Future
Problems
by Anime Princess
"Mama! Papa! Where are you!" asked ten-year-old Hiko as she ran through the hallway with her five year old brother, Hariel.
As she neared a set of double doors, she was hit from the side by something. She and the something along with her brother and something else hit the ground with a loud THUD!
"Oh what happened?" asked a voice that belonged to one of her best friends, Seiji.
"You hit me Seiji that's what!" came Hiko's irritated voice from under him.
"Oh sorry Hiko! Hariel!"
"Is anybody going to ask how I am?" came a young girl's voice as a blond head popped out from under the other three children.
"Sorry Yuri! Are you all right?" asked Hiko as they stood up.
"I'm fine, but where are momma and papa? And everyone else for that matter?" she asked in a small voice as her hand strayed to her knife at her waist. The castle was dark…she hated the dark.
"Hiko? Seiji? Is that you up there?" asked another voice as six other figures emerged from the shadows.
"Yeah it's us Shin. Are you and the others all right?"
"Well I am…and Kori is too. Um…Shu's hungry and Suki has a headache." Began Shin but was interrupted by Kori, "Shu's always hungry…he'll live."
"Um...yes…anyway…Touma is fine but has a few bumps and bruises and Ariashi has a few cuts. Nothing to bad." Said Shin.
"That's good. We have to find our parents fast!" she exclaimed in a hush whisper. As the children edged closer to the double doors, they heard sounds on the other side.
"What is it?" asked Kori as she gripped Shin's hand tighter.
"It sounds like fighting to me." Said Seiji in a whisper as he unleashed his sword. Before they could open the doors, they opened themselves. They all scrambled to the shadows and watched in awed horror as a group of warriors rushed out.
They were about to scream in fright when they heard, "FLARE UP NOW!"
"THUNDER BOLT CUT!"
"ARROW SHOCK WAVE!"
"SUPER WAVE SMASHER!"
"IRON-ROCK CRUSHER!"
"Daddy!" all the children exclaimed in a hushed whisper.
"Where are our mommies?" asked Hariel scared.
Suddenly, a burst of red stars and fire appeared in the center of the fight with the words, "STAR FIRE BLAST!"
Next, green stars and bright green light appeared off to the right along with the words, "STAR LIGHT BURST!"
Then, light blue stars and water appeared off to the left along with the words, "STAR WATER DROWNING!"
Next, orange stars and chunks of earth appeared to the back and right along with the words, "STAR EARTH QUAKE!"
Lastly, dark blue stars and miniature comets appeared to the back and left along with the words, "STAR SPACE SLAM!"
"Mommy!" they all exclaimed happy to see their parents were okay.
"Ryo! We need more power!" came Makoto's voice, Hiko and Hariel's mother.
"I know love! But we can't form the armor!" came Ryo's voice.
"Looks like we'll just have to rough it then!" came Kento's voice as he slammed two armored soldiers together. After another two hours of fighting, the battle was over.
"Oh boy…do I hurt!" exclaimed Cye as he sat down in his nightclothes since he had detransformed.
"Here dear." Said Yui as she handed her husband an ice pack.
"Children…come on out now." Came Makoto's voice as she continued in a stern voice, "You ten were supposed to be in bed. Why weren't you?"
"We heard loud noises and we were scared! We went to your rooms but you weren't there! Momma! Daddy! What happened?" asked Hiko as she hugged her father tightly.
Hariel crawled into Makoto's lap and started crying as he cried out, "Momma? I'm scared! They were bad people!"
Sage gathered Yuri into his arms and said in a comforting voice, "It's all right Yuri love…the bad guys are gone now."
Miaka gathered her son into her arms and said, "Seiji…calm down…the dark isn't here anymore. It's just night time remember; the night time can't hurt you?" Seiji nodded but his head was still in his mother's chest.
Cye and Yui gathered their children, Kori and Shin, into their arms and cooed to them saying, "Calm down loves…its all right no more baddies are here."
Noriko, Kento, Rowen, and Korin gathered their children up and as Noriko and Korin, who were sisters, started to calm their children, Rowen and Kento started talking.
"Man Ro, these things are getting desperate! They are attacking at night now! We need the Armor of Inferno."
"You know we can't call on it anymore!" exclaimed Rowen as Ariashi crawled into his lap.
He gave his daughter a huge hug and said, "Ryo…we need to call Kayura!"
As Suki crawled into Kento's lap, he said, "How are we going to do that? The orb was stolen!"
"No need my Ronins…I am here." Came a regal voice.
"Kayura!" exclaimed the adults.
"Kayura…this is getting to be to much! They are attacking at all hours now! We can't keep this up without more power!" exclaimed Makoto as she placed an arm on Hiko's shoulder and a hand on Hariel's head.
"Mako's right Kayura…what are we going to do?" asked Ryo as he slipped his arms around his wife's stomach.
He caressed the lives that had just begun in it and added, "We can't keep putting our families at risk."
Makoto spun around and said, "I can take care of myself Mr. Senada…is that clear?"
Ryo smiled, kissed his wife on the mouth once and said, "I know that love…I'm just worried about our unborn and born children! A war zone is no place for them."
Yui sighed and as she rubbed her own slightly protruding stomach said, "He's right Mako and you know it. We can't keep this up much longer, for they are bound to notice our slack time in things and take advantage of it."
"I know…but I hate it when they do this! I thought we'd gotten rid of the Dynasty two hundred years ago…for good this time!"
Miaka sighed, rubbed her own stomach, and said, "We need the Inferno plain and simple."
Noriko smiled sarcastically and said, "Well Miaka how do we accomplish that? The guys don't have their armors…our sons have their father's armors."
"Oh calm down Noriko…Miaka knows that just as well as you do." Came Korin's voice as she continued, "But Miaka has a point…we need the Inferno Armor."
"But since our sons are to young to even call on the armors…" began Rowen as Kayura interrupted, "There might be a way for the Inferno to be here."
"How?" asked the adults. The children just sat there comforted by their parent's voices and gentle touches that lulled them to sleep.
"We can send one of you to the past to get the Ronin's past selves."
"Can we do that? I thought that was against some sort of physics law or something." Commented Kento.
Cye rolled his eyes, elbowed him in the gut, and said, "Only you would think of high school studies at your age…one thousand plus years after you graduated!"
"But he has a point," began Sage as he continued, "Doesn't it break one of the rules?"
"Yes and no." said Rowen as Kayura added, "It breaks the laws of physics, but at the same time with magic…it just bends the rules."
"So…you're saying that one of us has to go to the past…get our younger selves, bring them back here, and have them fight our battle?" asked Ryo as he continued.
"Who would go? I mean…I'm needed here because I'm the leader for the frontlines, Sage is needed here to do scouting, Kento's needed here to continue training the children, Cye's needed here to continue helping bring in those who are still outside the palace walls, and Rowen's needed here to maintain the battle council."
"Then one of us should go." Said Yui as she gently placed Shin on the ground so he could continue to sleep.
"But all of you are pregnant! Wouldn't time traveling have an effect on each one of you?" asked Cye worried about his wife and unborn child.
Kayura said, "It might…never has a pregnant woman tried this. I would think that…if one of the ladies was to go…then the least far along should go. Less chance at damage to herself and the unborn child or children."
"Then it should be me to go." Said Makoto as she placed a finger on Ryo's lips to silence the protest that was coming.
"We have no choice my love."
She said as she turned to Kayura. "What time frame shall you send me to?" she asked.
"It will have to be before the Ronins met you and the girls. It would cause problems in the time stream if I sent you to a time when they have already met the five of you."
"How…?"
"Don't ask…it's very complicated."
"All right. So you'll send me just after they beat Talpa the third time…a week or so before they meet the gals and me?"
"Yes." Answered Kayura with a small nod.
"I'm ready then." She said as Yui, Miaka, Noriko, and Korin all gave her a hug and a 'be careful'. Sage, Kento, Rowen, and Cye all gave her a hug, a kiss, and a 'be careful' as well. As she turned to Ryo, he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly not wanting her to go, but knowing he had no choice.
As he pushed her away, he gave her a long passionate kiss and said, "Please be careful my love…for me and our children. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to any one of you."
She smiled, gave him another kiss, and said, "I will be…I promise."
She turned to Kayura and nodded. Kayura bowed her head and commanded the staff to start. As the rings on the staff began to cling together, a golden portal appeared.
"Now…go through this portal and when you come to the other side, you should be at a mansion. This is where the Ronins live if you remember. Lady Mia shall be there to! To get back here…you'll have to use your powers and this…" she said as she took the globe off the top of the staff.
As Makoto opened her mouth, Kayura said, "You'll know what to do when it comes to it…good luck!"
Makoto nodded, looked to her family one last time, and jumped in.
Meanwhile in the Dynasty, "Master…someone is using magic to travel back in time."
A man in the shadows looked into his mirror and laughed, "So…Makoto is traveling back in time is she? I wonder why? Nesko! Send her a few warriors to await her arrival into the past."
"Yes my master." Said Nesko of the Fear armor with a bow as he disappeared.
As Makoto exited the golden portal, she closed her eyes and used her senses to see where the Ronins were.
'Oh no!' She thought as she took off running in the direction she had sensed her friends. 'I'd better hurry…they are almost upon me!' she thought to herself as the mansion came into view.
Inside his room, Sage was meditating when he sensed an evil nearby. 'No…the Dynasty! It can't be! I thought we had defeated them last time for sure!'
He opened his eyes and called out as he got into sub-armor, "Hey guys! We got some uninvited company!"
Ryo, Cye, Kento, and Rowen's, head's all appeared from their rooms, and asked, "What!"
Sage rushed out of his room, and said, "We got some tin-cans to bash!"
As they all unconsciously summoned their sub-armor, Cye asked, "But…we defeated them didn't we?"
"We'll ask them what's going on when we beat their butts!" exclaimed Kento sarcastically as they ran outside.
Only to find, a woman with shoulder length red hair pulled into a half ponytail, sparkling emerald green eyes, a pretty build of a body, that was wearing faded blue jeans, a red spaghetti strapped shirt, and white tennis shoes fighting the dynasty warriors and doing a pretty good job too.
