Summary: They worked for an underground organization of bounty hunters. Time after time, they took care of threats to Rune-Midgard. But this time, their target isn't anything of the ordinary; it's a boy who knows the key to the next Ragnarok.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ragnarok Online. :P But the characters in this story belong to my friends and I.
Author's Note: I'm back with a revision of The Ragnarok! W00t! There have been some changes (mostly the fight scenes and some dialogue...also the new "Wings Armada" group), so I suggest to those who have read this before read it again. Sorry for the trouble. DX Now on with the story!
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The Ragnarok
Chapter Two: Prontera Reinforcements
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Ramza met up with Blades as he walked out of the weapons shop, a smile plastered over his facial features.
"You sold your Mr. Smile and hat," Blades observed, seeing Ramza's grinning face for the first time in awhile. The old hat he had always been wearing was also nowhere to be seen. "It's been a long since I've seen your face."
"Yeah. I could hardly breathe in that thing anyways, and that hat is really, really...well, too pink for my tastes," Ramza nodded gleefully. "But that's not the point. You wouldn't believe what I got!"
"Let me guess, you sold your old sword and got a new one," Blades grinned, noting the brand new hilt of a sword in Ramza's sheath. "You're so predictable, Ramza."
"Booyah baby!" Ramza stuck his fist in the air as a symbol of victory, ignoring Blades's last statement. "I got the sword Edge!"
"Whoa, that sword is brand, spanking new! How'd you afford it?"
"I'm broke now, but my parents helped fund for half of it!" Ramza beamed proudly at his new weapon. "It's gonna OWN you!"
"You said that with your old sword, and I still managed to beat you," Blades said mockingly with a laugh.
"Oh shut up." Ramza grumbled.
"Ramza! Blades!"
The lone figure of a girl ran swiftly towards the two Swordsmen. Rya panted heavily as she ran as fast as she could, darting through the enormous crowd of Merchants and Black Smiths selling their goods. She nearly ran into the duo when she skidded to a stop. Her two teammates from the subdivision Ownage Crew, of Wings Armada, stared incredulously at the frazzled girl before them. The two boys had told the rest of the team to go on first, as they needed to refine their weapons. Rya placed her hands on her knees to take a short breather before she began.
"Whoa! Rya, what's up?" Blades asked curiously as he looked down on her.
"Someone took Payon and the others," Rya spoke softly, regaining her posture. "I don't know where they are."
"What?!" Ramza hollered, receiving stares from surrounding people. Ramza muttered a quick apology before lowering his voice. "Who the hell would kidnap them, besides Payon's fan girls?"
"This girl...and this guy named Daisuke," Rya explained. "I...I don't know why they would kidnap them."
"Wow, so Payon's got a female and male fan club," Blades said sarcastically. "Where did you last see them?"
"On the docks of Alberta," Rya answered.
"Well what are we waiting for? To Alberta we go!" Ramza declared loudly, earning more stares from the people nearby.
"Wait, where's Shish?" Rya asked.
"She's in the church. She said she was able to apply to become a Priest, so she left," Blades explained.
"Well we'll need all the reinforcements we can get, so let's go to the church first and wait for Shish," Rya suggested. "And we should file a report for Spades too."
"We can do that later. The faster we act, the fewer injuries there will be. Besides, Spades gave us this mission so he trusts us," Blades said.
"Alright! Onwards!" Ramza announced, taking a step in the direction towards the church.
"Shut up, Swordsman," A Merchant snapped as he turned away momentarily from his customer.
"We need to work on your volume before we tell you any secrets," Blades laughed.
"Oh shut up."
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A small groan escaped Payon's lips. His head was swimming and he felt groggy. Slowly, Payon opened his eyes, his vision slowly beginning to focus.
"You're up," A quiet voice reached his ears.
Payon turned his head on the cold stone floor and saw Miraka sitting solemnly with her back against a wall. The other three boys were lying, motionless, on the ground. A single bulb on the ceiling dimly lit the room, and no windows were in sight. "Miraka?"
"The others are still out like a light," Miraka explained. "There's one door that will probably lead us out, but it's locked tight. I've already tried breaking down the door, but with no luck."
"Oh." Payon sat up and rubbed the sides of his head.
"I don't know where we are, and I doubt the others will find out too soon. I checked the party list; they're in Prontera. Rya's escaped there and our location was said to be unknown."
"What?" Payon gaped. There was absolutely no place that was unknown in Rune-Midgard, but there they were in an unknown place. Payon tapped the device on his wrist, finding the button labeled "Party" on the screen and saw their names pop up along with their current locations on his wrist-device.
Party – Ownage Crew
Skoo (
Unknown Place)
Payon (
Unknown Place)
Paroid (
Unknown Place)
Blades (Prontera)
Rya (Prontera)
Miraka (
Unknown Place)
Ramza (Prontera)
Shishkabob (Prontera)
Evol (
Unknown Place
"What...this can't be..." Payon whispered. "There isn't supposed to be a single unknown place in Rune-Midgard!"
"That is what you think," Another voice spoke with a light accent. In the midst of Payon's puzzling, the door had opened and a girl appeared. She was the most beautiful girl Payon had ever seen, with the voice and looks of a goddess; her hair was a dull blue and reached a little past her shoulders. Her perfect figure was clothed with a knight's uniform, and upon her head rested an evil band. Payon's jaw dropped but quickly snapped shut.
"You like my figure?" The girl smiled mockingly.
Payon turned away and blushed.
"My figure is not what I have come to discuss, however," The girl smiled again, her voice entrancing Payon's mind. "I have come to purpose a deal."
"And you had to kidnap us just to talk to us?" Miraka scoffed, remaining in the same composure as she was before.
The girl merely smiled and leaned against the doorframe of their only exit, ignoring Miraka's question. "I am Kania. I'm sure you've met Daisuke, my former helper. I am like him, a mix of all classes."
Payon stared wide eyed and gripped his sword, Flamberge, with a gloved hand, ready to fight. His helm nearly fell over his face as he made a move to stand up to his full height.
"You can't stop me, I'm too powerful for you," Kania laughed as she saw Payon stand straight up, gripping his sword. "Your attacks will be futile against me."
Payon grumbled under his breath but kept his hand rested on the hilt of his Flamberge.
"It is better for you if you merely listened."
Evol, Pariod, and Skoo simultaneously groaned, interrupting Kania. Each opened his eyes slowly to take in the unfamiliar sights.
"Whoa, where are we?!" Paroid demanded when the room came into focus.
"This is my little haven, only known to me and my guards," Kania smiled as the three awoke. "And now to you."
"Just tell us what you want," Payon growled, ignoring the three boys' recovery.
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Blades paced around impatiently as he waited the ship to Alberta with his friends. As he mumbled incoherent words, Shishkabob sighed. Shishkabob loved to help people and had dreamed of becoming a Priest after being an Acolyte. Today was the day, but the happy mood had distinguished after Ramza, Blades and Rya had delivered the bad news.
"It's too bad Christy can't warp us all," Ramza mumbled, using Shishkabob's real name. "Oh, sorry Shishkabob, I didn't mean to use your real name."
Shishkabob merely smiled. "It's alright, Ramza." Shishkabob always preferred to be called Shishkabob instead of Christy. She hated the name Christy, named after her dreadful, prissy, bitchy, so-called "perfect" cousin, Christabel, so she insisted that everyone call her Shishkabob instead, a name completely unrelated to Christabel.
Back to the current situation, Shishkabob couldn't warp them all because she had run out of blue gems that enabled her to warp people. The store, uncannily, had run out on their stock in their time of need. The Kafra had also been too busy with hundreds of other people to talk to them. Thus the only option they had was to wait for the ship, which was, for an odd reason, quite slow for the day.
A few people joined them in their wait. Ramza glanced at a Mage, one of the people who joined them, and quickly turned away blushing. Blades, seeing his friend's sudden change of mood, took a look at the Mage walking past them. She had guiltless blue eyes, a shy smile, and long green hair in tied loosely two pigtails, giving her a rather childish aura. On her head rested a panda hat. The Mage looked up and caught Blades looking her over and blushed, abruptly walking the opposite direction she was before. Blades grinned. "Ramza, I've been meaning to ask you something."
"What?"
"Do you believe in love at first sight, or do you need her to walk by again?"
Ramza smacked Blades on top of his head.
"Kidding, kidding! She's pretty cute, anyways. You know her?" Blades asked, rubbing his head.
"Yeah."
Before Blades could inquire Ramza further, the ship came into view and Ramza went off topic.
"Finally, the ship is here!"
Eager people breathed a sigh of relief as the ship docked. The ship had been fairly inconvenient for the day, and customers were in a hurry to get onboard.
"Hey, there's no one coming out," A Merchant said in the crowd. "What with them today?"
The small crowd nodded as murmurs of confusion spread. Blades cast a concerned glance at his friends, wondering why the captain did not come out. After a minute of chatter, the ship's cabin door swung open.
To their shock, the captain did not come out, but a bandit did. The ragged man grinned, walking towards the now worried crowd.
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"You must be joking," Skoo laughed nervously. "You've got the wrong group."
"This is no joke, Blacksmith," Kania replied sharply. She turned on her heel and walked out of the lifeless room. "I'll give you some time to think on your own. I will be back to retrieve your answer."
"Bullshit!" Paroid immediately sneered after Kania closed the door. "As if we are eligible to do those sorts of things."
"Big words for a small boy," Skoo muttered. Paroid was a short boy after all.
"Guys, I think she's serious," Payon said bluntly.
"No shit, Payon," Miraka dryly stated as she stood up. "We need to bust outta here, and fast."
"There's no way out, and I doubt we can blast our way out of here," Payon mumbled. "And we already missed our chance to bum rush her out of that door. We have to count on the rest of the party to help us."
"I guess we have no choice," Miraka sighed. "Let's hope they come and find us fast, I can't stand that bitchy Knight."
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"We want 10,000,000 zeny, or we'll kill the captain and all that's aboard," The bandit smirked, twirling a dagger expertly between his fingers. "No one's boardin' the ship till then."
Another bandit appeared on the dock with a curved short sword. "And we'll be makin' sure tha' no one gets on, ya hear?"
A wave of silence washed over the crowd. Ramza snuck a glance at Hasli, the green-haired Mage, who looked worried.
"Hey," Ramza nudged Blades. "Let's take them on."
"I smell a challenge," Blades grinned, cracking his knuckles. "Rya, Shish, you with us?"
Both Rya and Shishkabob nodded.
"Wait here, I'll handle this one," Blades jumped onto the ledge of the boat, catching the attention of all eyes around.
"Didja hear me, ya brat?" The bandit with the short sword approached Blades menacingly. He picked Blades up by the collar of his shirt. "Do ya need some ass kickin'?"
"I'll be doing that today," Blades smirked, raising his left hand. "JUDO –"
The bandit raised his arm in defense.
"SLAP!" Blades used his right hand and slapped the unsuspecting bandit across the face, shocking him into dropping Blades. Blades grinned as he elbowed the bandit hard in the stomach and tossed him into the crowd. It was a little something he had picked up from Skoo, and he had been itching to use it. The crowd took no time to waste in beating the lone bandit with everything they had.
"Why you –" The other bandit charged at Blades with his sword swinging dangerously before him. Blades sidestepped the charge and slammed the hilt of his sword as hard as he could on the man's head, knocking him out in one blow. "C'mon, let's go!"
Ramza, Shishkabob and Rya simultaneously jumped aboard, running into the ship's cabin. They rushed behind a stack of crates in the first room, careful to not make a sound. They saw bandits littered around everywhere.
"Charge them?" Ramza asked, tightening his grip around his new sword.
"Let's do it," Blades nodded with a grin.
Blades and Ramza rushed towards the surprised bandits with Rya and Shishkabob backing them up. Swords began to clash as the bandits recovered from their initial shock.
Blades swung his fist, cracking a bandit's jaw, as he fended off another with his sword. Ramza slammed the hilt of his sword down repeatedly like an axe at every charging bandit, attempting to knock them out without dealing life-threatening injuries. A bandit dodged Ramza's attack and charged at him in hopes to catch him off guard; instead, Ramza swiped his sword at the incoming bandit. The bandit ducked, but Ramza nailed a bandit behind him instead. Rya pinned several enemies to the wall (Blades and Ramza taking them out later), as Shishkabob cast barriers around her teammates. However, a bandit managed to sneak up behind the two girls, and with a yell, smashed a crate on Shishkabob's head.
"Shish!" Rya exclaimed, startled, as she turned to her fallen comrade. She ran towards the grinning culprit and disregarded her bow and arrows, slamming her fist into his face.
"Ugghh..." The bandit slumped to the ground in a daze.
"Weakling..." Rya muttered, dealing a finishing kick to him before she turned away. "You all right, Shish?"
"I'm fine," Shishkabob rubbed her head after casting a simple healing spell on herself.
The crowd of bandits had begun to thin after a heated battle with Blades and Ramza working hard to take them out. Shishkabob and Rya decided to join in from the sidelines to help the boys out in face-to-face combat.
Blades tripped a bandit, and then dropped his elbow forcefully onto the bandit's stomach. There was a gurgle, and the bandit curled up, clutching his stomach.
"Last one!" Ramza panted as he charged at the remaining standing bandit.
The bandit sidestepped the tired Swordsman and charged for Shishkabob. "Die little girl!"
"Heeeeyaah!" Shishkabob swung her foot upwards, kicking the man in the face. Following the kick, Shishkabob flung her mace at the side of his head, knocking him out.
"Don't mess with our Priestess," Blades grinned, retrieving Shishkabob's mace for her. "She is definitely not weak."
"Let's get going, there's still the leader of the bandits to take care of," Shishkabob said.
"Right."
The four traveled quietly into the ship. Surprisingly, there were very few bandits that were left, and Ramza and Blades managed to defeat them before they caused any trouble.
"Well, this is the last room...their leader should be in here..." Blades murmured, readying his sword. He shoved the door open and jumped inside.
"What? How did you get past my crew?" A tall man growled, standing up. His face was scarred and he wielded two daggers: he was a Rogue.
"They were weaklings," Blades growled back, Ramza, Rya and Shishkabob appearing behind him.
"You're only kids!" He exclaimed, lifting his daggers.
"Yeah...how observant!" Blades charged towards the man, bowling him over.
"You'll regret that," The man hissed.
"Oh rea –" Blades' eyes widened and he doubled over, curled into a ball, his hand protectively covering his crotch.
"Fuck, that was a dirty shot," Blades groaned in pain.
"I don't play by whatever rules you do," The man laughed, turning to the remaining three. "Now then..."
"Bash!" Ramza dashed at the man with his sword.
"Double Strafe!" Two arrows were shot.
"Holy Light!" Light flooded from the ground the Rogue was standing on in the form of a cross.
The Rogue deflected the sword and arrows with his quick reflexes, but was attacked by Shishkabob.
"Ugh!" He groaned, rubbing his arms. "Little wench!"
The Rogue jumped over Ramza, shoving Rya aside as he ran towards Shishkabob, his daggers ready to strike.
"Holy Light!" Shishkabob attacked again, jumping away from the advancing Rogue.
The Rogue growled in pain as the cross of light attacked him again. "Intimidate!"
"Ahhh!" Shishkabob yelped as her own attack was set on her.
"Shish!" Ramza rushed towards the Rogue. "Magnum Break!"
Ramza's fiery attack pushed the Rogue backwards, allowing Ramza enough time to rear up for another attack. "Bash!"
"Double Strafe!" Rya shot another two arrows.
The Rogue quickly jumped, evading the two attacks. He ran across the crates in the room and jumped down, ready to strike. But he couldn't move. "What the hell?!"
"You were too busy trying to attack Shishkabob, to see me setting up an Ankle Snare," Rya smirked, loading her bow.
"And you're gonna pay for sacking me." Blades had recovered.
"Bash!"
"Bash!"
"Double Strafe!"
"Holy Light!"
The Rogue struggled to break free of the snare but was unsuccessful, and was hit by the four attacks.
The light from the Shishkabob's attack began to clear, as the Rogue lay on the ground, twitching.
"Bitch." Blades stomped on the fallen Rogue's crotch. "Now that was my real revenge. Where are you holding the captain and the others?"
The Rogue whimpered.
"Uh, Blades, I think he's in too much pain over losing his abilities to produce babies," Ramza said.
"Serves him right," Blades scoffed. "They're probably down in the storage deck..."
"Mmmf!"
"What was that?" Shishkabob whirled around.
"Mmmfh!"
"The crate!" Ramza ran to a crate where the sound was coming from. He lifted up the top, and inside was a scrunched up captain, tied up and gagged.
"Thank you for rescuing this ship," The Captain bowed gratefully as he was freed from his restraints.
"It was no problem," Blades waved it off.
"You spent half the time on the ground," Ramza teased.
"I was sacked! It wasn't my fault," Blades grumbled.
"Thank you again," The Captain repeated, laughing sheepishly at the two Swordsmen. "We'll let you ride the ship for free, as a token of our thanks."
"That's very kind of you," Shishkabob thanked the Captain, as Blades and Ramza began to bicker.
"Look! It's Hasli!" Blades pointed wildly behind Ramza.
"Huh?" Ramza whirled around.
"Gotcha! Haha!" Blades laughed.
"Why you..." Ramza chased Blades out of the room, swinging his sword around madly.
"Don't worry, they won't cause much damage," Rya assured the Captain.
"Let's go get some seats in the other cabins," Shishkabob said. "Before they're all taken."
"You go ahead...I need some fresh air," Rya said, making her way out onto the ship's deck.
"Okay, then," Shishkabob answered with a nod, and headed up the stairs to join Ramza and Blades.
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"Bash!"
For the fifteenth time, Paroid charged at the door, attempting to smash it open. His Claymore bounced harmlessly off the door, not even leaving a scratch. Paroid groaned again as he flopped on his back, his sword falling nosily beside him. Payon was beside him, bored out of his wits, fiddling with his wrist-device.
"Give up already," Skoo sighed. "I can feel the door's pain."
"Then why isn't it falling?" Paroid demanded breathlessly.
"It doesn't like you."
"So?"
"That's why it isn't falling for you."
"You can make any lame joke funny," Miraka laughed.
"Fear me. Rawr."
"I'm so stupid!" Payon suddenly blurted out.
"If you're trying to be funny –" Skoo began.
"No, it's not that. I'm just stupid! We could've communicated with our other party members!" Payon exclaimed.
"What? How?" Paroid asked, puzzled, sitting up.
"Party chat; there's enough transmission here to reach them!" Payon tapped the device on his wrist and went to the party list, clicking party chat.
However, before Payon could speak to his friends, the door swung open.
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The wind rushed through Rya's hair. The rest of the party had taken coverage in the ship's cabin with the other travelers. Unaware of the Wizard beside her, she mumbled under her breath. "I hope we're not too late..."
"Too late for what?" A deep, masculine voice asked.
Rya turned her head slightly and gave a small smile. "My friends."
"You lost them?" He asked, turning his head back towards the ocean.
"No, they've been..." Rya debated aimlessly with her mind to whether or not to tell the Wizard about her friends. He could be a spy of some sort for them.
"Kidnapped?" He finished off for her.
"Why would you think that?" Rya asked, surprised.
"Faces are easy to read," He simply replied. "You were debating with yourself whether or not you could trust me; your sudden distant expression gave that off. Your eyes told me about the kidnapping part."
"I see..."
An awkward silence draped in between the two.
"So what brings you here? Not many people travel to Alberta often," Rya asked curiously, looking up at his kitty band. She noted that it was pitch black instead of a golden-brown.
"I'm on the same path as you are," He replied. "My brother has gone missing."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Well maybe you can come with us; maybe you can find him that way. My party and I are going...well, on a rescue mission you can say, to get our friends back."
"That is not needed," He shook his head. "I can manage on my own."
"Alright then." Rya noted the speck of land, steadily growing larger.
"We're about to dock," The Wizard stated bluntly. "Thank you for offering help..."
"Rya," Rya finished off for him.
"I am Daiken. Maybe we will meet again, Rya." The spiky redheaded Wizard nodded politely at her as the ship docked. He turned and walked off the ship, his cloak billowing out as he walked. Something about him seemed so familiar to Rya...
The calm mood was suddenly interrupted as Ramza went charging out of the ship, Blades hot on his trail.
"You like her!"
"Do not!"
Shishkabob sighed loudly as she shook her head and looked in Rya's direction from the ship's cabin entrance. "Boys..."
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"Comfortable?" A familiar voice asked teasingly.
"My home sweet home," Paroid said dryly.
"I'd like you to meet Khaos," Kania smiled sweetly, so sweetly that it was sickening. A Crusader stepped through the door. He had a smug smirk on his face and his green hair was blocked by a solar god helm. "I have some business to deal with and he will take my place. You will answer to him while I am gone. Oh, and yes, he is a mix of the classes. It's only the three of us who are."
There was silence between the group and Khaos. Miraka twitched at the sight of him; she just wanted to wipe the cocky smirk off Khaos' face.
"I need to leave now. You boys and girls get acquainted now," Kania left the Crusader in the room, leaving the door ajar.
"A Crusader? You're the first I've seen," Miraka commented. An idea popped into her mind. He'd better answer the way I think he would. "You must be slow, stupid and full of shit just like the rest of your super class team."
"I am fairly intelligent, thank you very much," Khaos spat. "And much quicker than you, Thief."
All right! It's working! "Intelligent? That's new. Anyways, I have something else in mind. I challenge you to your agility abilities," Miraka stood up, grinning.
"Have it your way," Khaos smirked.
"And if I win?" Miraka asked innocently.
"What would you want?"
"Out of this shit hole. Each and every one of us," Miraka said boldly.
Khaos continued to smirk. "So be it. I see no hope for you to win at all. If you lose, I will dispose of you personally, whether it is against Kania's wishes or not."
"Done." Miraka glanced hopefully at her friends. I'm doing this for you guys...wish me luck.
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"Stop denying it."
"I'm not denying anything." Ramza replied, irritated. "Just shut up, Blades."
"You can't shut up the power of love!" Blades called out, lagging behind as Rya grabbed him in a chokehold, allowing Ramza to get a head start off with Shishkabob.
"He doesn't shut up, does he?" Shishkabob sighed.
"Never. You should just use your silencing spell on him next time," Ramza grumbled.
"Ah...I'll take that into consideration," Shishkabob nodded in agreement.
"C'mon, stop teasing him," Rya said.
"But that takes away all the fun," Blades protested.
"We'll never be able to find them if you keep annoying him about Hasli," Rya objected, mentioning the name of the green haired Mage.
"Oh...fine," Blades grinned. "But I get to bug him afterwards, right?"
"No."
"Aw..."
Rya and Blades caught up with Ramza and Shishkabob in a matter of seconds.
"Now what?" Ramza asked. "I've looked through the whole dock and asked around, and there's no trace of them."
"Then she must've warped them all," Rya said with thought.
"But you told us she was dressed as a Knight!" Blades objected.
"She's probably a mix of all the classes," Rya explained.
"What?!" The three exclaimed, surprised.
Rya sighed. "Spades sent us to that abandoned school because there was a disturbance. The disturbance turned out to be a boy, who had some how mixed all the classes into one super class. We retreated because none of us could fight him and defeat him, and that's when that squid-girl kidnapped them. The boy was probably working for the girl, and I suspect the girl is a mix too because they disappeared as if they had warped."
"Oh, I get it..." Shishkabob nodded. "But if they were all that powerful, why would they kidnap the others?"
"That's what I don't get," Rya sighed.
"But I do."
The quartet whirled around. A boy, dressed as a Wizard with red, semi-spiked hair and an evil band. Rya immediately recognized him, but the others had never seen him before.
"Daisuke."
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Miraka stretched her legs out, preparing for the agility battle. Khaos had agreed to let Miraka have a few minutes prepare, saying it would be useless anyways.
"Miraka, you know you can't stand up to him! He's a mix!" Payon exclaimed, worried for his friend.
"Look, I know that I can't stand up to him. This is our only means of escaping!" Miraka exclaimed. She looked around the room, seeing the confused faces of everyone around her. "This challenge that I made was just a diversion. While I am doing the competition, he'll most likely get you guys to stay in this room. If not, he'll bring you guys out to watch my defeat, but either way, my plan should work.
"If you guys are in this room, use everything you can to get out this room. I'll stick something in the doorway for starters, but I doubt that will work perfectly. Contact the others while you're at it, so they know we're alive. If all fails, contact me in a private channel and I'll use my cloaking ability and try to open this door from outside, all right? If you manage to bust out, contact me and I'll use my cloaking ability to escape.
"If he brings you guys out, run like hell when we are competing, he'll be distracted by me so you guys would get a head start. Again, I'll use my cloaking ability to escape. He can't take out all of us at the same time, hell even that Daisuke guy couldn't. He could only take us out, one by one, until we were all weakened. So we have to get at least one of us out."
"Sounds alright...I guess. But it's really risky, don't you think?" Skoo said.
"Yeah, why can't we just bust out of here when he opens the door?" Paroid asked.
"Cause he'll be smack in our way! He's probably like a brick wall, and we would be cornered in this little room."
"Well, I guess it's worth a shot." Payon sighed. "You sure you can do this?"
"I can take care of myself, Payon." Miraka smiled.
"Good luck then," Evol nodded, giving an encouraging pat to her shoulder.
"You guys too," Miraka replied.
"How did you get him to agree, anyways?" Evol asked curiously.
"He's full of pride, and he'd do anything to keep his title as the best. Insult him or challenge him, something's gotta hit the spot. People will agree to any challenge just to show off and mock people." Miraka explained.
The door swung open. "Are you ready?"
Miraka stood up with a mocking smirk that rivaled Khaos'.
"Ready to kick your Crusader ass."