Chapter Two
Ayame opened her eyes as Sage came into the room and over to the bed.
"How's Ryo?" she asked.
"He'll be fine," Sage told her. "He just needs to rest."
She relaxed as he laid his hands over her and they started glowing green. Ayame drifted off to sleep and Sage stood up and headed downstairs.
"Why would he be after Ayame?" Buka was asking as Sage joined them in the living room.
"He looked like he was after her necklace she always wears," Mako said. "Her parents gave it to her before they died in that car crash a year ago. She hasn't taken it off since."
"What did this necklace look like?" Mia asked.
"It had an icicle on it," Mako told her. "With a blue-silver stone in the middle of it."
Mia nodded and headed upstairs to look up something on her computer. She had a very good idea of what it was, but she wanted to make sure. At Talpa's, Satori followed Sekhmet down to the dungeons. They shoved her into a cell and slammed the door shut behind her, locking it.
"I can't believe this," she said sliding down the wall to sit down. She buried her head in her hands and sighed loudly.
She reached up and wrapped her hand around her necklace, finding it wasn't cold anymore. It was weird, the necklace only turned cold when Satori was around. What was the connection? At the house, Mia was looking through her father's files on the necklace that Ayame wore. She had seen something about the necklace when she had read through his files before and she was trying to find it once more.
"There it is!" she said finding what she was looking for. She printed the pages out and then hurried downstairs to tell the others. "It's called the Amulet of Aisu. If used by the bearer of the Armor of Ice, it will make them stronger. but if used for evil doing, the world will be in great danger."
Upstairs, Ayame had heard every word that was spoken since her room was nearby. She threw the covers back and stood up, catching herself as dizziness hit once again. She waited for it to pass and headed for the door. Before heading downstairs, she crossed over to Ryo's room to check on him. Ryo was sleeping on his side facing the window with White Blaze on the floor beside the bed. White Blaze looked up at her and she smiled, closing the door and heading downstairs. All looked up as she started down the steps to join them in the living room. Cye helped her sit on the couch.
"Is it really true about your findings?" she asked Mia as Mia gave her the info she had found and read them herself. "I can't believe this."
Meanwhile, Ayame was sitting in the cell resting with her eyes closed when she heard the lock turn and the door opened. Dais and Cale entered and walked toward her, grinning. She got to her feet as they stopped in front of her.
"Let's go," Dais said, grabbing her arm.
She was forced to walk out the cell and soon entered the throne room. She saw that Marik was standing not far from the throne and he smiled when she was pushed inside the room.
"What are you smiling about Marik?" she demanded as she was held with her arms behind her back.
Marik didn't say a word and soon Satori and Talpa entered the throne room. She felt the necklace get colder as Satori got closer. He stepped up and ripped the necklace from around Ayame's neck.
"I finally have the Amulet of Aisu and nobody will be able to stop me," Satori said, laughing.
"Take her back to the dungeons," Talpa ordered Cale and Dais.
They nodded and forced Ayame along once again heading for the dungeons and she was once again shoved into the cell and the door locked. She sat down once more and looked around her prison. In the throne room, Talpa called in his Warlords and ordered them to go and bring the other Ayame here and they left to do his bidding. At the house, the others had gone up to bed. Ayame went to check on Ryo before going to bed. In his room, Ryo started to wake up and when he went to sit up, his injuries hit him all at once and he grimaced in pain and laid back down against the pillows. He looked up as Ayame came in the room and crossed over to him.
"How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"I've felt better," he said. "How's Ayame?"
"Satori got her and took her with him," Ayame told him regretfully. "Just get some rest."
His eyes closed and soon he was fast asleep. She crossed over and sat down on the windowseat and looked out over the yard. The Warlords watched as she sat on the windowsill and stayed hidden in the shadows of the house waiting for the perfect opportunity. Ayame turned around and walked back out of the room and went to shut the door when she heard a noise and then a commotion inside the room. She hurried back in the room to find Ryo's bed empty and the window open. Going to the window, she looked out in time to see Sekhmet, Dais, Cale and Anubis dragging Ryo across the yard. They must have knocked him out because he wasn't struggling to free himself.
"Great," she said. She jumped out the window and ran toward them. "Armor of Ice, dao jinkei." She donned her armor and pulled her sword from her back, "Stop right there Warlords."
She didn't see Satori coming up behind her until a chain wrapped around her and tightened.
"Should never turn your back, Ice," Satori said coming around to stand in front of her. "You never know what could happen."
"Let him go Satori," Ayame said, motioning to Ryo's unconscious form. "You're after me, not him."
"No one's going anywhere," a second voice said as a young girl appeared out of the woods. "Armor of the sun, dao ikei."
A red and yellow armor appeared on her, carrying a whip and a trident in her hands. Using her whip, she got the Warlords away from Ryo and then turned her focus on Satori who still had a hold on Ayame.
"So, the Armor of the Sun is real," Talpa said from his castle.
Ayame was shoved aside as the girl advanced on her and Satori. Since the chains was still around her she fell to the ground and made it over to where Ryo laid. The gash on his forehead had opened up once again and was bleeding. Meanwhile, the others had been awakened by the commotion and soon the rest of the Ronins along with the Mystic Warriors were standing behind the new arrival.
"SUNBEAM BLAST!"
A bright red and white beam came blasting out of the end of the trident she held. Satori screamed as he took a direct hit and he disappeared. The chain around Ayame disappeared and she knelt beside Ryo. The others joined her and Kento and Cye carried Ryo inside and upstairs to his room. The young girl who had helped them remained outside, not knowing whether or not they wanted her to come in. She armored down and stood there in black jeans and a blue tank top. Her long black hair was in a ponytail. She stepped onto the porch and waited inside the door until she saw Mia beckoning for her to come in.
"Thanks for your help," Sakura said shaking her hand. "It was greatly appreciated."
"It was no problem," she said. "I have been tracking him for weeks and finally I catch up with him."
"Who are you?" Rowen asked as they sat down in the kitchen.
"My name is Kei Toshida," she answered. "I'm the bearer of the Armor of the Sun."
Ayame opened her eyes as Sage came into the room and over to the bed.
"How's Ryo?" she asked.
"He'll be fine," Sage told her. "He just needs to rest."
She relaxed as he laid his hands over her and they started glowing green. Ayame drifted off to sleep and Sage stood up and headed downstairs.
"Why would he be after Ayame?" Buka was asking as Sage joined them in the living room.
"He looked like he was after her necklace she always wears," Mako said. "Her parents gave it to her before they died in that car crash a year ago. She hasn't taken it off since."
"What did this necklace look like?" Mia asked.
"It had an icicle on it," Mako told her. "With a blue-silver stone in the middle of it."
Mia nodded and headed upstairs to look up something on her computer. She had a very good idea of what it was, but she wanted to make sure. At Talpa's, Satori followed Sekhmet down to the dungeons. They shoved her into a cell and slammed the door shut behind her, locking it.
"I can't believe this," she said sliding down the wall to sit down. She buried her head in her hands and sighed loudly.
She reached up and wrapped her hand around her necklace, finding it wasn't cold anymore. It was weird, the necklace only turned cold when Satori was around. What was the connection? At the house, Mia was looking through her father's files on the necklace that Ayame wore. She had seen something about the necklace when she had read through his files before and she was trying to find it once more.
"There it is!" she said finding what she was looking for. She printed the pages out and then hurried downstairs to tell the others. "It's called the Amulet of Aisu. If used by the bearer of the Armor of Ice, it will make them stronger. but if used for evil doing, the world will be in great danger."
Upstairs, Ayame had heard every word that was spoken since her room was nearby. She threw the covers back and stood up, catching herself as dizziness hit once again. She waited for it to pass and headed for the door. Before heading downstairs, she crossed over to Ryo's room to check on him. Ryo was sleeping on his side facing the window with White Blaze on the floor beside the bed. White Blaze looked up at her and she smiled, closing the door and heading downstairs. All looked up as she started down the steps to join them in the living room. Cye helped her sit on the couch.
"Is it really true about your findings?" she asked Mia as Mia gave her the info she had found and read them herself. "I can't believe this."
Meanwhile, Ayame was sitting in the cell resting with her eyes closed when she heard the lock turn and the door opened. Dais and Cale entered and walked toward her, grinning. She got to her feet as they stopped in front of her.
"Let's go," Dais said, grabbing her arm.
She was forced to walk out the cell and soon entered the throne room. She saw that Marik was standing not far from the throne and he smiled when she was pushed inside the room.
"What are you smiling about Marik?" she demanded as she was held with her arms behind her back.
Marik didn't say a word and soon Satori and Talpa entered the throne room. She felt the necklace get colder as Satori got closer. He stepped up and ripped the necklace from around Ayame's neck.
"I finally have the Amulet of Aisu and nobody will be able to stop me," Satori said, laughing.
"Take her back to the dungeons," Talpa ordered Cale and Dais.
They nodded and forced Ayame along once again heading for the dungeons and she was once again shoved into the cell and the door locked. She sat down once more and looked around her prison. In the throne room, Talpa called in his Warlords and ordered them to go and bring the other Ayame here and they left to do his bidding. At the house, the others had gone up to bed. Ayame went to check on Ryo before going to bed. In his room, Ryo started to wake up and when he went to sit up, his injuries hit him all at once and he grimaced in pain and laid back down against the pillows. He looked up as Ayame came in the room and crossed over to him.
"How are you feeling?" he asked her.
"I've felt better," he said. "How's Ayame?"
"Satori got her and took her with him," Ayame told him regretfully. "Just get some rest."
His eyes closed and soon he was fast asleep. She crossed over and sat down on the windowseat and looked out over the yard. The Warlords watched as she sat on the windowsill and stayed hidden in the shadows of the house waiting for the perfect opportunity. Ayame turned around and walked back out of the room and went to shut the door when she heard a noise and then a commotion inside the room. She hurried back in the room to find Ryo's bed empty and the window open. Going to the window, she looked out in time to see Sekhmet, Dais, Cale and Anubis dragging Ryo across the yard. They must have knocked him out because he wasn't struggling to free himself.
"Great," she said. She jumped out the window and ran toward them. "Armor of Ice, dao jinkei." She donned her armor and pulled her sword from her back, "Stop right there Warlords."
She didn't see Satori coming up behind her until a chain wrapped around her and tightened.
"Should never turn your back, Ice," Satori said coming around to stand in front of her. "You never know what could happen."
"Let him go Satori," Ayame said, motioning to Ryo's unconscious form. "You're after me, not him."
"No one's going anywhere," a second voice said as a young girl appeared out of the woods. "Armor of the sun, dao ikei."
A red and yellow armor appeared on her, carrying a whip and a trident in her hands. Using her whip, she got the Warlords away from Ryo and then turned her focus on Satori who still had a hold on Ayame.
"So, the Armor of the Sun is real," Talpa said from his castle.
Ayame was shoved aside as the girl advanced on her and Satori. Since the chains was still around her she fell to the ground and made it over to where Ryo laid. The gash on his forehead had opened up once again and was bleeding. Meanwhile, the others had been awakened by the commotion and soon the rest of the Ronins along with the Mystic Warriors were standing behind the new arrival.
"SUNBEAM BLAST!"
A bright red and white beam came blasting out of the end of the trident she held. Satori screamed as he took a direct hit and he disappeared. The chain around Ayame disappeared and she knelt beside Ryo. The others joined her and Kento and Cye carried Ryo inside and upstairs to his room. The young girl who had helped them remained outside, not knowing whether or not they wanted her to come in. She armored down and stood there in black jeans and a blue tank top. Her long black hair was in a ponytail. She stepped onto the porch and waited inside the door until she saw Mia beckoning for her to come in.
"Thanks for your help," Sakura said shaking her hand. "It was greatly appreciated."
"It was no problem," she said. "I have been tracking him for weeks and finally I catch up with him."
"Who are you?" Rowen asked as they sat down in the kitchen.
"My name is Kei Toshida," she answered. "I'm the bearer of the Armor of the Sun."