Chapter 3: Armors' Legend
Ryo of the Wildfire awoke to a dark cavern. He had a terrible headache. He stood up and looked around to where he was. It was a large, empty, cold cavern. The only light was from two torches giving off blue flames from a door on the other side of the room.
"Man, where am I? The Dynasty?" He remembered the battle they fought. Flashes of his battle with the Nether Spirits came back to him.
His Wildfire Flare went straight for the spirits. Only it hit a shield and was absorbed!! The spirits' eyes flashed and threw the Flare right back at Ryo!
"I don't get it. How could the Nether Spirits have gotten so strong? My Wildfire Flare should have toasted some of them at least!" Ryo formed his hand into a tight fist. "How did they become so powerful?"
Just then the door at the other end opened up, and Ryo saw the silhouette a tall stocky man. The man stepped into the large room and from what Ryo could see he had black hair, a scar across his right eye, another scar on the lower left side of his jaw, and his arms covered in scars. The man was wearing what looked like pants that seemed tight to his body, an open baggy jacket with ¾ length sleeves. Ryo couldn't make out the colors from the darkness.
"You are finally awake." The man said in a husky voice.
Ryo got into a fighting stance, "Who are you?"
"My name is Toxicor. Leader of the Dynasty Warlords, and you are a prisoner of Master Talpa."
"Talpa?!!"
"Yes, but what we want to know is where are the armors?"
"What? What are you talking about?"
The man grabbed Ryo's neck in a flash! "Where are the armors?!"
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The Warrior of Halo woke up with a start. He was scared awake from a loud rattle of metal. Sage found himself in a cage hanging just two feet above the ground. The room he was in was the same one he, Cye, and Kento were held prisoner in when they were first captured by the Dynasty. Rowen was in a nearby cage. It was a woman that awoke him.
The woman had long violet hair darker than the color of his eyes, she wore a dark red halter top with rubies spelling out "rebel", tight pale blue pants that hugged her hips, and white high heeled boots.
"It's good that you're a light sleeper. It's better that the both of you are up."
Sage rubbed his eyes, "Who are you? Where are we?"
Rowen answered one question for Sage, "We're in the Dynasty. Remember?"
"What?"
"You can tell him later. Now tell me this. Where are the armors?"
"What do you mean?" Rowen asked.
"You don't know? The armors left you when you were brought here. Where did you send them?!"
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Both Cye and Kento were already awake and dealing with two men. One of them had fangs and was wearing all black. T-shirt, pants, and boots. The man's hair was like Wolverine's from X-men only he didn't have the beard and his eyes were wild like an animal's. His pupils were in slits like a cat's.
The other man was quite young, just their age. (23 years old. Cye, Sage, and Kento were 16 during the war with Talpa. Ryo and Rowen were 17. Just so you know.) He had gray hair slicked back, wearing a treanchcoat. His eyes were normal and emotionless.
Kento was pissed off from the wild man's question about the armors. "We don't know!! We didn't even know the armors left us!!"
The wild man growled. "You're lying! Tell us where the armors are!!"
"Calm down Pyror." The other man said calmly.
Pyror snapped to the young man. "I don't see you helping any Zachary!!"
"They were unconscious when it happened but then again the armors might have done this themselves."
"They must have because we don't know where they are." Cye said.
Zachary laughed. "You obviously don't know everything about the armor. Come on Pyror. Let's leave them." With that he and Pyror left Cye and Kento.
Kento looked to Cye, "I don't get it. Why did the armor leave us?"
"I'm not sure. There has to be a good reason for that."
"Hey I know. The armor left in order to keep itself out of Tapla's hands!"
Cye's eyes widened at Kento's theory. "That could be it! Only..."
"What? 'Only' what?"
"How are we gonna get the armor when we need it to get out of here?"
"Oh. Good point." Kento pondered for a moment. "You think the former Warlords are keeping them for safe keeping?"
"Probably."
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Morisato sat across the compartment of the private jet and told the young girl the story of the armors.
"The legend begins 1000 years ago. It was during the Dark Ages, demons ran all over the mortal realm. The human race could handle the demons until the strongest one appeared.
His name was Talpa. No human weapon could strike him. He was invincible. Then a lone warrior with a white tiger appeared and challenged him. The warrior won and was able to exile Talpa back to his own realm."
Kagome blinked. "Exiled?"
"It means he was sent back."
"Oh. Sorry for interrupting you."
Morisato smiled. "That's alright. You do have a young mind.
But Talpa's body remained here. So the warrior separated Talpa's body into nine armors. Each possessing a different power. Each one was entrusted to nine families to protect them. The armors were protected for 600 years."
"What happened?"
"Talpa gained control over four of the armors. He corrupted the minds of those guarding the armor. The remaining five fought against the Dynasty. Talpa's kingdom of evil. After the first fight with Talpa those five gained the very power that Talpa was after."
"Ooh! What was it?"
"It was the Armor of Inferno. The armor of the first Ronin Warrior, Herial. Not much is known of Herial to this day. Even I do not know who Herial was.
So Talpa survived the battle and gave the ronins some rest before other demons tried to claim the armor. They put up a good fight but the ronins kept the armor. Then Talpa captured three of the ronins. The other two were able to save them after many hardships in the Dynasty."
Kagome cheered, "Yay!"
"It doesn't end there. There's more.
Talpa wouldn't give up. He sent a minion of his to possess a young woman to fight against the ronins to their death. They were lucky when a former Warlord appeared and freed the young woman. Though it cost him his own life to do so."
Kagome started to cry. Her face just turned a little red when Morisato spoke again, "Do not worry. His death was not in vain. For you see the young woman was the last descendent of the warrior who created the nine armors. So she took the Warlord's armor and went to the castle to start the final battle.
Talpa accepted freely. She and the ronins were not alone though. The other Warlords turned on Talpa and fought along side the ronins. Talpa got desperate and moved the fight to the Mortal Realm. All the warriors followed him. Talpa then started to use the mortals greed against them so he could destroy the mortal world."
"How did he do that?"
"He made the buildings look like gold. An excuse to destroy the Mortal Realm. All the people thought it was real gold and started to collect it. They fought each other for it as well. There were fights everywhere, even kids your age were going for it.
The ronins couldn't stand the chaos, especially the bearer of Wildfire. He took a risk. He possessed Talpa and bought enough time for the others to strike him down. Reluctantly they did so.
Wildfire is still alive because the Jewel of Life granted the wish to save him."
"Wow! That's amazing! So what do I have to do with the armors?"
White Blaze looked at Kagome with curious brown eyes. Then he got up and went off to the door to the pilots' cockpit.
"You have been chosen to find the armors. You are very special. Because the moment Talpa was defeated, you were born."
Kagome's eyes grew big as saucers and her lower lip started to quiver.
Morisato saw this and spoke like he was Kagome's father, "It is a sign that you are connected to the armors. Did you have a strange dream two nights ago?"
"Y-yes."
"Were six young men, a woman, and White Blaze in it?"
"Yes."
Morisato got a grim look on his face, "What you saw was the ronins being captured by the Dynasty."
Kagome gasped and covered her mouth.
"It happened as you saw it. When did it end?"
"When they were being taken to the Dy-nest-ee."
"It is called the 'Dy-nast-y.'" Morisato said slowly for Kagome. "You didn't see that the armors left the ronins and went to different parts of the world. The armors hid themselves from Talpa and his minions, but the armors cannot stay hidden when their bearers are in danger. So they have chosen you to find them."
"I have to find them? To save the ronins?"
"Yes, but you have to find all nine of the armors' crystals. The Warlords knew the Dynasty would come after them as well and let their armor go to different parts of the world as well. Right now you have the Crystal of Darkness." He pointed to Kagome's amber anklet. "It will react when we are near the next crystal."
"Will the next crystal become a jewelry too?"
"Yes. The crystals have to stay with you somehow. Why in the form of jewelry I do not know."
The pilot came on over the radio, "We'll be landing in Egypt in a few minutes so stay seated and fasten your seat belts."
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In the Dynasty all the new Warlords had gathered and were discussing on how to find the armors.(By the way, woman's name is Harpar.)
Toxicor paced the room with heavy steps from his boots. Harpar watched him with impatient eyes. Finally she got fed up with it and spoke out, "Toxicor I am getting annoyed by your constant pacing!! Why don't you figure out a way to find the armors?!"
Toxicor stopped and turned to Harpar with cold ice blue eyes. "I am trying to think of a way! Don't be so naïve!"
"I'll be naïve as I please!" Her hand charged up with power.
Pyror jumped between the two of them. "Stop this quarreling! Now listen! The armors must eventually be found by someone. All we need to do is find out who."
"Excellent idea Pyror." Zachary said smoothly. "We need to know who is looking for the armors and follow their every move. They can lead us to where the armors are hidden. All we'll need to do is keep them from getting the armor and get it for ourselves."
"Now why didn't you think of that?" Harpar snapped to Toxicor.
"Enough!" Toxicor looked to a screen that would let them see anywhere. It turned on and showed them a plane landing. Then it showed them Kagome, White Blaze, and Morisato. The Warlords noticed Kagome's anklet.
"The gems the child is wearing. Could that be...?"
"It must be the armor! Why would a child be searching for them?"
"Yes, why indeed."
"We'll question that later. I'll go and get the armor they are tracking." Pyror smiled with his fangs gleaming.
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Kagome jumped with joy when she stepped out of the airport in Cairo. She started to jumped around and chant, "I'm in Egypt! I'm in Egypt! I'm in Egypt!"
Morisato just started at Kagome cleverly hiding his embarrassment. White Blaze followed Kagome all over the place like a kitten would watch a fly. Then Kagome ran out breath and stopped to breathe.
Morisato cleared his throat to catch Kagome's attention. "If you are finished may we search for the crystal?"
Kagome looked at Morisato and cocked her head. Then she smiled and giggled, "Okay Mori-Mori."
"Mori-Mori?"
"Yeah. That's you!"
Morisato did his best to keep his temper under control. After all Kagome was only a child. "Alright then. Let's look in the desert first."
"The desert?" Kagome whined. "But it's so hot there."
"That is where the armor might be. The Warlords wouldn't be able to handle the heat either. So we must search there first."
"Oh. Okay."
In the desert Kagome rode White Blaze and held the crystal in her hand. She moved the crystal all over the place. Then when it landed on a pyramid the crystal began to glow.
"Wait."
The Himalayan tiger stopped. Morisato stopped as well and waited for Kagome's response with disgust. Already they had two false alarms, thanks to the trick of the light.
Kagome slipped off White Blaze and walked closer to the pyramid, making sure to block the sun from the crystal. The crystal's glow increase and was warm. "It's over there." She pointed to the pyramid.
Unbeknownst to them Pyror was watching them closely. He slipped through the shadows of the dunes following them to the pyramid. So, the crystal is at that pyramid is it? I'll need to call for some back up. With that in mind he disappeared.
At the pyramid Kagome held the crystal to the top of the pyramid. She heard the same soft sound of metal as she did the night before. The crystal was up there for sure. "It's on the top."
"That makes it harder for us. It will take us a long time just to climb up to it."
White Blaze roared in agreement. Then another roar echoed him.
Pyror came out from behind a corner of the pyramid. "So nice of you to help us find the armor. Now hand over the crystal you have now."
"No!" Kagome said.
Morisato got in front of the little redhead and drew his sword. "Get the crystal. I'll take care of him."
White Blaze lifted Kagome onto his back. "But-"
"Just go!"
With that the large cat started the difficult climb up. Morisato turned to Pyror. "I suppose you work for the Dynasty?"
"I do, and I want the armors." He looked up to White Blaze. Already the tiger was at the fourth step of the pyramid and reached the fifth before Pyror turned his attention back to the swordsman before him. "The Dynasty will get the crystals at any cost." He snapped his fingers.
Out of nowhere came eagles! They started attacking the duo traveling up the pyramid. By the time they got to White Blaze and Kagome, they were almost to the top. White Blaze slashed his claws at them with great annoyance. Kagome clung to Blaze's fur as he moved all over the place.
Then one of the birds went for the crystal back on the girl's ankle! It glowed and engulfed her. White Blaze stopped moving at the warmth on his back.
Down on the ground Pyror and Morisato were going at it. Morisato swung and slashed his sword at the Warlord. Pyror, on the other hand, had claws and used them as weapons and his defense. He slashed at Morisato with all his might and still hadn't been able to hit him. Then the two of them locked their weapons, and one of Pyror's eagles came and hit their weapons apart!
"What the?" Pyror looked to the top of the pyramid.
Morisato looked as well. He expected to see Kagome but instead he saw a woman holding a sword. The other eagles were squawking in anger and all at once flew to her.
"Black Lightning Slash!!" The woman unleashed Kale's power upon the birds! All of them fell about the pyramid stunned. Then the woman jumped the rest of the way to the pyramid and picked up the crystal. White Blaze roared at her to hurry up. The woman jumped down the pyramid with the greatest of ease, with White Blaze following her.
On the ground Pyror disappeared. Morisato sheathed his sword. The woman walked up to Morisato, "Hello there Morisato."
"How-how is it that you know my name?"
The woman chuckled. The clouds moved and the light of the stars revealed the woman to have red hair to her hips and ocean blue eyes. She was wearing light-weighted cloth ankle-high boots, white shorts under a full green miniskirt, a white shirt with roomy sleeves that hid her hands, and a green vest. "You don't recognize me at all?"
"Kagome? Is that really you?"
"In a way yes. Actually I'm Herial, the original bearer of the White Armor of Inferno."
Morisato gasped, "H-H-Herial? The first Ronin Warrior?"
The woman nodded.
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A/N: That's a nice twist huh? Isn't Kagome's nickname for Morisato cute too? Sorry, it was pretty long. I'll be taking suggestions for the next crystal to find now. Please review and flamers are accepted to improve my story.
Ryo of the Wildfire awoke to a dark cavern. He had a terrible headache. He stood up and looked around to where he was. It was a large, empty, cold cavern. The only light was from two torches giving off blue flames from a door on the other side of the room.
"Man, where am I? The Dynasty?" He remembered the battle they fought. Flashes of his battle with the Nether Spirits came back to him.
His Wildfire Flare went straight for the spirits. Only it hit a shield and was absorbed!! The spirits' eyes flashed and threw the Flare right back at Ryo!
"I don't get it. How could the Nether Spirits have gotten so strong? My Wildfire Flare should have toasted some of them at least!" Ryo formed his hand into a tight fist. "How did they become so powerful?"
Just then the door at the other end opened up, and Ryo saw the silhouette a tall stocky man. The man stepped into the large room and from what Ryo could see he had black hair, a scar across his right eye, another scar on the lower left side of his jaw, and his arms covered in scars. The man was wearing what looked like pants that seemed tight to his body, an open baggy jacket with ¾ length sleeves. Ryo couldn't make out the colors from the darkness.
"You are finally awake." The man said in a husky voice.
Ryo got into a fighting stance, "Who are you?"
"My name is Toxicor. Leader of the Dynasty Warlords, and you are a prisoner of Master Talpa."
"Talpa?!!"
"Yes, but what we want to know is where are the armors?"
"What? What are you talking about?"
The man grabbed Ryo's neck in a flash! "Where are the armors?!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Warrior of Halo woke up with a start. He was scared awake from a loud rattle of metal. Sage found himself in a cage hanging just two feet above the ground. The room he was in was the same one he, Cye, and Kento were held prisoner in when they were first captured by the Dynasty. Rowen was in a nearby cage. It was a woman that awoke him.
The woman had long violet hair darker than the color of his eyes, she wore a dark red halter top with rubies spelling out "rebel", tight pale blue pants that hugged her hips, and white high heeled boots.
"It's good that you're a light sleeper. It's better that the both of you are up."
Sage rubbed his eyes, "Who are you? Where are we?"
Rowen answered one question for Sage, "We're in the Dynasty. Remember?"
"What?"
"You can tell him later. Now tell me this. Where are the armors?"
"What do you mean?" Rowen asked.
"You don't know? The armors left you when you were brought here. Where did you send them?!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Both Cye and Kento were already awake and dealing with two men. One of them had fangs and was wearing all black. T-shirt, pants, and boots. The man's hair was like Wolverine's from X-men only he didn't have the beard and his eyes were wild like an animal's. His pupils were in slits like a cat's.
The other man was quite young, just their age. (23 years old. Cye, Sage, and Kento were 16 during the war with Talpa. Ryo and Rowen were 17. Just so you know.) He had gray hair slicked back, wearing a treanchcoat. His eyes were normal and emotionless.
Kento was pissed off from the wild man's question about the armors. "We don't know!! We didn't even know the armors left us!!"
The wild man growled. "You're lying! Tell us where the armors are!!"
"Calm down Pyror." The other man said calmly.
Pyror snapped to the young man. "I don't see you helping any Zachary!!"
"They were unconscious when it happened but then again the armors might have done this themselves."
"They must have because we don't know where they are." Cye said.
Zachary laughed. "You obviously don't know everything about the armor. Come on Pyror. Let's leave them." With that he and Pyror left Cye and Kento.
Kento looked to Cye, "I don't get it. Why did the armor leave us?"
"I'm not sure. There has to be a good reason for that."
"Hey I know. The armor left in order to keep itself out of Tapla's hands!"
Cye's eyes widened at Kento's theory. "That could be it! Only..."
"What? 'Only' what?"
"How are we gonna get the armor when we need it to get out of here?"
"Oh. Good point." Kento pondered for a moment. "You think the former Warlords are keeping them for safe keeping?"
"Probably."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Morisato sat across the compartment of the private jet and told the young girl the story of the armors.
"The legend begins 1000 years ago. It was during the Dark Ages, demons ran all over the mortal realm. The human race could handle the demons until the strongest one appeared.
His name was Talpa. No human weapon could strike him. He was invincible. Then a lone warrior with a white tiger appeared and challenged him. The warrior won and was able to exile Talpa back to his own realm."
Kagome blinked. "Exiled?"
"It means he was sent back."
"Oh. Sorry for interrupting you."
Morisato smiled. "That's alright. You do have a young mind.
But Talpa's body remained here. So the warrior separated Talpa's body into nine armors. Each possessing a different power. Each one was entrusted to nine families to protect them. The armors were protected for 600 years."
"What happened?"
"Talpa gained control over four of the armors. He corrupted the minds of those guarding the armor. The remaining five fought against the Dynasty. Talpa's kingdom of evil. After the first fight with Talpa those five gained the very power that Talpa was after."
"Ooh! What was it?"
"It was the Armor of Inferno. The armor of the first Ronin Warrior, Herial. Not much is known of Herial to this day. Even I do not know who Herial was.
So Talpa survived the battle and gave the ronins some rest before other demons tried to claim the armor. They put up a good fight but the ronins kept the armor. Then Talpa captured three of the ronins. The other two were able to save them after many hardships in the Dynasty."
Kagome cheered, "Yay!"
"It doesn't end there. There's more.
Talpa wouldn't give up. He sent a minion of his to possess a young woman to fight against the ronins to their death. They were lucky when a former Warlord appeared and freed the young woman. Though it cost him his own life to do so."
Kagome started to cry. Her face just turned a little red when Morisato spoke again, "Do not worry. His death was not in vain. For you see the young woman was the last descendent of the warrior who created the nine armors. So she took the Warlord's armor and went to the castle to start the final battle.
Talpa accepted freely. She and the ronins were not alone though. The other Warlords turned on Talpa and fought along side the ronins. Talpa got desperate and moved the fight to the Mortal Realm. All the warriors followed him. Talpa then started to use the mortals greed against them so he could destroy the mortal world."
"How did he do that?"
"He made the buildings look like gold. An excuse to destroy the Mortal Realm. All the people thought it was real gold and started to collect it. They fought each other for it as well. There were fights everywhere, even kids your age were going for it.
The ronins couldn't stand the chaos, especially the bearer of Wildfire. He took a risk. He possessed Talpa and bought enough time for the others to strike him down. Reluctantly they did so.
Wildfire is still alive because the Jewel of Life granted the wish to save him."
"Wow! That's amazing! So what do I have to do with the armors?"
White Blaze looked at Kagome with curious brown eyes. Then he got up and went off to the door to the pilots' cockpit.
"You have been chosen to find the armors. You are very special. Because the moment Talpa was defeated, you were born."
Kagome's eyes grew big as saucers and her lower lip started to quiver.
Morisato saw this and spoke like he was Kagome's father, "It is a sign that you are connected to the armors. Did you have a strange dream two nights ago?"
"Y-yes."
"Were six young men, a woman, and White Blaze in it?"
"Yes."
Morisato got a grim look on his face, "What you saw was the ronins being captured by the Dynasty."
Kagome gasped and covered her mouth.
"It happened as you saw it. When did it end?"
"When they were being taken to the Dy-nest-ee."
"It is called the 'Dy-nast-y.'" Morisato said slowly for Kagome. "You didn't see that the armors left the ronins and went to different parts of the world. The armors hid themselves from Talpa and his minions, but the armors cannot stay hidden when their bearers are in danger. So they have chosen you to find them."
"I have to find them? To save the ronins?"
"Yes, but you have to find all nine of the armors' crystals. The Warlords knew the Dynasty would come after them as well and let their armor go to different parts of the world as well. Right now you have the Crystal of Darkness." He pointed to Kagome's amber anklet. "It will react when we are near the next crystal."
"Will the next crystal become a jewelry too?"
"Yes. The crystals have to stay with you somehow. Why in the form of jewelry I do not know."
The pilot came on over the radio, "We'll be landing in Egypt in a few minutes so stay seated and fasten your seat belts."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In the Dynasty all the new Warlords had gathered and were discussing on how to find the armors.(By the way, woman's name is Harpar.)
Toxicor paced the room with heavy steps from his boots. Harpar watched him with impatient eyes. Finally she got fed up with it and spoke out, "Toxicor I am getting annoyed by your constant pacing!! Why don't you figure out a way to find the armors?!"
Toxicor stopped and turned to Harpar with cold ice blue eyes. "I am trying to think of a way! Don't be so naïve!"
"I'll be naïve as I please!" Her hand charged up with power.
Pyror jumped between the two of them. "Stop this quarreling! Now listen! The armors must eventually be found by someone. All we need to do is find out who."
"Excellent idea Pyror." Zachary said smoothly. "We need to know who is looking for the armors and follow their every move. They can lead us to where the armors are hidden. All we'll need to do is keep them from getting the armor and get it for ourselves."
"Now why didn't you think of that?" Harpar snapped to Toxicor.
"Enough!" Toxicor looked to a screen that would let them see anywhere. It turned on and showed them a plane landing. Then it showed them Kagome, White Blaze, and Morisato. The Warlords noticed Kagome's anklet.
"The gems the child is wearing. Could that be...?"
"It must be the armor! Why would a child be searching for them?"
"Yes, why indeed."
"We'll question that later. I'll go and get the armor they are tracking." Pyror smiled with his fangs gleaming.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome jumped with joy when she stepped out of the airport in Cairo. She started to jumped around and chant, "I'm in Egypt! I'm in Egypt! I'm in Egypt!"
Morisato just started at Kagome cleverly hiding his embarrassment. White Blaze followed Kagome all over the place like a kitten would watch a fly. Then Kagome ran out breath and stopped to breathe.
Morisato cleared his throat to catch Kagome's attention. "If you are finished may we search for the crystal?"
Kagome looked at Morisato and cocked her head. Then she smiled and giggled, "Okay Mori-Mori."
"Mori-Mori?"
"Yeah. That's you!"
Morisato did his best to keep his temper under control. After all Kagome was only a child. "Alright then. Let's look in the desert first."
"The desert?" Kagome whined. "But it's so hot there."
"That is where the armor might be. The Warlords wouldn't be able to handle the heat either. So we must search there first."
"Oh. Okay."
In the desert Kagome rode White Blaze and held the crystal in her hand. She moved the crystal all over the place. Then when it landed on a pyramid the crystal began to glow.
"Wait."
The Himalayan tiger stopped. Morisato stopped as well and waited for Kagome's response with disgust. Already they had two false alarms, thanks to the trick of the light.
Kagome slipped off White Blaze and walked closer to the pyramid, making sure to block the sun from the crystal. The crystal's glow increase and was warm. "It's over there." She pointed to the pyramid.
Unbeknownst to them Pyror was watching them closely. He slipped through the shadows of the dunes following them to the pyramid. So, the crystal is at that pyramid is it? I'll need to call for some back up. With that in mind he disappeared.
At the pyramid Kagome held the crystal to the top of the pyramid. She heard the same soft sound of metal as she did the night before. The crystal was up there for sure. "It's on the top."
"That makes it harder for us. It will take us a long time just to climb up to it."
White Blaze roared in agreement. Then another roar echoed him.
Pyror came out from behind a corner of the pyramid. "So nice of you to help us find the armor. Now hand over the crystal you have now."
"No!" Kagome said.
Morisato got in front of the little redhead and drew his sword. "Get the crystal. I'll take care of him."
White Blaze lifted Kagome onto his back. "But-"
"Just go!"
With that the large cat started the difficult climb up. Morisato turned to Pyror. "I suppose you work for the Dynasty?"
"I do, and I want the armors." He looked up to White Blaze. Already the tiger was at the fourth step of the pyramid and reached the fifth before Pyror turned his attention back to the swordsman before him. "The Dynasty will get the crystals at any cost." He snapped his fingers.
Out of nowhere came eagles! They started attacking the duo traveling up the pyramid. By the time they got to White Blaze and Kagome, they were almost to the top. White Blaze slashed his claws at them with great annoyance. Kagome clung to Blaze's fur as he moved all over the place.
Then one of the birds went for the crystal back on the girl's ankle! It glowed and engulfed her. White Blaze stopped moving at the warmth on his back.
Down on the ground Pyror and Morisato were going at it. Morisato swung and slashed his sword at the Warlord. Pyror, on the other hand, had claws and used them as weapons and his defense. He slashed at Morisato with all his might and still hadn't been able to hit him. Then the two of them locked their weapons, and one of Pyror's eagles came and hit their weapons apart!
"What the?" Pyror looked to the top of the pyramid.
Morisato looked as well. He expected to see Kagome but instead he saw a woman holding a sword. The other eagles were squawking in anger and all at once flew to her.
"Black Lightning Slash!!" The woman unleashed Kale's power upon the birds! All of them fell about the pyramid stunned. Then the woman jumped the rest of the way to the pyramid and picked up the crystal. White Blaze roared at her to hurry up. The woman jumped down the pyramid with the greatest of ease, with White Blaze following her.
On the ground Pyror disappeared. Morisato sheathed his sword. The woman walked up to Morisato, "Hello there Morisato."
"How-how is it that you know my name?"
The woman chuckled. The clouds moved and the light of the stars revealed the woman to have red hair to her hips and ocean blue eyes. She was wearing light-weighted cloth ankle-high boots, white shorts under a full green miniskirt, a white shirt with roomy sleeves that hid her hands, and a green vest. "You don't recognize me at all?"
"Kagome? Is that really you?"
"In a way yes. Actually I'm Herial, the original bearer of the White Armor of Inferno."
Morisato gasped, "H-H-Herial? The first Ronin Warrior?"
The woman nodded.
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A/N: That's a nice twist huh? Isn't Kagome's nickname for Morisato cute too? Sorry, it was pretty long. I'll be taking suggestions for the next crystal to find now. Please review and flamers are accepted to improve my story.
