Rowan looked around for Kyra as he fought the youja soldiers. He hoped the
things didn’t capture her. Anubis, reading his mind, told him; “Don’t worry Ro’.
That girl knows how to take care of herself.”

And indeed she did. She was fighting the soldiers in another part of the school.
She fought aggressively and dealt her blows with no mercy at all.

But when she found that all exits were cut off and the only way clear was the
cafeteria, she changed tactics and ran, donning a white and black sub armor and
black cloak.

Kenton saw the elusive character. Apparently he or she was doing more damage
than with the combined surekills of all 9 armors and Hariel’s Inferno put
together!

He motioned for them to stop. All 9 of them watched as the cloaked individual
blasted the youja into oblivion.

Rowan looked at the figure. It stared for a second at all of them.
“AAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Sage cried out. “What is it Sage?”

Asked Ryo. “That thing…there’s something weird about it.” His pain forgotten,
he ran after the retreating figure, the rest of them on his heels.

After a few minutes, Cye managed to tackle the person and lifted the hood to
reveal the last person they had ever suspected. “Kyra?!?!?!”

Chapter Twenty-Six: A Complicated Set of Affairs

Back at Mia’s, Anubis and Kyra launched into an extremely long story related
with the armor and other aspects.

The horses (they were wondering were they came from) were a herd that belonged
to the Wild Spirit Dynasty, and that each horse they had touched belonged to a
former Ronin or Warlord.

“Kyra’s armor is connected to…well, anything and everything, so that makes her—”
“Unpredictable?”

Anubis was cut off by Rowan, who despite of everything, was amused at the fact
that the Rebellion and its bearer were alike.

“Exactly. Now where was I before this baka who is-” (Gets cut off because I
march in, and very mad too)

“Who are you, where did you come from, and why are you?” Sage yells at me. “I’m
writing this, so I can do whatever I want, and Shuten, that’s not in the
script!” (Sweat drop)

“Look, I don’t know who you think are but—nice teenager” (Cowers under a VERY
MAD AUTHOR. Everyone else: Exaggerated Sweat drop. I leave.) After a few
seconds, Cye asks shakily; “Who wants coffee?”

Anyway, he explained everything to them. When they absorbed every detail, Kento
asked, “So this armor, Rebellion, how come it’s not mentioned in the poem?”

“It is. Only so subtle that you can’t notice it.” He then proceeded to chant
the poem:

Torch of Spirit sought through five
Drinking strength from immortal Fire
Darkest prison sheds the Light
Swirling beneath a swirl of Salt
Burning within a throne of Rock
Floating among the Eye of Ages
Un-moored in the stream of the sky.

Ryo noticed that the poem did mention another armor, but so subtly they didn’t
see that at first glance.

Once however, Rowan mentioned that the poem had some sort of gap in it. Now they
knew what the gap was. Rowan looked at Kyra.

Her back was turned so he couldn’t see her face. All eyes were on her as she
turned around. “I’m going to bed.” And ran upstairs.

Andrea cried after her, “Kyra, wait! Come back!” and signed. “It’s no use.” She
turned to Anubis while saying; “You know how stubborn she is.”

“I know. For now we’ll just wait and see.” He replied, and stared at the sunset.