Future
Problems
Part 2
by Anime Princess
As they watched, they saw a warrior about to impale her with a sword. Before they could warn her, she ducted, twirled around, and with her katanas sliced it and the one she had been fighting in two. Then she dropped her weapons and raised her hands.
"What is she doing!" exclaimed Cye in horror. Nobody answered.
"STAR FIRE BLAST!" fire streamed out of her hands in tiny stars and burned the surrounding soldier.
"Hey!" she called out, "Either help or not! Don't watch!"
With that, the Ronins jumped into the fight and quickly got rid of the warriors. They turned to the red head and she smiled at them. Before anyone could say anything, she fainted.
Ryo, being the closest, caught her and exclaimed, "She's bleeding!"
Sage jumped into action, "Quick! Get her inside!"
They all rushed into the house and Sage ordered, "Ryo lay her down on the couch. Cye get me a bowl of water and a cloth!"
The two rushed to do as ordered. Once the water and cloth were by his side, he dipped it into the water and gently placed it on the cut on her side.
"Well how is it?" asked Ryo concerned for her beyond belief but not knowing why.
"Its not to deep but she has lost a lot of blood." He said as he removed the washcloth and placed his hand on the cut. He reached out to his healing powers and watched as the gentle green light washed over the wound. As he pushed his healing powers into her, he used his other senses to check her out. As he reached her stomach, he gasped in surprise and let go of his powers.
"What!" asked the guys with wide eyes.
"She's pregnant!" Sage exclaimed as he checked her over again.
"Is the baby okay?" asked Cye.
"Babies…and yeah they are okay. I'd say she's only three and a half weeks along though."
"I wonder who she is?" wondered Rowen, as he looked her over.
"She's very pretty isn't she?" asked Kento as he whipped her face off with the washcloth, for it had mud on it.
"Yes she is." Said Ryo with a smile and a funny light in his eye.
Suddenly she started to moan, "Ryo … Sage … Cye … Kento … Rowen … Kayura … Miaka … Yui … Korin … Noriko…"
"How does she know our names?" asked Rowen surprised.
"And who are the others she called out?" asked Sage.
Suddenly her eyes opened and she jumped.
"Calm down." Ryo said softly in an attempt to calm her down. Surprisingly enough, she did.
Makoto looked around and with wide eyes said, "Ryo…Sage…Cye…Kento…Rowen…its you…I made it!"
"Um…do we know you?" asked Cye politely.
She blushed and said, "Um…no…you don't…" then in a lower voice, "At least not yet you don't."
But Sage heard and asked, "What do you mean…at least not yet we don't?"
She sighed and placed a hand on her side. Surprised she looked down and noticed it was healed.
"Did you heal me Sage?" she asked.
"Um…no." he replied.
"Oh…then how did the cut get healed? You have the Halo armor and it has the ability to heal…so?"
"Okay who are you? Why do you know us and how do you know about the armors?" asked Kento as he placed a fist into her face.
"KENTO!" exclaimed Cye as he grabbed his friend's arm and pulled him away from the woman.
"I'm from your future. I have a close relationship with each and every one of you. I know of the armors because I saw you transform into them once."
'Well that's not a lie.' She thought with a smile.
"How far into the future?" asked Ryo with a tilt of his head.
She smirked and said, "Over One thousand six hundred years at least."
"You lie! We'd all be dead!" exclaimed Kento.
"No you're not. Your armors have kept you alive that long! You only look to be about your late twenties!"
"What's your name?" asked Rowen as he continued, "And besides…you can't time travel…it goes against the fifth law of physics!"
Makoto rolled her eyes, and said, "I just KNEW you'd go and say that so here…I didn't use science…I used magic. More to the point…I used Lady Kayura's magic and the staff as well…well actually Lady Kayura used the staff to make the portal. Anyway…my name…it's Makoto."
"Makoto…?" asked Ryo looking into her eyes.
She blushed and said, "I'd better not say that." Before the Ronins could ask another question, Mia appeared in the doorway with Yulie and bag in her arms.
"Hey guys! I got the movies…Oh I didn't think we'd be expecting anyone. Guys, who is your friend?"
"We don't know. All we know is that her name is Makoto and she was attacked by Dynasty soldiers." Said Sage with one eye on Mia and the other on Makoto.
"The Dynasty!" exclaimed Mia as her hand went to her chest.
"No way! The Dynasty is gone!" exclaimed Yulie with a frown.
Makoto sighed and said, "Not in the future they aren't. They're back. They followed me through the time stream. They are trying to stop me from coming back in time to find you all."
"Why did you come to this point in time? I mean, surly there must be other points in time that you could have gone to?" asked Rowen with a raised eyebrow.
She sighed and said, "You don't believe me. The reason I came to this time is because this is the only point in time that is safe for me to visit. You haven't met my past self yet and you've had enough experience in battle to not be so bold and aggressive at the idea of battle."
"Why is it important that you not run into your past self?" asked Cye curious despite himself.
"I don't know. All I know is that Kayura said this was the only safe time I could go to." Replied Makoto with a frown on her face.
"I still don't believe you! Prove that your from the future…give us some sort of proof." Said Rowen.
Makoto sighed and said, "Okay, I told you we are all close in the future right? Well since we are close you all have told me something about yourselves. First example, Ryo; You're an orphan, you lived in a mountain cottage alone with your tiger White Blaze whom you met the day you father died from being killed by a lion. You met the Ancient One soon after and he had begun to train you. You love soccer and your favorite food is spaghetti, your favorite color is red and you have small fear of snakes and snakebites curtsey of Sketmet. Sage, you have a father, a mother, and a grandfather, whom you spent much of your time with. He trained you in swordsmanship. He pushed you to your limits all the time. You also have a sister. She and your family treated you as a girl. They even dressed you up as one because girls were supposed to be easier to take care of. Your sister even did your hair making you afraid of girls throughout your life, and you were afraid of the dark for a long time. You even slept with a nightlight until you were ten. Rowen, your parents are divorced. You live with your father but wish to live with your mother because your father hits and abuses you. You have an extremely high IQ, which is 250, and you can't wake up on time to save our life. Kento, you're the son of restaurant owners and the eldest of five. Chinese by background and you love to eat. You and Cye have known each other since you were children, and you love to pull practical jokes on anybody. Cye, your father died when you were very young, your mother is very ill all the time, your sister helps run the family pottery shop, and your brother-n-law is the head of the family. Need I say more?"
The guys stared at her in shock. Makoto raised her hands above her head and stretched. Ryo, since he saw something sparkle on her finger, looked closely at her left hand and saw a very familiar ring.
"Hey! Where did you get that ring?" he asked with anger coloring his voice.
Startled she looked at the ring and said, "You gave it to me."
"But that was my mothers! It was…wait a minute! That ring belonged to my mother. My father gave it to her. It was her wedding ring!"
"I know." Said Makoto with a blush.
"But…but…my father said I was to only give it to the woman I was to…" he stopped and stared at the woman before him.
"What's wrong Ryo?" asked Mia fearing with worst.
"Are you my wife in the future?" asked Ryo as a blush covered his own face.
As her blush deepen, she closed her eyes, and said, "Um…before you asked my name…I said it was Makoto…well my full name is Makoto Ariashi Obiki… Senada."
"You're Ryo's wife!" exclaimed Cye with wide eyes.
"Yes I am." She said with a small voice.
There was an uncomfortable silence, then Yulie asked, "Why are you in the past then?"
Makoto explained, "You see, we are being attacked by the Dynasty in the future and we can't use the Inferno armor."
"What!" exclaimed the guys shocked.
"If I may continue?" she asked.
Since no one talked, she continued, "Anyway…you see in the future um…none of you have the armor any more because the armors have been passed down already to the next generation."
"Next generation?" asked Kento.
"Um…your sons." She replied with a blush.
"Our…?" began Sage as Ryo finished, "sons?"
"Yes…your sons." Repeated Makoto.
Ryo stared at Makoto for a minute then looked down at her stomach. He blushed.
"Ryo are you feeling okay?" she asked concerned.
"Um…yeah I'm fine…I just realized something." He said with his head down.
"What?" the group asked.
"Um…when Sage healed you he said you are pregnant so…does that mean your carrying my…um my future self's children?" he asked with his face beet red.
Makoto turned beet red as the group turned to here waiting for an answer. "Um…yes I am."
"Anyway…could you go back to your story?" asked Mia with a false sweet smile.
"Anyway…the reason we can't call the Inferno Armor anymore is because…the Armors can't be call upon."
"Why?" asked Ryo as he continued, "Our sons should have the armor right?"
"They do," began Makoto as she continued, "but you see Hariel he's only five years old and the others…Touma, Seiji, Shin, and Shuu are only ten."
"I see the problem." began Rowen as he continued, "They're to young aren't they?"
"Yes!" Exclaimed Makoto.
"Why can't we use the armors anymore? Are we not fighting them now or something?" asked Cye.
"You can't call upon the armors because…um how do I explain this," she asked herself as she got her thoughts straight.
"Okay I think this will make since," she said to herself as she spoke louder, "When Hariel, Seiji, Touma, Shin, and Shuu were born the armors automatically went from yourselves to your sons. Why they did that I don't know. All I do know is that when Hariel was born, Ryo said that he felt his armor being pulled from him. The next minute…upon Hariel's forehead was the kanji 'perfect virtue' shining brightly."
The guys sat in silence at this. "Um…will you help us?" she asked.
The guys looked at each other and in one voice said, "Yes." Makoto smiled in relief.
"So we have absolutely NO armor?" asked Rowen.
"Um no…you do have armor just not THE original armors of Wildfire, Halo, Strata, Hardrock, and Torrent. Rather you have higher levels of them."
"Higher levels?" asked Cye.
"Yes…you see about six hundred years ago…oh wait maybe it should be one thousand years into the future you all shall meet up with someone who gives you a gift. That gift is new versions of the armors. You don't have orbs to call them forth at all. All you have to do is think about wanting them and they appear on you. Also, you have your old…um have your sure-kills and a few more with the new armors. Lastly, you each have the ability to control your elements. That's all I can say, I might jeopardized the future if I reveal more."
"If we each have armor, why can't we form the Inferno?" asked Rowen.
"These newer armors are so powerful. If you combine the powers of it to form the Inferno, it could kill Ryo so you decided not to take the chance. Also, if your future selves formed the Inferno, the power drain of it could kill each and every one of you as well."
"Why would it do that?" asked Ryo.
"Because your new armors are ten times stronger than the ones you have now."
"So?" Asked Kento not putting it together.
"You ninny! Don't you remember the drain we all felt every time we formed the Inferno?" exclaimed Cye.
"Yeah…?"
"Kento…every time we formed it we barely had enough power to use our own sure-kills. Imagine a power drain ten times worse." Ordered Rowen with a frown.
"Oh." Was all Kento said as he finally got what the problem was. There was another uncomfortable silence.
"Um…could you tell us some of the future?" asked Sage with a friendly smile as he tried to raise the tension.
"Like what?" she asked.
"Um…what about our families? Could you tell us about them?" asked Cye eager to know.
She smiled and said, "Sure why not? I mean…you're going to meet them when we get to the future anyway right? Okay…well there's me, and as I said my name is Makoto Senada, wife to Ryo Senada. We have two children and two unborn ones. Our oldest is named Hiko Erin Senada. She is ten years old. Then there is Hariel Duncan Senada. He's five and the heir to Wildfire. Then I guess is Miaka, Sage's wife. You too have two children and three unborn ones as well."
"You mean, in the future my wife is pregnant with triplets!"
"Yes, your wife is two months along…anyway…you have a ten year old son named Seiji Samuel Date, who is heir to Halo, and a five year old daughter named Yuri Samantha Date. Cye, your wife's name is Yui and she's pregnant as well. But she's only a month along. You have a ten-year-old son named Shin Shaun Mouri, who is heir to Torrent, and a five-year-old daughter named Kori Marie Mouri. Kento, your wife's name is Noriko and she too is pregnant. She's two and a half month's along. You as well have a ten-year-old son named Shuu Ling Rei-Faun, who is the heir to Hardrock, and a five-year-old daughter named Suki Mulan Rei-Faun. Both of which have YOUR appetite! You still bother Cye about food in the future too. And your sons act just like you and Cye…Shuu always asking Shin to make him something to eat. Your daughter's act the same way."
"HEY! Just what is this! Is my family's sole reason to live is to feed Kento's?" exclaimed Cye frustrated. Makoto giggled and said, "Actually…you kind of give up on that question and just go with it. Kento does get better though with his appetite. He only complains when he's worried or after five hours and he hasn't eaten a thing yet."
"Thank goodness." Murmured Cye.
"But…you have to live with Shuu and Suki always saying… 'Uncle Cye…what's for breakfast? What's for lunch? What's for dinner? Can we see? Only a little bite please?' Sound familiar?"
Cye's only reply was a moan.
Rowen smiled and asked, "Okay, what about me?"
"Well your wife is pregnant as well and is three months along. You have a ten-year-old son named Touma Thomas Hashiba, who is the heir to Strata, and a five-year-old daughter named Ariashi Li Hashiba. She was named after me."
"Why?" Rowen asked curiously.
"Why? Because I'm your adopted sister." Replied Makoto with a sheepish smile as she continued, "And you and Korin, your wife, both agreed that it'd be a little confusing when you asked 'Makoto…where are you?' so you used my middle name." Rowen nodded with a smile.
"About our age thing, we're over a thousand six hundred right?" asked Sage as he continued, "But we look only twenty five, six years old?"
"Yep. Also…because of some ecological problems…the human life span was raised."
"Ecological problems?" asked Rowen curiously again.
"Lets just say that the human's technologies caught up with them and disaster happened. Which caused the human population, or what was left of it, to have some strange powers."
"A nuclear Armageddon?" asked Rowen.
"Um no. The technologies just became to advanced and our natural resources vanished. The earth just decided to try and kill itself; I guess it's the right word. Then, when the Ozone Layer started to dissipate at an alarming rate, the human population was exposed to the Sun's rays. With the exposure, most humans started to develop strange new powers…"
"We have powers?" asked Yulie.
"Yes we do. Didn't you see me use fire out in the battle? Anyway, I myself am one thousand six hundred and twenty three. And I'm the youngest out of the adults!"
"How old is the human life span actually?" asked Cye awed by what was to happen.
