Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB ❯ StarFire and Xero Warrior: The Best Team Up! ( Chapter 8 )

"I've kept your secret like you asked, StarFire. I haven't told anyone about you or this forest. But why don't you talk to me in my dreams anymore? I'd like to know more about you, and see you more often. You always help us out, but where do you come from? Please, tell me…"

Silent Warrior Inferno: SuperB

Episode 135

Timmy and StarFire are talking near a lake in StarFire's world in a dream sequence.

“Why do you wish to know so much?” she asks him.

"I'd like to be your friend,” he responds.

"I'm sorry Takato," StarFire responds. "I can't tell you anything. You already know too much."

StarFire and Xero Warrior: The Best Team Up!

Pronyma is talking to the Amazon Trio, explaining how they have to get StarFire.

“StarFire is but a shadow in this world,” Pronyma is explaining. “She needs a pure and unique soul in order to sustain herself, therefore, you must look inside of peoples' souls in order to find her. Remember: StarFire is the key to taking over the world.”

"The person whose soul StarFire is hiding in may want to take control of her and seize her power," Tiger's Eye says. “What if they realize that they should have this power for themselves?”

“Do you think someone with a pure soul would have thoughts of taking over the world?” Shark's Eye asks.

"I know for a fact that StarFire would never reveal its true power, not even to its host,” Hawk's Eye says. “If that were to happen, you know StarFire would leave in a heartbeat.”

“Hawk's Eye is correct,” Pronyma agrees. “And StarFire knows that more than anyone else, that is why she will never tell her `landlord' about her powers. If the host was to ever find out, she would then leave and look for the next.”

The trio leaves Pronyma, and goes to the bar, all except for Tiger's Eye, who goes into a dark corner of the tent.

"Shadow King, Hebihanabiko!” Tiger's Eye calls, summoning forth his shadow Remless. “Were you listening to that conversation?”

“You mean about how StarFire is only a shadow?” he asks.

“Yes! You have the ability to sneak into someone's heart from their shadow. StarFire is shadow. If you can jump into her body, you should be able to sneak into whoever she is resting in. Doing that will immediately tell us who she is hiding in!”

“My specialty, master, is to charm a human's heart and steal it away. If I can steal the heart of whoever StarFire is hiding in, she will be ours!”

“Then it's settled; I'm taking you with me on my next assignment.”

* * *

Timmy, Mark, and Kayla are painting in the park with their summer class. Their teacher, Ms. Karch, comes up to them.

“Wow TK, your painting is awesome,” Mark says. “It's like you're a master painter.”

“I've seen better,” Kayla says.

"Looks like you all are doing very well," she says to them. “Mr. Davis, why are you wearing that ridiculous outfit? Stop fooling around and get to work.”

“I'm dressed like a painter I saw on TV,” Timmy replies.

“You can't do that, Takato.”

“But when I'm dressed like this, I feel I paint much better.”

She then notices Timmy's painting.

"I can't give you a good mark for that," she says to him. "You were only supposed to draw the scenery, and nothing else. The colors and shades are all very excellent, but you added something that isn't there. Do you know what a landscape is?"

“But I felt it belonged there…”

"Don't be so stubborn Ms. Karch," Kayla says. "That's probably why you're not married."

"Please repaint your picture, Takato," Ms. Karch says sadly as she leaves.

“What's her deal?” Mark asks.

“Maybe she hates kids,” Kayla replies.

"She seems very unfriendly at times," Timmy thinks to himself. “But there's a sadness to her too.”

“I'm really horrible when dealing with those kids,” Ms. Karch is thinking to herself on a bench.

* * *

"Our next target," Elliott is saying at the bar, "will be Ms. Kara Karch, from Roberto Clemente Middle School."

“She doesn't seem all that great,” David comments.

“Considering her age, you should go after her, Jacoby.”

“She doesn't make my heart jump,” he replies.

"You go after her," Elliott says to David. “It's about time you did some work around here.”

"I'm not interested in women like that," David says.

“Could it be that older men like me are more your type?” Elliott asks, putting his hand on David's shoulder.

“Stop playing around! Why do I have to fall for someone like you? All muscle and no brains!”

“Yea yea, I get it, I get it.” “Damn, I was hoping they'd do all the work of luring StarFire out. Oh well, if I can get her all on my own, all the credit will fall to me!”

* * *

TJ and Timmy are on the way home from the store. TJ is carrying all the groceries and is complaining that Timmy isn't helping.

“You could at least take half of them or something,” he yells.

“You lost at rock paper scissors, so you have to carry all of them!” Timmy yells back.

TJ continues to complain as he lugs the groceries down the street. As he rounds a corner, he ends up knocking into a woman.

“Oh no, mom's going to kill me if I broke all the eggs,” TJ cries.

“You really are a klutz,” Timmy sighs, coming back to TJ.

“Oh, Takato,” the woman says spotting Timmy.

“Who is this woman?” TJ asks.

“It's my teacher from summer session,” Timmy replies.

“Oh, hello there! I'm sure Timmy gives you a lot of trouble in class. How is he doing in school?”

“That's none of your business!”

“Are you his older brother?” Ms. Karch asks.

“Stop acting like you suddenly care!” Timmy growls.

“Takato is very popular in class. He can easily make friends with everyone…to the point that I get a little envious.”

She then bids them farewell and continues down the street in the opposite direction.

“Even I can't make friends with everyone,” Timmy says.

As she is walking down the street, she walks by Elliott, who is posing as a fortuneteller.

“What seems to be the problem, lovely lady?” he asks. “Your face is clouded with worry. It's my duty to rescue maidens from their troubles. Today, I'll give you a deal and be your counselor for free.”

"I can't seem to bond very well with children," she explains to him. “When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher, but ever since I became one, I've found I can't stand the kids.”

“How boring. I wish I could be fighting Brothers right now.”

“Well I just don't know what to do,” she continues.

“You don't have to worry about a thing,” he finally says. “I can take care of your monsters for you…as well as your life!”

She then begins to leave, but Elliott snaps his fingers, and something trips her.

“Let's take a look at your soul and see why you don't get along with those children,” Elliott says, changing into Tiger's Eye.

Down the road, TJ and Timmy are continuing on their way home.

“This stuff is heavy,” TJ is complaining.

“Would you two like a ride?” Ashley says, pulling up in her sports car with Zakia.

Before TJ can answer, screams can be heard coming from down the street.

"One, two, three," Tiger's Eye says, doing the normal procedure. "Damn it, no StarFire in this soul."

"Wildfire."

"Inferno."

"Armor Up!"

“Let's Rocket!”

Ashley holds a star flower up, and it begins to shimmer and shine. It becomes transparent and reveals small stars inside. The stars spill out and cover her body, making it transparent with stars inside. White star dust then pans up her body from her feet, creating her uniform. She ends with a smile and sparkles going across her eyes, creating her signature mask. Her ending pose has her standing in front of a giant yellow star shaped flower with sparkles.

“Angel Ginzuishou, Make Up!”

In Zakia's transformation, she holds her hands to her chest as her angel crystal appears and forges with her chest. She then raises her arms, and angel feathers wash over her chest, creating her white shirt and jacket. Next, she stretches her arms in front of her and angel feathers wash over them, putting on her gloves. The angel feathers then wash down to put on her pants and boots. She spins around once, and her angelic wings appear, as well as her tiara and tattoos. She ends with her staff in her hand, sword on her back, the planet of Virtue behind her and feathers blowing in a soft breeze.

The two Brother daggers then fly by and strike the ground in front of Tiger's Eye.

"You're attacking a school teacher who's devoted to her job," Silent Warrior says.

"Yeah, making kids happy is what she's all about," Xero Warrior says.

"As the handsome Brother in armor, I will not let you harm her. Silent Warrior Inferno!"

"Xero Warrior Wildfire!"

"We're going to chew you up, and spit you out."

"I don't think so," Tiger's Eye shouts as he begins to throw his knives at them. “I've been waiting for you to show up!”

“Angel Feathers!”

“Star Shower!”

Angel Warrior and Yellow LightStar's attacks knock the daggers out of the way.

“You insolent fool who doesn't give up on assaulting women, Angel Warrior will defend the females who can't defend themselves!”

“Xero Warrior Wildfire, show him how we do it,” Yellow LightStar calls out.

"StarFire please come, come and protect this person's soul! Call of the Flame!”

"Now's my chance," Tiger's Eye smiles. "Shadow King, Hebihanabiko, now's the time!"

It enters StarFire's body, and the sky turns blue/black. Xero Warrior and Silent Warrior are shocked.

"Hebihanabiko can corrupt the beautiful soul of StarFire's host," Tiger's Eye explains, "in hopes that the host will want to seize her power."

Tiger's Eye then leaves, and Xero Warrior's eyes suddenly become vacant. In a dream sequence, Hebihanabiko is talking to Timmy. He is trying to convince Timmy that he wants to seize the power of StarFire.

“So you're the host. Don't you understand little boy?” Hebihanabiko begins. “This horse is an animal, ready for the taming. All you have to do is take control, and then you'll have all the power you need to make your dreams come true. She is your horse you know.”

"My horse?” Timmy asks.

“Don't you see? With you controlling this horse, you can do so much. The world can be yours!”

“No, you're wrong!" Timmy cries out. "My dream coming true has nothing to do with wanting to seize the power of StarFire. In fact, I'll destroy you for talking like that in my dream! Flare Up Now!"

Timmy changes back into Xero Warrior and uses Silent warrior's old attack. In this attack, Xero Warrior pulls his swords off his back, and then makes a circle clockwise around his body. After getting into the mid-way pose, he takes the sword ends and brings them together, causing energy to flow into them. He then raises the swords above his head, and brings the two slashing down, sending forth a massive wave of energy, defeating Shadow King in the dream world. They both then return to the real world.

"Rage of Inferno!"

* * *

Ms. Karch is dreaming about first becoming a teacher. The kids all love her, and she loves them. Suddenly, she is awakened by Timmy.

“That strange man was defeated by Silent Warrior,” Timmy tells her.

"Would you like a ride home?” Ashley asks her.

"No thank you," she replies. "I do have a question though. Takato, why did you hand in your painting with the Pegasus still in it?"

"I felt that she belonged there," Timmy responds. "It was much better that it was there anyway."

"Now Takato, you know I can't give you a good mark, even if you are a very good artist."

"I don't mind, I like myself the way I am."

"I like your drawing very much," Ms. Karch says, smiling. “You are so unique. So, I guess I will see you later.”

Ms. Karch begins to leave, and thinks about what Timmy said to her about liking himself the way he is.

"I'll never give up," Ms. Karch says to herself.

That night, Timmy is on his bed, and it's almost time to go to sleep. A golden light then shines, revealing a small globe on a stand. StarFire then appears in the globe, in a miniature form.

"I'd like to be your friend too, Prince Takato,” she says.

“You know, we call you StarFire, the Phoenix Pegasus, but that's not your real name, is it?” Timmy asks.

“I'm sorry, but I can't reveal that to you yet.”

“It's ok; we can take our time and become good friends. I'm sure Eugene would be happy that I've found someone like you.”