Karen's Goodbye
�You OK?� She asked, helping him to his feet.
�Yeah. How�d you know where he was?� He asked.
�I can sense where a person is. It�s how I battle. It�s like seeing them mentally.� She answered.
�Cool. So what do we do now?� He wondered.
�Well, why don�t you go help Ryo deal with Kaldra?� Karen suggested.
�Kaldra�s HERE?!� Kento yelled, looking around.
�Yes. He was probably taking the time to plan out this attack. That�s probably why it was so long before he attacked.� Karen theorized.
�Alright. What about you?� Kento asked, turning back to her.
�I�m going to help the others out of their prediciments. See ya.� Karen kissed Kento lightly on the cheek before taking off.
As soon as she was gone, Kento put a hand to his cheek. Okaaaaay. That was unexpected. He thought. Then he simply shook it off and headed to help Ryo.
Cye ran from Sekhmet�s swinging swords. He ducked and jumped, and did all kinds of fancy tricks to get away and not hurt Sekhmet. Finally, Cye was backed up against the wall, his hands and Yari in a defensive position in front of his face. Sekhmet drew back his sword and was about to run him through, when a flash of white and light blue sent Sekhmet flying into a nearby tree, knocking it down.
Cye looked up into Karen�s empty clear blue eyes. �Ok there, Cye?�
�Yeah, I�m fine. He didn�t get me much. So what exactly is going on?� He asked picking himself up.
�Well, the long period of time that was when nothing was happening, was probably when he was planning this massive attack. Well, Ryo, Rowen, and Kento are doing stuff with Kaldra, and I�ll go relieve Sage. Why don�t you go help out Ryo and them?� Karen explained.
Without another word, Karen took off in the direction of Sage and Cale, and Cye went to help Ryo, Kento, and Rowen.
Sage dodged multiple attacks from Cale, often averting them somewhere into the sky. �Cale! It�s me, Sage! C�mon! It�s your new friend! Stop!� Cale not only didn�t listen, but he strengthened his attacks. A black energy wave struck his hand, sending his no-datchi flying, and a burn in his hand armor. Sage grunted, and turned to get his sword. A blast from Cale�s sword stopped him in his tracks. He turned to the returned Warlord of Corruption. Cale held up his sword and began shouting his sure-kill.
�Black lightning STRI...� There seemed to be nothing else. The voice didn�t die off. It just stopped. Sage looked up to see Karen standing infront of him, and Cale lying a few feet away.
�Whew!� Sage said, standing up. �Thanks, Karen. So, where are the others?�
�Off fighting Kaldra. You might want to go help them.� Karen suggested.
�What about you?� Sage asked, as Karen hovered a few feet off the ground.
�I�ll add my power to you guys, so you�ll have more energy to fight with.� Without another word, Karen took off in the direction of the battle with Kaldra.
Sage stared after her. I�ll never understand why girls do that kind of thing. Oh, well, I�ll ask her out after this. Sage smiled woth this in mind and headed to where the others were fighting.
Immediately, the Ronins felt filled with new life and energy. Their armors glowed brightly with the new power, and their energy transferred into Ryo. Ryo held up his forearms, and then snapped them aside, shattering his Wildfire armor into billions of sakura blossoms. The white armor of Inferno clamped itself onto his darkened subarmor, and Blackblaze leaped over his shoulder. Ryo unsheathed his Fervor swords, and pointed them at Kaldra.
"Ahhhh, Hariel�s White armor of Inferno. The most prized posession of Talpa. And soon it will belong to me!" Kaldra laughed.
"I think not. You�ll never defeat us! Not while we�re together! And we have extra power from Karen, so you�re going down Kaldra, and so is anyone who decides that they are going to take over the race of humanity. So get ready, Kaldra, for a professional Ronin butt beating!" Ryo challenged.
"I don�t think so. The power that the Angel Ronin gives can only remain if she is here!" Kaldra yelled back at him.
"What do you mean?" Kento demanded. "She�s here!"
"Not for long." Kaldra cackled. Then he broke into an insane laugh.
At that moment, and blood curdling scream filled the air. The Ronins turned around to see Cale standing above a fallen Karen. Karen had a hole in the back of her chest armor, and she was lying in a growing pool of her own blood.
"KAREN!!!!!" screamed Kento.
"KAREN!" the yells of the other Ronins soon filled the air.
Tears staining Ryo�s face, he rushed at Kaldra. He sliced at him with the fervor swords, that were, at the moment, filled with more fervor than ever before. Kaldra began fighting back, but never once hitting Ryo. Kaldra began to loose the upper hand as Ryo fought on, never letting up, just pushing harder.
Kaldra looked around, expecting to see the source of this new energy. Then, he saw it. Karen�s limp form was glowing silver. The silver light was flooding out of her, and into the Ronins. She was dead, but she was feeding their armors! As more and more of the energy entered Ryo, his eyes glowed with a stronger, more angry, vengeful glint. The tears still streamed down his face, but he seemed as if he was getting stronger by the death of the angel.
Finally, Ryo lept back, and crossed his swords in front of him. Kaldra regained composure, and stood. He didn�t have any time to do anything else as Ryo�s attack hit him head on.
"RAGE OF INFERNO!!!!!!!!" The fire incinerated Kaldra. Leaving nothing of him. Not even a pile of ash. Ryo panted slightly as flames burst around him. Banishing the armor of Inferno. He was left in his subarmor. The five returned to civilian clothes, and rushed over to Karen�s quickly disappearing form.
The Ronins surrounded her, tears staining each of their faces. Even though they had only known her for about two weeks, they felt as if they�d known her all their lives.
"Karen...." Sage trailed off, then Kento picked up.
"Thanks."
No, thank YOU.came a familiar voice.
Karen! Kento shouted. The five looked into the sky. And there she was. Her shoulders and up was in the sky, smilingdown at them. But, there was something about her that was different. Yes, it was her eyes. They now sparkled with small round pupils in the center. Karen was healed.
She blew a kiss to Kento (weather the others realized it was to him or not is still a mystery) and held up two fingers. Thanks a lot guys!