The power from Rowen's surekill lit up the throne room brilliantly. Several soldiers were destroyed on impact. Talpa screamed and cursed and tried to grab the nearest person near him, hoping it was that brat. It turned out to be Cale instead.

Disgusted he dropped the unconscious warlord to the floor. His large hand reached out again, and was suddenly grabbed. Before the person could flip him over, he grabbed them, and held them tightly by the throat.

"Hey, let go, you godzilla wannnabe!"

The light cleared and they could all see Talpa holding Flash by the throat. He was choking her, and she was trying to get out of his grasp.

"Flash!" Kayura screamed.

Blaze started barking and growling ferociously. He leapt to attack and was kicked back a few feet away. White Blaze roared angrily and attacked too, but he too was thrown back.

"Let her go, Talpa!" Ryo demanded.

Talpa only laughed as he continued to strangle the girl. She was going to lose consciousness soon if she didn't get any air. If they didn't act soon she would be dead.

"Ryo, call the Inferno!" Sage hollered. Without waiting for the others, he charged up and became a ball of green light, and transferred his power over to Ryo. The others followed suit, sending their powers all over to Ryo.

Ryo felt the incredible power inside him. His Wildfire armor shed, and he was bathed in intense heat as a black armor formed over. Instantly he was covered with flames, and emerged in the White Armor of Inferno. The armor appeared to match all of the other four Ronin Warriors armor combined, but with power and the ability to destroy or save the world. And right now Ryo wanted to save.

White Blaze was transformed and became Black Blaze. He wore a white armor and carried the Swords of Fervor which Ryo needed.

Ryo grabbed the sword and began to call on his surekill. Talpa only smiled. He remembered the last time Wildfire used his surekill on him. He hadn't been affected by it, and the girl would only be hurt by it. Obviously these fools weren't very bright.

"Rage of Inferno!" Ryo screamed. A tunnel of fire suddenly formed and shot right at Talpa. Talpa started laughing until he realized the girl was absorbing the fire. Her body became increasingly hot and that fire symbol appeared in her forehead.

Flash felt strengthened. Her eyes opened. Her power was flowing through her. Her symbol suddenly came to life on her forehead, and her hair began to blow behind her as her power built and combined with Ryo's power.

Talpa caught fire, both from Ryo's surekill and from Flash's power. He dropped the girl, and Sage caught her. "Let's get out of here!" he hollered.

The others followed suit. They escaped from the castle, and with Kayura's help escaped from the Netherrealm. They had escaped Talpa at last. Now all they had to do was explain everything to Mia.

Ryo stepped up to the front door and reached his hand to the doorknob. Sage was beside him, holding an unconscious Flash in his arms. After that incredible power she had unleashed on Talpa, she lost consciousness. Surrounding them were Cye, Kento, Rowen, Kayura, White Blaze, and Blaze, who kept glancing up at his mistress worriedly.

Before Ryo could open the door, Yulie suddenly flung it open. "Ryo, you're back!" he cried, then noticed Kayura. "Augh! Kayura!" He suddenly slammed the door shut.

The Ronins jumped, and Kayura cracked a smile. "He doesn't know."

Ryo pounded on the door. "Yulie, let us in! Kayura's been freed! She's on our side now!"

"How do I know you're aren't some illusion set up from Talpa to get me and Mia?!"

The Ronins blinked.

"He's been hanging around with you too much, Boy Genius," Kento said.

Rowen shrugged.

"Smart kid," someone said.

Everyone looked down at Flash. "Flash?" Sage called softly.

"That's my name. Don't wear it out."

Boy, that was a relief! Flash was awake, but they could tell she was tired, and needed to rest. If only Yulie would let them in. Where was Mia?! Probably upstairs working on the computer or trying to get a hold of Anubis in the Spirit Realm.

Sage was getting fed up. He used his foot to bang against the door. "Yulie! Open the door!"

"NO! You're the Dynasty!"

"Yulie, please! We need to lay Flash down!" Cye implored.

"And I'm hungry!" Kento tried.

"Forget it, Dynasty scum!"

Ryo was getting impatient, and then he remembered something. "Yulie, do you remember when you showed me your scar, near your upper left thigh? When you fell on a chain a few months before we met? And when you showed me your stuffed green frog you called Lucky?"

"You mean the one my grandpa gave me?"

Ryo smirked. The kid was definitely smart. "No, the one that your girlfriend gave you."

"She's not my girlfriend!"

Everyone laughed as the door flung open, and Yulie leapt into Ryo's arms. "I missed you guys! Me and Mia were so worried! Hey, what's wrong with Flash?"

"She's exhausted, Yulie," Sage explained as they all went inside. Flash was laid on the couch just as Mia came downstairs.

"You're back! Where were you? In the Dynasty? How did you escape? What's Lady Kayura doing here?"

Before she could ask anymore, Ryo led her away to a corner, and began telling her all that had happened. Mia nodded, accepting it, and then smiled at Kayura who smiled back.

Sage was healing Flash. The others waited as he worked. When the light around him and Flash faded, Flash opened her mouth. "Don't suppose we could order a pizza?"

Everyone smiled.

"I'll order!" Cye said with a laugh.

Rowen woke with a scream and bolted upright. Flash stood over him with a grin as she held a dripping bucket. "Better wake up, Sleeping Beauty. School!"

She hopped down and left the room.

Rowen wiped his face and got up to get dressed. Flash sure was one of a kind. He had never met anyone like her.

In school, it was mostly the same for them. Going to their classes, paying attention or daydreaming, doing schoolwork, getting homework. Typical school day. Eh, not.

In 8th period, the last class of the day, Flash and Ryo were sitting in Health class. The teacher was instructing the class on the Molecules and cells of the structure of the body, and everyone was paying attention. Everyone but Rufane, the same kid who Flash had sent to the floor earlier that week. He was throwing spitballs at Flash.

Ryo could see it out of the corner of his eyes. He didn't like what he was seeing at all, but Flash didn't seem to be bothered by it one bit. She was completely oblivious to him.

She'll probably let him have it later, he thought.

Rufane suddenly raised his hand. "Mrs. Faulo, may I please get something to drink?"

The teacher looked up. "Go, and make it quick!"

Rufane nodded, slipped out of his seat and quickly left the class room. The teacher watched him go, then turned around to write several words on the board.

Ryo saw Flash open up a bottle of superglue. She stealthily leaned over and poured it all over Rufane's seat. It was a good thing they were in the back of the classroom. No one, but Ryo saw what she was doing. And he certainly wasn't going to rat on her.

Flash put the bottle away and began writing down the words from the board as if nothing had happened.

Rufane came back and sat down. Both Ryo and Flash hid a smirk. The class did their vocabulary, some groaning, some not caring, some angry because they had to.

After a half hour of torture, the bell finally rang, and all the students got up to leave. Flash and Ryo were the first ones out.

They walked down the hallway. Flash was counting. "3.2.1!"

"HEY, I'M STUCK!!!"

Sage, Ryo, Flash, Kento, Rowen, and Cye were all heading for home. The other four Ronins had learned what had happened to Rufane, and they couldn't hide their shock nor stop laughing.

"I can't believe you glued him to the chair!" Kento laughed.

Flash smirked and shook her head. "Not glued. Superglued!"

Their eyes widened with surprise, but they began to laugh. Rufane, in their opinion, deserved what Flash did to him. And they were sure that they still had much to learn about their new friend.

Flash herself was staring up at the sky with a smile on her face. It was going to be a beautiful day. She looked at her new friends. "Come one! Let's race!"

She suddenly took off down the street, becoming a blur of blue, white, and brown. The others just stared in shock.

"Damn!" Kento said.

"She's as fast as the cheetah!" Cye exclaimed.

"Maybe that's why they called her Flash," Ryo said with a shrug.

"Let's go!" Rowen said, and took off down the street. The others followed suit and were soon racing along with Flash and Rowen. Their laughter filled their air, and people could only stare or move out of the way as six teenagers shot passed them. Most shook their heads.

Flash and the Ronins didn't care. They had their health, their freedom, and their friendship. And for them, that was enough. And Flash knew that one day, her friends in America, the other Warriors would indeed meet Ryo, Sage, Kento, Cye, and Rowen. And they would all become friends. She could not wait for that day.

And it would come. She would just be patient and live life on with her newest friends, the

Ronin Warriors.

End