The two Lady Guardians and three Ronin Warriors kept their eyes closed the whole time. It seemed weird to travel by Kayura's use, but, on the bright side, it'll get them there. Rekino felt Rowen take a hold of her hand and squeeze it gently. She squeezed it back. Suddenly, they stopped. Rekino looked down and saw that they were floating high above the ground. She started to hyperventilate.

Ryo took his sister's other hand, "It's okay Rekino. Just breathe. It'll all be over soon," He shut up when Rekino shot him her evil eye.

"Ronin Warriors and Lady Guardians," Kayura got their attention, "Remember, if you ever need my assistance in this new world, you know how to contact me."

"Yes, thank you, Kayura," Sage said respectfully and bowed.

"Now, this is as far as I'm taking you," Kayura said evilly.

Hana looked a little worried, "Why?"

Kayura looked at Rekino and smiled, "I hope you remember calling me an old lady because this is payback. Bye now!" With that, Kayura vanished and let them fall.

"KAYURA! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!" Rekino screamed as she fell to the ground. With a flash of red light, she quickly got into subarmor and landed softly. Another flash of red followed by a royal blue and two greens ones signified that the others had got in subarmor.

Flash had been trying to develop a game plan to help Thunder out. She could hear her warriors fighting over what they should do. Before she could say anything, a red light caught her eye. She turned around and hope that was who she thought it was. Sure enough, she saw a figure with long black hair land in a red armor. Four other flashes caught her eye. Another red one, a royal blue one, and two green ones and four more figures landed. She smiled and started running towards where the four landed.

The other warriors just looked at her strangely. They had learnt over the year that when Flash started to run, they ran too. So, without a thought in their minds, they took off after their leader.

Rekino had landed and immediately powered out of subarmor, as did the others. She was so pissed at Kayura that she could scream, "Okay, where's our stuff?" Not long after that was said, the suitcases came crashing down on top of Rekino, "This is so not my day."

Rowen laughed and walked over to help his girlfriend, "I got those," He picked up what had landed on her. After that, he took her hand and pulled her up, "You okay?"

"NO!" Rekino's face puffed up and turned all red, "Old lady needs to learn some manners."

Sage couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe it's you that needs the manners lesson, Rekino!"

Just as Rekino started towards Sage, a voice caught her attention, "You're here!" It was Flash. They all turned around to see the American standing there with a look of joy and sadness on her face, "I knew when I saw that red flash that someone had come here. I just didn't think it would be you guys."

Rekino smiled happily and ran over to hug Flash. She opened her arms and embraced the older girl in a hug. Ryo, Rowen, Sage, and Hana all joined Rekino in hugging the Firestarter Warrior. They were too caught up in the moment to notice the other's coming up behind Flash and staring strangely.

T-Boz was in shock. Why was Flash hugging those people? Only one-way to find out, she thought, "Flash, what's going on? Who are these people?"

Rekino and the others pulled away from Flash quickly. She didn't know Flash had anyone else with her. She smiled politely and bowed, "I'm Rekino Sanada."

"I'm Rowen Hashiba."

"Ryo Sanada."

"I'm Sage Date. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Hana Rai Utano. Pleased to meet your acquaintance," Hana respectfully bowed.

Flash nodded towards her friends, "These are five of the ones I meet in Japan when Thunder and I went. Rekino and Hana are two of the five Lady Guardians and Sage, Rowen, and Ryo are three of the five Ronin Warriors," She walked over to her warriors, "And these are the Warriors."

Thaitus sat down at his throne and waited for his wife to return with news of their son. They had been home for two hours now and he still hasn't woken up. He sighed and pulled up the report from his counsel. The Roman forces had advanced in sectors E and D and were heading towards the fueling camp. The king cursed under his breath. What was he going to do? The German empire was growing tired and weary from the war that had lasted almost two decades. Suddenly, a thought came to his head.

"Maybe if I let Thunder lead the forced in the north, we might be able to pull off a victory. Still, I don't know how well his abilities are in fighting. I'll have him start training with a guard once he's up," Thaitus looked up when a knock came to his chamber door, "Who is it?"

"It's me, Thaitus."

"You may enter, Lila," the king quickly put away the documents and watched as his wife stepped into the room and softly closed he door behind her, "Is he awake yet?"

"Aye, sire. He stirred but went back to sleep. I told the guards not to let him out and to watch the windows like you ordered me to do," Lila said quietly.

"Very good. Now, I want you to make an appointment with the head guard to see how well Thunder can fight in battle."

"Thaitus, don't you think it's a little too early for him to be training?"

"You will do as I say, Lila, or you'll be out on the street with the rest of your pathetic family," Thaitus said with a deep growl in this throat.

The queen curtsied, "Yes, my lord," She composed herself and left the room to carry out her commands.

“Rekino,” Flash said suddenly. “Thunder’s gone.. His real parents came and got him.

Rekino’s eyes widened, the three Ronins all frowned with deep concern, but Hana.. She was beyond pissed. She begin to curse loudly, promising she’d storm Germany herself and rip the entire country apart just to get Thunder back. Everyone stared at her in shock.

“Hana, calm down,” Rekino and Flash said at the time.

Hana growled angrily, still cursing up a storm.

“We’re going after him, Hana,” Flash said. “Earlier I felt he called my name.. I didn’t exactly heard him, but I felt him. I felt he needed my help.. And we’re going to Germany as soon as possible.”

“Good, then let’s go!” Hana said, ready to charge now.

“Don’t be so quick, Hana,” Rowen advised.

“That’s right,” Snow agreed. “We first need to find out what his real parents motives are, before doing anything else.. Storming there and causing a scene will just cause trouble for him.”

Hana growled. She knew she was being drastic, but she wanted to get Thunder back.. She wanted a chance with him… and with him being gone she’d never get that chance.

“Okay, Flash,” Ryo said. “You have a way to get us there?”

“Yes, Blaze will teleport us there,” Flash said.

“Sheesh,” Sage said, shaking his head. “What else can that wolf do?”

“A lot,” Flash said. “But we’ll worry about that later.”

Rekino nodded in agreement. “Then let’s get going.”

“Um,” T-boz interrupted. “We might want to sign ourselves out of school.. The school officials are looking for us.”

The Warriors sighed deeply. Just their luck.. Then Flash got an idea and turned to one of the school’s official’s car. With a jerk of her head, the car suddenly exploded. And the Ronins’, Guardians’, and the other Warriors’ mouths dropped in utter shock.

“Flash!” Scorpio cried.

“What? He’s got insurance.. He’ll get a better car. Now run!”

And without hesitation from that order, they all turned and ran off the school property while the school officials took care of the unexplained fire.

Thunder was not feeling well at all. His stomach hurt, he had a pounding headache and it was all due from stress. He hadn’t been gone from his friends for very long, and he already missed them terribly. He missed his grandparents, and his dog.. He wiped a tear away, but more just kept coming and coming. So he gave up and just sobbed, face down into the bed.

They had put him in a large sized beautifully furnished room, complete with his own bathroom, walk in closet, computer and desk, and an queen size elegant bed dressed in satin sheets and drapes and several pillows. Yet he didn’t care about that. All he wanted to do was go home.

There was a soft knock at his door, but he ignored it. Earlier he had tried to escape this place, but found out there were guards blocking every exit. He wished he could use his armor and full fighting ability, but he couldn’t. So he was stuck here, against his will.

The knocking came again, and only his sobs answered it.. Finally the door opened…

Lila stared with pity at her only child. She felt bad for him, and if it were up to her, she would have left him stay there with the family and friends he knew of. She approached him and sat beside him, drawing him up to cry on her shoulder, trying to soothe him.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “If I could, I’d let you have your choice. But I cannot.”

“It’s… it’s.. n..no..not.. f…f…fair!,” Thunder sobbed, his body shaking with each one.

“Shh… I know.. I know.. Sometimes.. sometimes we will all have to make certain choices… I know you don’t understand some things, but in time you will.”

“No! I’ll.. I’ll n..n..never.. un..unde..understand this! Never! He..he..he had no..no..r..r right to..to..to.. take me from them! I don’t want to stay here!”

Lila frowned, near tears herself. She really wished she could change things around for her son, but she had limited power. All she could do was comfort him the best she could. “It’ll be all right, my son.. You’ll see..”

“No, it..it.. won’t be!” Thunder cried through his sobbing. “I.. I..wish.. I had never been found by you or your husband!”

The king came bursting through the door having heard his son's words. He noticed that Thunder was crying while Lila tried to comfort him. He frowned, "Would you have rather me left you in that filthy country?! You are the rightful German heir and, as my son, you will not be allowed back into that horrid place."

Thunder eyed his father evilly, "I grew up there! You're the ones who gave me up!"

Thaitus drew his arm back and slapped his son hard across the face. Thunder's head snapped to the side and his eyes were wide. Lila jumped from her seat and examined her son’s face.

"THAITUS!"

"You will never bring that subject up again! We had no choice!" Thaitus yelled at his son, "And you Lila, stay out of this!"

Thunder held his cheek, which was red. He was scowling at his father. This wasn't what he imagined his parents to be like. He thought his parents would be nice and kind, like his mother, but not ruthless and cold hearted, like his father. The Warrior of Storm straightened up and looked at his biological father.

Now, if you're through bellyaching, get up and get dressed! We have things for you to do," Thaitus turned on his heel to leave, but turned around quickly, "Lila, come with me. We have things we must attend to."

Lila's eyes dropped quickly. She looked at her son and kissed him gently on the forehead, "We'll be waiting for you in the dining hall in an hour. Ask one of the guards to show you around the palace to buy some time."

"All right, mother," Thunder smiled at her. She was actually a decent woman. Her blonde hair hung on her shoulders in a traditional German style. Her light blue eyes held many emotions, "Thank you."

Lila smiled at her son again. She stood up and smoothed out her silk dress, "Remember, one hour. We don't want to upset your father," She turned around quickly to catch up to her husband.

If Thunder could scream, he would've done so at that moment. He was tired of being here, even though it was only a few hours. He eyed the closet and remembered his father telling him to get dressed. He snorted and looked at the computer. His eyes widened as he got an idea. He jumped from his seat and connected to the Internet. What better way to let his friends know how he was doing than by the computer? These people are so stupid. Thunder thought to himself. He accessed the hotmail website and logged in. It was time to send Flash an email.

Mia sat down on the couch and rubbed her temples. She was worried about Rekino and the others, especially Ryo. She knew that her lover didn't want to leave her here, but he had no other choice. She had recalled him telling her that if anything was to go wrong, to contact Rowen. Mia herself was worried that she might go into premature labor. She was already seven months along, and the doctor told her that it could happen. She couldn't contain her emotions any longer. The Lady of Strata grabbed a pillow and started to cry.

Josephine had been the only one there. Cye, Amaya, and Kento had gone to the store for some food and White Blaze was out "answering nature's call". When the Hardrock Warrioress heard Mia start to cry, Josephine spilled her hot chocolate all over herself.

"Dammit! This is a new shirt!" Josephine whined. She grabbed a towel as fast as she could and started to walk into the living room. She saw Mia holding a pillow and crying into it, "Mia? Are you okay?" Josephine cringed when the Strata Warrioress let out a shriek.

"Does it look like I'm okay?!" Mia shouted at her friend. She pulled her head out of the pillow and looked at the ground, "Sorry Jo. Stupid hormones," She looked up and immediately started laughing, "What happened to you?"

Josephine's eyes turned to annoyed slits, "I have you know, when you started to cry, I spilt my hot chocolate all over my new shirt! You're damn right. You and your mother fucking hormones!"

Mia frowned, "You don't have to be so vulgar."

Josephine sat down by Mia, "You don't have to be afraid of the word 'mother fucker'. I'm going to break it down for you. The word 'mother fucker' is a noun. It describes a person, place, or a thing."

Mia sweatdropped, "It would actually be an adjective."

Josephine smiled, "Does it look like I give a mother fucking rat’s ass?"

The two girls immediately burst into laughter. Mia was glad she had Josephine here with her.

Hana had been running along with Rekino and her crew and Flash and her warriors. Things hadn't been going good for her. She was upset that Thunder had been taken away. When I get to Germany, I'm releasing the furies of hell! I can't believe they would take him. It's not fair. I didn't even have a chance with him. Now, he's gone and we'll probably never find him again. Germany's a really big country. God, why did I have to fall in love with him? Her hormones started giving her reasons. Man, I have to stop my hormones. They're gonna get me in trouble in the long run.

Rekino continued to follow Flash, dodging streets and people, and even vehicles. Her mind was on Thunder and on Mia. She was worried about both. What if they couldn’t bring Thunder back? What if Mia went into labor while she was gone? So many what ifs ran through her mind she was about to stop and scream. Yet, she continued onward.

Scorpio had the look of a angered murderer on his face. His best friend had been taken from him, and someone was going to pay. And when Scorpio was mad, it was just best not to anger him further.

They ran across another street, some people staring at them as they knew they should have been in school.

“Flash, you know we’ll all get in trouble for this,” Chilie said.

“Like I give a damn,” Flash replied. “Thunder needs us!”

Chilie nodded her head, and continued to follow her leader.

Soon Flash, Shades, Scorpio, T-boz, the twins Ice and Snow, Chilie, Ryo, Rekino, Sage, Rowen, and Hana all found themselves in the woods.

“Why are we stopping here?” Rowen asked.

“This is where Blaze usually hunts at,” Flash answered.

“You might want to plug your ears,” T-boz warned them.

The three Ronins and two Lady Guardians all saw the other six Warriors plugging their ears. They did the same, half expecting for what was to come next. And Flash suddenly gave a really loud sharp shrill whistle.

Thunder thought he heard someone coming and he quickly signed off the internet and shut down the computer. He stood up and eyed the closet, cringing. He stared down at his clothes. A pair of dark denim blue jeans and his white polo t-shirt with the blue collar around it. He unwillingly approached his closet and opened it, and his mouth dropped. The closet was a big as his bedroom back at home. And it was filled with many clothing. And he could tell it was all expensive as well. He looked through them, checking the sizes. How did they know what size he wore? he wondered.

“Young Highness,” came a voice from behind him. “I have been instructed by your father, his majesty of Germany, to inform you to hurry.”

“Yeah.. sure,” Thunder replied back bitterly. “He waited fifteen years to come and get me. He can wait a little while longer.”

The guard stared at him, having no idea what to say. Instead he nodded and went back out.

Thunder snorted at the guard and took his clothes into the bathroom. He stripped down to his boxers and turned on the shower. He waited until the water was hot to finish undressing and step into the steaming hot water. His head rested on the side of the shower while the water continued to run. He let out a sigh of frustration. This is so damn stupid. What are they going to accomplish by keeping me here? His thoughts strayed from that subject to another: His friends. He missed them so much that it hurt to think about them. He actually cracked a smile at the thought that Flash was probably forming a game plan to get him back. Then, he felt something. It was Hana. He closed his eyes and felt her emotions. He knew she was thinking about him and could feel her pain. He also could feel some sort of excitement in her. I wonder what she's happy about? Sage most likely asked her out. He came crashing back to the real world and decided to finish his shower. He grabbed some shampoo and conditioner to wash his hair and the Dove© body wash. He finished quickly, turned off the shower, grabbed a towel and stepped out.

Thunder stood in front of the mirror and took one of the many brushes and started moving it through his hair. While he was dressing, his thoughts were on Hana. Sage will be good for her. They're a lot alike. I know she likes him. Well, as long as she's happy, I'm happy I guess. He pulled the dark green shirt over his head and fixed the collar. He examined himself in the mirror. He looked presentable. Thunder grabbed the bottle of Tommy Hilfigier© cologne and sprayed a little on his neck. Once he was finished, he took another look in the mirror before walking out of the bedroom. He spotted the guard.

"Are you ready, young highness?" The guard asked.

"Yes," Thunder replied. He followed the guard down the many halls and corridors until they came across the one to the dining hall, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, your highness. By the way, my name is Michael. His majesty has put me in charge of your security. If you ever need anything, I'll be outside your door," Michael replied with a salute.

"You don't have to do that, Michael," Thunder said, referring to the guard’s salute.

Michael dropped his salute, "It's regulation. Your parents are awaiting your arrival. Once you're finished, I'll be waiting out here to escort you back to your room."

Thunder nodded and opened the large doors to find his mother, father, another man and woman with a girl around his age chatting and eating at the table. He straightened up his shoulders and walked over to his mother and took the seat besides her, "Mother. Father."

The king looked toward his son. “Thunder, next time do not keep us waiting. As the crowned prince, you will be expected to be on time to certain engagements when you are called.”

Thunder stared at his father, starting to hate him more than he had. “Sorry,” was all he could say, while deep inside, he thought, yeah, sorry I found out you were such a bastard. He suddenly got the image of his grandmother chasing him around the house with her rolling pin and he cringed. He would definitely need to stop swearing inside and outside.

Thaitus sighed heavily. “Well, since you’re here, I might as well get started with the news.

Thunder raised an eyebrow. “News? What news?”

Thaitus gestured toward the family sitting across from them. “My son, meet his royal majesty, King Damien, her royal highness Queen Annelise, and her young highness, Princess Bianca from Florence, Italy.”

Thunder looked toward the family. All three nodded their heads to him in greeting. The king seemed to be a dignified man with short wavy dark brown hair, his wife, sitting regally with her hair done in a long braid that went down her back, and their daughter with her hair done up in a spiraled bun on top of her head, and sitting lady like in her seat, her hands folded at her lap, and her eyes on Thunder.

“We’ve established business with his majesty and her highness when you were first born, Thunder,” the king said proudly.

Thunder blinked as he looked at his father. “What are you talking about? What business?”

“Why, marriage business, my boy! You and Princess Bianca are to be married!”

Thunder’s eyes widen, and his mouth dropped. His blood ran cold, and all of his emotions seem to freeze up on him. M.. Marriage?! He couldn’t be serious! First they forced him away from his family, told him he couldn’t see his friends, now he’s to marry someone they chose for him?! This was more than not fair! Yet, he couldn’t say anything like that. Instead, he did something else. He fainted.

The royal family of Italy gasped, and Lila quickly checked her son, trying to wake him. Thaitus chuckled, hiding his nervousness. “The boy must be happily shocked.”

Ryo gasped when Blaze suddenly appeared. He had not been expecting the giant wolf to appear right behind him. He jumped back a little, and glared at the wolf. “Don’t do that!”

The wolf calmly stared back at him. ‘Be glad I was not an enemy, Wildfire. You should be prepared at all times.

“Ok, let’s stop wasting time. Let’s go to Germany already!” Hana demanded.

All the Warriors frowned. They were all familiar with the Copiels and loved them like their own grandparents. They knew someone who the Copiels knew would have to stay with them. Flash did a lot of thinking in a short time before she finally spoke.

“Ok, here’s what we do. Chilie and T-boz, you stay with the Copiels. The rest of us will go to Germany.”

‘I’m afraid, more will have to stay behind,’ Blaze said.

Flash sighed heavily. “Picky, picky.”

Flash sweatdropped and muttered something about smart ass wolves. “Alright, fine. Ice and Snow you two stay with them and back them up in case if anything should happen.” All four Warriors nodded. Flash looked back at Blaze. “Happy?”

‘Quite,’ the wolf said.

Rekino glanced at Hana. She certainly is eager to go, she thought to herself. She watched four of the Warriors stepping back. So that left, Flash, Scorpio, and Shades, and Ryo, Rowen, Sage, Hana, and herself to all go and get Thunder back. She crossed her fingers, hoping this would work. It had to work. What else could they lose?

Sage was keeping calm this whole time. He was wondering if they were doing the right thing. He had been taught that royalty was the highest place in Earth, and should be respected and obeyed. But still he also felt something had to be done. He could only hope Thunder’s real parents would change their minds.

Rowen himself was thinking of several plans on how to find Thunder and help get him back. He knew it was possible their appearance could cause problems in the European country, but hopefully someone would be kind enough to help them in their quest.

Blaze backed up a bit, sensing they were all ready now. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A soft glow came out of his crystal and surrounded them, and in an instant of a flash, they were gone.