They guys looked at him. They were still in shock. It took them a few minutes to under stand what he said, but then they nodded, they all knew what he meant but how they were going to do it was another.
"Where is the nearest gate, Rowan?" Ryo asked.
"The nearest gate would be near the lake near Mia's house." Replied Rowan.
"Then that's where we will go." Ryo spat.
As they traveled to the gate, Ryo felt Gyaku's presence near by. The hatred in Ryo grew; the hatred in him was the cause of his friends being attacked repetitively and having them suffer again and again.
"Ha … Ha … Ha…"
The sound was all around them.
"Come on out if you are not afraid to fight me! Come out and face me!" Ryo said with hatred that echoed very clearly in his voice.
Rowan, Sage and the others were surprised at the hatred in his voice. They never heard Ryo as mad or full of hatred in his entire life. There was a fire that burned so intensely in Ryo's eyes that would never be seen again. Gyaku appeared. Ryo revealed his swords; he was ready to fight to the death.
"Dark Star Poison Strike!" Yelled Gyaku.
"Flare Up Now!" Bellowed Ryo.
The strike on Ryo never made it passed the barrier around him. His powers had grown incredibly, but Rowan was curious and scared about what kind of power the White Armor of Inferno when it was called. There was a bright light coming from Ryo and they all knew that he was calling upon the white armor. Ryo transformed into the white armor. It seemed to glow whiter than it usually did and there was a soft but obvious red glow surrounding it.
"That power is exactly what I wanted to see. Now I'll get my chance to take that armor from you because you don't deserve to have it." Gyaku said that with a grin that would make you cringe.
"Guys, I want you to stay out of this. This is my fight." Ryo said looking back at the guys with a stern look on his face that also implied that he would stop anyone that tried to interfere.
The fight began, Rowan and the others were socked that Ryo told them to stay out of it and even more shocked that they were forced to stay out of it. The fight was long and very brutal. You could see blood running down Ryo face and on the right side of his arm. There also was blood running down Gyaku's face and from his stomach. Ryo was suffering under the strain of the Inferno, Rowan and Sage could both see it. They were the only ones that could really see it. Kento and Cye never could tell about the pain Ryo went through when he was transformed into the White Armor of Inferno.
"If he continues to fight like this, then he will lose this battle." Rowan said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
Ryo was ready to end this fight. He gathered all of his anger, hatred and strength to put altogether into one tremendous attack. He knew that this might not be enough, so he gathered what of his life energy he could to put into the attack.
"I've got to end this. I've got to keep the guys safe from any more harm. They are the only family I got. This is for you. Rage of Inferno!" Screamed Ryo with all of his strength, hatred, sorrow, love, and all the other emotions that he had felt in the past years.
There was a huge flash of light coming from Ryo. Ryo took one final look at the guys.
"Thank you for always being there for me. Goodbye!" Ryo said with a look of sadness but grateful to have had them for him.
The guys' eyes filled with fear and terror; they knew what he meant. Ryo finally looked away firing one last final attack against Gyaku; the light from the attack was blinding. The other Ronins covered their eyes from the light. Gyaku hit the ground with a hard thump; he was torn to shreds. Ryo also hit the ground with a hard thump. Neither of them were moving. Rowan was the first to come out of the shock that hit them from what he said. He ran to his side and checked his pulse. The white armor disappeared, then the red armor also disappeared and finally his sub-armor was gone. You could see that his cloths were soaked in blood. He was breathing but unconscious. Sage knelt down and started to heal Ryo. Finally Sage looked at Sage.
"Let's get him back to the manor and get him cleaned up. I did all I could but his injuries are still very extensive and he will need lots of time to recover from them." Sage said looking at Rowan with a look of sadness on his face.
5 hours later
Rowan was upstairs keeping an eye on him when Sage walked in.
"How is he?" Sage asked looking at Rowan.
"It is too early to tell. We'll have to wait and see." Rowan Replied.
Over the next few days, Sage, Rowan, Kento and Cye took turns watching Ryo. They did not want to leave him alone in-case something was to happen, so they took shifts throughout the day. Sage was sitting with him, reading a book. Cye, Kento and Mia were in town during some shopping. Rowan was downstairs getting food ready for Cye when they got back from town. Ryo's body twitched. Sage looked up from his book. His body twitched again.
"Rowan! Get up here quick." Sage screamed.
Rowan dropped the knife he was using to cut up some carrots. He raced up the stairs and barged into Ryo's room. Just as he got in there, Ryo's eyes started to flutter open.
"Sage? Rowan? What happen? Is Gyaku dead?" Ryo asked, straining to sit up.
"Calm down Ryo. Everything is all right. Gyaku is dead and you need to rest. You've been unconscious for three days and you are still in very bad shape." Sage said forcing Ryo to lay back down.
Ryo looked down and saw himself bandaged from head to toe.
"You need to rest, I was considering on taking you back up to the volcano but in your condition I didn't want to risk losing you. You are very valuable to this team, to us as a family. If you are ready in a week, then it might be possible. But not now, you are too weak. I'll go down and make you something to eat." Rowan said looking at Ryo with concern and possible consideration in his eyes.
Days passed and he grew stronger. His friends took care of him and every so often, while they were training, they could see Ryo looking off his balcony watching them train. It was too much of an effort for him to go up and down stairs. When he wasn't watching them training, he was in bed resting. After a month passed, he was able to start training with his friends, his family, his comrades, the Ronin Warriors.