SaiorStar9: Was about time I updated. This is Chapter 2. Read and review.
Disclaimers: Nothing here are mine, well, except the plot.
Chapter 2: Glory For Anubis
Photographs from a photo-reconnaissance satellite reveal a small circle of nothingness, where the camera refused to pick up an image, in the area of Shinjuku. Japanese Defense Force helicopters tried to move in, reporting the presence of Talpa's Dark Castle, but their motors shut down when they reached Talpa's area of influence. When one tried to auto-rotate down, one of Talpa's warriors split its fuel tank open with a spear, and it exploded. Technology did not work where the Demon Lord's power held sway, and Talpa seemed to actually absorb power from such sources.
Inside the castle, the warlords were getting orders.
"Greetings Warlords." Talpa's voice boomed. "I trust that everything's going according to plan. I will achieve domination over this world but it seems five young warriors oppose me. They stand in our way. Know that they will be destroyed."
"Master, we have nothing to fear from them." Anubis reported. "With one stork, I'm sure they will have been dealt with."
""I don't think so." Cale interjected. "Those young warriors seem to possess some greater power."
"Cale, does that frighten you?" Anubis mocked.
"No, I'm just being cautious." Cale rebuked.
"There's a fine line between cautious and cowardice." Sekhmet remarked. "What we must do now is defeat..."
"Enough!" Talpa hollered, silencing his Warlords.
"Now then, who will be my champion of destruction?" he inquired.
"Master Talpa." Anubis stepped out. "Let me honor you."
"And why are you laughing Dais?" he asked, noting the Warlord's snort.
"You underestimate them. They may prove more than a match for you." Dais scoffed.
"But they're only children." Anubis remarked.
"Who can transform into mystical armor." Dais pointed out.
"Ha, mystical armor." Anubis scoffed.
"Silence!' Talpa hollered again. "When you eliminate them, my powers will only increase."
"Master." Anubis began. "Then let me have the honor of being the one to strike them down."
"Very well." Talpa granted his request. "If you wish so much."
"Behold!" the evil Lord showed the Warlords a viewing screen that showed Mia and Ami in an underground subway, the reincarnation of Athena looking pretty worried. "The key to their sure destruction. You can be certain that they will try to protect them, especially the blue-haired one. Without question they could be used to our advantage."
"What's so special about the blue-haired girl?" Dais asked.
"That one is the reincarnation of Athena. That monk's clan protects her with their lives." Talpa replied.
"Athena?" the Warlords chorused in disbelief.
"That weak girl?" Anubis was indignant.
"She's anything but weak. She holds the main key to the annihilation of the Netherworld itself. " Talpa cautioned. "Eliminate her but bring me the staff and shield she possess."
Back on the ground, everything was destroyed completely and crows flew over head.
"I never knew the Dynasty had such awesome power." Rowen remarked.
"You know what they say, the more awesome they are, the harder they fall." Sage added.
"Come on,, what are we sitting around here for? We should be out there looking for them." Rowen was getting impatient.
"Then what?" Sage asked his best friend. "We should go rushing right into a battle?"
"An eye for an eye, that's all I want." Rowen replied.
"The Dynasty's power is tremendous." Mia remarked. "I'm afraid more than just the city is in jeopardy."
"Don't worry though." she turned to Yuli. "I'm sure that our mum and dad are just fine Yuli."
"Do you think they're worried about me Mia?" Yuli asked.
"You'll see them soon. Trust me." Ryo promised. "I've sworn to crush the Dynasty's master."
"What do you say I give you a hand?" Kento suggested. "We'll beat them back to the hole they crawled out of."
"Rushing headlong into battle isn't wise. Especially when the Dynasty has an upper hand." Athena consuled, turning around to face the three teens.
"I don't need advice from a woman." Kento snorted.
"Kento!" Cye and Ryo chided the Warrior of Hardrock.
"Sorry." Kento muttered, remembering who she was.
"My name is Yuli." the young boy introduced himself.
"Nice to meet you Yuli." Ryo smiled. "You can call me Ryo."
"And I'm Kento." the Warrior of Hardrock swallowed his burger.
My name's Cye." the British teen replied, noting Yuli's look at him.
Just then, Rowen and Sage came back underground.
"Sage anything?" Athena turned her attention to the two.
The blond shook his head.
"It's pretty desolate up there." Rowen reported.
"I see." Athena commented softly.
"Is anything wrong, Athena?" Sage asked the Goddess.
"No, it's just that something feels..." Athena frowned.
"Off?" Sage offered.
"Yes." Athena replied.
Above, jet aircraft attacked Talpa's castle, but Talpa turned their missiles around so they ended up shooting down each other instead. Further proof that it would take magic, not science, to defeat the Demon Lord.
Just then, White Blaze sensed danger and leapt down the stairs to warn them just as Anubis arrived on the street above. His search did not take long as he tore up the street above the subway to reveal their hiding place.
"Who are you?" Ryo demanded.
Athena expanded her Cosmo, deflecting the debris that Anubis caused.
"Excellent, they're with them." Anubis laughed. That said, he continued to finish ripping off the concrete completely.
"Why attack them when you can have a real battle?" Ryo asked.
Anubis laughed some more before continuing to tear the street apart.
"Everybody watch it." Sage cautioned.
"We have to think of their safety first." Ryo remarked.
The five Ronin Warriors called their armor, but used the armor's power to set a shield around the trio.
They then attacked Anubis without their armor and predictably, Anubis easily ignored their attacks and inflicted quite a bit of damage on them.
Finally, Anubis unleashed his tech, Quake With Fear, on the unarmored Ronins, trapping all five like flies in a web of chains.
"They're going to be killed. We have to do something." Yuli remarked.
"They're using their power to shield us." Mia explained.
"Ryo, dissolve the power circle and fight. Pit on the armor" Yuli called out.
"I don't think I can do it." Ryo replied, choking on the criss-crossed chains.
"That is truly sad." Anubis chuckled.
Then, the Warlord was stunned when he sensed a powerful aura coming from within the armor circle.
"What the..." the Warlord of Cruelty frowned, turning his attention back on the subway. There, he saw Athena, still in her dress he saw her in the previous episode, complete with a golden bird-shaped round staff on her right hand.
Athena's Cosmo flared, the round shaped symbol on her staff emitting the very same aura she exhibited. Her power flowed outwards, disputing the power circle.
"Athena..." the trapped Ronins gasped in awe.
With their armors back, the five broke free of Anubis' chains and proceeded to surround Anubis. The said Warlord sill showed no hesitation in attacking all five.
Ryo bravely, or foolishly (depends on how you look at it), went after Anubis, their attacks clashing with each other. Anubis was damaged in the exchange. Ryo was knocked unconscious, and one of his katanas fell to the ground below. The other Ronin Warriors arrived to defend Ryo. Talpa had been watching with amusement at Anubis' success, but became alarmed as each Ronin Warrior begun to glow, their energy beginning to unite. Talpa intervened, sending down a black tornado to kill them.
"This wind..." Mia gasped, her hair flying as Talpa's tornado descended.
"Up there." Yuli pointed to he roof of the building where the fight was taking place.
"Ronin Warriors, this shall be your last stand together." Talpa declared as all five were drawn into the funnel cloud.
"I won't allow it Talpa!" Athena announced defiantly, her Cosmo radiating brightly as she shot an golden energy beam from her staff at the black tornado.
As a result, each became a glowing ball of energy, and they shot away from the tornado in five different directions, the tornado torn apart by Athena's intervention. One of the energy spheres, red-colored, landed in Mount Fuji, an active volcano, which erupted under the impact.
SailorStar9: And this episode is down. As you can see, I suck with fighting scenes.
