Chapter 6:
Trouble at Home
Ryo peeked into Shin's room to check on him when
he realized that he was awake. "Hey, Shin, your up" exclaimed
Ryo. "Yea, but I have a horrible headache" "Well,
I bet. Your trip here wasn't too smooth" Ryo continued to explain
everything that has gone on when two people appeared out of nowhere and
landed right on top of Ryo. Everyone heard the noise and went up
to see what had happened. In the middle of the room was was Shu, who was
laying on Katie, who was laying on Ryo, with Shin laughing hysterically
from his bed. "Katie, could you please get off of me" spoke a
breathless Ryo. "Wish I could but the wearer of Kongo is too
heavy I can't move him" replied an even more breathless Katie. "Bayakuen!!"
yelled Erika. Bayakuen came when he was called and gave a humerus woof
when he saw the sight. "all right, Everybody, lets get Shu off of
them before they're flattened." instructed Erika. It took the combined
efforts of everybody to get the wearer of Kongo off of the pile. Then once
that was accomplished it took Ryo and Katie, both in there sub armors,
to get him into the bed. "As soon as he gets his strength back
he is going on a major diet." commented Katie sourly. "What's
with you?" Asked Seth. "Nothing, I'll be in the den." Katie
snapped as she left. "What wrong with Katie?" asked Jun
"I'll go talk to her" volunteered Erika. "No, let me.
Why don't you guys take Bayakuen out to play, he needs the exercise."
Ryo instructed. Everybody left the room to do as they were told. "Ryo,
What is going on" asked Shin. "I don't know, but I'm going to
find out" Ryo said as he left.
Katie was in the den messing with the desktop computer they had found in
the attic. She was looking at a map of Japan when Ryo walked in.
"Katie, what are you doing?" "Trying to find that $&%*#!
Plateau. Why?" "I was just wondering. You seemed a little preoccupied."
"I just want to find your other friends so we can get back to normal
life." "Katie, what's really bothering you?" "You really
want to know? Why didn't you form the Kikkote" "What?" "The
Kikkote, why didn't you form it a hundred years ago?" "I.. I
don't understand" "Look, when I was buried under all that snow
in the Kongo yoroi, something happened. The yoroi showed me what
happened in your final battle with Arago. You were wearing the Kikkote
and it was very powerful. I remembered Erika telling me what Nasuti
wrote about your battle with Akutoo, when you were all first trapped in
the crystal. The others wanted you to put the Kikkote on but you refused."
"Katie, That isn't what happened" "Then what happened!"
"Look We had failed because Akutoo was able to resist all of our powers.
Every time we tried to to attack with our sure kill he was able to absorb
the power and send it back at us ten fold. If we had formed the Kikkote
and tried to use it he would of sent it back even stronger and destroyed
us and everything we were fighting for." "But, if you had used
the kikkote our parents might still be alive!" "Katie" "No,
I won't listen!" Katie yelled as she ran from the room. She ran into
her room and locked the door. She flopped down on the bed and started crying.
She cried herself to sleep and had another dream about her parents.
"Busooo, Rekka"
"Busooo, Suiko"
"Busooo, Kongo"
"Kongo?! He defiantly isn't strong enough to fight." Katie
thought as she ran onto the balcony. Below her was all three warriors
armors on and ready to fight. Their opponent, Akutoo.
"What do you think you are doing Kongo? You have just woken up, there
is no way you are strong enough to fight" threatened Akutoo "That's
what you think. It takes more then a hundred years to slow Kongo
no Shu down." He then attacked and Akutoo was able to easily swat
him away. Unfortunately for Katie, He swatted him right at her.
Katie was able to don her sub armor before he slammed in to her and they
both hit the wall on the other side of the room. Katie rolled him off of
herself and and shook her head at him. She heard the kids yell and
Ryo threaten to do something if he hurt them. Katie decided to do
something. She grabbed Shu's weapon from the wall and ran to the
balcony. Akutoo had a hold on Jun and was threatening to hurt him
if they didn't give up. "Your messing with the wrong girl, Akutoo!!"
Katie screamed as she swung the staff around realesing one of the ends
torward Akutoo. The chain wrapped itself around Akutoo's neck causing him
to loose his grip on Jun.Shin then took that time to grab Jun. "Curse
You. You'll pay for that." screamed Akutoo when he realized what had
happened. He pulled on the chain pulling Katie from the balconey and realising
himself. Katie pulled the section of the staff to her and it joined with
the rest of the staff. She then took a fighting stance. "You think
that you will have a chance against me? You don't even have one of the
armors." Akutoo laughed. "She may not but we do!!" screamed
Ryo as he and Shin prepared for there attacks. "You should know by
now that they will not work on me." Akutoo stated. "We'll just
see about that." with that Ryo and Shin released their sure kills
"Sou En Zan"
"Chouryuu Ha"
The blast hit Akutoo with full force but he just stood there laughing while he collected the power."I think you need a hundred more years to learn your lesson." "Not while I'm around" yelled Katie from behind Ryo and Shin. Katie was walking torward Akutoo spinning the staff behind her. Ryo and Shin had stopped their attack by then and were trying to warn her before she did anything stupid. Katie ignored every word they said to her and started to run. She stopped not far form where Akutoo stood. The brown kanji glowed on her head.
"Honor" Behind the brown kanji glowed an orange one "Justice"
"Gan Tessai" Katie yelled as she brought the staff down to the ground. Rocks exploded as Kongo's sure kill headed right for Akutoo. "Do you think you could do better without an armor" Akutoo laughed as he collected the energy. "You will now learn the lesson I was about to teach the other two." with that said Akutoo released the built up power of all three yoroi at Katie. Shin and Ryo tried to push Katie out of the way but were blown back from the blast. Katie meanwhile was just standing there with her eyes closed and the two kanji glowing brightly on her head. The power seemed to go right through her. "How can this be?" Akutoo questioned as he released the last of the power. "So, this new warrior is stonger then she appears, I must tell the master" with that Akutoo disapeared.
"Katie!!" Shin yelled from where he was thrown to the ground. Ryo, Shin, and all the kids surrounded Katie as she fell to her knees breathing hard. "Katie, are you all right?"Asked a worried Ryo. "Yea,...I...just need....to catch...my breath." "Wow,Katie, that was awsome" exclaimed Jun. "Yea, Katie how did you do that?" asked Shin. Katie had now caught her breath and was sitting in her normal clothes. "I'm not sure. I asked Shuu for help, and, Oh no, Shu!" Katie said as she jumped up and ran to her room, the others following closely. In the room Shu was just waking up. "Man, did anybody catch that bus that hit me and you may want to fix that pole I fell in to" He said holding his head. "What are you talking about?" Ryo asked confused "Well, the bus was Akutoo, and the pole was me!" "Oh! Sorry." Shu said. "I have two things to say to you, one, thanks for the help. And two, you are going and a major DIET!!" "Wha..wha..." Shu stuttered,"What did I do to deserve this?" "You know it probably isn't a bad idea"commented Shin "Hey, is everybody turning on me? Who is she to be telling me to go on a diet?" Shu debated "I, Shu, am Katie and I own this house." "You!? What about Nasuti?" "Come on Shu well explain everything." Shin explained ushering a confused Shu from the room.
"Hey, Ryo, could you hold back a min."Katie asked "Sure, what's up" "Look, I'm sorry for last night. I was way out of line. It's just.." Ryo interupted her "You miss your parents." "Yea." "I sorta know how you feel. My parent both died when I was young. I don't remember my mother and I berly remember my father.""You grew up with out parents? Who raised you?" "My grandmother and Bayakuen." "You do know how I feel then." "Yea I may not have as many memories as you do but one thing is for sure, I won't forget the ones I do have." "Don't you ever wish that they were here with you now?" "All the time, especially when I first received this armor." "I'm just scared and my parents could always make me feel safe. Now I'm the one trying to make the kids feel safe. I never relized how hard it is. I never thought that at any time my parents could of been afraid too." "Katie, your not alone. Shin, Shu, and I will help you. And once we find Seiji and Touma, I'm sure they will help too. If for any reasion you need time alone or need to talk to someone you can come to any of us, even Shu, and we will try to be there for you. Though not as your parents but as your friends" "Thank you Ryo." "Come on lets find the others."
They found the others in the kitchen. Shu about to stuff a huge sandwich in his mouth before Katie grabed it away."Hay! That's mine" "Weren't you listening. I said you were going on a diet. That means no snacking. Supper will be ready in an hour, you can wait." "No I caaan't"whined Shu."Your acting like a baby. Stop your whining and get into the living room" Shu did as he was told and everybody walked in to the living room. Because of a lack of chairs and because Shu sulked all the way, he, Jun, and Ami had to sit of the floor which made him start to whine again. "Shu, Katie's right, you are acting like a baby" Shin stated as everybody settled down."I am not" "Are too" "Am not" "Are too""NOT ""TOO" "Not now guys!!" Ryo screamed at both of them,"Shu, do you want to know what is going on or do you want to remain clueless?" "Alright, I guess I'll start" Katie said as she started to tell Shu what has happened in the past two weeks.
Deep in the city the shadows once again danced as Akutoo entered the main chambers of his master. "Master, I have news." "What is it Akutoo, that caused you to fail at such an easy mission." " The girl, She was able to yeild Kongo's weapon without the armor and use the sure kill." "So, you should of easily been able to counter attack, correct" "Yes Master, but she withstood the built up power of all three of the yoroi's sure kills." "And you say she did not wear a yoroi." "Yes, Master" " It seems she is more powerfull then what was expected. Leave now you have done your job." "Yes master" the shadows danced again as he dissapeared. "I must have that girl, Odorokasu, Come" "Yes master" answered Odorokasu as he knelt. "I want you to capture this girl and bring her here." "Yes, my master" "I will warn you, she shows great power, be carefull" "Yes, Master, I will retreive her for you" He said as he dissapeared.
"Ok, that leads up to the fight just now." said Shu as he was taking all of this in sometimes with a very amusing look as he concentrated. "Yea, Katie, How were you able to call on Shu's sure kill without the armor?" asked Shin. "Well, after he crashed into me I heard the kids yell and I grabbed his staff." Shu cut in " It's called a Niginata" "Whatever, anyways, I grabed his *Niginata* and attacked Akutoo. I don't know how I knew how to use it but I did." "What about the sure kill?"asked Ryo." Well....All I remember is asking Shu for help and then I was kneeling on the ground hyperventalating."Katie explained. "What about the two kanji on your forhead" asked Jun "Two kanji?" Katie,Shin, Ryo, and Shu questioned. "Yea, they were the honor and another one was behind it. I think it was Justice or something." "But that's my Kanji"Shu pouted. "Shu, I think that it just means that you were helping her." Shin said coforting Shu. "Really?" "Really, Come on if I know you, you're probably starving right now?" "No kidding." " I'll be watching you" Katie said as he walked by. "If you can catch me" Shu said as he reached for his sandwich he had earler. Katie started chasing Shu trying to get the sandwich back. " Looks like she feel a lot better."Shin said to Ryo "Yea, I think she'll be alright now.You know, I think this diet is going to be tougher then Akutoo!" Ryo said laughing. "No kidding" Ryo and Shin laughed at the two as they ran around the table.
Hiya all, I was right, got this chapter done in a week. Now, I'll try to get the next chapter done by Monday or Tuesday of next week. Like I said I have no life. I get up in the morning go to work and go home(I'm on christmas break). See ya all in the next chapter.
White Blaze