"This is not good," said Kayura as she stood from meditation. She picked up the ancient staff that was in front of her and began to walk over to the others. Dais, Kale, and Sekhmet looked up as she approached.

      "Well," asked Sekhmet.

      "To sum things up, the Ronins will have lots of problems," said Kayura, sitting down in the vacant chair.

     "What types of problems?" asked Dais.

      "For starters, some fool released an ancient demon from its bottle," said Kayura.

     "I'll take a guess and say its not a genie," said Kale.

      "I wish it was so, Kale, but it's not. It's Stigma," said Kayura, glancing down nervously.

     "Who? You didn't say Stigma," said Sekhmet, suddenly afraid. All of them felt shivers run down their spines at the mention of her name.

     "You're right, Kayura, they will have problems," said Dais.

      "And there's more, you know Stigma likes to collect armor, right? Well, she happens to own the armor of the Amazon, a strong armor for any girl to wear, but I did see that she didn't have the other two. The armor of the Arctic is worn by someone at their school, though I'm not sure who yet. And the third armor, the armor of the Abyss, is nowhere to be found," said Kayura, who paused to let this sink in.

      "That's a mouthful," said Kale, scratching his head.

     "Anything else?" asked Dais, obviously trying to gather as much information as he could so he could formulate a plan.

     "Yes, remember the girls? Well, there was a slight glitch that I overlooked before I sent them back. They still know about their armors, but they don't know who the Ronin Warriors are," said Kayura. Sekhmet raised an eyebrow and looked at Kale with a confused look. Dais looked at them and then said to Kayura,

     "They don't know who the Ronin Warriors are? I thought everyone knew who they were."

      "Oh, well, let me rephrase that. They don't know who the wearers are. And vice versa. So, I guess you know what this means, right?" asked Kayura.

     "We go back?" responded Kale.

      "Yep," said Kayura.

     "But how will the information about the girls stay with us?" asked Kale.

      "The ancient's staff will help with that. Now, come with me. We have a small errand to run," said Kayura, as she rose and turned. The others followed her into the small building. On a chair, in the middle of the room, was the armor of Cruelty. Kayura began to speak.

     "Listen, we need all the help we can get. I am willing to give the armor back to him and just be the ancient if it will help mankind," said Kayura solemnly.

      "But what about those Starlight Swords of yours," asked Sekhmet absentmindedly. Kale and Dais gave him looks that could kill.

      "I lost them when I was given Anubis's armor, before he died. Before I killed him," said Kayura sadly. Dais placed a hand on her shoulder and said comfortably,

      "It wasn't your fault, Kayura."

      "Don't you think I know that, Dais? But it still hurts," said Kayura as small tears slid down her cheeks. Dais stepped back and let her calm down. After a few deep breaths, she looked over her shoulder. Her hair hid her face as she asked,

      "Please leave. This is something I'd like to do....alone." With that, she brought her eyes around to stare at the armor in front of her. Dais nodded and the three warlords left the room, shutting the door behind them. Kayura slammed her staff into the ground in front of her, the rings clanking against the staff. She fell to her knees and closed her eyes. She began to chant in some unknown language. As she chanted, a strong wind picked up, swirling her hair around her face. She sat unmoved and continued to chant. A yellow light filtered in and danced around the room. It spiraled around Kayura, and then the armor. More yellow light appeared and began to swirl around the armor as well. The wind stopped and Kayura rose. She picked up the staff and the rings began to chime. She opened her eyes and watched as the light began to solidify into a human shape. A man appeared, with grey-green eyes, and reddish brown hair. He rose and moved around in his armor, checking the fit. He eventually brought his eyes to meet with Kayura's.

      "Hello, Kayura. It's been a long time," he said.

      "I know, but I still can't believe it.....that it worked."

     "Yes.  The ones on the other side wanted me to give you this, since you gave up this armor with a pure heart and good intentions. I doubt you are going to be throwing in the towel for a while," he said as he tossed a small silver orb to her. She caught it and saw a small kanji symbol glowed strongly from the ball in a navy blue color.

      "Will power? Is that my kanji?" asked Kayura in shock.

      "Yes it is. Go ahead, try it on," he said. She squeezed her fist around it and her ancients clothing was replaced with sub armor. It was grey and navy blue. She examined herself with satisfaction.

     "Now, call the armor," he said.

      "But what is the armor?"

      "The armor of the Abyss."

      "No way!"

     "Yes, and it was meant for you."

      "Okay, here it goes. Armor of the Abyss, Tao Chi!" yelled Kayura, unsure of herself. A high wind picked up and cherry blossom petals swirled around her. As the wind died and the petals dispersed, Kayura looked herself over. She was in an outfit identical to the one she wore when she was under Talpa's control. On her right arm guard, was a black stick.

      "What's this?"

      "That is the ancient staff, in travel size. Just take it off and it grows back to its normal size.  Have you seen your weapons yet?" he asked, tilting his head in mischief. Kayura reached behind her, from her waist, out of habit. She found sword hilts. She pulled them out. In her hands were two sais, with golden hilts. She gasped in shock. In a burst of purple energy, the sais became long swords.

     "My Starlight Swords. Thank you, Anubis."

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     After a few minutes of getting used to her swords again, Kayura powered down to her sub armor. She then got worried.

     "Where did the staff go?"

      "It's right behind you," said Anubis, handing her the staff.

      "Anubis, I wanted to say I'm sorry," said Kayura as she sat down on the chair where the armor of Cruelty once sat.

      "Sorry? For what?" asked Anubis, squatting down.

     "For causing your death."

      "But it was not your fault."

     "I know that, but I still feel guilty."

     "Listen. You must not dwell on the past. Put it behind you. Besides, how can you feel guilty for my death, if I am here now?"

      "Good point. Now, how do we tell the others that you're back?"

      "I have an idea," said Anubis, before leaning in and whispering something into Kayura's ear. She began to smile mischievously.

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     "What is taking her so long?" asked Sekhmet as he paced back and forth.

     "She has to do what she has to do, Sekhmet. Calm down," said Kale as he pushed dirt around with a stick.

      "I agree with Sekhmet. What if there is an attack on the Ronins or the girls while we are here waiting for Kayura?" said Dais, who was hanging upside down from a tree branch.

      "Do you always hang upside down?" asked Sekhmet.

      "Only when I'm bored," said Dais, dropping to the ground.

      "Guys, I'm worried. Maybe we should go look for . . . oh my gosh, Kayura! What are you wearing?" shouted Kale, jumping up from his seat on the ground. Dais and Sekhmet both stared at Kayura, who was dressed in sub armor much like their own.

      "This little old thing? It was a present," said Kayura as she walked over to them.

      "Who gave you sub armor?" asked Dais.

     "The people who come back from the dead gave it to me," said Kayura, as if it made perfect sense.

      "What? Who came back from the dead?" asked Sekhmet.

      "I did." Sekhmet, Kale, and Dais stared past Kayura into the doorframe. Inside it, leaned a man in blue and darker blue sub armor. He turned to face them, his grey-green eyes shining with youth. His red-brown hair fell into his face. He turned and walked out the door.

      "Anubis!!!!!!" cried Dais, Kale, and Sekhmet in surprise. Anubis chuckled at their surprise.

      "Yes, it is I.  Now, let's go home. Kayura filled me in on your little problem. Kayura shall be the girls' guide and I will become the Ronins' guide once more.  I fear that the one who wears the armor of Psyche will never get her armor's full power level as soon as the others," said Anubis.

      "Why is that?" asked Dais.

     "Well, her kanji is love," said Kale.

     "And it is hard to find perfect love," said Sekhmet.

     "Yes, you are all correct. But in her case especially. Everyone she has loved has died. If she found out that Ryo was Wildfire too soon, she might develop a weakness. Besides that, she needs to find someone to love and someone to love her back, and from what they have predicted, it will be tough for the match to happen," said Anubis, drifting off into thought.

       "Who are they?" asked Kayura.

      "Why, the matchmakers, the fates, whatever you want to call them. When you're dead, you make friends fast," said Anubis.

      "Who is her soul mate?" asked Kale.

     "I cannot say, for I was forbidden," said Anubis.

      "Well, enough talk. Let's go home," said Kayura. She slammed the staff into the ground and white light surrounded the five of them. The ball began to shimmer and fade away.

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     A ball of white light shimmered into appearance on an open field. Thunder cracked in the distance and rain began to fall. A bolt of lightning lit up the area, showing five figures walking across the field. They appeared at the edge of Toyama.

     "Home sweet home."

      "It looks peaceful," said Kale.

     "Looks can be deceiving," said Sekhmet.

      "Listen," said Anubis in a serious tone. In between the clashes of thunder, the sound of a raven was heard, its call slowly changing into a hideous laugh. No sooner had it finished, was the loud growl of a panther heard.

     "She's here. We don't have much time. The house I've created should be about an hour walk from here. Let's go," said Kayura. The five figures bolted into a run, heading for a large house with several glowing yellow windows.