Ronin Moon
Disclaimer: I don't own Ronin Warriors or Sailor Moon; they belong to their owners and creators. However I do own the Dark Ronin Warriors and my Dark War Lords.
Summary: The Ronin Warriors have defeated Talpa and his evil dynasty, now a new evil arises. The Sailor Scouts have helped Galaxia find peace with herself, now a new enemy has arisen.
A/N: If anybody expects a lot of Japanese words then they can kiss my $$! Also this is set after the fight with Galaxia for Sailor Moon and obviously after the Ronin warriors defeat Talpa and the Black Inferno armor. Though I personally never saw the Black Inferno information, but have read up on it, any insight into this armor would be appreciated. Also any complaints about the ages, then I'll get nasty and remove all fics you like of mine!
Sailor Scouts Ages: Ronin Warriors/Warlords Ages:
Amy/Mercury: 19 (7/20/1985) Cye/Torrent: 18 (3/14/1986)
Lita/Jupiter: 20 (4/20/1984) Sage/Halo: 18 (6/9/1986)
Raye/Mars: 18 (8/15/1986) Ryo/Wildfire: 18 (8/15/1986)
Serena/Moon: 17 (11/7/1987) Rowen/Strata: 18 (10/10/1986)
Mina/Venus: 17 (11/7/1987) Kento/Hardrock: 18 (9/1/1986)
Amarra/Uranus: 23 (8/19/1981) Dais/Spider/Summer: 455 (9/19/1549)
Michelle/Neptune: 23 (6/25/1981) Sekmet/Cobra/Autumn (Fall): 453 (10/8/1551)
Trista/Pluto: 25 (7/31/1979) Kail/Jackal (Panther)/Winter: 454 (12/31/1550)
Hotaru/Saturn: 12 (10/31/1992) Anubis/Ogre/Spring: 453 (5/15/1551)
Rini/Mini Moon: 10 (6/7/1994) Kayura/Ancient/Ogre/Spring: 445 (12/12/1559)
------------------------------------ Yuli/Jewel of Life Protector: 11 (7/7/1993)
------------------------------------ Mia/Jewel of Life Protector: 21 (5/28/1983)
Chapter One: New Enemies
Toyama, Japan - Ronin Warriors
Ryo was busy cataloging the scrolls that were kept around waiting to be translated and be typed up on the computer and indexed at the University. He came across a legend that seemed to draw to him, he opened the scroll and read it carefully. He closed it up as soon as he was done and finished cataloging the other scrolls and took the scroll with him to see Mia. Ten minutes later he found Mia and the others having lunch in the cafeteria.
"Hey Ryo you done cataloging already?" asked Sage.
"Yeah, I finished about ten minutes ago, but I found a scroll in the library that might interest the rest of you, it did for me," stated Ryo.
Ryo pulled the scroll out of its canister and carefully opened it and read it aloud to them:
"Drinking power from frozen fire
The brightest palace sheds the darkness
Shifting beneath a swirl of graves
Freezing within a throne of spirits
Hovering amongst the eyes of the time,
Unmourned in the current of the stratosphere."
"Whoa that is creepy, that sounds just like the Ancient's poem only creepier," said Kento.
"Yeah well here's the rest of it:
When an ancient evil is defeated, there will be three years of peace from an apocalyptic evil. After the time of peace is over another evil shall arise, but it shall be too weak to call an all out battle. So it split its armor into nine different armors had sent them spiraling through time. The nine armors shall be yielded by nine warriors, and five will be recruited for evil, while the other four shall be recruited by an ancient warrior monk. The four shall help a group of warriors who yield the Inferno armor and help discover a new way to summon the armor. The warrior's former enemies, now allies shall aid the five warriors.
But one who wore one of the armors originally will be granted a second life with memories intact. But be warned the five evil warriors will come to strike the mortal world and the four new warriors shall be turned to the path of evil, before they have a chance to help. Be warned the new evil shall enlist help from another evil. Five protectors shall fight this evil and each represents a kanji of the five warriors. The Black Inferno shall be revived by these five protectors but purified of the tainted evil held within it. The White Inferno wearer shall be tested by the Black Inferno to determine the wearers worthiness of yielding it. Be warned the five protectors enemy's master shall come seeking total annihilation of the world," read Ryo.
"Now we have another enemy, but I wonder who these five protectors are?" wondered Rowen.
"Yeah I know what you mean Rowen," said Sage.
Juuban, Tokyo, Japan - Sailor Scouts
Raye had stumbled across an old scroll at the library and checked it out for some light reading, but what she didn't expect was to find that it intertwined with her and her friends new enemy. She went home and saw a man waiting at the temple looking around his surroundings. She sensed a strange aura around him and then she saw the slight glow around his body.
"Who are you and what do you want?"
"Welcome Raye Hino, Priestess of the Hiwikawa Shrine, and Sailor Mars, I mean you no harm."
"Then explain to me who you are, why you have a strange aura, and why you have a faint glow around your body."
"In due time, I bring a message for you and your friends. Five warriors about your age in the city of Toyama shall face a great evil. This evil is foretold to ally itself with your new enemy. You are needed in Toyama to help these warriors, I believe you have heard a poem before that was somewhat related to you and your friends."
"Yes, the Ancients Poem:
Drinking strength from immortal fire
The darkest prison sheds the light
Churning beneath a swirl of salt
Burning within a throne of rock
Floating amongst the eyes of the ages,
Unmourned in the stream of the sky.
Its called the ancients poem, what does that have to do with anything?"
"To answer your question I must tell you that this is a vision within your sacred fire. I am no longer of the living world, for I am the Ancient. The Ronin Warriors shall need help with this, not even the jewel of life is strong enough to help them. However the Sailor Scouts each represent a kanji for the Ronin Warriors and them an element for each scout."
"I see so you want us to go help the Ronin Warriors fight an ancient evil? I have got to stop staying up so late studying."
"The armors of the Ronin's and the Warlords is quite simple. Wildfire is the way of Virtue, Halo is the way of Wisdom, Torrent is the way of Trust, Hardrock is the way of Justice, Strata is the way of Life, Ogre/Spring is the way of Loyalty, Cobra/Autumn is the way of Piety, Jackal/Winter is the way of Obedience, and Spider/Summer is the way of Serenity."
"Serenity! But that is Serena's past name on the moon kingdom! Earth was attacked by an evil demon from another world, but was stopped and nine armors were supposedly created from the demon's armor that remained. But that was a thousand years ago, how long ago did you die?"
"Three years ago I was killed and a thousand years ago I created the armors of the Warlords and the Ronin Warriors."
"The scroll, its the key to this whole mess isn't it?"
The Ancient nodded and disappeared, Raye came out of her vision and contacted the others right away and told them to come over right away. They came over as fast as they could and settled in as Raye joined them shortly after checking to make sure nobody was watching.
"Alright Raye what is this all about, I was enjoying one of my few cat naps," said an agitated Luna.
"Sorry, Luna but a man called the Ancient came to me in a vision while I was doing a fire reading," explained Raye.
Luna and Artemis gasped and everybody looked at them.
"Have you heard about him Luna?" asked Serena.
"Yes he was a monk that lived on earth a thousand years ago, about the same time as the moon kingdom was attacked, earth was attacked by a demon known as Talpa. The monk defeated the demon, but its armor remained, meaning that it would come back someday. It hasn't happened yet, but he was good friends with Queen Serenity, they grew up together. He supposedly split the armor into nine different armors and named one a kanji to an armor after Queen Serenity," said Luna.
"Um, Luna, according to the Ancient he died three years ago, in a battle against Talpa's spirit," explained Raye.
"What, but that means the demon has come back!" exclaimed Luna.
"Well, there's more, also according to him the Ronin Warriors named after the five elements defeated Talpa, along with help from the warlords who wore the other four armors, but one sacrificed his life for a member of the Ancient's clan. Talpa managed to escape into this world, but he was defeated by the Ronin Warrior of Wildfire. But according to this scroll which is a prophecy about them and us, our new enemy has allied themselves with their enemy," said Raye.
"Read the prophecy to us Raye, this way we have a better understanding of your vision," demanded Luna.
"Okay here goes:
Drinking power from frozen fire
The brightest palace sheds the darkness
Shifting beneath a swirl of graves
Freezing within a throne of spirits
Hovering amongst the eyes of the time,
Unmourned in the current of the stratosphere.
When an ancient evil is defeated, there will be three years of peace from an apocalyptic evil. After the time of peace is over another evil shall arise, but it shall be too weak to call all out battle. So it shall split its armor into nine different armors and send them spiraling through time. The nine armors shall be yielded by nine warriors, and five will be recruited for evil, while the other four shall be recruited by an ancient warrior monk. The four shall help a group of warriors who yield the Inferno armor and help discover a new way to summon the armor. The warrior's former enemies, now allies shall aid the five warriors.
One who wore one of the nine original armors shall be granted a second life with memories intact. The five evil warriors will come to strike the mortal world and the four new warriors shall be turned to the path of evil, before they even help. Be warned the new evil shall enlist help from another evil. Five protectors shall fight this evil and each represents a kanji of the five warriors. The Black Inferno shall be revived by these five protectors but purified of the tainted evil held within it. The White Inferno wearer shall be tested by the Black Inferno to determine the wearers worthiness of yielding it. Be warned the five protectors enemy's master shall come seeking total annihilation of the world," read Raye.
"I see so our new enemy as a boss, figures as much, but now we have to help deal with another evil, and each of us stands for one of their kanji's, but which ones?" asked Lita.
"Well lets see, Amy's attacks are water based and more defensive, so she puts a lot of trusts into us, so she is the representation of the kanji trust. Lita you hold a lot of strength, yet you hold knowledge that none of us have, so I would guess you represent the kanji wisdom. Mina when you were a crime fighter you fought for justice, thus that is which kanji you stand for. Serena you give second chances to those that may not even deserve them, so I would guess you represent the kanji of life. While myself represents the kanji of virtue, even with my temper and other abilities that none of you possess I am still a good natured person," guessed Raye.
"Yes it makes since, Serena you hold the ability to save, heal, or destroy lives with the silver crystal. Amy you hold the trust of all the others when in battle. Lita you hold the strength and power to stun your enemies long enough for the others to help weaken it. Mina you fight for justice all the time when you help battle these youma. Raye you help give us a heads up and a warning with your visions and fire readings. Each of you holds an element, Raye is fire, Amy is water, Lita is lightning, Mina is earth, and you, Serena are air," explained Luna
"Alright so how do I take Rini with us? I mean my grades in school are poor, so I wouldn't be able to participate in the college program for juniors and seniors," wondered Serena.
"Then I guess Serena that you drop the charade that I told you to put on. Also I have taken the liberty of un-tampering your grades and tests and quizzes," said Luna.
"What!! Your the reason I'm always in trouble at school and at home!! Luna you are so going to pay for the agony you put me through!!" yelled Serena.
Luna cringed under Serena's scornful wrath and decided to go do it while she still had fur left. Quickly she ran to the secret area and shut the program that tampered with Serena's tests, quizzes and overall GPA back to normal and it was shown that she was passing in school and that she was selected for a special transfer program that would allow her to further her education. Also Luna had a letter sent to her parents explaining about the program screwing her grades up because of a glitch that was just recently repaired. Luna then left for home and arrived in time to see her parents apologizing for all the times they had gotten mad at Serena because of her grades. Luna smiled and then ran to go get Rini.
"Rini start packing your going with Serena to Toyama. I've had you transferred to a special school where they work one on one with you," said Luna.
"Okay Luna, but why are we leaving?" asked Rini.
"Our enemy has decided to help another enemy to another group of warriors. You've heard the legend of the Ronin Warriors right?" asked Luna.
"Yeah its a pretty popular game and movie in my time," said Rini.
"Well its real and they are real, but now there are nine new warriors, five threaten them, while the other four are undecided as of yet," explained Luna.
"Rini we leave tonight, so you won't have time to say goodbye to your friends, sorry kido, but its either tonight or not for another three months," explained Serena.
Rini nodded and in two hours they were packed and set to leave. They met the others at the bus stop and soon they were on their way to Toyama.
Toyama, Japan - Ronin Warriors
Ryo and the others were busy training and sharpening their skills when it happened.
"Freeze Up Now!"
The attack hit Ryo from behind and he was thrown onto the ground. Ryo quickly stood up and looked over to see his opponent in a blue/red armor smirking.
"So you are my nemesis, pathetic," said the mysterious warrior.
"You haven't seen nothing yet! Armor of Wildfire, Tao Jin!" yelled Ryo.
Ryo's armor appeared on his sub-armor and he pulled his two swords newly repaired wildfire swords out and readied himself for battle. The two struck blow for blow knowing each others move in precise movements.
"Little Ronin now you die, Freeze Up Now!" exclaimed the mysterious warrior.
"Flare Up Now!" yelled Ryo.
The two attacks collided and fought for dominance but canceled each other out. Ryo's opponent smirked as his pet tiger, Black Freeze attacked Ryo. However White Blaze jumped in and tackled Black Freeze to the ground and they wrestled with each other.
"Freeze Up Now!"
The attack caught Ryo off guard and he was severely weakened by the attack.
"Now you die Wildfire, as the Blizzard puts the wildfire out!" said Blizzard.
"Web of Deception!" called out a voice.
"What!?" said Blizzard.
The attack hit Ryo's opponent and he was thrown back. But he stood up just as quick and knocked Ryo's helper onto the ground, which turned out to be Dais.
"Black Lightning Flash!" yelled another voice.
Another attack came out of nowhere and struck Ryo's opponent down, but he quickly regained his lost ground as he took out Kale and then Sekmet before he could attack. He quickly turned and gave a sharp kick to Lady Kayura, knocking her down.
"So the remaining warlords and Lady Kayura have appeared, too bad you are to weak to help Wildfire, I might of sparred you four, but now I don't think I will," stated Blizzard.
"No, I won't let you hurt them, they have changed their ways, I won't let you hurt them!" yelled Ryo.
The other four armors began to glow and Ryo's did as well and the powers of the other four armors transferred to Ryo's and his armor was blown away and his sub-armor became black and then the White Inferno armor appeared on Ryo and White Blaze was transformed into Black Blaze and was carrying the soul swords of fervor.
"Rage of Inferno!" roared Ryo.
"What impossible the other Ronin Warriors aren't here! Such extreme heat, ah!" cried Blizzard.
The attack hit Blizzard head on and it blasted him away, knocking him to his sub-armor. Ryo looked at him and recognized him as an old friend of his from when he was a kid.
"Ryu Sanata! Why did you attack me, I thought we were friends!" exclaimed Ryo.
"We were Ryo, but then you disappeared and we thought you were dead. Then we saw you on TV with your tiger, we were all happy you were alive. But then it went dead and when it finally comes back you were gone. Then I discovered you had gotten a job at the university and that you had a girlfriend, one Mia Coji. Then this armor came to me and I was told of what you had done. You had killed a great ruler because you were jealous, you killed an innocent ruler over jealousy," explained Ryu.
"Why would I do that, Talpa was evil and tried to kill me first, he was a demon!" yelled Ryo.
"Whatever your excuse is your still a liar, because of this my master has ordered your execution, you caught me off guard with that last attack. But I will defeat you Ryo Sanada!" said Ryu.
"You are a fool then Blizzard, because Talpa was evil, he kidnapped me when I was a child and slaughtered my family and village. He made me his slave and he even tried to kill me when I refused to kill the Ronin Warriors who were just defending themselves!" explained Lady Kayura.
"You lie, my master would not lie to me!" exclaimed Ryu.
Ryu then took the moment to disappear back into the Nether World. Ryo took his helmet off and looked at the warlords and Lady Kayura.
"It seems we meet again Kayura, so I take it that the prophecy of the nine new armors brings you and the warlords here?" asked Ryo.
"As a matter of fact it does, I see you discovered it as well," said Kayura.
Then White Blaze started growling and roaring a bit and then the figure he was growling at appeared.
"Greetings Ryo of Wildfire, warlords, and Lady Kayura," said the stranger.
"Anubis your alive again! Another part of the prophecy has come to pass!" exclaimed Ryo.
"Yes, I must say though I never expected to live again, not that I'm ungrateful. I see you have found out that the inferno armor draws power from the warlords armors as well as the others," said Anubis.
They left the scene of the battle and made their way back to the university.
Toyama, Japan - Sailor Scouts
The moment they arrived in Toyama, they noticed that the university was a vast building that was near the edge of the city. The city in itself was large, but not nearly as large as Tokyo was. They walked to the university where they saw a group of people walking up the steps of the university in ancient looking clothing, like something from the mid-1500's.
"Hey Raye, those style of clothing resembles your priestess clothing a bit. Do you think they could be priests and a priestess?" asked Serena.
Raye replied, "They could be Serena, but they could be actors for a play. But I don't know I sense a strange aura coming from those six. We had better watch them they could be our enemy's ally."