of the room as fast as you can--," She whispered. "Got it?" Yulie nodded swallowing his fear, he positioned himself ready to run when the word was given. Junya cocked her eyebrow at her little sister despite the situation at hand, Mina glanced at the doorway then at the armors.
"Yule-san...?" Mina whispered.
"H-hai?" Yulie replied shakily.
Mina pushed the boy from behind her toward her sister and the door way. "RUN!" She screamed dashing off herself. Hardrock began to twirl his weapon in a circle motion, Junya shrieked in horror before her sister grabbed her around the waist pulling her off her feet following Yulie (who slid on the railing) down the stairs.
Mina could feel immense heat coming her bedroom, her senses told her the aura from the orange armor felt like Kento Rei Faun, and the blue armor had an aura much like Cye Mouri. With a kick she knocked the front door open running as fast as she could with her sister's weight holding her down rushing down the sidewalk. The house exploded behind them knocking three down. Yulie cried out as he hit the ground, it did him no good since he cuts were beginning to heal.
Junya groaned in pain wishing the nightmare would end as Mina helped her up watching Torrent and Hardrock hovering the nightsky. "Junya get out of here, find Mom and dad," Mina commanded shoving the wild-haired girl away from her. Junya gave her sister an inquiring look before she noticed the look in Mina's coalbolt blue/green eyes.
Fear and bit of anger to go with it. Was she afraid the two wackos in the armor would hurt her, or did she simply not want her dead weight around while running for her life? Despite whatever was going on in the 15-year-old's mind Junya obliged dashing across the street, hoping her sister would be okay without her.
Mina watched her sister's figure disappear around the corner before rushing off herself picking Yulie off the ground, Torrent and Hardrock bolted from their spot soaring higher into the sky making sure Mina would not leave their sights as she knocked several people out of her way.
Yulie clutched the dirty-blonde's shoulders as she rushed through the streets now leaving the neighborhood nearing the city, the boy glanced up not finding the armors anywhere in the sky or behind them but that didn't mean they weren't following them... then again....
"Mia-- I mean Mina, stop I don't think their following us anymore," Yulie said nervously. Mina stopped in mid-step glancing all around her, she was only two blocks away from downtown, currently in the busy part of Tokyo, where the lightrail was located which she happened to be near. Mina felt some type of relief, her legs were thanking her for stopping when an explosion that sounded like a sonic boom echoed above them.
Mina ducked for cover inside the bus-stop-stand trying to catch her breath as a bright light not too far away from the bus stand appeared. She peered through a hold in the stand managing to make out three figures shapes in the light as if slowly faded away, Mina's coalbolt blue/green eyes widened in surprise she gazed upon the three figures in red, orange and light blue staring at eachother in confusion ( ^ .~).
"Uhhh... what the hell happened?" The one in the orange asked looking down at himself. "And where did my overhalls go?!" Mina's fear and anger faded as quick as if appeared and she came running out from her hiding spot, as the one in the red joked out about the one in the orange's overhauls up and leaving him forever to find a less bulky body.
"Ryo, Cye, Kento!" She cried running over toward them. Ryo glanced over to his right at the dirty-blonde girl whose expression was glowing with happiness, the raven-haired boy smirked.
"She missed me!" Ryo thought happily making his way over to the girl before noticing a little boy in her arms. "Hey Mina, who's the kid?" Kento asked coming up beside her to get a better look at Yulie. Mina smiled forgetting all about the armors and explained everything about Yulie minus his name.
Cye nodded ruffling her hair with a smile. "What's your name kid?" He asked. Yulie squiggled out of Mina's hold landing on his bottom, the four teens fought the urge to laugh at the boy's plight, Yulie glared at Kento's mocking face climbing to his feet. He offered his hand to Cye with a polite smile. "Yulie Yamano, nice to meet you," the blue-eyed boy said proudly while the brown-haired boy shook his hand. "Are you all right Mina?" Cye asked. Mina looked down looking a bit embarrassed for some unknown reason but nodded. "Hai, I'm fine," She replied.
Ryo came from behind Cye with a sincere look about him, he got the weird feeling that he knew this little boy from somewhere he just couldn't put his finger on it. "My name's Ryo Sanada. These are my friends, Cye Mouri, and Kento Rei Faun. You already know Mina," He said with a laugh. Yulie giggled at the Raven-haired boy nodding. Their happy little reunion however was cut short when a crash from behind them caught their attention along with the shaking of the ground.
Ryo, himself in front of Mina and the others in a fighting stance ready to attack the assailant. Wildfire stood from his crouching position holding his twin-Katana's in his hands. "Who are you, and what do you want with Mina?" Ryo demanded pointing. Cye felt that his friend should not have been demanding anything out of an empty armor since it couldn't talk, and this armor seemed to feel stronger than Torrent did.
The energy coming from it felt like something out a raging volcano, the ground beneath him felt warped and hot. "Ryo, I really don't think this thing is going to answer to you, there's no one inside," Cye pointed out the obvious. Ryo cocked his head to the side, glancing behind him. "I can see that Cye," He muttered.
Without warning Ryo was stuck in the chest, not by wildfire but a woman holding a scythe, Ryo cried out falling over, his head hit the ground first sending a wave of pain through his skull. "Kuso!" He grumbled clutching his head to ease the pain. The woman chuckled floating down onto the ground. "A wise deduction Cye of the Torrent," She laughed, throwing back her short hair.
Ryo groaned as Kento helped him up making no sudden moves, Ryo thanked him still holding his head glaring at the woman, dressed in a very short white, red embroidered kimono, wearing knee high stiletto heal boots, with a hair piece holding the right side of her hair back; her face decorated in black streaks that resembled scars. "You all look like you've seen a ghost!" She laughed motioning Wildfire to come forward.
The red armor stepped forward up to her side twirling his Katana, Ryo's eyebrows furrowed in anger before moving himself from Kento's support. "Hey Cye, what exactly is going on?" Ryo asked staring at his friend.
Cye shook his head unsure himself, all he knew was that this woman was indeed in his dream and ordered the armors to come after them. "I'm not sure but she was in my dream.... I never got to told you about, it's how I knew Mina was in trouble," Cye replied quietly looking down at his feet. Ryo rolled his eyes folding his arms across his chest glaring at the Wildfire where his eyes should have been.
The woman cocked her head to the side her lips pressed firmly together, analyzing Ryo and Kento. The two were both hotheads, they'd be easy to draw into a fight with no trouble at all if she pitted them against their armors, Hardrock and Wildfire. She glance at Cye and Mina, those two on the other hand weren't easy pickings, Mouri was level headed and if he had the choice he wouldn't fight at all, she knew that.
Kojiya though, was almost as level headed as Mouri but her anger and fear was what kept her from following in Cye's footsteps; The Maternity in her however, toward Yulie was what caused her temper to be worse than Faun's and fought like she was brought up in a bar, her fighting was sloppy and she wouldn't be able to protect the boy if needbe... Torrent would have no trouble with her at all.
The woman smirked bringing herself out of her thoughts. "Alright lady just who are you?" Ryo demanded tapping his foot acting as if he had someplace he had to be. The woman slammed her scythe onto the ground pointing at the raven haired boy. "I, Ryo of Wildfire, am the master of your fate, Une," She replied now holding her scythe horizontally in her hands. "Wildfire, Hardrock, you may kill your bearers and Mouri. Torrent capture your targets."
With that Une gave Ryo a wink and vanished into thin air. Ryo opened his mouth to spit series of fould remarks and demands, when Wildfire sprung forward ramming his fist into the 17-year-old's stomach sending him rearing over in pain, sputtering blood from his mouth, the raven haired boy crumbled to the ground halfway, Wildfire held him by his hair.
Kento rushed to help his friend in need when Hardrock came from out of nowhere grabbing Kento by the waist and throwing him across the lightrail tracks, Kento went sliding on his side across the concrete ground and he crashed into a BMW. Hardrock glanced at Cye and Mina for a brief moment before leaping into the air defying the laws of gravity landing in front of Kento who managed to pull himself out of the crushed vehicle with several bruises and a gash on the side of his head.
"Goddamn it," He grumbled before throwing himself onto the armor disarming it. Hardrock watched the Bo slide out of his reach as Kento punched him countless time, this of course didn't bother him on bit at all, he couldn't feel pain so what was his former bearer trying to accomplish by hitting him?
Hardrock kneed Kento in the stomach, the 17-year-old's punching ceased and the orange armor threw him off it's body and into another car, Kento cursed before feeling the sting of a broken piece of metal cut his left cheek. "This is going to be harder than I thought...," He muttered angrily.
Wildfire punched Ryo around like he was a lifeless rag doll for his amusement, Cye wanted to help his weary friend but he knew if he moved an inch Torrent would strike and take her and Yulie beyond his reach. So he watched as Ryo fought with all he had against Wildfire. The raven haired ducked Wildfire's kick blocking it with his arm before the red armor slapped him silly, sending him flying across the concrete leaving a destroyed street in his wake.
Ryo sluggishly climbed onto his feet holding his right arm; he felt as if the arm was twisted in the compete wrong way, Wildfire stood only a foot away from him sounding as if it had scoffed at the raven haired boy.
Ryo flexed his hurting fingers making sure they were still attached to his body before blocking an attack from Wildfire's Katana's with his arms protecting his face. "Man, this thing is juiced up!" He thought snatching one of the swords from Wildfire with his left hand placing it in his mouth with a mocking expression on his face.
He bent backwards executing a one-hand back flip kicking Wildfire in the its' supposed chin. The red armor stumbled backwards falling on his bottom. Despite the dire situation Ryo still holding the Katana firmly in his mouth rolled his eyes at the fallen Wildfire doing a silly pirate dance. "Sucker!" He hissed between his teeth before Kento's body came crashing into him.
Cye watched in bewilderment as his two friends hit the ground with a sickening thud with a cracking noise that followed. Ryo's head had hit the curb of the sidewalk rendering him unconscious, while Kento was rendered helpless from immense pain. "Get up Kento! Ryo!" Yulie cried trying to break free of Mina's grip she had around his waist.
"Hold still Yulie-san! You can't hel----!" Mina gasped, feeling a cold hand grip her shoulder, it pulled her off her feet. Yulie cried out in horror falling onto his bottom as Torrent sent Mina soaring into the air she automatically screamed on the way up, Cye turned in response to Mina's far away scream, his eyes rested where she recently stood for only a second then up in the sky watching her raise a little higher into the air then plummet like a rock. "MINA! NO!" Cye cried wishing he could rent a pair of wings at the moment.
Torrent wasted no time, he swung his weapon at his bearer hoping it would make contact with his side. Cye leaped out of the way of Torrent's trident only to be knocked down by Hardrock's Bo, while Wildfire sent a kick to his head knocking Cye onto the ground bleeding from somewhere on the head. Relentless, Cye climbed off the ground thrusting his fist into Torrent's face guard.
The armor staggered but didn't fall, his heart full of the desperate need to help his friends Cye continued fighting smashing his knee into Hardrock's stomach knocking him over. Wildfire stepped up swinging his swords at the brown haired boy, the 16-year-old ducked the Katana's grabbing Wildfire by the arm.
Cye flung him over his shoulder sending the red armor crashing into the ground not even realizing the subarmor gave him this tremendous strength, Cye raised his foot up and smashed into his Wildfire stomach hoping he would stay down to give him enough time to help his falling friend.
The bearer of Torrent's shoulders slumped as he fought to catch his breath his body ached considerably, Cye couldn't even feel his legs anymore. "C-C-Cye..!" The robin blue eyed boy was startled by Ryo's weak shaky voice, which proved to be his down fall. Torrent raised his Trident over his head bringing it down onto Cye's back.
Unable to withstand the blow from his attacker the young boy fell to his knees as the world began to spin out of control, Cye finally gave into the calling darkness and fell beside Wildfire who climbed sluggishly off the ground. Yulie watched Cye's still unmoving body bleed onto the ground before he remembered Mina; she was still falling!
"Cye, wake up! You've got to save Mina!" He cried shaking the unconscious 16-year-old, when he felt a gust of wind from behind knocking him on his stomach. Torrent ascended into the air like a bird toward Mina's falling figure catching her as a portal of water appeared below them.
Mina watched in complete fear as she and the armor entered the portal. Wildfire grabbed Yulie before heading over to Ryo, he threw the raven-haired boy's limp body over his shoulder and teleported back to his master's domain. Hardrock lifted a struggling Kento up by his hair also teleporting back to Une's domain, leaving Cye in the slightly battle torn area.
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(Author's note: Can you guess who the bad-guy is? Sorry if this is "Mina" Centric, PS: no romance between her or any of the Ronins.. Just Ryo's crush and I suck at action sequences.)
Oh by the way thanks: Bunch-o-nuts (2 or 3), Hobbit13 (1), Kar-chan (1), Jallana J and Sifirela K (1), AnimegirlH (1), Blitzkrieg9688 (1), for the reviews!)
I hope you liked it all. Chapter eight coming soon! Lemmie know how you liked it. R/R anyways. Later! Sakura123~ Sorry for any misspelled words or grammatical errors. I did read through it by the way.
And to your question Kar-chan; Someone did ask me if there going to be slash in a previous story I wrote before I deleted it, so that's why there's a author's note at the first chapter like that. I'm no Yaoi/Gay/Lesbian lover. In other words I don't it like is all. Lastly I don't understand why they write perfectly straight characers from Gundam wing, Ronin warriors, Digimon, and Xena: warrior princess into Gay or Lesbian lovers. I think their tight bonded friendship is fine if you ask me. Of course this is my opinion so don't get offended those who like these pairings. Chow!