Chapter Two: Five Warriors From Scarbna

   "Where am I?" I asked as I awoke to see four other girls sitting around me. Two had blonde hair, one had brown hair and one had black. They all had blue eyes.

  "She's awake," said the girl with brown hair. I looked them over again. One of the blonde haired girls was dressed in light blue. The other was dressed in dark blue. The girl with brown hair was dressed in orange and the girl with black hair was wearing red.

   "I'm Selene," said the girl in the light blue clothes.

   "I'm Amy," said the girl in the dark blue clothes.

  "I'm Lita," said the girl in red.

  "I'm Rose," said the girl in orange.

  "Hi, I'm Crystal," I said. I sat up and introduced myself. We started chatting when a lady dressed in black walked in.

  "I am glad to see that you are all awake. Please follow me into the next hall so that I may explain everything," said the lady. We followed her, hoping for an explanation. When we entered the hall, it lit up to show five outfits and five armors. The lady sat down and started to explain.

  "I am Empress Scarbna. I will one day rule this world. But I need helpers, warlords as you might call them. I have chosen the five of you because you are special people. Before I let you decide on your clothes, weapons, and armor, let me give you these chokers to wear." Scarbna reached into a box and pulled out five black chokers with five black beads on them. We each reached for one and put them on. I felt a surge of energy as the choker fell comfortably around my neck. I closed my eyes and opened them again.

  "Now, my children, which armor should I give you? Lita, you will take the armor of the volcano and take the red outfit with the staff," instructed Scarbna. Lita walked up and when she touched the outfit, it appeared on her. It was a red skirt with a red midriff top that made an ‘X' on the front. Across her back was a staff, held in place by a loop.

   "Amy, you will take the armor of the comet and the dark blue outfit with the bow and arrow," said Scarbna. Amy walked forward and touched the outfit. It then appeared on her. It was a dark blue skirt and a dark-blue midriff top that went over her right shoulder and not the left. The quiver of arrows was on her back and the bow was underneath the quiver.

   "Rose, you will wear the armor of the cavern and the orange outfit with the whip," commanded Scarbna. Rose walked up and touched the outfit. It then appeared on her. It was an orange skirt and an orange midriff top that went over her left shoulder and not the right. On her right hip was a whip.

  "Selene, you will wear the armor of tidal force. Take the light blue outfit with the triton," directed Scarbna. Selene walked up and touched the light blue outfit. It appeared on her body. It was a light blue skirt and a light blue midriff pheasant top. Across her back, a triton lay, attached to her back by a loop.

  "Crystal, you will wear the armor of psyche. Take the remaining purple outfit and the twin katanas," said Scarbna. I walked up, touched the outfit, and then it appeared on me. It was a purple skirt with a purple midriff top that two straps over the two shoulders. On my back, were the two swords. The sheaths were on my back, attached by two loops. We stepped down and bowed down to Empress Scarbna.

  "Go, destroy the Ronin Warriors. What Talpa never knew is to never send a man out to do a woman's job," said Scarbna. We left the room.

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   "So, where will we stay?" asked Rowen. The others looked at him and sat down to consider where to stay.

  "Dais, Kale, Sekhmet, and I will scout out the city and see what we can find," said Kayura. Dais, Kale, and Sekhmet nodded and followed Kayura. As they were walking away, Kayura thought, where did that come from? Soon, they were out of ear shot. The five remaining Ronins prepared to rise and leave, when Ryo said,

   "Did you hear that?"

  "Hear what? We are alone out here without any food. And you guys know I fight better on a full stomach," said Kento.

   "Are you sure you are alone?" I asked. The five Ronins looked around trying to spot where I was. To make it easy on them, I nodded to the other girls and we jumped down in front of them. They jumped back and got into defensive stances. White Blaze leaped at us, but I looked at him and threw him across the field with my telekinetic powers.

   "We are here to destroy you, on behalf of our mistress, Empress Scarbna. Let us introduce ourselves. I am Crystal of Psyche," I said.

"I am Lita of the Volcano."

"I am Selene of the Tidal Force."

"I am Amy of the Comet."

   "I am Rose of the Caverns." The wind blew our hair off to one side. I pushed back a stand of loose hair behind my ear. We waited for them to tell us who they were.

"I am Ryo of Wildfire."

"I am Sage of Halo."

"I am Rowen of Strata."

"I am Sai of Torrent."

"I am Kento of Hardrock."

  "Great. Now that we know who is who, lets just cut to the chase. Girls, attack!" I said. The Ronins spilt up. Rose ran after Kento. Selene went after Sai. Amy chased Rowen. Lita followed Ryo. That left me with Sage. I stood there facing him. I waited for him to make a move. He ran toward me trying to hit me with his left hand. I side stepped out of the way.

  "Did your parents ever tell you not to hit a lady? What manners," I said as Sage stopped and turned around to face me. When he stopped running, Ryo shouted,

"Ronins, to arms!"

"Armor of Wildfire!

Armor of Halo!

Armor of Torrent!

Armor of Strata!

Armor of Hardrock!

 Tao Chi!" The armor formed around each of the Ronins. They took stances and prepared to fight.

   "Ok. Now we're talking. Come and get me, big boy," said Rose as she waited for Kento to strike. Kento charged her trying to push the blunt end of his staff into Rose's stomach. She jumped to the side and pulled out her whip and snapped it at his feet. It wrapped around one of Kento's feet and she pulled back on the whip, launching him to where he came from.

  "All right! Rose one, Kento 0!" said Rose.

   Rowen shot a few rounds of arrows at Amy, who back-flipped out of the way. She then charged Rowen and as Rowen ducked under her punch, she slammed her bow onto Rowen's back.

   "Pathetic, but a nice job of falling," said Amy, laughing.

  "Ladies first," said Sai as he waited for Selene to charge. She ran at Sai full speed, but was running to fast to dodge Sai's man catcher. The two blades closed in on her waist. Selene put one hand on each blade and pushed them out, dropping right in front of Sai. She did a high roundhouse, which Sai dodged by leaning his head back. Selene then did an upper cut to his stomach that Sai had no chance of dodging.

   "Never touch me with that thing again," said Selene.

   Ryo was faring well with Lita. Lita slammed her staff down into Ryo. He blocked it by making an X with his swords. Lita was keeping pressure on her staff, when Ryo kneed her in the stomach. Lita released her staff as she fell to the ground in pain.

   "Sorry, where were my manners?" asked Ryo sarcastically. Lita stood up and grabbed Ryo by the throat. Using her free hand, she slapped Ryo's face. She then dropped him to the ground. As she bent down to pick up her staff, Ryo charged her. She simply stood and pushed her staff behind her. Ryo, the wind knocked out of him by the blow, sank to the ground.

   "That's what you get for that cheap shot," said Lita.

   I stood against Sage, who raised his battle sword and charged straight at me, trying to run me through. I waited for him to get close, when I gazed at him. Soon, he went charging past me.

   "What happened?" Sage asked as he stopped.

   "It's called telekinesis," I said.

  "Oh boy, leave it to the guys to leave me with a freak," said Sage.

   "Nobody and I mean nobody calls me a freak and lives," I said. In my rage, I charged him. He didn't expect it, but I ran at him, and gave him an upper cut to the face and fifty yards later, he hit the ground.

  "Weaklings, all of you. That was no challenge," said Lita. Ryo started to get up from the ground. Once up, he said,

  "Let's show these girls how weak we are." Connecting his katanas, Ryo jumped up and said,

   "Flare Up Now!" A huge blast of energy skyrocketed toward Lita. Lita didn't expect it and couldn't dodge it. She was thrown back and slid across the ground, stopping as she hit a telephone pole. Slowly, she staggered to her feet.

   Rose tapped her foot impatiently as Kento twirled his staff in the air. As he twirled it, he said to Rose,  

  "Let's see if you like rough housing. Iron Rock Crusher!" Kento slammed his staff into the ground. It started to shake and break apart. Rose tried to jump out of the way, but was knocked into the attack by flying rocks. As the attack tossed her into a tree, Kento laughed. Rose finally stopped as she hit the building behind her.

   Selene charged at Sai, who side stepped out of the way. As Selene skidded to a stop and turned around, he said,  

  "Super Wave Smasher!" Water began to form at the tip of his man catcher. It shot out at Selene, as she was hit with full force. It forced her back into a wall and then the wall broke under the pressure, sending Selene flying.

   "Sorry to say this, but you're all washed up," said Sai.

  Amy pulled out her bow to block Rowen's bow which he was trying to hit her with. She put her full force into and Rowen staggered backwards. He strung an arrow on his bow and said,

  "Arrow Shock Wave!" He let the arrow fly. Amy watched in horror as the arrow headed straight for her. She put up her arms in defense as the wave of energy slammed into her. She went flying back into a tree, snapping it in half.

  "Let's see what you can do, Sage of Halo," I said mockingly. He raised his sword above his head as he said,

  "Thunder Bolt Cut!" He thrust his sword forward and a green energy bolt headed for me. I gazed at it and it went harmlessly into the sky.

   "Ok, nice show. Girls, lets power up and show these boys here what real power is," I shouted. The others shouted back that they were ready.

"Armor of Psyche!"

"Armor of Volcano!"

"Armor of The Comet!"

"Armor of Tidal Force!"

  "Armor of The Caverns!" The armor formed around us. I looked at Sage. Laughing, I pulled my swords out of their sheaths and made an X with them. Thinking for a second, I jumped up into the air and said,

   "Let's see how you like my sparks. Psychic Thunder Slash!" Green energy glowed from my swords. I pushed the swords out of their X and a green X flew through the air. It overpowered Sage and he went flying into a tree. I landed and stood up.

  Ryo added more pressure on Lita's staff with his swords. Lita brought her leg up to Ryo's stomach. Ryo released the pressure and staggered backwards.

  "You may be hot, but I'm hotter. Volcano Eruption!" said Lita as she slammed her staff on the ground. The ground started to shake as spouts of molten lava erupted from the ground. One of the rising columns of lava took Ryo up with it. Ryo was then tossed around from one spurt to another. He finally landed on the ground. As the lava quickly rained down on him, Ryo put on his visor. Lita was laughing at how easy it was, when she gave a gasp. Ryo was standing there unhurt and as he opened his visor, he said,

  "Sorry, no can do. You can't beat a guy at his home turf."

   Kento watched Rose's every move as she rose, turned, and removed her whip from her side. She said to Kento,

   "Nice move, but mine's even better. Cavern Collapse!" As she said this, she whipped the ground. In front of her, the ground split into two. Kento fell inside the cavern and it closed in on top of him. Smirking, Rose added,

   "And Explode!" The ground that had just swallowed Kento, exploded, throwing Kento and rock fifty feet in the air. Kento landed with a thud.

   Amy stood up from the tree where she had landed. She pulled an arrow out of her quiver and strung it to her bow.

  "You want to see a real attack, Rowen? Try this on for size. Comet's Revenge!" said Amy as an ice ball began to form at the tip of her arrow. As it increased in size, a flame surrounded the ball of ice without melting it. She let the arrow fly. The arrow was consumed by the flame as the ball of fire and ice kept speeding toward Rowen. Too shocked at the power of the attack, Rowen didn't have enough time or speed to dodge it. It hit him in the stomach but kept pushing him back. When Rowen finally hit a wall, the attack exploded. Amy pushed a loose strand of hair back into place as the smoke cleared.

   "So, Sai, you call that an attack. Watch and learn. Tidal Wave Smash!" said Selene as she charged her triton with blue energy. Then she slammed the tip into the ground. It ripped up and formed a wave of dirt, rock, wood, and other debris from the surrounding area. Sai turned and ran away from the wave as it towered over him. It slammed down on Sai. He jumped forward but was still hit from the attack. Staggering to his knees, he shouted over to Ryo,

   "Ryo, we're getting creamed. We need to form the Inferno Armor!" Ryo nodded and the others joined him. The other girls and I joined Lita and faced the others. The armor of the Ronin Warriors began to glow. Sage, Sai, Rowen, and Kento turned into glowing balls of light. The four lights merged with Ryo's armor. The girls and I watch as the white gauntlets formed over his arms and as the armor appeared after a blast of fire. White Blaze, which had until now stayed out of the fight, jumped next to Ryo and turned into Black Blaze, carrying the Soul Swords of Fervor. Ryo smirked under his visor.

   "Girls, I believe we might have an equal match now," I said smiling slyly.

   "I doubt that. It's time to fight fire with fire," said Ryo as he calmly pulled the Swords out of their sheaths that were on Black Blaze. Twisting them and connecting the two swords, he jumped into the air and said,

   "Rage of Inferno!" The swords charged with energy that was incredibly strong. He touched the tips of the swords together and a funnel of fire was blasted in our direction. I was not strong enough to use my powers to divert it. Selene, Amy, Lita, Rose, and I went flying and landed unconsciously.

   "My warriors, return to me!" With that, we disappeared.