Ronin Warriors – Being of the Mystical Armors
By Tayla Drago
Chapter # 10 - The Trap, the Truth, and the Trusting
The group moves throughout the entire city, making their way to Talpa's castle and come across an abandoned store selling skateboards and realize it is where they all met for the first time. This was also the first time for Minako to learn about that part with Kero listening in as well, they feel really bad for Ully to find his mother and father soon enough 'as Mia will always keep an eye on him' same with White Blaze, Ryo, Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage as well. Walking around in the dark area that was all misty and everything from the area where the heroes meant and then to the other two, they take five until they can continue with their journey to Talpa's main temple to stopping him.
"Ully! We're stopping here!" Mia said to him. "Please don't wonder off too far this time!"
"Okay, I won't." he said to be coming back on his skate broad.
Trying to find something to eat, for Kero spotted some food and drinks in a vending machine to be their only choice, but it wasn't working for the power to malfunction. Now what…?
"I got this, you guys. Stand back." Minako was about the open the vending machines up with force. "We'll be eating and drinking real soon!"
She breaks open the two vending machines of the glass of food and drinks inside with her kicking skills, for the others to grab something to have, and White Blaze has some meat and Kero with some berries from the bushes in the forest. Kento then does the other one.
"Nice one, Minako. Let me try one-!" But this one wasn't made of glass to be strong glass proof to hurt his foot for the others to laugh 'with' him. Ouch…!
"Ah, Kento…That one's glass proof." Ryo said to him.
"Geeze, Ryo, you think?" he said to be hopping around in pain a little.
The others laugh but Minako, and not in a mean way either. For she tries smiling for Kento for trying the same thing too.
"We're just playing with you, nothing more." she said. "Don't let them get to you, Kento, please."
Kento knows of it for Kero to give Kento a pat on the back to opening his food to eat from some bags that he has, he joins with the others.
"I know, Minako, thanks. Let's eat!"
Cye, Rowen, and Sage start eating theirs and drinking too for Kento to join with them.
"Try not to eat some much."
"Yeah, save some for us."
"We need all the fuel in us for the upcoming battle."
That time, the three boys were telling Kento not to eat so much this time.
"Very funny, guys…! Very funny." said Kento.
As everyone was eating and drinking well on what they can get it was all good for the ten. While Ryo joins with Minako to not sit by herself.
"Come on, Minako." he said. "Join with us."
"Huh?"
"Don't want to be alone, we're waiting."
Minako grabs Ryo's hand to join with the others even White Blaze, Mia, Ully, and Kero too.
"Alright then…" she said.
Looks like all was good for them to be getting along for some laughs and such for Minako aids Kento to eat some good things to fill him up, opening a can for Cye, what's expire for Rowen to have and to throw out, Sage to getting spilled from a spraying soda to get clean up thanks to her, and Ryo having a moment time with Minako to talk to each other again. As the other four talk to both Ully and Mia on their end next. Cute moments once again for both Kero and White Blaze to leave them be…
"Enjoying your food, Minako?" Ryo asks her.
"Huh? I think it just snacks." She said.
He just laughs on what Minako just said.
"Sorry. I mean, are you enjoying your snacks?"
"It's fine. Better to eat something than starving with a better work out after that, I know we can make it…" Minako then asks Ryo something else. "Listen, Ryo…When we save the world and this is all over, you and the others are serious of helping me set up a good life? Even for Kero as well?"
When Ryo and the other four boys meant what, they said with Mia and Ully as well, they meant it to keeping their promises for this special girl to making it happen.
"Minako…" Ryo was speechless to be turning red all over his face. "We meant everything. We will give you a good life and find out who you really are with Kero too."
"Really?" shock Minako. "Wow…I just…I don't know what to say…"
The two then stare at each other with their hands accidentally touching one another to be surprise for them to be doing, both of their faces were completely red.
"Minako."
"Ryo."
The two looked away for a few seconds to feeling shy.
"Sorry!" Minako and Ryo said at the same time.
A sweet moment to happen on that one.
"Anyways…! I meant what I said to you, Minako!" said Ryo. "Kento, Cye, Rowen, Sage, Mia, Ully, and me will do that just for you."
"In that case…!" she clears out your throat. "I'm really looking forward to it."
Now changing in to another subject to ask Minako about, from the other day for Ryo to try asking to her nicely.
"Ah, Minako…? One more question if you don't mind of me asking you."
"What's that?" Minako ask.
Ryo takes a deep breath to say it…
"Are you feeling all right? Can you still control your powers even if you don't know who you really are?" he felt scared. "Please don't take this the wrong way…"
Minako understood what Ryo meant there. From having headaches to not remember what happens too, having the strong powers to fighting back a few times, to almost killing Cale from touching the dark energy done by Talpa, and was scared to be fighting back without it to saving the boys the other day. Still, she wanted to know and learn more about herself.
"No, it's fine." Said Minako. "I think I can at some point, but I'm still scared. I can still fight though for you guys. No more running away from this fear anymore, that's for sure. I want to know more about me, my powers, and why am I a pure hearted person to have the power to aid all of you guys as the Ronin Warriors…I want to know more about it. But it's so hard."
"Yeah, it is." Ryo said to her. "At least you're fine now. So you know, I'm here for you. Same with the other guys, White Blaze, and even both Ully and Mia. Don't you forget about that, Minako. So, don't be scared if you need any help from Kero and from us. I'm also glad to hear and I hope we can hang out more too. You and me…"
Minako likes that idea to be smiling at Ryo.
"I like that. That'll be fun."
"Really?" Ryo tries acting cool. "It's a date then…I mean! I know that you want it to be."
"It's fine with me, Ryo."
This makes his day to be closer to Minako even more to be a date later, once the world's been saved first.
"Alright then."
Soon the other finish their snacks and drinks to continue moving on afterwards for Mia stayed close to Ully not to wonder off this time at the others stayed behind them, to also be careful about there are traps all over.
"Mia! Tell me how far I can go on my skate broad, okay?" Ully goes first for Mia keeps her eyes on him.
"Okay. That's good…Not to fast now. Keep going…"
Babysitting him must be something else here, huh Mia? With the others saying that too for Kero and White Blaze both growl to be sensing out danger for the guys and Minako to notice within the mist.
"White Blaze? What's wrong?" Ryo asks her partner.
"Kero…?" Minako then feels it out. "Ah! Guys! There's trouble! All around us!"
"There is?!" Kento, Cye, Rowen, and Sage said as well.
All eight of them stayed close for whatever's out there, wasn't good leaving Ully and Mia stuck as well to be stopping. Just then, an army of Dynasty soldiers attack the Warriors. Out of nowhere! Ryo dodges out to come charging at him as Minako throws on down to the ground from behind thanks to Kero warning her in time; from stores, windows, sewers, on top of building for the Dynasty army to come charging in for Sage to blocking them and then attacking them too. Same with Cye moving away, Rowen throwing their attacks at them, and Kento sending one flying by throwing their staff with them to the floor hard. They're everywhere! Surrounding the six along with White Blaze and Kero as well 'trying to box his way out of this mess to look brave'.
"This is bad…" Minako begins to worry.
"Seems we're surrounded." Ryo said.
Then Rowen says something to be missing two more people.
"Hey! What about Mia and Ully?"
Not good! The Dynasty armies are slowing them down to not be able to save the two in time.
"We need to save Mia and Ully before they go after them next!" said Minako.
"Sorry, but we're a little busy to go anywhere else because of them!" Cye said to try fighting back.
Kero tries blowing fire at them for Ryo and Minako to fight back too and call out to Mia and Ully to tell them to run away without looking back, do it now!
"Ully! Mia! Get out of here!" Ryo shouts to them.
"Run away!" and Minako does the same.
Mia heard Ryo's voice from afar…Just as the two were about to go back to play it smart, soon other soldiers also go after Mia and Ully 'for White Blaze to come to the rescue in time to make their escape'; going into the train station for Rowen guards them to save their lives. Along with possessed cars. For Cye, Minako, Ryo, and Kero arrive to stop the cars to save both Ully and Mia in time 'even with the staff won't save them all this time unless it was an emergency'.
"Ryo! Minako!" Mia was surprised to see them.
"Cye! Kero!" same with Ully too.
Oh! And let's not forget about Kento too as he punches the rest out of his way too.
"Hey! What about me?" he said to throw the other cars aside. "Ryo! Minako! Cye! I'm taking over from here! Get going!" Seems they must for Kento must hold them off on his own.
"Kento!" Ryo panics.
Soon another truck drives at the two, for Minako tries using her crystal moves to hold it back.
"Mia! Ully! Look out!"
For Cye carries them out in time before it crashes right into them.
"Nice one, Cye." Said Ryo.
"You saved them just in time…" Minako sees a few more coming. "Kero! From left and right!"
Kero whirlwind the rest of them away with his powerful gust of wind from his wings just time.
"Ryo. Minako. Get Mia and Ully out of here while Kento and I take care of those mind control vehicles."
And so, the five of the others do so…
"Thanks. Come on, Minako." he said.
"Right. Let's go, you guys."
"Be careful, Cye." Mia said to him as she leaves.
Looks like Cye and Kento will be just fine, just as White Blaze and Rowen are handling the rest on theirs as well. The rest of the five were running through a big mall to be empty, but filled with Dynasty warriors coming at them making things much worse…
"What do we do now?" ask Ully.
"Ryo! Minako!" Mia panics again.
"No wonder why this place is quiet, it's a trap here." Ryo said to them.
Soon Kero growls again for more were coming as Minako stops some of them on her own with her good fighting skills.
"Back off!" she said to feeling out a few more coming out of hiding. "Ryo! Kero!"
The Dynasty army just jump at them for Ryo and Minako 'with Kero's help too' stop their strikes in time to hold them off for the other two to escape in time.
"Mia! Ully! Get out of here!" Ryo said to them. "Now!"
They do so as the other three stayed close to fighting off the rest if they could.
"Just keep running, you two! And we'll meet with each other from one of the streets later! The others know about this so keep going and don't stop!" Once Minako said that, they do so right away.
"Okay!" said Mia.
They kept on running to try to make it to the top without bumping into anymore of the armies now, almost getting run over by a controlled train for Sage comes to the rescue for them just in time on the second one. This whole thing forces the Warriors to split up which Sage realizes is the Dynasty's intention: to use Mia and Ully to split the Warriors up so they're weaker. Now we'll know what happen to the others from there…
Sage, Mia and Ully escape the subway only to be confronted by Dynasty soldiers. Sage armors up 'as the other four and Minako too' and takes them out while across the city the other Warriors take out the soldiers attacking them, but they are scattered. As the others were worried about one another to finding them all, even for Minako and Kero was separated from Ryo to finding him, then Mia and Ully, and the others afterwards.
"(Ryo…? Great. Not only did I lose Ryo followed by Mia and Ully…Also Kento, Cye, Rowen, Sage, and White Blaze as well. Guess I better start looking around and stay sharp from anymore danger.)" she gets going on the search with her guard up. "Kero, let's go. Its searching time."
And away they go…Elsewhere, a building is brought down forcing Sage, Ully and Mia back into the subway where they are confronted by Cale. He absorbs all the light in the subway and Sage's light power. Sage is unable to unleash his Thunder Bolt Cut for fear of hitting Mia and Ully and Cale captures him with his Black Lightning Flash.
The attack drains Sage of his energy and causes his armor to disappear, but before it can kill him, Ully attacks Cale with the Ancient One's staff. Ully is injured by an attack from Cale, but the staff frees Sage and restores his power along with the light in the subway. Sage calls upon his armor again and blasts Cale away with his Thunder Bolt Cut and apologizes to Ully as he had always thought of Ully as a burden. However, the Warriors are still scattered across the city. Also, the Ancient One's staff disappears.
Searching through the subway for the others, Kento and Rowen reunite. Kento is skeptical at first that it is really Rowen, but Rowen makes a joke about how he found Kento by his growling stomach and he seems to be convinced. Meanwhile, Talpa addresses Cale, Dais, and Sekhmet and informs them that together the Ronin armors are unbeatable, but now that they're separate, they are vulnerable. He plans to use the Ronins own strengths against them and assigns Dais to the task, though he doesn't tell him the plan.
In the subway, Kento is anxious to get out and find the others and suggests blasting out while Rowen cautions that their job is to protect and rebuild and not destroy. Two subway trains come at them, sending them different ways on the track to separate them again. Rowen manages to get out of the way by clinging to the ceiling, but Kento must battle several Dynasty soldiers on his train and when it heads for a pile of rock, climbs on top to escape, but is thrown into a field. There he sees images of the Dark Warlords and Talpa speaks to him. Talpa reveals that the field contains the bones of every mortal that fell to the Ronin armor and that the Ronin armors and the Warlord armors have the same origin. He also reveals that the Ronin armors used to be worn by men that used them to conquer and that while the people wearing them grow stronger the more they're used, so too grows the blood lust.
Talpa believes that it will eventually bring the Warriors over to his side and that they will help him conquer everything. The other Warriors attack Kento and he defeats them, but it is revealed to be all just one of Dais' illusions. He and Talpa try to convince Kento to join them, telling him that the armor contains evil and that its bloodthirsty nature will eventually overwhelm him and cause him to turn. Dais and Talpa claim that Kento's armor was always the most blood-thirsty of the group and thus he will be the first to turn. Dais sends an illusion of an army at Kento and while he realizes what it is, he feels the urge to kill.
Kento armors up and battles Dais and when he grows angry, the armor seems to take control of him somewhat. After taunting Kento by attacking him in the guise of his friends, Dais causes Kento to hit him with Iron Rock Crusher. The attack shatters the illusion and blasts Dais away, but also causes destruction in the city, attracting Rowen to Kento's position. Talpa speaks to Kento, telling him to look at the destruction he caused and saying he proved that all Kento will cause is destruction and that he will soon join his side. Rowen and Kento reunite, but Kento now has doubts about the nature of his and the other Ronins armor and what will happen. Talpa congratulates Dais and tells him his plan is not over yet and that Anubis will handle the next part. Dais doesn't believe Anubis worthy, but Talpa assures him that Anubis has changed.
That doesn't sound good at all…With Sage with Ully and Mia went to find the others, Kento and Rowen are staying close together now without splitting up twice again, Cye with White Blaze maybe on theirs or alone, and – what about Ryo, Minako, and Kero? How are they doing…? Talpa had Minako right where he wanted her to follow with his plan to do to have the pure heart power from within her with a little help from one of the four Dark Warlords to listen in on who gets to go next.
"My Warlords!" Talpa calls out to them. "Minako's alone. Even if one of the Ronin Warriors is with her, this is my chance to take her powers to rule the world. I'll get her to join us…All I need is your poison, Sekhmet. I want her alive. So use your skills to have her weaken, to see if Minako's powers will work on its own. Is that understood?"
Looks like Sekhmet was up once again to aid Talpa with his skills to get back at Minako from the last three times. From his evil grin, laughter, to be licking his lips, and was pleased to take this task for it was on.
"But of course, Master Talpa. As you command."
That didn't sound good at all, even for Anubis on whatever Talpa has in mind for him with the Neither Spirits' help. Not good at all…He was thinking about Minako a lot lately since she tried talking some sense into him from the last fight.
"(M…M…M…Minako…)" Anubis said in pain.
Now I feel bad for this guy…Elsewhere at Talpa's stronghold that was somewhere down town, Minako and Kero kept on searching around all over from high, low, and around to find the others. No luck on the little dragon's end to keep on trying, while Minako felt out that everyone was doing well on their end to get back to after fighting against a lot of Dynasty warriors today for Sage was fine protecting Ully and Mia, White Blaze with Cye or the two on their own, and Kento with Rowen to find Ryo somewhere on his own. Wherever he was at.
"It's okay, Kero, keep on looking and I will too." She said to her friend to keep on walking. "(Good thing Mia and Ully are saved. So now we'll meet up somewhere to be together again. Kento and Rowen should be fine, same with White Blaze and Cye on their own, and Sage will keep an eye on the other two, which leaves Ryo left to find. At least I hope so. First we do that, save the world, the many lives of the innocent people, and find out who I really am after that.)" Just then, Kero heard something to grab hold of Minako's hand to pull her to the direction in a hurry. "Kero? What is it? What's wrong?" Once near the streets, someone grabs Minako out of nowhere to try kicking that person to block it in time. But it was Ryo to show up and they've found each other, or Kero finding him to lower her guard after that and was happy to see him first to be found. "Ryo!" shock Minako.
"Minako! You and Kero are all right!"
Kero flies around and was making such cute noises with joy to be cheerful for the two as they laugh and Minako felt bad for almost hurting Ryo.
"Sorry!"
"Don't be, nice reflex there. One can never be too careful with Talpa's goons wondering around." Ryo has a very good point there.
"I see…" Minako agrees with him. "I guess we should get going to try finding the others then?"
As Minako and Kero continue searching for the others next, Ryo lends her a hand 'literally' to aid them this time by sticking together without getting separated again.
"Then let's get to it. Shall we?" Ryo asks her.
The three continue searching all over to finding everyone else, though it might be a while for Ryo and Minako to stay closer together as Kero kept on looking around in the air without giving up for any of them. Or at least a few at a time, you know? Everything was quiet all over the area that Talpa and the Dynasty have taking over some places in the town, with it being misty out still, dark, and so much evil energy all over to feel out to those who has special powers like our heroes do. Making their way to the streets to walk in and watching their backs for anything 'just in case', to soon feel water on their feet a little to be puddles all over be very odd. Soon from one to be more to making a lake-type all over to get Kero all worried about it and not looking such a normal looking water at all or it hasn't rain in days lately. So, weird…The little dragon tries telling Ryo and Minako that something wasn't right around the area they were in and oh, boy…he can say that again.
"Kero? What's wrong?" then Minako feels it out from the water flowing by. "Ryo…"
He sees 'more like feel it out too'.
"I know. Something's wrong around this area. Be on your guard."
"You got it."
The strange water started to fill up a bit more all over the city area for it to get bigger to become a huge wave coming through for the three to see and it was coming in fast. Kero started to fly away first for both Ryo and Minako make a run for it without stopping.
"Minako…Run for it!" said Ryo.
Running away fast for the water was strong to wash away 'or getting destroyed' anything in the way. Soon Kero gets it from the water to strike up high to get wash back from the other two. Not good! Leaving Minako to go running into it and not to leave her little dragon friend behind, as Ryo tries holding on to her from getting washed away from the power flows of the water was pushing more and more.
"Kero!" Minako jumps on the strong current of the waters using her crystals on her feet. "I'm coming!"
"Minako! Wait!" Ryo grabs a rope to tie it around Minako's waist to not let her go.
"I have to save Kero! He's my best friend, Ryo!"
"But who's going to save you?!"
As Minako was trying to reach out for Kero to grab hold of each other's hand…For the water becomes more powerful to wash Ryo away to let Minako go and Kero too for all three of them were getting wipe out from somewhere else in town, no doubt to be the Dynasty's doing.
"Oh, no! Kero! Ryo!" Minako cries out to them.
Kero couldn't swim or fly out of this mess to be worried about the other two.
"Minako!" same with Ryo.
This was bad here…Minako gets wash all the way into the sewers as Kero goes in to the streets tunnels of some building, and Ryo to be wash aside on the streets. As Minako was feeling cold and hearing that all was quiet to try getting herself up to see darkness all over to feel her way through the place; trying to remember where Ryo and Kero went to and to start searching for them right away once she cleans herself up and getting back up on her feet. Talk about a total wipe out that Minako just had there if you ask me.
"Huh…?" Minako was trying to get a hold of her grip. "What…Just happened…?" she then remembers. "Oh, yeah…I need to find them." As Minako was walking around the dark sewers and her feet were in the water to try feeling out either Ryo, Kero, or both to hopefully be nearby, but with no luck to keep her guard up and still search all over. "Hello?! Hello?!" Minako kept on calling to them. "Kero? Ryo? Where are you guys?! Ryo! Kero?! Anyone?!" From looking around, above, below, underneath, behind, or in front, Minako couldn't find any of the two but she did felt a sharp pain from some spider wondering around to pinch her. Lucky not to be a poison type of bug for Minako to flick it off her after that. "Gross!" she said to continue searching. "(Have to keep looking around for them. I know they have to be in the sewers too, like me.)" As Minako was looking around to avoid more powerful waters to rush down fast to move fast and jump on down to the next floor, even more for Dynasty armies and Archana-Cons too surround the tunnels for her to run in to; more like ready to fight for Minako had no trouble taking them all on one by one 'for some to be wash away' but the spider female-like army can swim and walk all over it like her to be a bit way different. So she had no trouble on her end…As Ryo wakes up to notice that he loss Minako and Kero to go find them with the sewers to feel Minako out first to go into his armor to go find her quickly while she was too busy fighting alone, that she needed to transform into her armor next to get corner to the wall. "All right, time to get serious!" she suits up. "ARMOR OF DIAMOND! TO ARMS!" Now Minako was ready to use her scythe and fights back against the many armies surrounding this girl with fast skills, lots of crystals/diamonds all over to turn to crystal shards for them all, and such to make it through. Not bad. As her search continues to find Ryo and Kero somewhere nearby to be on standby for another fight if it were to happen again. "(Well, now that's taken care of…Time to find both Ryo and Kero.)" she said. "(No way will I be going down that easily this time, or be afraid of my powers anymore. I know I can do this.)"
Soon Minako heard a voice of an evil laughter to be on her guard for more Dynasty armies to come by. It was Talpa, echoing throughout the sewers.
"At long last…We meet, Minako of the Diamond. The Pure Hearted key of all of the Mystical Armors." said the evil demon.
"Huh?" Minako tries feeling out the evil aurora. "Where's that voice coming from? (I got a very bad feeling about this…)"
The voice was getting much closer to where Minako was going to.
"The power that I need to rule this world…! All of it by your armor, Minako…" Talpa's spirit shows himself for he uses his powers to control an empty armor to move on its own being strong because of his doing. "Now…Come to me!"
Minako sees the statue 'that Talpa was controlling it' to strike at her, but she moves away in time. First time for her seeing the villain of all time after hearing so much about the demon-like lord of the Evil Dynasty.
"Who…Who are you?!" she demanded to know.
"This is the first time we're meeting face to face, another Ronin Warrior member. I never except to see someone like you, a woman on the team to try to stop me. In fact, I have come for you. I brought with me two things in our little conversation to test you out, this is one of them to be fighting with since I can't fight in my physical form." Talpa laughs. "At least for the time being."
Minako must keep her guard up to defend herself against Talpa's magic. As this girl avoids the water to be freezing up 'diamond-like style' and the rest to attack the statue more to going down 'but not Talpa since he was in spirit form to still be too powerful', it'll take more than this as silly tricks to bring this female fighter down.
"Want to talk, huh? You mind if I talk with my fist?!" Turning Minako's hands into diamond-like hand shape rocks to start punching the statue a lot to still be standing up. Because of Talpa's evil magic to make this type of thing, it can't be destroyed.
"Very good, my dear." He said. "But not good enough!" Talpa's evil energy waves pushes Minako aside to go flying, but she hangs in there.
"You don't scare me, Talpa! I know all about you and with my friends who are the Ronin Warriors, we will stop you!"
"Is that so?" he mocks Minako. "I sense a strong energy from within you, Minako. I've seen your work in battle. Stopping Anubis on your own, avoiding Dais's illusions, non-affected by Sekhmet's deadly poison, defeated Cale within seconds…and much more from your mysterious powers that you aren't aware of. But I know. I know it all after learning about you. You are a special one for someone I once loved and knew, who reminds me of you. The key that'll give me such power to rule this world! Just like I did centuries ago."
Minako didn't get what Talpa was getting at.
"What are you saying?!" Minako asked. "The key to what? Who do I remind you of?!"
"Haven't you notice it yet?" ask the villain. "If you can survive anything from my dark magic of the other Warlords, then you can unleash it better than giving you such ahead from your anger. You may not remember doing it, but you're starting to know your true goal."
Minako won't be fooled by Talpa's words one bit…
"I made a promise to myself to never do that ever again! I almost murder Cale!" she said. "I want to save this world and destroy you and your army, but I feel something more from the other four Dark Warlords! They're not evil! And either are my five friends or myself!"
"Is that so, my dear…?" Talpa was mocking her again. "I think you might have to on what I'm placing you in to."
"What are you talking about?!"
Before Minako could force to ask Talpa about that part, something comes flying for her to sense and jump away in time before the sewer pipes melt from the poison. Oh, boy. Looks like Sekhmet is making an entrance for this girl to be facing and Talpa's toys alone.
"Ah, Sekhmet, the Warlord or Venom has arrived."
From the evil laughter from that person makes his appearance for Minako senses danger besides not be affected by the poison.
"Sekhmet?!" she was shock. "(Is this what Talpa was talking about?)"
This is the fourth time that Minako will be facing against Sekhmet alone.
"Long time no see, Minako of the Diamond and Pure Heart to the Ronin Warriors to store their powers to your five little friends! This time, I'll be sure to beat you for good since Lord Talpa to take you to the Dynasty's side alive."
"What?! On the Dynasty's side?! Me?!" shock and confused Minako. "I'll never join you!"
Talpa just laughs for he tries attacking Minako again to keep her guard up and blocking the axe weapon with her scythe in time.
"You have no choice, Minako. You must become part of me…"
"(What was that…?)" she fights back. "Forget it!" As Minako tries making a run for it as Sekhmet goes after her for Talpa to watch the rest and be ready.
"Sekhmet! You know what you must do…" he said.
"But of course, Master Talpa."
Sekhmet goes after Minako within the sewers and still no sign of either Ryo and Kero to be anywhere. Though he was making his way inside of the sewers to feel her out to try to find Minako in time, as she was sword fighting against a Dark Warlord of Venom on her own.
"I rather die than become part of that madman's body!" she said.
The two swords fight with each other and Minako stays calm within the venom smoke going around all over the sewers, due to the bad smell making it strong to spread everywhere.
"You will be part of Master Talpa's goal to become one with him and bring the Dynasty to the top of taking over everything. It's your destiny, Minako." said the Warlord of Venom.
"Destiny nothing!" Minako fires her attack. "Shard of Crystal Cyclone! (Direct hit!)"
As Sekhmet gets caught into Minako's attack to be frozen all over with diamond-like ice to break to injured him more with a nice shot. However, Sekhmet destroys the remaining diamond shards all over him to use his attack back at her.
"Now it's my turn…! Snake Fang Strike!"
"What?!" shock Minako to try using her scythe in time to stop Sekhmet's many six swords in time for she defends herself for the next attack.
"What's this?" Sekhmet questions Minako. "You want to keep on fighting? I'm surprised that you can since my poison cannot affect you."
"Of course, it can't! It'll take more than snake-like venom to stop me-!" Minako started to cough roughly to feel week and light headed. "Huh?" This girl starts to feel weak, seeing blurry things, having trouble standing up, and such to feel like Minako has been poison within her body. But how was that even possible? From the bug bite that she had, it was really a snake's doing by Sekhmet's venom and Talpa's magic to be mistaken, for she can be affected from her blood veins instead. This was bad.
"Looks like my venom's finally taking effect on you." Said Sekhmet.
"Venom?!" surprised Minako. "But how's that possible?!" she coughs up badly again.
Ouch! Looks like Sekhmet does a surprise attack on Minako just as she already enters inside of the sewers, now that was a dirty trick. Must have happened when Minako was wondering around to hit a bug for biting her; but instead it was already dead by Sekhmet's snakes to bitten her with the venom coursing through her body to make its escape once it happened without her feeling any bad Dynastys' yet…This was really bad for her to get weak now.
"I bet you remembered, don't you Minako?"
"A sneaky move, wouldn't you say?" Talpa taunts with her.
"Hey!" she now remembers it all to sense it happening right now. "What have you done!?" Sekhmet then attacks for Minako to try jumping up, using her crystal skills, and laying on another attack at the enemy.
"Exactly what Master Talpa wanted me to do!"
Another sword fight going on and combat skills.
"No!" she attacks again. "Shard of Crystal Cyclone-!" Minako then stops to feeling weak.
More like unable to attack Sekhmet this time or use any of her attack, for both Sekhmet and Talpa got her where they wanted her to be. Ryo…Where are you? Hurry up and get to her!
"What's wrong, Minako? Feeling tired already?" said Talpa to be laughing. "Now you see that it's pointless to be part of me without any other choice."
Minako couldn't even strike back at Sekhmet to get the upper hand at her this time to make her feel weak and sick, so unfair of a battle she was having.
"(This is bad…! I can't fight back, find Kero, and Ryo's nowhere to be found…)" Minako begins to panic. "(What am I supposed to do now?)"
"I would surrender to the Dynasty and Master Talpa now, woman, if I were you." Sekhmet started walking up to Minako. "My poison will only get worse and worse unless you surrender."
Minako makes a quick crystal clone to make her escape in time to try making a run for it to finding the others.
"Don't let her escape, Sekhmet!" Talpa order him.
"Snake Fang Strike!" The Dark Warlord of Venom was all over the sewers 'at least that attack missed her the last second to make her escape' for Minako to try out running him to feeling tired to go anywhere. Trying to hide from Sekhmet for him to move his sword all over the walls to try to get to her and taunting so much, she couldn't hide forever…Though Minako was trying very hard – just not for very long from the looks of it. "Here kitty, kitty…Here kitty, kitty. Nice little kitty…"
Hurry, get going…!
"(This is my chance…)" she said quietly.
Trying to crawl away from Sekhmet in time to try out running somewhere until Minako cough up badly to be caught from behind, by grabbing hold of her and unable to break free from his strong grasp.
"Got you!" said Sekhmet to then be laughing.
"Stop it!" Minako head-butts Sekhmet to the face in time to our run him before collapsing, but Talpa speaks out throughout the entire sewer area.
"Not so fast!" said the even Dynasty ruler. "Try escaping again, or you can say goodbye to your little dragon friend who is tied up to death."
Talpa had a hold of Kero from his statue he was controlling. For one wrong move from a spider would be crush flat, for Minako had to say him. The poor little dragon was electrocuted badly and unable to do anything to getting out.
"Kero!" Minako worries. "Let him go!"
Talpa was being serious to hold on to the innocent dragon as his hostage.
"Think carefully, Minako…"
With Kero crying but for him to nod a 'no' to Minako, but she couldn't abandon her only friend that she had to saved.
"Don't hurt him." Minako then collapse for Sekhmet grabs her by the arm from behind to really hurt her. "Ah! I've been caught!"
"Try escaping this time, Minako!" he said. "Master Talpa, she won't do anything now. I got the dragon. You may do the rest as you please."
With Sekhmet using Kero as a hostage to hold on to, Minako was now strapped down by Talpa magic for his statue was using dark magic, due to the venom she was unable to break free as a pure heart against the Dynasty's powers.
"Excellent work, Sekhmet, we've finally got her." said Talpa. "Now, Minako…Allow me to explain everything to you before I have your powers of the Pure Heart and your Mystical Armor."
"Leave Kero alone!" she said in anger.
Kero couldn't get out of this mess to watch and listen to the horror that was going on right now.
"I'll set him free without you fighting back, as if you would try to…Only because the powers that's inside of you are part of me too. For you see, you are half of my creations…Who almost died to be brought back to life because of this! By the Ancient One's doing!"
What was that now? Minako was confused but Kero, is like he knows of something about her.
"What do you mean 'part of your powers'?" she asked.
Talpa just laughs to begin to tell her with Ryo still rushing to her and Kero's rescue from inside the sewers.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You haven't figured it out about yourself, haven't you? How sad. It took me a while to know that you were aiding the Ronin Warriors, I know who you are to remind me of the woman I once loved from long ago to be like her and knowing a lot about you…Minako, Armor of Diamond and the Pure Heart of the Ronin Warriors, you are my handmade clone with human skin. The clone corpse of my beloved Suzuki, Priestess of the Hijo Clan. Your great ancestor."
"What!?" shock Minako.
What's this now…? Kero knew that Minako will learn the shocking truth about Talpa's past involving with her great ancestor from long ago for Ryo felt the pain she was in too.
"(Minako…I feel the pain going on around her, she's nearby. I'm coming to save you! Hang on!)" Ryo tries running there.
As Sekhmet was laughing in a psycho kind of way, Talpa then tells Minako all about it what really happened to her that she wanted to learn about herself to be from bad to worse like Kento learned about their armors.
"You wish to know so much about yourself? Then allow me to tell you all about it." Talpa speaks up. "Centuries ago, I use to rule all from distant lands to turn the entire world into darkness to rule everything. I wanted power for no man or beast didn't stop me, but two powerful humans did for one as my enemy the Ancient One for he has been aiding you very well and the other Suzuki; those two were the best to stop me only to fall for one who always looked brave, strong, and powerful to never heisted against my magic until I was sealed away from all nine of my Mystical Armors from the five Ronin Warriors and four Dark Warlords. Though I wanted to bring Suzuki by my side, she died trying to stop me, leaving that pathetic Ancient One to still stand in my way centuries later…Though I've loss her, I knew a way to bring her back to life to making clones of her left over energy living things from golems within my temples, although it worked, but it needed a blood related type for it to work completely; and by that I met you since you were killed somehow before I was set free today after some accident you were in that coast both your mother, father, and you two brothers their lives. You are still human, but the other half of your body is the pure heart creation for the Ancient One to give you and that little dragon to guide, protect, and aid the Ronin Warriors to try helping them from the powers you have, part of you knows it with another not knowing how to control the rest. From me to once again be free by a certain human who I should thank for…I knew I would find my golem shell that's in you revive half skin, close to death and such to still be alive, Minako. You are the Pure Heart of the Ronin Warriors, a member, and must become part of me. It's your destiny. Now do you see who you really are?"
Looks like Kero puts his head down to look and feel upset as Minako sense that what she tries to remember was still fuzzy within her head, she knew that Talpa was right. Not good at all.
"(What…?)" Minako looks at herself from a puddle of water. "(Is this all true? What happen to my parents? What happen to Talpa? All of this for me to be different from almost dying…? No! That isn't true! It can't be true!)" She was upset with Sekhmet licking Minako's skin in a sickening way.
"Now do you see, Minako? You are part of Master Talpa. There's no escaping from your destiny…"
"No…! It can't be real…! It just can't!"
This was bad for poor Minako to try not believing in all of it…She started having flash back little at a time to be remembering – from going on a family trip, to a temple, something weird was opening within a door, darkness all around for Minako passes out from that point, to waking up to see the Ancient One saving her to be doing something with her, and saving Kero that started it all along with saving world and uncovering her powers. Hurting her so for Kero to see and listen in to all of this for Talpa to be telling the truth, what are they going to do now?
"And now you know, Minako my dear…" said Talpa. "Do you see now that you are part of me to be given a new life to serve a goal by my side? There's no point escaping from your destiny or defeating me and Sekhmet. I would give up now if you wish to suffer less let alone the venom still coursing through your body. Just say it, Minako, become part of me again like my beloved would have, my Suzuki. Becoming something that I wish to have and I shall for us the Destiny to rise once more!"
With Talpa saying all of this, was this the end for poor Minako and Kero to surrender? Not to Minako, though weak and scared, she would never join the side of evil to be with the friends that she cares about to still find out about her family, and to think of both Kero and Ryo all sudden to still give her the fighting edge. You go, girl!
"No!" she said to be fighting back. "I will never become part of you, Talpa! Or join the Dynasty's side to hurt others that I truly care about!"
"What!?" Talpa was shock. "How can you still fight back from my powers!?"
"You should be weak and begging for mercy!" same with Sekhmet.
Kero then looks up to see how Minako was getting stronger.
"You heard me! I will never join the dark side…I have friends…Even if I can't remember who I was or who my family were, I will remember it to still be myself, not a weapon or someone who hates your guts, Talpa! I have Kero, Ryo, Kento, Cye, Rowen, Sage, Mia, Yulia, and White Blaze who let me fight while you use people like the Dark Warlords as tools! You're the worse of your kind who ever existed!"
Talpa sees that Minako could still be herself throughout the venom within her to still be weaken. He still won't give up to having what he needs to have to rule the world, for Kero was still in danger for Minako still couldn't break free from the dark magic.
"You dare mock me!?" he said in anger. "If you think talking to me like that would stop me from completing my task? Think again! Come, Minako, fuse in me! Give me power!"
Talpa tries pulling Minako towards his spirit form for she couldn't pull away from the danger as her body started to glow suddenly that didn't make her get a headache this time, it was coming from her heart. Soon Kero glows up too…Soon to get angry and to be blowing fire at Sekhmet to let go of the little dragon to be very powerful.
"That dragon can still fight!? Impossible!" shock the Warlord of Venom.
"Don't let that thing escape, Sekhmet!" Talpa gave him an order. "Hurry while I still have a hold of-!"
Minako then gets mad 'as Ryo was almost close to getting to his destination', she glows up for everything crystallize all over the sewers to also freeing herself, the venom, protecting Kero, and blasting Talpa and Sekhmet out of here as the statue was be destroyed instead in defending the two evil Dynasty.
"Shut up!" cried out Minako to unleashing powerful magic all over the place. "Just shut up and leave me alone!"
With Kero uses his other fire to block the two evil away from him and Minako, the little dragon couldn't reach to her friend with lots of crystal shards all over the place for Ryo to see too.
"(Isn't that…?)" he rushes over to them. "Minako! Kero!"
As the statue was destroyed and Minako was free from the venom, she was still scared to think she was losing control again to be hiding in the corner of fear and kept on saying 'don't lose control' repeatedly. Leaving Talpa and Sekhmet to make their escape.
"Master Talpa!"
"Such power…I must have it!" Talpa said to be amazed in seeing all of this. "Sekhmet! Retreat for now, her powers are too great."
Sekhmet understood to make a quick retreat.
"Understood." he said to be taking off as he blows a kiss to Minako. "I already got payback from the last few fights we had, it was worth it."
Before Talpa's spirit form could disappears, he says this to Minako…
"Minako, you have so much power that you never knew of. Don't you think by talking back to me will get you nowhere…I will be back for you. Soon we'll become one as another Suzuki to be with me forever. Just you wait and see."
As Talpa disappears, Minako was scared to move at all for Kero tries flying to waking her up, soon Ryo comes in to the rescue by destroying the crystal shards around her with his attacks.
"Flare up Now!"
It worked! He hangs in there to reach out to Minako, as she tries to the same for him too.
"Ryo? Ryo!"
"Minako!" he calls out to her.
With the two reaching their hands out to each other, they touch and then to be hugging for Minako's powers to slow down and the shards to go away after that. Kero goes over to her too and then was getting held once again and healed up thanks to her. She controlled her inner powers on her own once again that was a good one this time and getting rid of the venom out of her body for good.
"Ryo, I…Talpa and Sekhmet…! He hurt Kero, try to absorbed me, and said that I was a half clone creation to some woman from long ago! It was awful…"
"Minako, I'm here for you now. It's all right." He said while wanted to know more on that happened to them. "What do you mean by a half clone creation?"
Once he asks Minako that she started to sound upset, but had to tell him for she wasn't mad a Kero either for not saying anything in the first place since they first met. Still, the two got a long way to go for them to know a lot more about the dragon later.
"Kero…It's not your fault. We'll always be the best of friends." she hugs him. "Still, we have to tell Ryo. I need to."
Kero understood to make a cute noise to leave the rest to Minako. As she told Ryo everything that happened to them, not to mention on what she was to still have trouble remembering the rest and to know her family was still out there somewhere alive somehow the last time she saw them and the rest was a blur. Feeling, acting, and looking like her human self with some power, Minako was still her and nothing else. Shocking to him, he was both sad and mad on what Talpa has done for her parents saved her in time in the coast of becoming a Pure Heart Ronin Warrior or a type of power that was really meant to serve Talpa to rule the world.
"So..all this time, you were…?" he was shock. "No! That Talpa…! He'll pay for this! Minako, I won't let him make you become his weapon!"
Minako started to cry.
"Wait…You still care about me? What about the others?" she asks him. Ryo places his hands on Minako's face to wipe the tears off her.
"I'll talk to them. Because you are the same Minako that I know of when we first meant. You are a human being to me, and yourself to still have a heart to care and love to know all about it. I will never leave your side ever again."
Once he said that to her, Minako cries on Ryo to be hugging him and he hugs her back until the pain goes away. For Anubis feels it out too for somewhere that he was in now, wasn't good at all to be thinking about her suddenly.
"(Minako…!)" he said.
For Minako cries until she got it all out of her, Ryo will make sure that the others when telling them once they all reunite real soon will still care about her as they were all friends.
"Ryo…Thank you." She said. "You're so kind and sweet to me…I knew I had friends that kept me strong, because of it, I wore off the venom that was weakening me. I just…I want to be with you guys forever. I want to find my family again."
"And we will too, Minako. I'll never let Talpa or the Dynastys get to you ever again." He said to then kissing her head a little. "I promise. (I feel like I'm stronger when I'm around her.)"
As Minako was feeling better again for her and Ryo to spend more time together and Kero keeping watch to getting out the sewers now 'and back into the city', Talpa was still watching them after what he witnessed today.
"I see…" he was amused. "So, Ryo of the Wildfire has fallen in love with Minako…But not for long!" he laughs. "Sekhmet, well done today. It's only a matter of time now until she becomes part of me."
He bows down to his master.
"Yes, Master Talpa. Though Minako has fought off my venom and recovered quickly from her amazing powers, you'll have her soon enough. We the Dynasty, shall rule this world." He said to changing the subject now. "And I take it that he's ready?"
Meaning Anubis was in grave danger on what Talpa was doing to him.
"That he is, Sekhmet. I'll make sure that his powers still serve me…It is time. And before long, so will Minako to be joining us real soon."
And so, with the others trying to find each other and out of danger – for Sage with Mia and Ully, Kento with Rowen, Cye wit White Blaze, and Ryo along with both Minako and Kero…They headed somewhere to find each other and keeping guard from anymore Dynasty attacks that's been happening to some of them so far today. How will this all turn out for Kento feeling about their armors and Minako to be a bit different from anyone else still than just feeling like her normal self? More to come next time as Kero was healed back up and happy to see Ryo and Minako getting closer and holding hands as they walk throughout the city to begin their search this time, and staying together too.
"Ready, Minako?" Ryo asks her.
She tries being strong. Though still a bit sad, Minako will do her best to still have friends even like Kero and Ryo to care about her more.
"I am, Ryo, let's go." And off they go, at least for Minako will be ready for anything this time when it comes it ever again… "(I am me. I am still me…Not a tool for Talpa to control, different human being to still be myself, having friends, Kero, controlling my powers, and finding my family as soon as we've saved everyone else from Talpa and his evil Dynasty bad guys. I will do this! I know the others will still care about me afterwards, but the truth must come out to be really shocking to hear and learn about or so…Ryo. Kero. Thank you. I know what we must do next. I will be ready for them the next time.)"