Since it has been awhile since I posted a chapter for this story please allow me a moment to ramble. This is a story about a group of people forced to come together to continue the fight that their fathers started. Along the way they have to over come obstacles such as ill health, past mistakes, prejudice, pride, etc to do it...yeah I know I post that disclaimer every time. Again I really mean no offense to anyone especially when it may come to some of the exchanges between Rachel and Takeo-none of those beliefs are my own they just make for good drama in the story. I didn't set out to stereotype anyone certain characters just evolved the way they are and I really hope that no one will take offense from anything that I write for drama's sake. Please note also that if you have read this story before the other chapters have been rewritten. A great deal of this chapter deals with Rachel's back story. Also my editor complained that I was just skipping over the secret government meetings in earlier installments. Go back and look at Message-it kind of happened that way there too-but I decided to shut him up and go a little more in depth here. In time I may rewrite the earlier parts too.

There is also a point of contention between my editor and-I since he (who is more into the English audio Ronin Warriors adaptation) speaks no Japanese and I only speak what little I have picked up from the Samurai Troopers episodes neither of us can resolve it. So if you speak Japanese review or PM me and please help us out. In the series does Touma say Shinku Ha or Tenku Ha when activating his armor power? To be quite honest I think I've heard it both ways. I keep finding it as Shinku Ha in online researching. I know it translates to Heavens Shockwave in the subtitles-if I understand correctly Shinku Ha does not translate to that. So we're kind of stuck there and without revealing too much I'm sort of getting to a point where it would help to know.

***Chapter 4***

June 9th 2029

In the secret meetings an aide from the U. S. delegation present rushes in with news. The delegate excuses himself from the meeting to converse with the aide outside the conference room. "What is so important that you have to break into the meeting?"

"We just got intell from NASA."

"NASA? What could they possibly have to do with this?"

"Takeo Hashiba was the youngest scientist to ever work for them. There was a re-entry event over Japan sometime ago. A few hours later they began to pick up audio on the ground in Japan from the kid's EVA suit. Apparently the mic feed was left open after the 'accident'. The boy is alive. They have picked up other voices that could very well be the other four missing kids."

"Up to now the kids survival and what they might do if they have armors like their fathers has just been a guessing game. If the kids really are out there we have to figure out what their intentions are. Has NASA located the position where they are getting audio from?"

"Not yet sir-but they are working on it."

"Make sure its their top priority and get us a copy of that audio feed. In the mean time dig into every piece of information we have on their fathers. Find out who it is in Japan that might be hiding these kids. And report back to me ASAP."

"Already on it sir...but-"

"-But what?"

"What if they really are trying to help stop what ever is happening in Japan should we try to stop them? If their fathers were the only ones that could combat it before-only their kids may be able to stop it now."

"A lot of good their fathers did-if any. They only ended up getting themselves killed. And for all we know they were the cause of what began happening in Japan."

The red headed aide hands over a packet of information. "Our researchers found this. It didn't start with the kid's fathers. Records indicate similar events in Japan recorded one thousand years earlier. It was stopped by a lone warrior monk and his white tiger companion."

The man looking at artist renderings of the early battle does a double take at the depicted tiger. "It looks just like the tiger one of them was seen with on the streets in Japan when the trouble first started."

"What if it is the same one sir?"

"The same tiger? Impossible! No animal could survive that long."

"If you will excuse me for saying so I believe that you need to start looking past who in the world might be responsible for what has occurred in Japan and start looking for who may be out there to get us. NASA tracked the Hashiba boy when the accident occurred. Nothing within the limits of current human technology could have gotten him back to Earth so quickly from the point they lost sensor contact with him in space."

"And just where was that?"

"Satellites orbiting Mars last picked him up rushing past the planet toward the outer solar system. The trip to Mars alone should have taken months. He made it that far in only a matter of minutes."

-4-

Around the same time in Japan the mad scientist waits in the back of a van. He is sure the armor has heavy security and there is no point that he should risk getting caught. Not when there are others to do the dirty work that can easily get away. He picks up a two way radio and presses the button. "Kent, Drake have you found those armors yet?"

Inside a fully armored Kent looks over at Drake. "Persistent little mongrel ain't he?"

"Indeed."

"I wonder what someone as powerful as Master Arago wants with him?" He picks up the radio when it squawks again and presses the button. "Whadda you want to do alert the whole night watch? Keep you're shirt on mate, we're gettin' there." He lets go of the button. "I'd much rather be out chasin' down that Torrent sheila."

"Is that why Master Arago chose you?"

"What because she and I have a history? Maybe so-and I can't wait to pick up where we left off. Think Master Arago would let us keep her as a plaything?"

"If so we would have to hide her from Todd, lest he try to kill her. How many woman has he killed here in Japan already six...seven? And that doesn't include the ones he killed back in England. He really does fancy himself as a reincarnation of Jack the Ripper."

"Too right. I bet Wayne would have fun with all the other guys."

"He seems to have taken quite a fancy to young Nimbus. He recognized him straight away as some rising racing star in Italy."

"Kids these days...can't leave the big toys to their elders."

"Still bitter about young Torrent beating you in that big surfing competition eh?" Before Kent can reply Drake holds his hand out in front of him. "That's it up ahead."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"There are armed guards...and not just security guards-they are military."

"And you have a problem with that?"

"The scientist doesn't want any trouble."

"Who cares what he wants. Lets just get the armor and get out of here. If these soldiers want to put up a fight its their funeral." Kent picks up the radio. "You may want to head out mate-things are about to get messy in here. The armor is guarded by military. We aren't going to be able to take it without a fight."

The scientist clicks off the radio. He sighs everything can't possibly go according to plan. He starts the van and heads out to his new lab here in Japan.

*4*

It is well passed dawn as Shin watches his daughter sleep. He never saw her sleep so long since she began to recover from the accident. He remembers endless days and nights sitting by her bedside after dragging her from the water fearing she would never awaken from the coma that she lay in. When she finally came around she had been unable to move. No amount of rehabilitation seemed to help and eventually he was told to take Rachel home and hire a full time nurse to care for her. He had refused to just let her lie in bed and waste away for the rest of her life. Shin had taken her back to his native Japan to escape his mother-in-laws insistence that he follow the doctor's advice. It had taken months with days of almost constant therapy but little by little Rachel began to move on her own again. When therapy got boring for her-Shin began to teach her martial arts. Even then she still had much trouble moving after a full night's sleep. It had been a chance meeting at the beach with a woman whose hair almost matched Rachel's own that changed that. Aside from his wife from which Rachel had gotten her bright red hair he had known only Touma and Shu then later Kayura, Anubis, Naaza, and Suzanagi with unusual hair colors. On each of them it seemed and maybe even was natural. On this woman it wasn't and something about the way she kept watching Rachel unnerved him. Then he started to notice the others like her scattered about the beach all focused on his daughter. The woman was the only one that dared approach suggesting that Rachel would be better off with short spaced out naps rather than a long night's sleep. He had told no one outside of family and friends what was wrong with his daughter. Shin had a feeling very reminiscent of times just before a battle when he sensed danger. No one had tried to stop him but the calm ocean had suddenly become turbulent as if protesting when he took his daughter away from the beach. After that he had seen more of them scattered all over Japan before he took her home. He looks up pulled from his thoughts as Rachel moans in her sleep.

Rachel dreams of a realm very different from the one she calls home. A golden river flows past a desolate landscape with grotesque face like landforms. She can't recall ever being here but in a way it feels like she's coming home after a very long absence. She gasps startled as she senses a presence.

"Kokuen is right you remember little-but sense much."

Turning Rachel sees a ghostly visage that seems very familiar to her. "Who are you?"

"You once knew me as Kenbukyo. That day on the beach was no accident Yuriko. I granted you my powers on that day. One day very soon you will realize why and I hope that you will understand my reasons."

"Kenbukyo?" The name is very familiar-as familiar as this place and Kokuen-Kokuen and Kenbukyo- "The swords-you-had-Kokuen he-"

"-Kokuen once bore the swords of Fervor for me and now should you ever need them he will bare them for you and you alone. Their power will only respond to you now but you must heed my warning Yuriko. Even though you possess the swords you can never allow the others to call upon the Inferno Armor. It is not yet time for its presence to again enter your realm."

Rachel awakens suddenly-struggling to sit up. She manages only to tumble out of the bed and onto the floor. As she sees the rapidly rising sun she knows that she has spent way too long in bed. She tries to move but she hasn't felt like this since she stopped sleeping through the entire night as a kid. Rachel pauses thinking about her dream. It seemed so real and she has been calling the black tiger by a Japanese name when she hasn't spoken that language since she left Japan. If it was real given recent events Rachel wonders why this Kenbukyo called her by her middle name Yuriko.

Shin can only look on helplessly as his daughter struggles to move.

Rachel tries to get up again and fails. She looks around fearing that she may have to call someone to help her up. She almost screams as the door knob starts to jiggle but she breathes a sigh of relief when the door opens to reveal Black Blaze.

Black Blaze stands in the doorway a few moments watching Rachel. He knows that her human form struggles to control the excess power within that was granted to her by Kenbukyo. He also knows that was the very purpose for which his former master granted her those powers-to keep her from again becoming what she once was. He pads quietly in the room and gently grips her forearm in his mouth, Black Blaze helps Rachel to stand up. He stays close to her for support as she moves around expelling the excess energy that builds up in her body which if held in check too long interferes with muscle function-locking them up like rusting gears.

She looks down at the tiger. "Why are you thinking about rusting gears?"

Shin looks on stunned. Ryo had always had some sort of mental connection to White Blaze and even from time to time that extended to the rest of them. He wonders why Black Blaze is back and seems to be focused on Rachel and to a lesser extent what happened to the tiger's armor?

Black Blaze looks up at Rachel startled. He had no idea just how strong her powers are becoming. He switches his thoughts now as he turns to the balcony and looks down at the lake. It is best to keep her focused on moving without revealing why.

"Now you want to go for a swim mate?"

Black Blaze nods and pushes open the balcony door before gently nudging Rachel so that she falls down on his back.

Rachel barely manages to hang on as Black Blaze leaps down off the balcony and runs to the lake.

-4-

Jun looks up from helping Nasuti prepare breakfast as Black Blaze rushes by the window with Rachel. He looks down at White Blaze who sits by the window. "Black Blaze is only here for her isn't he?"

White Blaze looks back at Jun and nods. He could tell Jun why that is having developed a sort of psychic rapport with him over the years. Instead he turns toward the spirits of the others.

"Does Black Blaze hanging around creep anyone else out?" Shu turns toward the others. "I know he saved White Blaze-but he hasn't shown up on his own unless there is trouble."

Touma watches as White Blaze seems to fixate on them. "And why has he stopped wearing his armor?"

Seiji looks around for Shin before speaking. "I think Jun's right. For whatever reason he's here it has something to do with Rachel."

"I've been thinking about what Shin said about her accident." Ryo looks out at Rachel and Black Blaze down at the lake. "What if the Empire expected the armor to go our children and they did something to her that day."

Shu looks up suddenly. "You think they're trying to turn her against the others?"

Ryo turns to face the others. "They did it to Kayura so they could control her powers. Maybe they thought out of all the kids Rachel would be the easiest for them to control."

White Blaze huffs. He can't blame the guys for assuming the Empire would try something like that but it isn't the case.

"I think White Blaze is trying to say that isn't what happened." Touma looks at the tiger who appears to nod in agreement now.

Seiji turns to the tiger. "Then what made Shin think that the Empire had something to do with it?"

Ryo looks down at White Blaze as the tigers thoughts come clearly to him. "Kenbukyo? Why would he do it?"

Shu steps forward. "What does he say?"

Ryo looks up at the others. "Kenbukyo sent Black Blaze to watch over her. He won't say why because she can't know yet. She has to stay focused on wielding the armor of Torrent."

White Blaze gets up and pads away refusing to reveal anything more. He walks up the stairs to the second floor. White Blaze opens the door to the room where the guys are still fast asleep by rubbing his paw against it. He enters the room and stands in front of Daisuke.

Daisuke turns over almost waking but falls back into sleep. He has a dream about being in the deserted heart of Tokyo alone with Rachel. He is quick to discover that really isn't true as he spots movement in the shadows. He tries not to alarm Rachel as they continue on but soon figures begin to move from those shadows and close in on them. All of them have bad dye jobs trying to mimic Rachel's hair color. He tries to protect Rachel but they come at him from all sides. He struggles to fight through them as he realizes they're trying to take Rachel away. He awakens suddenly to find White Blaze standing by the bed staring at him. He can't help but wonder if it was just a dream or if the tiger is trying to tell him something.

-4-

Shin now able to travel with a mere thought goes to his daughter and watches from the shore as Rachel races Black Blaze across the lake. She always loved the water. He could never take his eyes off her for even a second if they were out on the beach. She would be crawling toward the water in the blink of an eye. Finally he had taken her out into the shallows of low tide. She could swim on her first time out-long before she could ever walk. She never wanted to leave the water. Shin had quickly learned it was best to let her tire and finally be lulled to sleep by the waves lullaby than to force her out of the water and risk a temper tantrum. More than just baby Rachel would become upset-it was as if the ocean was protesting right along with her. At the time he had thought it was just his imagination. Over the years when the connection became impossible to ignore he had wondered if his time as the warrior of Torrent had some how come to affect his daughter. There were dozens of times he almost called the others to see if their children showed similar signs with their father's respective armor elements. But he never could quite bring himself to do so. He had overheard the others talking about the day of Rachel's accident-that it had been Kenbukyo and not the Empire. He wonders just what it is that Rachel isn't supposed to know yet. He looks down as she beats the tiger back to shore. She heard him last night he wonders should he say something to her now? "Rachel..."

Rachel freezes as she swears she hears her father's voice. "Papa?" For a moment she could swear that she even sees her father's reflection in the water. She climbs up on the dock. He isn't there but there does seem to be a pocket of air cooler than the rest.

Black Blaze stops just treading the water as he looks warningly toward Shin-who only he can see.

Shin looks over at Black Blaze. "I'm here little Torrent...we all are-watching over all of you. I just wanted you to know that."

"Papa..." A tear slips from Rachel's eye only her father ever called her little torrent.

"Rachel who are you talking to?"

Rachel looks up to find Nasuti at the end of the dock.

Black Blaze quickly swims to shore and jumps up out of the water. He proceeds to shake himself dry before padding away and leaving the two alone.

Nasuti walks forward and hands Rachel a towel. "I just wanted to let you know that breakfast is ready."

"Thank you."

She starts back toward the house but stops and turns around to face Rachel. "Perhaps it isn't my place to say anything-but you did not seem upset when the news said you were declared dead." When Rachel doesn't answer Nasuti continues. "Witnesses say you jumped from that bridge."

Rachel looks toward the direction of Tokyo where ominous clouds have been gathering for days now. "The reasons why don't seem to matter so much anymore. Long story short I just wanted an escape and the water seemed to be calling me."

"Be careful Rachel. If the Empire discovers your reasons they could use that against you."

"Nothing could be as bad as what I've already been through."

Nasuti looks back at Rachel before walking up to the house.

Tears fall from Rachel's eyes as the memory of that night is brought crashing back full force. She feels the coolness she felt before seem to settle around her in a gentle embrace. "I'm so scared Papa."

"You have the armor now little Torrent it will protect you."

-4-

Daisuke stands out on the balcony watching Rachel down at the lake. He looks up when Seamus joins him.

Seamus finds his attention quickly drawn away from Rachel to the ominous clouds in the direction of Tokyo. "So is there some kind of plan or something?"

Daisuke turns back to look at Rachel as he speaks. "Not yet-but I feel like they're waiting for us to come to them."

Luigi stands in the doorway. "I don't like it-that just puts us on their playing field."

Takeo watches the others from inside the room. Part of him still stubbornly screams at him that this isn't real. "If everything that my father once told me was real then sooner or later we will have to go there. The longer we wait just gives them more time to reek havoc. We should also consider that things have changed all over the world since our fathers had to do this. We shouldn't assume that governments are just going to sit back and watch what happens this time."

"They would be slaughtered if they tried anything." Daisuke looks up toward Tokyo. "We can't let that happen."

Jun stands at the door of the room that White Blaze left open. He remembers the entire army wiped out by the Empire's powers by turning their own weapons against them when he was a child. "The last time the Empire entered our world technology didn't work within the limits of their powers. With the advancement of military weaponry lets hope they can't even get close to the city this time."

Daisuke turns to Jun. "Are you coming with us?"

"Nasuti says she is a too old for that now. I think it is best if I stay here with her. You will have the tigers with you." Jun is sure that may seem to be little comfort to these kids right now. "Come on breakfast is ready. I am sure Nasuti would point out that you can't face the Empire on an empty stomach."

*4*

At the secret U. N. meeting their worst fears have been realized as they review the tape from NASA. Voice match analysis to recorded NASA communications and television sports interviews has already confirmed the identities of Takeo Hashiba, Luigi Date, and Rachel Mouri. Further analysis has shown that additional unidentified voices talking about a childhood surfing accident involving Rachel Mouri in the background could well possibly be that of the children's fathers.

Three aides rushes into the meeting taking place. Two take information to their representatives. The other brings dire news to the representative from Japan.

The Japanese representative quickly stands up. "We have just received word that there was an attack on the museum where the armor's of these children's fathers were displayed. Military guards were standing by in case there was trouble. All are dead and the armor is missing. Security footage is being prepared for review as we speak."

The Italian representative stands. "My aide has uncovered some information from U. N. files. A Nasuti Yagyu once addressed a council meeting claiming to know what was going on during the last disturbance in Japan a number of years ago. It is possible she could be hiding the kids now."

"My colleagues also report records of a large white tiger very much like the one seen in Tokyo during the first round of trouble with Sanada Ryo in the company of Yamano Jun." The Japanese delegate pauses listening to his aide. "The security footage is ready for viewing. I must warn you that it is quite gruesome."

All are silent as they watch the slaughter of the military guard by two armored men. The shock of the brutality of the killings keeps them silent for sometime before they begin to argue among themselves on the best way to stop the kids before anyone else dies.

Finally the U. K. delegate an aging man with red hair fading to a dull pink-who has remained silent speaks up above the din. "Did those armored warriors look like children to you? We are clearly dealing with a threat that is beyond our understanding and you want to chase after children?"

The U. S. delegate stands up. "Those armors once belonged to those children's fathers."

"Do you think that whatever force has invaded our world would just stand by and let the children get their hands on them?" The U. K. delegate looks around the room at everyone. "You heard the recordings where they vowed to fight what is coming."

The Italian delegate also stands. "If this Hashiba kid is as smart as everyone says don't you think he would use the EVA suit mic to mislead us? Those two on screen could be lying in wait for the kids to hand over the armor to them."

The U. K. delegate points to monitors looping the museum footage. "I think that if someone with his intelligence vows to stop evil like that then we should be doing everything we can to help him and the others." He makes eye contact with the red headed U. S. aide and nods. They have to keep the council occupied long enough to hold off military for the rest of the cult members to get to Rachel.

-4-

In England an elderly man that very much resembles his younger brother on the U. N. council watches over his daughter. She has been through a lot in the last several years. The death of a twin sister she only met one time, losing her husband, very recently the death of her estranged mother, and now a few days ago her only son she very nearly died giving birth to and her twin sisters only daughter. She had always wanted to meet her niece but he had kept putting it off to prolong having to see his ex-wife again. He was almost re-leaved when she passed on. They had spent endless nights fighting when the twins were very young. Jenna had been very sickly at birth. His wife an Australian-met while he was studying odd phenomena there-had been too stubborn to leave home and seek treatment from the excellent doctors his family had connections to-insistent that the local doctors were just as good as his high society contacts. In the end they separated and eventually divorced she keeping the healthy Jayden while he took Jenna to get treatment. In the end he thinks it was society that separated them. His wife had no use for his family's riches which she felt they flaunted. She was a simple hard working woman who never needed much. Yet she never turned down the tidy sums of money he always sent to help her out with Jayden and later for their grand-daughter she ended up as guardian of who's father died. He gets up and goes into his study. Was it coincidence that his grandchildren's fathers both died at the same time he wonders and under circumstances related to what he was studying in Australia so many years ago? And what if any connection he wonders does it have to the deaths of his grandson in space and his granddaughter in the very same country where their father's died. He picks up the phone quickly as it rings. "Hello."

"You don't sound so good brother."

He cringes at the voice of his youngest brother. "You seem in good spirits after everything that has happened."

"How did Jenna take the news?"

"How would you take it if were your son and niece?"

"No need to get testy." He knows all this heartache could have been avoided if his older brother had just joined in their father's lectures on their fascinating family history. He would know that his grandchildren are still very much alive and well. In fact he still could if he wanted to. "Its got to be tough there right now. Why don't you take Jenna on a trip-get her mind off things for awhile. I could call and have reservations made for the two of you. Its beautiful here this time of year."

"Where to Japan?!" He lowers his voice. "Do you really think that will help Jenna?"

He covers the mouthpiece with his hand. "More than you know brother." He removes his hand. "They never found bodies of any of the kids. Maybe it was all a trick."

"A trick?"

"You are aware of who your son-in-laws were aren't you? There is talk of more trouble brewing in Tokyo. Maybe the kids all gathered up to try and stop it this time. And before you get mad at me for suggesting the kids could have survived you might want to check that family history our father left us. I think you will find it quite interesting."

He has to restrain himself from yelling in frustration as he hears a click followed by a dial tone. That frustration soon turns to horror at thinking for even a second that his grandson could still be alive out there dying a slow death in space.

-4-

In Japan the cult leader gets up and leaves the small office and addresses the other members gathered in the great room. It is time for us to move into Tokyo. "We must be ready to instruct our goddess. Remember we want Heavens as well-he must watch over her for the part of the journey which we cannot. My brother in the U. N. tries to hold off military forces should he fail then we must do what ever it takes to keep them away from the goddess."

One of the older cult members comes over to their leader. "What if the goddess refuses to listen to us? I still do not believe it was wise to leave her with her father or grandmother as she grew up."

"We made a deal with the girls mother and we are obligated to keep our deals with the goddess' direct descendants. The goddess must surely realize just how different she is now. I am sure she will listen to someone who has answers for why that is."

"And if she refuses to listen?"

"We will cross that bridge if we come to it."

*4*

After breakfast the kids begin to gather outside watching the dark ominous clouds that hang above Tokyo.

Daisuke the last to linger inside pauses as he hears a report on TV. He looks out at the others. Rachel is keeping a distance from the other guys-Takeo seemingly increases that distance from her as if forced to be here he doesn't want to be near her. Seamus seems to be itching for some more confrontations with the Empire soldiers. Much like Takeo-Luigi doesn't seem to want to be here at all. And then there is him. He is nothing like his father-not cut out to take this group and lead them to fight the coming evil. He takes a deep breath before he goes outside. "The news says that they lost power in Tokyo last night around the time the soldiers showed up here. Most of the people have already fled the city in panic."

Seamus turns to face Daisuke. "Then what are we waiting around here for?"

Rachel looks around at the guys wondering if she should tell them about what her father said about watching over them. As she looks over at Takeo she thinks that may not be such a good idea right now. She shivers a bit as she feels a pull from the lake like it wants her to stay. "It might as well be now or never mate."

The tigers walk around the side of the house and stop in front of the kids. It was never a piece of cake with the kids fathers but both are sure that it is going to be more of a struggle getting the kids to work together to fight against the Empire. White Blaze looks from Takeo to Rachel and shudders. If these two are any indication then they don't seem to have much of a chance of combating the evil forces this time.

Nasuti stands inside the doorway with Jun. "We will take you as far as the city. I fear this a journey you must make on your own. We might only slow you down this time."

*4*

Kent enters Argo's throne room and bows. "You sent for me master?"

"The new Samurai Troopers will soon arrive in the city. I am not yet ready for you to meet up with Torrent. For now I have another job for you. This Jun that accompanies the children-once held in his possession an object known as the jewel of life. Find it and bring it to me."

"I do as you command Master Arago."

Chapter 4 Playlist

Rachel: Dreams-Van Halen

Daisuke: World's On Fire-Hanson

Luigi: Name-Goo Goo Dolls

Seamus: Like A Rock-? (Cover)

Takeo: Stairway To Heaven-Led Zepplin

White Blaze and Black Blaze: Wooly Bully-Sam the Sham and TP

Ryo, Touma, Seiji, Shin, Shu: You Are Not Alone-Michael Jackson

Nasuti and Jun: With A Little Help From My Friends-Joe Cocker

TNG Warlords: Bad-Michael Jackson

I only have play-lists set up for the chapters in the first part of this story. There are several more parts to it-which means lots more chapters. I have tons of water songs and other related ones for Rachel but I'm out of songs that relate to the guys powers or even their virtues (righteousness, trust, grace, justice, wisdom.) If you know of any relating to them please drop me a review or PM to suggest them-please include song title and artist. (And that is Tenku or Heavens that I'm going for here not the DVD English audio translation of Strata that might imply wind.) The TNG (the next generation) Warlords were a last minute addition to this one. It was as a group this time but if there are suggestions specific to each guy that's okay too but please read their intros in the prologue again before suggesting-same goes for all the kids. If you have any suggestions for any other characters that's okay too. Cat related song suggestions would also be much appreciated.

I made the decision to cut away before the two new warlords went loco on the guards protecting the armor created by Suzanagi in Message. It just didn't seem right to write a slasher scene where a bunch of people can't defend themselves from power that is clearly beyond them. That was one thing that bugged me about the opening episodes where the helicopter pilot and later an entire army was wiped out by The Empire of Doom's power and I don't want to repeat it here.

With the recorded audio picking up the spirits of Ryo, Touma, Seiji, Shin, and Shu I was going for the EVP's (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that ghost hunters claim to pick up from disembodied voices. If it seems strange now it will make sense in later parts-maybe.

Also I don't know all the U. N. member countries but I am writing well into the future so I think I can be afforded a little leeway in which countries I mention.