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"Kento, get Kaye out of here, we'll hold them off." yelled Katie. Kento

turned around and saw that Kaye had that look in her eyes that he has seen

before.

"Kaye. don't, I know that look so just forget about it." said Kento.

"I'm sorry, Kento, but I'm not going to just leave my friends behind just

because some jerks want to take me to their master, forget it." replied Kaye

with that determined look in her eyes. She transformed into her subarmor

and got ready to fight.

"Hey guys, it looks like we're staying." Kento yelled back to their friends.

"Then that makes it seven against three now." said Ryo.

"It doesn't matter how many of you there are, we'll still intend to take

DreamWalker back to Master Dago." replied Soto.

"Kento, since Kaye is determined to stay and fight, then stay close to her."

said Cye.

"I don't think that will be a problem, Cye." replied Kento with a wink. Cye

just shook his head and put his focus back onto Soto, Lio, and Tae.

"What's up with these guys, why haven't they made a move yet?" thought

Katie.

"Well, it looks like those three won't mess this up after all, but still I

think that I better give them a little push into the right direction."

thought Dago as he was watching the fight between his fighters, and the

others. A thick fog started to encircle them, blocking their visions.

"Hey, what's going on?" asked Rowen.

"It looks like Master Dago has decided to make the fight a little more

interesting." replied Tae.

"Remember, brothers, what the main reason why we came." said Lio.

"Yes, Lio, we remember, but we can still have a little fun before we go."

replied Tae.

"Everybody stay close, try and not get separated." yelled Sage as the fog

became thicker by the minute.

"Yes stay closer, that way we can get all of you in one shot." thought Soto

as he launched an attack towards them. Soto's energy attack was right on

it's mark, it was heading straight for the Ronins, Kaye and Katie. It hit

the ground just inches before making contact, Katie managed to put up a

force field just in time.

"Nice work, Katie, now if we can just focus, then we could find them and kick

their sorry butts. There they are, behind those statues!" yelled Sage.

"Great it looks like they found us out, maybe we should give up and go

home?" asked Lio.

The three looked at each other, "no I don't think so." replied Tae as he

disappeared from where he was and reappeared next to Kaye.

"Kaye, watch it, get down!" warned Kento as he delivered a punch to Tae's

face. With a blink of an eye, Tae disappeared before Kento could land his

punch.

"Man these guys is fast, what are we suppose to do?" asked Katie.

"I'm not sure, Katie, but if we don't think of something quick, then we're in

major trouble." replied Ryo.

"Here's an idea for you, why don't you just hand over DreamWalker and you'll

live. If not, then well I would hate to see what would happen if you didn't

hand her over." said Soto.

"Like I said before, I'm not going anywhere with you guys so you had better

just forget it and fight." replied Kaye.

"It's too bad that you are going to do this the hard way, but I guess if

that's the way that you want it, then that's the way it'll be." said Tae as

he started to glow red.

"Guys, this can't be good." replied Katie as she got into defensive position.

"When someone glows like that Katie, no it's never a good thing. I do have

a suggestion though." said Sage.

"Oh yea, and what is your brilliant suggestion, Sage?" asked Katie.

"Take cover!" yelled Sage as he grabbed Katie and dove for the nearest tree.

The others also took cover right behind them.

"I think that you missed, Tae." said Soto.

"I guess that I did, but why don't you give it a try ,Soto, maybe you'll have

better luck." replied Tae.

"Don't mind if I do." replied Soto as he got ready to launch an attack on

them.

"Is everyone alright?" asked Ryo.

"I guess so, how about you, Kaye?" asked Kento. Kaye didn't answer right

away she was holding her right shoulder wincing in pain.

"Yea, Kento, I'm ok, I'm just a little ticked off." replied Kaye as she took

her hand off of her shoulder. In the moonlight they could see that Kaye

wasn't telling the truth, there was blood flowing down her right arm.

"Kaye, you stay right here no matter what you stay here. I'm going to make

them pay." said Kento as his eyes flared with pure anger.

"Kento, wait, don't!" yelled Kaye as she fell back against the tree. Kento

didn't hear Kaye shout out to him, he just kept on walking towards the three

fighters.

"Guys we have to stop him before he gets himself in way over his head." said

Katie as she watched Kento get even closer to the three fighters.

"I do feel kind of sorry for those guys though, but Katie is right we better

get to Kento before he gets into major trouble." replied Cye as he got up

and went to catch up with Kento. The others followed Cye leaving Katie

watching Kaye.

"Does this fool really believe that he could hurt us?" asked Lio.

"I suppose he does, well let him play the fool if he wants to it'll do him

no good. Actually this could work in our favor come to think of it." said

Tae.

"What do you mean?" asked Soto.

"How is your attack coming, Soto?" asked Tae.

"I see where you're going, Tae, and I think it's brilliant, while I distract

the Ronins, you and Lio will go and capture DreamWalker. I like it, so

when does the fun begin?" asked Soto.

"Just wait a few seconds and then launch your attack, wait for it, wait for

it, and now!" yelled Soto as he and Lio disappeared from where they were.

Just as the others were about to catch up to Kento, Soto delivered his

attack. Kento and the others dove out of the way.

"Hey, is everybody ok?" asked Sage.

"Yea, Sage, no problem. That guy is toast, but where did the other two go?"

asked Kento. Just as he asked that question, Rowen saw them appear not too

far from where Kaye and Katie were now standing in defensive positions.

"They're over there, come on guys we have to get back to them now." replied

Rowen as he quickly got up and ran in Kaye's and Katie's direction. The

others followed Rowen, but just as they were leaving Soto delivered another

attack towards them. Luckily the attack missed the Ronins and crashed into

a tree that was in front of them.

"I can't have you interfere with our master's plans now can I? Why don't

you Ronin Warriors come and fight, unless of course you don't think that you

can beat me that is. Oh come on now, it was a little while ago seven

against three now it's five against one. Do you think that those are very

fair odds?" challenged Soto. Kento, Cye and Ryo turned and faced Tae and

Lio, while Sage and Rowen faced off with Soto.

"Katie, we have to do something, I don't intend to just stand around and do

nothing, and I know that you don't either." whispered Kaye angrily.

"You're right, Kaye, but at the moment we don't have much of a choice in the

matter. Your shoulder is in major pain and you're bleeding on top of it."

replied Katie.

"Right now I don't care about that, I just want to help the guys. They need

Us, Katie, and you know it." said Kaye angrily.

She knew that Kaye was right, "Alright Kaye we'll help them out, but be

careful." replied Katie.

"You got it, ok it looks like we have to split up. Katie, I'm going to need

you to run a diversion while I go around and try a sneak attack from above."

said Kaye as she got ready.

"Well, Ronins, what are you going to do now? Soon we'll be able to get what

we came for and you won't be able to do a thing about it." taunted Tae.

"Guess again, you know what, Tae, Kaye was right." replied Katie.

"Oh really what was DreamWalker right about?" asked Tae as Kaye took her

attacking position from above the trees.

"You guys talk too much." replied Katie with a smirk. This made both Tae

and Lio a little over the edge. They launched an attack towards Katie, but

she had no problems avoiding them. This gave Kaye enough time to jump from

the trees and land in front of Lio. As soon as she landed Kaye delivered a

sweep knocking him down to the ground. Tae turned around and saw what she

did, his eyes glowed red and he was about to launch an attack. But just

then something else hit him from behind. While Tae had his complete

concentration on his target, he forgot about the Ronins that were in back of

him.

"No, you Ronins can't get the best of my fighters, there's no possible way.

Unless of course why didn't I think of it before." Thought Dago as he

reached his hand into the caldron. Suddenly a giant swirl of clouds began

to form above their heads.

"What's going on, where did that come from?" yelled Sage.

"I don't know but whatever it is, it doesn't look good." Ryo yelled back.

The large hand that was coming from the clouds started to grab for Kaye.

She dodged it barely escaping, then a bolt of lightning hit the giant hand.

Kaye looked back and saw that Sage delivered his thunderbolt cut.

"Kaye, watch it, he's coming back again!" warned Cye. Kaye turned around and

saw the giant hand moving towards her once again. The giant hand this time

did get a hold of Kaye, she was struggling trying to get out of its grip.

Kento and the others ran to where the giant hand was pulling Kaye into the

giant swirl of clouds.

"Give her back now!" yelled Kento.

"Forget it, Hardrock, you and your friends have seen the last of DreamWalker.

Well I suppose that we better be going too, it was fun while it lasted,

bye." taunted Tae before they disappeared from the park.

"Kaye, come back, come back!" yelled Kento as he fell to his knees. The

others went up to Kento, not knowing what to say.

"Kento, we'll get Kaye back. We better tell Mia what happened, they are

best friends, so she has to know." said Cye as he tried to get Kento to

stand up.

"Yea Cye, Mia does deserve to know." replied Kento sadly. They started to

walk back to where Mia was waiting anxiously to find out what happened.

"Guys what happened, where's Kaye?" asked Mia.

"Mia, they got her, we tried to stop them, I'm sorry, but know this, Mia, I

promise that I'll help to get Kaye back." replied Katie. The ride home was

deathly quiet, no one knew what to say. They got home and everyone went

their separate ways to try and figure out what their next move will be. Mia

noticed that Kento still hasn't came out of the car, so she walked over to

him.

"Hey Kento, we'll get Kaye back and we'll teach those jerks that they can't

get away with this." Mia said. Kento was still quiet, Mia decided that he

had better just be left alone. She began to walk away until he spoke.

"Mia the last thing that Kaye said to me is that she trusts me. How can she

trust me when I couldn't protect her?" asked Kento quietly.

"Kento, I've known Kaye for a very long time, and I've also known you and

the other Ronins for a very long time too. So then I know that Kaye

believes that somehow we'll all be together again." replied Mia with a small

smile.

"Thanks, Mia, I guess that I just needed to hear that." said Kento as he

finally got out of the car and walked inside.

"Ok, Cye, you can come out now." said Mia as she turned around.

"How did you know that I was there?" asked Cye.

"Come on, Cye, give me a little credit would ya, and besides I saw a glimpse

of your reflection in the mirror." replied Mia with a smile.

"Mia, how are you doing, like you said Kaye is your best friend. If

something like that happened to Kento I wouldn't know what to do." said Cye.

"Truthfully, Cye, I have to be strong, yea it's tearing me up but I have to

believe that everything will work out, I just have to." replied Mia.

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Later on that night everyone came back to the house to eat dinner. Katie

had called her aunt and explained to her what had happened and that she

might be staying with them for a while. Her aunt had agreed that it was a

good idea that she stay there and wished them all luck on getting Kaye back.

Katie had said her goodbyes to her and hung up the phone. It was after

dinner now and Ryo had called a meeting in the living room. Everyone was

seated in the living room trying to come up with a plan to get Kaye back and

not doing too good with it.

Katie leaned against the wall in the living room with her head down. "I've

failed." She said in an almost inaudible voice.

Ryo looked over at her with a questionable look. "What did you say, Katie?"

Katie looked up at him. "I've failed my mission."

"Mission? What mission, Katie?" Cye asked as he too took interest in the

conversation.

"Katie, is there something that your not telling us?" Rowen asked.

Katie took in a deep breath before she answered him. "Yes, Rowen there is

something that I haven't told you guys." Katie said.

"What is it?" Sage asked also now coming into the conversation.

"I'm part of a select few of guardians that the Elders pick." Katie said.

"Elders?" Cye asked.

Katie kind of laughed thinking of them. "4 grumpy old men that are immortal

and have unimaginable powers."

"Are they on our side or on the other side?" Rowen asked.

"They have dedicated their lives to protecting the people of Earth and using

their powers for only good." Katie replied.

"Why are you just now telling us about this?" Kento asked.

"I'm not supposed to be telling any of you at all. The only reason I am now

is because I thought you all should know." Katie said starting to get a

little annoyed.

"OK makes sense." Kento said.

"Katie, what did you mean by "I've failed?" asked Ryo.

Katie waited before she answered. "The elders gave me the mission of

protecting Kaye. I was supposed to keep her out of harm and from the enemy

at all costs...I.." Lets herself slide down the wall and come to rest on the

floor. "I've failed my mission. I let them get Kaye." She let silent tears

fall down her face.

Sage instinctively went to her side. Pulling her into his embrace he tried

to comfort her. "Katie, it wasn't your fault. We all let her down not just

you. It was out of our control."

"Oh man...why didn't we stop them?!" Kento shouted as he punched the wall

leaving a giant whole where his fist was.

"Kento, calm down." Cye said hoping he could calm his best friend.

"Pounding the wall isn't going to bring Kaye back, Kento." Mia said from

where she sat on the couch. Her speaking startled everyone.

"She's right, Kento, we need a plan." Ryo said as he started to think.

Meanwhile.....

"So the little guardian thinks she's failed. Well, then why not play into

this. You know I think we should go and pay this Dago guy a visit."

Maguyser said as he stood up from his throne.

"Does this mean we're going on a trip, lord?" Zeik asked.

"Yea, we're going to go and meet Dago." Taz said.

"Right you are, Taz, now come we must go and meet Dago." Maguyser said as he

and his warriors left for Dago's.

Meanwhile.......

"Oh man where am I?" Kaye asked as she slowly came to.

"Did you have a nice sleep, DreamWalker?" Dago asked Kaye.

Kaye glared at him. "So you must be this Dago guy they were talking about."

"I'm flattered that you remembered, DreamWalker." Dago said.

"Well, don't be." Kaye replied.

Dago laughed some at her statement. "I must leave you now, DreamWalker. I

have guests to talk to."

"Guests?" Kaye asked.

"Yes, but don't worry they're not your friends. Although I'm sure they'll

be after them in due time. Bye for now." Dago said as he walked off and

left Kaye alone.

Dago entered his throne room to find Maguyser and his warriors all ready

there and waiting for him. "So you must be Maguyser, I've been waiting to

meet you." Dago said.

"Yes, I'm Maguyser and these are my warriors Taz, and Zeik." Maguyser said

as he pointed to Taz and Zeik who bowed respectively. "You see, Dago, I came

here to ask you if you wanted to join with me and take out the Ronins, Kaye,

and that little Guardian Katie." He said with slight anger in his voice.

"I see you don't like this...what's her name? Katie? Very much do you?"

Dago asked.

"I want revenge for what she did to me." Maguyser said as he clenched his

hand into a fist.

"I see, yes well she and the Ronins could become somewhat of a problem for

me. I'll join with you, Maguyser, I think that would be a good idea." Dago

said.

"Great! Now first things first." Maguyser said.

"Yes and what would that be?" Dago asked.

"To get rid of the Ronins and Katie." Maguyser said.

"Oh yes, that's right. How about you send your two warriors and I'll send

Tae with them. We'll, use Kaye as bait to get them here. Once here, we'll

destroy them." Dago said.

"Excellent idea, Dago, but I want Katie alive." Maguyser replied.

"Oh yes, that's right. We'll capture her for you then." Dago said.

"Good, yes very good." Maguyser said.

"Alright then lets not waste any time. Tae!" Dago yelled. Tae appeared

before him.

"Yes, master?" Tae asked.

"I want you to go with Maguyser's warriors and trick the Ronins and Katie to

follow you, once they're in I want you to capture the one called Katie and

dispose of the others." Dago said.

Tae nodded. "Got cha. Shouldn't be too hard. Alright then let’s go, you

two." Tae said. Tae, Taz, and Zeik all three disappear to carry out their

mission.