They walked for about an hour before Ryo noticed that a pain was running through his side. He thought it was only the power of the armor, but the funny thing was that he did not have it on. They continued walking for ten more minutes before the pain became even stronger. The pain became so strong that it stopped him dead in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" Rowan asked looking back at him with an expression of confusion.

"The pain, it's still there. It hurts even worse than before I went into the volcano. It is like its feeding off my body's energy. Slowly killing me." Ryo said almost doubling over in pain.

"What do you mean feeding off your body's energy?" Asked Rowan with a puzzled and worried look on his face.

"It's exactly what I said." Ryo said barely able to keep from collapsing onto the ground.

A dark cloud started to appear over where they were standing. A shadowy figure started to come out of the clouds.

"Well, I was waiting for this to happen." Gyaku said with a smile grinning from ear to ear.

"W - what do you mean?" Ryo said with a grimace a pain.

"The attack your body absorbed earlier is still being absorbed. You see, even though you went to the volcano, the poison is still running through your veins and the volcano heightens its strength because of the heat. So, I guess what I am saying is that you just made it worst. I'm guessing you have about an hour before you die or I could end your life here." Gyaku said looking very smug.

"I will not die. I'll fight you and what ever else you have to throw against me." Ryo said in pain but with fury in his voice.

There was a bright light coming from Ryo and then there was one from Rowan.

"Flare Up now." Ryo screamed.

Ryo's attack missed and then there was a big puff of smoke.

"I'll let the poison kill you." Gyaku said as his body slowly disappeared into nothing.

"He's gone." Rowan said.

"Ro – Rowan – n - n." Ryo said before he collapsed to the ground.

Rowan turned around to just his friend lying on the grass. He grabbed his cell and called Sage. As the phone rang, Rowan checked Ryo's vitals to make sure they were at least stable.

"Hello?" Sage answered.

"Sage, it's me." Rowan blurted out with a scared tone.

"Rowan, what's wrong?" Sage asked with quick response.

"You need to get back here as fast as you can. Ryo is still in pain and has collapsed."

"Okay, we'll be there as fast as we can. Mia turn the car around, we need to go help Ryo and Rowan." Sage said to Mia with a look of paleness.

Mia pulled off the side of the road and made a U-turn. Rowan sat there trying to comfort him, but no matter how hard he tried, but the pain seemed to be getting worse. After a few minutes, Ryo woke up but still in a vast amount of pain.

"Rowan, we have to go back to the volcano." Ryo replied.

"No, Ryo you heard Gyaku. The pain will increase as the heat increases." Rowan said with

"I know but it might be the only way to get rid of it." Ryo pleaded with Rowan.

"Well, alright." Rowan finally agreed.

They traveled back up to the volcano and since Rowan could not lower him in so he just threw him in. Ryo kept on falling and falling until he hit the lava. Rowan waited at the rim of the volcano about 15 minuets until they others showed up.

"Where is Ryo?" Asked Sage with a look a much distress.

"He's back inside the volcano." Rowan sighed.

"WHAT!" They all said together.

"Well, I sort of agree with Ryo on his idea." Rowan said with a little hesitation in his voice.

"Well, what is THAT." Kento blurted out with irritation in his voice.

"He is back inside the volcano where, I hope, he will live through this experience." Rowan said looking back inside the volcano with a worried look crossing his face.

"What happen while we were gone?" Asked Cye looking at Rowan, knowing that he was worried.

"Gyaku was here and told us that the poison running through his veins was only heighten from the volcano's heat increasing the power of the poison. He said that Ryo would die because of the poison." Rowan said sitting down onto the ground putting his head in his hands and looking tired and exhausted.

Hours passed outside the volcano but inside it seemed like an eternity. There was a burning sensation running through Ryo's body creating a huge inferno of fire throughout his whole body. The power that was flowing through him was increasing to a high level. The pain was also increasing with the power.

Outside the volcano, they were standing around when Mia said "maybe I should go and get something to eat for all of us?"

"Sure that sound great, Mia." Kento said with a sigh a relief in his tone.

"I'll be back within an hour. If anything happens call me." Mia shouted as she started walking to the jeep.

"We'll do that. Bye." Sage yelled.

Sage stood there and watched Mia drive off.

"I wonder what will happen if Ryo has to be in the volcano any longer?" Sage asked to the group but still watching Mia drive off.

"I have no real idea but I do think that if he does stay in there too long then he might die from the power alone that is probably running through him." Rowan said with a long dreary sigh, looking at the volcano.

"I hope I can live through this. I need to live this. I have to live through this for the guys, for… for Mia. I got to live through this for Mia." Ryo said to himself.

All of a sudden, a flare inside of him consumed him, creating an aura that started the healing process. A fire lit up in his eyes, burning bright as the sun.

"It's time to end this." Ryo said as he finished the healing process and looked up towards the opening of the volcano.

The aura that surrounded him gave way. The healing process was done. He didn't get out, though. He wanted to make sure that the poison that was in him was gone for good. He stayed for at least another hour, maybe two at the most.

Ryo looked up at the opening of the volcano again and felt an evil presence coming.

"ARMOR OF WILDFIRE!" Ryo yelled calling his armor to arms.

A burst of flames came out of the volcano. The other Ronin's looked at it in awe. They never have seen a power that rivaled the Inferno, but this was strange considering it came from inside. An explosion of lava came out of the volcano, pouring over the top. Giving way to a ball of fire. The fireball disappeared, showing Ryo.

Ryo walked down the side and when he got to the bottom, he said, "It is time we get rid of the Dynasty once and for all."