"Ryo." No answer. "Ryo." Still no answer. "RYO!"

Ryo Sanada jerked away from the television, and turned to face Mia Koji, the keeper of the manor where he and the other four Ronin Warriors lived. She was staring down at him with a serious look on her face.

He sat up on the couch. "Yeah, what's up, Mia?"

"I'm going to be hosting an exchange student from America for a couple of months, Ryo. She's coming today."

"Today!" Ryo screeched. "I totally forgot! Oh, man!" He slapped his forehead.

Mia just laughed and tossed long auburn hair out of her face. "Ryo, relax. She won't be here until about 12:00 P.M. You've got plenty of time."

Ryo sighed. That was a relief, he thought. And then he thought of something else. They would have to get a room ready for her! He thought maybe one of the other guys would help him out there.

Mia was heading back into the computer room, when she suddenly paused, and turned around. "Oh, by the way, Ryo, she's bringing her wolf with her."

Ryo stood up, a bit perplexed and uneasy. "A wolf?"

"She sent a pic of it over the internet. A large white wolf with sapphire eyes. Very beautiful. It's as big as White Blaze." She went into the computer room.

Ryo groaned. White Blaze was his white Himalayan tiger. A very loyal and protective animal. He had helped the Ronin Warriors during their many battles with Talpa and the evil Warlords. I hope White Blaze and this wolf get along, he thought.

The others heard the news almost immediately. Sage Date was wondering what the girl would look like. He was the flirting king at the high school where he and the others went. He was always flirting with the girls, and they adored him. Rowen Hashiba could only hope she wasn't a total snob, or that she wouldn't tease him about his 250 IQ. He hated when people did that. Cye Mouri was hoping that she was a nice girl and wouldn't mind his cooking or his love for fish. He also hoped this girl wasn't a pig like Kento. Kento Rei Faun was thinking that the girl was probably a total snob, even she did turn out to be a babe. She'd probably fall for Sage right away.

"Hey," Ryo called, "who wants to help me get her room ready?"

Rowen put his book down. "I'll help, Ryo." And the two of them went upstairs. Both Ronins fixed the room quite nicely. They weren't sure what the girl liked, but they hoped she liked the color blue. They added some pictures and paintings done by various artists, and could only hope the girl wouldn't mind.

"Think she'd like this one, Ryo?" Rowen asked, holding up a painting. It was a picture of a lady on a unicorn.

"I don't see why not, Ro. She's a girl. Girls like unicorns."

Rowen hung it up.

Downstairs Cye was busy thinking about what to fix for lunch. The girl was from America, and he was wondering if he should fix something American style, or Japanese style.

Sage saw the look in the young Ronin's face. He asked what was the matter, and Cye told him. After careful thinking the Warrior of Wisdom replied, "Make something both of American and Japanese foods."

Cye beamed happily. "That's perfect! Thanks, Sage! You're a big help, mate."

Sage laughed. "Don't mention it."

Kento smiled a little. He loved food, and he could not wait until lunch was done. But still he wondered about that girl. "Does anyone know how old this girl is?" he asked.

Sage and Cye glanced at each other and shook their heads. Mia overheard. "She's fifteen, Kento!"

"OK!" he hollered back.

Mia looked at the time. The exchange student would be landing at the airport in a half hour. Cye was getting lunch ready, Sage was watching TV, Ryo was keeping Kento out of the kitchen, so that left Rowen who wanted to go with her.

"Hold the fort down, Ryo," Mia said as she and Rowen went out the door. "We'll be back as soon as we pick her up."

"Sure thing, Mia," Ryo said with a thumbs up. Mia and Rowen went out the door, and a few minutes later they heard Mia's jeep start up and drive away.

Sage turned away from the TV and looked toward Ryo who was playing with White Blaze. "Hey, Ryo, what do you think this girl looks like?"

"I don't know, Sage," Ryo answered as he straightened. He scratched his tiger on the ears, and the big cat purred happily.

"Well, I hope she's pretty," Sage said dreamily.

"You would, Casanova," Kento muttered. Sage flipped him off, and Ryo snickered.

An hour later they heard the jeep. They heard talking. "The others are inside." That was Mia. "I hope they're not afraid of wolves." That had to be the girl. "Don't worry. They'll get used to him." That was Rowen. "I hope the tiger doesn't mind." That was the girl again.

"They're here!" Kento screeched. Sage covered his ears and shook his head as Kento flung the door open. Mia motioned for Kento to move and she stepped on through. The girl and a large white wolf came in next, each carrying a large duffel bag. Rowen came in next, carrying the girl's suitcase.

Cye came out of the kitchen, and stood, shocked, with Ryo, Sage, and Kento. Mia smiled. "Here they are."

They immediately introduced themselves. "Hi, I'm Ryo Sanada." "Hi, I'm Cye Mouri." "Kento Rei Faun." "And I'm Sage Date," he said winking at her. The girl smirked and shook hands with each of them. "Flash Michaels, put it there." She pointed down at her wolf. And this is Blaze." The wolf barked and raised his paw to shake with them. Flash noticed the tiger coming near her. "And this must be White Blaze," she said, letting the tiger sniff her. She petted him, and White Blaze purred happily. And then wolf and tiger introduced themselves.

"I think they like each other," Mia said brightly.

Ryo beamed. "Let's get you settled, OK? Lunch will be ready in a few minutes. Cye's a great cook."

She smiled. "So is a friend of mine. Can't wait to be a tester." She smiled at Cye, and he blushed. She followed Ryo and Rowen up the stairs with her wolf following behind.

"Smart wolf," Kento commented.

"He was carrying a duffel bag!" Cye exclaimed.

Sage was thinking how pretty Flash was. She was tall, about 5'7, a tanned complexion, with cerulean eyes and shoulder length brown hair. She wasn't too skinny, nor too fat. The other girls at the school sure would be jealous.

Lunch time came, and Flash did enjoy the meal. She was touched that these dear people would fix her type of food, but she also tried some of the Japanese as well.

"Tea?" Mia asked.

Flash shook her head. "I wish I could, but I can't. I'm allergic."

"Allergic to tea?" Ryo asked, a bit surprised.

Flash nodded, then shrugged as she cut some meat on her plate. "I know it's weird. But when I was much younger my mom gave me tea, and I got sick with a rash on my throat. Doctor's diagnosis, allergic to tea."

"You want some pop then?" Kento asked.

"Cola, if you have it."

"Coming right up!"

In another world known as the Dynasty, an evil being wearing an ancient samurai armor sat on his throne in the Dynasty's castle. His name was Talpa, and he was the ruler of this vast world. He had tried so many times to rule the mortal world, but the five Ronin Warriors kept standing in his way. He knew that they had to be defeated before he could take over the mortal world.

He had three warriors who were helping him. They were known as Dark Warlords. At one time they had been against him, but after a deceptive plot, they were now serving him once again. Along with Lady Kayura.

"Master Talpa," said Dais, Warlord of Illusion, "why are we having this meeting?"

"Yes," Sekhmet, Warlord of Venom complained. "I was watching King of Snakes on the SciFi."

"Silence!" Talpa demanded. They were quiet. Cale, Warlord of Darkness rolled his eyes. Talpa continued as, as his viewing screen came on. They saw an American teenaged girl with shoulder length brown hair and cerulean eyes. "My high priest Badamon has sensed something about this girl. She has powers that could be useful to the evil Dynasty. It could be that she wears an armor."

"An armor?" Sekhmet asked, incredously. "Master Talpa, she's a girl. How can she wear an armor?"

"How can fifteen year old boys be wearing armors?" Talpa retorted, causing them to sweatdrop. "Speaking of which," Talpa continued, "when are you going to get my armors?"

"It's your armor," Cale mumbled. "You should go and get it." Talpa zapped him. "OW, dang that hurt!"

"Shut up!" Cale gulped, but climbed to his feet.

"Now about this girl," Talpa continued. "I want you to capture her. Perhaps we can turn her to the evil Dynasty, and against the Ronins.

The three bowed before Talpa. "As you wish, Master Talpa." And then they vanished from his presence.

Back at Mia's mansion, Mia was once again working at her computer, and Yulie was outside with both White Blaze and Blaze. He had come over earlier, and met Flash and her wolf. Yulie liked Flash right away, and she liked him, cause he reminded her of a little boy she baby sat. Yulie had also fallen in love with the big white wolf, never before seeing a wolf of that size.

So while he was outside playing, everybody else was doing homework, except Flash, who was watching TV. Kento looked up from his History page. "Cye, when are you going to make dinner?" he asked.

Cye's head shot up from his English book. "Oh, I totally fortgot!" An unlikely Cye thing. "I have an English test tomorrow, so I wanted to study. I want to pass it."

Flash stood up. "I can make dinner."

Rowen arched one of his blue eyebrows. "you can cook?"

"Do you have blue hair?"

There was their answer. Flash disappeared into the kitchen. Kento's stomach growled loudly. "Hey, I bet they can hear that in America!" Flash joked from the kitchen.

Sage, Ryo, Rowen, and Cye snickered. "Very funny!" Kento mumbled.

"C'mon, Kento," Ryo said. "We have to finish our homework."

Kento grumbled, but turned back to his page. He didn't think he'd be able to finish his homework without getting some food into his stomach. It seemed to be crying out to him. Why are you torturing me? FEED ME!

It was quiet for several minutes as the five Ronins worked on their homework. It was Saturday, and they were working hard to get it done on time for school on Monday. Not that they actually wanted to work on it, well

except for Rowen.

"Drat!" They heard Flash. "Pilot light went out!"

"There's a lighter in the second drawer to the left of the stove," Cye told her helpfully.

"No, thanks. Don't need it."

That puzzled them, and Rowen figured she had her own lighter. Seconds later, "There, that's better!" They figured she had finally lit the stove.

They returned to their homework, frowning in concentration. Kento could hardly concentrate because of his growling stomach, and the others were just trying to ignore him.

Suddenly they heard Yulie screaming, and White Blaze roaring angrily, and Blaze growling and barking furiously. Everyone dropped what they were doing, including Flash who remembered to turn off the stove- don't want a fire now!- and raced outside.

Standing a few feet away from them were Cale, Sekhmet, and Dais. Yulie saw the Ronins and immediately hid behind Ryo.

"Who the heck are these clowns?" Flash asked.

"Dark Warlords."

Dark what?" Flash asked with a shake of her head.

Cale stepped forward. "We've come for you, girl. Master Talpa requests your presence at once!"

"Master who?"

"Forget it!" Ryo snapped. "She's not going anywhere with you three!"

"We'll see about that, Wildfire!" Sekhmet laughed.

"Alright, time for a real show down," Ryo said. "Armor up! Armor of Wildfire! Dao Jin!"

"Armor of Torrent! Dao Shin!"

"Armor of Hardrock! Dao Gi!

Armor of Strata! Dao Inochi!"

"Armor of Halo!" Dao Chi!"

Cherry blossoms and rivers surrounded the five armors as their armors came to be. Flash was surprised, but not totally. I guess every country's got their own special warrior, she thought as she crossed her arms. "Well, what the heck? She tilted her face to the sky and raised one arm. "Armor of the Warrior! Now come!"

A bright light enveloped her, and everyone but Sage and Blaze covered their eyes. When the light faded they were surprised to see Flash wearing a blue and white armor, with blue bracelets adorning her upper arms, white boots, a matching helmet, a visor covering her eyes, and carrying a deadly sword that looked part katana, part nodatchi. She flipped the large blade into the air and caught it with one hand.

"Surprised?" she asked.

"You- you're a Ronin Warrior too?" Kento stumbled to say.

Flash peered at them for a second as she watched the Dark Warlords. "Nope. I'm a Warrior, among seven others in America. Your armor probably have names as does ours, however we don't call our armors' names just to wear them. We simply say Armor of the Warrior. Now come. I'll explain the rest later. Right now, let's kick some butt!"

"Careful what you say, girl!" Cale hissed. "It could prove to be your downfall!"

"If I could defeat an ugly monster called Tutock and his Guardians, and soldierknights, I'm pretty sure I can handle you, Scar!"

"My name is Cale!"

"Whatever!"

"You'll pay for that! Black Lightning Slash!"

The attack struck, and the Ronins cried out, thinking she had been hurt. The Warlords were laughing, until they heard a whistle. Cale turned into the direction of the sound, and his face met with a white boot. He flew several feet backward.

"How did she do that?" Sage wondered. "Cale's surekill should have hit her. I'm glad it didn't but..." He couldn't speak anymore.

"I guess that's why she's called Flash," Rowen stated the obvious.

"She definitely lives up to her name!" Ryo said with a laugh.

"You won't be laughing long, Wildfire!" Sekhmet said. Suddenly fifty Dynasty soldiers appeared, and the Ronins found themselves in battle.

Flash was proving herself to be quite the fighter. She had already taken out Cale, who refused to get up now. Now the girl was fighting with Dais, who tried to make an illusion to fool her. He had become Yulie, but when Blaze kept growling, she knew it was a trick.

"This is for being ugly!" she yelled as popped him in the eye. "This is for wanting to kidnap me!" she punched him in the stomach. "This is for causing trouble for my friends!" she punched him in the nose, breaking it. "And this is for using Yulie as one of your tricks!" she kicked him very hard in the crotch, sending him flying into a nearby tree. He landed hard and immediately started puking.

The Ronin Warriors were still fighting. Several soldiers were destroyed, and more were being taken out. Rowen shot several of them with his arrows, occasionally using his Arrow Shock Wave surekill. Ryo took out several with his Wildfire swords, also using his Flare Up Now surekill.

The soldiers were going down quickly, but more arrived to take their place. Cye wiped out several with his Yari spear, then blasted several away with his Super Wave Smasher surekill.

And Kento had fun destroying other Dynasty soldiers with his three part staff weapon. Kento loved to fight, and was enjoying every moment of it. More soldiers were coming. They needed to be buried. He used his Iron Rock Crusher, and the ground suddenly opened up and swallowed the soldiers.

Sekhmet was watching everything. He hadn't attacked yet. The girl had already taken out Cale and Dais, which surprised him. How could one girl be that strong? he wondered as she and her wolf battled against the soldiers with the Ronins and their tiger. Mia had already grabbed Yulie and was keeping him indoors. No, he dared not to attack the girl physically. He would use strategy.

He began to creep up to the nearest Ronin which was Rowen, ready to pounce on him, when suddenly something knocked to the ground. Rowen turned around when he heard a cry and scuffle. Blaze was pinning Sekhmet to the ground. He gave a sigh of relief. "Thanks, boy!"

The wolf growled at Sekhmet, his teeth sharp and deadly. Sekhmet went to kick him, but Blaze quickly avoided it. Sage took out three more soldiers. Flash kicked one behind her, then ran her sword through another, destroying it.

Sekhmet went to kick at the wolf again, and the wolf avoided it again.

Flash looked toward Sekhmet. "You shouldn't have tried to kick him!" she called.

Sekhmet glared at her, then glanced down at the wolf. "What the-!" The wolf was snarling now, his eyes were red, foam dripped from his mouth. He glared at Sekhmet with hunger filled eyes. "Now, you're going to get it" Flash taunted

Sekhmet rolled his eyes, and drew his blades. "We'll see about that!" he retorted. "Snake Fang Strike!"

The surekill struck and the wolf had been hit, but to Sekhmet's surprise, it barely had any effect. The wolf continued to growl angrily at him. "My surekill should have destroyed this wolf!"

Flash punched another soldier out, and Cye took care of the one sneaking in from the side. "Don't you know, wolves can heal themselves!" she hollered at Sekhmet.

Now Sekhmet was angry. He threw himself into battle and immediately attacked Cye. Cye was having a much harder time because Sekhmet was so angry, and Cye's armor was not good on land. Still he wasn't about to give up. He used his Yari spear to block Sekhmet's blows, then attacked back. He used his Super Wave Smasher against his opponent, knocking him several feet backward. He then noticed that Flash was not in her armor.

"Why are you out of armor?" he asked in concern.

"I'll tell you later," she promised.

Sekhmet stood up. He had also noticed that Flash was unarmored, and he wasn't about to let that go to waste. By now the other Ronins were just finishing off the rest of the Dynasty soldiers. Sekhmet stepped closer. "Good, now that you are unprotected, it's time to come and meet Master Talpa."

"I don't think so!"