The two Ronins, the two Lady Guardians, and the four Warriors finally made it back to the hotel where they were all staying. Thunder was surprised to see his parents there, and they were relieved to see him, as they hugged him tightly and practically cried over them.. He noticed the Italian royal family was there too, and he scowled inwardly. ‘Damn.. Why did Blaze bring them here too? Couldn’t he have sent them to Timbuktu?’

Thaitus stared at his son sadly as he was hugged fiercely by his mother. Lila had tears in her eyes as she had believed she would never see her son again. Thunder just held onto her, but he seemed rather limp, and just staring off into space, his eyes so full of pain and distrust. He was trembling with fear now, but he didn’t pull away from her.

Flash was watching her friend with concern, wondering what was wrong. She knew he didn’t usually react like that after being a prisoner. She was wondering if something had happened to make him react that way, especially with his own mother.

Hana watched Thunder sadly. She wanted to hug him so badly and tell him everything would be okay. She had no idea what had happened to him, but she was guessing it had been something horrifying for him. She glanced behind her and saw Sage. Immediately her eyes clouded with anger and she lunged for him, knocking him down to the floor. This startled everyone. King Damien gasped, King Thaitus’ eyes widened, Bianca just stared; the only ones who did not seem to notice was Queen Lila and Prince Thunder.. The young prince just held onto his mother as the tears soaked his face.

“What the hell did you think you were doing, Sage?!” Hana screamed in the Ronin of Halo’s face. He was pinned beneath her, his violet eyes staring up at her.. Sadness reigned in his violet eyes, and he did nothing to defend himself from her outrage. “I can’t believe you actually joined forces with that monster, and then come back with Rekino acting like you did nothing! How dare you!”

“Hana, what are you doing?!” Scorpio asked as he forced himself to tear his eyes away from his best friend.

“Something I should have done a long time ago!” Hana roared in anger as she drew back her fist. Sage closed his eyes, ready for the blow. Though he knew it wasn’t his fault that he was on Borya’s side, he felt he deserved whatever he got.. And so he awaited the blow.

It never came. Cautiously he opened his left eye, staring in surprise as Hana’s wrist was held back by Flash..

The younger girl stared at the blond haired Lady Guardian.. Flash didn’t seem angry, instead she seemed tired and sad.. She shook her head at Hana slowly as she spoke. “It wasn’t his fault, Hana. He was controlled.. It was Borya and Alina’s fault this all happened.”

No one but Lila noticed Thunder tense up at the name of Alina.. Hana slowly lowered her fist and looked down at Sage.. She seemed to be thinking. Finally she backed away from him and sighed. “I’m sorry.. I.. I just…”

Sage let himself be helped up by Rowen, and he nodded. “I know, Hana.. I’m sorry too..”

“So now what?” Shades wanted to know as she crossed her arms.

“My castle is still taken over by the feign,” Thaitus said angrily.. “I want him stopped at any costs there is.”

“Oh, he’ll be stopped alright,” Ryo said as fire danced in his eyes.

“Something is wrong with my son!” Lila suddenly shrieked, causing everyone to turn and look at them. Indeed they could see Thunder clutching tightly to her, sobbing uncontrollably and shaking violently. All of them frowned deeply, wondering what had happened.. The Ronins, Hana, and the other Warriors looked at Rekino.

Rekino stared back at them all sadly as tears threatened to fall from her eyes. Her fists clenched and her jaw set tightly. She was unable to speak.

Thaitus seemed to notice this and his eyes set with anger. “You know what happened to my son? Answer!”

Rekino’s eyes flashed angrily as she glared at the king. He was taken aback by this defiance, but he did not say anything. At last she spoke, her voice spewing out venom. “He was raped by that bitch, Alina.”

"WHAT?!" Hana stared in disbelief at her leader. She looked at Thunder and noted his distraught. Her midnight blue eyes hardened at the thought of Alina touching the one that she loved, "Rekino, I swear to God if you're lying to me, God help you!"

Rekino turned towards her comrade, "Do you think that I would lie about something like this? Hell no!"

"Okay," Hana started, "First, I'm gonna rip her hair out. Then, I'm gonna slit her throat and watch her bleed to death. SHE RAPED THE PERSON I'M IN LOVE WITH! SHE IS SO DEAD!"

Thaitus’ mouth dropped open, Bianca gasped. This mere commoner was in love with Thunder? That couldn’t be…

Flash was staring down at the floor, her fists clenched tightly in anger. She was shaking with rage, her body glowing bluish white. Scorpio and Shades frowned at her as they could sense the anger within her.. It was then, that everyone began to sweat, and that Rekino and Ryo could feel themselves strengthening.

“Oh no!” Rekino cried as she looked at Flash. Her eyes then widened. Flash was now glowing from a fiery yellowish orange to a bluish white. The colors seemed to flash back and forth in rapid random order, the heat increased, and everyone began to fan themselves.. Scorpio backed away considerably, feeling weak. What was going on?

And then suddenly Flash let out a terrifying scream as fire seemed to engulf her. There was a scream from Queen Annelise and she fainted in her husband’s arms.. Bianca cried out, and everyone seemed to shield their eyes.. When they looked again, they were shocked to see that Flash had changed. No longer was her hair a medium brown color, it was now blondish white, her eyes pure ice blue and full of rage, her body glowed the same bluish white color, though now it was surrounded by that fiery yellow, her blue colored arm bracelets had suddenly changed to gold, and they never did that except when she was in armor.. (okay.. If you wish to know, and before you ask, I got this idea off DBZ where Goku transformed into a SS for the first time.)

Everyone’s mouths dropped open with shock, including Thunder’s who had suddenly calmed down at feeling Flash’s anger.. Never before had they seen anything like this…

“Oh my god!” Rekino cried out. “She.. she..”

“What the hell?!” Ryo cried out, his eyes widening with disbelief.. He touched a hand to his forehead. It was pulsating with his own kanji flashing on his forehead. Rekino could feel hers going off as well, but she wasn’t worried about that.. Her dream kept flashing in her mind..

Hana, too, was thinking of her dream.. Was this what the voice inside the dream had said… She saw Flash’s symbol light up on her forehead, and whispered, “The power of fiery faith will come…”

“Flash?” Shades asked nervously.

Flash’s eyes narrowed dangerously and Shades backed away.. This was unusual. Shades was never really scared of anything at all.. Finally Flash spoke in a dangerous voice. “I’m going to put an end to this once and for all.” And suddenly she disappeared from the room.

“Where’d she go?!” Thaitus asked, looking around frantically.

Rowen’s eyes were widened with shock and disbelief. “Did you see that?! She vanished without Blaze’s help!”

“This.. is too weird,” Ryo said as his kanji stopped glowing..

“I’ll say,” Rekino muttered.. “I had a dream this would happen.”

Hana whirled around and stared at her in surprise. “You too!?”

“Wait! What the hell you talking about?” Shades demanded. “Dreams? What dreams?”

Rekino and Hana then related their dreams to everyone who listened.. Everyone was silent as they waited for the girls to finish and when they did, it was all silent, as if everyone was thinking. Finally Thunder spoke quietly.. “The prophecy came true at last..”

Thaitus raised an eyebrow at him, and Ryo looked toward him. “What do you mean?”

“In the beginning when evil took over America, we Warriors gathered together to train.. It was written that the leader of the Warriors would one day transform when an evil came to conquer.. We all thought it would happen when Tutock attacked again and again, but it never did. We finally put it in the back of our minds.. And now.. because.. because of what happened to me… she transformed just as the prophecies said she would.”

Well damn," Rekino said as she threw her arms up in the air, "I knew that dream meant something, but I thought it was Ryo there for a point in time."

Ryo looked at his sister with confusion written all over his face, "You did? Thank you, sis! You're so cool!"

"Don't get too smug," Rekino laughed.

Hana had been watching the door the whole time. Flash didn't even go through the door, and the Halo Guardian wanted to go right through it. She saw Sage look at her from the corner of her eye with confusion and hurt written all over his face. Without taking her eyes off the door, she answered him, "I know you have something on your mind, Sage, so spill."

Sage cocked his head to the side and spoke loudly enough to draw everyone's attention, "Did you mean it? Do you really love Thunder?"

"Is it really any of your business?" Hana's head turned towards Sage. Her midnight blue eyes clouded with many emotions. She put a hand on her sub-armored hip, "Personally, Sage, my feelings towards any other person is none of your damn business. None of this would've happened if you hadn't joined forces with Alina."

Everyone's attention was now on the two Halo's argument. Hana had turned around completely and was having a staring contest at Sage.

"Flash already told you…"

Hana couldn't take it anymore. Her eyes narrowed hard and, for a minute, Sage was scared. He didn't see it coming when Hana slapped him across the face. The sound had reverberated off the walls and the Ronins cringed in horror. Rekino mouthed a line of cuss words. The royals stared in shock at the young warrior's temper. Thunder's expression hadn't changed. He just kept staring.

"No more excuses, Sage Date!" Hana screamed, "Fucking hell, you almost KILLED me! I could fully blame you for what happened! Hell, I could blame Rekino for not keeping an eye on you!"

"Hey!" Rekino screamed. She shut her mouth when Hana shot a death defying glare, "Shutting up."

"As for the answer to your rude question, yes, I love Thunder. I have for a long time. For a moment, my heart was torn between you two, but your actions quickly made my heart change," She turned around so her back was facing the on lookers. Everyone heard light sobbing. Hana was crying, "I trusted you, Sage. I honestly trusted in you, but…your defiance proved other wise. I'm sorry."

"Hana…" Sage reached out to put a hand on her shoulder, but she quickly turned around and bent his wrist backwards, "Shit!"

The Lady of Halo released his wrist and looked at everyone, "Now, I'm going to do this properly since I'm in the presence of the rude, bull headed, asshole King of Germany."

"Excuse me!" Thaitus shouted.

Hana took in a deep breath. She started whispering and bowed as her armor formed, "If you'll formally excuse me, I have some business to attend to," She straightened herself out and walked towards the door.

"Where in the hell do you think you’re going?" Ryo demanded.

Hana turned and smiled at everyone as sweetly as she could, "I can't let Flash have all the fun. Besides, I want a hit in on both Alina and Borya," She reached behind and drew out her no datchi, "They're going down. Mark my words. They are gonna crash and burn so quickly it's going to be fucking great!" Before another words was spoken, Hana ran out the door.

Rekino quickly jumped the gun, "Okay, like hell she's going alone!"

"And what exactly do you plan on doing, sweetheart?" Rowen asked.

Rekino cocked her head to the side and silently armored up, "Something any good leader would do. Go after her crazy ass before she gets killed!"

"You're not going anywhere, Rekino Sanada!" Ryo shouted, "You better just scratch that idea and sit your butt down!"

Rekino growled, "I'm the guardian here, Ryo, not you. Hana's under my protection and I'll be damned if I let her do this alone. She's not thinking right and she could be killed!" She smiled lightly, "Besides, I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself. Plus, I have to get my swords back."

Rowen pulled Rekino towards him and kissed her hard before letting her go, "Be careful and come back. I mean it."

"I will," She turned towards the German royals, "I'm sorry about my friend, she's got weird hormones. I promise we'll save your country," Rekino quickly turned on her heel and ran out the door to catch up with Hana.

Scorpio sighed, "This is why I don't trust a human being that bleeds for five days and doesn't die."

Shades turned around, "So you don't trust me?"

The Warrior of Current held up his hands, "I didn't mean it that way. Women can be irrational, that's all!"

"Yeah, sure," Shades replied as she rolled her eyes.