16th Changing Series Episode

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Ryo's Downfall

Narrator: Rowen, Kento and Sage fought warlords from the Dynasty, and are now resting from the difficult battle.  The Dynasty has made it clear to the Ronin warriors, that they will not give up easily.

Shows: Sage, Rowen and Kento sleeping in chairs in the Rei Fuans' restaurant.  The clock says it's 7 o'clock.

    A waitress walked over to the table and tapped Kento on the shoulder.  "Wake up, sleepy head," she said.  "Those weird walls are still outside."

     Kento lifted his head off the table and there was a little puddle of drool left behind.  "Eww."  The waitress wiped it up with a sponge.  Kento wiped at his mouth with his hand, and with the other, tapped Sage on the head with chopsticks. 

    Sage lifted his head slowly and blinked his eyes.   Sage gently shoved Rowen in the shoulder.  Rowen stayed sitting in the same position with his arms crossed, head back.  "Like that would work," Sage said, a little annoyed with himself for forgetting Rowen's-isms.  "Rowen!!!!"  Sage pushed him harder, but apparently too hard.   Rowen's chair began to tip.  His eyes opened wide as his chair toppled over.  Sage winced and Kento was staring with his mouth open wide.  Rowen laid on the floor, and opened his mouth to yell at Sage, but shut his eyes and went back to sleep.  Sage and Kento just stared at him.

    Narrator: The Evil Dynasty has constructed a massive maze throughout Japan using their evil powers to separate the Ronin Warriors to make them more vulnerable.  Meanwhile, Ryo and Sai have waited all night for the enemy to come for them.

    Ryo was laying with White Blaze for a pillow.   Sai nudged him a little with his foot.  "Ryo?"

    "Yeah, Sai?"

    "Why do you think the Dynasty wants this world so much?"

    "Well, uh, I don't know, Sai.  I never could seem to understand the Dynasty."

    "This enemy is so much harder to fight than the Warlords, because they're girls.  They fight differently."

    "Yeah, I noticed that too.  Katie, Sarah, and Kayura even.  They look so sweet and innocent, it's hard to fight them.  They don't look like 'bad guys' to me," Ryo said.  Ryo looked up as he heard laughter.  "What?"  The giggling continued.  "Who's there?!"

    "Hahahaha!  Come and find me!" Katie's voice echoed through the trees.  Ryo and Sai were standing in fighting positions with their undergear on. 

    "We're not playing your games!" Sai said.

    "Oh, would you rather I came for you?  Okay!" Katie said.  "Works for me!"

    Suddenly, fireballs shot at them from all sides.   Ryo and Sai hid their faces in their arms, but all of the fireballs disappeared except for one.  It landed in-between them and blew up.  The guys were sent flying in the air and they landed on the ground.  Katie appeared where the fire-bomb had just gone off. 

    "It's no fun playing with you guys!" Katie said, and she stuck out her bottom lip in a pout.  Ryo ran at her to attack, but she smiled and disappeared.  Once again, childish laughter echoed through the trees.  Ryo made an annoyed growling sound. "What?  Not sweet and innocent enough for you?" Katie taunted.  She continued to laugh, and was joined by another girl's voice.  Their laughter began to sound more and more like children. 

    "What?" Sai asked.

    A gust of wind blew and when it stopped, the guys heard a whimpering sound behind them.  They turned and saw a little girl (about 7) wearing a kimono.  She had brown hair that was pulled back in a bun.  She looked like she was crying.

    "Hey, what's wrong?" Ryo asked the girl.

    "Ryo!  Stand back.  She's the enemy!  Sarah!!" Sai said.

    At the mention of her name, she opened her eyes, and smiled evilly at them.  They heard a cute little laugh behind them.  Another little girl in a kimono was behind them (Katie).  She had blonde hair that was pulled back into a ponytail.  She was bouncing a ball up and down, the way little kids do.  "Is this sweet enough for you?" she asked.

   "Ryo, I wish you never said that," Sai said.

    "Yeah, me too."

    "Regrets.  Wasteful things," Sarah said.

    "Figures, something like that coming from you," Ryo said.

    "Yep," Katie added. "Nothin' but trouble!"

    "Ryo, what do we do?" Sai whispered to Ryo.

   "I-" Ryo began to say.

    "Remember, children hear everything.  Maybe even your thoughts," Katie said.  Ryo and Sai looked very nervous and were slightly shaking.  Katie smiled and fire blew around her, and her evil armor appeared on her.  Sarah did the same.  "Let's see what you punks will do to children." 

    Katie and Sarah attacked.  Katie took on Ryo and Sarah took on Sai.  Ryo and Sai tried to dodge, but the girls were still so fast. "Come on!  Fight me!" Sarah yelled after slamming Sai into the ground.

    "Sai!!" Ryo yelled. "All right.  You want a piece of me?  Bring it on!"

    Katie and Sarah jumped in the air and as they were landing in front of Ryo, you could see a transparent image of their actual ages.  They lunged at Ryo.

        In the Dynasty: Kubi was sitting on his throne, laughing.  "This plan is perfect!  Their pure hearts will be their undoing!  This is a sure victory for the Great Evil Dynasty!!  HAHAHAAA!"

    Katie and Sarah both kicked Ryo in the stomach at the same time.  Katie kicked under his chin and he lifted into the air.  Sarah punched him in the face and he landed on Sai, who was just getting up.  White Blaze sprang into action.  He knocked Katie and Sarah out of the air.  When they fell to their feet, they looked 10 and 9 years old.  "Eccelent job kitty cat.  So you wanna play?  Fine by me!  Fiery scream of Death!" (The attack was done without her weapons)

    "Hey, wait for me!!  Solar Blast!!!!" Sarah attacked.  (The attack was done without her weapon)

    White Blaze dodged their attacks.  Katie and Sarah called their weapons to their hands, and got into fighting position.  Ryo and Sai got up and called their armor.  "Armor of the Wildfire!  Tou jin!!!!"

    "Armor of the Torrent!!!  Tou shin!!!"

    "We're sick of your games," Ryo said.

    "We don't care how young you look, you're still pure evil!" Sai said.

    "Is that so?" Katie asked with sly eyes.

    "Thanks for the compliment!" Sarah said, smirking.

    "I hope you enjoy your trip to the underworld!" Katie said, raising her swords perpendicular to each other.  Sarah made a long blade extend out of her staff, and she pointed it at the two Ronins.

    "It was nice knowing you, not!" Sarah laughed evilly. 

    "I've had enough!  Super Wave SMASHER!!!!!!!" 

    "Flare Up NOW!!!!!"  Their combined attacks slammed into the Dynasty wall closest to them and caused a slight crack in the wall. 

    "I see that you've been gaining some power, but so have we," Sarah said calmly.  "We have a new trick to show you."  Sarah nodded at Katie.  They stood back to back.  Katie melded her swords into one.  They held their weapons out in front of them.  Ryo and Sai were still breathing heavily from their attacks.  The view of Katie and Sarah was wavy, because of the heat they were creating.  The grass under their feet singed from the heat.  Ryo and Sai took a half step back.  Sarah and Katie's weapons began to glow.  They were glowing, blue for Katie, and orange for Sarah.  Their weapons turned to sparkles and colored smoke which went into their mouths and noses.  Their tiaras did the same as the weapons.

    "What?" Ryo asked, amazed and terrified.  White Blaze jumped in front of Ryo and then jumped at the girls.  "BLAZE!"  An invisible barrier knocked White Blaze to the ground. 

    The screen did a close up on the girls' eyes, and there were flames reflecting in their eyes.  Katie and Sarah spun in circles and flames formed around them.  they breathed flames out of their mouths, and the flames extended out and hit Ryo and Sai.  They screamed out in pain, and fell to the ground.   The screen went yellow and you could hear the Ancient's staff as Ryo and Sai both closed their eyes.

    As soon as they opened their eyes, they were laying in a field of grass.  The sky was dark blue and there were shooting stars.  Ryo and Sai stood up.  They were both wearing kimonos with their undergear underneath.  "Sai, where are we?"

    "I don't know, Ryo."

    "It's so beautiful and peaceful.  Look, cherry blossoms!"  There was a cherry tree in the distance. 

    "They only bloom in the spring, and it's fall now.  This is weird," Sai said.

    "Tell me about it!  Why are we here?!" Ryo yelled with his head up. 

    "Ancient one?  Are you here?" Ryo asked.  "Ancient one, please answer me.  Will the fighting ever stop?!  Will this ever be over?!   I don't even know why we're fighting anymore.  Everything's a blur.  Even who the enemy is."

    "What do you mean?  The Dynasty's the enemy," Sai stated. 

    "That's not what I mean.  Katie and Sarah, they're human, like us.  But they are working for the Dynasty.  What if they are like Anubis, or Kayura.  Shouldn't we try to save their souls?  Shouldn't we help them?"

    "Ryo, I've been thinking the same thing.  But it's impossible.  They don't give us a chance to help them," Sai said.

   "That's because they're being brainwashed!"

    "We don't know that!  They could have been willing to join the Dynasty!  They could like being evil!"

    "But what if you're wrong!  What if we kill an innocent person?!  Or two?!  I can't fight knowing that!  I can't!" Ryo yelled. 

    "Ryo, when you fought Talpa for the first time.  Sage, Kento, Rowen and myself.  We were trapped inside Talpa, and you didn't want to kill him because it would kill us too.  But, if I was left to stay locked inside Talpa, I would wish I were dead.  The guys and I would rather have died then help Talpa destroy humanity for the rest of eternity."

    "What are you saying?  You wish you were dead?" Ryo asked.

    "NO!!  Not at all.  I'm just saying that I, if given the choice between being controlled by evil forever and being dead, I would choose death.  I think that Katie and Sarah would also chose that, if they are truly good.  Do you understand?"

    "I guess.  But you're really bad at explaining things," Ryo said.

    "Oh!!!  I am not!!  You just have a thick head!" Sai said defensively. 

    "So, ok, if we don't get a chance to save their souls, we destroy them."

    "Seems fair enough, don't you think?" Sai asked.

    "Yeah, we have no other choice.  But it still bothers me."

    "It bothers me too, but it's the only way.  We must fight them with our whole heart!" Sai said.

    Suddenly, there was a bright yellow light, and they could hear the sound of the Ancient's Staff.  They were surrounded by the light.  When the light faded, they were laying in the grass outside of Mia's house, mid-battle.  Katie and Sarah, still disguised as kids, were walking towards them.  Ryo and Sai got up quickly.  "Better watch out boys," Sarah said. "You're in our way."

    "It's time to be rid of these nuisances for good," Katie said and she attacked Ryo, but he managed to push her away.

    "I'm not afraid to fight you anymore!"  Ryo attacked Katie.  She was obviously suprised.  He hit her with one of his swords and as she hit her head on the ground, Katie went back to her normal age. 

    "Katie!!!"  Sarah morphed back to her true age, and ran to Katie.  "Who do you think you are?!  You could have hurt my sister, and you'll pay."  Sarah attacked, a little teary eyed.  Sai faced off against her.

    "Katie, I wish you would just turn good!" he said, while holding his sword over his head, beginning to bring it down towards her. 

    "What?"  Ryo stopped his attack at the faint sound of Katie's voice.  "Why would you wish to save me?"

    "I hate killing, and death.  I saw my own father die, and I'd hate to see any other human die."

    "That's so sad," Katie added, genuinely meaning what she said.

        In the Dynasty: Kubi was sitting in his throne, looking angry.  "He's tricking the Empress.  Why is she so.. caring!  Katie and Sarah, return to the Dynasty!"

        Back on the battle field:

    Ryo was still standing in front of Katie.   Sarah and Sai stopped fighting looking at Ryo and Katie.

    "You father died?  I can't imagine what I would do if my fa..." Sarah said, but seemed lost in memories, or lack of them by the end of her sentence. 

    Suddenly, Sarah and Katie were each surrounded by bubbles, and then disappeared into the sky.  Ryo and Sai looked up at the bright blue sky.  The Dynasty's evil walls began disappearing from Japan.

    Narrator: Ryo and Sai realized that they must fight with all they have to win this battle.  Katie and Sarah will not give up, but neither will they.