Rogue Ronin's POV

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"First things first, no one is going to just volunteer to have Katie use her

illusion powers without some kind of plan." said Mia sternly.

"But, Mia..." said Kento in mix of concern and anger.

"But nothing, Kento, we have to figure out now, why they want Katie's armor

so badly." replied Mia trying to keep her anger in check.

"Since, Kaye's armor freed Dago from the void, then why would your armor be

so important to them?" asked Rowen.

"I'm sorry, Rowen, but I have no idea why they would want it?" replied Katie

quietly.

"This is stupid, we're here playing twenty questions, while they're doing

who knows what to Kaye!" yelled Kento as he stormed off from the room.

"Kento! Where are you going?" yelled Ryo as he ran after him.

"Leave me alone Ryo, I don't want to talk to anyone that is related to the

name of Sanada!" Kento snapped back as he continued to storm off. Katie

walked up to Ryo and laid her hand on his arm.

Ryo turned around and faced his sister. "Katie, there was no way that I was

going to let them take you away from me. We just found each other after all

this time, and there is no way that I'm going to have you torn out from my

life again." said Ryo with a hint of anger.

"I know that Ryo, but you have to understand something. When I took on the

role of being a guardian, I knew the risks. Just as all of you knew the

risks of being Ronin Warriors." replied Katie.

"But Katie, we didn't chose to wear the armors, they chose us." said Ryo.

After he said that, Katie started to walk past him.

"Ryo, it doesn't matter if you chose the armors, or they have chosen you.

What matters is the responsibility of that person to fight and protect the

ones that they care for without question." replied Katie as she continued to

follow the same path that Kento went.

"Katie, where are you going?" asked Sage as he walked up to Ryo indicating

that they all heard the conversation that was taking place between them.

"It's obvious, I'm going to talk to Kento." replied Katie as she left the

room.

"Is she crazy, what could she be thinking going after Kento, especially in

the state of mind that he's in?" asked Sage.

"No, Sage, Katie knows exactly what she's doing." replied Mia as she turned

away and walked to the kitchen. Cye decided to follow Mia to the kitchen to

make sure that she was ok. He found Mia holding a silver framed photograph

of everyone when Kaye first moved in.

"Remember this day, Cye?" asked Mia quietly as she handed the picture over to

him.

"Yea I remember. Mia, we will make those guys pay for taking Kaye, she is

going to come home with us. Just have faith in knowing everything will work

out." replied Cye as he handed back the photograph. Mia just nodded and

then turned her attention back to the photograph.

It didn't take long for Katie to catch up to Kento. He was sitting in the

backyard gently holding onto Kaye's silver chain. "Mind if I join you?"

asked Katie as she cautiously approached him. Kento made no move to

indicate either a yes or a no, so she decided to risk it and sit next to

him.

"I was going to give this back to Kaye this morning after the training

session. When we traded chains, then is when we knew that we were going to

be together." said Kento as he continued to look at it.

"I'm sure that she knows that you are keeping it safe for her, Kento."

replied Katie quietly.

"Katie, I'm sorry for saying what I said earlier to you and everyone else.

It's just that I was so angry to the fact that I lost Kaye to them again."

said Kento.

"Hey Kento, it's ok, I understand. Don't worry though we'll get Kaye back

and this time, they won't know what'll hit them." replied Katie with a grin.

Kento looked up and gave a small grin back at her.

Meanwhile...

Kaye looked around and saw that she was again a prisoner in Dago's castle.

"Well I'm back to where I've started, shackled to the wall and in major

trouble." thought Kaye angrily as she tried to get out of her shackles.

"I wouldn't try it if I were you, we learned from our mistake the last time

that we had you in this same situation. We made some improvements since

your last stay with us." said Soto.

"Welcome back, DreamWalker, I hope that our time apart didn't make you forget

me, now did it?" asked Tae as he taunted her.

"How could I forget someone like you, a coward that hides behind his

master." replied Kaye spitefully. Tae grew very angry with that remark, so

he began to power up, before he could attack Dago and Maguyser appeared.

"What do you think that you are doing, Tae? We still need her alive or have

you forgotten that?" asked Dago as he knew what Tae had in mind. Tae

powered back down and glared at Kaye, and then turned back to Dago and

Maguyser.

"No I haven't forgotten, master, it's just that..." replied Tae.

"Just that...what Tae, DreamWalker wounded your pride. So what, you know as

much as we do that if she dies we lose our powers. Besides she doesn't have

much time anyway. Yes, DreamWalker we know about the connection between you

and your living armor." said Dago as he walked over to her.

"Then why, since you know, why did you bring me here?" asked Kaye trying not

to show her fear.

"You were on planning on trying to reclaim your armor anyway, so we thought

that instead of waiting around for you and your friends, that we would bring

you here." replied Maguyser as he walked up beside Dago.

"Since you know all of that, I know that I'm not going to like the answer,

but then why am I here?" asked Kaye angrily. Both Dago and Maguyser stepped

to each side of Kaye to let Tae walk right in front of her. Tae lifted his

hand to Kaye's face and began to move his hand down until it reached the

back of her neck and grabbed it forcefully.

"You are my reward, I told you that you would be mine in one way or

another." replied Tae as he was forcefully kissing her. With every breath,

Tae kept on kissing her harder and harder. He was hurting Kaye and he knew

it, Tae was enjoying himself.

Then Tae gave one final forceful kiss and broke away, "I hope that you

enjoyed that as much as I did." said Tae as he and the others left Kaye

alone shedding silent tears.

"Kento, where are you?" thought Kaye as she shed more silent tears.

Back at Mia's mansion, everyone was now in the living room discussing the

plan that they all finally agreed to, except for one part that they were

still not in total agreement about.

"Come on guys, you have to let Katie cast the illusion on me." argued Kento.

"No way, Kento, no offense but we are going to need someone that is a little

more level headed for this to work. Besides you're not exactly thinking

straight right now anyway." Sage argued back.

"Then who, Sage, do you suggest to pull this off?" asked Kento as he slammed

both of his hands down on the table.

"Either Rowen or Cye, well what do you say guys?" asked Sage as he looked

over to them.

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POV

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"Ahh....." Rowen said trying to think of something to say.

"Me?" Cye asked.

"Come on you two, what's the matter? Are you scared to be me for a day?"

Katie asked and then laughed.

"I still think that I should be the one to do it." Kento said angrily and

crossed his arms over his chest.

"Kento, I have to agree with Sage, because Maguyser and Dago have Kaye you’re

not going to be thinking straight. You’re gonna have one thing on your

mind....revenge." Katie said and looked at Kento.

"Yea, well I have good reason to want revenge on them." Kento said sounding

angry.

"And you don't think I do?! Let me tell you something you have no idea....."

Katie stopped what she was saying and looked around at everybody.

"No idea what, Katie?" Mia asked.

Katie sighed and looked down at the floor. "Rowen, I'm sorry, but I lied to

you."

"Huh?" Rowen said sounding confused.

"When you asked me if I had any idea why they would want my armor so badly I

lied. I do know why." Katie said quietly.

"Why? How?" Rowen stuttered.

"I haven't been totally honest with all of you. There's a lot of things

about me you don't know about." Katie said as she kept her eyes on the

floor. Everyone found a seat and looked at her. Waiting for her to continue.

"Katie, what is it?" Ryo asked. "What aren't you telling us?"

Katie sighed and looked up at him. "The thing between me and Maguyser goes

back a long ways. I used to serve as a warrior under him. I was only 13

then. I served under him for a year and a half. That's when the Elders sent

someone to free me from his grasp."

"I'm not following you. You mean to tell me you used to fight battles for

him?" Ryo asked.

Katie nodded slowly. "Yea, let me finish ok?" She took a deep breath and

continued. "The Elders had learned about me from a Guardian I had fought.

They saw the good in my heart and also that it was clouded by the evil that

Maguyser used to control me. The Elders sent Tensu to free me from

Maguyser's grip. In doing so he....."

"He what, Katie?" Sage asked.

"He sacrificed his life to save mine. I defeated Maguyser or so I thought.

Now that he's back I want nothing more then revenge on him for killing

Tensu." Katie finished and clenched her hands in to fists at her sides.

Ryo got up and walked over to her, laying his hands on her shoulders. Katie

looked up at him in puzzlement. Ryo smiled at her. "Hey, I know Tensu dying

must have been hard on you, but you've gotta let it go or it'll eat you up

inside. The wanting of revenge will turn your heart cold. I don't want to

see that happen. You have to just let it go." Ryo said.

Katie nodded. "I understand what your saying, Ryo, but I just...I feel like

It’s something I have to do and now that he's gone and hurt Kaye I feel like

I owe it to her and Tensu to get him back."

"Hey, Katie let me tell you something. I've known Kaye for almost my whole

life and I know for a fact that she wouldn't want you to take any kind of

revenge out on someone just because of what they did to her. Its not the way

she is." Mia said.

"Yea, she'd want you to take the guy down, but not if it meant you getting

hurt or any of us. She wouldn't want us to take that kind of a chance. Not

even if it meant saving her." Rowen said.

"Kaye would love nothing more then to make those two jerks pay for all the

damage they've caused, but she wouldn't want any of us getting hurt in the

process. Its just the way she is." Cye added.

Katie nodded and smiled. "Thanks you guys, you know I feel a lot better now

that I know I don't have to keep that a secret from all of you anymore."

"Why did you keep it a secret from all of us in the first place, Katie?" Sage

asked as he walked over to her and Ryo.

"Because I didn't want any of you to know that little fact about my past.

Its something I'd like to forget happened and telling all of you I thought

would make you all feel differently about me." Katie replied and looked at

all of them.

"Katie, we would never judge you by something that you couldn't have possibly

have stopped. It wasn't your fault." Ryo said as he smiled at his sis.

"Yea, you know somehow I knew you guys wouldn't, but I still couldn't bring

myself to tell you guys." Katie replied.

"Nothing about your past could ever make us feel differently about you

Katie. We all care about you, I care about you Katie and we would never let

something as stupid as something that happened in your past come between us

being friends with you." Sage said reassuringly.

Katie smiled and nodded. "I knew I could count on you guys. Now, who's going

to be me for a day?"

"Rowen, why don't you take the illusion job. I'm afraid I might mess it up."

Cye said.

Rowen nodded. "Ok I guess I'm going to be you for a day, Katie."

Katie nodded. "Alright then, we had better go outside and do this." She said

and walked outside with the puzzled guys and Mia walking after her. Then

she stopped, froze right where she stood.

"What is it, Katie?" Mia asked.

"We got company." Katie replied. The Ronins took fighting stances right when

she said that.

'Well, well I guess he was right. We do have to be careful around you

Guardian." Tae taunted as he appeared in front of them.

Kento growled. "What do you want and where's Kaye?!"

"Calm down, Hardrock and we'll show you what happened to your precious

DreamWalker." Lio said with a smirk.

"Although I don't think you’re going to like it very much." Soto added.

"Yea, you might wanna close your eyes, Hardrock." Zeik taunted.

"You’re not going to like it." Taz added.

"Here ya go. Have a look at my handy work." Tae taunted. He raised his hand

and an image appeared. Both Dago and Maguyser stepped to each side of Kaye

to let Tae walk right in front of her. Tae lifted his hand to Kaye's face

and began to move his hand down until it reached the back of her neck and

grabbed it forcefully.

"You are my reward, I told you that you would be mine in one way or

another." replied Tae as he was forcefully kissing her. With every breath,

Tae kept on kissing her harder and harder. He was hurting Kaye and he knew

it, Tae was enjoying himself.

Then Tae gave one final forceful kiss and broke away, "I hope that you

enjoyed that as much as I did." said Tae as he and the others left Kaye

alone shedding silent tears. The image then disappeared and Tae and his

little group stood laughing.

"How dare you! You are so going to pay for that!" Kento threatened.

"Mark my words Tae, all of you will be in for it and when I get through with

all of you, you're going to wish that you had never met her." Katie said in

a low and dangerous voice.

Tae and the rest of them just laughed at her. They thought it was funny,

like one big joke. "We'll see about that, little Guardian. Oh before we

leave I just wanted to let you all know that you have one hour to figure

something out." Tae said.

"Yea, clock’s ticking. You'd better hurry up." Zeik added as he and the rest

of them disappeared.

"We need to get moving. Katie, can you please hurry up and use your illusion

on Rowen?" Mia asked.

"Yea, sure thing. One double of me coming right up." Katie said as she got

ready. "Ok everybody stand back. Rowen, you might want to put on your

sub-armor."

Rowen did as he was told and put on his sub-armor. Everyone stood around him

and Katie watching to see what would happen. Katie summoned her sub-armor

and then her full armor.

"Ok Rowen, this may tickle a bit." Katie then closed her eyes and

concentrated. She started to glow a light lavender color. Her hair started

to blow even though there was no wind. She raised her arms above her head

and said, "Armor of the Crystal, I ask for your power. Help me to make an

Illusion of my self on Rowen so we may be able to save Kaye." With that the

lavender light surrounded Katie and Rowen. When it died down Rowen stood in

Katie's full body armor. He even looked like Katie. Everything was the same.

"Wow." Cye muttered.

"I don't believe it." Mia said.

"She did it." Ryo whispered.

"Oh my gods." Sage muttered.

"Cool." Kento said.

The light around Katie died down till there was nothing, she then opened

her eyes and looked over at Rowen. "I've really out did myself this time."

Rowen looked at his arms and instead of seeing the usual blue sub-armor he

saw Lavender and pink armor. "Whoa....I can't believe this." He said and was

stunned to find out that he even sounded like her.

"Sorry, I forgot to mention that you would also sound like me, too." Katie

said.

"Good work, Katie, now, let’s get going before anything else happens to Kaye."

Ryo commanded and the rest of them put on there sub-armor ready for their

next instruction.