The cloaked woman aimed her crossbow at Ryo as he was carried up the mountain.
"He doesn't even look like her." she muttered as she saw his face. Still he
was dressed in the robes. She took aim. Then she watched as Ryo seemed to wake
up. She saw his mouth move and he turned to see her. The feral glow in his
eyes caused her to gasp. She adjusted her aim again. Then it happened. Ryo
struck at the air towards her with her hand twisted into a sort of claw and
the woman's face burned with pain. She cried out and clutched her face. "What
in the hell?" she screamed.
	She looked down at her crossbow and saw a pile of wood shavings attached to a
piece of metal. "Impossible. He's at least four hundred yards away!" she said
in shock.

	"What's he up to?" thought Jinnai in confusion as Makoto allowed them to
close in on him and Fujisawa.
	Then they all heard a sound. The noise sent chills down Makoto's spine. He
looked down to see Alielle was shaking. 
	Ryo burst up from the side of the cliff and landed in the center of the
bugrom crowd. A cloud of dust rose and crashing noises could be heard from
within. "What the hell?" cried Jinnai.
	The smoke cleared and Jinnai stared in disbelief. Ryo was sitting on top of
the pile and licking his hand. "Meow." he said.
	"What the?" said Jinnai dumbly as the remaining bugrom cowered behind him.
	"Now!" cried Makoto as he threw the remains of the canteen on Ryo as he sat
on the bugrom warriors. The water hit him and he passed out on the pile
immediately.
	"What are you doing? Taking out your own man Makoto?" said Jinnai smugly.
	"Shut up Jinnai you know you can't take us." said Makoto.
	"You're expelled from college too." said Fujisawa angrily.
	"Well see about that. Attack!" he said the bugrom behind him. They began to
advance on them. Then a beam of blue energy shot from the sky and the ground
between them erupted in flames. They all looked up to see a figure standing
above them on a large rock.
	"Who gave you permission to commit murder in the Holy mountains of God?"
asked the woman in a hard voice. She had long red hair and was heavily tanned.
She was dressed in a short red skirt that had red jewels attached to it that
glowed with power.
	"Red hair!" gasped Alielle.
	"Ha! Permission?! I commit murder where ever I want! Attack!" yelled Jinnai.
Several of the bugrom charged up the rock towards her and she simply blasted
them away with small explosive energy shots. 
	"Not bad. I've been itching for a good fight all day. Wanna try again?" said
the woman with a grin. 
	Jinnai backed away as one of his men nearly landed on him.
	"Go get em' sister!" cried Alielle.
	The red head pulled a small metal object from her bag and pulled a cord from
it. The cord retracted back into it and it landed on her wrist. Blue tendrils
of energy came from it and relayed to the jewels on her dress and headband.
"Get ready!" she cried and jumped into the air. "Get ready to die!" she cried
as she landed, creating a huge explosion as she did that blasted the nearby
bugrom and sent Alielle and Fujisawa into the wall. Makoto just stood and
watched calmly. Ryo was thrown to the ground off the bugrom pile and woke up
with a start. 
	"What the?" he said in shock. Ura came up to him and he screamed.
	"You KO?" asked Ura. Ryo got up and started running.

	The woman burned with a blue and red fire and flew down to the ground. She
shot powerful beams of unstable energy at the bugrom and devastated their
defenses. "God dammit! Withdraw! Hurry up go on!" cried Jinnai as he jumped on
the back of one of the bugrom. "Bitch." he muttered as he was carried away.
	"Hmph, that'll teach ya." muttered the woman. 

	"I didn't know how much longer I could hold out, thanks for your help." said
Fujisawa.
	"Your style is impressive." said Makoto as he sat in the temple with his
companions. "I'd never have guessed you were a priestess." 
	The woman laughed "No prob." she said.
	"Excuse me? What is your name?" said Alielle as she walked next to her.
	"Well, most People around here call me Shayla Shayla." replied the woman.
	"Shayla Shayla. What a gorgeous name." said Alielle as she rubbed up against
her.
	Shyala froze and stared at her in shock.
	Ryo pulled her off. "Get of you little sex deviant." she said angrily. "Your
embarrassing me."
	A brown haired woman in green tights with a short cape draped over her
shoulders walked into the room and sighed. "Oh Shayla, I thought you'd be
ready by now. We're late." she said as she walked over to them. "Were going to
miss the purification."	
	"Hey guess what? Fatora from Roshtaria dropped by." said Shayla to her.
	"Oh yes, one of the princesses." said the woman.
	"Hello." said Ryo calmly.
	"Ah, suprise visit. My name is Afura Mahn, a priestess of Mt. Muldoon. It's a
pleasure to meet you." said the woman. 
	"I have something to ask you." said Ryo.
	"Oh no I'm afraid your just gonna have to come back some other time. Shyala
were leaving." said the Afura.
	"I know I know." said Shayla as she walked away.
	"Wait! I have to ask you to...!" said Ryo as they chased the priestesses
outside.
	"Of course, next time you come visit." said Afura. She pulled out a small
metal object and clipped it to her belt. "All ready climb aboard." she said.
	"Lets hit it." said Shayla as she grabbed hold of her. The pair began to fly
away.
	"No dammit! Its about the Eye of god!" yelled Makoto.
	Ryo watched them float away and sighed. "Great." he muttered.
	"Sister Shayla!" cried Alielle.
	As the two women faded away Makoto and Alielle watched them leave. "Gone."
said Makoto.
	"I don't get it why did we come all the way up here for?" said Alielle.
	Fujisawa lit a cigarette and nodded.
	Ryo just watched calmly. "I guess we follow them." she said.

	TbC....
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