8th Changing Series Episode

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The Truth About Kayura

    Narrator:  In their last battle against Empress Katie, the White Armor of Inferno was completely destroyed! Or was it? How does Sage know Empress Katie, when she wasn't an Empress?

    The five ronins are all sitting in Mia's living room.  They are all wearing their normal clothes.  Sage is sitting Indian style on the floor.  Ryo's sitting next to him.  Rowen, Kento and Sai are on the sofa.  Sage wasn't wearing a shirt.  His white jeans were blood stained from the 7th episode.  He was still covered in cuts.

    "So, you know her?" Ryo asked. 

    "Yeah, I taught her a few lessons of kendo," Sage answered.

   "Great Sage!  Teach the enemy!  That's probably why she's so good, man!" Kento said, annoyed.

   "I didn't know she was evil," with mean, squinty eyes.

   "How long ago were her lessons?" Rowen asked.

   "Ah, about.. 5 months."

    "Hmm."

    "Sage!  I've got the first aid supplies!"  Mia came into the room with a large black bottle, cotton balls and white bandages. "Your lucky that I'm so good at cleaning cuts!" 

    "Yeah, it's weird though.  He looked a lot worse earlier," Sai said.

    "Okay Sage, this is going to sting a little."  She pressed a cotton ball with peroxide on it on his big, red cut.  He didn't flinch.  "Hm, tough guy?"

    "I can take care of this, Mia.  Really." 

    "No, Sage.  I don't mind." She looked at his face.  "Oh, fine!  I can see when I'm not wanted."

    "Mia, that's not what I meant."

    "Well, I have better things to do anyway." She sat down on the sofa and picked up a magazine.  

    "Wait, Mia.  Can I see that?" Ryo asked. 

   "Sure."

    "Ryo, since when are you interested in women's clothing magazines?"  Rowen asked.

   "Look at the cover."

    "Pretty girl," Sai said. 

   "Look closer.  Here Sage." Ryo handed Sage the magazine and his eyes got wide.  "Recognize her?"

    "That's Katie!  So, if she.."

    "She couldn't have been with the Dynasty long if she modeled for a magazine," Ryo said.

   "Well, it may not be her in the picture," Rowen said.

   "I wish Anubis were here, he could help us figure this out.  Anubis," Mia said.  Just then, the ancient's staff appeared and so did Anubis.  "Anubis!"

    "But, we thought you were dead!" Ryo said. 

    "No, I'm very much alive.  Thanks to the jewel of life.  It revived me after my last battle with Kayura.  I have come to inform you about the Dynasty... and the two female warlords."

    "What about them?" Ryo asked.

    "They hold special powers."

    "Are they ancients like Kayura was," Rowen asked.

    "No, their power is much different.  You must not destroy them.  Their power can help you greatly," Anubis said.    

    "Whatever happened to Kayura?" Ryo asked.

    "Yeah, is she dead?" Rowen asked.

    "Let me show you all.  Ancient!!!"   His staff began to glow and the light spread around the five guys and Mia.   When the light disappeared, they were in the Dynasty.

    "We're in the Dynasty!" Ryo exclaimed.   "There's Katie over there!"  The ronins moved into fighting positions. 

    "Relax, they can't hear you, see you or even touch you.  I'm showing you something that happened a month after Talpa was destroyed."

    "Kayura!" Sage said, amazed.   Kayura was being brought out of a building by three soldiers, (she was wearing Anubis's armor of cruelty).  She walked up to a circle drawn on the ground.    Empress Katie appeared in on the opposite side of the circle. 

    "Lady Kayura, you wish to destroy the mortal world, correct?" Katie said.

    "And then destroy this world!!" Kayura yelled, with a crazy look in her eyes.  "And no one can stop me!" 

    "You have betrayed the Dynasty and you shall be punished.  You've been nothing but trouble for ever since Anubis broke your bind to us." 

    "And you've been nothing but a thorn in MY side!" Kayura attacked and Katie slammed her in the stomach with her knee.   Kayura fell to the ground, but then grabbed Katie's ankle to trip her, but Katie stepped on her hand with her other hand.  Kayura's grip loosened.  Katie jumped in the air and pulled out one of her swords.  She rushed back and stabbed Kayura in the stomach.  Kayura's eyes widened and blood came out of her mouth.  The wind blows.  Katie backs away with her sword.

    Kayura rolls painfully onto her stomach, "You can't destroy me, I am the all powerful Kayura.  I cannot lose," she said in a scratchy sounding voice. 

    "Daku, finish her," Katie ordered a soldier, and then Katie walked away.  The soldier raised his weapon and brought it down.  The screen just shows the ground and Daku's shadows for this part.  You hear a slash as he brings down his weapon and some of Kayura's hair falls onto a puddle of blood. 

    The ronins stand there, horrified.  "Kayura was going to destroy our world?  But why?  We-" Ryo said.

   "Oh dear," Mia said.

    "Her immense power corrupted her mind.  She became mad," Anubis said.

    "That's so sad," Sage said, still a little freaked out, looking down.

    "I can't BELIEVE her!" Rowen yelled.  "She was going to destroy BOTH worlds?  THAT'S CRAZY!!!"

    "Unbelievable," Sai said.

    "Man!  If her power is so immense like you said...then how strong is Katie!!!  I mean, really, she beat her like it was nothing!!" Kento said, angry and scared.

   "Why didn't Katie finish her?  Like how she didn't want to finish me?" Ryo said.  Everyone but Sage turned towards him, surprised. 

    "What?" Rowen asked.

    "Well, yeah," Ryo said.

   "YOU MEAN THAT YOU LEFT OUT VITAL INFORMATION TO THIS SITUATION, and YOU PICKED NOW OF ALL TIMES TO TELL US!!!!   WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!!?????" Rowen yelled in Ryo's face. 

   "Sorry?" Ryo said sheepishly. 

    "YOU ARE NOT FORGIVEN!!!" Rowen yelled.  Sage moved in between Rowen and Ryo, facing Rowen. 

   "Calm down Rowen!  Now is a very bad time to lose your head," Sage said forcefully.  "Let's just think this whole thing through." 

    "I know what to do!  We can spring a surprise attack on the Dynasty!  They'll never suspect it!" Kento said, proud of himself. 

    "Are you crazy!" Ryo said. "That would never work.  We've only really beat them on our territory."

    "Ryo's right.   Besides, it seems like we're losing power every time we fight," Sage said.

    "I just think that they're gaining more power, faster then us," Ryo said. 

    "Either way, we aren't getting any closer to winning," Sage added. 

   "So, what should we do?" Sai asked. 

    Sage looked at Anubis suspiciously out of the corner of his eye.  Anubis kept staring at Sage.  Sage stopped looking at Anubis.  "I think that we should go back to the places that our armor was made.  Maybe that will help us gain some more power," Sage said.

    "But-" Ryo started to protest. 

    "We won't go alone.   We will go as a group," Sage finished. 

   "But isn't there a good chance that-" Ryo started. 

   "Sage is right, this is the only chance we've got.  There's nothing else that we can do," Rowen said.

   "I agree," Mia said.

    The Dynasty scenery around them faded and they were back in the living room.  Just then, Ulie ran in the door, "HI!!   Huh?!" He saw the blood stains on Sage's pants and the cuts all over his chest.  "What ha-pp-en-ed?-?" 

    Sage's face turned bright red.  He looked down at himself.  "Oh, I'll be right back, you can explain, Mia."

    Sage left the room.  Then, Ulie noticed the broken windows. "Uh-oh, it can't be...the Dynasty?" Ulie said. 

Narrator: What happened to Kayura that made her change so much, whyu would she want to destroy the Mortal World? And if Kayura was defeated by Katie that easily do the Ronins really have a chance? And what does Anubis mean that they shouldn't destroy them? So many questions left unanswered, as the Ronins prepare to train to become stronger to  defeat the Dynasty once and for all.