Rogue Ronin's POV

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Kaye was still on her knees in the energy force field, she knew that Tae and

Taz were approaching her. "Well, DreamWalker, what do you say that we picked

up from where we last left off?" taunted Tae as they both stopped in front

of her.

"Stay away from me, if you even try to touch me like that again, I swear

it'll be the last thing you will ever do." threatened Kaye with angry eyes.

"Look around, DreamWalker, you're not exactly in a position to be giving

threats." replied Taz. Tae decided to take Kaye out of the energy field and

have her stand between him and Taz.

"What's the big idea, first you have me shackled up to a wall, then you keep

me in chains and put me in that energy force field and now you're taking me

out of it?" asked Kaye as she landed between them.

"We don't want you to miss the fun, now if you know what's good for you, you

would shut up and pay attention." said Tae as he pulled Kaye around to see

that Rowen with Katie's illusion along with Lightning entered the room.

"Dago, Maguyser I'm here so where are you?" yelled Rowen/Katie.

"So you've decided to give yourself up to me, my little warrior." said

Maguyser as he and Dago appeared in the room.

"Where is Kaye?" asked Rowen/Katie.

"She's right over there, Tae, Taz, would you bring out the DreamWalker so the

guardian can get a good look at her." said Dago. Tae and Taz walked out of

the shadows with Kaye in the middle, she had visible cuts and bruises on her

body. Rowen as Katie and Lightning looked on with pure anger. Tae and Taz

stopped a few feet away so she would be just out of reach.

"Kaye, are you alright? Everything will be ok, trust me." said Rowen/Katie.

"Katie, don't, please don't do this, don't go back to them." pleaded Kaye.

"Shut up, DreamWalker!" yelled Tae as he kneed her in the stomach. Kaye

staggered back a little bit, and then they yanked her back towards them.

"Now where were we, oh yes the trade. But first, what's with the tiger?"

asked Maguyser.

"He's Kaye's, he only came with me to make sure that she could make it back

home. Now are we going to continue with the trade or what?" asked

Rowen/Katie.

"Katie." Kaye said sadly.

"I told you once already, DreamWalker to shut up!" yelled Tae as he was about

to deliver another blow.

"Tae, stop, that is not called for, I'm sure that she gets the point."

replied Dago.

'Lightning, how could you and the others let Katie do this?' asked Kaye

angrilly.

'Kaye, it's alright, it's not Katie.' Lightning replied.

'What, of course it's Katie.' said Kaye.

'No, actually it's Rowen, Katie used her illusion powers to make Rowen look

and sound like her while the others sneak inside.' replied Lightning.

'I'm not going to ask who's idea that was.' said Kaye.

'They're almost here, Kaye, just hang on alright.' replied Lightning. Kaye

slowly began to look around to see where they could possibly come from. She

saw only one possible way, and that was through the front door.

Meanwhile....

"How much farther do we have to go, Katie?" asked Cye.

"Not much further, they're right over there." replied Katie as she motioned

to the door that was just a few feet in front of them.

"We have to get in there now." said Kento as he got ready to deliver his

sure-kill at the door.

"Kento, wait, if we rush in there the plan will be blown, we have to keep the

element of surprise or we could lose everything." said Sage. Kento

reluctantly stopped his attack and followed quietly behind them. They

walked in and saw that Tae and Taz had Kaye between them. Dago and Maguyser

were standing in front of Rowen/Katie and Lightning. Then not too far off

were Lio, Soto, and Zeik standing next to some kind of weapons display rack.

Katie, Sage, Ryo, Cye and Kento waited in the shadows watching for their

next move.

"Ok now what, we know where everyone is so why are we still hiding in the

shadows?" asked Kento angrilly.

"It's not time yet, and besides I can only use my illusion on one person at

a time." replied Katie.

"Um, Katie, I don't think that will be a problem any more?" said Cye as he

looked over to where Rowen/Katie and Lightning were standing.

"Cye, what do you mean by that?" asked Katie.

"See for yourself." replied Cye as he saw the illusion starting to slowly

fade.

"Dammit! I thought that we had more time than that!" swore Katie angrilly.

"It looks like that the masquerade is over guardian, or should I call you

Strata?" asked Maguyser as he launched an attack at Rowen/Katie.

"Oh shit, Lightning get out of the way!" yelled Rowen as he and Lightning

got out of the line of fire.

"No! Rowen! Lightning!" yelled Kaye.

"How did you know, how could you have possibly known that I wasn't Katie?"

asked Rowen angrily.

"Oh come now, Strata, did you honestly think that we would be stupid enough

to fall for something like that?" asked Maguyser.

"Actually yea, now let Kaye go right now!" ordered Rowen as he quickly

transformed into his full armor and then he took aim and got ready to fire.

"I wouldn't think that you would be so foolish to risk the DreamWalker's

life on a chance shot, now would you." said Dago as he motioned Tae and Taz

to walk over to him and Maguyser with Kaye in the line of fire. Rowen

glared at them and began to slowly lower his weapon.

"Rowen, take the shot! Do it, take the shot!" yelled Kaye as she stared

right into Rowen's eyes.

"Kaye, don't make me do this." Rowen yelled back.

"Dammit, Rowen, I trust you with my life now shoot!" yelled Kaye angrilly.

"Interesting choice of words there, DreamWalker, considering it is your life

that we're gambling with anyway." said Maguyser.

"Rowen, dammit. Ok that's it, I'm not waiting any longer I'm going in." said

Kento as he was getting ready to attack.

"Kento, hold on, you're right the time for waiting is over. Ok it looks like

we are going in." replied Katie as she got ready.

"Well are you going to shoot or not, what is your decision, Strata?" asked

Dago.

"Rowen." said Kaye. Again Rowen took aim, but before he launched his

arrows, he noticed that Lightning was next to him one moment and gone the

next. He saw that Lightning teleported behind them and began to pull

farther back.

"That was what Rowen was waiting for, I really wish that he would have said

that he had some kind of plan in mind." said Sage as he looked onto the

scene.

"I don't think that this was his original plan, Sage, but I hope that it

works for Kaye's sake." replied Ryo as he was too looking onto the scene.

"Lightning, I hope that your timing is really good, here it goes." thought

Rowen as he steadied his shot. Just as Rowen let go, Lightning charged for

them at full speed knocking Tae and Taz to the ground and teleporting Kaye

just in time before Rowen's shot made contact. They both appeared next to

Rowen, with Kaye barely hanging onto him. Rowen quickly picked her up and

took cover to where the others were waiting for them. When the smoke

cleared, Dago, Maguyser and their fighters looked around to see if they

could see where they went.

"Kaye, are you all right? What were you thinking trying to make me do that,

are you that crazy?" asked Rowen as he began to pick the locks.

"Sorry, Rowen, it was a risk I know, but I did mean what I said before that I

trust you with my life." replied Kaye as the shackles finally fell off.

"Kaye." said Kento.

"Kento." replied Kaye as she quickly turned her head from him.

"Kaye, please look at me." said Kento quietly.

"I'm sorry, Kento, I couldn't stop him, I tried to..." replied Kaye while

fighting back tears.

"Hey, hey it's alright, Kaye, we all know what Tae did to you, and we'll make

him pay you can bet on that." said Kento in a dangerous voice. Kaye slowly

started to face him, and then as soon as she did Kento held her in a deep

embrace.

"Ok now that we're all back together again, what do you say that we get your

armor back and kick some major butt!" said Katie.

"Sounds good to me, I want to make them pay for what they did." replied Kaye

angrilly as she got out of Kento's embrace and stood up.

"Kaye, wait, I think that this belongs to you." said Kento as he took out

Kaye's silver chain.

"Thank you, Kento, I was hoping that you would still be hanging onto it for

me. Now that I have this back, I'm more than ready for some major payback."

said Kaye as her kanji of determination flared brightly on her forehead.

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Kitty's POV

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"I can't believe this!" Shouted Maguyser. "Guardian, come on out! I know you’re

here!" Maguyser shouted as he whirled around looking for her.

"Any ideas, Katie?" Asked Rowen.

"Not at the moment, but he's really pissed." Katie stated with a small smile.

"If I didn't know any better I'd say you’re enjoying this." Kento said

sounding confused.

"Yea, I'm having the time of my life. I just love doing this, Kento." Katie

said sarcastically.

"Ok, now that we're here and he seems to be very mad, what are we going to

do?" Cye asked hoping to stop an argument before it started.

"What else, we go in there and kick his sorry butt!" Katie said as she stood

up and was about to walk into the room. Ryo grabbed her arm and dragged her

back. She looked confusedly at him.

"You’re not going to do anything. You and Kaye are going to stay put. Do you

understand me?" Ryo asked sounding like a concerned big brother. Katie

pouted and crossed her arms.

"Why?" Katie asked.

"Because one it’s too risky for you and Kaye. Two Kaye's very weak and

doesn't have her armor back and three Maguyser wants you back as his warrior

and will stop at nothing to get you back." Sage explained.

"But Sage....." Kaye added.

"No buts, Kaye, your staying here with Katie. Understand?" Kento said

sternly. Kaye crossed her arms and nodded slowly. She knew that she couldn't

get any where with him or any of the guys. The rest of them got up and

walked cautiously back into the room. Maguyser and Dago both smirked as they

saw them walk in.

"So you've come back to die have you?" Maguyser taunted.

"Where's the DreamWalker?" Dago asked sounding very annoyed and angry.

"She's somewhere safe." Kento replied.

"And to answer your question, Maguyser. We're not going to die so just get

that through your thick head." Ryo said as he glared at him.

"Is that so little, Wildfire?" Maguyser taunted. "Big talk for a little man."

"Ohh yea, we'll just see who's talkin' big talk." Ryo said. "All right guys,

Ronins to arms!" All the guys expect for Rowen who was all ready in full

armor, armored up. Standing in full body armor they stood ready to fight.

"I got a bone to pick with you two." Kento said as he pointed his naginata at

Tae and Taz.

"Is that so?" Tae asked.

"Well, then come and get us." Taz taunted.

"It'll be my pleasure." Kento said in a low and dangerous voice as he

charged at them. With that the fight was on, Tae and Taz against Kento of

Hardrock.

"So Maguyser, whata ya say?" Ryo asked as he twirled his katanas.

"Ready to die?" Sage asked as he stood next to Ryo, nodatchi in hand.

Maguyser laughed evilly and smirked at the two angry Ronins. "I don't think

so little fools. Not today at least."

"Whata ya say, Sage?" Ryo asked as he turned to him.

"I say we take this guy down." Sage said as he twirled his nodatchi ready to

fight.

"Bring it on little Ronin whelps, if you think you can." Maguyser taunted.

Ryo and Sage both lunged at Maguyser and the fight was on.

Cye and Rowen stood by and watched as their fellow Ronins fought against

someone. "Well, Cye I guess that leaves the three stooges for us." Rowen

said as he motioned over at Lio, Soto and Zeik, Cye smirked.

"Didn't Katie say that once about them?" Cye asked as he laughed some.

"Rowen, the illusion wore off, you’re not Katie anymore. You can stop acting

like her all ready."

"Very funny, Cye, laugh it up. Let’s just take these guys out." Said Rowen as

he and Cye started fighting Lio, Soto and Zeik.

Meanwhile.....

"I can't believe him!" Katie shouted. "I wanna take Maguyser down!"

"I know how you feel, Katie. I wanna take Dago and his little friends down

just as much as you want to take Maguyser and his buddies down." Kaye said

as she sat on the floor next to the wall. Katie turned to look at her.

"You don't understand, Kaye. There's something I haven't told you." Katie

said quietly as she walked over and sat down next to her. Kaye looked at her

and smiled warmly.

"Katie, you don't have to tell me. I know all about Maguyser and you being

his warrior." Kaye said. Katie looked up at her, stunned that she knew.

"How do you know? I didn't tell you." Katie asked.

Kaye shook her head and smiled some, looking down at the stone floor she sat

on. "Maguyser told me right before you guys showed up. I'm sorry you had to

go through all that."

Katie waved it off with a wave of her hand. "Don't be, what's done is done

and can't be undone. I just wish that Tensu hadn't died because of me."

Katie said as she too looked at the floor.

"Who's Tensu?" Kaye asked.

"He was a Guardian. He's the one I owe my life to. If he hadn't saved my

life then I would still be a warrior for Maguyser. A puppet, doing as he

ordered." Katie said as she stood up and started to pace.

Kaye nodded, understanding how she felt. "I know how you feel. A person I

knew gave his life to save mine."

Katie stopped pacing and looked down at Kaye. "I'm sorry to hear that. I

know its not fun losing someone like that." Kaye nodded some not taking her

eyes off the floor. Just then there was a cry of pain and evil laughter.

Kaye and Katie rushed to the door to see what happened. They both looked

horrified at what they saw.

Sage was laying on the floor unconscious. Rowen and Cye were fighting Lio,

Soto and Zeik. Kento was fighting Tae and Taz and not having much luck with

it. Then they both gasped in horror as they laid eyes on Ryo and Maguyser.

Maguyser had Ryo by the throat and was holding him up in the air. Ryo was

kicking and trying his hardest to get free as Maguyser laughed evilly. Dago

stood off to the side laughing at his partner and his prey.

"Oh, little Guardian, lookie what I've got! If you ever want to hear your

precious brother's voice again you had better come out and give up or lose

your brother!" Shouted Maguyser as he tightened his grip on his throat.

"No! Katie, don't do it!" Shouted Ryo.

"Silence!" Yelled Maguyser as he sent a wave of electricity up his arm and

to Ryo. Ryo screamed in pain.

Katie stood where she was clenching her hands into fists at her sides. The

rage was building up inside and she couldn't stop it. Seeing her boyfriend

unconscious and her brother hanging in the hands of that monster was too

much for her. Her arms began to shake as she tried not to let the rage get

to her and remain calm, but she couldn't. Just then something in her snapped

and she looked up at her helpless brother.

Kaye looked over at her and could have sworn her eyes were a different

color. Instead of them being there normal crystal blue color they were a

dark shade of blue. Kaye looked over at Kento and growled. She knew she had

to do something, but without her armor she was helpless and she knew it.

"Clock’s ticking, little Guardian. What's it going to be? Are you going to let

him die?" Maguyser shouted out at her.

"No." Katie said in a low and dangerous voice as she started to walk towards

the entrance way. Kaye grabbed her arm making her stop.

"Katie, no! I don't want to lose you." Kaye pleaded. Katie smiled an almost

unnatural smile at her.

"I'm sorry, Kaye, please forgive me for what I'm about to do." Katie said as

she reached over and touched Kaye's neck with her index and middle finger.

Almost instantly Kaye went unconscious and crumpled to the floor in one

massive heap. She then detransformed out of her Crystal armor so that

Crystal couldn't stop her.

"I'm sorry." Katie whispered and stepped into Maguyser's view.

"Well, well I guess you've finally decided to come out and face me."

Maguyser said as he held Ryo up by his throat.

"Let him go or you'll regret it." Katie said in a low and dangerous voice

that sent shivers up Cye, Rowen, Kento and Ryo's spines. Everyone stopped

fighting and all eyes were on Katie, Ryo and Maguyser. Dago smirked and

watched the events unfold.

"I wonder where the DreamWalker is?" Dago thought.

Maguyser smirked and tightened his grip on Ryo. "And if I don't?"

Katie smirked evilly and kinda laughed. Something was up with her and the

guys could see it. She wasn't acting like herself. "You don't wanna see what

will happen if you don't." She said.

Maguyser laughed some and dropped Ryo. Ryo fell to the ground gasping for

air. "RYO!" Katie shouted to him. She then growled and looked over at

Maguyser with an icy glare.

"Big mistake." She said. As she said that a bright light surrounded her.

When the light faded Katie stood not in her Crystal armor, but in a black

leather mini skirt that had a metal design around the top of it and a black

leather sleeveless top. Black knee high boots adorned her feet and a silver

arm bracelet was on her left arm. She opened her eyes and glared daggers at

Maguyser.

Maguyser laughed evilly at her thinking he had won. "So you've decided to

give up and come back to me have you? That was a smart choice."

Katie smirked and crossed her arms in front of her face. Two sais' appeared

in either hand. Spinning them expertly she held them at her sides. "Not

really. You see I thought it would be best if I defeated you using my Death

Angel armor."

Maguyser's face took a look of shock and amazement. He hadn't thought that

she would be able to call forth her Death Angel armor and stay in control of

her old instincts like that. Rowen, Cye, Kento, Ryo and a now awake and

shocked Sage stared at the sight before them.

"Do not be afraid of what you are seeing, Ronins." The second Elder said.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Asked Kento.

"Katie seeing Sage of Halo and Ryo of Wildfire hurt or in danger was too

much for her and she snapped." The third Elder said.

"So you mean she went mental?" Asked Rowen.

"No, her old instincts have been reawakened and what you are looking at is

not the Katie you know. It is Katie of Death Angel or also known as the

angel of death." The first Elder stated.

"So you mean that's what Katie use to wear when she was a warrior for

Maguyser?" Sage asked as he looked over at Katie.

"Yes, Halo. That is the armor of Death Angel." The fourth Elder said.

"I'm confused, should we be scared or not?" Cye asked.

"No, do not fear her. She is still in control of her powers and instincts.

She's using her Death Angel armor to fight Maguyser. She also rendered Kaye

of the Tiger unconscious." The second Elder said.

"She WHAT?!" Kento shouted.

"Not so loud, we can hear you loud and clear. You don't have to shout. She's

just asleep all though you should probably wake her and get her armor back

while everyone is busy watching the fight between Maguyser and Katie." The

first Elder replied.

"How are we going to do that?" Ryo asked.

"Hardrock will know when the time comes. I'm sorry, but we cannot tell you

anything else. I will tell you one last thing though. Ryo of Wildfire, Sage

of Halo make sure that she stays in control of her powers and doesn't let

her instincts take full control." The fourth Elder said.

"How are we going to do that?" Asked Sage.

"She has strong feelings for both of you. Ryo, you are her brother and Sage,

you are her boyfriend there for she will listen to both of you. When you

think she's gone too far or is about to lose total control just tell her to

stop and she will." The third Elder stated.

"Ok, got cha." Ryo said.

"Now we must leave you all. Good luck and remember what we told all of you."

The first Elder said as the connection between the Ronins and Elders was

lost.

"Now whata we do?" Rowen asked.

"We wake Kaye and get her armor back." Kento said as he started towards the

doors where he had left Kaye.