Life and Soul Reunited

by CypherCA

Well, we’re nearing one of the major battles of the story..actually, it’s not too big.

Lady Venom:: Don’t give away the plot!

Oh, right, well, um, oh, reminder. I don’t own Ronin Warriors, I’m just using them in my fic. Enjoy!

Chapter 20: Preparing for Battle

“Come on Mia. Please try.” The guys heard Rowen beg Mia again.

“I’m sure Rowen. There’s nothing here. I’m sorry.”

“Just to double check, Strata ran off to get some magical tool to save his brother, and came back with no clue how to work it?” Dais asked sarcastically.

“Yep.” Kento responded.

“We’re doomed. Look at us. Defeated by a child.” Sekhmet said dejectedly.

“We can’t lose hope.” Cye told him.

“Wake up and smell reality Torrent! If Polestar hadn’t been weakened by his own attack, we’d be dead.” Cale yelled at him.

“Stop it guys!” Ryo yelled at all of them. They all started yelling at each other as Mia and Rowen entered the room. They ignored the fighting and headed for the front door.

“Where’s you going?” Kayura suddenly asked. The guys stopped fighting and stared at the two.

“To Rich’s apartment.” Rowen told them and exited.

“Don’t wait up.” Mia added as she left.

“What are they up to, do you think?” Sage asked no one. They all sat quietly thinking.

“Nothing here.” Mia said as she put yet another book back in Rich’s library.

“Ditto.” Rowen sighed as he picked up yet another. As he opened the cover, some report fell out. “Hey Mia, look at this.” He said as he picked up the report. It was a report by Rich on Medieval Sorcery.

“Think it’s in this?”

“Maybe.” He skimmed the pages and suddenly stopped. The page he was on had the Talisman. He quickly read the paragraph under it. Here it is. It says it needs some sort of power for it to work.”

“Such as?”

“I don’t know....wait! Look at this diagram!” Rowen pulled out the Talisman and turned it over. “The bottom is where the power source was.” He unscrewed the bottom and looked inside.

“You know, I bet your kanji orb could do it.”

“You may be right.” Rowen took out his orb and placed it in the Talisman. It pulsated a deep blue. “Looks like you were right.”

“Isn’t it supposed to light up or something?”

“I don’t know.” He screwed the bottom back on and turned it right side up. “What’s it say?” Mia read on.

“It is supposed to light up if the correct incantation is said by the holder.”

“Which is?” He asked impatiently.

“I can’t read it. It’s in that D’ni language.” Rowen grabbed a pen and paper.

“I’ll copy it down, can you clean up?”

“Sure.” She started putting books back and came across two unusual objects buried under the books. “Hey Ro.”

“Hmmm?”

“What’re these?” Rowen turned around.

“He still has it?” Rowen came over and grabbed the small white blanket covered by multicolored balloons.

“What is it?”

“His baby blanket. Whenever he didn’t come to me, he used this for security.” Rowen laughed. “He called it Balloon-Weeky.”

“What about this?” Mia held up a racoon stuffed animal. Rowen laughed again.

“Raccoonie! Mom got that for Rich in the U.S. He couldn’t stop writing about it. It kinda replaced me.” Rowen’s grin faded. “I-I gotta get back to copying.” Rowen turned back to the report, holding in some tears. Five minutes later he announced he was finished.

“Me too.” Mia said as she headed for the door. Rowen paused and looked at the two child’s objects, debating something. “Come on Ro.” Rowen made up his mind and picked up both items. “Ro?”

“Come on.” He closed and locked the door, ignoring Mia’s questioning look. “Let’s go.”

“Right.”

<Next battle Rich, I promise, I’ll get you back.>

Richard watched himself train. He wasn’t too surprised how quickly the Nether spirits healed his body. Now he was taking a break from trying to figure out how to escape his self-made prison. Nether spirits surrounded it, dispersing any energy he tried to gather. <I knew I’d regret saving Ryo. Still, I’m glad I did. At least now they have a chance at beating Talpa. But me?>

“Polestar!”

“Yes Master?” Rich’s spirit payed attention to his physical self.

“Go and defeat the Ronins, and this time, finish the job.”

“Yes Master.” Polestar smirked as he teleported to the mortal realm.

<I really hope Ro has a plan.>

“I’m worried brother.”

“Do not worry. Strata is strong. He’ll get Polestar back.”

“I hope so.”

“You worry too much Polaris.”

“She has every right to worry.” Anubis said, appearing a few feet away.

“I’ll leave you two.”

“Thank you.” Anubis watched the man fade.

“What do you need?”

“The Talisman.”

“I know. Strata has found how to utilize its power.”

“But will it work?”

“It has to.”