Ryo charged forward, with his twin swords, and sent Raye flying away. Lita attacked, and he sent her flying too. But the others quickly nailed Ryo with their energy bolts, sending him flying in the other direction.
"Ryo, you were a fool to come here. You fell right into our little trap."
Ami said.
"What?"
"We knew you would NEVER let us take Hotaru, so we grabbed your allies instead,
because we KNEW that you would come all this way to destroy us. And you even
helped us, by bringing Hotaru along!"
"Really. I beg to differ." Ryo said.
Everyone but Kayura shed their disguises to reveal that they were Saber Strike, Saranbo, Sun Devil, and Gash. But a few volleys from the Sailor Senshi knocked them out of the picture.
"You failed to follow the rules. Now you must die!" Lita shouted.
The Sailor Senshi prepared their weapons.
"Sou...En Zan!" Raye shouted.
"Shinkuu Ha!" Serena added
"Gan...Tessai!" Haruka shouted.
"Chouryuu Ha!" Michiru added.
"Raikou Zan!" Lita shouted.
"Ja...Ga...Ken!" Setsuna screamed.
"Ankoku Cho Giri!" Ami shouted.
"Tou Chi Mou!" Reeny shouted.
All their attacks slammed into Ryo, knocking him away.
"Good. Now I don't have to worry about you using your sure-kills." Ryo said.
"What? That bastard tricked us into blasting him."
Ryo placed his weapons hilt to hilt and went airborne.
"Flare Up...Now!" he shouted, blasting the senshi back with a bolt of flame.
"That's it." Raye said. "Now let's hit him hard and fast."
The Sailor Senshi opened fire with all their attacks availiable to them including Crystónin energy bolts, and pummeled Ryo. At first he was able to take the beating, but slowly he was unable to take their constant barrage and began to loose his stamina. Ryo screamed out in pain as the ladies moved on to weapon attacks. Finally, Ryo dropped to his knees to conserve energy. His mighty armor was damaged by the relentless attacks by the Sailor Senshi. The Senshi raised their weapons for one last strike.
"Time to end this." Raye said. She swung. Ryo closed his eyes in preparation for the strike, but it never came. Puzzled, he slowly opened his eyes to find Sailor Saturn blocking Raye's twin katana with her Silence Glaive. She quickly twisted, disarming Raye. As she struggled to pick up her weapons, she whacked Raye with the distal end of the polearm.
"You have caused the city of Juuban trouble long enough." Saturn said. "You leave me no choice but to call upon my full power."
Saturn raised her Glaive to initiate her Silence Glaive Apply, but before she could do so, Serena tied the final crystal to an arrow and fired at Hotaru. Miraculasly in a one and a million shot considering the archer firing, to everyone's surprise, hit Hotaru in the chest, and activated the final armor: Crystónin Cruelty.
"Now we're in trouble." Kento said.
"Finally! We all have our crystals!" Raye shouted.
"Now we can finally finish those fools off!" Ami added.
"So let's do it." Lita said.
The nine girls focused all their power. Their planetary powers subsituted for the Confucian and Samurai virtues of the Ronins and Warlords, and the crystals began to glow with power. The Starlight Senshi suddenly appeared, and tried to attack, but they were blocked by the energy shield that had formed around the Sailor Senshi. Finally the Crystals detached, and rapidly flew into the air, and took positions like an armor. The crystals representing Strata, Hardrock, Torrent, and Halo went to their positions on the Armor of Inferno in the air; Dais' crystal took its' position on the top, while Ryo's locked in as the chest. Anubis' crystal formed the waist area, while Sekhmet's flew up to form a sub armor, which all the crystals quickly linked up too. Kale's finally linked up to the back of this sub armor. For a few seconds the armor hung in the air; then it quickly and forcefully struck the bridge and caused crystal formations to erupt from the spot where it struck. An energy bolt slammed into the crystal, causing it to shatter and reveal the armor once more. But now there was someone in it; someone from the Ronin's past. The Sailor Senshi, weakened from the energy drain, lay motionless on the ground. The Ronins turned to face their opponent, who was admiring his improved form. He was very Asian in appearence, more so than the Ronins or Warlords. He had a very Mongolian appearence to his face. The Warlords recognized him immediately.
"So, you are the soul pulled from the Spirit Realm." Sekhmet said from above.
"Come to dispose of us have you?" Kale added.
"Come closer so that we can tear that armor off of you." Dais said.
"For you will not last long...Lord Badamon." Anubis said.
Badamon laughed at the Warlords' threats.
"I'm touched. You still remember me after all those blows to the head." he
said.
"You should watch your tougue, sorcerer." Anubis warned.
"Oh, I've learned much since I last fought you." Badamon said.
Ryo suddenly got up.
"You again? I thought I destroyed you." Ryo said.
"On the contrary, Ryo of the Wildfire, I came back so that I can take over
the Dynasty." he said.
To be continued...