"How is he, Rowan?" Sage asked as Rowan came out of Ryo's room.
"He is sleeping. He wants us to take him to the volcano where he receives his power. But, he does not know what the effects are on his body. It might do more harm than good." Answered Rowan in a tired and worried tone.
Sage and Rowan went downstairs where Mia, Kento, and Cye were waiting. Mia was calmed down but you could still see impressions where the tears were. Rowan told them what Ryo wanted them to do.
"Should we take him, Mia?" Sage asked.
"Well, when the first war with the Dynasty at the very beginning, you guys were sent to the places where your armor received its power and were healed because of that power. I must agree with Ryo, this could be the only chance he would have to recover from his injuries. But if we are going to take him, then it needs to be now!"
"All right, Kento you go and get the car, Mia find out where the volcano is with Cye and Sage and I will get Ryo dressed, grab his subarmor orb and help him down stairs." Rowan barked as he started upstairs.
An hour and twenty – five minutes later.
"How are we going into the volcano? There is really no down except to climb and that is a little hard carrying Ryo." Kento said with a concerned voice.
"Well, I did bring some rope. We could lower him down after one of us climbs down first." Sage said with a sigh.
Alright but who is going to go?" Asked Cye.
"Well, I guess I should go." Replied Rowan.
Rowan transformed into his armor and climbed down, while the others were waiting.
"Man, I can't believe Ryo is use to this … this firey place. Well, I guess that is why he received the armor of fire." Rowan said to himself.
Rowan climbed further and further down into the fiery pit. As he neared the bottom, beads of sweat were dripping from his face and the temperature was almost unbearable. Finally he reached the bottom where there was only about five feet of ground between the cliff and the lava.
"Alright, I reached the bottom; send him down." Rowan shouted to the guys above.
"Ok, here he comes." Cye yelled.
Kento and Sage climbed down along with Ryo to make sure he does not hit the rocky wall or the rope comes undone. When they reached the bottom, Ryo started to come to and looked around.
"I never thought that I would see you down here. I didn't think that you guys could handle the heat. Where is Cye, did he stay up there?"
"Yes, you know he does not like very hot places and no offense but this is one of the hottest places in the world. Wouldn't you agree, Ryo?" Said Kento in a sarcastic tone.
"Well, I do. Rowan can you help me into the lava." Ryo said weakly.
As Ryo is lowered, his armor starts to react.
"You better get back to the surface. I don't anyone of you getting hurt." Ryo said in a pleading voice.
Rowan stood still and looked like it would take a tornado to move him.
"Rowan, I know you want to stay but I need you up there waiting for me. Please, I'll meet you guys up there. Now go!" Ryo said in a weak but stern voice.
Back at the top of the volcano, they were waiting. Sage looked at his watch constantly wondering when would Ryo come up from the pit of fire. Kento was by the car taking a nap, Cye was by a tree listening to his CD player and Rowan was staring at the opening of the volcano, waiting for Ryo to appear.
"It has been over two hours. Is he ever going to come up from there?" Sage said in a tired voice.
"There is a lot of smoke and I cannot see the bottom. Let's hope we don't have to go back down there, I don't think I can stand the heat again." Rowan said glancing back at Sage with a sarcastic smile.
Another hour and a half passed before the noticed a difference in the volcano's reaction to Ryo being down there. Finally, Rowan noticed that Ryo was floating in mid air in the middle of the volcano. He was glowing a brilliant, bright red. As Ryo was moving closer to them, Rowan could see the fire that lies in his eyes glowing brighter and bigger then he had ever seen before. He noticed that Ryo had changed, in-fact he changed more than he ever thought he would. When Ryo came to the edge of the mouth. The dirt on the ground started to become scorched by the heat coming off his armor.
"How are you felling?" asked Rowan with a shock of surprise.
"I feel fantastic." Replied Ryo with an excited edge.
"So, what happen while you were in the volcano?" Blurted out Kento.
"It was a surge of power running through me. It felt like there was lava flowing through my veins. The heat from the lava created a bubble of hot air that would suffocate a normal person became the air of life that filled me with power with each breath. The lava near the end started to replace the air bubble making it a lava bubble. Finally it broke and it was like I was being reborn into the world." Ryo tried to explain while keeping his composure.
"Well it sounds like that was an experience that you will never forget." Mia said with an expression of surprise and relief.
Ryo distransformed into his subarmor. But he could still feel the effects that the volcano had on him. Mia rushed over and tried to give him a hug, but she stopped. The heat coming of his body was still very strong, so strong that she couldn't get within two – feet from him.
"What's wrong?" Asked Rowan in surprise.
"I can't get any closer, the heat is too strong." Mia said stepping back from Ryo.
Then Rowan walked closer to Ryo but stopped right where Mia was and could feel it himself. It was strong. Too strong he thought.
"So let's get back to the manor, shall we?" Ryo said impatiently.
"Huh, Ryo maybe me and you should walk back. There is something we need to talk about." Rowan replied.
Rowan looked at Mia and could tell that she knew what they were going to talk about.
"Ok, well see back at the manor you two." Mia said.
They waited until the guys were out of sight.
"So what do you want to talk about Rowan?" Asked Ryo impatiently and with curiosity.
"Well, you see. When we got out of the places where we received our armors power, we were never able to get this much power. This time seemed to affect you more than it did before. What did really happen down there?" Rowan questioned.
"I told you what happen. No more and no less." Ryo replied turning away from Rowan and started walking towards the house.