Ronin Warriors - Dark War Part 17: Howl of Dread Wind
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The Dark War
By: Talpa
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Ronin Warriors - The Dark War
Part 17: Howl of Dread Wind
By: Talpa
The Ronins were resting at Mia's house after their defeat at the hands of Anubis. The former Warlords soon returned.
"Did you stop Draka?" Ryo asked.
"Take a look outside, its dusk out when it should be morning. We failed miserably," Sekhmet responded.
"We are loosing pretty badly," Kento interjected.
"I thought we were suppose to have the advantage. Heck we have these armors, the gems of power, the Dark Inferno, the Jewel of Life, Saber Strike, Wolfe, the great Hariel. Why aren't we slaughtering these punks." Sai complained.
Saber Strike and Hariel entered the living room looking a bit battered.
Rowan spoke up, "What happened?"
"We were attacked by Mayu and Anubis, they caught us off guard. The Dark Inferno suffered massive damage and will be out of commission for a while it conducts repairs," Hariel stated solemnly.
Kento slammed his fist down on the table sending a small crack down it, "DANG IT! Why hasn't anything begun to go our way over this entire stinking battle."
"Cool it Kento, " Sai said, "getting frustrated and angry over this isn't going to help."
"I'm tired of loosing!"
"I agree with Kento, constantly loosing to forces way beyond us is insane. We don't even know what the heck Draka wants to do with these armors." Ryo said, backing up Kento.
Sekhmet entered the argument, "We have got to find out something better to do than just try to cut Draka off at the latest armor. We need a preemptive strike!"
"That would be stupid and suicidal," the Monk stated.
"Do you have a better plan??" Kento screamed.
"No I do not, but until we are able to unravel more of this mystery we have no choice but to keep trying to stop Draka from getting another armor."
"Fine then, tell us the next location."
The Monk pulled out his scrolls and rolled them out onto the table. He pointed to a location. "Here, this is going to be his next target."
The Ronins, Kayura, Hariel, set out to stop Draka.
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Outside of Draka's palace stood two of the Armors of Darkness. Draka stood and looked at them happily.
"My plans go well. Already I have attained two of the Armors. My forces have knocked the Dark Inferno out of commission. My warlords shall soon acquire another of the Armors. Already my armies are preparing. Kuei Long Shen will soon return. Definitely a good day, or perhaps I should say night. Vengeance will be mine." Draka said looking over to the pitch black Armor of the Light Slayer, "Still, despite my progress Talpa continues his own agenda, determined to take this world and feast upon the emotions of humans. And these Ronin Warriors are becoming an ever increasing pain in my side."
Mayu, Hikaro, and Anubis approached their lord and kneeled before him.
"We have come as you requested, my Lord," Hikaro began.
"Good, It is time for us to activate another of the Armors of Darkness," Draka waved his hand as he spoke creating the spectral map of Japan.
"This is your target," Draka stated pointing to dot on the map, "go and retrieve the Armor for me."
"We shall not fail, my Lord," Hikaro replied.
The three Warlords turned and left the charred circle to carry out the orders of their master.
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It was lunch time in Kyoto High school. The bells rang and the students exited to enjoy their lunches. A young girl made her way out of the building holding her books in one hand and her lunch in the other. She looked up to the darkened sky and wondered why it was so dark even though it was noon time. The girl decided not to worry about it. She brushed her long black hair to the side and made her way down the steps.
As the girl made her way down the steps she stumbled and fell forward.
"Have a nice trip, Kajin?" one of her school mates shouted taunting her.
Kajin Ikari landed on her hands and knees. Her books and lunch slid across the ground in front of her. She gritted her teeth and mumbled to herself as her eyes filled with intense anger, "Every single day they do these things to me. Every blasted day. I never did anything to them. I wish they would stop, I wish they would stop, I wish they would stop!"
Kajin got up and walked solemnly away trying forget about this experience.
High above the school one of Kinjiro's Mecha Knights hovered and scanned the area, trying to detect where the chi energy surge was coming from.
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The swampy terrain that hid the third Armor of Darkness seemed even darker after the Armor of the Light Slayer's activation. There, hidden under some moss and peat was the shrine that marked the location of another Armor of Darkness.
The Ronins, Kayura, and Hariel approached the shrine and stood guard. Mayu, Anubis and Hikaro approached and the two factions faced off.
"Back for another beating?" Mayu stated.
"You're the ones that are going to get beaten!" Kento screamed.
Mayu primped her hair, "We'll just see about that wont we."
"Ronins! TO ARMS!" Ryo shouted.
"ARMOR OF WILDFIRE! TAO JIN!"
"ARMOR OF TORRENT! TAO SHIN!"
"ARMOR OF HARD ROCK! TAO GI!"
"ARMOR OF STRATA! TAO INOCHI!"
"ARMOR OF HALO! TAO CHI!"
"ARMOR OF INFERNO! TAO HI!"
The armors formed up around the Ronins and they stood ready to face off against Draka's warlords.
Anubis jumped high swirling the chain end of his kursari-gama above his head. Kento charged forwards and tackled Hikaro to the ground. Hikaro fell back and used his legs to push Kento off of him. Kento fell back and hit the ground with his back. Anubis descended from his jump crashing his foot into Kento's midsection. Kento cringed in pain and a look of intense anger crossed his face. He grabbed Anubis's foot and pulled it from under him causing him to fall. Kento quickly stood and gripped Anubis in a headlock.
Kento pulled Anubis up and then slammed him face first into the ground.
"THUNDER BOLT CUT!" Sage screamed as his sword sent a bolt of lightning towards Anubis. Rolling to the side Anubis was able to avoid the attack. He regained his stance and prepared for battle once more.
Mayu walked forwards causally, seeming almost bored with this battle. She jumped back as a couple of arrows landed at her feet.
Rowan stood, bow in hand, looking proud of himself, "Hold it right there lady. Next one goes though your heart."
"Believe me, I'm shaking," Mayu stated calmly with a hint of sarcasm.
Rowan took aim, "ARROW SHOCK WAVE!"
Mayu side stepped left avoiding the attack. She ran forward. "SPECTRAL ENERGY DRAIN!" She screamed as her right hand slammed into Rowan's face. Rowan fell to his knees as she pulled the energy out of him.
Sai ran forward and knocked Mayu's arm away from Rowan's face with the blunt end of his spear. Rowan fell to his hands and knees and struggled to get back up and regain his power. Mayu looked over to Sai, "So sissy boy would like to play too?"
Sai thrust his spear towards Mayu who jumped and landed, balancing gracefully on top of it. She gave Sai a coy little smile before kicking him in the face and backflipping off of the spear.
"You two are pathetic. I mean I drained your energy and kicked you upside the head. And what have you two managed to do? Well you've done a pretty good job of falling down. Haha." Mayu joked.
The two got to their feet and focused their power.
"SUPER WAVE SMASHER!"
"ARROW SHOCK WAVE!"
The energy from the attacks shot forward at Mayu. She jumped high and brought her hands back. "SPECTRAL ENERGY BLAST!" She yelled as a flurry of blasts went screaming from her hands. The blasts impacted the ground and made their way to Sai and Rowan. The pair turned and ran trying to avoid the hail of energy blasts.
Mayu's barrage stopped as she felt a pain in her back. She was brought down head first into the ground by Hariel's tackle. Hariel pinned her to the ground.
"You are really starting to tick me off," Mayu stated.
"I won't be loosing any sleep over it."
Mayu concentrated her power as a sphere of energy formed around her blasting Hariel off. Hariel hit the ground and got right back up.
"Its time for you to taste the power of the Inferno Armor."
"For some reason I'm not scared. It might just have something to do with the fact that I'm better than you," Mayu said sarcastically as she drew her sais.
Ryo and Sage faced off against Hikaro. Hikaro stood, blue-black flames surrounding his hands. Ryo jumped up and brought his katanas down at Hikaro. He blocked with his gauntlet. Ryo pressed the attack trying to break though the block. Hikaro threw Ryo away from him as Sage brought a roundhouse kick into Hikaro's stomach. Hikaro curled up from the force of the blow. Sage followed up with a snap kick to Hikaro's head, knocking him over.
Sage and Ryo walked over to Hikaro's body and began stomping on him and kicking him in the sides.
Mayu stood staring into the eyes of Hariel. She slashed at him with her sais as he parried with his Soul Swords. Mayu dropped low and swept Hariel off of his feet. He fell back, she ran forward and kicked the swords out of his hands. They landed a few feet away.
"Now Hariel, you are going to see how it feels to be beaten by a lady."
"SPECTRAL ENERGY DRAIN!" Mayu shouted as she slammed her hand onto his chest. Hariel cringed as he could feel the energy being ripped out of him. Mayu laughed cutely as she enjoyed the sensation of ripping Hariel's energy away. She looked over and saw Hikaro down and being beaten like a dog by Sage and Ryo. "These Ronins never fought so brutally before. I wonder what's happening to them?" She thought to herself. Mayu moved her hand to Hariel's neck, using it to pick him up. She then hurled him bodily into Sage and Ryo, knocking them away from Hikaro. Hikaro used this opportunity to roll away and stand back up.
Hikaro focused his energy. "DARK NETHER FLAME!" he screamed as he sent off a barrage of attacks which ripped into Sage, Ryo, and Hariel. They fell back and tried to brace themselves against the attack.
"Ronin dogs. You fight like cowards."
"You're just making excuses because we whipped your sorry butt" Ryo stated back.
"DIE!!" Hikaro charged forward, "SPHERE OF ANNIHILATION!"
Hikaro's body rippled with energy as an all engulfing black sphere radiated out from it. Ryo, Sage, and Hariel ran trying to escape it. Hariel turned to face Hikaro.
"RAGE OF INFERNO!"
Hariel's blast of fire impacted the sphere and stopped its advance. Hikaro tried to force more power into the sphere but Hariel countered by increasing the power of his own attack. Hikaro conceded and dropped the sphere.
Kayura faced off against Mayu once more.
"You beat me and took my armor, girl, but I'm going to have my retribution. And I shall have it now," Kayura stated as anger grew inside her.
"Listen you dried up old hag, I don't have time to deal with you so why don't you just get out of my way. That way when you loose you at least won't be in any pain," Mayu responded.
"Well see who goes away in pain!"
Kayura dashed towards her opponent and jumped high bringing her Starlight Swords down on Mayu. Mayu raised her sais and blocked the attack. She slammed her foot into Kayura's stomach. Kayura lost her concentration and Mayu quickly released herself from the block. She ran up and spun around kicking Kayura in the head knocking her forward.
Kayura hit the ground with her hands, tucked into a ball and rolled forward. She regained her footing quickly. Kayura dashed forward and slashed at Mayu's chest. She jumped back avoiding the attack. Kayura pressed forward, forcing the attack further.
"Obviously you've been practicing, Kayura, however --"
"SPECTRAL ENERGY DRAIN!" Bolts of Energy rippled around Mayu and extended outward. Kayura jumped back avoiding the growing field of bluish energy.
"Not Today!" Kayura shouted, "STAR SWORD SCREAM!"
The sky darkened and five points of light appeared. Lighting roared down from the heavens ripping into Mayu and the surrounding area. Mayu fell to the ground from the force of the blast. She struggled to get back up as Kayura approached her.
"Its over, Mayu."
"Not by a long shot." Mayu brought herself to her knees.
Kayura laughed a little and then roundhouse kicked Mayu in the head. Mayu fell to the ground.
Kento ran towards Hikaro.
"I got a special delivery with your name on it. IRON ROCK CRUSHER!"
Kento spun his staff around and slammed it into the ground. The ground began to break apart and erupt. Hikaro leaped high and right over Kento. While in the air he turned and focused his power.
"DARK NETHER FLAME!"
Hikaro's attack impacted Kento's back sending him flying forward into his own Iron Rock Crusher. The ground erupted and took Kento with it. Kento flew high from the force of the attack as he was pummeled by rock and earth. The rocks and Kento came crashing back to Earth. Kento hit the ground hard, bounced once and then laid there unconscious and beaten.
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Kinjiro gazed at his monitors as his Mecha Knight's sent back data.
"Talpa, some bad news," we've lost contact with the Mecha Knight in Brazil.
"What do you mean 'lost contact'?"
"It reached its destination and was shot down by a hostile force."
"Who?"
"Unknown. Shall I dispatch another?"
"No. I think for now we should leave that area alone."
An alarm sounded and Kinjiro's gaze shifted to another monitor.
"Chi energy spike detected!" Kinjiro shouted as his jaw dropped.
"How big?"
"Off the scales!"
"WHAT!"
"No human can be that powerful." Talpa stated.
"Mecha Knight's indicate subject is indeed human."
"That would make this the most powerful human to ever exist. Interesting... This must be handled delicately. This one person does not even need armor to be a match for any of the Ronin Warriors. I must convince them to join me."
"How?"
"Identify the person and acquire all the information you can on them. I will handle the rest."
"As you wish, Talpa."
Kinjiro immediately went to work searching for as much as he could.
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Hikaro and Anubis stood their ground against the remaining members of the Ronins.
Sage and Sai rushed forward towards Anubis.
"SUPER WAVE SMASHER!" Sai yelled as a he sent a watery blast towards Anubis, who jumped up to avoid the shot. "THUNDER BOLT CUT!" Sage shouted as he threw a powerful lightning blast just above Sai's attack. Anubis, dodging Sai's attack, jumped into Sage's. He then fell back down to the earth and caught the last part of Sai's Super Wave Smasher.
Anubis stood up and shook his head. He pulled the Kusari-Gama off his back.
"That maneuver was excellently executed. However it will do you no good in the end,"
"QUAKE WITH FEAR!"
The weighted end of Anubis's chain ripped into the ground. From all around points of light erupted. The ground cracked and ripped as more streams of light poured out. Suddenly the whole area was ripped into dust by the power of Anubis's attack. Sage and Sai lay knocked out on the bottom of the crater.
Anubis raced towards Hariel. Kayura intercepted him. The two stood and gazed at each other.
"Whatever Draka did to you I will undo," said Kayura.
"Your power is pathetic compared to Lord Draka."
"Can't you remember that you are one of us? A Ronin."
"I remember it all perfectly, I simply have no desire to fight for you."
"Then do not fight for us or for Draka."
"Last warning, you can either give up and escape with your life or I can rip you apart. Which is it going to be?"
Kayura jumped forward and swung her swords into Anubis. He blocked them with his kusari-gama. Anubis pushed forward to deflect Kayura's attack. Kayura brought her foot up to kick him in the head. He caught it in his free hand. Kayura jumped up and brought her free leg up to Anubis's head. The blow connected and he let go of her. She regained her footing and once again pressed the attack.
She dropped low and tried to sweep Anubis. He jumped over the sweep. As Kayura stood back up Anubis upper cutted her in the chin. Kayura went flying upwards and crashed into the ground a few feet away. Anubis charged forward and swung his kusari gama down trying to strike, but she was able to roll out of the way before the blow connected.
Kayura got back on her feet. She kicked Anubis in the stomach as he was getting up. As he fell on his back, Kayura pointed her sword at his neck.
"Yield."
Anubis reached up and grabbed her hand. He pulled it over and down so the sword missed his neck and slammed into the ground. He got up still holding onto Kayura's wrist. He picked her up by the wrist and flung her across the ground. Kayura slid a few yards and then came to a stop. She looked up only to see Anubis running for her at full speed, his kusari gama drawn and ready.
Kayura got to her feet and jumped to the side as Anubis raced towards her. He stopped and spun around releasing the chain end of his kusari gama. The chain wrapped around Kayura preventing her from moving. Anubis spun the chain and Kayura around over his head. He released the chain and Kayura went flying. She slammed into a tree and fell to the ground.
Anubis walked over to Kayura. "Do stop wasting your time trying to convert me back to the side of good."
"Never!"
With that Anubis slammed his foot down on Kayura's head and knocked her unconscious.
"ARROW SHOCK WAVE!" Rowan cried as he let a bolt of energy fly at Hikaro. Hikaro dodged to the side and countered, "DARK NETHER FLAME!"
"FLARE UP NOW!" Ryo shouted as his attack intercepted Hikaro's.
"Thanks for the help, Ryo," Rowan said.
"Anytime, now lets waste these guys."
"You can count on me. Lets rock!"
Rowan and Ryo charged towards Hikaro. He stood his ground and summoned his energy. Suddenly he jumped back, "DARK NETHER FLAME!" Bolts of fire ripped across the ground heading towards Ryo and Rowan.
"Rowan look out!" Ryo yelled as he dodged. Rowan, not able to dodge in time was pummeled by the spectral fire. He fell to the ground. "Stop them Ryo," he mumbled as he lost consciousness.
"You're gonna pay!" Ryo screamed. He charged towards Hikaro. He brought his swords down hard. Hikaro blocked with his gauntlet but Ryo's strength overcame him. Hikaro fell to his knees still trying to hold back the attack.
"Now you BURN!" Ryo shouted at the top of his lungs. "FLARE UP NOW!"
Hikaro took the full force of Ryo's attack. He flew back scraping across the ground. His body finally stopped moving and he did not get back up.
"That's what you get for hurting my friend." Ryo stated victoriously as rage burned in his eyes.
Ryo raced towards Anubis. Anubis did a spin kick and knocked both of his swords from his hands. "Wildfire, your rage is getting the best of you. You can't even think strait. And without your swords you are weak. I on the other hand...."
Anubis put his kusari gama behind his back and took a fighting stance. Ryo swung a punch towards him. Anubis deflected it, and then returned the favor by landing a punch of his own on the side of Ryo's face. Another jab to the side was followed up by an upper cut. Anubis proceeded to grab the back of Ryo's head and slam his face down into his knee. He repeated this a few times.
"Let him go!" Hariel commanded.
Anubis dropped Ryo to the ground. "Fine I think I'll just get rid of both of you fools at once and be done with this whole matter."
"QUAKE WITH FEAR!!!!"
Anubis's kusari gama ripped into the ground. All around beams of light shot up piercing the air. The ground began to buckle and crack. Suddenly it exploded upwards carrying Ryo and Hariel with it. As the energy died down Hariel and Ryo fell back to the ground. Ryo was now unconscious and Hariel was struggling to get back up. Anubis landed in front of Hariel and promptly kicked him in the head. "This time stay down.
Anubis waded to the section of the swamp where the small shrine was located.
"In the times of old your power was hidden from us. I summon and call upon your power. Spread your dark might across the world. Welcome raging winds and howling skies. Reveal yourself to us so that Draka might command you once more. Appear!!"
"Awaken, Armor of Dread Wind!"
As the armor and its temple appeared gusts of wind began to pick up. The winds grew stronger and spread throughout the world.
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Somewhere over Japan a flight of Nether Dragons was being lead to a mysterious destination by their new leader, Shen Huang Go. They felt the winds pick up and knew that Draka had managed to revive another armor. Soon Draka would have the nine Armors of Darkness he needed. And soon Kuei Long Shen would return.
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Kajin Ikari made her way to the outskirts of the school yard and sat down next to a tall sakura tree. The winds began to pick up and her long black hair blew to the side. She considered pinning it up but decided to wait until she finished her lunch. She used to sit here because it was shady and so that she could be away from all of the other students. Kajin looked up at the sky again and wondered why it was so black.
"Kajin Ikari," a voice said.
The young girl looked up but saw no one. She wondered if it was those annoying girls again. A spectral figure appeared before her. A being clad in golden armor with six swords protruding from its back. Kajin began to back off in fear.
"Oh man, Kajin, you've finally lost it. Now you're seeing things. Maybe you should see a shrink or something."
"You are not imagining this. I am very much real. My name is Talpa and I am the ruler of the Dynasty."
Kajin stood up and faced Talpa, "I have got to be imagining this."
"You are not."
"Then why the heck are you here and why do you know my name?"
"All in due time young woman. But first I need to test something..."
Talpa drew one of his swords and rushed at Kajin. She dodged and rolled out of the way. "Oh man I need my sword," she said as fear raced through her. Lights sparkled around her hand as an ancient sword appeared there. Instinctively she pulled the sword from the scabbard and took her ground.
Talpa stepped back and put his sword away. "You are indeed the one."
Kajin stayed in her defensive position and glared at Talpa.
"You can relax. The test is over, you passed."
"Look I don't know who you are, what you want with me, why the sky is black at noon, or why the heck I'm holding my sword which I thought I left at home. But I'm very sure I want to get as far away from all of this as possible."
Kajin turned to run.
"Do not run. You cannot escape from your destiny."
Kajin stopped and turned back.
"Sit down Kajin. I have come to talk with you."
"About what?"
"Your life, your fighting style, and your destiny."
"OK then why did my sword appear in my hand?"
"You called it to you."
"What?"
"Your fighting style is called Gui Long Kung Fu, correct?"
"Yeah. Only a handful of people ever get the chance to learn it and I'm the only one alive right now. It was created in ancient China and has been passed though my family for generations."
"The calling of your sword to you must be a technique in the style."
"I never learned that technique."
"Even better, its an inborn technique."
"The style does center around a oneness between a sword and its user. I trained from when I was very young."
"Yes. And your intense training made you and your sword one unit. Your sword is old, is it not?"
"Its been in the family for generations. My mom wanted to sell it, because she said it would be worth a lot but I wouldn't let her."
"Never part with your sword. I can feel the power in it. And in your hands it radiates deadly strength. I sense you have a great combat ability."
"I have been told that I pick up on fighting techniques very fast. Not to gloat but I have won every tournament I entered."
"Did you ever stop to wonder why you are such an extraordinary girl?"
Kajin thought for a while and then responded, "No. I just thought I had talent."
"What you have extends far beyond talent. You have a potential the likes of which I have never seen in my thousands of years of existence. I would like to help you reach your ultimate potential."
"What are you talking about?" Kajin asked intrigued.
"You are the most powerful human being on this planet. You rival some demons in strength."
"You've got to be joking. I get hurt just like anyone else."
"The power has not been awakened in you yet. When it is, you shall realize that I am correct."
"So what if I have this great power inside me? I can already win any competition with ease."
"You haven't won anything worth while. You sit here and take constant abuse from creatures far below you. Why don't you do something about it?"
"I tried getting help from the school --"
"You misunderstand. You, not the school or anyone else, have the power to end your suffering."
"What do you expect me to do? Kill them?"
"Why not? They are worthless insects compared to one such as yourself."
"I'd get expelled, not to mention arrested."
"I know that inside of you burns a desire for revenge. A desire for power. A lust for battle. I can make your dreams into a reality."
"OK I'm listening."
"I can awaken the power inside of you. You already know you possess it. It came though when you called your sword to your side. Join with me and receive the gifts of untold power and immortality. Anything you desire can be yours. I will show you how to use your power to its utmost. I can help you in achieving your true destiny. Agree to fight by my side and all the world can be yours. Or of course you can continue your current life of being pushed around by those far less powerful than you. The choice is yours."
"Can I at least think about this?"
"Of course you can my dear. Take all the time you wish."
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The Ronins, Hariel, and Kayura returned to Mia's house in defeat once more.
"Mia, we blew it again," Ryo stated, "Draka got the armor and we got beaten to a bloody pulp."
The Monk entered into the conversation now, "You must make a point not to lose any more of the armors to Draka, so far the world is shrouded in darkness, chaos is erupting, and now fierce winds are picking up and bringing havoc to the world."
"Easy for you to say, you haven't had to fight Draka's minions. They are juiced up something awful," Kento added.
"Your gems of power should be increasing your power."
"They are, but just not fast enough."
Sekhmet flipped though the channels on the TV and stopped to watch a late breaking news cast.
"An area of Kyoto spanning a few city blocks has just been decimated by an unknown force. All police and investigators entering the zone have yet to return. We do not know if this is connected at all to the disasters which have been plaguing the world. We will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.
Ryo spoke up, "We have got to investigate. Kayura stay here with Wolfe and Hariel. The rest of us are heading to Kyoto. Whoever did this is a definite threat and must be dealt with."
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The Ronins and former Warlords approached the destroyed area of Kyoto. As they looked around they saw fallen buildings, rubble, and other signs of great devastation.
"Be careful. Whoever did this has a great deal of power," Kale warned.
"And not a lot of sanity," Sai added as he pointed out the fallen bodies of those who died in the attack.
"I'm not taking any chances this time," Rowan said, "ARMOR OF STRATA! TAO INOCHI!"
"ARMOR OF WILDFIRE! TAO JIN!"
"ARMOR OF TORRENT! TAO SHIN!"
"ARMOR OF HARD ROCK! TAO GI!"
"ARMOR OF HALO! TAO CHI!"
"ARMOR OF VENOM! TAO KO!"
"ARMOR OF CORRUPTION! TAO TEI!"
"ARMOR OF ILLUSION! TAO NIN!"
The armored warriors pressed on into the destroyed area of Kyoto. All around them was complete devastation.
"Who could have done this?" Questioned Sage.
"Why I did of course."
The Ronin's heads turned to the left as they head the response. They saw a beautiful young woman laying on her side on top of a fallen concrete slab. She had on the uniform of a Japanese school girl but with a much shorter skirt.
"You've got to be kidding me," Dais laughed, "this chick doesn't even have armor."
"Oh ye of little brains, you don't need armor to bring glorious havoc upon the world."
"Maybe she's delirious from all the traumatic experiences she must have seen," Sai suggested as another alternative.
"No you cretin, I'm not delirious I destroyed all of this and all of these people. Why you might ask. Cause I needed to relieve a lot of pent up anger and stress. And I just felt that destroying a few city blocks and killing a lot of people would be a good way to do that. Don't you agree?"
"What kind of a person are you!" Ryo said as his anger flared.
"The very evil kind."
The young lady sat up on the concrete slab, crossed her legs and brushed her long black hair back with her hand. "Now listen up. My name is Kajin Ikari, and I'll be your instructor in pain 101 today. I do hope you can keep up with my skills."
Kento broke out laughing, "You have got to be kidding. What are you going to do? Hit us with your make-up compact?"
"Actually I was planning on something a little less complicated, like simply beating the living daylights out of you."
Kajin stood and once again primped her hair. "Well which one of you weaklings is gonna be first?"
"Let me handle this," Dais said as he pulled his num chucks off his gauntlet and walked up to Kajin. Dais swung his num chucks at Kajin. She put her hand up and caught the chucks in mid swing and then ripped them away from Dais. She kicked one of Dais' legs out from under him and then spun him around so his back was to her. She wrapped the num chucks around his throat and began to squeeze them. Dais lost what little footing he had as he struggled to get free.
Dais coughed and gagged as he tried to break free.
Kajin smiled a little as she continued to strangle him.
"Let him go!" Sai screamed as he ran forward.
Kajin released Dais and tossed him aside. She slid to the side of Sai's man-catcher and grabbed hold of the pole. She pulled it forward and right out of Sai's hand. Sai fell forward as Kajin tossed his weapon aside. She began to pummel Sai with Dais' num chucks. Sai was able to block with his forearm and rip the num chucks away from her. Sai swung at Kajin who blocked and returned with her own flurry of punches. Sai stumbled back as she continued her onslaught. Kajin slammed her foot down as she brought her right hand into contact with Sai's forehead. Sai fell back and bounced once from the force of the blow.
"I hate to say it but those two were a complete disappointment. Do you six think you can do any better?"
Kale ran forward, his nodatchi raised high. He swung it down on Kajin who stepped to the side avoiding the hit. She slammed the edge of her hand into Kale's wrist causing him to drop the sword. Next, she stepped around him kicking the backside of his knee while doing so. Kale lost his balance and stumbled backwards. Kajin grabbed hold of the curved spikes protruding from his breast plate and used them to lift him up. She tossed Kale into a pile of rubble.
"Well that wasn't really all that pleasing. Now serving number four, now serving number four."