Hey Diary, this is Kat.

OOOO, I think I love Rowen. I mean, at first I thought I Ryo, but when I saw Rowen. . . he is just so cute! Trots is still in hiding. I think she wants more then just Inferno, I think she likes Ryo. Ywwwweee, nasty for Ryo. I don't think she's the only one, Kit, I think she likes him too. Why does she have to be so. . . rude? She wasn't always so mean, just when Mom & Dad died. Oooh, well, I better go check on Ally, probably with Sage, she loves him soo much, it's so cute!

"Ryo, where's my yellow hat?"

"I don't know, Kento, I don't wear that hat of yours" Never will, either.

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Oh, he is cute; shame I have to kill him just for the Armor of Inferno. Jungle, Forest, and Flower will be easy to defeat but the other Ronins will be harder to beat. I should go and test all of their powers, see their limits. Hmmm, I think a hundred soldiers should do for Forest and the others, but Ryo, I'll have to get him alone. That way I can test him myself. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. . . HA. Trots walked out of throne room.

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"Kit, can I have a glass of milk?"

"Yeah, of course you can."

"Can I have the cup with the toys on it, pleaseeee?"

"Let's see if it's clean. Okay, what do we have in here, oh, here it is."

"Hey, has anyone seen Ryo? I need to talk to him."

"About what, Sage?"

"None of your business, Kento. Now, where is he?"

"He's outside with White Blaze."

"Thank you, Cye."

"Ryo?"

"Yeah, what is it, Sage?"

"Well, this enemy of ours. Do you think we can beat her? I mean, I've never seen her or anything but she seems intense."

"Sage, she's a wimp. She's trying to make us think she's strong by hiding so we get nervous." Or at least I hope. Damnit, why is she doing this?

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Shh, listen. . ."

"Soldiers!"

"Guys, get out here nowwww."

The soldiers came out of hiding and started fighting just as the others made it out.

"Let's armor up, guys."

"Armor of Strata!"

"Armor of Halo!"

"Armor of Torrent!"

"Armor of Hardrock!"

"Armor of the Forest!

"Armor of the Jungle!"

"Armor of the Flower! Tao chi!"

"Ryo, why aren't you putting on your armor? Ryo, where you? Ryo? RYO! !"

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"Huh, where am I? I was about to fight Dynasty and now I'm here?"

"HA HA HA! Hello there again, I thought I'd have more fun with just you."

"Ooh, I'm touched. Armor of the Wildfire!"

"OO, you're even cuter with your armor on."

"We'll see just how cute I am when you're on fire."

The two started to fight, Trots just using regular swords. Ryo was of course using his twin katanas.

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"Arrow Shockwave!"

"We've got to find Ryo, we have to find him now!"

"Kit, are you worried?"

"Rowe, stop joking around and watch your back!"

"Wooo, that was close."

"Where is everyone else?"

"Fighting somewhere; I'll go see if I can see them from the trees. Watch my back, kay?"

"Whatever, just go, I want to make sure Ally is all right; this is her first fight!"

"I see them, Ally is with Kat over to the north, Kento and Cye are to the west, and Sage is to the east.

"What's to the south, Blue Boy, and hurry up, I can't take them all on for much longer."

"Nothing that I can see. . . wait. . . is that fire?"

"What are you babbling about up there?"

"I think I found Ryo. He's near the bay." Bad place for the Wildfire. "So where's all the soldiers?"

"You took too long up there, I finished the job!"

"Hey, what are you guys talking about now?"

"ROWEN thinks he found Ryo."

"Well, where is he? Is he okay?"

"I don't know, I just saw fire. He was by the bay."

The bay is good for my armor, the Armor of Torrent, but bad for Wildfire."

"Yeah, I suggest we get down there."

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Trots jumped back and put away her swords. Then she looked at him panting and grabbed a pole-like thing. In between pants he looked up; it looked like Kento's weapon but it was bigger, thicker, and pure black. She held it up and said, " You ready?"

"Yea, sure, why not?"

She jumped at him. Ryo, totally pooped out, was hit backwards. He landed hard against a rock and passed out. Then his armor left or faded away.

That was easy, he is nothing without his friends. I'll leave him this time to suffer in his defeat.

"Ryo, where are you?"

"I see him, he's over here!"

"Ryo, Ryo, wake up! RYO!"

"Huh, what happened? Where am I?"

"You just finished battling Trots. Okay, let's get you home."

Kit walked down the stairs.

"How's he doing, Kit?" Rowen asked not looking away from his book.

"Still has an awful headache; Sage, I thought you said you could heal the ribs?" Kit responded.

"I can, just as soon as I can get some rest, it takes a lot out of you."

"Ryo! What are you doing down here!" Kat asked turning around.

"Ryo! Get back in bed, you need your rest!!" Kento ordered.

"If I stay in bed any longer... I'm going to kill myself." Ryo said mumbling something no one could hear, and rubbing his head.

"Do you want something to eat, Ryo?" Kit asked getting up.

"No, not yet. But thanks anyway, Kit." Ryo said & Kit sat back down.

"So, now that you're up... what should we do about our enemy? I mean, if you can't beat her, and you have the most powerful armor. What chance do we have?" Rowen asked.

"Yeah, I have the most powerful armor, but I didn't use it. Wildfire wouldn't have killed Talpa, and Trots is his sister so I didn't think it would kill her either. Think about it, Rowen!"

"He does have a point there, Rowen." Cye said with a smirk.

"Whose side are you on anyway, CYE!!" Rowen asked & put his book down.

"Well, anyway, I think she may be pretty focused on Ryo, that seems to be her favorite." Kat said smiling.

"What do you mean, Kat? Talpa didn't have a favorite." Ryo asked confused, Kit and Kat rolled their eyes.

"Talpa was a boy, Trots is a girl, there's a difference. A big difference." Kit said and Ryo tried to say something when he realized his pain killer had worn off.

"Ahhh, my ribs... do we have any more painkiller?" Ryo grunted.

"Hold on, Ryo, I'll see." Kit said standing up.

"Thanks, Kit. Ahhh, hurry." Ryo said through gritted teeth.

"Ohh, we're out, sorry." Kit said frowning.

"Hold it there, Ryo. I think I can heal your ribs now, or at least your head." Sage got over to where Ryo sat. "Ammmmmmmm... damit, Ryo, let me help!" Sage frowned. "Ryo can be so stubborn. He was never like this when there wasn't a battle going on. Well sometimes is." Sage thought.

"I can't." Ryo said not looking at Sage.

"Why?" Sage asked crossing his arms.

"Because you're still too weak!"

"I'll sleep peacefully, you will not, there's a difference, Ryo. Please let me help, I'll be tired but not in pain, where you will be in pain." Sage pointed out.

"NNNNO, ahhhh, I'll bbe ffiinne." Ryo said starting to shake.

"Ryo, you're trembling, you're not fine."

"I'll BE fine!" Ryo corrected.

"Yea, in time, but time is something we don't have. Ryo, we don't know when Trots will strike again. Nothing to you Sage, but Ryo, you're a lot more important than he is, or anyone for that matter." Rowen said.

"No, that's not true, if any of you are too weak then I can't create the Inferno."

"Ryo, the armor of Inferno is the most powerful, but Wildfire is the second most powerful. Then the rest of the armors are equal. I think." Cye said, entering the conversation.

Rowen looked at the twins and their little sister, who was sleeping on Kat's lap. "Not to change the subject, but what are your surekills?"

"Ally has a squirt gun; it doesn't have a surekill that we know of yet. When she shoots it, flowers pop up. Kat has forest leaves, really sharp leaves more or less, cuts them up pretty badly. I have jungle vine. Vines grab them and choke them. More or less.” Kit told him.

"AAAAAhhhhhh!" Ryo said as he tried to get up.

"RYO! You okay?" Kento asked with a worried face.

"NO, do I look okay to you?" Ryo said as his temper got the better of him.

"Then let Sage help Ryo!" Rowen said getting annoyed.

"Stay out of this, Rowen!"

"Why should he? Ryo, you are important to them. Let Sage help." Kento said standing up.

"Kento, don't talk. This does not concern you either." Ryo said with a hand movement.

Cye's eyes went wide at that comment. "The hell it doesn't; it concerns us all, Ryo!"

"So when did you decide to join, CYE, NO ONE ASKED YOU TO JOIN!!"

"Ryo, calm down. You need all your strength. If you're not going to let Sage heal you, that is." Kat said also annoyed.

"KAT!! That..."

Kit, fed up with this, grabbed Ryo's shirt collar and kissd him on the lips, then dropped him back down, and said, "Stop, like Kit said, you'll need your energy."

All Ryo could get out was "Yes ma'am." He blushed so much it looked like his head as on fire. Kit just stood there.

"It took the others a couple of seconds to realize what just happened and start cheering.

"Yea, go Kit!"

"Ha Ha! ::whistle whistle::

"You tell him, Kit!"

"Get a room!"

Ryo had enough of this, so he yelled as loud as he could without being in pain, "STOP!" Then he turned to Kit and said, "What was that and why did you do it?"

"It was a kiss, and I did it to calm you down, I thought it worked, but now I'm not so sure. Well, you let Sage heal you yet, please." Kit said with pursed lips.

"FINE, if everyone will get off my back."

"Calm down, Ryo, this won't work unless you're calm." Sage said.

"GOOD, I don't want it to work!" Ryo crossed his arms.

"RYO, CALM DOWN, NOW, OR I'll kiss you again." Kit threatened.

Ryo gave her a dirty look, but he shut up.

"Okay, Ryo, just stay calm, this will only take a second but you're going to get a little dizzy. Try to let it in otherwise it might hurt, kay?"

Sage said with one eyebrow lifted.

"Fine, whatever."

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