Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Ronin Warriors: Illusionary War ❯ Infiltration of Osaki ( Chapter 6 )

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The sun shone brightly over Osaki Defensive Industries, but most of the action was within the building however. Certain were the Ronin and the Amaterasu Seishi that the Miraju would come to spring their prisoner, the Mage Officer Sura, that extra security had been brought in, hallways sandbagged, and weapons readied left and right.  The Miraju would come;  Probably that night, armed to the teeth.  Perhaps they would even bring the fearful Heavy Borgs that Rajei had mentioned.  But they had to be ready.  If Sai was right, almost using Sura as bait could allow them a chance to nab an even more important Miraju, who they could then question and hopefully gain more information.  But only time and nightfall would tell.

Back at the Miraju camp, as the majority rested up for their campaign that night,  the Heavy borgs came out of their standby mode and began making their way towards the entrance to the camp.  Mage Officers Daara and Rajika would handle this growing problem.  Furthermore, with the Dark Rounin on their way, there would be no stopping them this time.
 

Ronin Warriors:  Illusionary War
Chapter 6:  Infiltration of Osaki.

 

At dusk, as the last bit of sun dropped behind the western sky, the Miraju base sprung to life once again.  The barracks opened as dozens of Miraju infantry filed out and prepared to move out to Osaki.  They snapped to attention as Rajika and Daara came out to survey their troops.  Satisfied, they announced that it was time to move out. Infantry took to the air, as Heavy borgs and Bio Borgs made their way forward towards Sura's release, and hopefully, victory.

Back at Osaki, the heroes were on the lookout for anything the Miraju could possibly be throwing at them.  On the rooftop, Rowen paced nervously in his armor, knowing full well that the Miraju could be there any minute.  The moon shone bright and full in the sky, a good thing for any Miraju, but a bad thing for anyone who was not.  Looking out in the distance, floating specks started to show in the night sky.  Zooming in with his scanners, Rowen's fears were confirmed;  the Miraju were here.

*"They're coming!"  Rowen shouted into his comlink, as he deployed his special equipment and let fire with a satellite cannon blast.  However, the specks quickly scattered as the blast tore right through where they had been.  Rowen let fire with a second shot, which did not have much better results as they once again scattered and proceeded closer and closer.  A loud report came from I. J.  as he fired at them as well, not doing much better than Rowen in causing any damage.

*"Jesus H. Christ!  What's it gonna take to put a dent in these maggots?"
*"We're probably going to have to let them get closer before most of our firepower will have any major effect."  Rowen explained.  "On the other hand, if we give them nowhere to dodge to, we can line them up for a straight shot!"
The various Buster AI's began firing their long range cannons at the approaching Miraju infantry as Rowen tried desperately to get them boxed into the path of his cannons.  That was before he had to dodge a stinger from one of the Bio-Borgs!  Retracting his firepower and going for his beam sabers, he looked down to see even more Bio-Borgs attacking the pinned down Defender GI's and other forces as they let loose with dragon breath, and acidic attacks.

"How did those things get here so quickly?!"  Rowen wondered as he managed to dodge once again and drive his blade into the monster.
*"The flying troops must have been nothing more than a diversion while the Bio-borgs hurried into attack range!"  Anubis suggested.  "Like it or not, they're here now, so we must carve a path of destruction!"

With the three remaining Dark Warlords, Anubis charged out into the fray, cutting many down with quick slices of his beam scythe.  Kale followed up with his beam sword, taking down many in one cut thanks to its adjustable blade.  The four struck and dodged the best they could, as the monsters continued to force their way in.  The Buster and Duel AI's were far from a match for them as the androids were torn to shreds in a matter of minutes.  Psionic blasts were quite effective as the infantry finally arrived and began using the fallen mechs as cover to take aim at the heroes, who returned fire the best they could.

"Oh this is fun!"  Sai shouted sarcastically as he fired his gun back at the dug in Miraju infantry as the group was forced back inside.

"Ryo, Rowen, Anubis, do any of you have any bright ideas?  Because this isn't going so well!"  Kento asked.
"Is everyone back inside?"  Rowen asked one of the security people.
"Yes."  he replied.
"What are you thinking Rowen?  They're just going to push us further and further back until they're right on top of us!"  Kento shouted.
*"Okay Ran, you can activate the turrets now."  Rowen replied.

From behind various debris the cannons materialized, and no sooner did did they appear than did they proceed to mow down the hapless and dug in Miraju forces!  The soldiers scrambled to find better cover as the strategically placed turrets shredded through infantry and had significant stopping power enough to fend off the Bio-Borgs before they could get close enough to them to do any real damage.
"Look at them run!  They can't take it!"  Kento shouted.

That was several seconds before a series of heavy energy blasts took out the outer walls and turrets one by one as strange multilegged contraptions with a cannon for one arm, a humanoid torso, and what looked like a mortar cannon across their backs slowly but surely worked their way into the base amongst Miraju shouts.

"Rajei, what in the world are those things?"  Sai asked.
"Those, Sai, are the worst thing the Miraju have.  When a soldier falls in battle and suffers damage that is beyond repair, their soul is placed in the body of one of those things.  It would be somewhat wise to consider releasing Sura."  Rajei explained.
"Not a chance.  If they get their hands on you, who knows what will become of your homeworld, ours, and heaven knows where else.  We've got to get Rajei out of here, and fast.  Kale, Dais, take Rajei and sneak him out the back.  The rest of us will hold off the Miraju as long as possible."  Rowen explained.  "Kento, Sai, and Navcase, guard Sura and his troop's cell.  You're the last thing standing between them and their little rescue operation.  The rest of you, come with me."  Rowen said, grabbing his rifle as the mecha armored heroes and charged out to do battle once more.  Surien fired several charged shots at the Heavy Borgs, but their armor was thick, as to be expected.  Yuri charged at one, dodging CWIS from its gatling as she went skyward and attempted to crash down, only to be forced out of it as it attempted to cut her down with its beam blade!

"Geez, these guys didn't hold back when they built those things!"  Yuri exclaimed.  "Suck S-Mine!"  She shouted, firing a small device that stuck to one, causing it to explode in a tornado seconds later, only to dodge more shots from the slow moving but hard hitting mechanized menaces.

"What's it going to take to stop all this?"  Yuri asked the others as she brought out her dober gun and let one of the borgs have it, blasting armor plating every which way before it fell over.

"What I don't understand, is why those Mage Officers aren't doing anything!"  Kento shouted.

"This is quite an unusual strategy.  All they seem to be doing is holding their positions, instead of charging forward and just taking the place."  Anubis summarized as he took down a few more Bio-Borgs that had tried to give him an impromptu shot in the neck.
"Yeah, we know they're here for Rajei, so why don't they just push forward and capture him already?"  Ryo asked as his beam swords took down one of the Heavy Borgs.
"What are they waiting for?"  Sai asked as he riddled another Bio-Borg with energy bullets.
"Whatever it is they're waiting for Torrent, must be what they believe to be their sure victory."  Anubis answered.

Miles away, the ominous presence of the Dark Rounin's Kestrel-class ship made it closer and closer to Toyama, and Kinjiro's facility.

"How far to the target?"  Alleth asked their pilot.
"Only a few more miles out.  Preliminary scans of the battlefield show that the assault is well underway."  Illandere explained.
"Good.  Dema, Pugnare, Tallis, Amaya, get ready for deployment.  Illandere, stay here and monitor the ship.  We're going in people!"

A telepathic message came through to Rajika and Daara from Lord Ramito.

"The Dark Rounin will be there shortly.  I am on my way as well.  Attack them with everything you have in the name of Asterra!"

Rajika and Daara nodded, as fireballs and lightning bolts and other magical energies began to bombard the unprepared heroes, who were forced to fall back to better cover.

"Oh sure, NOW they start with the magical bombardment."  Kento complained as the group fell back inside.
"Now what Rowen?"  Ryo asked.
"I'm running low on ideas.  You got anything Anubis?"

Before he could answer, Navcase spoke up.

"Allow me to try and defeat their officers with my swordsmanship.  If worst comes to worst, then you can blast everything to kingdom come with the beam weapons."  Navcase said, stepping outside, the doors closing behind him, everyone watching with anticipation if this would actually work.  Ryo and Rowen were ready to bring out their cannons just in case.

"I am the Amaterasu Seishi Navcase!"  He declared, although he was quite sure that the Miraju had no idea what he was saying.

"I propose that we settle this confrontation sword to sword!"  Navcase said, reaching for his katana in its undershoulder rack as part of his current armor.

That motion the Miraju seemed to understand, as they drew their own swords and charged him.  With a single motion of Battou-Justsu, Navcase managed to block both attacks and force them both back.  The two Miraju looked at each other, nodded, and then came at Navcase again, as the Sword of Heaven parried their slashes with little effort.

"Rajei assured me that there were talented swordsmen amongst the Miraju ranks.  Perhaps they are higher ranked?  Nonetheless, this should have no trouble stopping you.  Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu!"  Navcase declared as he went airborne.  "Ryu Tsui Sen!"  he shouted as he came down on top of them, his own weight and gravity increasing the force of the blow.  Daara suddenly hit the swordsman with a force bolt from his sword, which sent the hero doubling over in the air, knocking him out of the attack and sending him crashing straight on his back.  He dodged quickly as he backflipped onto his feet after Rajika tried to get him with a lighting bolt.  He charged with superior speed, as more magic was sent his way, managing to spin around into a Ryu Kan Sen Tsumuji, only to be held back with a round of telekinesis.  Navcase tried to follow through with the blow, but it was mostly useless, as he was pushed several feet back as he tried to push forward against their mental will.

"Navcase isn't doing so hot."  Ryo observed.
"Give him a chance, it's not like we've been fighting psychics on a regular basis."  Rowen replied.

"I shall not doubt the capabilities of psychics ever again.  These two are already giving me a run for my money."  Navcase thought to himself.  There must be something I can do to resist their attacks.  But it is not a demon wind, so the Wind Scar will not work.  And I have my doubts that Kuzu Ryu Sen will be able to break through their psionic attack and make contact.  Gatousu will probably be no more helpful in breaking through their assault.  Perhaps my second sword can help."  Navcase thought, bringing out the jet-black wakizashi Rajei had presented him with. Upon placing it in his hands it glowed with power nowhere as much as it had when Jata had used it.  As Kale's sword was known to do, it began to suck the light from its surroundings, creating a field of darkness around Navcase.

"This is new.  They can't see me, anymore than I can see them, wait...I am able to see them.  If I'm quick, I might be able to get in a hit before they catch on!"

Within the shroud of darkness, the two Mage Officers tried desperately to locate their quarry, but psionic probes were nothing without something to target.  Daara barely had any time to react before Navcase came flying in with a Gatousu First Stance attack that struck him in the arm.  Reeling in pain, Rajika attempted to get his own attack in, only to be wrapped up by tendrils of darkness that shot out of Navcase's new sword.  Navcase swooped around, nailing Rajika with a normal Ryu Kan Sen as he finished his rotation.

"All right Navcase!  You showed them!"  Rowen shouted.
"Yes, but did I show them enough?"  Navcase asked himself as the ground shook and a large stone creature smashed its way through one of the walls, practically ignoring the Firestorm Wall, as the vulcan shots bounced off it harmlessly.  Atop its left shoulder was Ramito.

"<Lord Ramito!  It is good to see you.  Where are the Dark Rounin?  Should they not be here by now?>"  Daara asked.
"<Their arrival is imminent.  For now, we shall annihilate these fools!>"

The three commanders and their troops proceeded forward with their assault once again, as Navcase barely dodged a punch from the earth elemental that Ramito had summoned.

"Great, they've got an elemental.  Now what?"  Yuri asked.
*"You leave it to me, that's what!"  I.J. declared, firing his cannon straight at the approaching monster, sending a shell deep into its body.
"Jesus H. Christ, that shell should have gone in one end and out the other!  How about another one?"  I.J. shouted, firing again, embedding yet another slug into the large stone giant.

"Come on guys, we can't let I.J. have all the fun!"  Kento shouted as he and the others charged out to face the elemental as well.  Yuri leapt into the thing with her Knuckle Bomber set to go, only to be swatted away like an armor plated fly.

"Can't at least one fight with these guys end up easy?"  Kento asked as another rock punch was aimed at him.
"Well, at least Kale and Dais got Rajei out." Rowen reminded them.

Meanwhile, after many attempts to find their way out the back and heading in circles, Kale and Dais finally reached the back of the facility.

"Are you sure this is the back?"  Rajei asked.
"I told you, the sixtieth time's the charm!"  Kale replied, proud of himself.
"This is the last time we let you lead the way."  Dais said.
"I second that."  Rajei replied.
"Something's not right here.  Didn't Ms. Jishou post guards back here?"  Dais asked.
"Yes, last I checked."  Rajei answered.
The group heard moans coming from above them, and looking up to investigate, they found the guards pinned to the wall with some sort of Resin.

"What is that stuff?"  Kale asked.
"It's some kind of Resin.  Insects make their nests with them and to trap prey.  But my analysis shows that it's from plants."
"Plant Resin?  Oh dear.  We have a plant problem."  Rajei replied.
"That is correct, Champion."  A voice replied.

Another Mage Officer, a plant thing, a large muscular individual with bionic arms, a female archer, and something resembling a humanoid insect stepped out of the shadows.
"It's about time you got here."  Amaya said.
"We were detained."  Rajei replied.
"Doesn't matter now, you're going to be our prisoner."  Pugnare declared, going for a pair of swords.

"Kale, Dais, be on your guard.  These are the Dark Rounin, some of the nastiest soldiers the Miraju have."
"Rounin?  Are they samurai?"  Kale asked.
"The word has a very different connotation in the Miraju language, referring to a shadow beast that plagued them for years until they advanced.  Now the term is used to refer to their most dangerous soldiers, second only to the Royal Guard themselves."
"Do these guys have anything that, well is easy?"  Kale asked.

Dais whacked Kale upside the head.

"Let's get these guys.  They won't take Rajei without a fight."  Dais declared.
"Yeah, if you want Rajei, you'll have to go through us first!"  Kale shouted.

Even though it was probably not possible for the Miraju to understand Kale's threat, Alleth hit the two with a telekinetic push, slamming them into a wall.

"This is going to be one of those DBZ length fights that takes half a season to complete, isn't it."  Kale replied.

The Dark Rounin sprung into action, spreading out and heading for the two warriors standing between them and Rajei.  Amaya flapped her wings in a blur and ascended rapidly, proceeding to send purple clouds of vapor slowly towards Kale and Dais, which they attempted to dodge to no avail.

"Kale, as long as she's up there, we're in trouble!  We've got to get her down to our level!"  Dais shouted.
"Any ideas?"  Kale asked.
"Not too many.  You and I have two of the most close range destruction suits in our whole arsenal."  Dais replied.
"We could try pulling her down."  Kale suggested.

Kale whipped up his heat rod, while Dais extended his claws in an attempt to grab Amaya, but they were cut down as Pugnare broke out a pair of broadswords and shortened their length in seconds.

"Great.  Now what are we going to do?"  Dais wondered as Pugnare charged with great speed and Dais attempted to block with his broken claw, which did very little to the incredible strength of Pugnare.  The broken weapon broke again, and Pugnare used the other sword to knock Dais away, sending the Warlord of Illusion several feet before landing painfully.  Dais opened up his chest plate, exposing the triple megasonic gun.

"DODGE THIS!!!"  Dais shouted as he let fire with the weapon, which knocked him in the opposite direction without his claws to anchor him.  The attack slammed clear into Pugnare, managing to disarm him, but his metal arms absorbed most of the attack.

"Good job!  Hit him again!"  Rajei shouted, as Dais prepared to fire a second blast his way, only to have a leaf jammed into the works by Dema.  The innocent looking but remarkably razor sharp plant part had severely blocked the focusing lens.  If Dais tried to fire it now, it would not be pretty.  With their only distance weapon out of commission the two heroes would be in big trouble.  A pair of cannons unfolded from Pugnare's arms as he put away his swords, opening fire relentlessly as Amaya continued to rain balls of green energy or more of the purple clouds of vapor on the three of them.

"We've got to get close to them and shut them down!"  Dais shouted, breaking out his beam saber.

The three charged forward, only to be stopped by a powerful gust of wind courtesy of Tallis, which pushed them back as they attempted to gain more ground with the original problem of incoming energy bolts.  The biting wind was so intense it was ripping away their armor bit by bit as stray blasts managed to hit them, knocking off even more parts.

Rajei spread his wings and managed to soar above the wall of wind, dodging leaves and energy bolts, managed to get a bead on Tallis and let fly with one of his flame arrows, knocking her down and taking out her wall of wind as well.  Kale and Dais wasted no time firing up their verniers and rocketing forward, as the Dark Rounin braced for impact.  Alleth wasted no time as a telekinetic barrier now stood between the heroes and their adversaries.

"Great.  Is there anything these guys can't do?"  Dais asked as he and Kale attempted to put a dent in Alleth's TK Force Field.

"Rajei, you wouldn't happen to have anything that'll crack this thing, do you?"  Kale said as he struck with yet another blow.
"No. We have no choice but to wait until it dissipates."  Rajei explained.
Alleth cut off the barrier, as the barrage of laser blasts, arrows, and various bolts of energy were unleashed on the trio.  Rajei did all he could to fire back with his flaming arrows, but Amaya managed to dodge and made a literal beeline for him, only to be swatted away by Kale, who had extended his beam sword to extreme length in hopes of using it like a fly swatter.  He swung again and again at the insectile armor, but Amaya being in a biorganic insect armor, easily dodged out of the way as Kale swung again and again repeatedly.

"Stay STILL!"  Kale shouted, swinging the flat part of his energy blade down again and again, only for Amaya to dart out of the way once again, this time sending out some sort of silk spray that began to entangle poor Kale in a matter of seconds.  She then came down out of the air, only as Kale managed to cut himself free, as she kicked off and rammed him in the chest with her horn, damaging the chest greatly as panels simply crumbled away.  She grabbed his shoulders with her claws, brought her legs up, and kicked off, sending Kale flying into a wall.  His wings fell off as he got back to his feet and readied himself for another go

Dais' luck was not much better, as the Dark Rounin continued to do damage to his own armor.  With his primary weapon damaged, he was left with little more than his extendable claws and a beam saber.  Neither weapon was going to get him very far.  They were going to need a miracle, and fast.

Amaya hit Kale with yet another purple cloud, as the spores inside began to slowly eat away at his armor, as she shot another green bolt his way, which knocked off his shoulder guards with no trouble.  Small bits and pieces had eve begun to crumble off on their own with every step.

"<You're mine...>"  Amaya said.  Although Kale could not understand what she was saying, the nuances in her voice told him it was not good.  He braced himself for the worst as a red and orange blur closed the distance and struck hard with a blow to the head with his staff.

"Rajei!"  Kale exclaimed.  "What took you so long?"
"They were keeping me busy.  You have done well in trying to defend me, but now it is my turn to show them I will not come easy."

A thread of flame appeared from his staff as he drew back his bowstring and a eagle-headed arrow was notched and sent screaming into Amaya, who did all she could to put her flames out.  Another of the flaming arrows was sent at Pugnare, who went flying backwards as well.  He then aimed at Dema, who would become kindling in a matter of seconds had he not fired off a seed that flew into Rajei, wrapped him in vines, and forced him to the ground as it leached his energy away.

"That ought to hold you.  Let's grab him and get out of here."

Undaunted, but weak, Rajei summoned his wings and quickly broke free, soaring into the air and preparing to give the Dark Rounin another taste of his arrows.  Dema threw several of his leaves towards the champion, but they were merely knocked away by his staff.
Out front, the gathered heroes still struggled to take down the stone behemoth that had been brought in.  They were doing a better job of denting it than they were actually destroying it.  Even the armor specially designed for heavy assaults were doing little more than scratching the body, and Yuri combined with I.J. had done more than their share of damage.

"Some sot of air attack would probably take down this stone freak in no time flat!"  Rowen concluded, taking elemental type into account.
"But none of us here ARE air, except for your old armor, and Yoko!"  Kento shouted back.
"We could try getting him wet!"  Sai suggested.
"Worth a shot.  Sai, Ran, get ready!"  Rowen ordered.

Aiming their weapons straight at the stone behemoth, energy gathered in their man-catchers as they shouted in unison...

"SUPER...WAVE...SMASHER!!!"

Two blue blasts of energy shot out and slammed into the elemental, causing it to reel backwards.  But it stomped the ground, sending a shockwave towards the two that knocked them off their feet.

"Ohhh, I've had enough of this big stony maggot!  TRANSFORM!!!!"  I.J. shouted, going to robot mode.

"Let's see how you do against something your own size!"  I.J. shouted as he stomped up to do business, beating up the stone giant Special Forces style.  Three blows later and the rocky giant was down on the ground with a thud.

"Hoorah!  How do you like that maggot?  Want some more?"

I.J. hefted the stone behemoth up as his cannon locked into position around his waist, letting go as he fired, knocking it back the way it came, leaving another dent in the facilities' walls.  Ramito, who had leapt to safety after I.J. had decided to go hand to hand with the elemental, quickly dismissed the creature back to its home dimension.

"Anyone or anything else want a piece of me?"  I.J. asked.

The Miraju forces there decided now was a good time to run, seeing how their stone giant had been defeated easily by the other side's metal one.

"Alleth, we're withdrawing.  That large metal thing easily took care of our trump card.  With us gone, the others are sure to come help their friends.  Meet us back at the camp.  Ramito out."
As the telepathic transmission ended, Alleth knew that more trouble was on the way.  Even the Dark Rounin could not fend off a force that large alone.  Even with one of his best spells.  It was time for a hit and run attack, one that would not only hopefully hit Rajei enough so that he could easily be grabbed in the confusion it caused, but hopefully also leave them with a few less opponents to deal with.

Alleth began chanting an incantation as equations began to appear in the air around them.  The other Dark Rounin knew what this meant; they would have very little time to grab their objective.

A magical meteor slammed into Rajei with incredible force, knocking him and the the Warlords off their feet and ripping away even more of their armor in the process, as Rajei was entangled in vines, pulled away from them, as Amaya quickly began to cocoon the weakened warrior.  The spell faded out as the two looked to see their objective bound, and their opponents disappearing into their black ship and taking off.  Their armor almost completely destroyed, the other heroes burst into the area, seeing the last of the enemy ship taking off.

"Yeah!  Take that you moon-loving sons of bitches!  No one messes with the Ronin Warriors and gets away with it!"  Kento shouted, under the impression that the sight they were viewing was that of their companions being victorious and sending the Miraju packing.  Looking around, the hero failed to catch a glimpse of their phoenix-winged ally.

"Dais, Kale, where's Rajei?"  Kento asked.
"They succeeded, not us.  Rajei's their prisoner.  We couldn't stop them, and our armor's all beaten up.  It's over."  Dais replied sadly.

This is the end of part 1.  Please grab your towels and contemplate the equation of six times seven until next time.

NEXT EPISODE:

KENTO:  Damn it damn it damn it!  We lost Rajei, and now that Asterra guy's going to take over the universe!

ANUBIS:  It is not over yet Hardrock.  We still have a prisoner of our own.

KENTO:  Who we can't understand without Rajei.  How are we supposed to find the Miraju now...Anubis, did you say something?

Anubis:  No.

MYSTERIOUS VOICE:  Ronin Warriors: Illusionary War;  The Face of the Enemy.  Watch for it.