Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Ronin Warriors Neo: The Faith Saga ❯ Breathe ( Chapter 1 )

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Ronin Warriors Neo: Faith Saga
Chapter One: Breathe
Rating: PG
Author: Sanada Usako

Shinji stood by the lake with a blank look on his face. A little ways off three girls stood watching him. "I wonder what's up with him." The blond said, she had hair that fell nearly over one eye and the rest was pulled up in a ponytail at the top of her head. She was the tallest of three.

"Don't know Hiroko, he's been like this ever since that night we couldn't find Sobo and 'Great Uncle' Ryo." Megami answered, her red hair blowing in the wind. The Brunette with golden highlights sighed and shrugged.

Out by the Lake Shinji stood staring at nothing in particular gripping the small glass orb in his pocket. He felt slightly drained from the night before. His grandfather had kept him up late training. Shinji had donned what Ryo had called 'sub-armor' and Ryo had put on his own protective gear.

Ryo was a harsh trainer and they had been up most of the night. Strangely enough Ryo's fighting skills hadn't gotten very rusty with time, he was as sharp as a tac. He'd told Shinji that in time he would be able to pull off stunts like that as well, especially with his armor to help him.

After that Ryo and he had sat down and Ryo had gone into more detail of his battles with Talpa. Shinji had learned why Ryo and Hana had hit it off with each other as soon as his grandmother died. They HAD been in love, way before Ryo had met Meiyako.

This hurt Shinji, knowing his father had been a child of duty.

*

"So you didn't love Sobo at all?" Shinji said his lavender eyes betraying all his emotions as always.

Ryo looked up from his cup of tea and saw the emotion in his grandsons eyes. He cleared throat and said very carefully "No, I wouldn't say I didn't love her. I did. But it's very difficult to love someone in the same way once you've really felt it." He paused to take a sip of his tea, "When I met your 'Aunt' Hana, I had nothing left in the world, but she changed all that. It was rather difficult to feel the same way again. I really loved her, not to say I didn't love Meiyako, but it was an entirely different feeling."

Shinji looked at his grandfather confused, he didn't really understand this whole 'love' thing.

*

"Let's forget about him for a while and go swimming like we planned! Come on!" Kelly cried as she raced down to the lake's dock. She leapt up in the air and did a perfect dive into the water, creating very little splash. Shinji looked surprised as the bikini clad girl ran past him and dove in. He looked back up the hill where Megami stood in her more conservative one-piece and Hiroko in her skimpy bikini.

Hiroko shrugged at Megami and ran after Kelly. Hiroko made a perfect swam dive in and close behind her Megami leapt up and did a spin in the air, coming down in a near perfect dive. Shinji was out on the dock by then and peered in the lake after the girls. With that Hiroko popped out of the water and squirted the water in her mouth straight at Shinji's face.

Little did the four teenagers know they were being watched. Hana stood on the porch outside the house. She sighed at looked down at herself. She longed for the days when she had to body for those bikinis she had been so famous among the Ronin for. Megami had the body for them but she was awfully shy about her features. Out of the three Megami's was the most conservative when it came to swim wear.

~~~~*~~~~

Megami dove under as Kelly tried to tag her, they were playing water tag, a game of their own invention. As she settled down at the bottom of the lake to hide until Kelly was busy chasing Hiroko strange images came to her mind. Before she knew it before her she saw the kanji 'Ai' rushing at her face. Then a blur of images screamed through her mind.

First her Sobo in a beautiful golden armor fighting another woman who was more scantily clad. Two other figures entered her mind standing alongside her Sobo. One was in a bright red armor and the other was in a royal blue armor, but these two wore helmets very unlike her Sobo's tiara making them indistinguishable. Her Sobo and 'Uncle' Ryo wrapped in each other's arms. What she assumed to be her grandparents wedding day with a sad man, who looked very much like 'Uncle' Ryo in the back. Her grandmother being beaten by her grandfather, her Sobo's screams of pain filling her head. Her own mother as an infant, toddler, teen, and finally marring her father. Herself with her mother and father. Then she found herself flying at the sun! She opened her mouth to scream but no sound came out. She landed on the sun with no harm to her whatsoever. In front of her was a temple of gold, not knowing why she stepped inside, pillars made out of flame held up the temple's ceiling. As she ventured in she found a room with tablets inscribed with words in another language, that she strangely
understood. The first said

Torch of Spirit, sought through five
Drinking strength from immortal fire
The Darkest prison sheds the light
Churning beneath a swirl of salts
Burning within a throne of rock
Floating amongst the eyes of ages
Ummored in the stream of the sky

The next one said

Spirit of fire, power of one
Burning eternal, silent but strong
Light of the sky, center of all
Love of one, seeking long
A pillar of strength for one alone
Virtue of love, sought by many
Pure virtue sought by all
Virtue and love, power eternal
Virtue and love, may never fall

The final tablet's inscription was longer but she could not read it. She walked on into a room with two rows of crystal tables; upon each lay an armor of some sort. She was closer to the row on the left as she approached, engraved on the crystal was words in the strange language. The first table was inscribed with 'Armor of Starfire, the Golden protector' The armor sitting upon it was beautiful, gold and fire orange hued. It did not have a helmet but rather a tiara engraved with stars and crystals. She recognized it as the armor Sobo had been wearing at the beginning of her flashes. This armor seemed to be designed for a female body and she looked over to the other table. It said 'Echo of Starfire, golden flame' that armor was the same except it was designed for a male body and it had a helmet of pure gold.

She walked forward again and the next table was more of a pillar it gave the faint impression of being on fire. It was inscribed with 'Power of the Super Starfire, born of love' On it hovered a crystal of pure light, it glowed a golden tinge. Across was an another pillar with a larger crystal hovering over it, that one was inscribed with 'Echo of Super Starfire, born of power' Again she moved on to the last two tables. On this table there sat the most beautiful armor she had ever seen. It was elaborately designed with carving all over it; it bore a faint resemblance to the first armor she had come upon. Engraved upon that table was 'Starbright Armor of Solarblaze' across the way was a similar armor made for a man, its table was engraved with 'Echo Starbright of Solarblaze.'

Then she looked up to see the kanji 'Ai' rushing at her again. And she stood outside of the temple on the sun. She again saw the first table she had come to, but this time to tiara of the armor had the kanji 'Ai' glowing upon it. She felt the kanji upon her forehead as well. She whipped about to see five figures coming towards her, three boys and two girls. The closest one to her was male and he reached out a hand to her. The flame flickered around his face and she caught an image of him, "Shinji?" She murmured. Then a crystal orb appeared in front of her, within it glowed to golden kanji 'Ai'. Megami reached for it knowing it was important. But as she did the world of fire disappeared around her.

She kicked out of the water gasping for air. Kelly and Hiroko stared at her in astonishment. "Meg.... Your forehead." Kelly gasped.

"What the heck is going on hear? Ai?!" Hiroko screeched as she pointed to her forehead. Megami felt her forehead and she could feel power from it, a faint golden glow. But as soon as her fingertips brushed it faded. She turned around and scrambled out of the water where she ran smack into Shinji who also stared at her in amazement.

She started to apologize but she never got the chance as he grabbed her wrist and fumbled out urgently.

"We've gotta go talk to grandfather and 'Aunt' Hana!" With that he dragged her back up to the house, leaving Kelly and Hiroko in amazed silence. When they reached the house Shinji called out frantically for his grandfather and 'Aunt' Hana. The two were playing cards in the den but when they heard his calls they rushed in.

"Shinji what's wrong?" Hana said in confusion.

"There was a kanji on Meg-chan's forehead!" Shinji managed to stammer out. Megami's hair was still dripping wet from the lake but it was rather dry near her forehead.

"W..w..what?!" Hana stumbled over her own words. Then she set off towards her own study. She came back in shock gripping something in her hand. Ryo stared at her and made a face. Hana nodded and tightened her grip on whatever was in her hand.

"We should have seen this coming, Megami is your only living descendant." Ryo said slowly. His face was concerned but set with determination.

"Yes, I know..." Hana's eyes were sad and the usual brightness had retreated. "Come Megami. We have things to talk about." With that she turned quietly to her study/gym. Megami followed rather dazed. Shinji stared after the pair still in shock.

"Shinji." Ryo's voice was soft with a strange tone to it. Shinji's head snapped up to look at his grandfather. "I think you'd better go down to the lake and give Hiroko and Kelly some sort of explanation." Shinji looked like he was going protest but Ryo stared at him intently, a sort of demand. So Shinji went.

*

Hana lead Megami in a sat rather heavily in her chair and lazily motioned for Megami to sit in the other chair. Megami settled herself and stared at her Sobo.

"Megami. You must listen closely to what I have to say." Hana's voice was tired, weighed down with a heavy burden. "Megami you have a destiny and that destiny intends for you to carry a heavy burden throughout your life. Out all five of the others who share this destiny with you, your burden is the hardest to bear."

"Sobo. I don't understand." Megami's voice confused, she was very frightened by what had happened to her in the lake.

"Megami do you remember, the legend I used to tell you as a child? The one about the nine armors and the evil dynasty?" Hana's voice became calm once again.

"The legend?"

"Yes, Megami. When the Evil Dynasty came to rule this world. The six warriors fated to stop them. And the nine armors and their destiny. Dear child do you remember?" Hana's voice grew insistent.

"Yes," Megami said quietly, her grandmothers tone scared her slightly.

"The Starfire girl in the legend Megami. You remember her? And the Wildfire boy?"

"Yes, Sobo but what do they have to do with me?"

"You remember what that Starfire girls mystic armor operated off of?"

"Yes, her love for the Wildfire boy. But Sobo...?"

"Megami, the Starfire girl...was me. A long time ago the year I turned 16 I met the one you know as the Wildfire boy. That boy was Ryo. And not too long after we met the Evil Dynasty attacked Shinjuku. And we had to forsake our innocence and our hearts to fight them."

"Sobo...you?"

"Yes, Megami, I was once known as Hana of the Guardian Starfire. I accepted my destiny and took it upon myself to protect your 'Great Uncle' at all costs. I accepted my duty as the Golden Protector. And eventually I did it not out of a sense of duty but out of love, Megami. From that day when he first formed the Inferno I knew that was it, what I felt."

"Sobo?" Megami's voice was sad, she felt for her grandmother. She could hear the pain in her voice. "Sobo, you and 'Uncle' Ryo? You were?"

"Yes, Megami dearest. But that was a long time ago, destiny calls me elsewhere. And that's not why I told you. Shinji brought you in here saying that he'd seen a 'Kanji' on your forehead after you came up out of the water. Did you see something while you were down there?" Meia's voice became deadly serious once again.

"I saw a golden armor and you Sobo. You were wearing that golden armor with another person in a red armor. And a cat, White Blaze I think. And other images, 'Uncle' Ryo getting married, you getting married. Momma and papa. And me. And then I was flying at the sun. Funny thing was when I landed I wasn't burnt. At there was this temple with these legends inscribed on them. One was about 'Torch of Spirit sought through five' and the other one I remember more clearly.

Spirit of fire, power of one
Burning eternal, silent but strong
Light of the sky, center of all
Love of one, seeking long
A pillar of strength for one alone
Virtue of love, sought by many
Pure virtue sought by all
Virtue and love, power eternal
Virtue and love, may never fall

And then this room with two rows of tablets with armors sitting on the first two in both rows. And on a pillar on both rows there were two glittering crystals and then again two armors one on each side. One side's armors looked like they were meant for a woman and the other sides for a man. Then I was outside again and there were five figures coming at me and the first female armor was in front of me, only the Kanji 'Ai' was glowing on its tiara? And the figures seemed to be in armor as well. The closest one to me was a boy." Megami said as her Sobo simply nodded. "I saw his face for a moment but I couldn't see who it was." She lied. "And then there was a crystal orb with the Kanji in it and then I came up."

Hana put her hand in her pocket and pulled out something. "Did the orb look anything like this?" She held out her hand revealing a perfectly clear crystal orb with a golden glow in the center. The golden glow was a kanji. The kanji 'Ai.'

"Oh my God Sobo! That's the one! But how..." She drifted off when she saw the sad smile on her Sobo's face.

"This is my armor orb Megami. It's what I used to call my armor to me."

"But Sobo then why did it appear to me?"

"Megami, your 'Great Uncle' and I have been feeling a presence for some time. The presence of the Evil Dynasty. Megami we fear they may be back. And we are too old to fight them therefore the armors set out to chose new bearers for them. They're desire for battle sent them searching for the one person on this planet worthy to bear them now that we cannot. Only one person out there can bear the armor. The Guardian Starfire is the least bloodthirsty of them all. Its true desire is to fight to protect the bearer of Wildfire. So it sets out to find the one who can and will do it because she has strong feelings for him."

Hana paused to look sadly out they window at Ryo and Shinji. "Their hearts are pure and cannot feel hatred. Their hearts must be capable of the all-consuming love that fuels the Starfire armor. What is more Megami. That person must have the blood of the previous bearer running through her veins. I am its previous bearer Megami, none has worn it since me."

"Sobo but that means..."

"Yes, Megami it means that you are the only person who can wear the armor of Starfire and carry out its mission. Your heart is pure Megami and without that pure heart the world may very well end. But the choice is yours Megami, you are allowed to choose weather or not you shall respond to its call. I will warn you though Megami, even if it means that you refuse the armor. It is a very heavy burden and it will not end if the Evil Dynasty is defeated, it follows you to the end of your days and will cause your heart great pain. You will suffer Megami but still, you would be suffering for a righteous cause rather than cast the call aside and live in shame for your life. People have a way of knowing someone has refused the call, if not in so many words. It will follow you. I personally chose the call, rather than live with the shame. Your heart may ache but in the end you will see your destiny has been fulfilled and it is indeed a gratifying feeling. If you chose the call you must be willing to follow it wherever it leads you. Accepting it is a binding magical contract, you are bound to do whatever it takes to ensure the Earth's safety throughout eternity."

After a long pause Megami spoke. "Sobo. I'm not sure what to say. You say I will suffer either way but it may be best to choose the call. But still, I'm not sure. I need to think about it."

"Think as much as you need to make the right choice for you. There have been times where the Starfire has refused and the other Ronin have won, but it was very painful and they lost two of their own. And that was long ago, the power of the five Ronin is no longer enough to defeat the Evil Dynasty. Chose carefully my darling,"

*

"The Mortal World...I have waited so long for another chance." A voice in the Darkness boomed throughout the room. "Much time has passed. Those pesky Ronin brats will not be able to stop me this time."

"Yes, Master, I have seen the Ronin Warriors. They grow old and weak."

"They grow careless Master. The long peace has lulled their senses."

"Master, you will have no problem conquering them this time!"

"Yes, Master. The Mortal World is yours for the taking."

Four voices rang out in the room, all seemingly female. The last was strangely flat, totally devoid of emotion.

"Yes, my Warlords. Come forward."

As the cold voice rang out four women appeared in the room. The first was tall, of a lean panther like build; she had flaming red hair with a pure white streak running through it. Across her face ran two scars, another under her chin, her eyes glittered gold. The second was even taller than the first of a very muscular build; she was African American and had purple hair and pink eyes. The third was very short and of an impish build. Her fragile face held two glittering purple orb's bringing out her darkened skin and a mane of orange hair framing her face. The final girl had icy blue hair, also with a pure white streak down the center. She was of a small yet strong build with blank green eyes. She bore a frightening resemblance to the first. Each had red/pink eye makeup.

"My Warlords, the time has come. We shall claim the Mortal World as our own! Nothing shall stand in our way!" The source of the voice appeared. It was a floating head covered in armor.

"Yes, Master Talpa, we shall have the Mortal's begging for mercy." The redhead cackled.

"Go Hotaru! Bring the Mortal's to their knees. And bring me the Ronin Warriors!"

"As you wish Master Talpa." At that the woman called Hotaru vanished.

*

"It's such a nice day. Great day for a picnic." A man with auburn red hair staring off at the group of five kids swimming in the pond.

"You definitely chose a nice day Hana." The blond said stretching out.

"Yes, but what is this about anyway. We haven't all gotten together for a while." Said another, vainly trying to get his blue forelock out of his eyes.

"Does something have to be up Rowen?" Ryo said sitting back and looking up at the sky.

"This park hasn't changed much since we were kids. I thought it would be fun to get together with the kids. I don't see why something has to be up." Hana said leaning against Ryo.

The other three stared at the pair. "Fifty-six year hasn't changed those two at all."

"You can say that again Sage." Commented Rowen as he looked at the kids. Megami was currently busy dunking Akira while Hiroko and Kelly had teamed up on Shinji. Akira disappeared under water and Shinji went down with only a little prompting from Hiroko.

"Kelly sure is a swimmer Sai. How do you two do it?" Hana laughed as she saw her adoptive grandson go under.

"Do What?" Sai cried in bewilderment.

"Hold your breath so long? What do you have gills?" Rowen said giving Sai a playful punch.

"I donno, we just always could do it?"

"Grandpa! Aiko pushed me in the lake!" A wailing voice came up to hill, a little girl with flaming red hair and tiger blue eyes. Shinji's younger sister Ryoko.

Her voice was quickly followed by another. "Did not Ryoko pushed me first!" Another little girl, this one with strawberry blond hair and green eyes, Aiko, Hiroko's younger sister. And yet another figure followed the pair. A red head with soulful brown eyes. Sai's four year old granddaughter Mizuki, who idolized Ryoko and Aiko.

"Don't start that girls." Sage called out in a half-concealed laugh.

"Don't push each other, I don't care who started it." Ryo's voice was a halfhearted attempt to be stern.

"Run along and play girls." Hana said pleasantly. "No more of this pushing nonsense."

Just then another figure came running up the hill. A tall girl of 16 with wild pink hair. "Ryoko! Aiko! Mizuki! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!"

"We're sorry Serene-oneechan." The three said in unison.

"Serene dear, why don't you go swim with your brother and we'll keep an eye on these three." Hana said. Serene's purple eyes shone with delight, she idolized her 'Aunt' Hana and whatever she said was law.

"Okay!" She ran enthusiastically down the hill and into the lake. There she caught Shinji coming up from a dunking by Megami. She pulled him down with her.

When they came up for air Shinji was red with embarrassment. "Serene! What the hell?"

"Konnichi Wa Oniichan!" Serene said brightly before Shinji dunked her. A brief tussle broke out between the twins but it ended in a water war between all six teens.

The somewhat startled grandparents all burst out laughing at this and none of them noticed the dark clouds gathering above them. But the big cat and collie lying beside them did. White Blaze and Benji were immediatly on their feet. Their growling put an abrupt end to the laughter.

White Blaze sent Blaze down to the lake to fetch the teens. And at a word from Hana the greying collie flew down to the lakeside as well.

Being unable to communicate his "message" any other way Blaze dragged Shinji out of the lake, closely followed by Benji who splashed around until Megami followed her out.

Then it happened. Screams came from the city around them and a blot of lightning hit a near by tree. Another bolt headed straight for Ryoko, Aiko, and Mizuki.

"RYOKO! AIKO! MIZUKI!" Hana screamed shoved her hand in her pocket and threw the other hand at them, fingers splayed. Golden lights flew from her finger tips and to the girls forming a golden dome around them, the lightning bolt dissipated. The dome faded after the bolt was gone and the physically weak Hana collapsed into Ryo's arms.

"HANA!" All four men yelled in shock.

This brought the group of teens running up the hill, Megami leading the pack crying out "SOBO!" As soon as Shinji got up the hill he desperately grabbed at his clothing and pulled something out of his pocket and gripped it hard in his hands.

"Sooo little Starfire! Your armor still protects you. How very sweet." A female voice rang out from above them. A figure in a dark armor appeared, the wearer seemed to be female and instead of a helmet she wore a tiara of sorts, wicked and twisted. "But your time has come Ronin Warriors!"

"That's Anubis's armor!" Sai cried in alarm.

"Yes, this is the armor once worn by the traitor Anubis. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Hotaru, Master of Cruelty. The time has come to surrender to Master Talpa Ronin Warriors!" The woman's voice was low with a murderous under tone to it. Her hair flew every which way, blood red with a strange white streak down the center.

"Not today!" Shinji yelled stepping forward to stand in front of Hana and his grandfather.

"And what are you going to do about it little man!" Hotaru laughed cruelly.

"Stop you! Watch this demon! ARMOR OF WILDFIRE, DAO JIN!" He gripped the item in his hand and there was a flash of red light that left him in a white and red body armor.

"What is this!" Hotaru cried in anger.

"This is the armor of Wildfire demon! I'm Shinji, the new bearer of the armor."

"How can this be... Those are the Ronin Warriors behind him...Yet this boy has the armor of Wildfire...Could he be?" Hotaru murmured to herself.

"Fight me demon!" Shinji yelled stepping forward to challenge her.

"Fine! I see now! How clever Wildfire." Hotaru cried and stared directly at Ryo. "To sense us and pass on your armor. But this boy will not save you alone. You will need five other new Ronins. All right then boy, show me what you've got." She glared at Shinji as lightning flashed across the sky illuminating the two scars across her face. Shinji leapt at her, his fist leading. Truly not understanding that he had no chance against a Warlord in full armor with only his sub-armor.

The previous Ronin watched in terror as Hotaru knocked aside blow after blow carelessly as Shinji was no more than a fly.

Suddenly Rowen spotted something. "Look! She's got the same eye makeup on that Kayura did!" All the others looked and indeed she did have the red/pink eye makeup that Kayura had sported while serving the dynasty.

Then Hotaru decided to stop fooling around and get rid of this threat to her Masters power. She began to bat Shinji around like a doll. Soon enough she threw him into a tree and advanced upon him twirling her Kusari Gama above her head laughing.

"Shinji!" Megami cried feeling so helpless.

"Megami..." Hana's voice came from behind, very weakly. "Megami come here..."

"Sobo?" Megami's voice shook as she kneeled down next to her grandmother.

"Megami, now. Now it is time. You must chose now. You must chose your fate Megami. Now is your chance. You wish to save Shinji, darling, I can see it in your eyes. I know what your feeling. You wish to save him no matter what the cost to you." Hana said softly and nearly fainted again.

"Han-chan, you should rest." Ryo's soft voice came from above her. His hand gently stroking her hair.

"No Ryo-chan I have to give Megami her..." She strained and pulled an orb out of her pocket, the kanji inside was glowing brightly. "It chose you Megami. Will you accept it?"

Megami stared into the furiously glowing orb, the gold of the kanji reflecting in her eyes. "Yes, I accept it. I must save Shinji." Megami said firmly, all eyes were upon her as she took the orb from Hana's hand and stood up. "GUARDIAN STARFIRE, DAO AI!"

With a flash of golden light Megami stood proud, her red hair blowing in the unnatural wind in the skin tight golden and white body armor of the Starfire.

"Tao Ai. Megami to call the full armor." Hana said with a smile and fainted into Ryo's arms again. All eyes were upon Megami as she raced towards Shinji.

She leapt between Hotaru and Shinji just as Hotaru leapt in the arm twirling her Kusari Gama and threw it yelling "QUAKE WITH FEAR!" Megami grabbed Shinji in her arms and leapt away, partially being blown aside with the blast as chains flew every which way. She narrowly escaped them. "Where is he!" Hotaru cried enraged.

"Over here!" Megami cried, her voice was dark with anger. "Yeah that's right you ugly bitch. Over here."

Hotaru spun furious to see Megami standing over a limp Shinji. Hotaru's eyes widened when she saw the glittering gold sub-armor. "But your..."

"I'm Megami. Megami of the Guardian Starfire. I'll protect Shinji at all costs." Megami cried her voice enraged.

"We'll see how long you last!" Hotaru screeched and leapt at Megami.

Megami darted out of her way and recalled what her Sobo had said. "GUARDIAN STARFIRE, TAO AI!" With that flashes of golden light surrounded her and she lifted one hand above her head with her two middle fingers pointed out and brought it down to steady her other hand in a similar position. A flash of light enfolded her and a glistening gold and orange armor came to her piece by piece, lastly a tiara and Megami whipped out a sword to point at it at Hotaru.

"I see this kitten has claws. But your armor won't save you now." Hotaru's voice cracked with anger.

"We'll see about that!" Megami said leaping forward striking out with her sword, immediately glad of her training with such swords. The pair fought with their weapons for a while but soon enough Hotaru leapt up in the air to strike again. Megami stepped back into a guarding stance and swung her sword from side to side and behind her. She spun around once and then grabbed the sword with both hands and pointed it at Hotaru. "STAR FLAME STRIKE!" A blazing star shape flew from her sword startling Hotaru so much it hit her. The ground around Hotaru burst into golden flames. She was caught so much by surprise that it seemed she was defeated.

Suddenly the flames were gone and three figures stood around her. Each was in full armor, each was a woman, and each had the same eye make up. "I am Tomoe ruler of Illusion. We watched your battle carefully Guardian, you barely won." The tallest said, she had purple hair and red pink eyes, she African American.

"I am Aya, warrior of venom. Yes, you are weak Guardian you will stand no chance against us." The smallest said, she was built like an imp and had orange hair with glittering purple eyes, and the same skin tone as Kelly.

The final woman, girl really, had no expression on her face what so ever and her eyes were blank. Around her neck there was a gold plate, similar to the one Kayura had worn. "I am Junko keeper of darkness. Rest up little Guardian, for the next time we meet you shall die!"

What that final remark the four Warlords disappeared into the sky. A voice rang out from the clouds and a floating head appeared there. "I am Talpa young Guardian. I am back to rule to Mortal World, Ronin Warriors gather your strength and try and fight us if you dare!" With that the image dissipated from the sky and the city was left in darkness as the palace of the dynasty floated above them.