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Kento grinned, "ALright! RYo's back in charge!"

Cye shook his head at his friend, "yes, but we still have to go get the staff back, and our bodies healed."


"Not a problem. I know where it is...but be ready. THere are likely to be things or people ready to block our path," By people, Lena referred to Sehkmet and Tusuki. Giving the guys an almost pained look, she nodded, "We have to get Dais back.....Let's do this..."

With that, the girl beckoned them all closer, "Come close...I will transport us...but keep your mindso n the destination. I can't do it without that."

"You said the cave has healing properties, didn't you, Lena?" Kayura thought aloud. "Which means that all of battle fatigue to this point will disappear. Ryo will be able to summon the Inferno Armor again, and the playing field will be in our favor, as they are only Tusuki and Sehkmet. Against all of us, I don't know how much of a chance they stand. So, I think it's worth the risk to go there."

"You're also forgetting," Kale said to Kanita, scowling at her, "That by going there we are giving Tusuki a chance to capture Lena." He turned to Lena. "You don't expect me to believe that you won't fall under the dark influence a second time?"

Lena blinked, looking at Kale. Both of them knew she held alot of respect for him...at least prior to when he had kidnapped her, but she supposed she could get over that. Offering him a wane smile, she shrugged, "They shoved the raw dark energy through my body....You know how my armor pics up on spiritual energy. I hardly had a chance...and I was already weakened by the torture you all put me through...what would you expect to happen?"

Cye blinked, as Kento grinned. She wasn't happy.

Lena continued, "Besides....if it does happen, I'm sure that the ofudas I gave to you all should work....." She blinked, "Ack...I MEANT to give them......well, here." She handed a few over, "Those will work on anyone who has the influenece of the darkness on them.....and you know what I mean. I mean evil....That's what a miko does...after all. These should help, but not in extreme cases, or even the super bad ones. THose I have to help break myself.."

TUrning, she looked at Kayura, "Let's do this...we don't have a choice. Yes, the caves have healing properties, and they should help all of you. Kanita?....Thanks..." She smiled before turning, "Gather round.....Let's do this right the first time."

Kento smirked, "Alright! Let's do this! I can already fill that we will win! Don't we always?"

Sage snorted, giving his friend a sidelong glance, "DOn't get cocky....You know we still have the battle ahead of us. Nothing will happen till then."

"Makes sense, but let's make this amongst our best! I know we'll make it," Cye said, stepping in beside Kento.

"Remember to watch your backs, people. We don't know entirely what to expect," Rowen said, steppping in beside Lena as the others closed into a circle around the girl.

"I know, but that doesn't mean get complacent," Dannin spoke, looking at each of the Ronins with a piercing stare and amused smile.

"Alright.....Let's do this......FOcus with me people," Lena smirked, once more looking like the mischievous character she was.

"Ok then!" Lena grinned, looking at each of them, acting confident once again, "Focus with me...and we can do this..."

With that, she brought her hands before her in a gesture that many mikos and monks have used. Her hand signs changed gestures everyonce in a while, "Earth...sun...moon...stars....fire...wind.....water...light...earth..."

She countinued her chant, her prayer reaching the spirits themselves as she teleported them all to the caves of healing.

"It does seem to be our only choice then," Rowen nodded, sstanding off to the side as the caves cured the fatigue he, and the others, felt, "Shall we get moving?"

Tusuki glanced up at Sehkmet, who had just returned from his task. "They're here."

"I expected as much," Sehkmet said, standing over an unconscious Dais. "There isn't much I'll be able to do other than slow them down. With all of them together, they're no match for me."

"Then just watch," Tusuki said, "As I tear this universe apart."

***

Kayura put a hand on one of the cave walls. "It feels warm. Can this be natural?"

"After everything else you've seen?" Ryo asked her. "It doesn't matter if it's real or not. What matters is that Tusuki is up there, waiting for us. Lena, Kayura, Kale and Kanita, I think you guys should go on ahead, and strike first. Your goal is to retrieve the staff. Then, the rest of us will come in and finish Tusuki off."

"It's a risk, Ryo," Kayura declared. "We still don't know where Batrias is, or what happened to the Blacksmith."

"We've been reacting way too long," Ryo replied. "It's time we put them on their heels, instead of the other way around."