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 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:00 am
Korin finally stands, her eyes red from crying. How could she be so attached to someone she had just met. It didn't make sence, but then again, living for a little under five thousand years didn't make sence either.
Her subarmor fades into jeans and a t-shirt. She puts both the orbs for her armor and the Armor of Spider in her pockets. She looks at Cye and Kento.
"We're needed in Tokyo," she says, "quickly."
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:03 am
Kento rubs his palm slowly over his face. "Who are you, lady? And what's in Tokyo, anyway? What's going on?"
Cye puts in, "Yeah, I'd like to know too. What's so urgent, and why are you crying....?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:08 am
Korin shakes her head.
"My name is Korin, daughter of Kaylyn and Alaric," she says, "I am a friend of Sage Date, who bears the burden of Nimbus. I was with him here in New York, I met your uncle in your resteraunt Kento. But it seems you were not there. Some evil stirs back home, and the other Ronins are all ready there."
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:11 am
"You know Sage?" Cye asks, then nods to himself as the word 'Nimbus' comes to mind. "Yeah, I suppose you do."
"Okay lady, this is too weird!" Kento exclaims. "First, I'm eating hamburgers at McDonalds, then I'm in some desert somewhere, getting chased by giant worms and then I wake up on some weird bed and there's an explosion. Can you tell me, am I dreaming or what?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:21 pm
Korin smiles slightly at the mention of knowing Sage. When thiking of the battle, however, she saddly shakes her head.
"You were captured by a sorcerer, much like Sage was years ago," she says, "Dais, the warrior of Spider, destroyed it with his own life, so we could continue against the evil stirring in Japan."
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:18 pm
Kento sighs deeply and says, "I don't know what you're talking about, lady. But, okay, take us to Tokyo, then, if something's going on."
Cye interjected, "Are you going to trust this person?"
Kento replies to his friend, "Yes, Cye, I suppose that I am."
***
Batrias, running through city blocks as best he can through the people, the policeman and the tanks slowly progressing towards the battle zone, changes into his sub-armor. The riddle of the Cantonese text and the ancient Egyptian symbols occur again to him. Then, he sees what could only be a Heaven's Shockwave streak through the air, followed by orders on megaphones and the revving of tank engines.
Batrias bursts through a plastic roadblock telling him, in Japanese, not to pass.
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:34 pm
Korin smiles slightly, "Like he has a choice Torrent? I will explain what I know on the way, but it is very little. I give you a reason here. My mother helped create the armor you wear. He was the Lady Hyrosha, and though you may not know the name, my uncle was the warlord Anubis. He aided you once, and now I have come to do the same."
With that, she turns and begins to walk away.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:27 pm
The shape coalesced, solidified and finally came to a rest beside the dead horse Rowen had shot. The creature looked wispy, thin and ragged. Rowen thought of a torn shadow.
Just then, a streak of light soared through the air. It was an RPG, Rocket-Propelled-Grenade, fired by a young student with a "Kawasaki" T-Shirt on. The student ran when the shadow turned towards him, dropping his weapon.
"Ryo, I'll follow your lead," Rowen said.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:14 pm
Ryo nodds, "Right. We need to know why it's here."
Dannin mutters something about attacking first and asking questions later.
"I don't want to repeat Black Inferno," Ryo says.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:21 pm
Batrias arrives at the scene ahead of the tanks, though they are close behind. He sees- can it be chariots? Netherworld chariots? And dead soldiers. He doesn't know what to make of the scene until he sees Rowen, Ryo, White Blaze and someone that looks like a Hyrosha girl.
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The torn shadow extends what might be hand and shoots a dark burst of energy at Rowen, knocking him backwards off his feet. Rowen finds himself staring at the sky. He tries to stand on his feet, except for a glob of black smile across his chest, holding him to ground.
"Ryo..." Rowen manages, trying to stay conscious.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:38 pm
"Forget the questions," Ryo says and launches into combat. Weilding his two katanas, he makes easy work to get next to Rowen and try to aid his friend.
Dannin isn't so lucky. With an injured wrist, she has a hard time weilding her no-datchi. Fortunatly, no one had come for the young Wildcat, yet.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:42 pm
"Ryo," Rowen coughs out, flinging black slime off his chest, "It's...what is it?"
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Batrias, on the other side of the battle, puts on his armor and hears a loudspeaker announce from behind him, "You are all under arrest!"
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:46 pm
Ryo shakes his head, "I don't know. You're the brains in this outfit."
Then both he and Dannin hear the cry about being under arrest.
"Quick!" Ryo says, "Masks down. We gotta get this fight out of the city."
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:06 pm
Before Rowen can respond, he hears the thunder of tanks firing at them all. Concrete, chariots and windows shatter all about them. Someone in white armor hits the deck. Rowen shakes his head. "I don't know, Ryo..."
Then, the torn shadow, the gathered energy of all the soldiers that came to kill them, lashes out again. Rowen is ready this time. A golden arrow shoots through the darkness coming towards him. Somewhere in the middle, the two cancel each other out. Rowen sees his arrow lying broken on the ground.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:18 pm
Ryo, behind his mask, frowns slightly.
"There are too many people here," he says, "We gotta to this fast, or get it out of the city."
Dannin purs slightly as her mask covers her face.
"Well, what will a Heaven Shock Wave, Fury of Wildfire, and Flaming Strike do?" she says.
Ryo smirks, "You mean besides level downtown?"
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