Few things to know:
Yaji pronounced: Ya-G
Zyrum Pronounced: the way it's spelled.
Niea: Nigh-e-uh
Simone: See-mone
Brellia: Brel-yuh
Nasdik: Naz-dick
Hiuer: High-yer
Leathion: Leeth-e-on
Kerisha: Kury-sha
 

The Ronin Files

First Contact
By:
"The Toonami Four"
Lexa, Care, Lily, & Jessie
 
 

Click, click, click, click, click, the sound of computer typing was racking
in Anubis's ears, making his migrane even worse.
        "MIA! For Lord almighty's sake! Will you stop fooling around with that
wierd little box!?", Anudis yelled.
        "Anubis...I'm sorry, and this is a computer, not a wierd little box. If my
work is so distracing to your mind, then leave the room.", Mia sighed not
even looking away from the screen.
        "What are you so cought up in anyway?", Anubis questioned.
        "The Tenshi. I found out about them briefly while going over my grandpa's
data disk. I just stumbled across them. All the information I found on them
was that they are, of Gail, Softearth, Light, Crazyfire, Tidal, and four
others."
        "Are they dangerus?"
        "I don't think so. Not if their the armors counterparts.", Mia answered,
shaking her head.
        "Thier counterparts?"
        "The armors equals, Anubis."
        "Ooooohh...I get it. Sort of like soul mates?"
        Mia was, for some reason disturbed by that remark, "Ummm...maybe. More
like desendants...sort of like a brother or sister...I guess."
        "So we must go find them? How many more armor beareres?"
        "I think we should. And there's nine more beareres. Anubis, do you know
where, Ryo and the others are?"
        Anubis thought for a minute. "Strata was telling me about someone called
Basketball, at the park. Who ever Basketball is.... What an odd little
name."
        Mia shook her head and ignored Anubis's ignorant remark. "Oh...did they
say when they would return?"
        "No.", a long moment passed Anubis just stood behind her looking out the
window. Dusk was falling. Stars where twinkling in the floesent sky. All
was peace...
        "UREKA!!!", Mia yelled jumping out of her chair. "I found it!" Mia stood
up so quickly that the chair was pushed HARD, into Anubis's stomach and
Anubis fell over. Mia turned around. "Are you okay Anubis?"
        "Ureka hurts.", Anubis gruted. Mia giggled. "Ureka, is a saying. It means
'I've found it'."
        "I see."Anubis stated wincing, while pulling himself up, with the help of
a nearby table.
        Mia giggled again and turned quickly pressing the print icon, with her
mouse. "Let's just hope the guys get here soon."
        (Little does Mia know... they wont.)
_________
 Walking home...Our boys talk to one another...
        Rowen took a deep breath through his nose and let it out of his mouth
solumly. He drove his hands into his pockets and sighed listening to the
others jabber on...all except Sage...who was well, beside him, and
chuckling slightly at Ryo, Kento and Cye's conversation.
        "Mia's gonna kill us for being this late to get back to the house.", Ryo
sighed.
        "Hey we where in a game.", Cye grinned.
        "Yeah, Ro made a GREAT shot out there, huh Mister Slamdunk?", Kento hiked
an eyebrow.
        "Ahh we all know he only did that because he was showing off for those
girls.", Ryo laughed a little.
        Rowen rubbed his neck, "Uhhhh....."  Everyone including Sage laughed at
the red painted on Rowen's face as bright as the red of Ryo's armor.
        "Man, I'm hungry.", This , obviously, came from Kento.
        Cye elbowed his best freind in the stomach, "Your always hungry you
bottomless pit!"
        Everyone laughed at this.  Kento shrugged stating, "Can't help it if I
love food."
        Ryo started bouncing the basketball on the side walk as Kento walked with
Cye headlocked under his arm, Cye laughing and trying to free himself of
Kento's grasp.  Ryo laughed at their antics.
        Sage and Rowan watched with faces showing amusmant. Sage smirked and
turned to them, "Hey guys? Which way you want to go? Off of Rawford, or
Burnam?"
        Rowan, Cye, Kento and Ryo looked at one another and simultaiusly
answered, "BURNAM!" Sage looked at them with an odd expression,
"Oooooookaaaaaay...Burnam it is."
        Rowan came up behind Ryo and knocked the ball out of his reach as Ryo
started bouncing it again. "HEY!", Ryo protested. Rowan laughed and went
after the ball, dribbling it running ahead. Ryo ran after him, Rowan up
ahead ran into an ally thinking it was Burnam. The street they where going
to turn on...which was another alley up.
        As the others laughed at them, it suddenly hit Sage that they went into an
alley instead of the street. "Rowan! Ryo! Wrong street!" No answer came.
Cye was over come with feeling of worry. Kento and Sage grew tense...for
some odd reason. They waited, and they didn't come back, instead the ball
bounced out of the alley.
        Sage and Kento ran forward to the alley.  Cye followed close behind.
Rounding the courner, they found, Ryo and Rowen pushed up against the wall
and gagged by what looked like vines. There muffled voices screamed for
them to come no further as the trio of boys came forward. But they didn't
understand what they where saying because of the gags.
        Kento and Cye bent down working to untie Ryo as Sage dealed with Rowen.
        But the moment thire fingers touched the leathery surface of the 'vines'
they sprag to life and growing longer attacked and raveled themselves
around the other boys.
        All struggling to get out, where overcome by the 'vine' ropes that bond
thier arms to their sides and thier legs together. Then stuffed into their
mouthes. All tried to bite them but a foul taste that made them sick
stopped them from doing that. There they wriggled trying to get free, but
with absolutly NO luck.
        After an hour or so of twisting and fighting to free themselves, a looming
figure came out of the shadows, a tall man wearing a trench coat, his hands
stuffed in his pockets. His eyes a dark green, and his hair a mop of black.
        The boys looked up at him from thier positions on the ground and watched
him with a less than pleasnt look in thier eyes.
        "Hello.", the man greeted them promptly, in a very business like fashion.
He cleared his throat and as though they where never tied, the vines
unraveled and helped the boys stand up. Then the vines dissapeared, into
thin air!
        The boys looked at the man with a wary stance. The man's face was hard,
and cold. His lips tugged into a smerk. "So...Well...I've been looking for
you four quite some time, boys. You where very hard to find, but...I never
give up on such tasks...when I know they can be achived one way or
another."
        "What do you want?", Ryo finally spoke up. The others a bit too shocked
and to say a thing.
        "Ah.", the man pulled a hand from his pocket, his hand was covered in
armor much like thiers used to be. "I am looking for your armors, hand them
over. And you wont die, too painfully.", he threw off his trench coat.
"Also I want to know where are the Tenshi?"
        Ryo, Sage, Rowan, Cye and Kento glared at a man in full, black and gold
armor, standing in a abadoned alley, in a bad part of town and  but ended
up comeing face to face with this guy. Demanding and threatening them,
about thier armors, and something called the Tenshi. The guys denied having
armor but they really had no clue about these Tenshi characters.
 "Where are the TENSHI? Where are your armors!?", the man bellowed, his
calm voice now gone.
        "We don't have any armor! And who are the Tenshi!? What are you talking
about?", Rowan grumbled.
        The man smiled crookedly, "Don't go into dramatics with this."
        "Who are you anyway?", Cye asked.
        The man rolled his green eyes. "Please, do we have to go into this. Oh
well, you'll be dying either way, so I guess you can know.", his twisted
smile grew. "Leathion. All you need to know. Now give me the armor, and
tell me where the Tenshi are."
"We don't got 'em!! And Who are the Tenshi!?", Kento roared, though lying
about the armor part.
        "That's what you think doughboy.", Leathion growled. Pointing a finger at
Kento. Kento suddenly found himself in his sub armor, engulfed by an orange
colored energy. The others looked astonished, they too wore theirs, and
where surrounded by balls of energy in there own colors.
        Sage sneered, "What did you do?!"
        "I did nothing, boy!", Leathion laughed.
        Sage readied to fight and growled. The others did the same. "Woah! Now we
can do this you're way or my way. Neither is easy, but choose which side.",
Leathion chuckled.
        "Man, I have no idea what you are talking about.", Ryo, rolled his
shoulders, muttering. " But if it's a fight you want, you got it."
        "My type of talk!", Kento smirked. "Let's kick some butt."
        "I very well doubt that," Leathion retorted.
Sage sneered, "How do you know about the armors? How did you know about us?
And who are the Tenshi?!"
Leation looked Sage up and down and gave a smirk, " My business boy. I
don't have to be that cliché, fuck bad guys you hear about in those little
stories your mothers tell you every night. I don't care to inform you on
things that won't matter to you in time. Besides, all i want are the armors
and the tenshi. Do I really have to keep repeating myself?"
        "You can't just show up, order us about, and expect it to be all that
easy! ", Cye yelled.
        Leathion glared at him, and lifted a hand. Cye's feet lifted off the
ground. "What the-?", Cye tried to move. He couldn't budge. "CYE!", the
guys called together as he was sent flying into a near by brick building.
The collision with the sub armor and the wall left a huge crack in it, as
he dropped. Blood covered a leg in a large gash, his face covered in
bruises.
Kento ran over to his friend, "You bastard!!", he roared and charged.
        "KENTO, DON'T! ", Ryo yelled. But Kento's stomach got slashed, he fell
onto the ground in a lump. Ryo jumped Leathion, tackling him. Leathion
threw him against a Dumpster and kicked his stomach. Ryo looking drunk got
up along with Kento.
Kento, ran a hand threw his hair and glared at the older male, holding his
stomach. Sage and Rowan stood next to either one.
        Kento looked back to Cye, he was out. "Your gonna pay for that.", he
grumbled and tried to run up. Leathion laughed again and punched him
sending Kento of Hardrock slamming into another wall. He fell knocked out
cold.
Rowan sneered, and with the help of Sage and Ryo tackled the man in black
armor. Leation just laughed and sent them flying off. Ryo again hit the
Dumpster. And yet again tried to get up but couldn't, pain filled one leg.
It was broken.
        Rowan crashing into trash cans landed on his arm and hearing a snap, and a
jolt of pain, realized he fractured his arm.
        Sage got up, and jumped on Leathion, trying to punch him. Leathion grabbed
him by the neck and threw him onto the ground. Sage looked up from the
ground that he laid on and glared at the man. He struggled to get up but he
was filled with too much pain. Leathion now had out a mace of some sort.
"You've pestered me enough." Leathion sneered and held the mace to the sky,
a silver line formed about the edges where the setting sun tried to peek
through out. "I really had a nice time talking to you," Leathion let the
mace come down in one forceful blow to Sage's legs. The thick steel thorns
penetrated through the armor and to the skin. The force of the blow was so
powerful it twisted his bones and cracked them, and in only seconds the
increasing pressure broke through the bone. Sage's eyes lit up with pain
and exasperation. He dropped his jaw, as if trying to scream, but nothing
came, it hurt too much. Finally the pain was so intense that he passed out.
        "You know for now I'll make this a game. I'll send you five flying some
where, then I'll come find you when your all better, and see if you're
anymore of a challenge then what you are now. I may be able to make some
money of this to in little bets! Your armors will most likely led me to the
Tenshi anyway. What do you all think? ", He laughed.
        "Put us down! Leave us alone! ", Ryo yelled, as each Ronin Warrior was
engulfed in a light, of their color, yet again. He laughed punching the air
with his fist. "YOUR GOING TO REGRET THIS!!", Rowan yelled struggling
against the force of the energy, but the poor guy could barely move because
he was so beaten up.
"Kiss my ass! ". Leathion yelled, laughing, a moronically evil, yet
effective, laugh. They were flung about at a small town, about six hours
outside thier own, where fields were abundant, as well as bitchy little
women...
Dawn...okay about sunrise...in a wheat field...
        Cye opened his eyes, drowsily, his head splitting, but the soothing sent
of wheat met his nose and calmed his headache down. He was in his sub armor
still. He was surounded by the wheat, almost as if he where in a box of
some sort.
Cye sat up and saw Kento in his sub armor, sitting up, his back to his
friend. Kento also had a few wounds, several deep ones on his back, blood
coming from a wound on his forehead, was dried in with his dark blue hair
that fell in his face. Though his bright yellow headband had soaked up much
of it.
        Kento turned around wincing a bit, a piece of wheat sticking out of his
mouth. "Your up.", he smiled. "It's about time, dude."
        "Where are we Kento?", Cye asked, tenderly touching his own bleeding
forehead.
        "Beats the hell out of me.", Kento replied looking back over the fields,
taking the strand of wheat from his mouth and tossing it aside. Cye caught
his breath looking around him. The sun was rising in the east, and turning
the wheat field golden, and everything else it touched with its rays of
light. Both boys oblivious to a pair of tan brown eyes watching them
through the wheat.  Kento's sighed. "Man, I'm starving."
Cye smiled, "Of course you are, I can here your stomach growling from
here." A low growl cam from behind the two.
        "Uhhh...man, I hate to tell ya this but...that ain't my stomach.", Kento
sounded a little shaky. Another low growl sounded. Both boys slowly turned
around, coming face to face with a large, tan, wolf, baring long sharp
canines.
        Cye, with the help of his buddy in orange, slowly got up, and started to
back away, keeping their eyes on the dog. The dog kept its yellow tan eyes
on them, and barked, then continued to growl, snap and snarl. "Nice doggy.
You wouldn't want to hurt us now would you?", Kento said softly backing
away, helping Cye as he said so. The dog perked up its ears at his voice,
and stayed quiet for a moment, ceasing the snarling, snapping and growling.
        "Kento! I think you did it.", Cye said through clenched teeth. "I wouldn't
be so sure...", Kento replied. The wolf bowed on it's fore legs, wagging
its tail and, tightened the hind leg muscles under its tan coat.
"Oh shit!", Kento mumbled. Remembering what Sage had told him about when a
wolf pack attacked Sage and Mia, Kento suggested what Sage had done.
"Uhhhh... Cye...run."
        Cye looked bewildered. "What?!", as Cye spoke, the dog sprang right on
Kento, hitting him in the stomach, with it's head. Kento fell down (along
with Cye, from unbalance) clutching his stomach. He had a large slash there
from the previous fight, and a dog ramming its head full force into it
didn't really feel all to good. Again the dog attacked, knocking Kento flat
on his back. All this while Cye had fallen to the ground was in shock at
Kento being attacked by a mere wolf. And the wolf winning!
        Kento put his arm up to protect him from the wolf biting his face, or
tearing at his throat. The thing tried tearing through his armor but found
it too tough. Cye tried to help his best friend but found it hard because
of his bloodstained leg, the pain was much to great and getting up was not
even an option.
        A shrill whistle came from the far end of the field, the dog immediately
snapped its head up and quickly bounded off Kento, and toward the sound.
"MYNEKO!!!", a voice called.
Kento sat up on his UN-attacked arm, hearing another whistle. Cye tried
help his friend to his feet, ignoring his throbbing leg. A strong wind blew
across the field and ruffled their hair.
        Another call for "Myneko", rang out, walking up a hill and holding a sythe
in hand a young girl appeared. But for a minute the guys could've sworn it
was Dais.
She wore a pair of faded blue-jean overalls, with a spaghetti strap pale
purple shirt, underneath. She also had a yellow bandanna tied around her
neck, the knot sitting on her left shoulder. Her long white hair, framed
the pale skin of her face and large innocent brown eyes smiled as the wolf
bounded towards her.
 She dropped the sythe and opened her arms to the wolf, which quickly
toppled her over in the wheat.
        Giggles came from the spot where the 'savage' animal had tackled the girl.
It was licking the girl's face nonstop, smothering her in doggy kisses.
The girl tickled the wolf's ears, "Awww... Nek, I was wondering were you
went off to.", the wolf yipped and licked the girls face. She cradled it's
head and giggled again as 'Myneko' smothered her again in kisses. "Your a
good thing aren't you?", she said chuckling to herself, not even realizing
Kento and Cye where even there.
        Cye cleared his throat from his place on the ground, grabbing the girl's
attention. She looked up seeing Kento and Cye. Her laughter suddenly
subsided, and she stood up, grabbing the sythe. "Who are you, and what are
you doing in our wheat field?", she asked narrowing her eyes a bit.
Pointing the sythe towards the two slightly as Kento got to his feet and
helped his buddy up. The wolf growled a bit at her side.
Kento lost his voice for a minute. Cye standing on his own now, pushed Kent
forward, urging him on. "Ummmm...I'm Kento Shuu Rei Faun.",  he introduced
himself. "And that's Cye Shin Mouri.", he motioned to the boy with brown
hair.
The girl's eyes softened, she brought her 'weapon' down and shushed the
growling wolf. "I'm Brellia Catwin", she said, "The dog that attacked you
is Myneko, she's mine.", Brellia kneeled down next to the wolf. " Now, what
are you doing in our field?"
Cye pushed Kento forward again. "Ummm....we kinda crashed here last
night... literally.", Kento stuttered.
"Brellia? That's your name right?", Cye stated. "Unusual name."
 Brellia cocked her head. "Kento and Cye are twice as unusual names around
here.", she smirked.
"Where, may I ask, are we?", Cye went on.
"You two crashed...", she made quotation marks with her fingers, " in
Midgon. In my family's wheat field. Myneko didn't recognize you, usually
only my 'family' comes in these fields. And every once in a while we do get
a few yards of our crops stolen. She's trained to guard the area and the
family. Along with Kerri, Ku-Jo, Wallie and Yuri."
The guys gave her questioning looks.
She looked Kento and Cye over, * Okay, those are some weird clothes. Maybe
thier aliens or something...Nah. *, She thought, glancing over their sub
armor. * Ooo, bad scars.* Brellia winced at the deep cuts on Cye's leg.
She sighed, "You two look like you could use some food, bandaging, and
sleep. Follow me, I'll take you to my place." She smiled warmly, turned
around and started walking down the hill. Cye and Kento looked at one
another giving, 'should we trust her?' looks. Cye bit his lip and began to
limp after her, Kento thinking of some good home made food, and a place to
rest up, also followed, putting Cye's arm over his own shoulder to help his
friend walk better.
By a shallow stream...
        "Yaji. What in gods name is that?", A blond-hared girl asked as she stared
down into the murky waters of a creek.
        "Ha! What a ya know?! It's a dude." "Yaji" replied. She knelt down on the
muddy bank of the little creek. Her companion jumped down next to a large
object in the water. She pulled the young man up and reveled a battered
face.
        "Hey, he's kinda cute." The girl said sweetly as she held Sage's head in
her arms. "He's breathing too." She said looking up to her friend, who only
rolled her eyes.
        "Great Simone, we can bring your little boy toy home." Yaji jested. She
smiled at the girl.
        "Hey, Yaji, I think he's waking up!" "Simone" whimpered a bit as Sage
moaned.
        "Nah, that man's out!" Yaji laughed.
        "Oh." Simone replied. She examined him closely with her eyes and wondered
to herself what kinda outfit he was wearing, what happened to him, and if
he was really going to wake up. Well, Simone's last question was soon
answered because Sage opened his weary eyes and moaned.
        "Where... am I..." Sage groaned wearily. He looked at Simone and passed
out again.
        "EKKKKK!!!!" Simone squealed. She fainted in only a matter of seconds from
the shock.
        " Oh god!" Yaji said as she slapped her forehead. "YURI! Come on boy!!!"
She called to the bushes. In a minute a great black jaguar leapt from the
hidden brush. He roared a bit and then, as if he knew everything that had
gone on, he went to the creek and lifted Sage on his back. Yaji laughed and
picked up her blond friend.
Out in another area of the many fields...
        "Sigh. Another dull, dull day!" A blue-hared girl sighed to herself as she
stared to the blue stretches of sky. "Maybe things will liven up around
here come dusk ... NAH!"
She kneeled down into the ocean of golden wheat. As she prepared to go off
into her dream world, a high ring in the air interrupted her peaceful
thoughts. The girl snapped into it and stood up, searching the sky.
Nothing. She shook her head, "Man, I've been out here TOOO long!".  But
when the silence returned she could hear that same ring, only know it had
grown to the sound of a yell. She looked back to the skies and in its vast
distance she saw a single object, flying through the air.
"WHAT THE....?!"  She shouted as the object came closer. She could just
make out what it was. It was a young man, perhaps. The girl squinted. Yes,
it was definitely a guy. In fact it was a guy wearing red armor. Also, he
was screaming "Help me".
"Zyrum, you've lost it!" She told herself.  Finally the object plummeted
into an old oak tree only meters from her. "Maybe, I should investigate."
She mumbled. She turned around to a patch of fresh tall wheat. "Come on
Kerri." She instructed, snapping her fingers. A tiger, or perhaps it was
wolf, trotted out of the mass of color. It pranced joyfully behind the
girl, "Zyrum".
"Um, h-hello?" Zyrum stuttered. She felt like a fool, staring up into the
tree and calling into it. She actually looked like she expected an answer.
"Hello? Is there anyone up there? By any chance?"
"Um, well actually. " A tired voice came from the branches above. " I
wouldn't mind a LITTLE help. Maybe?"
Zyrum's mouth turned to a perfect 'O' of surpass and astonishment as the
boy's voice came from above. "Well, of course." She said when she gathered
herself. She walked closer to the base of the tree and looked further into
its canopy. Lo and behold a young man dangled from the outstretched limbs.
He looked well, only a few scratches across the face and the armor he wore,
no one knew why he wore it, was a bit scared from something that she
couldn't make out.
Zyrum climbed the tree. The boy was upside down and looked VERY stressed.
Zyrum kept herself from laughing too much. She crawled out onto the
branches and pulled the boy's legs out of the trap. He fell immediately
downward to the wheat. Dust burst from the collision. Luckily the
entanglement of wheat broke the boy's fall. He tried to stand, no such
luck, a leg was bent out of its shape. Zyrum jumped down next to him and
helped him stand up or try to anyway.
"Boy," She laughed, "You look as though you've been tossed into a firing
range." She looked him in the eyes. Her face was sincere and happy at the
same time. She had deep purple eyes and hair as blue as the sky,
accompanied by two thick, creamy white strands of hair that fell past her
waste.
        "Um, yeah, I guess you could say that. " He looked into her eyes, somewhat
transfixed. She only laughed at his comment and began to drag him through
the field.
        "Come on, you look like you could use some of our cooking. Not Simone's
though, or Niea! ACK!" She laughed again. "Oh by the way! I'm Zyrum
Pursoul." She beamed a smile at him and they continued walking.
        "Ha. I'm Ryo Rekka Sanada." He returned the smile.
Near a quaint little house...
        A young woman, about 19 years of age, sat in a wicker chair playing a
violin. She sounded as though she was perfectly into tune with the
instrument. She played about 3 perfect cords and then she stopped when she
heard someone gagging around the corner of her home.
        "That's just awful!!!!" the voice came loud and sharp.
        "Well excuse me!" She snapped back.
        "Oh no!" the voice came again defensively, "not you, that rendition was
wonderful!" Then a young man, with blue hair, turned his head around the
corner. "I just happen to be a little...lost." He walked to her and stood
in front of her music stand, cradling one arm.
        "Oh! Well then, I bet I can help you out." The girl smiled. "But first!"
She stood up. "I'm Amerial! Amerial McGrace! But everyone calls me Amy, so
you can too!"
        The boy laughed. "My name is Rowan Touma Hashiba. And thanks for your
kindness."
        "Don't mention it. I'm sure that Simone will be the happiest out of all of
us!" She giggled and pulled at strand of her white-blond hair. "Shall we
go!"
        "Sure." Rowan smiled and the two of them walked off into a larger house
down the street.
Now in a small but homey room Sage of Halo awakens in a warm bed...
        "Huh? What is this?" He sat up in the bed and felt a sharp pain up and
down his back. He lay back down quickly, and noticed the thick bandages
tightly twisted around his arms and chest. The bandages were a bit stained
with dried blood. Sage looked around the room. Light was pouring in from a
window next to his bed.
*Great! I don't know where I am and the last thing I remember was some girl
looking at me with a daft expression and then screaming her little twit
head off!* Sage thought to himself. He then heard the door opening slowly,
He sat up the best he could and saw a pale skinned, pink hared, green-eyed
girl, walking through the door. He recognized her as the other girl he saw
before wile he was being on looked by the blond. This girl was wearing an
apron and had a tray with food on it.
"I see you're awake. Good." She laughed with a bit of spite in her voice.
Sage didn't enjoy that too much. He looked at her as if he was staring
through her. She then returned the look.
"Yeah, I guess." He said, looking away from her. He could see out of the
corner of his eye that she was smiling at him. He didn't know why, and
didn't care to know why. She turned her smile back into a grimace for a
moment.
"Of course it is. Humph. Here." She said as she set the tray in front of
him. He stared at it for a moment, unsure and untrusting.
"I didn't poison it or anything. Although, I probably should have." She sat
on the end
of his bed. He stared uneasily at her. She sighed. "All right, sorry." She
stood up. "I didn't mean to piss you off even more."
        Sage looked at her and he couldn't help but to smile a bit. "It's all
right I guess." He said, still trying to act cool. "But you really aren't
helping to much. I mean you could be a little nicer. You weren't totally
thrashed by some wacko guy and then tossed half way across the world into a
ditch only to wake up and see some blond brat in your face screaming and
then passing out again. Not that I can't handle something like that, just I
was through a lot. And then I wake up and I'm in some chick's bed at least
that's what I'm guessing. From my waste up I have no clothes and I won't
ask HOW that happened. Not to mention...."
        The girl walked over to him and grabbed his face. "You talk waaaaay to
much." And then she gave him a kiss. One long enough and apparently
interesting enough to make him shut up till she got out of the room. Sage
unfortunately didn't remember much except for some tongue and that girl,
who's name he doesn't know, leaving to the door and giving him a wink. Oh
boy.
Ryo of Wildfire awakens in a chair in a den. His leg is lifted onto a
cushion. When he awakens he hears the sound of voice from outside his
door...
*Where am I? * He looked around the room curiously. A tall blonde, ditzy
looking girl entered the room carrying rags.
"Are you feeling any better?" she asked him tilting her head.
"....Who are you?" he asked inquisitively.
"Oh, where are my manners?" she said sounding kinda fake but he wasn't too
sure, "My name is Simone Newheart. Do you have a name?"
"Uhh, I'm Ryo Sanada." He said unsure of himself.
*He's kinda cute....he's really cute....I like him. * Simone thought to
herself and wrinkled her little nose and giggled. She wasn't aware that she
had giggled out loud.
"What's so funny?" Ryo asked kinda scared now.
"...Oh, I was just thinking of something funny." She covered her face and
waved carelessly into the air.
"Right." She just stood there smiling at him as if she was waiting for
something to happen. He squirmed a little, it made him nervous.
"No offense, but Is there a reason you're here?" he tried not to sound too
rude.
"Huh?....Oh yeah. I'm going to take care of you!" She said over excitedly.
"I think I'd rather be fighting Leathion right now." He mumbled.
"Did you say Leathion?" she asked curiously, "That sounds familiar. Oh
well."
Ryo looked at her with a twisted smile. It was the kind of smile that was
unsure yet at the same time looked as though he was on the verge of
discovery. He then frowned again and put the whole thought that this ditz
could know anything about Leathion.
She walked towards him with the rags. She sat down beside the couch and
picked them up. She attempted to put one on his head but he jerked back.
"What?" she said with a bit of tension.
"What's on that? Is it deadly?" He asked, frightened.
        " No you silly!" She laughed and gave him a quick jab in the arm.
        "Oww! Watch it, I'm still aching. "
        "Sorry." She was a little embarrassed at her ditzyness. She smiled sweetly
at him and he didn't feel so bad anymore. In fact he felt just A LITTLE
attracted to her...just a little, maybe. But Ryo couldn't forget Mia.
Walking to the house, Brellia opened the door helping Kento support poor
Cye up she lead them to the kitchen...
        "Okay, Kento sit him down here.", Brellia pulled out a chair for Cye, the
poor guy was exhausted. Kento sat down making sure he didn't lean his back
against the chair, he was sitting in.
        "I'll...Ummm...get you something better to put on.", Brellia stated, and
quickly left the kitchen. Cye leaned into the chair wincing, and closed his
eyes, Kento scanned the room, the place looked normal enough. *Stove,
cooking stuff, oven... cookie jar! Just what the doc ordered! *
        "Here...", Kento's thoughts of cookies were interrupted by Brellia. She
came in carrying two piles of clothes. "I got these from the attic. Hope
they fit." Kento took the clothes for once forgetting about food and helped
Cye into a guestroom. Then he changed himself in the bathroom. Once done,
he found Cye in the hall trying to walk properly. Brellia almost ran into
them, "Oh! Look, just take Cye back to the guestroom. Why don't you lay
down in the other spare bedroom." , Kento blew a single strand of hair out
of his face in slight annoyance, but cooperated.
        Poor Cye felt horrible. Brellia soon came in with warm water, bandages and
some medical alcohol.  Quickly she lifted Cye's leg and propped it on some
pillows, then pulled up his pant leg and started to clean the large gash
there with the water. After she was done she doused a clean rag with
alcohol. "Be still.", she warned.
Lightly swabbing the wound with it, Cye winced in pain, and balled up his
fists, but held his leg still. He flinched a bit, as she swabbed his fore
head but tried to keep still, until she finished. "There! All done." , she
announced in a really childish manner.
Cye nodded smiling slightly at her. "Thank you.", he stated wearily, with a
weak smile. Brellia nodded, and placed a dampened warm bandage around his
head, and tied it. "Get some sleep you need it.", she returned the smile
winking at him, and lightly patted his shoulder before leaving the room.
        Walking into the room where Kento was, he looked up at her and gave her a
quizzical face. She placed a new bowl of warm water on the dresser,
silently she soaked the rags. "What are you doing?", Kento asked.
        "I saw those wounds on your back, arms and stomach. If not properly
dressed they will become infected.", she muttered, blushing a little.
        "So...are you asking me too..."
        Brellia turned around, "Let me see your arm first.", She sat down next to
Kento and looked up at him. "I'm not going to lie to you, this will hurt,
but if you jerk it'll hurt worse. So hold still.", Gently she cradled
Kento's arm and dabbed his cuts. "Ow! Hey that stings!" He jerked away.
"Hold still Kento!", Brellia glared at him. "It won't sting as much if you
hold still."
        Kento seemed taken aback by her words, "Fine.", he mumbled, and clenched
his teeth while she finished. Brellia wrapped a bandage around his arm.
"How old are you anyway?", he asked, as she wrapped gauze around it.
        "14", Brellia answered. "Why does that concern you?" She gave him a joking
smirk and continued to tend to his wounds. "Ummmm....", she blushed for a
minute. "You might have to take off your shirt." She said after a few
minutes.
        Kento looked bewildered, "W-what?"
        Her blush deepened, "Unless you want me to get some one else to do it."
Kento thought for a long minute * Have it done by some one I sorta know
or...a complete stranger. *, he gave in. And turned around facing his back
to her, wincing as she swabbed his back with the damp cloth wiping the
blood from his skin.
* Lord, I hope no one comes in...that would be sooooo embarrassing.*
Brellia thought, her blush deepened. "Here...take this, do the rest you
self.", she muttered, her embarrassment over taking herself. With that she
exited the room quickly, making sure to hide her crimson red face.
Amerial walks into the dining room. Rowan follows her into the room and
looks about himself...
        "So...where are we?" Rowan asked. He rubbed the smooth surface of the
table in the corner of the room.
        "Well, this is like, the dining room. This is the place where we like,
eat.  Ya know the place where people like, gather." Amerial smarted back.
        "Oh really?" Rowan retorted. He looked down the hall and into the kitchen.
        "If you're like, looking fer the like, bedrooms, they might be down the
hall, but I'm like, totally unsure, even though I've lived here like, my
whole life."  Amerial giggled.
        "Sure...right...Amy, is it?" Rowan looked at her like she was an idiot.
        "Yeah,  like, that's right! You're a smartie, aren't you." Amerial laughed
and went on her merry ditzy way.
        * Strange person. Seemed soo intelligent at first. * Rowan thought. He
walked wearily down the hall and to an empty room.
Ryo is still asleep in his chair. Simone places another rag on his
forehead...
        "Sigh. Well, another day wasted on a cute guy....hehehe." Simone giggled
to herself. "I guess it's not all that bad of a loss. Too bad though, he'll
probably leave in only a week or so. Probably has a girlfriend. Probably
older. Probably perfect, a little goody-goody. Yep, that's how it always is
for me." She gave one more longing sigh and outstretched her hand to put
another rag on Ryo's forehead but before she reached his forehead, he
grabbed her arm.
        Simone shrieked...loudly.
        "Sssshhhh!" Ryo ordered.
"How can I shhhh, when a guy reaches for my hand when I'm just trying
to...to.....I think I'm going to faint."
        "Well, before you do," Ryo smiled, "Can I just ask you something?"
        "Okay but make it quick, I don't think I'm going to last much longer."
        Ryo laughed at her comment. She actually was hoping he didn't hear
anything she had said.  "Do you really think that I'm cute?"
        Her eyes lit up. "You heard me?" she said in a meager voice.
        "Ha!" He smiled at her. "What do you think...so am I really that cute?"
She could tell he was having fun with this.
        "Well....." She paused and in a very quiet, almost silent voice, she
peeped, "ye..yeah."
        "What? I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that last word?" Ryo teased as she
beamed a bright shade of red. He leaned in closer to her.
        She clenched her teeth a bit. " I said 'yes'."
        "I'm sorry! You'll have to speak up, I've been through so much lately that
I don't know if my hearing is even as good as it use to be." Ryo edged her
on.
*YES! Cute, but sure as hell ANNOYING!! * Simone thought to herself. "I
SAID YES DAMNIT!!!!!" She yelled at him with all her force. His chair
reclined all the way back at that and he still held on to her hand.
        "Oh..." he said weakly. "That's allll I wanted to know."
        Simone looked down on him. "WHAT!? That's it?! I go through all that bull
and you reply 'Oh'!! Well that sure is a way to impress a girl, I have the
right mind to kick you in a bad spot but then again." She  shut up and
looked at him. He looked as if he was plotting something...evil. Simone
lifted an eyebrow in curiosity.
        "Um, Ryo, Ryo? You can let go of my hand now, I get your point..." She
whimpered.
        "Oh, no, I can't do that. Not after all that bull you went through. " And
with that he thrust her down into his arms and into the nice and cushy
recliner, and gave her something she'd been wanting, a nice long kiss.
        When he finally released her, she didn't bother to get up. She looked at
him. *hehe, maybe if I stay here he'll do it again. * Actually Ryo looked a
little in pain. Then it finally hit Simone.
        "OH!" She shouted and jumped up next to the recliner. He was wincing and
grabbing his, now swollen, leg. Simone scratched her head. * Should I feel
embarrassed or pity, I can't decide. * She took another rag and set it on
his leg. After a moment, the swelling stopped and Ryo sighed deeply. Simone
acted like he hadn't done anything to her. She just kept dampening rags and
placing them on his leg and forehead. Ryo kept staring at her, and even
though she tried to avoid his looks, she couldn't. She looked him in the
eyes and her own eyes moistened.
        "I'm going to go get some more warm water." She said with out looking him
in the eyes. She got up and left.
        Ryo hit the chair arm. * Why the hell did I do that. Not that she isn't
nice just, I hope she's not upset... *
Sweet aromas fill the air of the kitchen. A girl with dark brown hair
enters the room. Yaji is cooking along with her accident-prone friend,
Brellia...
        "Niea!" Yaji yelled to her friend as she entered the room.
        "Hey Yaj! Brellia! Mmm, what-ya guys cookin'?" "Niea" asked. She leaned
over the boiling pots and sniffed the air.
        "Oh that's great Niea! Get high BEFORE dinner tonight." Yaji laughed. She
struck Niea on the head with a wooden spoon. Niea giggled. "You guys know
me too well!"
        "Hey, Niea, are you staying for supper tonight?" Brellia asked,
concentrating more on stirring the soup then what Niea had to say.
        "Nah, I got work." Niea laughed.
        "Hey! I thought I was your only paying customer!" Yaji laughed with a wink
at Niea. Brellia rolled her eyes and continued stirring. Just then Simone
entered the room. She had a pot to fill hot water in for Ryo.
        "Ey! Whataya doin' with that piece a junk?" Yaji asked. Simone only
slammed the pot into the sink and turned the water onto boiling hot.
"Water...rags...Ryo...head...hurt...recliner......."Simone hummed like a
zombie. She then left the room, unaware of the scalding hot water in the
pot she carried, and then went up the stairs.
        "ooookaaaaay!" Niea said. "I need to go now." And then she opened the door
and left.
        "Hmm, there are a multiplied of things she said that frightened me. 'Head'
certainly didn't help me much. And then 'recliner'....dare I even ask."
Yaji said as she stared up the flight of stairs.
        "Oh, you know Simone." Brellia giggled. She whirled a finger around her
head, "She's not always quite there."
        Zyrum laughed from inside the dining room. "None of us are quite all
there!"
        "Zy! We've been so busy with things! Where have you been!?" Brellia asked
cheerfully.
        Zyrum laughed. "This guy named Rowan. Kinda cute, but he's always gettin'
lost."
        "Lost in what. Your panties?" Yaji joked.
        "Oh shut up Yaji! " Zyrum gave Yaji a look. "You know what I mean."
        "Actually, how can a person get lost in this house?" Brellia asked. She
added some pepper to the brewing mixture.
        Suddenly, a scream came from upstairs in the direction of Ryo's room. Yaji
almost died laughing. "SHE'S GIVIN' HIM THE REAL TREATMENT NOW!!" She
laughed in hysterics as Zyrum and Brellia raced up stairs.
"Maybe I'll go check on my little friend. * Yaji thought to herself with an
evil smile.
Sage sat in the bed. He stared at the ceiling. Then he heard it, the door
opening slightly...
        "H'lo?" Yaji giggled.
*Oh God! HER! * Sage thought to himself as he sat up in bed. "Yes?" he
sounded annoyed.
Yaji walked in to the room, smiling a Chester cat grin. Sage was only more
alarmed by this look not to mention the last stunt she had pulled on him
didn't help to lessen the tension. He didn't know if she cared either way
and he didn't want to know really. Well, that's what he told himself. "So,
you feelin' any better, babe?" Yaji smiled.
Sage glared at her a bit. He didn't enjoy bein called 'babe'. "I was all
right until you came back."
Yaji laughed at him mockingly. "I feel the fear." She stopped laughing and
then took out a pair of scissors.
"WHAT THE FRIG DO YOU THINK YOU'LL DO WITH THOSE!?" Sage yelped as she
leaned in closer to him.
        "Oh really!" She sounded annoyed. "I'm going to cut off these bandages and
give you better ones. Don't think so violently!" Yaji reached out for his
arm.
"Violently! How can't I with someone like you holding scissors up to my
flesh!" Sage backed up into the pillows.
Yaji rolled her eyes. "Am I gonna have to shut you up the way I did before!
I can't stand being repetitive!"
Sage was quiet immediately. "Good." Yaji smiled victoriously. "Now hold out
your arm." She ordered. Sage did so, not willingly, but hey, he did it.
Yaji was very careful when taking off the blood stained gauze. It surprised
him a bit that she could be so tender. Even though he just met her he
pretty much had a basic Idea of her. Loud, slutty, worst flirt than him,
destructive, rebellious, outspoken, and all that good stuff. Not to mention
a big whore.  The whole thing just amazed him.
"So..." Yaji began, breaking the silence.
"Hmm..." Sage tried to add a little more life to the situation.
"Yep." Yaji "replied" if you could really reply to something like that.
There were more moments of silence. For quite some time the only sound they
could both hear were the sounds of the scissors cutting the cloth and the
wind pushing the window pane gently.
"....What's your name?" Sage asked very quietly. Yaji looked at him oddly.
Then she smiled. She knew it was a strange question to be asking after some
of the things that had happened. Knowing Yaji though, she was going to tell
him her name, only she was going to do it so that she could embarrass him a
bit. She smiled some more.
"I guess I'd want to know the name of the person that took off my shirt and
bandaged me up as well." She laughed a bit. Sage got uncomfortable, even
more than before. "My name is Yjenya Carego but many people call me one of
two things."
"Which would be...." Sage said meekly. He was still VERY uncomfortable.
"Semi-sweet chocolate Jawbreaker, better known as JB, no not backwards Blow
Job, or Yaji. You pick which one." Yaji laughed again. She was enjoying
this thoroughly. "And what's your name babe?"
Sage sighed. "Sage Date." He figured why bother making a long introduction
of it, not like she cared.
        "Sage, " She said. "That's not a bad name. Although, I have to say your
last name isn't all that wooing!"
"Yeah and Carego is just a perfect last name." Sage retorted.
"Shoulda figured some blond pretty boy like you'd have a last name like
DATE!" She was now wrapping new bandages around his wrist and up to his
elbow.
Sage didn't bother to reply. He kept his mouth shut. He figured she did
enjoy this, but then again, it annoyed him too much to keep his thoughts to
himself.
"Do you just enjoy making people's lives harder with criticism and
annoyance or are you just good at it?" Sage finally spoke up. But instead
of getting the little whimpers and cries out of Yaji he had hoped for, she
began to laugh. "You do that a lot don't you." He growled.
"What? Make people's lives harder, or laugh?"
"BOTH!"
"Well, don't worry, I'm outta your hair now." She said. She tightened the
last bandages and made them as tight as she could. Sage almost screamed.
"I'll get your chest wounds later."
Sage clutched his arm, glaring at her, Yaji glowered at him. "See ya later
cutie." She laughed and once again, exited out the door.
Ryo is holding his leg again, wincing in pain...
        "I'm so sorry!" Simone said as she frantically tried to cool his leg off
pathetically. Ryo was blowing at his leg as hard as he could.
        "I didn't realize how hot the water was until it fell on you." She rambled
on.
        Zyrum and Brellia were standing outside the door laughing and listening.
        "Hot...Hot...Hot.." Ryo stuttered. Simone took the bandages off his leg
and softly blew on it.
        "Feel better now.....Leg is swollen even more!" he yelped.
        "Well it wouldn't be that swollen if you hadn't...." she stopped right
there.
        Ryo looked up at her, her face was red again. He blushed too.
        Zyrum and Brellia suddenly got more interested in what was going on in
that room.
        "Oh yeah, that."
        "Yeah that." Simone replied almost mockingly.
        *Should I apologize or laugh it off? * Ryo thought to himself.
        "Well about that kis...whoa!" he was about to apologize, when Simone
tripped over his leg.
        "I'm sorry! I was just trying to get to the other side. I didn't see your
leg."
        Ryo, who was in more pain than ever now just smiled weakly, "I'm just
going to go to sleep now."
        "I really am sorry." She said lowering her head.
        "It's okay really." Ryo said hoping that she won't come closer, he was in
enough pain.
        She suddenly perked up, "Okay."  Ryo lay back in the recliner and got
really comfortable. He couldn't fall asleep because he felt like he was
being watched. He opened one eye and saw Simone sitting at the table across
from him just looking at him with a goofy smile.
        "Ummm....Are you going to stay in here the whole time?"
        "Do you want me to leave?" she asked innocently.
        "I like to sleep alone."
        "Okay." She said cheerfully and left the room.
        Zyrum and Brellia stopped her, "What exactly happened in there, Simone?"
Zyrum asked and was very interested.
        "Hehehe..." she laughed weakly, "The funniest thing happened while I was
taking care of Ryo..."
Brellia opened the door to the room that she left Kento in...
        "Umm...." Brellia looked into the room very carefully. "Are you awake?"
she asked uneasily, she seemed to blush a bit again.
        "Um, yeah." Kento said rather quickly not even looking at her.
        "Oh that's good. Dinner 'll be ready in a sec." Brellia cooed a bit.
        "Dinner?! As in food?!" Kento's voice got suddenly cheery as he turned to
her.
        "Of course. Yaji and I baked all the food. You can come eat in a few
minutes. If you want, I'll come tell you when it's ready." Brellia
volunteered.
        "Oh yeah. That'll be great. Thanks Brellia." Kento beamed. Brellia could
see he hadn't been all that successful with bandaging. He wore a large blue
pullover shirt that looked just as beat up as he was. Kento was looking out
the window, again. Gazing at the view of the large lake and hills beyond.
Brellia walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder very carefully.
        "OW! What was that for!?" Kento snapped at her.
        "Nothing, I just tapped you! That's all! I swear!" Brellia replied. She
sounded scared.  Kento looked at her for a moment.
        He heaved a sigh. "What da ya want?"
        "Actually, I just kinda noticed that your not very good at bandaging and
tending to wounds.", She reached her hand out to his arm and gently took
it. He winced a bit. He was more bruised than anything.
        "Yeah, well. I didn't think it really mattered. I just wanted to get over
with it." Kento mumbled.
        Brellia sighed. "All right Kento. Just turn around."
        "Huh?! I already went through that!" Kento pushed back from his window
perch.
        "Well, apparently once wasn't enough." Brellia stooped down next to Kento
and took out a box beneath the near by bed. "We keep extras just in case."
She took out a bottle of cleaning alcohol and some clean gauze and
bandages. Kento gritted he's teeth at the sight of the stinging medicine
and the shiny scissors.  "Come on, don't be scared or anything, Kento."
        "I'm not scared!!"
"Then this shouldn't bother you.", Brellia smarted, inwardly challenging
him.
 Kento groaned and turned his back to Brellia once again. She rolled the
back of his shirt up. She gently cut off the bandages and wrapped new ones
around his waste and up to his neck. After that was over, Kento pulled his
shirt back down. He coughed a bit to clear the silence. Brellia took off
his headband. "Hey.", Kento protested.
"This could use a wash. If you want I'll do that for you.", Brellia stated.
"I guess. It's a mess anyway.", Kento muttered. The thing was blood
stained. She sighed quietly. She put a light hand on his face and turned it
to the side swabbing his temple with the alcohol, then he felt her wrap
another bandage around his forehead.
        "There, see, it wasn't all that bad." Brellia laughed slightly. Kento
turned around and looked up at her. He didn't say anything and Brellia just
hoped he wasn't embarrassed by all that. She got up and began to leave the
room. Kento smiled at her.
        "Um, thanks." He said. He sounded as if he was gaining...confidence.
        Brellia wrinkled her baby nose. "Dun mention it. I'll see you around
supper time." And then she left Kento to his window.
* Not a bad girl. Real nice. And she cooks. Along with someone by the name
of Yaji. Who in the world is Yaji!? Oh well. * Kento smiled gingerly at the
thought of when he first saw Brellia. He could still remember how she
looked. Ha! She looked...innocent of everything.
Its back in the kitchen, just before dinner time...
        Yaji and Simone were setting the table and Brellia was dusting off chairs
to use for their new guests. Then there was a rap at the door.
        "I'll get it!!" Brellia squealed in her childish manner as she raced to
the door. You could hear her in the dining room. "NIEA!"
        "Hey everyone! Looks like I didn't have to work tonight after all." Niea
said smiling as she came through the dining room doorway.
        "Well that's wonderful, Niea.Go put your stuff up in your room." Simone
advised her.
        "Okay." Niea simply replied. She walked down the hall and up the stairs to
the guestroom. When she opened the door though, she didn't know what to
say.
*What the? There's a young man in my bed?! This IS my room right!? * Niea
looked strangely at Cye, who only returned the look.
*Who is that? I hope not another one of those crazy girls. She's looking at
me though as if she's seen a ghost or something. * Cye thought to himself.
"What?" Cye finally spoke up. "You've never seen a person with a broken leg
before?"
        "Well yes, of course!" Niea defended. "But never have I seen one in my
bed!"
Cye looked at her strangely. "Oh, well in that case, I'm sorry. I didn't
know. I'd get up and leave but at the moment I can't seem to do anything on
my own." Cye said. He forced a smile.
"Oh, well I'm really sorry too. I'll just leave this bag here and get it
later.  All right?" Niea coaxed him a bit.
"All right with me. Sorry. "
"No problem. Hehe."
"What are you giggling at?"
"Oh, nothing just I've never come into my room before to see a man in my
bed!"
        Cye blushed a bit. "Oh, ha, I guess I'd be a bit startled myself." He
scratched his head. "Oh by the way. I'm Cye."
"I'm Niea. I normally don't give last names but you seem the type who'd
like to hear something like that so for that reason, I'm Niea Watorwele."
She pronounced it like Water Well.
Cye grinned at her and then she departed.
Down at the base of the stairs, Zyrum stands with Rowan and she yells up
into the rooms above...
        "SUPPER!!!" Zyrum yelled up the stairs. Niea came down and Kento following
with Cye holding on to him. Rowan chuckled at the sight of the two of them
clopping along down the stairs, Kento was pondering why Brellia hadn't come
up for them.
        "Hey! Rowan!" Cye laughed when they reach their friend. "You won't believe
the mess we've been through."
        Rowan scratched his neck, "I can see it wasn't too much fun. Kento here
looks almost like a mummy." Kento hearing Rowan shook his head. The three
of them laughed a bit.
        "Hey, where are Ryo and Sage?" Kento asked. He looked about him
frantically.
        "Oh, they both have broken legs." Simone said from in the kitchen. "They
can't get down here so we'll bring food to them."
        "Yeah but my leg is broken and I made it downstairs." Cye said.
        " I hate to break it to ya buddy." Zyrum began," but even though it hurts
so much, your leg is only gashed. "
        "Oh really. Funny, it certianly felt that way." Cye moaned as Kento took
him to the table and sat him next to Niea. Cye gave her a quick smile and
then continued talking. "Well, I don't feel right, just eating with out
them. It's like they're gone."
        "I have to agree." Rowan frowned. "Is there anyway that they can come down
here." Rowan looked at Simone who sat across from him. She only shrugged.
        "Sure, why not. " Yaji began from inside the kitchen. She came in carrying
a steaming pot. "If your friend, Kento is it?, helps carry Ryo down, then
Ryo can sit with us."
        Kento stood up. "OK, but what about Sage?"
        Yaji shook her head and laughed. "You'll have to literally carry him. Both
his legs are broken!"
        Rowan looked out into the hall. "Poor Sage. That certianaly can't feel
good."
        "Or be any fun." Cye groaned a bit. Yaji rolled her green eyes. Her pink
hair waved about her waste as she sat down.
        "I'll take him something later." She said. "Now go get your other friend
so we can eat."
        Kento wasn't satisfied but he agreed to it anyway. He walked up the stairs
and came down later helping Ryo.
        "Um, hi everyone." Ryo gave a cheesy smile. Kento shook his head and
smiled.
        "Come on, Ryo." He said and sat him in the chair next to Rowan.
        "Nice to see ya Ryo." Rowan laughed. "Looks like you've been busy."
        Ryo smiled across the table at Simone, "Yeah, you could say that." He
paused for a moment. "Hey, where's Sage?"
        "He can't come downstairs." Brellia stated.
        "He broke both his legs." Simone chimed in.
        "Oh, man, poor Sage. That has to hurt." Ryo thought about having both his
legs broken and Simone tending to both of them. He shuttered and shook the
thought out of his mind.
        "Yeah, he also has a bunch of bruises and scratches. They'll clear up
though." Zyrum smiled.
        Yaji sighed and stood up. "Fine I'll take him something." She fixed a
plate in the kitchen and walked upstairs with it.
        "She seems awful nice." Cye said after Yaji left. All the other girls
looked at him and then began cracking up.
        "YAJI! NICE! That'll be the day!" Zyrum laughed.
        "Tell me about it. She'd never be nice to any body! And if she is... It's
best to RUN!" Brellia added in.
        "Seriously. I've known Yaji since 6th grade. Now THAT'S What I call a hard
knocker!" Niea piped. The girls continued to laugh. Cye sank down into his
seat and Rowan gave a bewildered look. Ryo rolled his eyes and Kento
laughed with them a bit. He could figure Yjenya being that way, just by her
looks and her actions.
        "All right I'm hungry, time to dig in.", Simone announced.
        Everyone filled their plates. Then dug in.
The door opened silently in Sage's room for what seemed the third time that
day...
        Yaji walked in, and found Sage sound asleep, she couldn't help but coo
softly to herself, *Ohhh, he looks so cute when he's asleep. To bad that
ain't the way it is when he's awake. *, she thought. Yaji placed the plate
next to the bed, and kneeled down next to him.
        She brushed the flap of hair away from his face, Sage fluttered his eyes
open, and looked drowsily up to her. "H'lo babe!", Yaji whispered.  Sage
mumbled a soft "hi", and turned his face to the left closing his eyes,
causing Yaji's hand to run through his hair. He smiled slightly and looked
at her with one eye. "What'd you wake me up for, Yaji?", he asked.
        Yaji  wrinkled her nose, "I come bearing food.", she again whispered.
"Hungry?"
        Sage nodded, tiredly, Yaji helped him sit up, and gave him his plate. "You
didn't poison this did you?", he joked.
        "Oh, I only used the usual thyme, oregano, garlic, arsenic powder. ", Yaji
smirked. Sage took a sip of the soup. "Not half bad to have arsenic powder
in it."
        Yaji giggled slightly, "Okay, gee thanks. Finish up, and I'll dress your
chest wounds after supper, Kay?", she said with a slight giggle.
        Sage nodded, watching her get up and leave, she blew him a kiss before
leaving the room and closing the door.  Sage squirmed uncomfortably.
Once she was gone, he sighed, * Thank you GOD!*, he prayed to himself.
Taking another sip of his soup he sighed, it's steamy warmth felt good.
Once finished, he put it down on the side table and relaxed for a few.
        Not long after that, Yaji came in holding scissors, an new roll of gauze
bandages, warm water and medical alcohol. She arranged them on the side
table and set the bowl on the floor. "Come on I need you to sit up
strait.", Yaji took his hands and helped him sit up, and taking the
scissors she cut through the fabric easily. Revealing Sage's scared, and
blood stained chest. * Ewwww.*, she thought to herself.
Yaji sighed and started cleaning them with the warm water, being gentile as
possible, so not to hurt him. Sage blushed a little when she glanced up at
him. Yaji just smirked and continued. *I wish she'd stop that! *, Sage
thought trying to ignore the slight stinging of cuts.
 Next she put the alcohol on, Sage gritted his teeth from the burning. Yaji
waited quietly for the stinging to die down, and again she started to wrap
his chest with the gauze and bandages. "Where do you get all these bandages
and stuff from, ya must have like a supply of them some where, right?",
Sage asked.
        Yaji smiled up at him, from her work, "My family is VERY accident-prone.
We haveta use this stuff a lot."
        "Oh.", Sage chuckled, but winced a little. "It hurts to laugh."
        "That's cause ya don't laugh that much, ya jerk.", Yaji teased.
        Sage nodded giving her a challenging look. She finally finished, and
cleaned up. Then helped him get comfortable again. Sage was starting to
begin to like this girl. "Thanks, Yaji.", he smiled lopsidedly at her.
        Yaji just smiled back, winked at him and left.
Couple hours later...
        "Kerri! Come 'ere girl!", Zy called to the animal. Kerri got off the floor
and walked over to her "master".
        "What'd you wake me up for? I was in a good dream.", Kerri stated, in a
sleepy but cheerful voice. Zyrum shushed the cat/wolf. " Quiet down! You
don't want those guys hearin' you do ya?", she questioned. Kerri just
shrugged, and looked at the grandfather clock, "It's almost 12:00. I'm
goin' ta bed."
Zy followed Kerri's steps up the stairs and into their room. Closing the
door softly. "Zy! Hey Zy!", Rowan's voice called out to her. Zy poked her
head out the door. "What?! Oh! Hi, Rowan. What's up?"
        "I was just wondering where some blankets are.", he asked.
        "Why?", Zy asked. Kerri on the other side of the door started to pull on
her pant leg. Zy pushed Kerri's face away with her foot. "Because I don't
exactly have a place to sleep tonight. So I thought I'd sleep in the living
room tonight, if that's okay.", Rowan in the darkness of the hall way felt
his face burn bright. He felt stupid asking a girl that question.
        Zy smiled, "Umm...sure. The closet is next to the bathroom has all of our
blankets, an sheets. Hold, on a sec would ya?" Rowan nodded. Zy went into
her room, and came out holding a pillow. She handed it to the blue hared
boy and smiled, "Here. G' night, see you in the mornin' "
        "Night.", Rowan bowed his head and started to find the blanket closet.
Soon enough he was asleep on the couch.
The next morning, Yaji and Brellia are sitting at the table sipping coffee,
while Yaji's pet fire cat Yuri, and Brellia's over active wolf Myneko,
talked over breakfast...
         Yaji  who was bent over her cup of coffee, was wearing her normal pj's, a
short pair of night shorts, a cut off T-shirt, and a dark green robe.
Brellia, not yet fully awake, poured some more coffee in Yaji's cup. She
was wearing her normal puppy print Pj's, and a purple robe.
        "It's 7:30 in the mornin' and I all ready feel like ripping raw flesh
apart.", Yaji mumbled.
        Brellia chuckled slightly sitting down, and took another sip of her
coffee. "You know, we might want to call Doc McSavyer to look at the
guys.", she stated, after a quiet moment.  Yaji rolled her eyes, " No. I
was going to call the undertaker.", she said sarcastically. Brellia  smiled
at her cousin's remark. She was used to Yaji's taunting, it never really
bothered her anyway.
        "I was so distracted yesterday I didn't even notice, that dude with the
blue hair...what's his face?", Brellia thought for a minute.
        "Rowan...I think.", Yaji thought.
        "Yeah! Him! Zy had to put a sling on the boy's arm, poor guy broke his
arm."
        Yaji sighed, " I feel kinda sorry for that, Ryo guy. I mean, Simone is
taking care of him."  Brellia laughed. "I'd hate to be in his position too.
Poor thing. Wonder what on earth happened to them?"
"That's really none of our business, Bella.", Yaji scoffed, using her
nickname for Brellia.
         Brellia just shrugged, "I know, but can you blame me for being curios?"
Yaji shrugged this time. "So what's on our chore list today?", Yaji took
another sip of her coffee.
Brellia thought for a moment. "Umm... well I'm going to finish that stupid
homework, that Ms. Berry left us, and some other stuff. Not to mention
keeping a close eye on those guys."
        Yaji eyed Brellia, "You like somebody or somethin' , Bella?"
Brellia laughed, "Yeah right Yaji. Think what you will, but none of these
guys interest me. Plus what are they 16-17? Too old for me, Thank you."
        Yaji smiled teasingly, "Uh-huh."
        Brellia squirmed a little, "Whatcha want ta fix for breakfast?", and she
stated quickly getting up. "Bagels!!", Yaji grinned. "I could deal wit
that.", Brellia shrugged. "Get the cream cheese would you? I'll pop'em in
the toaster."
        Yaji set the cream cheese out on the table, Brellia gathered plates and
knives, whiled the bagels toasted. Myneko perked up her ears, Yuri quickly
stood up sniffing the air.
        "Now what's up wit you two?", Yaji huffed. Yuri flattened his ears. "Yuri?"
        "Hi.", Rowan's voice startled the girls. "Whatcha makin' ?"
        "Bagels. And what the hell are you doin' up?", Yaji, asked, her robe open
and showing her pj's.  Rowan bit his lip, "I'll just go back to bed.", he
mumbled, and left.
        "Now what do you suppose got into him?", Yaji laughed, she knew her robe
was open and what Rowan saw. Which was mainly skin.
        "Yaji. You are so evil. Good grief, can't you give a poor guy with a
broken arm a break?", Brellia asked snickering. "Sure, Yuri and I can give
him break. In his other arm." , Brellia handed Yaji two bagel halves. "Okay
but just do that when his other one is better."
        Yaji laughed, spread her cream cheese on her bagels and left the kitchen,
taking her coffee with her.
A few hours later Doc McSavyer comes over...
        "So how is Ryo gonna do?", Simone asked.
        "Oh he'll be fine. That cast should do the trick. Stay on those crutches
for a little while and you'll be good as new.", Doc answered.
* Oh goodie.*, Ryo thought. * Am I stuck here until it's heeled?*
        Brellia entered the room, "Hey Doc. How's it goin'?"
        "Fine.", Doc answered bowing his head politely.
        "Ryo's gotta stay on crutches for a while.", Simone piped.
        " That's gotta be fun.", Yaji grinned from behind her younger cousin. Yuri
growled at her side. " Yeah, whoop-di-do.", Ryo twirled his finger in the
air.
        "It's good that your so enthusiastic, Ryo.", Doc laughed. "Now, Yaji could
you take me to the next person that needs some tending to?" Yaji shrugged,
"Come on.", and she walked out. Brellia followed them to the room Sage was
kept in. Yaji opened the door. "Wake up sunshine, Doc's here!", she yelled.
        Sage sat up on his elbows and looked tiredly at the group. "W-what?"
        "I SAID WAKE UP!!!!!!", Yaji yelled.
        Sage covered his ears, "I'm up! I'm Up!"
        Doc McSavyer eyed Yaji. She smiled and shrugged at him. "Okay lad you can
uncover your ears.", Doc said loud enough that Sage could here him. Sage
looked at the Doc, uncovering his ears.. He was tall and had a rather large
frame. His brown eyes were soft and comforting, his hair was white as snow
with a few red streaks in it. He had a beard of white, and a pair of square
framed glasses where set on his round nose.
        Sage hated doctors, but this one was a different case, he seemed nice, and
well tempered. "Mind if I take a look at your legs?", Doc asked. Sage shook
his head. Yaji and Brellia pulled the sheets off of Sage so Doc could get a
better look. "Can you move anything at all?", he questioned. " I mean do
they hurt in a certain place?"
        "On my left leg my shin keeps bothering me, on my right it's above my
knee.", Sage told him. Doc nodded, touching a bruised area above his knee.
"I'm guessing both are broken. Do you mind if I take some X-ray's?" Sage
shook his head no.
About 20 minutes later...
        "Okay, this is his left leg, and that's his right.", Doc held the X-ray's
up to the kitchen light, for the girls to see. He put one down, "Okay this
is his left leg, do you see the crack there?", Brellia, Yaji, Simone and Zy
nodded. "That's what's bothering him. "
        "But it's so small.", Simone said.
        "Sometimes big things come in small packages, Simone. In this case this
small package is causing Sage, some major pain." Doc explained. He picked
up the other X-ray. "The same case is here only this one is much bigger and
out of place, a minor fracture."
        "Oooo, gotta hurt.", Zy winced.
        "Anyway he's gonna be needing casts and a wheel chair for a while. As for
the other...Rowan. He'll also be needing a cast on his arm. And Kento and
Cye, is it? Will be needing a few stitches. Especially Cye."
        "How much is this all gonna cost?", Brellia sighed.
        "Not much child, all I ask for is 100. The rest you can repay me in
several pots of the soup you girls make."
        "All right.", Yaji agreed.
Meanwhile...in a dark dimension...Well not really. More like secret cult
headquarters. Cleverly disguised as a rundown 1945 air field...
        "Have you located them, Nasdick?"
"Yes Leathion, and they are weak. I suggest we attack while they cannot
fight. ", a young man with dark brown hair, with hazel eyes, in a gray suit
answered.
Leathion laughed, "Yes. Send the army out to this place. Where is it
anyway?"
        Nasdick answered, "In the country, far from the city, in a small village.
The house is grand! A lot of huge rooms, and four balconies! They rest in
the care of nine young women. They stay with five main ones, at this house.
These girls will be no trouble if handled in the right fashion."
Leathion smiled twistedly, "Good. Isn't that the house we often storm?",
his smile suddenly turned into a frown. Nasdick nodded. Leathion shrugged.
"Ah well. I want those girls alive and brought to me. The same with the
ronins, I want to torture them before they die."
        Nasdick smirked, "And the girls?"
        "We'll keep them alive for the time being. They can choose between life
with us, or death with the Ronins, or to become part of our little science
experiments..", Leathion replied simply. "Send the troops while they sleep,
Nasdick."
        "Yes sir.", Nasdick turned and left the throne room, closing the huge door
behind him.
        "Nasdick!", a voice hissed from across the hall met his ears.
        "What do you want, Hiuer?", Nasdick scowled.
        "Did you tell him about the tenshi?", Hiuer questioned.
        "No.", Nasdick snapped at a man with a brown suit on. Hiuer glared at
Nasdick with his dark black eyes. The wind blew dark green, almost black,
locks of his hair in his face. "What where you thinking?! Why didn't you
tell him?"
"Because, dear brother, Leathion need not worry about them, they are
harmless.", Nasdick, started to walk briskly away.
        Hiuer caught up with him, "Brother! How dare you, mock the tenshi! Do you
have any idea what they could do when teamed up with the Ronins? Our rein
will end and King Lupus will be furious! Those of us that do not suffer
from the ronins will be sent to his court and be punished for failing!"
        "BAKA! The Ronins are weak! In no condition to fight, and not to mention,
the girls have not yet received their abilities, even though the power sits
right in front of them!"
        Hiuer growled at his older brother, "This is not wise! What if Leathion
finds out! If you don't tell him, I'll be forced to!" Nasdick, turned
sharply and grabbed his brothers throat. "You tell him, I'll skin you alive
and throw your carcass to the demons, before I'm ever executed." Nasdick
tightened his hand around the younger mans throat with each word. "Got It?"
        Hiuer nodded, trying to pull his brothers hands from his throat. "Good.",
Nasdick chuckled, throwing him to the floor. Hiuer coughed holding his
neck, kneeled over on the floor. He watched his brother walk away, and down
the hall.
Back to Midgar, Doc has left and each Ronin is well tended to...let's start
with Cye...
        "Now that has to be painful.", Niea, winced looking at Cye's stitched up
leg.
        Cye smiled weakly, "Yeah it is."
        "Would you like anything to eat?", Niea asked him.
        Cye shook his head, "But I could use some water.", Niea nodded and left
the room, and came back with a glass of water. Cye downed it in three
gulps.
        "You really were thirsty weren't you?", Niea laughed.
        Cye wiped his mouth with a tattered sleeve. "Yeah."
        A quiet moment passed, "How did you guys get here in the first place?",
Niea finally asked the question that had been burning in everyone's minds
for the past few days.
        Cye bit his lip, "Ummm...I can't really remember.", he lied. "One minute
I'm at home the next minute I'm in some wheat field and this wolf is
attacking my best friend."
        Niea laughed, "All our pets are very territorial. Especially Yuri."
        "Yuri?", Cye gave her a puzzled look.
"Yeah that big black cat you always see hanging around wit Yaji."
        "Oh!", Cye knew who she was talking about now. "He's not as big as White
Blaze.", Cye commented.
        Niea held back a snicker, "White Blaze? That's a pretty freaked up name."
        "Tell Ryo that, he's Ryo's Siberian tiger.", Cye frowned. "He named him
not me."
        Niea cleared her throat trying not to laugh, "Well were is this White
Blaze?"
Cye eyed her, "He's with Mia and Yuli and the Warlor-", Cye cut himself
off, "Dais, Cale, Anubis, Kayrua, and Sehkmet."
        "Umm...yeah, what ever. Who are all those other people? Family?", Niea
asked.
        Cye shrugged, "I guess you could put it that way."
Poor Sage he has to get around on a wheel chair...Yaji will help him
though...(hehehe)..
        "How am I supposed to get down stairs?", Sage asked muttering his thoughts
out. Yaji who was just coming down the hall heard his question.
        "Suga'  you wanta get down stairs it's simple.", she came up behind his
chair, and pushed it. Sage's chair went flying down the stairs, the whole
time he was screaming. He crashed landed at the bottom of the stairs, his
chair upright. Sage sighed, in relief his legs hadn't fallen off, but pain
shot up them the next second.
        "See. Very simple.", Yaji laughed as she came down stairs. Sage gritted
his teeth.
        "Sage my God! Are you okay man?", Kento came on to the scene.
        Yaji giggled as she walked by, "No problem pudgy, he'll be just fine."
Kento growled, but kept his mouth shut and helped Sage go into the living
room. "That b***h! What the hell was she thinking?", Kento muttered under
his breath.
        "I have no idea.", Sage remarked hearing Kento's muttering. "But I can't
feel my legs. They hurt so bad."
        "Just stay here for a while Sage.", Kento sighed and left the room. *I
wonder if Brellia still has my headband? *, he thought.
Rowan and Zy talk out side sitting in the porch swing...
        "Okay hot shot...who is the author of the poem 'footprints'?", Zy asked.
        Rowan laughed, "That ones easy! The author is unknown."
        Zy slumped in defeat, "What did Edgar Allan Poe consider his worst poem,
but is loved world wide today?"
        "The Raven.", Rowan said in a cocky tone.
* Drat. *, Zy snarled in her mind this guy knew more about books than she
did. Every trivia question she asked him had been answered correctly for an
hour. A sudden idea popped into her mind. "Okay lets drop books...How are
you on Music?"
Rowan smiled, "Try me." Zy sat up confidently, "Okay what country singer
won the CMA album of the year in 1994, and what was the CD called?"
Rowan frowned, "Umm....", Rowan for once in his life was stumped.
"Ummm...Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Siruse?", He guessed.
Zy laughed so hard she nearly fell out of the swing. "What!? NO! It
was...it was...", she tried to calm down her laughter. Rowan glared at her,
clearly he saw nothing funny about this. "I'm really sorry...", Zyrum tried
to stop laughing. "It was...", She chuckled. "Patty Loveless, When fallen
Angels Fly." Rowan looked at her like she was crazy. "Who?"
Zy shrugged, *Figures... *
"My turn and I'm back on books if you don't mind.", Rowan smiled. Zy waved
her hand for him to go on.
"Okay, Who wrote the sires 'The Drawing of the Three'?", He smiled
triumphantly. This time Zy was stumped.
"Oh for the love of GOD!!! Stephan King!", Brellia burst through the screen
door, Myneko, as usual at her side. Again she was wearing a pair of old
overalls with a white and blue baseball styled shirt, and old sneakers.
"Well aren't you miss know-it-all?", Zy snapped.
"Good evening to you too, Rumie!" Brellia smiled and winked at her friend
walking down the stairs. "Hey! Where you goin'?"
"Some where!", Brellia yelled back running down the driveway and down the
street. Myneko barking, running ahead of her. "BYE ROWAN!!! SEE YUH
RUMIE!!!!!"
"How old is that girl anyway? 10, 12?", Rowan asked. Zy smiled, "Add two
more years to your last guess, bud."
Rowan dropped his jaw, "She's fourteen?"
Zy laughed, "Every time we tell someone that I can't help but crack up!",
She gasped in hysterics. "Let me guess, big boy, you think she looks soooo
innocent, don't you?"
Rowan looked at her bewildered, "Uhhh...yeah.", he muttered.
Zy smiled recovering from her laughing attack. "Looks can be desiveing.
Even though she's the complete opposite of Yaji for sure. It's a wonder
they're related."
"They are?", Rowan questioned.
"Yeah, their cousins by blood. Not law.", Zy smiled.
"Where are your parents anyway? I mean don't you have a legal gardian or
somethin?"
"We don't have any...this house we got from a will. We had parents but...",
Zy trailed off looking sulky. " Uhhh...look we don't talk about that stuff
here. It's, how do I put, "forbidden", to be brought up."
        "But...?", Rowan wanted to know more.
        Zy got up in a sudden quick movement," Look, brain, keep your nose in your
business and will keep ours out of yours! It upsets every one of us to
really talk about family so shut up about it and make sure you keep your
mouth shut about anything you over hear regarding our past lives, Jerk!",
Zy yelled at him and stormed off. Leaving Rowan with a brain full of
questions and a hurt expression on his face.
Brellia runs down to a small hut and starts banging on the door...
        "ROZI!!! ROZI!!!I know your in there! Come ON! Answer the DOOR!", Brellia
quickly kicked the door.
        "For GOD sake Brellia! You don't have to kick my door!", A short
18-year-old girl opened the door. Her hair was strait, and jet black. She
her thin bangs hung over her forehead in a graceful, like arch. "Rozi"
stood at the door putting hair back in a lose ponytail. "And my name
Rosiland. Not Rozi." She wore an ice blue summer dress, with a pair of
black boots.
        "I know that Rozi.", Brellia smiled. "Sorry about the door, but Yaji told
me to kick it for her. Nice boots by the way."
        "What do you want?", Rosiland sighed.
        " Sunday Dinner.", Brellia smiled.
        Rosiland rolled her eyes, "Why didn't you call?"
        "Cause Myneko needs the exercise."
        "Yeah, I need a change of scenery anyway.", Myneko said cheerfully,
rolling her tongue out. "We're goin' for a long walk next. Wanna come?"
        "No. I'll ride Re over to the house.", Rosiland muttered, and closed the
door. Putting her fingers in her mouth she let out shrill whistle. A white
quarter horse with a black star on it's forehead trotted up towards them.
Rozi mounted and rode off.
Ryo and Simone are talking in the living room...
        "Do you want me to change your bandages or anything?" Simone asked.
        "No! Please." Ryo said very quickly.
        "Oh," she lowered her head, "OK."
        "I-I-It's not that.", Ryo tried to explain. "It's just I feel a little
sore right now."
        Simone perked up, "Okay then." A long quiet moment passed. "Soooooooo...do
you...uh...", Simone searched for a question to ask to get rid of the quiet
besides Sage's soft snoring. "Do I what?", Ryo looked at her with big eyes.
        "Ummm...Have a girlfriend?", she quickly blurted out, but just as soon
regret it.
        Ryo smiled crookedly, "Uhhh...she's not really a girlfriend...I'm just
kinda dating her." He felt guilty for a few minutes there.
        Simone smiled weakly, "Oh. Well good for you.", she said half-heartedly.
Another quiet moment passed. Only the clanking in the kitchen and Sage's
soft snoring where heard.
        "What about you?", Ryo suddenly blurted out.
        "Nope, single and hating it.", she didn't say this very enthusiastically
either.
        "Oh.", Ryo felt even worse.
        "How old are you anyway?", Simone questioned.
        "17. So is Rowan. Sage, Kento and Cye are 16. What about you?"
Simone blushed * YES!!*, she thought. * I was kissed by a guy older than
me!!!* "You?", Ryo's voice came again.
"Oh...sorry, I'm 16."
        Ryo smiled, "Cool. How old is everyone around here anyway?"
        "Everyone?", Simone looked a bit disturbed.
        "We have nothing better ta do.", Ryo shrugged.
        "Okay. Ummm...well, I'm the oldest that lives here. And Zy she's also 16.
But I'm still older. And Niea, she's the one with brown hair, and that
floating manta ray thing, she's 15.  And Yaji is 15 too."
        "What about that girl with the white hair? You know the one with the dog
that attacked Kento."
        "Oh that's Brellia . She's 14."
        Ryo looked stunned. "14?!"
        "I know. I know. She looks so much younger, sweeter and innocent.", Simone
said dully.
        "Actually...yeah. I think Someone here likes her.", he smiled
mischievously.
        "I know some one Zy likes, but no way I'm saying.", Simone sighed.
        "I know some one I like.", Ryo smiled.
        "Uhhh, I know some one I like, but there's no way they'll really like
me.", Simone giggled.
        "Oh and why not?", Ryo questioned.
        "Because he's already taken.", Simone smiled weakly again and left the
room for Ryo to think about it. She walked into the kitchen. "I can Not
believe I said that! I can't believe HE said that!", she almost yelled.
Yaji, Niea and Zy looked at her.
        "What?", Yaji asked.
        "Uhhh...I'll just go back in there.", Simone blushed and hurried back into
the living room. "Thought I'd just come on back.", Simone stuck her head
through the doorframe.
        "Thought I wouldn't mind?", Ryo grinned, making Simone feel uncomfortable.
        "I guess.", She walked in. Ryo scooted over in the large recliner. "Plenty
of room here."
        Simone blushed. "Wouldn't you be cheating on the person your going out
with?"
        Ryo shook his head, "Nah, I told you we're just dating. She's seein'
other people too."
        Simone bit her lip and walked over, and sat down hoping she wouldn't blow
it by hitting his leg again. For once she didn't.
        Ryo smiled at her. Simone twiddled her thumbs. "Uh..um...soo...how's it
goin'?"
        "You don't have to act so uncomfortable.", Ryo laughed slightly.
        "I am though. It's an awkward moment. I mean a guy that's-, "she cut
herself off, turning red as the shirt she had on. Ryo just smirked. "You
still think I'm that cute?"
"You sure as hell don't give a girl time to warm up to a guy do you?",
Simone said.
        "Do you still think I'm that cute?"
        "Yes.", Simone said quietly. "Your trying to make this as uncomfortable as
possible aren't you?"
        Ryo grinned, "No I'm trying to make it as comfortable as possible and from
the looks of it I'm not doing very good job."
        "No your not.", Simone smiled slightly, her blush fading a little bit.
        Ryo put his arm around Simone's waist and pulled her into his side.
"Better?"
"Ummm...Kinda.", Simone squirmed a little but had to admit she did feel a
little less uncomfortable. She bravely leaned into him. Ryo smiled, * Way
ta go lover boy. *, Ryo complimented himself. * Lessee how far I can get.
Pretty good for the first time I actually tried Sage's moves. They really
do work. Either that or she likes you, which isn't a really bad thing. She
is kinda pretty. What am I thinking she is pretty. *, he thought.
        "Ummm, Ryo? Are you okay?" Simone tapped him. He hadn't realized he'd been
thinking to himself that long.
        "Oh, sorry." He looked down at her. "I'm surprised you don't have a
boyfriend. You're very pretty."
        She blushed, "Thank you." Sage snored a little louder. Ryo looked over at
Sage.
        "I forgot that he was in here."
        "Me too." She looked up at Ryo. "Maybe I should le...." Ryo moved her
closer and kissed her for a very long time again. When she pulled back she
blinked, "You like doing that don't you?"
        "Do you like it?"
        "...I have to go."
        "Why?"
        "I just...", a midsize griffin walked through the living room, "...need to
feed Ku-Jo."
        The dark blue and burgundy red griffin looked up at her, in the chair,
seeing Ryo's arm around her the griffins eyes went completely red. He
growled lowly, flicking his lions tail. "Oh is that Ku-Jo. Cute little
thing. Nice Uhhh...your a griffin right? Nice griffin. No Ku-Jo stay away
from my leg...no. No. No. NOOOOOOO!!!! OWWW!!!" Sage's snoring turned into
a slight snicker, but he kept his snickering unnoticed.
        "Ku-Jo! Bad! BAD! BAD BOY! Find some one else to harass! Go eat Kento or
something!"
"I heard that!", Kento yelled from the hall. Ku-Jo huffed his eyes going
back to normal, and he ran out of the room. Simone got up, "I guess he
really is hungry. I'll see you later. Bye Ryo."
Ryo watched her leave, he looked at Sage, who to his astonishment, ice blue
eyes stared straight into his. Ryo felt his face turn white. "You
didn't...see anything...did you?"
Sage just smiled and closed his eyes again. "I saw enough.", was all he
said. "Mia's not gonna be happy Ryo."
"I was only flirting.", Ryo mumbled.
"And Kissing her, long enough to make me wonder how long you can hold your
breath.", Sage smirked.
"I can hold it long enough. And I thought you said you didn't see anything."
"I said I saw enough."
At the dinner table...
        It was really a lovely dinner, at first. Then everyone came and sat down.
Sage looked to Ryo with one of his I-know-something-and-I'm-gonna-tell,
looks. Ryo glared at Sage. Simone catching Ryo's eyes smiled. Ryo smiled
back. Sage looked to Yaji, Yaji glared back giving him her
I'll-kill-you-tomorrow-if-you-don't-stop-that, look. She put a spoon full
of lasagna in her mouth. Kento looked at Brellia and smiled slightly,
Brellia squirmed trying to avoid his looks.
        Portia, Amerial, Rosiland and Britannia talked at the end of the table in
endless chatter no one could understand, no less even get into the
conversation.
        Rowan looked to Zy with a questioning face, still wondering what he said
wrong at the porch. Zy returned his looks with a glare, then went quietly
back to her food. Cye being the unsociable person he is just concentrated
on his food rather than embarrassing himself by talking to the others. Niea
basically did the same as Cye only she occasionally looked up and chuckled
at everyone just looking at one-another. Ku-Jo looked at Ryo. Ryo held his
leg for a minute. Ku-Jo looked at Kento and licked his blue/black, glossy
beak, with a forked tongue. Kento squirmed in his seat.
Brellia who was often sitting in silence, and for one doesn't exactly like
it too quiet, sighed heavily. "It's too quiet in here!", she complained
aloud. No one seamed to hear her.
*Guess I'll just have to liven things up a bit. *, she smiled, taking a
spoon full of her mashed potatoes and holding the spoon up. She spied
around for a victim her eye caught on Kento.
"Hey Kento!", Brellia smiled mischievously.
        "Huh?", Kento looked up and met potatoes in his face. "Hey!"
        The others all laughed at him. Brellia giggled. "Oh, so you think this is
funny?" Kento smirked. Brellia nodded, laughing with her hands over her
mouth. "Well...", Kento got a spoonful of macaroni and cheese, from a bowl.
"...I guess you'll just get a little chuckle out of this?"
        "You wouldn't dare!", Brellia laughed.
        Kento flicked the spoonful of macaroni at her. "Hey! I thought you weren't
serious!", everyone started to laugh at Brellia.
        "Obviously I was.", Kento laughed getting the potatoes off his face and
flicking them at Cye. "All right. Yaji I'm sorry to do this to your lovely
dinner room, but I feel this is needed to be called. FOOD FIGHT!!!!!!", Cye
yelled, letting all chaos let loose. Sending Pinto beans flying at Kento.
        "Ha Ha, Pinto has Kento beans on his face....I mean, no that sounds right.
Pinto, Pinto, Pinto, Pint...." Mashed potatoes hit Simone square in the
face. Brellia was laughing her head off. Simone picked up some rice and
threw it straight at Brellia, but it missed and hit Yaji on her cheek.
        "You will die Simone!!!" Yaji got up and threw some Jell-O at Simone.
        "Ewww!" Simone looked at her hair to make sure nothing got in. "You are so
lucky that nothing got in my hair Yaji!"
        Simone picked up a banana, peeled it, then threw it at Yaji. Simone has
really bad aim. She  hit Zy right upside the head. Zy didn't normally like
to get in to that kinda thing, but it made her mad. She got some macaroni
and threw it towards Simone, but Simone pulled Ryo in front of her as a
shield and it hit him on the nose.
        "Ha Ha ha!" Simone was hysterical.
        "You think that was funny??" Ryo looked at her then slammed some lasagna
in her face. She was still laughing.
        Yaji wanted to join in too. So she got a spoonful of Jell-O and flicked it
at Sage.
        "Aaaahhhh! I didn't want to get in to your little fight!" Sage yelled at
Yaji.
        She was still laughing when some potatoes landed in her shirt. "That's
COLD!!!" She yelped. Cye and Rowan laughed at her. Yaji and Sage exchanged
glances and threw pieces of their lasagna at them. Cye gathered up his
mashed potatoes and threw hitting Niea.
"You got that mess in my hair you baka!!!", Niea said in a dull but
dangerous tone, and threw some Jell-O at him. Cye ducked and the Jell-O hit
a sleeping Ku-Jo.
        Ku-Jo growled, his eyes glowing red again. "Who did that!", he almost
roared. "SHHH!!!", Myneko shushed him. "Don't let them hear you!"
        Ku-Jo shrugged and walked up and under the table ducking flying potatoes,
Jell-O, lasagna, rice, and Pinto beans. By know even Portia, Britannia,
Amerial, and Rosiland where in the fun, tossing food this way and that.
        Ku-Jo crawled his way under the table found Kento's place and bit down
hard on his left leg. Kento yelped in pain, and kicked Ku-Jo in the
process. Flinging him under the table across the floor, and into the wall.
        "Are you okay, Kento?", Simone looked at him.
        "That stupid thing BIT me!", Kento growled, pointing to Ku-Jo. Ku-Jo
hissed at him. "Did he just HISS at me?", Kento recoiled looking a little
frightened.
        The food throwing stopped, and everyone looked at Ku-Jo, who now had a
whole bowl of Jell-O on his head. He was trying to free himself from it.
All was quiet for a few precious seconds.
        Brellia and Yaji looked at one another then around the room, and started
to snicker, silencing the dead quiet. Everyone looked at them, around the
room, and at one another, and began to laugh. Even Kento did despite his
sore leg.
The girls along with Kento, Cye, Ryo and Rowan, where cleaning up the
dinning room. Brellia was carrying the tablecloth out to be washed, Yaji,
Simone, Britannia, and Portia, and Zy where stuck, mopping Macaroni and
lasagna stains from the wooden floor. Kento, Cye, Rowan, Ryo, and Simone
and Amerial, washed off the walls...
        Brellia waltzed into the room, "Table cloth is in the wash.", she
announced.
        "Good then you can help us get this mess off the floor.", Yaji handed her
a mop.
        Portia a green hared, silver eyed, 21 year-old looked at Brellia and shook
her head. "You just can't stand it too quiet, can you?", she asked, leaning
on her mop. Brellia shook her head, wringing out her mop.
        "She can't even stand quiet when she's reading. She'll put classical or
something in the CD player. At night she can't sleep if it's too quiet
either.", Yaji explained.
        "Your weird girl.", Rowan said looking at her. Brellia smiled and
shrugged.
        "By the way Brellia do still have my headband?", Kento asked.
        "It's still drying out.", Brellia stated. "Oh.", was Kento's response.
        After a few more minutes scrubbing the wall, and mopping the floor and
cleaning the chairs, and polishing the chandelier of Jell-O, everything was
back to normal and glistening.
        "I...", Portia yawned,"... am going to bed. See yuh in the morning.",
Portia left the room, Britannia, followed her. Her long tight purple
ponytail bouncing, and her eyelids drooping over her gray eyes.
        "I'll see you guys later.", Rosiland waved and left, Amerial smiled at
Yaji. Amerial had dark almost Navy blue eyes, and blond hair in a normal
French braid. "I'll see you guys later. G'night. See yuh everybody!", with
that she turned and left. Picking up a white cat before she got to the
door.
        "Bye Amy!", Brellia waved.
        Simone sighed. "I'm beat. Who else is up for a shower and some sleep?"
        "Me.", Zy raised her hand, and walked out of the room putting her mop up
in the broom closet. "I'll just put everything away. I'm not that tired.
Though I could use a shower.", Brellia smiled, and brushed some rice out of
her hair and into her hand. "The bathroom's are just down the hall.", she
told the guys.
        "Thanks." Ryo muttered tossing his dirty sponge into a bucket of dirty
water. The other guys followed him.
        "I think I'll help too.", Yaji told Brellia once everyone left. "Let's
grab a shower while we have the chance and come back."
12:45 am...stars shine above and a cool breeze flows through Yaji's room
and across her body. Yaji suddenly awakens with a start, the full moon
cascading it's light into her dark room...
        Thrump! Thrump! Thrump!
        "Yuri!", Yaji hissed.
        "What?"
        "Another ambush!", Yaji smiled. "I don't know why they keep sending these
things here. They've failed so many times."
Yuri yawned. "Oh. Okay Yaji you know what to do."
Yaji climbed out of bed and went to the wall, grabbing what looked like
several guns, throwing them over her back.
"Tehehe. This'll be fun! I've been craving another fight.", she smiled,
opening the door to her room and running to the one down the long hallway.
She opened a door slightly, and crept in. Bending down by Brellia's bed she
clamped a hard hand over her mouth. Brellia woke up with a start. She
looked at Yaji and went limp. "Oh it's just you.", she hummed against
Yaji's hand. Which actually came out as. "Mmh. Niff muff moo."
Yaji uncovered Brellia's mouth. "Another ambush."
"Oh whoopie.", Brellia smiled slightly. "Your expecting me to help?"
"DUH!", Yaji whispered loudly.
Brellia sighed, and got up. "Fine. Let me just get my bat."
Few minutes later...
        BAM!!!
        Everyone in the house woke up by the sound of a gun firing off, outside.
        Kento in one guestroom, quickly got up and ran into Brellia's room and on
to the balcony. Down below he got one of the worst shocks of his life.
        There was Yaji and Brellia back to back surrounded by at least 30 men. The
men looked more dead than alive.
 Yaji had given Brellia a small gun from her belt as another weapon. Though
Yaji had one in each hand she also had more on a belt.
        Simone, Niea and Zy came out to the balcony with Kento, Cye and Ryo with
his crutches followed them, and Rowan raced down stairs to see Sage, he was
already looking out the window at what was going on. Rowan joined him.
        Porita and Britannia looked out their windows yawning.
        Simone slouched, "Not this again.", she sighed.
        "Go Yaji.", Niea waved a small Green and black flag with a Y on it, that
came out of no where. Shaking it with no enthusiasm.
        "Yay Brellia.", Simone brought out a small flag out of no where too. Only
a Purple B was on a Yellow piece of cloth.
        Yaji let out a range of fire, several of the attackers fell to the ground.
A form advanced to ward Brellia, who was beating one senseless with her
bat.
 She swung around and hit the attacker on the side of the head with the
bat. The head flew forcefully into another-one, which knocked down several
others.
The guys felt their stomachs turn.
Brellia shot several come behind Yaji, as Yaji fired 6 rounds. By now half
of the invaders had disappeared.
        "You guys can...,", Zy yawned. "...watch them. We're going to bed." Zy
left the balcony, Niea and Simone behind her.
        The guys watched in complete awe. "They are really enjoying this.", Sage
gaped, shaking his head in disbelief. In a hour, maybe less, Yaji finished
off the last. She brought the gun to her lips and blew the smoke from the
barrel. "That... was fun.", she grinned.
        Brellia smiled, rolling her brown eyes, shaking her head. "I'm getting a
bit more trim cause of these little intrusions." She patted her side.
        "Brellia your full of it.", Yaji laughed.
        Brellia giggled walking up the front stairs, "Hehehe, I know."
The secret cult headquarters...
        "I can't believe they failed again!!!", Nasdick roared.
        "Their doing the best they can in the labs, brother!", Hiuer stated
calmly. "Plus the new specimens have proved to be very promising. They are
strong and practically unbeatable. Just a few more kinks to work out in the
DNA strands. They will be ready soon enough."
        "Hiuer. I'm going to talk to Tyler next Friday night, to see how much he
has uncovered on the Tenshi. I want those new specimens next Friday
night.", Nasdick stated walking out of his office and slamming to door
behind him.
        Hiuer sighed, and walked out of the office. Going into a broom closet he
found himself in a elevator. Pushing a button that was labeled 4th floor,
the doors soon opened to a hallway. Walking down the hallway several other
men and women passed, some wearing white doctor jackets, and others wearing
suits.
        Soon enough Hiuer walked through a pair of double doors, labeled: DNA
Experimenting/Genetically Altering Labs. Warning: Do not feed experiments.
        A man with red hair, a beard, mustache and graying sideburns approached
him. "Hiuer! Welcome! Have you come to see our labs process?"
        "Can it, Math! I need those new attackers by next Friday night! Got it?!",
Hiuer took him by the collar of his neck.
        "Yessir! Yessir!", Math stuttered, his glasses falling off his face.
        "Then get to work! I want as much progress as can be made on them as
possible!", Hiuer yelled in his face.
        "But sir!", Math protested, as Hiuer put him down and walked towards the
door.
        " Next Friday, professor. Otherwise you'll be suffering, professor
Gregory's fate.", he pointed to a cage. A man looking beast, with long
black feathers growing off the arms, and an altered scull that looked like
a bad excuse for a beak looked sorrowfully at them. His eyes where yellow
and eagle looking. While his body was covered in black feathers. The sight
was sickening, and devastating at the same time.
"Yes sir.", professor Math murmured, as the doors closed.
Back at the house...
        Sage, Rowan, Kento, Cye, and Ryo all sat together in the living room. Ryo
was resting in the recliner, Sage was leaning comfortably in the couch, Cye
and Rowan both had a chair while Kento sat on the floor leaning against
Cye's chair.
        "I mean did you see that action? Those girls have got to be like...us or
something to have that kind of strength. It's just not done by the logic of
science.", Rowan explained his point of view.
        "Yeah Rowan either that or they really work out a lot.", Cye laughed.
        "Have you seen any thing like that around here?", Ryo asked.
        "Brellia's showed me the whole place by now up and down! I haven't seen a
thing like that. No weight's or nuthin.", Kento huffed.
        "I dun know.", Sage started. "Those girls are really weird. It's like I'm
getting strange vibes from them."
        "I wonder where Anubis an the others think we are? Yuh think they're even
lookin' for us?", Rowan asked.
Everybody shrugged, "Probably, they just don't have a lead yet's all.", Sage
chuckled. All was quiet, finally Ryo broke the silence. "Those girls are a
little weird. I also have strange feelings around them."
        "Either that or your horney.", Sage stated under his breath. Ryo glared at
him hearing what he had said. Luckily the others didn't notice.
        "Zy is an awful snappy thing. I was talking to her and then all of a
sudden she got upset when I asked about every-ones parents. I tried to get
her to say more and get her feelings out, but she yelled at me and stomped
off.", Rowan suddenly said.
        "Yaji's a bitchy thing.", Sage commented. "She's always, making me feel
nervous and she has a bad problem with over flirting. She's kissed me first
time I saw her."
        "Yeah then pushes yuh down the stairs in a wheel chair, the next day.",
Kento sighed, and rolled his dark blue eyes to the ceiling.
        "Wish I could say that much, Sage.", Ryo smiled.
        "Trust me Ryo you can.", Sage grinned at him.
        Ryo coughed, "Yes, well...", the other looked at him each had a hiked
eyebrow. "What?! Any way Simone's more of a ditz than anything. Even though
she is pretty."
        "We know that much Ryo.", Sage smiled.
        "What are you two talking about?", Cye asked.
        Ryo quickly answered saying, "Nothing! Absolutely nothing. It's just
between me and Sage. Nothing, just forget about it."
        "Okay...", Rowan drew out the word. "Well what do you think about Niea,
Cye? I mean your the only one who's really talked to her."
        "Well...she is a bit ditzy but she's nice.", Cye commented. "That's all I
can really say."
        "What about the youngest you know with the dog that attacked Kento?", Sage
laughed.
        "Funny. Real cute Sage.", Kento muttered. "The most I can say about her is
she's cool, and cooks good, and that dog that attacked me happens to be
really cool too. It was just protecting the area anyway. Sure has good aim
though." Kento rubbed his soar scars. "And she still has my headband!"
        "Yeah Kento whatever.", Rowan sighed.
        As the guys continued to talk about the girls they heard some one coming
down the stairs. They all looked to them and Brellia jumped several stairs,
coming down. They looked at her. She wore a pair of pj's made of a button
down shirt and pants, that had paw prints all over them. She looked like a
spotted Dalmatian. Brellia watched them as she walked by they watched her.
"Carry on.", she stated, and left heading towards the kitchen.
        The guys watched her leave and continued their conversation in hushed
tones. Again they heard footsteps, and Brellia apeared, carrying a bowl of
cereal and a glass of water. They watched her. "WHAT?!", Brellia asked,
walking up the stairs. They could here her mumbling about what was wrong
with getting a midnight snack.
        They all chuckled once they heard her door close, but soon enough sleep
over came each one of them.
        Brellia upstairs had finished her snack a while ago, hoping it would help
her sleep. Still no such luck, "Guess I can at least put these dishes up.",
she mumbled, looking at Myneko who was in deep slumber. Brellia snarled,
"Oh sure. She sleeps."
        Brellia turned off her TV and gathered up her bowl and glass. Walking down
stairs, she saw the guys each asleep, in varied positions. * How cute. *,
she thought smirking. Then went into the kitchen.
        Kento who was dozing heard someone walking around. He opened his tiered
eyes and looked up from his sitting position, and saw Brellia walking by.
She stopped and looked at him. Kento smiled at her. She smiled back and
walked in. "I thought you where asleep.", she whispered.
        "I was.", Kento whispered, stretching. He stood up.
        "You goin' to the guest-room?", Brellia asked.
        "Nah, I think I'll stay down 'ere", he yawed a little.
        "Well you might want some blankets and some pillows.", Brellia suggested,
leaving the room. Kento  was about to go after her, but thought better of
it. She soon came back holding a huge pile of blankets. "Here.", Kento
grabbed some, and set them on the floor. "Back in a sec.", Brellia trotted
out of the room and returned with five pillows. By this time Kento was
unfolding the blankets and draping one over Cye.
        Brellia joined him and put one over Sage and Ryo. Kento grabbed the last
blanket and sighed. "Isn't it gonna hurt your back and stomach to sleep on
the floor?", Brellia asked.
        "No. I'll just sleep on my side.", Kento sighed. "Hey. Do you still have
my headband?" Brellia giggled, "Myneko saw it on the floor and thought it
was a chew bone so she buried it. Sorry I had to put it in the wash again."
, she knelt down next him. He was sitting up on the floor, the blanket,
covering his legs, as he sat Indian style. "It's okay. At least it's nice
to know someone's thoughtful enough ta wash it."
        Brellia giggled. "It always is. Get some sleep bud.", she got up ruffling
his hair.
        Kento chuckled. "Hey Brellia?", he said as she neared the doorframe.
Brellia looked at him framed by the door. "Yeah?"
        "Your a lot nicer than your other sisters.", he smiled.
        "Thank you...but the only one I'm really related to is Yaji."
"How?", Kento asked.
"She's my cousin. I know she can be a little bitchy, and Zy is Sarcastic,
and well, Simone isn't ever really there, and Niea well...she's just Niea.
But once you know them, none of the girls are all that bad. It might take
you guys to get used to her but they all can be caring and loving, it just
takes a little time. You'll learn to love 'em.", Brellia explained.
Kento nodded, "I can't see how your 14 though.", he confessed.
"Many people don't think so either. But...I am.", she walked back in a
settled next him. "But you seem so...", Kento started, Brellia joined in
the last words. "...innocent.", Brellia sighed. "Just remember Kento. I can
always change that.", she smiled slyly.
"Uhhh...", was all Kento could get out as Brellia left, ruffling his hair
again. While she walked up the stairs Brellia shook her head. "I can not
believe I said that!", She muttered.
The next day...
        "Okay Ryo, drink this down.", Rosiland wearing a simple blue/gray dress
kneeled down next to him giving him what looked like a goblet, full of some
steaming brown liquid. He took it and gave her a look that obviously
stated, 'do I have to?'
        "Ryo drink it down!", Zy stated throwing her arms in the air.
        "It smell's like crap.", Ryo muttered.
        "Drink it!", Rosiland glared at him.
        Ryo sighed and pinched his nose, downing the mixture. He swallowed and
coughed in disgust. "UGH! BLEH!!", he coughed again. "What was that for
again?", he choked, looking at Rosiland.
        "I'll help your leg heel faster.", Rosiland got up.
        "Not while Simone's around.", Zy whispered to Brellia and Yaji they
giggled. Simone turned glaring at her sister, Zy. Zy just shrugged and
crossed her arms.
"Your turn boy.", She turned to Sage who was leaning back against the
pillows on the couch. Sage opened one eye looking at her. "I'm not drinking
that shit.", he mumbled.
"Sure what it tastes like.", Ryo coughed again.
"Sage Date! Drink!", Yaji glared at him. "Other wise you'll have other
pains to deal with besides you leg." Sage glared at her, narrowing his eye.
"Fine. We can do the easy way or the hard way.", Rosiland pinched Sage's
nose. Sage kept his mouth closed, but he couldn't hold his breath forever.
Once he opened his mouth the mixture was poured in. Quickly he swallowed.
"There.", Rosiland smiled, as he coughed and glared at her.
"What's in that mess?", he croaked.
"You don't Wanna know.", was Rosiland's reply.
A few more days passed as the Ronins stayed and socialized with the girls.
Zy finally forgave Rowan for 'what he did' after he sincerely apologized,
and gave her a white rose. Her favorite flower. In return he got an
unexpected peck on the cheek. Sage and Yaji mainly made each other's lives
a living hell, until things kinda cooled down, soon enough they where
laughing together. Cye, was getting along with everyone, it seemed every
girl thought he was really sweet. As for Ryo Simone stayed by his side
practically at all times. Those two where starting to make everyone sick.
And Kento was starting to make good friends with the innocent little
'infant' of the girls, some times he went down to a nearby pond with her
where they would just talk.
Rowan often gave much needed assistance, for the homework they were
assigned, from the near by small, high school they went to for only a few
corses, Midgon High.
On one particular day they where waiting (all standing around except Rowan,
who was sitting on a bench.) for the girls to pick them up. While teens
bushed passed them, Rowan saw several girls looking at them and giggling.
He got the others attention and nodded toward them. "God.", was all Kento
muttered. Cye laughed at his friend's comment.
One of the girls, wearing a very showy T-shirt, and a pair of daisy dukes,
walked up. She had long dark green hair, and dark purple eyes. She walked
up to them. "Hi.", she said in a sluty tone. "Hi.", they all mumbled in
unison, not really wanting to deal with her.
"My names Dustin , what's yours?", she sat down next to Rowan, and traced
his collarbone with a finger. The guys started to get a little uneasy.
Rowan grabbed her hand and put to her side, "Rowan. And don't do that.", he
stated calmly.
"Why not babe? Not good enough for yuh?", she looked at him with lustful
eyes.
"No. I'm...uh...t-taken.", Rowan lied trying to think of something. Ryo
covered his mouth with a hand to hide his smile, and stifle a laugh. Dustin
shot her eyes at him. She blew a bubble with her gum, and popped it between
her teeth with a short, but loud: snap!
Ryo shut up, pursing his lips. "Poor thing you broke your leg.", she smiled
at him. "I can make it feel better." Again she flashed a sluty smile.
Elsewhere...
At this time the girls had met one another, by Simone's locker. "Hey
guys!!", Yaji walked up to Simone and Zy, Niea waved and twirled a lock of
her hair with a finger. "So where's the infant?", she giggled.
"Very funny, Niea.", Brellia walked up. "Hi Zy! Simone! Yaji!", she shifted
her book bag on her back.
"Hey Lassie.", Yaji smiled.
"Like, can we go now?", Simone asked impatiently.
"Of course, our Queen of ditziness.", Yaji playfully bowed.
"Good, servant then you can carry my books.", she gave them to Yaji.
"The hell? What are these for?", Yaji looked at her. "I ain't carrin' your
stupid books!", she shoved them to Simone.
"Fine.", Simone scoffed, playfully.
"Can we please go! My back is killing me!", Brellia whined.
Zy grinned, "Still not used to High school books are you girl?" Brellia
answered shaking her head. "No.", she sighed, and started to walk off after
Yaji who had already started towards the breezeway. They followed.
They met again by the stairs, "Come on.", Niea stomped her foot a little.
They started to walk down onto the grass when suddenly Brellia stopped,
"Everyone get over here!", she ordered and practically pushed them behind
the corner of the gym.
"What?", they all yelled at her looking a little pissed. Brellia dropped
her pack. It landed with a large, THWUMP!!  She sneaked to the edge of the
building and peered out, the others looking at her like she was a complete
idiot. "Come 'ere.", she laughed slightly.
Every one dropped their books and joined her. "Looks like Dustin's makin'
the move on the guys." Brellia pointed across the campus.
"What are they doing here?", Yaji asked.
Sure enough there was the slutiest girl in school makin the moves on Cye
now. She was worse than Yaji! Actually both where pretty close, if only
Dustin hadn't beat her, by laying her 1st guy in the 6th grade. Yaji still
was a virgin. And Dustin constantly reminded her about that. "That little
bitch really gets on my nerves. Oh. Poor Cye.", Yaji felt sorry for
everybody. "But if she starts to hit on Kento that's just sick!", Yaji
wrinkled her nose.
Brellia glared at her. "He isn't all that bad.", she rolled her eyes. Yaji
lifted a eye toward Brellia, "At what? Kissing?"
"Well what are we supposed to do?", Niea asked, before Brellia could
answer.
"I say we get that walking hormone away from them before they get into some
trouble.", Zy glared. Yaji laughed, "We can just say their our men."
"Woah, there Zy, Yaji. No way I'm doing that! Why not just say their our
brothers or something?", Brellia looked a little distressed.
"Because they'll still be considered single.", Zy answered.
"All we have to do is go up choose a guy and say 'that's my man'. She'll
back off.", Simone giggled.
"I don't know about this.", Brellia seemed rattled.
"I am not taking part of this!", Niea stated.
"Oh come on Niea!", Simone giggled again, "It'll be fun."
"EWWW!!! She's making the moves on Kento now! Yuck! She must really be
desperate!", Yaji grimaced.
"Yaji.", Brellia sounded for once dangerous in her life.
"Fine then, you can have him. Niea don't want to take a part in this, I'll
go wit Cye, Simone your with Ryo, and that leaves Zy with Rowan.", Yaji
stated.
"Let's go now before Mrs. Hollander sees them.", Zy said walking towards
the scene. Simone and Yaji followed her. Brellia still hunched down in her
position on the grass.
"Aren't you coming?", Yaji looked at her.
"Ummm...you know I think I'll just you know stay here. Keep Niea company.",
She kept her gaze to the ground.
"I don't need company.", Niea laughed. Yaji grabbed Brellia's wrist and
pulled her up, "Come on, Lassie!"
"Brellia your in High school! Grow up.", Zy scoffed.
"Yeah, boys are the finer thing in life.", Simone giggled, in her ditzy way.
"This is embarrassing.", Brellia muttered, being dragged on by Yaji.
Meanwhile...
"Look lady...", Kento glared at Dustin.
"Dustin.", she corrected.
"Whateva. I don't want to hurt you, but if you don't get out of my face,
and leave all of us alone. in three seconds, I will punch you.", he said
calmly.
"Haven't you ever heard that your never supposed to hit a lady?", Dustin
smiled.
"Yes I have. But then again, your no lady.", he smirked. Cye, Rowan and Ryo
let out silent 'oooooo's', hearing the insult.
Dustin narrowed her eyes at the insult. Then smiled again turning to Rowan.
"You'll be a good boy at least am I right, Rowan?", she emphasized his name
sharply.
"Get away from my man Dustin.", Zy stated, crossing her arms behind the
girl. Dustin sneered. "Zy? He's yours? Ha! Yeah right."
She looked to Simone and Yaji, "I'm guessing one of them are yours too,
right?", she popped her gum again. "Yeah. I got the Brit.!", Yaji scoffed.
"And I got the guy in the red.", Simone glared. Ryo, Rowan and Cye looked
shocked. Kento looked like he was about to crack up.
"At least that leave one of 'em for me. Miss infant here's never had a
boyfriend in her life. That one yours or not, Brellia?", she glared at her.
Brellia looked at Kento biting her lip. She looked like a candy cane now.
"Yes.", she muttered. Cye, Rowan, and Ryo looked at Kento. He could feel
himself blush a bit, but he still couldn't help but feel the urge to laugh.

"Oh really?", Dustin smiled, "I still don't believe it. So...prove it.",
she stared at Zy, square in the eyes. Zy stood up to the challenge. Yaji
smiled at Cye and gave him a wink, them mouthed the words to them saying,
to 'play along'. They nodded.
"P-prove it?", Brellia turned three shades redder.
Zy looked taken aback, but walked over to Rowan, she sat in his lap and
snuggled up against his chest, lightly kissing his cheek. * Somebody shoot
me...shoot me now. Please God...*, she kept thinking. He embraced her
holding her close. And grinned at the guys, they chuckled a bit. Dustin
popped the gum, looking sulky, then turned to Yaji, " What about you?"
Yaji winked at Cye and jumped in his arms kissing him. The others gaping
mouthed as they watched. * Go Cye. *, they thought in unison, smiling. She
left his lips and put an arm around his waist putting her hand in his back
jean pocket. Cye glanced at her, she winked at  him. While that went on Ryo
smiled and kissed Simone again. This time he had an excuse and he wasn't
going to waist it.
"And what about you? Infant girl?", Dustin glared at Brellia, Brellia
looked at Kento. He smiled warmly and walked over. Standing behind her, he
wrapped his arms around her front side, hugging her tightly. "Look Dustin,
Don't go callin' my girl an infant. She may look innocent, but she can
change all that any time she wants." Brellia had now taken a big strand of
her thick white hair and covered her face to hide the crimson. She dropped
her jaw behind her hair, when he repeated her words.
"I still don't believe you but...whatever. I know plenty of guys here that
have a whole lot better taste than you four.", she turned angrily on her
heel. Once she was gone everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Zy looked at Rowan and slapped him hard before getting up. "What are you
doing here?!", she glared at him.
Rowan rubbed his stinging cheek. "Ow. We came to pick you up."
"What!?", Brellia looked through her white hair.
"Brellia first of all uncover your face.", Yaji sighed. Taking her hand
from Cye's pocket.
"No.", Brellia argued. "Kento you can let go of me now." Kento backed off.
"I have every good intention to slap every one of you." she mumbled.
"I didn't really mind it...saving you guys I mean. Dustin can be major
trouble.", Simone said that last part quickly.
"Can we go now.", Yaji said as Niea came up carrying everyone's books. She
put the on the ground. "Get yo crap.", she said.
        Every girl grabbed her pack and started to walk home with the guys
following.
        "Hey Cye?", Yaji asked aloud as they walked.
        "Yeah.", he glanced at her, slightly blushing.
        "You had Skittles, didn't you?", she asked, laughing, as Cye turned bright
red.
That afternoon...
        "I'm gonna go through some of the crap in the attic. Anyone Wanna join
me?", Zy walked into the kitchen.
        "I will.", Yaji said walking in.
        "Ooo! Ooo! Me too! Me too! I love goin' up there! It's like finding buried
treasure every time!", Simone leapt up from her seat at the kitchen table.
        "HEY BELLA!", Yaji yelled at her cousin.
        "Yeah.", Brellia walked in.
        "We gonna go rummage through the attic Wanna come?", Zy asked.
        "No. I'm gonna cook dinner tonight with Niea. This time were makin
something that's too good to throw around.", She smiled. "Let me know what
ya find!"
        Yaji, Simone and Zy shrugged, and ran up towards the stairs that led to
the attic.
In the attic...
        Yaji, Simone, and Zy, kneeled over old boxes and trunks, in the dusty
attic. For some reason, when ever they needed something. That thing would
just happen to be up there. All odds and ends where piled up, stuffed in
boxes or folded up in trunks.
        They even had old dresses from the early 1900's up there. Often times
Simone and Zy played around in them, the others some times joined. They
where really the only ones Brellia would wear. That was because they had
long skirts and really didn't show much of her legs. She said she always
couldn't stand dresses. These didn't really bother anyone though. Even Yaji
would put some on every now and again.
Old jewelry, stuffed animals, Christmas lights and ornaments, several large
sewing frames, (No one knew where they came from.) pictures dating a long
way back, clothes of all kinds, baby, children's, teens, men's, woman's.
Sage's wheel chair came from up there, so did the crutches Ryo and Cye
used. The sling that Rowan needed came from up there too. And that wasn't
even a quarter of the stuff that still needed to be found.
        The girls could spend hours just going through things, guessing who they
belonged to, where they came from, and so on. To them it was major fun.
        Simone opened a trunk. "HEY! Oh MY GOD! This is sooooo cool! Check it out!
This stuff has to be at least more than 1000 years old!" Yaji and Zy
crowded around her. Inside the trunk was old Japanese/Chinese stuff.
        "Lets take this stuff down stairs and look at it in the library! It'll be
easier to examine in there!", Zy said. The girls nodded.
        "Okay, Yaji, you get that end, Zyrum, you take that one. I'll supervise.",
Simone stated.
        "How come you don't help out?", Zy glared at her.
        "I might break a nail!", Simone whined.
        "Oh! How tragic I can just see the headlines now! Simone breaks a nail
after helping lug a large chest full of priceless Chinese/Japanese
artifacts into the library!", Zy rolled her eyes.
        "Oh the humanity!", Yaji laughed.
        "Shut up you two.", Simone sneered, as they walked down the stairs leading
to the attic.
In the library...
        The library was Brellia and Zyrum's favorite room in the entire house. The
big spacious room was filled with books about any imaginable subject, from
'The history of the Alps', to 'The evolution of Zebra's'.
        Huge mahogany shelves practically made up the walls themselves. Ladders
that reached to the ceiling where put on each side of the wall. Even though
the room had two levels. A staircase wound up to a second floor where books
where kept.
        Large glass windows filled the room with natural sunlight. Computers where
scattered about on desks in varied places and large overstuffed comfortable
chairs, and couches where scattered around as well.
        Yaji, Simone and Zy had taken several sheets and draped them over two
tables they had put in one row. Zy leaned onto the table flipping through a
book about Chinese and Japanese culture.
        Zy, told Yaji and Simone to ware plastic gloves so not to harm any of the
really old stuff. So far they had identified a good luck dragon statue, an
old doll, a sword, five kimonos, a helmet, along with a colorful wall
hanging, of a bird. They found an old scroll that was hard to translate but
figured it had something to do with some war. They found a wooden bead
necklace, and another sword. Finally they found a box. The box was dark
ebony, and carved around it was a Japanese dragon. It wove around the
entire box and on the lid a single white, pink-ish, blossom was on a black
background.
        Yaji dusted it off a bit with a hand, finding a bronze lock like
contraption she flipped it open. Inside there where, certain objects with
different markings on them. They identified, the markings meaning, Passion,
Love, Soul, Hope, Appreciation, Understanding, Independence, Bloodlust, and
Innocence.
        "Ooooo! I want the one that says bloodlust!!", Yaji picked up a dark green
translucent, orb.
        "I like the one that says passion.", Simone smiled, and picked the light
pink orb. Twirling it in her hands.
        "Well the blue ones my favorite color.", Zy stated, and picked up a dark
blue looking one. Small specks of sliver seemed to be embedded in it.
        "There's enough for all the girls. Why don't we let everyone pick out
one?", Simone giggled.
        "Yeah. They'll be like small gifts for just hangin' around, and tolerating
us.", Zy laughed.
        "I say we keep this one for Brellia though.", Yaji held up a translucent,
purple one. "It'll get on her nerves but she'll like it."
        "Okay.", Zy and Simone giggled.
        They walked into the kitchen carrying the box. Finding all the girls and
one male, Cye, who was chopping up some dill. But they didn't see Brellia.
        "Hey girls this is a little gift for you. Pick one out.", Yaji put the box
on the table and opened it. Amurail, Portia, Britt, and, Niea, who left
making patties, looked into the box finding, different colored orbs. Niea
wiped her hands off on her apron.
Each picked out one, but left the purple one alone.
        Cye wasn't really paying attention didn't notice them, and he didn't
notice, how closely they resembled the Ronins orbs.
        "Where's the, Lassie?", Yaji asked
        "She went outside for a sec.", Portia explained.
        "What?", Brellia came through the back door, hearing her name.
        "Hey, B.B.! Catch!", Zy tossed her the purple orb. Brellia caught it with
ease. "You really are working on your catch!", Zy commented, talking about
Baseball, Brellia's favorite sport.
Brellia smirked, "I try.", she frowned in concentration looking at the orb.
"What is this?! And why dose it got Innocence on it?"
        "Last one in. And it fits yuh.", Simone giggled at Brellia's peeved
expression. "Oh thank-you, your so thoughtful.", a sweat drop formed at the
side of her face, as she walked by.
        "Well we better go...", Rosiland stated.
        "Yeah...I guess. See you later.", Amueral got up. "Thanks for the present."
        "Bye!", Britt, and Portia waved. Pocketing there oversized marbles.
        Ryo walked in side the kitchen, and saw the orbs the girls had in their
hands, he shook his head thinking they were only maybe toy balls. By now
Ryo was able to walk with a brace around his leg, and Sage was able to get
in and out of his wheel chair better then before.
        Ryo limped over towards Cye. "Whatcha, maken?"
        "Dinner."
        "Whatcha maken?", Ryo asked again.
        "Hamburgers. With the quote, unquote, special spice blend.", Niea
answered.
        "Yum.", Ryo licked the corner of his mouth, comicly. Cye, laughed a
little, as the girls giggled. Brellia washed her hands giggling at Ryo's
action and turned to help Niea make the patties.
Another few days had gone by and now Ryo could walk on his own, Sage was
getting better by the day and Rowan now had his cast off. As days passed
the guys started to get even closer to the girls...
        "Rowan?", Zy stepped into the library finding him bent under a computer
desk.
        "Yeah?", Rowan's voice came from under the table.
        "I found this in your pocket while I was doing laundry. What's your
laundry doing in ours and why do you have this?", she held up a orb with
the symbol of life-force in it. Rowan looking at the orb she held in her
hand from under the table, and shot up. But bumped his head as he did so.
He hit it so hard, the computer on top bounced slightly.
        "OWW! SH*T!", Rowan crawled out putting his hand on his hurting head. He
grabbed for the orb, but Zyrum pulled it from his reach putting it in her
back pocket.
        "Rumie. That's mine."
        Zy crossed her arms in front of her smiling slightly, "Where did you get
this?"
        "A friend.", Rowan stated.
        "Yeah right.", Zy narrowed her eyes.
        "It's true.", Rowan argued.
        "Sure."
        "Zyrum. Give it to me.", Rowan glared at her, speaking in a somewhat
challenging voice.
        Yaji who was passing by looked into the library. "You know you two could
close the door when your about to do something like that." , she laughed.
        "Yaj, your sick!", Zy yelled at her.
        "Whatever.", Yaji laughed, leaving.
        "Look Zyrum, Please give me that back.", Rowan crossed his arms.
        "No. Where did you get it?", Zyrum smirked.
        "I told you, a friend. Now please give it back."
        "I still don't believe you."
        Rowan was getting nervous. "Umm...look. Can I please just have it back? I
swear I didn't steal it or anything."
        "Who said anything about stealing?", Zy looked alarmed.
        "Just give it back, Zyrum. I need that."
        "No."
        "Zy.", Rowan almost growled.
        "Forget it.", she was obviously having fun with this. Rowan came up to her
so close, they where almost touching noses. Zy was about to back off when
Rowan grabbed her shoulders. She looked into his narrowed eyes. And started
to get frightened. "Rowan. I'll give it back. Just let go of me."
        "No you wont. You think this is game.", his narrowed eyes smiled.
        "No, really...I-I promise.", she tried to jerk away. He held her fast.
Then quickly pressed his lips to hers. Zyrum squeaked in surprised.
Yaji passed by again looking in, "I told you to close the freakin door!",
she said, slamming the door shut.
 Rowan ignored Yaji, and quickly reached into her back pocket and grabbed
his orb. Then let her go.
        Zyrum jerked away from him, breathing hard and looking terrified. She
looked him up and down. Rowan only smiled, showing her his orb and waved it
teasingly. Zy dropped her jaw. "Rowan! Your hand was on my ASS?!", she said
through clenched teeth.
        Rowan shrugged, "I have to have this thing.", he smirked. Zy stood in
complete shock and so mad she couldn't say a thing. A long moment passed,
Rowan laughed at her, "You know something.", he teased. "You're a good
kisser."
Zy ran up to him and punched him in the face, then stormed out, majorly
peeved off. Rowan rolled his eyes, and rubbed his jaw. Then touched his
lips, with two fingers. He smiled, only slightly. Then pocketed the
precious object and continued to fix the computer.
        Zy didn't talk to him for three weeks. Finally she gave in because he kept
popping up out of every place, and wouldn't stop following her around until
she accepted his apology. Which having a guy follow you every where for
three weeks saying 'I'm not leaving until you except my apology... I'm
Sorry.' , can be awful annoying.
He embarrassed her numbers of times. He even went to the lengths of going
to pick her up at school and got on one knee, taking her hand and saying
'I'm sorry.' He got a nice punch in the face for that one. And word spread
around the school like a brush fire that "Zyrum Pursoul has been, like,
purposed to."
        Once she finally excepted his apology, he could've been mistaken for a
leapord, cause of all the bruises Zy gave him in the face. But soon enough
things cooled off between them.
        Sage and Yaji where seen almost every where together. They mainly talked
and chatted till day's end. Extremely sweet between those two. They got
closer practically everyday. And everyday Sage seemed to like her more and
more.
Yaji seemed to like him back the same way. One day Sage got enough Gaul to
give her a burgundy red rose from a get-well bouquet his family sent him.
Sage felt bad that his family couldn't come see him. The girls wouldn't
allow it for some strange reason, but it made him feel 100% better seeing
Yaji's face when he gave it to her.
Yaji was shocked when he did this but it made her feel good to know
somebody liked
her for more than just her body. She twirled it in her fingers, and smiled,
saying 'Thank you.' Later that night she put the rose in a flower press
that she borrowed from Portia, and kept it in her room. Yuri, being
himself, did not approve, at all.
Cye and Niea, often cooked in the kitchen with one another, Cye teaching
her the tricks of his cooking trade. Soon enough she graduated from
Macaroni and cheese, to grilled cheese sandwiches. Often you would hear
them talking to one another, but neither were that interested in one
another. Other than cooking, neither wanted to have anything to really do
with one another. So mainly Cye hung around with the others. And of course
they stayed in touch with family telling them that things where all right
and they would be home soon.
        Simone and Ryo where sweet as sugar. It was funny to watch those two.
Everybody laughed when they got in a paint fight when re-painting the porch
railing. Simone had white paint all over her and Ryo had white polka-dot
stains in his hair for three days.
        Brellia and Kento became good friends. She and Kento often joked around
talking, and playing catch, with a baseball. So she could practice her
catch.
        Today Cye joined in and Brellia laughed when she saw them do their
handshake like thing. "You try it.", Cye invited her.
        "Okay.", she giggled, taking off her glove, and straitening her pony tail
under her Navy blue baseball cap, with the American team, the New York
Yankee's, logo on it. She put her glove on the ground. "Okay, put your
hands out like this.", Cye showed her.
        "Okay.", she did so, feeling special they where showing her this, and a
little stupid at the same time. She practically knew how to do the shake by
watching them but she didn't want to seem rude, so she let them continue.
        "Keep your palms up.", Kento said. "Now, I'll hit your hands like this.",
he hit her hands lightly.
"Then Kento'll hold his hands out like you did and you do the same thing he
did to you.", Cye instructed. She hit his hands. Kento shook one hand. "You
really have an arm girl!", he laughed.
        "Give a thumbs up sign.", Cye laughed, telling Brellia the next step.
        "I kinda got that part.", she giggled, holding a thumbs up sign. "And you
put your wrist just past Kento's, and make sure they touch.", Cye smiled.
        "Wanna go through it?", Kento asked.
        Brellia shrugged. "Guesso."
        Kento hit her hands, she hit his, and then did the little thumbs up
thingy. "I feel privileged you guys showed me that.", she stated. Picking
up her glove she blew a bubble with some gum. "Hey Cye! Think fast!!", she
threw the baseball.
        Cye dived and caught it. "Hahahahaha!!! I got it!", he laughed.
        "You getting better, bud.", Kento slapped Cye's back almost making him
fall.
        "Come on, come on! Toss!", Brellia said urging him to toss, hitting her
glove with her fist.
        Cye tossed. Brellia dived for it but it rolled off into the road.
        "I GOT IT!", Myneko yelled jumping off the porch, and sprinting after it.
Cye and Kento turned white, both thinking the same thing...* Did that dog
just talk?!*
As Myneko stooped down to pick it up, in her mouth, out of no where, a red
Jeep came up. Nek froze.
        "MYNEKO!! LOOK OUT!!", Brellia ran toward the dog. She tackled Myneko,
holding the wolf close they rolled off the road just in time. The Jeep
swerved and came to a halt in mid swerve.
        Kento and Cye ran over to Brellia, and Myneko. "What in the world where
you thinking!!!??", Kento yelled at her, grabbing her wrists pulling her
out of the ditch.
        "Myneko.", Brellia said, looking behind her.
        "I'm fine.", Myneko coughed. "Ooooo...my head.", the wolf crawled out of
the ditch, and lay on her side in the grass. Kento and Cye shook their
heads in disbelief. That dog was talking.
        "It's not like you never risked your life to save someone, Kento of
Hardrock.", A familiar voice came to Cye and Kento's ears.
        "Anubis?", Cye whirled around seeing Anubis, standing by the jeep leaning
onto the drivers side door. Luckily he hadn't noticed the wolf talking.
        "What did he call you Kento?", Brellia asked, confused.
        "Forget it Brell.", Kento mumbled. "How did you guys find us?", he asked
coming up to the Jeep, glancing at the dog.
        "CYE!! KENTO!!", a small 10-year-old looking boy jumped out of the jeep
and ran towards them. "Yuli!", Kento gave the kid a hug, then Cye gave him
one too.
        "BRELLIA YOU STUPID GIRL!! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!!", Zy ran up yelling at
her step cousin, Niea, Yaji and Simone at her heels, and the guys right
there with them.
        "ANUBIS!?, MIA!?, GUYS!?", Rowan ran up.
        "Oh my god! GUYS! I've been so worried!", Mia ran up to Sage, and Ryo
giving the hugs. She also gave one to Cye, Rowan and Kento.
        "Brellia are you okay?", Niea kneeled down next to Brellia who was on her
knees, and hugging Myneko, while she watched the joyful reunion before her.
        "Yeah, I'm fine."
        Yaji burst in, "MY God! You stupid ass! What where you thinking!? Zy hold
me back! I'm gonna kill her! You have no idea how Fuckin scared I was!!!
Never do that again!!"
        "I just reacted.", Brellia shrugged. Watching the little boy hug Ryo.
        A large tiger hopped out of the jeep and ran up to Ryo. "WHITE BLAZE!!",
Ryo kneeled on his knees as the tiger came up to him, Ryo hugging the large
cat that purred like a kitten, at the sight of him. The other guys crowded
around and started petting the tiger.
        "Brellia I can not believe you did that! You where this close! This
close!! THIS FRIGGIN CLOSE!!", Simone held up her fingers showing her how
close a call that was.
        "Guys calm down. At least she isn't, like, dead.", Niea said. "You got a
couple scrapes girl. Better get the Band-Aids out.", Niea stated looking at
the scratches on her face, arms and legs.
        "Oh gee, fun.", Brellia sighed.
        "It's good to see you Wild Fire!", Dais clasped Ryo's hand a patted his
back.
        "Don't call us that. Around them at least.", Ryo nodded towards the girls.
"But man! It's great to see you again!" He picked up Yuli, "I've missed
you."
        "I'm just glad your okay.", Mia hugged Ryo's side. Ryo patted her back
with almost no enthusiasm. "Yeah...Mia."
        Kento and Cye walked over to the girls. "Are you okay?", Cye asked.
        "I'm fine! ", Brellia said standing up. "Ooo...my knees."
        "Come on. Lets go and get you fixed up.", Cye said. Brellia limped after
him.
        "Oh yeah. You people that these guys know. Come on in. We can talk
inside.", Simone said, following them. "Park the car, some where else
though.", she giggled.
5 minutes later...
        "Ow!! I hate alcohol.", Brellia sneered. "Cye, Kento help me. OW! ZY!"
        Kento and Cye sat on the couch laughing. "Sorry Brellia but this is funny!
We get to see you suffer now."
        Zy laughed at her step cousin's rantings.
Brellia glowered at Cye and Kento, as Zy slapped a large Band-Aid over her
knee. And started putting alcohol on the cuts on her forehead. Brellia bit
her lip. "You guys suck.", she grumbled. Once Zy had finished slapping her
with Band-Aids, she smiled widely, "There. All better!"
        "Thank you Doctor Zy.", Brellia stated and walked toward a couch sprawling
out on it, an arm over her eyes.
        "So...who are you people?", Simone sat down next to Ryo.
A girl with auburn brownish hair smiled, "I'm Mia. This is Anubis, Cale,
Dais, Kayrua and Sehkmet." She pointed to a male with the same auburn hair.
He was wearing a pair of gray, jeans and T-shirt of dark green. Then she
motioned to a man with blue hair, wearing a navy blue shirt and black
jeans, then to a man with hair like Brellia's, he wore jeans and a dark red
long sleeve T-shirt. She also pointed to a woman, she wore Short Jean sorts
and a showy, white mid drift shirt with a leather jacket. The last man she
pointed to, had green hair, and wore a pair of jeans as well with a white,
loose T-shirt and leather jacket.
        "This is Yuli.", Ryo said looking at the boy in Mia's lap, who was
practically dosing off. "That's White Blaze your petting their, Brellia."
        "That's a big kitty.", Zy said a little shaky.
"Yeah but he's a sweet thing.", Simone grinned, and giggled as the tiger
nuzzled her, in approval.
        "That's a pretty fucked up name, Ryo.", Yaji pointed out, petting Yuri's
head, in her lap.
        "Aw, shut up Yaj.", Ryo sighed.
Mia looked a little taken aback by Yaji's words but she tried ignoring
them. "Anyway...we've been looking for you constantly! What happened!?"
        "Stuff.", Ryo shrugged.
        "A lot of stuff.", Rowan sighed.
        "We'll...who are these charming young ladies?", Mia looked at the five
girls with a hiked eyebrow. Each flashed a cheesy, grin at her.
        "I'm Simone Newheart.", Simone smiled still petting White Blaze.
        "Non of ya Fuckin business.", Yaj stated not even looking at them.
        Sage sighed, "Her name's Yaji."
        "You sure are an uppity one, aren't you." Mia glowered at Yaji.
        "No, I just don't like you, can't you tell?" Yaji snorted.
        " Zyrum Pursoul. People call me Zy.", she eyed Yaji trying to change the
subject before something happened.
        " Or Rumie.", the girl that Anubis almost hit stated. Zy glared at her.
She only smiled with her arm still over her eyes.
        "Niea Woterwele.", the brown hared girl grinned.
        "Brellia Catwin.", Brellia smiled weakly, removing her arm from her face.
"Oh and that wolf yuh almost hit is Myneko." The large brownish wolf
growled at them showing she didn't really appreciate them almost hitting
her.
        "Your Neko?", Dais asked backing up a bit.
        "No! Her name is MY-NEKO!", Yaji huffed, in disgust. Myneko growled at
Dais.
         "Oh.", Cale lifted his eyebrows. "Cool jaguar. What's it's name?", Cale
came next to Yaji trying to pet Yurisham, Yuri snapped at him. Cale jumped
back.
        The girls and several of the Ronins laughed at Cale, "His name's Yurisham,
we call him Yuri though. And he hates all men." Yaji smirked.
        "My mistake, sorry...uh...Yuri.", Cale backed off, feeling somewhat
stupid.
        "Hey, Cye that's your  'White Blaze' ?", Niea looked at the huge white
tiger Simone was still petting.
        "Yeah. He's Ryo's though.", Cye pointed a thumb to Ryo.
        "That's a really big kitty.", Zy said again, scooting away from him when
he tried to sniff her leg. Zyrum hated big animals, with big teeth, and big
eyes, and big claws and packed with big strength, that where so close to
her. She had, had her fill of big animals. She was also terrified of big
white dogs. One chased and almost attacked her when she was younger. So she
wasn't fond of any big animal that wasn't separated from her by a large,
1-inch thick, piece of glass.
        "Oh Zy come on, he's as sweet as a kitten.", Simone giggled at her sisters
actions.
        "SO?!", Zy was still backing away from the tiger and backed right into
Rowan. She immediately glared at him. He just smirked and chuckled to
himself, feeling Zy press against his arm, she was still terrified.
        "Ryo call that thing off before Zy gets a total system shut down.",
Brellia sighed, a little annoyed.
        "White Blaze, here boy.", Ryo called to the tiger. "It'll take Zy a little
while but I'm sure she'll like yuh soon enough.", he whispered in the hurt
looking Tigers ear. Kerisha came onto the scene and jumped up next to Zy.
She flicked her tale looking a little ticked at White Blaze, while she
purred, comforting Zy. By know Zy was sitting normally next to Rowan,
unaware of the arm he put behind her.
         Brellia hiked an eyebrow at him. He shrugged.
        "Hehehehehe.", Yaji smiled. She turned to the others, "So babes', who was
the idiot that almost hit my cousin and her dog?"
        They all pointed to Anubis. "I am sorry.", Anubis apologized. "I just
swerved seeing them. That was an awful risky thing to do, um, Brellia,
right?"
        "An awful stupid thing to do is more like it.", Kento glared at her.
Brellia stuck her tongue out playfully. " I told you I just reacted.", she
explained, sitting up and leaning against the couches arm. "It was nice
meeting you all, but I'm gonna be upstairs.", she got up and left the room.
        "We better practice our band number.", Zy whispered to the girls. They
nodded.
        "Well it's been nice chattin, but we really gotta split so, bye.", Yaji
stood up and walked up stairs the others following.
        Once they where sure the girls and their pets had left Mia started
talking. "Who was it that attacked you exactly?" Mia asked. Reffuring to
what Ryo had told her earlier.  "This guy named, Leathion.", Ryo stated. "He
was tough. Even Kento couldn't scratch him."
        "Thank you for pointing that out Ryo.", Kento rolled his eyes.
        "Well, while you guys where away, I found some very interesting
information in an old file, of my grandfathers. I hacked the code two
months ago.", she handed Ryo some papers.
"Hey wasn't that Leathion guy talking about the, Tenshi?", Ryo looked at
the sheets of paper.
"Hey your right.", Cye peered over Ryo's shoulder. "Wonder what Tenshi
means,"
        "Tenshi means angel, my mother used to call me that when I was a kid.",
Rowan stated, turning a little red saying.
        "Wakamono, means young person. Like a teen.", Mia explained, giggling a
little at Rowan blushing.
        "Teen angels? That sounds like something coming off TGIF!", Sage laughed.
        "Actually...", Sehkmet started, they all looked at him strangely, "Forget
it."
        "Anyway...as I was going through this file I found out about a second set
of armors.", Mia continued. "Called the Tenshi Wakamono. There isn't much
in that file to be found, but the armors are pretty powerful."
        "Great, some more guys we gotta find to help us out?", Kento sighed
leaning back against his chair. "Perfect."
        "Actually, they weren't made for men, but for women.", Kayrua stated.
"There's nine of them too."
        The guys looked shocked. "What?", Cye looked bewildered. "There's another
set of armors, there made for women, and what is there purpose?"
        "To help the Ronins, -er-more like guard the Ronin's. There's five main
ones. The others are much like the warlords.", Kayrua explained.
        "Water, Heavens, Light, Fire, and Earth. Are the main ones, then the
others are Ice, Poison, Plant, and Time.", Mia retorted.
        "Too weird.", Rowan stated looking at Sage.
        Mia looked deep in thought for a minute. "The thing is there isn't anyway
of figuring out who they are, the prophecies don't give that much of
helpful information."
        "Well what did they say?", Cye asked.
        Anubis suddenly interrupted them, "May I ask you five something?"
        "Shoot.", They all said in unison.
        Kento looked around, "Okay, we really need to spend some time away from
one another. This is just getting freaky.", he mumbled.
        Mia, Kayrua and the warlords looked amused. Anubis continued a slight
smile on his face. "Have you felt any unusual vibes from these girls at
all?"
        The guys squirmed a little looking at one another with questioning faces.
"What exactly do you mean by, unusual, and vibes?", Sage asked, looking at
Ryo. * Ryo sure is getting weird vibes from Simone, such as being horny.*
Sage smirked at his thought. Mia was not going to be happy.
        "Well just a funny feeling when your around them, like maybe a hidden
energy.", Anubis asked.
        "What are you getting at Anubis?", Mia questioned.
"Your thinking these girls are the Tenshi?", Kayrua asked.
        Anubis shrugged, "When I saw that girl dive for that wolf..."
        "Myneko.", Kento and Cye said together.
        Anubis looked taken aback, "Yes, well,-erm-anyway, you didn't notice how
much strength that would have take for her to push..."
        Kento and Cye glared at Anubis daring him to say wolf or dog.
        "...Myneko, out of the way. She's too small. Myneko is a wolf right?
Wolf's weigh about up to 100-200 pounds. Nek is about oh, maybe 180
guessing? How much dose Brellia weigh? About, 120, 115? That's almost half
her own body weight! And how old is she? 12-11?"
        "14.", Each of the guys answered. Mia, Yuli, Mia, Kayrua, the Warlords and
even Blaze, looked at them with a curios expression.
        "Not to mention...", Sage started, trying to get off the subject,
"...remember those guys that came to the house? The one's Brellia and Yaji
where fighting?"
        "That was amazing!", Rowan said. "They took down at least 30 of them!
Course they had guns...but still! They even knew several good moves."
        "And remember how the others didn't seem to care? Like it was a common
happening or something.", Sage stated
        "Strange indeed.", Anubis squinted. "She's 14?!", he suddenly stated.
        Each Ronin sighed, slumping his seat. "Anyway...what else is there?",
Rowan said.
        Ryo looked around, not even really listing, he remembered those balls that
the girls where holding a little while ago. *Maybe...I should... *, he
thought.
        "Ryo?", Kayrua looked at him with a bewildered face. Ignoring what Rowen
was saying. "You're hiding something."
        Ryo looked at Kayura. "Uuhhh..." The guys looked at him.
        "Come on tell. Wild Fire what did you see?", Sekhmet asked.
        "Ummm...Well I saw them holding something. But I really doubt it was what
I think.", Ryo said.
        "No... Tell us. Wild Fire what did you see?", Cale glared at him.
        "I saw them each holding a ball about the size of our orbs. But they where
probably bouncy balls, or marbles or something like that.", Ryo ended
quickly. " I really doubt they have anything to do with Leathion."
Meanwhile...
        "Okay Walkin' measure 12...", Zy stated. "You get that Simone?"
        "Yes Zy! I'm ready to tickle these ivories!!", she giggled.
        "Ummm...Simone...Don't say that...", Niea pleaded. " Please? It sounds so
wrong."
        Simone crossed her arms and pouted.
        "Okay are we ready yet?", Yaji asked impatiently on guitar. "These songs
make me fuckin sick..."
        "Ready when you guys are.", Brellia sighed, twirling the drumsticks in her
hand.
        "Hehehe, okay...a one, ana two, ana three, ana four.", Niea stated looking
at her music. "I stop to see a weepin willow, cry upon his pillow, maybe
he's cryin for me...", Niea sang.
        "And as the stars turn gloomy night winds whisper to me, I'm lonesome as I
can Be!", Simone sang ever so sweetly.
"I go walkin after midnight out in the starlight, just hopin you may be
searchin for me.", all five sang, Brellia and Simone taking alto, and Zy,
Yaji and Niea, with soprano.
        "Brellia!!! You screwed up!! Again!!", Niea practically yelled. "It's
starlight!!! Not Moon light!!"
        "Well, excuse me! The 1st verse says moonlight and that gets stuck in my
head.", Brellia said putting her hands on her hips.
        "Hey guys...do you have your 'Love Comes'?", Simone ruffled through her
music, referring to the song 'Love comes to those who Believe', By Celine
Dion .
        "Oop's.", Zy bit her lip.
        "Ooop's? What do you mean, Oop's?", Niea was getting rattled.
        "Chill girl! I was going over the music down stairs, in the living room, I
just left it down there! We really need to work on our communication.
Brellia go get the music.", Zy said.
        "Why ME? YOU left it down there.", Brellia argued.
        "Because YOU screwed up!! So YOU should go down and get it, so we can
practice with out YOU screwing up!!", Zy smirked.
        "That was kinda mean Zy.", Simone looked worried.
        "So? Tough love baby. Deal with it.", Zy said watching Brellia get off her
stand and walk out.
        "Hurry up Bella!", Yaji yelled after her cousion. " Can't leave me the
hell alone in here!"
        "Yeah, yeah, yeah.", they could hear her mumble as she walked down the
hall.
        "Okay Walkin' let's go through the whole thing.", Yaji stated, making sure
the strings on her guitar where tuned right. "Not that I WANT to but YOU
all made the selection. "
        The other girls turned to glare at her. She just glared back.
        "Alright a one a two a three...." Niea began agian with a heavy sigh.
Downstairs...
        Anubis gave Ryo a look. Ryo gulped a bit and pulled at his shirt collar
uneasily. Everyone was staring at him oddly. "Well um...I rel-" Ryo began
but luckily he was interrupted.
        "Hey guys! Sorry to interrupt you and all but I just had some stuff to
get..like the music." Brellia's warm smile beamed throughout the room.
        "Sure Brell." Ryo smiled releaved, "No problem."
Anubis lowered his voice and huffed angerily to Ryo, "What about Leathion
then!?" Ryo shrugged, watching Brellia rummage through some papers on the
coffee table.
"What... What? Did you say?"  Brellia turned uneasily to Anubis, "What did
you say? Did you say Leathion? Leathion like Leathel One? That Leathion,
the bastard of memories ya know, THAT Leathion?" Brellia was only inches
from Anubis's face.
Kento came behind Brellia and pulled her back up to him. He stared her in
the eyes, "You know Leathion?" He asked her seriously. Brellia looked about
at all the eyes staring at her. She twitched nervously. After a long,
frustrating minute she did what no one really expected her to do. She
screamed. "YAJI!!!!!!"
        Yaji came racing into the room, "Damn, woman! I can hear you all the way
up there, even with Simone singing!" Yaji looked about the room. "So what
the hell is going on?" She threw her arms out and spread them, "A nice
little tea party? And what are you doing Kento, get your hands off my
cousin, she doesn't fuck till after the marriage thing." Yaji grunted.
"YAJI!" Brellia pulled away from Kento and turned red. She lifted her hair
to her face.
"Yeah, you already yelled once. So what the hell is it?" Yaji put her hands
on her hips.
"Yaj," Brellia walked over to Yaji and let her hair down. "They know about
Leathion..."
Yaji's face burned with red and then she turned away. "You all should
leave..." She began.
"What, no! This guy has done too much shit to us! We demand to know what's
going on Yaj." Sage growled.
Yaji turned and glared at Sage. "Shit to ...you?" She whispered, "He's done
so much shit to YOU?" She stamped her foot. "Wait right here, you dickless
bastards!" Yaji raced out. Everyone stared at Brellia. She glared at them
all.
Yaji returned in seconds with sad and annoyed faces. The other girls were
there, Zy, pissed, Niea, sad, and Simone a little confused.
"What's all this about?" Ryo began, getting up.
"Ryo, we need to tell you now about Leathion... " Niea turned sadly to Yaj.
"So you do know him! How?" Kento shouted angerily.
"Well I'll tell you first...." Brellia trailed off, "Leathion is my Uncle,
but not by blood." They all stared at her with dropped jaws, "He tortured
my brother, Cal, killed my mother, and probably my step-father, harassed me
and my friends and created an unpleasant child hood for me in England." She
turned to them and glared at how they gawked.
"And he was in a cult and my father was as well but he loved me, my father
did, even if he was in a cult as well but anyway, Leathion killed him and
never left me alone because of a promise he made to my father." Niea sat at
the bay window. She stared out and said everything so softly.
"Huh! And Leathion killed my father and harassed all of my Friends as well.
Later he sent me back to my real mother after doing away with my father and
I had to live with that bitch along with Simone. I had to run away and that
was hell enough." Zy leaned against the doorway.
"Well all I know is he destroyed my family and I only had Zy left... I
never really had much of a family though... " Simone stared at Zy and then
smiled at Ryo.
Everyone looked at each other and then to the girls. " We're real sorry,"
Ryo began standing up again. He hugged Simone. "We didn't know or anything."
Mia huffed from her seat a bit. She didn't appreciate Simone getting more
attention apparently.
"Yeah... we didn't know.... " Kento trailed off.
"And it should've stayed that way!" Yaji hissed at him.
"Yeah, not like any of this is your business either, you just know
Leathion's victims. Poor Brellia having to deal with him as an UNCLE!"
Rowan turned to Brellia.
"HAHA! I don't have any business in this!? Poor Brellia? You don't know any
of this shit do you! I had to deal with him too!" Yaji barked back at Rowan.
"What? He your old mailman?!"  Kento laughed. Brellia was about to go over
and punch Kento at that instant if Niea didn't hold her back.
"He's my father!" Yaji said through clench teeth. Everyone who did not know
this particular information about Yaji, stared at her.
"Kento you stupid jerk!! You all know about him and now your as good as
dead!!", Brellia threw her arms up, pulling from Niea's grip, looking at
him her eyes filling with tears. She shook her head and ran out of the
room. Kento looked hurt, he bit his lip and ran a hand through his hair
sitting down.
"You better leave. ALL of you.", Yaji growled repeating her words, and
followed her cousion, upstairs.
"But...how does he know about the armors?", Dais blurted out.
"What armors?", Niea looked at them confused.
"You don't know about them, but you each know him?", Sehkmet narrowed his
eyes.
"He never mentioned any armors. A least as far as we know.", Zy looked at
them confused, as well.
Simone looked at Ryo with questioning eyes, "What armors?"
Ryo cleared his throat, "Should we tell them?", he looked around at
everyone.
"Tell us what?", Yuri came into the room talking, Myneko, Ku-Jo, Wallie,
Niea's gravity defiying, green, manta ray looking thing, and Kerisha strode
in.
Yuri looked at White Blaze. He narrowed his eyes, "I DON'T LIKE YOU!!!!",
He snarled. "MOVE YOUR LITTLE STRIPED ASS!!!" White Blaze although bigger
than Yuri moved.
        Kerisha came behind Yuri, "Yuri calm down."
        "Calm down!?", Yuri looked at Kerisha, "Are you nuts? These jacks know
about Leathion!! For all we know they could be spies!! Yaji's upset...!"
Myneko sighed, "Brellia's upset."
            "And your asking me to calm down?!", Yuri roared.
"It's not gonna help just yelling, Yurisham.", Kerisha said, putting a
blue-ish purple paw in front of his path. Yuri sighed. "Your right, Kerri."
        "Mia? Are those animals talking?", Yuli looked a little frightened. Mia
nodded.
        "How is that possible?", Anubis muttered.
        "Forget about how, ya peica shit!! Spill what you know about Leathion!!",
Yuri growled. Yuli grabbed Mia tighter.
        "Yuri.", Kerisha looked at him with soft eyes. Yuri backed up.
        "I don't believe this, we are actually understanding animals.", Rowan
stood up, "Where is the science in this! It's not possible!!! All right you
wired pica junk get over here!!"
        Yuri growled.
        Zy shook her head, "Yuri, NO. Stay put please."
        "He just called me a peica junk! Like a robot!!", Yuri glowered.
        "Yuri.", Kerisha snuggled up to him, "Please?"
        Yuri not exactly wanting to obey turned around and jumped on a vacant
chair.
        "Is Yaji and Brell okay?", Ryo asked. "I mean can we help in any way?"
        "If you want to help leave!!", Yuri sneered.
        "Simone?", Ryo suddenly remembered something.
        "Yes?", she said not even looking at him. Ryo got up and lifted her chin,
looking in her eyes. Mia felt a twinge of jealousy run through her veins,
as Yuli watched all this go on in her lap.
 "The other day you found something didn't you? Small orbs. I want to see
them now."
        Simone backed away from him, "Each of us took one.", she explained.
        "I want to see all of them.", he stated.
        Zy suddenly couldn't take this, "Look you jerk just because you have
something to do with Leathion doesn't mean you go ordering us about like
mindless mules!!! We aren't your slaves!!! I don't even see why we helped
you!!! We should've left you!! All of you!!", she stormed out. Upstairs a
door slammed hard.
        "Simone this is serious!! Let us see them!!", Ryo grabbed her arms.
        Simone jerked away, and backed up, her eyes filled with fear, and agony,
she shook her head no, and ran out. Niea looked around, got up and left,
"You all get outta here.", she said before she walked up stairs. Each
animal followed her, looking pissed off.
        Kento stood up and walked out, "Where are you going Kento?", Yuli asked,
hopping out of Mia's lap.
        "Yuli this isn't the time. Stay here.", Kento said and walked on.
        Cye got up and followed him, Kento walked up to Brellia's room. He tried
the knob, locked. Lightly he knocked.
        "Go away, Myneko!!", her muffled voice came from the room.
        "I'll go talk to Zy.", Cye whispered to Kento. Kento nodded.
        "Brellia, come on pup, let me in.", he said.
        "Kento?", there was a pause. Inside the room, Brellia walked up to the
door and leaned against it. "What the hell do you want? Why haven't you
left?"
        "Brellia please let me in.", Kento asked again.
        "Forget it! How do I know you won't hurt me? How do I know you don't work
for that...that...MONSTER!!", Kento herd a quiet sob come from the door.
        "Brellia look, would I hurt yuh?", he asked.
        "I've only known you a month!", Brellia sighed.
        "Brellia. I wouldn't hurt yuh. You know that.", Kento leaned against the
door, as well. All was quiet again. "Bell?", Kento questioned.
        "What?", her response came.
        "Why aren't ya gonna let me in?"
        "I don't trust you anymore, Kento.", Brellia let out a quiet sob.
        "What's not ta trust Brell? You've told me tons of things, I haven't
whispered a word of it.", Kento said a little hurt.
        "It's hard to trust anyone, anymore. Especially if you know about him.",
Brellia mumbled, loud enough that Kento  could hear her.
        "That dude really did wreck your life Huh?"
        "Duh.", Brellia huffed.
        "Brellia? Can I ask you one thing?"
        "What?"
        "Ryo said somethin 'bout the other day each of ya had a ball or something
like that. Do ya have one?"
        "Kento of course, I have all types"
        "No!", Kento took his orb out of his pocket. "They're 'bout this size." He
rolled it under the door. Amazingly it went under. Brellia felt the small
orb hit against her shoe.
She picked it up, "Justice?", she mumbled. The Orb was orange, she
recognized the symbol of justice in it. She quickly flung open the door
Kento was leaning against, Kento fell in backwards with a hard THUD!!
        "Ow...", Kento muttered.
        "Sorry.", Brellia quickly apologized. "Where did you get this?", her tone
changed to dangerous.
        "I've had it for about a year. Ryo told us each of you girls have one like
these.", Kento explained, getting up.
        Brellia handed the orb to Kento. She eyed him walking to her desk in the
far corner of the room. Rummaging through a junk drawer she finally found
the object almost identical to Kento's. But for some reason it glowed
fiercely for about two seconds then dimmed.
        Brellia turned around, "H-Here.", she tossed the orb to him. Kento caught
it with ease. Then started to examine it. "Brellia?", he turned almost
completely white. She now sat in a large box window, looking out over the
grounds.
        "What?", She wiped her face.
"There's something I think we should tell you all down stairs.", He seemed
a bit nervous. Brellia looked at him. Her eyes meeting his. For some
reason, she couldn't help but trust him. His eyes pleaded her to trust, and
Kento looking into Brellia's eyes could see them soften. Through the scars,
those eyes had seen, he saw a trusting soul. He held out his hand.
        Brellia expressionless looked at his hand then was transfixed by his eyes
again. She smiled weakly, and took it.
        "Whew.", Kento grinned, at her, once he helped her up. "Come on. For a
moment there I thought I'd lost your trust for good."
        "I guess you where, right, about what's not to trust. I've told you things
I've never said a word to anyone.", She sighed.
        "Hey. No hard feelings.", he grinned lopsidedly, he squeezed her hand
slightly. His expression turned too serious again. "Brell have you ever
heard of the Ronin Warriors?"
        "Yes...", she paused. "I was going through an old text and it said
something about them. But not much.", she cocked her head blinking, "Why?".
Kento told her everything about the armors, Talpa, the warlords, Kayrua,
Mia, Yuli, the ancient, White Blaze, and the legends. Then he explained the
things Mia found on her granddad's computer. "So we have to get the others
all together. This is important." Brellia stood aghast for a minute.
        Finally she gulped, "Kento the others aren't gonna like this. If we say
too much, so much as say who he is, we could put anyone's life at stake!! I
don't want to put yours or the others in that position! That's why we don't
talk about it. To protect the people around us. I don't want to see you
guys get hurt. The others don't want to see you guys get hurt.", she
explained.
        "Hey, we're semi-grown guys, we can handle it. Plus we have the armors ta
help us, and you guys might just have armors yourselves. Leathion---MFF!!!"
Brellia looked at him like he was nuts, clamping a hand over his mouth.
"Look if we are going to talk about him the best place to talk is in a shut
off area. We can use the library. Get everyone in there, you know where it
is, I'll work with the girls." She whispered so low he could barley hear
her. He nodded as she removed her hand from his mouth. "Make sure no one
says a single word about anything that concerns him. We may have blown our
cover already."
Elsewhere Cye talks to Zyrum in her room...
        "Zyrum have you ever seen anything like this?", Cye held up his light blue
orb.
        "You have one too!!?", Zy almost yelled. "Rowan had one like it!"
        "SHHHHHH!!!!", Cye pulled her back to sit on the bed.
        "Zyrum, you have one don't you, almost like this. Let me see it.", he half
ordered, half asked.
        "How did you...?"
        "ZY!! Let me see it!", Cye said through clenched teeth.
        Zyrum got up, "Turn around. ", she ordered. Cye did as asked.
        Zy knelt down next to her closet, removing a piece of 2inch by 6 inch,
wood from the wall she revealed a secret hiding place, reaching in she
pulled out her orb. Blue with silver specks.
        Replacing the board she walked over to Cye and tapped his shoulder. "Is
this what your looking for?" she dropped it in his hands.
Cye looked, the character of soul was in bedded inside it. He looked up at
the blue hared tall girl. "Zyrum? Have you ever heard of the Ronin
Warriors?"
        "Yeah. It's one of my favorite Myths. Why?", she looked at him puzzled.
        "All of us have a lot of explaining to do.", he sighed, taking her hand,
and pocketing the orbs, he practically dragged her into the hallway. Zy
snatched her hand from his grip. "I can walk on my own, ya know. But thanks
for the thought.", she said following Cye, who at the time really didn't
seem to care. "Cye?"
        "Sh!", he put a finger to his lips.
        "Well excuse me.", Zy huffed.
        "Don't you hear that?"
        "What?", Zy said, she didn't hear anything.
        Brellia and Kento suddenly walked out of her doorframe, Kento holding
Brellia's hand. Brellia whispered something to him, he nodded, and
whispered something back, she nodded and they parted.
        "The hell?", Zy looked wondering what had went on, and hoping what she
thought wasn't the answer.
        "Shh.", Cye smiled a bit. "Come on." He grabbed Zy's wrist and followed
Brellia to Niea's room. Brellia knocked on the door Niea answered and let
Brellia in. After a minute both came out. Wallie in Niea's arms and
Myneko's tail wagging, at Brellia's side, Brellia tickled the wolf's ears,
smiling. Niea looked relieved.
        "How can she be happy?!", Zy snarled. "NIEA!!!Brellia!!", she ran up to
her.
        "Zy!!! There you are. Hi Cye!! Say hello Niea."
        "Hello Niea.", Niea smirked, "Just kidding. Hi you two."
        "Okay what's going on?", Zy stomped her foot.
        "Zy!! Go get Simone!! And shovel it off to the library!!"
        "Why!?"
        "We'll explain when we get there. And make sure Simone brings her little
ball thingy too. Please?", Brellia looked up at her older step cousion with
puppy eyes.
        "Don't do that Brellia..no..No...Brellia!! Oh fine...", Zy turned around,
Cye followed her.
Simones' Room...
        "Oh KU-JO! I don't want them to leave!!", Simone cried into the Navy blue,
and burgundy griffins soft feathers.
        Ku-Jo put a paw on her back, "Umm...there, there..."
        A knock came to the door.
        "Go answer it Ku-Jo I'm too depressed."
        "What if it's Ryo?", Ku-Jo asked.
        "Then let him in!!"
        Ku-Jo opened the door, looked at Cye and Zyrum and slammed the door.
        "KU-JO!! LET US IN!!", Zy yelled.
        "Zy?", Simone looked up from her pink frilly pillow. She got up and opened
the door.
        "Trust me, you're better off if you stay out here. Her room can burn a
mans eyes out of their sockets, it's so pink.", Zy said and pushed Cye
aside.
        "I'll just go to Yaji then.", Cye said and went down the hall. Zy walked
into Simone's room. "The guys want to talk to all of us in the library. Get
your little orb thingy ball too. For some reason I think there wanting a
matching set or something."
        "What?", Simone looked confused. All she heard was Guys, talk, ball, and
matching set.
        "Simone, get your new pink marble with passion inside it.", Zy said.
        "Oh! What did you say about the guys though? They're still here!! I
thought they left!"
        "They want to chat in the Library.", Zy repeated in simpler terms.
        Simone rummaged through a jewelry box and found her orb. "Come on Ku-Jo!",
she called to her griffin. Ku-Jo flew after them. Simone couldn't believe
the guys hadn't left.
* Maybe it's because Ryo wants to stay... *, Simone thought. *But what do
these oversized marbles have to do with it? *
Yaji's room...
        "Yaji?! Come on cuz! Open up the door.", Brellia whined.
        "FUCK OFF!", came Yaji's answer.
        "Yaji this is serious, we need to talk to you.", Cye stated. Yaji's door
opened, and Cye met a guns barrel, in the face. "I do not want to talk to
you people! If you don't get off our property in 10 minutes ll' shoot all
of you!!"
        Niea sighed, "Yaji please? Just hear them out. We can't just keep all of
this bottled up forever!! They need this information! They want ta get rid
of your father for good!"
        "They won't be able to! You can't just kill someone like him!! We're more
likely to become one of his experiments, or get killed before we lay a hand
on him!!", Yaji yelled, and slammed the door.
        "DAMN IT, YAJI!!! OPEN THIS FUCKIN DOOR BEFORE I KNOCK IT DOWN!!!!",
Brellia banged on the door with both fists.
        "BRELLIA!!!!", Niea looked shocked at Brellia. "Did you just say Damn it?
And Fuckin?"
        "I'm so proud!!", Zy laughed walking down the hall. Simone laughed beside
her.
        Brellia ignored them, "Yaji! OPEN UP!!! This is important!!"
        "FUCK OFF BRELLIA!!"
        "YAJI!!!!! Oooooo...If she doesn't come out I'm gonna make her.", Brelli
muttered.
        "Look you little white haired bitch! A jack off like YOU NEVER cusses to
me that way or you'll get your scarwny no good ass whipped! Got it? Now
like i said you besta fuck off before you annoy me! Go! It's no one's
business but mine!", Yaji  yelled.
        Brellia paused and then summoned courage, "No!!"
        Yaji opened the door a barrel of a gun in-between her cousins forehead. "
You better go the fuck away, before I blast your Fuckin' brains across the
Fuckin' hall."
        "Yaji come on, lets just go. Stop with the stupid dramatics!", Zy stommped
her foot.
        "No!! If you guys want ta kill these guys fine! But I'm not taking any
part of it!!", Yaji slammed the door again.
        "Maybe I should get the guys out here.", Brellia muttered.
        "I will!", Cye volunteered and ran down the hall.
        "We'll keep an eye on him.", Simone giggled slightly, and followed
dragging Zy behind her.
        "Great leave me in the forest with a man eating tiger on the loose.",
Brellia muttered again. "Yaji please come out...", Brellia asked softer.
        "I SAID NO!! GOD DAMNIT!!", Yaji screamed. A long pause went by. Yaji, her
curiosity getting to her looked out.
        "Finally.", Sage's voice came to her ears. Yaji felt some one's arms wrap
around her, along with the coldness of metal against her skin.
        "Huh? Hey!!! Let go of me!!!!", Yaji squirmed to get loose of her assaults
grip. "Let go!!"
        "Come on.", Sage's voice rang in her ears. He walked in her room and
closed the door locking it. "Get your orb.", he stated putting her feet on
the ground. Yaji turned seeing, Sage in his full set of armor, only she
didn't recognize him she grabbed her gun and pointed it to the head.
        "Yaji It's me Sage.", he took his helmet off. "Now get the orb."
        "What the fuck is an orb.", She asked.
        Sage held up Rowan's orb, he had borrowed. "Looks like this."
        Yaji looked at it astounded. She eyed Sage, "Uhhh...how can you walk? I
thought your legs where broken."
        "They where, but I used some of everyone's energy to heal them. Now get
the orb and get in the library."
        Yaji glared, then went over to her dresser, and pulled out a forest green
orb, from one drawer.
        "Okay. Come on.", Yaji turned to find him in his sub armor, now, he
grabbed her hand and ran down the hall, with her.
In the library...
        "It can repair it self.",Mia explained, showing the girls the sub armor on
the guys. "That's why it looks good as new."
        The library door swung open, Sage pulled Yaji in. And closed the door
locking everyone in. White Blaze walked over to the door and lay down in
it's path, to prevent anyone coming in or trying to run out. He could smell
the tension in the room. It made the tiger growl lowly, filling him with a
certain anxiety. He twitched his tail left to right, mechanically.
        "Sit down Yaj.", Sage pulled up a chair for her and forcefully sat her
down. Yaji stood back up, sage pushed her back down, Yaji stood up again
Sage pushed her down again, Yaji yet again stood. Sage fed up wrapped his
arms around her and sat down.
"Are you just trying to get Fresh with me or did you just plan this?, Yaji
argued struggling. Taking the orb from her Sage tossed it to Mia. Mia
smiled and put it in a pile with the others.
        Everyone that lived in the house was in that room. All the animals, all
the guys, the two new girls, the little kid, and the freaky lookin' tiger.
Yuri was chained though.
        "Finally.", Brellia muttered.
        "Figures she'd come out for him.", Zy huffed.
        Mia eyed the tall, young blue hared woman, Zy, a weird feeling washed over
her. Like the time she first met the guys. Mia knew, they where the Tenshi
Wakomono.
She looked to everyone, the warlords, the Ronin, White Blaze, Yuli, the
girls clustered with one another on one side of the room. Zy suddenly got
up and walked over to the huge window. The stars winked at her in the night
sky as she pulled the drapes closed the room went suddenly completely dark,
besides a few varied lights.
        The girls turned several more lights on the room glowed dimly. White Blaze
able to hear well caught a few whispers, but he couldn't understand them,
they where just muttering to him.
        "Now we can talk.", Yaji stated.
        "1st you.", Mia ordered as nicely as possible.
        "Why us?", Simone narrowed her pale blue eyes.
        "Because we need as much info about this guy as we can get.", Sehkmet
glared at the blond. Simone flinched a bit.
        "Who should start 1st?", Brellia questioned.
        "Who ever knows the most.", Anubis grunted.
        "Hmmm...", Yaji hummed or more like growled. "I know the most."
"Then tell us anything you can give us.",Kayrua slightly smiled at Yaji
hoping to make the situation a little less aggravating.
        "Okay...fine.", Yaji agreed. "First of all, my mother had me when she was
really young and my father was in his twenties...Leathion that is. I had a
half sister, Aries and a half brother, Rip. Of course that wasn't his real
name, it was a name he gained for the way he killed people but let's not
get into that, eh?
Anyway, we lived in England for a little while until I was about 3, and
then we moved to Japan. My father is full-blooded Japanese, he had business
there to attend. Then my mother worked to get custity of Rip and me. Rip
was like a real son to Moma. Anyway, Moma didn't get custity but she did
get divorce. My father abused her and me and my brother. Nothing sexual
thank god just physically.
Oh yeah after that year I moved to England with Leathion and Aries died
that year. Rozi was 6 then. Rozi is Aries's daughter, therefor my niece.
Freaky huh? Okay so now Rip and I live in A HUGE house with a maniac. Rozi
went to a catholic orphanage. I'm Catholic, makes sense so far? Good. Okay
so I was 4 that year well Moma still got to see my brother and me so one
day she took us to a giant catholic cathedrial in a the slums of a British
sector of town. Yes a catholic cathdrial. In the slums... More freakish.
Okay, well Rip and I had to go back to Leathion because we only got to see
Moma once a month. Okay so went back to the jackass but I remeber that
night before I went to sleep. The noise and the fire...it was late at night
and I have always remebered the shadows of Moma being beaten by Leathoin.
That's what I fell sleep to... but these shadows were different. They were
men and I could hear their cold voices. Moma had stayed at the Cathedrial
that night, locked in prayer. She never did anything wrong. They went and
they killed her, setting the cathedrial on fire and burning the gloves they
had used on the guns so that there'd be no evidence of a murder. I saw it
all. It was thier way so that no one'd know but me, me and my brother
Rip... him too and his men. This way it was all planned out so that they
wouldn't get convicted of anything, not even suspected. And sure enough,
the next day that headline on the newspaper read, 'Young Mother of one dies
in fire at old Cathedrial'. Leathoin looked at it blankly and then shrugged
saying figures she'd die in her holy Hellhole. Like it was nothing.
        Well years passed and I was forced to kill, it became like instinct. It
didn't bother me though, my mother used to tell me stories about God and
the Saints but that all was like a diminishing dream to me. I was 9 when I
left but Rip couldn't be saved. But before I got away I became suicidal.
Death frightened me but not the way others think. I remember hulusinating
one day in the attic. I found a knife and was about to cut my wrist.  I
knew that was what he wanted if anything. So I jumped. Three stories to the
cold ground and I passed out before I hit dirt bottom by smacking my head
on a marble ledge. Miraculously I lived, if you can't tell.  To my Aunt
though, or Bella's moma, knew I was suppose to be free. Aunt Brit was very
kind and loved my mother, her sister. So one day I packed a suitcase and
Deomis, Desmonda, and Yuri came down the streets of Britian with me, where
I meet Aunt B in an old beat up car. I got in with Yuri and hugged Deomis
and Desi bye, Yuri was brave and didn't cry though. He knew that someone
had to look out for me while they looked out for Rip.
 Incase you are wondering, and I'm sure you are, Deomis and Des are Yuri's
parents. Yuri felt very indeted to me, I never knew why, " Yaji turned and
gave Yuri a smile. He winked back with teary eyes. He missed his family as
much as Yaji would miss him if he ever left, " I knew someone was following
us, and Aunt B did too. She stopped the car at the curb and ordered me to
sneak out. The tone of her voice and the fire in her eyes told me not to
ask but to obey, so I did. I got out silently and swiftly, Yuri floating
behind. Oh and another thing. Yuri is a unique breed of 'jaguar'. He's kind
was an experimentaiton made to protect those THEY choosed. Yuri's great
grand parents were created in a lab by my father, and THAT is the only
thing I will ever thank him for.
Deomis was Rip's gaurdian and Des was Aries.
Anyway, so I snuck out of the car and around the curb, I raced down an
alley until I heard it. A giant BANG! I raced back in fear of what I
already knew. The whole car, ingulfed in flames. An explosion. It had to
be. A perfect hit from a sniper to the gas tank of the car. And the only
sniper to do that was my brother. I stared at the car but remembered my
orders. Leave to the airport. That's what she had told me. So I did, and I
NEVER looked back. Yuri raced with me. When I got to the plane I sat in my
seat and I closed the blinds over the window. I didn't even look for that
beatiful ocean moma had told me about.  I was going to Zy's father. To stay
with him. When I got there, Zy and Simone didn't approve of me too much but
they were both 10 and I was only 9 but I didn't like them either.
Afterwards, Brellia's stepfather called, asking if Bellia could stay with
us too. Zy's father, being kind and generous, agreed. So Bellia was shipped
off. When she came we heard news that her father had disappeared. Well he
was found dead under a bridge later with his stomach and heart rip out and
stuffed in bags stappled to his chest.
Hmm, Rip always had a way of gettin' to the newsreporters and the feds. So
now we are all together, right? Wrong. Zy's father was murdered a year
later. Zy and Simone moved in with her bitch of a mother.  OH and If you
are wondering once agian how I knew Zy and her father, My mother was in
love with him and married him. That's why Zy and Simone are my step
sisters. Okay so now Zy and Simone live with a bitch and I was adopted to a
nice little family in new Mexico that I hated. The father was mayor of the
town and the mother was a nurse to a very high breed family and she took
care of thier son who had problems. The sons of this family were an extreme
jet flyer, who had a twin brother, who was an engineer. Their names were
Biggs and Wedge. Now they I got along with. They taught me so much.
        Okay well Bellia moved to an orphanage. Later we learned that Zy and
Simone had run away to Japan, hmm, interesting eh? Niea had gone there too
and they all had a house. I was sent there. I don't talk to my other family
because the parents hated me and won't allow thier sons to tlak to me.
Bellia came with me and now we all live her, okay? Okay! So we got away
from Leathion, which took a really long time."
"Forever.", Brellia sighed.
        Yaji smirked, "Sure felt like it. Oh yeah and with Niea, We meet her
beacuse in Europe her fatehr and mine were in a cult together. Well anyway
Niea's father made Leathion mad, so one day he killed him in an alley but
promiised not to kill Niea or harm her in a fatle way.
Well Mrs. Barry helped us out a lot too, she got us our house and payed for
it. She was friends of Bellia's. She was her nana. Hehe, cute huh? Mrs.
Barry is in Canada visiting relatives though now. So anyway That's our
history mainly.", Yaji sat down. The guys looked disgusted, enraged and awe
struck all at the same time.
        Brellia looked up at her from a drawing pad she was sketching something
on. She sighed. They all looked at her. She figured Yaji had said enough.
It was her turn.
        "Life in the cults wasn't easy. Members of the cult had a certain symbol
in a certain place of the body, depending on their rank in the cult. Both
Yaji and Niea have one.", Brellia explained still working on a sketch.
         "Can we see them?", Anubis asked, looking at Niea and Yaji. Both looked
at one another then back at them and shook their heads 'NO!'.
        "What about you, Brellia? You got one?", Kento looked at her.
        Brellia looked at him warningly, but ignored the question and continued.
"Anyway, Leathion loved to torture people, and is always finding knew and
creative was of doing it. He even does DNA altering to people."
        "DNA altering? You mean genetically?", Rowan was interested. "How?"
        "He filled tubes with a certain type of DNA then ejected it into the
bloodstream. The DNA would then mix into the hosts DNA. The DNA strand
would then be altered and the hosts appearance would become...'deformed'.",
Brellia make quotation marks with her fingers.
        "Yeah it was totally sickening.", Zy muttered.
        Brellia tore the sketch from her drawing pad, "This is one of the victims
I remember most clearly." She handed the sketch to Kayrua.
        The sketch was of a disfigured woman, about the age of 18. She had long
light orange flames for hair and in it several strands of black mixed in.
Her skin was bright orange with a varied pattern of black stripes all over
her body. She had no clothes on but her limbs covered any spots that needed
to be covered. She even had a orange and black striped tail. Ears emerged
from her head, from her face whiskers appeared. And the very tip of her
nose was pink and looked cat like. Her eyes where a bright yellow green and
the pupil's where narrowed like a cats. Her hands where now misshapen paws
and her feet where in the same shape only slightly larger. She was curled
up on the ground looking at her surroundings.
        "Everyone called her Tora Me.", Brellia sighed
" Tiger's Eye.", Cale muttered.
        "That looks like they spread body paint all over her, died her hair and
glued a pair of ears and a tail to her. Those eyes could've been
contacts.", Rowan huffed looking at the sketch. Though it was rather good.
        "Rowan, that isn't body paint, and those ears and tail aren't glued on.",
Ku-Jo snapped.
        "The body paint, as you think, is FUR!! Those ears are real as your own
and that tail is real as well. This is one of Leathions favorite things to
do ta people. Make them become animals, then cage them put 'em up on
display, in large rooms to show off to his partners. Making sure they
understand that he can over power them rather easily.", Niea leaned back
against her seat.
        "He also uses them for a lot of his dirty work as well. He makes them
assassin people. More than once these deformed things where sent to kidnap
us or kill off others. Many times police are baffled at how it happens. The
bodies are always ripped apart or slashed, bite marks look about the size
of human bites but the teeth marks just don't match. They look more animal
than anything else. So they are always unsolved cases.", Simone added into
the lecture, for once acting serious.
        White Blaze by the door smelled something unusual. Not like anything he
smelled before. He didn't like it one bit, he got up and walked over to the
others. And lay down beside Yuli. The child hugged the tiger tightly, and
nuzzled into his fur. The large cat put a protective tail around the child
attempting to comfort him. He could sense more anxiety, more of that weird
smell. He could tell a burning hatred filled the air. And as was said. He
did not like it. Not one tiny bit.
        "Your turn.", Yaji grumbled from her seat.
        Cye was handed the sketch of Tora Me. Kento and Sage looked over his
shoulder in disgust. "How could he do that to a person?", Cye asked.
        "He's Leathion.", Zy stated. "He does whatever he want's. He want's a
Coke-a-Cola from Timbuktu, he'll get a Coke-a-Cola from Timbuktu."
        "YOUR turn.", Yaji grunted again. "What are these armors your talking
about. No one uses armors any more."
"Oh contrare'!! We do.", Cale smiled lopsidedly. "What do you think these
are?", he motioned to his sub armor.
        "Freaked up jump suites.", Zy laughed.
        The girls got a chuckle out of this. Cale rolled his eyes and sat back
down. "No Zy, these are sub armors.", Mia said smiling a bit.
        "Sub armors? The hell?", Yuri looked at them from his spot on the floor,
like they where nuts.
        "Anyway the sub armors are...I guess you could say the 'under armor' of
the real ones.", Mia explained. "The armors each have an element and trait
that goes along with it. Ryo is of the Wildfire...his element being fire,
Sage of the Halo...or light should I say, Cye is of the Torrent or water,
Rowan is of the Strata meaning air and space, and Kento is of Hardrock in
other words earth. The Warlords are more of animal elements. Dais being
Spider, Cale being panther or winter, Anubis of the Ogre, and Sehkmet being
Snake." Mia smiled warmly at the girls.
        "Didn't you say something about traits? What do you mean by that Mia?",
Wallie asked.
        "Well...Wallie, isn't it? Traits like Cye's his is trust, and Anubis his
is loyalty. Dais is serenity, and Sehkmet being piety."
        Rowan spoke up, "Mine is life-force. Ryo's is virtue, Sage's is wisdom,
and Kent's is justice." He smiled slightly at the guys.
        "So why the heck you tellin all this stuff to them for?", Myneko wondered
aloud.
        "Well...there's another set of armors. Called the Tenshi Wakomono. Tenshi
meaning angels and Wakomono meaning young person, like a teen.", Kayrua
stated.
        "And we think you may have the armors. You just don't know it.", Anubis
retorted.
        "What? Well why do you have these armors? Have you used them? And how do
you know that we have them? And another thing what's with all this talk
about that stupid myth about the Ronin Warriors?", Yaji rambled.
        Zy looked offend, "Hey! That happens to be one of my favorite myths!!"
        "Zy!! It's no myth!! They are the Ronin Warriors!!", Brellia whispered.
        Zy looked at her like she was mad. "Brellia sweet heart...no these are
regular guys. In freaked up clothes."
        "It's true ZY!!!", Brellia argued rather loudly, everyone turned their
attention from talking, to Brellia and Zy.
        "And who's your source? Where's your proof!? It's just a really great
myth, it's not real!" Zy sighed.
        "Not all myths aren't untrue, Zyrum.", Sehkmet smirked.
        "Zy, we are the Ronin warriors.", Cye stood up. Zy looked stunned.
        "Sage...you where wearing your armor in my room! Wheren't you?", Yaji
glared at the blond boy.
        "Well, I only put it on so I wouldn't get hurt if you shot me or
something.", Sage flushed a little.
        "Uhhh...Smart move, Sagie.", Kerisha laughed slightly. Yaji glared at her.
        "I still don't believe yuh.", Zy smarted.
        "Fine you don't believe us...", Ryo stood up. "Ronins to arms!!!" In mere
seconds each Ronin and warlord was in his armor. Dais as usual found a
place to hang upside-down.
        Rowan took his helmet off, "Believe us now?"
        Each girl and animal looked shocked.
        "Told you...", Brellia smiled triumphantly.
        "Shut up Brellia.", Zy muttered. She stood. "But I thought the Ronin
legend was just a myth everyone knew about?"
        "They're holograms.", Yaji stated convinced but not wanting to believe it.
        "No they're real!", Mia laughed, and walked over to Anubis, she knocked of
his chest. "Hard as rock...uh... Pardon the pun."  The guys chuckled.
        "Okay. Fine! I believe it! Now what do we have to do with this?", Simone
stood up.
        "Those orbs.", Kayrua smiled, and cupped them in her hands. "Here."
        Each girl took their own.
        "Those symbols are your traits. Zy yours is soul, see.", Kayrua pointed at
her orb.
        "Uhhh...yeah. I kinda figured that.", Zy said sarcastically. Brellia
jabbed her in the ribs.
        "Simone let's try yours first. Put on your sub armor.", Mia stated.
        Simone hesitated, "Maybe...the guys should leave for a sec.", she
muttered.
Each warrior stood out in the hall...
        "Kento...you told Brellia everything didn't you?", Ryo glared at the
younger, but stronger boy.
"Hey! She was confused, and scared, and I thought if I told her it'd be one
less person we'd have to explain to!", he stood up, practically yelling.
        "Kento for Christ sake calm down!", Cye put a hand on his pals shoulder.
        "Hey Kento calm down...geez...", Ryo rolled his eyes, "I was just
wondering how she knew we where the Ronin."
        "They are the Tenshi though.", Anubis stood up from his seated position on
the floor. "Isn't obvious?"
        "No.", everyone said in unison.
        "Why? Give an example.", Anubis looked confused. He saw it clearly, why
didn't they?
        Ryo spoke up, "Simone...she's sooo...well she doesn't seem the fighting
type."
        "Just wait till she punches you.", Sehkmet laughed.
        "Why would she punch me?", Ryo asked.
        Cale shrugged, "Why wouldn't she?"
        "How do you know it's the Tenshi, Anubis?", Yuli asked the older man.
Tugging on his armor.
        "A feeling.", Anubis smiled at the boy picking him up.
Meanwhile...
        "Oooooo...boy do I feel a draft.", Zy giggled, holding herself.
        "I like it.", Simone laughed.
        "I don't!!", Brellia grumbled.
        "Why not Brellia? Showing a bit too much?", Yaji picked on her cousion.
        "Yes.", Brellia snapped. "I feel like I'm in a metal bathing suit!!
        "Your pathetic, girl.", Simone said rolling her eyes.
        Each girl stood in their sub armor. Looking almost exactly like the guys
only, where the guys had white, the girls had skin! The gloves where the
same with arm guards that came to the elbow. The collar was low cut, boots
on the girls either came up right above the knee or just below the knee.
Yaji was in dark, forest green, Simone was in...pink...go figure. Zy was in
a aqua blue color, Niea in a pale baby blue, and Brellia was in a light
orange.
        "Wow.", Mia seemed taken aback. "Didn't know they'd be that showy."
"Kinda seem to defy the entire purpose of armor, don'tcha know?", Zy mocked
Mia, using a Wisconsin accent, and putting a hand on her hip.
        Mia pursed her lips. "Okay...your armors we can deal with later."
        "Sooo...like do they just come? Or do we have to say, like, some magic
words?", Niea giggled.
        Kayrua laughed a bit. "You'll have to call your armors."
        "Here armor!! Come here, armor!! Come on, girl!! Come on!!", Zy chuckled.
        "Hey! I resent that!!", Brellia snarled playfully at her step cousion.
Brellia always had a thing for dogs. She was often compared to them, by the
way she was so friendly but sometimes a little wild. Zy shrugged her
shoulders giving her a face as if to say, 'your telling me this because?'
        "Hehehehehe...well I like the sub armors. Amazing how comfy they are.",
Niea stated to the four beside her.
        A knock came to the door, "They ready yet?", Rowan's voice came from
behind the door. He felt sooo stupid asking that aloud, course he couldn't
figure out just why.
        "Come on in!!", Mia's voice called back.
        "ARE YOU CRAZY!?", Brellia yelped.
        "Hi...yi, yi.", Rowan poked his head through the door seein' the girls in
their sub armor. "Come on Rowan.", Mia smiled.
        "Uhh...sure...", Rowan side stepped into the room. The others in the hall
walked in.
        Cye blushed seeing them, but the others really didn't seem to mind. They
looked practically just like bathing suits so it didn't bother them. They
had seen girls in bathing suits before.
        "Boy do I feel exposed.", Brellia bit her lip, blushing a bit.
        "Oh Brelli quit whining.", Yuri rolled his eyes, sitting down.
        "If you want to change just cross you hands above your head.", Kayrua told
them.
        Brellia, Zy, Niea and Simone changed, feeling better to be back in their
old clothes. But Yaji didn't, she didn't seem to mind really. Plus this was
about the same thing she was wearing before anyway.
        By the door White blaze growled slightly, thinking he heard something out
side he left Yuli with the guys and trotted over to the window, as they
talked. Shifting through the curtains he looked around. Not a thing. But he
smelled some one, he looked around again. Roaring in anger, he saw a black
figure run around the corner of the house and disappear.
        Ryo back in his normal clothes, looked out side to see what White Blaze
was so worked up about. He didn't see anything. "Come on Blaze.", he patted
the tigers side and led him back to the group sitting down next to Simone.
Ku-Jo on the other side narrowed his glowing red eyes at Ryo. Ryo squirmed
a little.
        "So that's all we really needed to say, and now we do know for sure you
are the Tenshi, it's great to have you aboard.", Dais grinned.
        "So what exactly are we fighting?", Yaji spoke up.
        "The prophesies said that a human with no heart what so ever would try to
open the gates of the Nether world again, to gain power.", Mia explained.
"A demon called Dorroso would return."
        "Dorroso? What kinda fucked up name is that?", Yaji snapped.
        "I have no clue Yaji.", Mia sighed, hoping Yuli would never repeat
anything she said.
        "So you guys...were the ones that defeated that Talpa guy right?", Zyrum
asked intrigued now. Each nodded, "Kayrua, Sehkmet, Dais, Cale and Anubis
used to be part of Talpa's army, Kayrua being a priestess, and the guys
being warlords.", Sage smiled. He too had changed into normal clothes along
with everyone else.
        "Anubis was made the new ancient after the old one died. Anubis later on
in the fight was killed by Kayrua, but was resurrected to help her train.
She too is in the blood of the ancient.", Mia smiled as well.
        "Oh.", Yaji smirked. "Okay."
        For what seemed like hours they talked about the armors, Talpa, how to use
the armors and so on. Afterwards everyone went to bed. The girls a little
freaked.
Carpenter's Lookout...
        "The Ronin warriors, sir. They teamed up with the girls at 'The Old
Maiden'. The Tom girls have armor too, but they don't know how to use it.",
a brown hared, blue eyed boy stepped up at Nasdik who was in full armor, of
black and silver.
"Thank you Tyler...for your service to us, ", Nasdik smiled coldly from
under his gruesome helmet, he grabbed the boy's throat. "I am sorry, you've
been so faithful to us, but I must follow orders. Look at me Tyler...I'm
the last human your ever going to see."
        Tyler tried to get from the stronger man's grasp nothing happened. "NO!",
Tyler choked out as Nasdik threw him over the lookouts railing. Tyler
screamed as he fell but the scream silenced as the boy hit against the
granite rocks below.
Two forms rose up out of the ground beside Nasdik. Their clothes worn and
torn, their skin pale cold blue, like someone had stuck them in a freezer
for a year. Wounds covered their bodies, slashes from knives, bullet holes,
even a bullet hole through the forehead. They looked like living Zombies.
"Get the body and dispose of it for good.", Nasdik ordered. "I have other
things to tend too."
Early the next morning...about 8:00...in one of the many open fields around
the house...
        It was a lovely morning. The grass in the field waved as the early morning
breeze passed over the ground. Early sunshine shone through pink, purple,
yellow and orange clouds. Birds chirped..."IT'S TOOOOOOO EARILY!!!", Rowan
whined, yawing and leaning onto his weapon the bow.
        "No...:::Yawn:::," Ryo was about to object, "Ooohhh...nevermind.", he
blinked a pair of tired blue eyes. "How come the warlords aren't taking any
part of this?" he asked.
        "Because they...", Kento started, but was stumped. "Mia, how come the
warlords get to sleep in but we don't?"
        "Because your closer to the girls and know them. I thought It would be
rather UN-comfortable if they fought with some one they barely knew. Plus
there's five of you and four of them.", Kayrua explained really fast. Ryo
was about to say something but was interrupted.
"I can't believe you dragged us out here! And on a SATERDAY!!!! We're
supposed to sleep in on SATERDAYS!!!!", Simone practically yelled at the
boy in red armor. "I haven't even got my shower yet!!! MEN!! ARG!"
"Look we really need to work with your armors so you can get the hang of
it. So wake up!", Mia crossed her arms over her chest, smiling slightly.
Simone had the urge to just smack Mia's face at the time...but she
restrained herself.
        "Okay so this is what we fight in?", Niea hiked her eyebrow, looking down
at herself.
        "Yes! It's your armor!", Sage rolled his eyes.
        "We'll aren't you just Mr. Happy?", ZY laughed slightly at her own joke,
twirling a large staff, with several dangerous looking thorns and blades.
Sage glared at her.
Each girl now wore a different styled armor similar to the guys. Each the
color of their sub armor, and almost just as showy.
        "I love these Hawk eyes.", Yaji stated, studying one of her weapons.
        "Yeah.", Brellia agreed, "I just don't get it...a hammer... what kind of
weapon is that?"
        "You bash their heads in Bella.", Yaji rolled her eyes.
        "I know...but a hammer...just seems a bit... weird."
        "We'll you have those Nija star thingys.",Zy shrugged.
        "True...", Brellia nodded.
        Simone snapped a black and pink whip. "Well at least we get to play with
them."
        "Sure Simone what ever.", Sage mumbled.
        "Okay...can we just get started already?! IF I can't eat I at least Wanna
get started!", Kento was growing a bit impatient.
        Kayrua stepped forward and paired each off, Zy fighting Kento, Yaji
fighting Ryo, Brellia fighting Cye, Niea fighting Rowan and Simone fighting
Sage.
        "Okay...Yaji, Ryo you two first.", Mia stated.
        "I'll take it easy on you, Yaj, it being your first time in armor and
all.", Ryo smirked under his helmet.
        "Maybe he should be the one worried...", Niea muttered and trailed off.
        The fight was a long one! Yaji's attacks where powerful...not to mention
she had a bit more advantage because of her speed. Her armor didn't weigh
half as much as Ryo's did. They found her 'sure kill' attack, "Blinding
Flash!!!", devastating. It gathered up Ryo's energy and gave it her her, so
she ened up taking him down for a while. But it ended up Yaji loosing the
fight. Yuli handed Ryo and Yaj a water bottle. Yaji drank and gave the
'water boy' the bottle back.
        Next, it was Simone and Sage. This didn't take quite as long. Sage ended
up winning, but her attack, "BURNING GLORY!!", was extremely powerful as
well! Sage nearly went flying! Once he got up he looked where he had been
standing, nothing but scorched ground met his eyes. After wards Sage kept
his distance from Simone's main weapon, the whip.
        Zy and Kento went next, this match was extremely funny...the whole time Zy
kept Kent on his toes. Her attack, "WindBlast!!", proved to be strong. Zy
won by mere accident... Kento tripped and fell to the ground, and Zy took
her chances. She put the blade of her staff under his chin and laughed as
he kept saying it was too early for his brain to function, especially on an
empty stomach.
        "Rowan!! Niea your up!!", Yuli yelled.
        Niea walked up, but Rowan was asleep. Doing a feat the girls thought would
be impossible. Rowan was asleep, leaning on his bow. His head resting on
his arms.
 Cye woke him up with a start, sending a few gallons of water from the
nearby lake splashing into him. He lost his balance leaning on the bow, and
woke with a start, soaked.
        "Okay Cye...remind me to kill you when I'm actually dry and not tired.",
Rowan said wiping water from his eyes. "Now my armors gonna be all
rrruuuusty...", He mumbled as he dragged himself toward them. Niea ended up
forfeiting because Rowan was putting up no fight what so ever. But Niea
used her attack to at least wake Rowan up for about 2 seconds. Yelling
"Crashing Wave!!", she sent a whole spray of water at him with a forceful
blow.
        "Cye, Bella. Your last.", Yaji stated.
        "Knock 'em dead infant!", Niea joked patting Brellia's back.
        Brellia snarled, wrinkling her nose and rolled her eyes.
        The battle wasn't all too shabby. The thing that really amazed them was
what happened when she used her attack.  Yelling out the words, "EARTH
PLOW!!!!", the ground rose into the air, and formed plateau like forms,
sending dirt flying in all directions and cracking through the road work,
on a nearby road. Luckily Cye dodged just in time.
        "Those construction workers are going to looooove you Belli.", Zy laughed.
Even though Cye won he told Brellia she did well for a first timer. Brellia
immediately blushed a bit at the comment, and thanked him for saying so.
        After a few more battles with he same people as before, Brellia and Niea
had won 2 out of 5 and the others had won 3 out of 5.
        Tired, sleepy and hungry everyone went back into the house. After a
breakfast of pop tarts and milk, Niea and Simone went out for a while.
Brellia and Yaji  went to shoot some hoops outside, while Zy decided to
take a relaxing swim in the pool, Cye, of course, joined her. Rowan decided
to check out the books in the library, but ended up snoozing in his chair.
Kento went up to the library to e-mail his little 5-year-old sister, like
he had promised over the phone.
Ryo, Sage, Mia, Kayrua, Dais, Anubis, Cale and Sehkmet sat at the dining
toom table talking about Leathion and plans on attacking. The only problem
was no one had any idea where his place was.
        "Maybe the police can give us some information", Mia said after she
finished looking over the notes on the prophesies. None gave any
whereabouts of the place. Not even so much of a land mark.
        "Oh yeah Mia. We'll just waltz right on in and ask, "Excuse me kind sir,
can we go into your files in search of a man called Leathion?" I don't
think so.", Kayrua rolled her eyes.
        "Do you have a better plan?", Mia argued.
        "No...", Kayrua trailed off, "They wouldn't just let us go in and take
what we need, is my point."
        "Hey guys!!", Simone burst through the front door, "Check it out!!", she
came into the dining room. Simone slapped a piece of paper on the table.
"There having a costume party at the police station for a fund raiser!"
        "This is so...Ironic.", Anubis scratched the back of his head.
        "Yet expected.", Dais shrugged.
        "And predictable.", Cale leaned back in his chair.
        Ryo slummped in his seat, and burried his face in his hands. "I hate
social gatherings.", he muttered.
        "But it's a way to get our information!", Mia patted Ryo on the back of
the head.
        "Just as long as we can get in, get what we need, and we can have some
fun!", Sage yawned smiling.
        "Ummm...yeah...whatever...What are you guys talking about?", Niea walked
in. Yaji in tennis shoes, daisy dukes and bikini like top on, came in
behind her. (You have to wonder if she ever gets cold.) Brellia walked in a
basket ball tucked undernieth her left arm.
        "That party!", Simone giggled. "Rememeber?"
        "Oh! That one!", Niea smiled. "We all goin?"
         Mia stood up quickly. "Yes! Every one of us!"
        Ryo heaved an even heavier sigh. "I hate social gatherings.", he uttered
once more.
        "Don't be such a patry pooper!! You'll love it!", Simone giggled. "You
guys won't have to worry about a thing! I'll pair us up, in the 'buddie'
system and get the coststumes!"
        "Oh boy...", Brellia uttered. "We are doomed." Yaji nodded in agreement
rolling her eyes. They went back outside, and Niea disided to join Cye and
Zyrum at the pool.
        Later Kento, Ryo, Sage, Yuli and Dais joined Yaji and Bella in thier game
of Basketball. Where they ended up teaching Dais how to play. (The
warloards and Kayrua are trying to get used to living in the modern world.
So natually they didn't know a number of things.)
        Up in her room Simone got down to work. At her large, pale pink, desk she
pulled up a chair and scribbled down her idea's.
        *Okay first the buddy part...ummm...Ryo and Me...will...be...Bunnies!! *,
she giggled to herself. "Hmmm...I think I'll just pair us up by our little
element thingy anyways. Zy and the guy with the whisp of hair in his face,
Rowen'll be...Mice! Yaji and that Sage person'll be Cats definitly.  Cye
and Niea...that's a tuffy! What about...No not fish too
hard...umm...pinguins? It'll have to work.  And Bella and Pinto'll
be...Dalmations!! Is that Mia chick coming? Oh yeah she said everyones
going. I'll pair her up with that Anubis guy they can be...oh I'll just
give all of them a mask of some sort, and then the kid and the tiger...they
shouldn't come to this, I'll get Britt and Portia ta baby sit.  The
warlords will be the odd ones. They'll have three in thier group. I'll just
get them a mask too. All right let's go shopping!!"
        Jumping up from her chair and grabbing the Expeditions keys from the table
she headed out the door.
All's quiet and the party isn't for another few hours, evryone at the house
is chillin...
        Sneakers sqeaking against the pavement, five pairs of legs running around
and a ball bouncing on the ground, yes...Sage, Ryo, and Kento where play
against the girls still. Dais had joined them but decided that he'd try a
different day, after the 5th time the ball hit him in the head.
        Yuli had gone inside to find Mia, so the girls were left with these older
guys. A 15 year old and 14 year old, against two 16 year olds, and a 17
year old.
        "Come on Sage...those legs still broke?", Brellia taunted the blond,
bouncing the ball between her legs.
        "Bella quit hogging the ball! Pass!", Yaji clapped her hands. But Sage was
blocking her.
        "Haha. Your a little too short, huh Yaji?" Sage laughed at the now pissed
Yaji.
        Yaji glowered a deadly, villinious scowl. "Yeah and the view is busted!"
She yelled at him and as Brellia passed the ball Yaji trampled Sage down,
but not with out smacking Ryo in the back of the head with her fist. She
raced to the basket and shot.
        "TWO POINTS!" Brellia giggled and jumped with joy. Yaji walked to Ryo.
        "Sorry about your head bub." She flashed her pearly whites at him. Ryo
rubbed the back of his head, "No prob, heh. You pack a punch though. "
        Yaji smiled at him and turned to Sage. He walked over to her angrily.
"That was a foul. " he pointed his finger in her face.
        Yaji looked at his hand and then back up at his face. " Says who, other
than your blonde ass?"
        "Hey, look bitch, " Sage began.
        "What?!" Yaji got up in his face. Sage looked down at her.
        "Whoa! No, no, no, Sage. Calm." Kento ran over to Sage and restrained his
hands from Yaji's neck.
        "Nah! He wanna fight!? We do it here!" And with that, Yaji tackled Sage to
the concrete ground.  She punched his stomach once and he replyed with a
good left to the hip.
        "They aren't very cooridinated, are they?" Dais asked, his attention back
on the "game" now.
        "Okay Okay! It's two points! " Brellia shouted at the two teens brawling
on the ground.
        "Two fuckin' points or fifteen! I don't give a damn! It's the point that
this prick is wrong!" Yaji yelled as Sage forced her into a wooden fence.
She kicked his side and then kneed his chin when he fell down.
        Sage glared up at her. He lept to her throat and pushed her in the near
bushes. "Listin up you little five cent whore! I ain't no prick and I sure
as hell am NOT wrong!" Sage yelled back.
        " Okay Jackass, you just can't wait to get the shit kicked outta you AGIAN
can you!?" Yaji pushed Sage into the dirt, with her legs on both sides of
him to keep him put.
        "Umm..." Ryo broke off.
        "Now that's a foul!" Kento laughed.
        "Hmmm. Impressive, yet.. no." Dais coughed.
        "UGH! Yaji stop!!!!!" Brellia squealed.
        "Brellia! If you don't shut the fuck up, you'll be next!!!!" Yaji screamed
back.
        "Alright! I'm sick of this!" Sage began to roll over, forcing Yaji under
his body.
        "OKAYThen!" Ryo gave Sage a look.
        "Having too much fun Sage?" Kento laughed again.
        A large midnight purple Expedition pulled up in the driveway and stopped
no less than two centameters in front of Sages nose. Ended up Yaji and Sage
had rolled into the drive way in thier squabble.
        "Whoop's!! Hey you two you trying to get yourself killed?", Simone shook
her fist at them from inside.
        Sage and Yaji quickly stood.
        "Man that's the second time in two days, some one almost became road
kill.", Dais muttered.
        "That's only because Simone can't see worth shit!", Yaji scoffed.
        Simone elgantly stepped out of the car and closed the door. She then
grabbed a few bags out of the trunk. "I can see just fine. Now help me with
these bags." She put two bags in Rowan' s arms. "Take these into the living
room and Brellia Sage, and Yaji, round up everybody! I got the costumes!!!"
        "Yay.", Brellia cheered uninthusiastically.
        "I'm not working with this Jack!", Yaji pointed to Sage.
        "I'm not working with this bitch!", Sage pointed back.
        "Watch your mouths! Whould you?", Mia came out of the house Yuli and White
Blaze by her side.
        "Oh Joy! The circus has come to town!", Yaji joked.
        "Yaji...Piss off.", Sage grunted.
        Yaji slapped his back. "No dear that's your job."
        Sage was about to tackle Yaji again, but Kento quickly took his arms and
led him into the house. "Cool off bud. It was two stupid points."
        "Not infront of Yuli anyway.", Ryo said following them, carying two bags.
        Brellia and Yaji departed with Dais to find and round up everyone at the
house.
Later that night...
        Every one had thier costumes on, or parts of them at least. Simone had
gotten everyone what they needed to be thier animal.
        "Tell me again, why do we have to be animals?", Sekhmet asked, crossing
his arms.
        "Because to get in you have to be dressed as an animal.", Niea rolled her
eyes.
        "Cale would you hold still?", Anubis asked.
        "Why of all animals do I have to be a fox?", Cale grumbled.
        "Hey at least your not as bad as Cye and Ryo.", Dais chuckled.
        "Huh?"
        "Cye's a wierd looking bird and Ryo's a bunny or something like that.",
Dais stated.
        "SHUT UP DAIS!!", Ryo's voice came from the hall.
        "Ryo come on...we don't know anyone here...so it's not going to matter.",
Cye's voice came from the hall.
        "Ryo won't come out of the bath room, Simone has taken his dignaty.",
Rowan laughed.
        Sage came down the hall wearing a black shirt and black jeans, a thick
black tail hung down from his pants. And a pair of black ears where set on
his head.
        "AHHHH CAT!!!",Rowan screamed and lept behind the couch.
        Sage grinned lopsidedly. "Mouse? Rowan...Your a mouse?"
        Rowan poked his head up from behind the couch and gave a cheesy grin.
"Yep."
        "Like the ears.", Sage chuckled looking at the two large grey circles
sitting on top of the blue haired boys head. He also had a grey tail pinned
to his butt.
        "I do not want to be a rat! I find nothing funny in this at all!", Zyrum
sitting on the couch pouted her arms crossed. She too was dressed as a
mouse. Wearing a blue shirt and white jeans. A pair of white ears sprouting
from her head and a white tail wrapping around her side."Plus I hate
parties. I never have a good time at these large parties."
        Mia sighed, "Zy we are going strictly on business."
        "That's what you think. If I'm goin, I'm gonna have some fun.", Sage sat
down next to Brellia. Who faced him and useing three fingers covered in
black face paint gave Sage his whiskers. Then with a dab of pink on her
thumb she put some on the end of his nose, before he could even object.
Sage crossed his eyes looking at the tip of his nose. He sighed and leaned
back in the couch.
        "Brellia? Why are you wearing a stained shirt?", Sage asked. Brellia was
wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white shirt covered in blackspots.
        "I was assined a dalmation. I haven't got all my costume on yet because
I've been painting faces.", Brellia added a bit more pink to his nose.
        Ryo suddenly appeared in the room, a pair of black and grey ears on his
head, one ear flopping over in his face, a black shirt and grayish/black
jeans, and to finish it off, a big black pompom on the seat of his pants.
Cye came in behind him holding up one arm while Kento was holding the
other.
        Cye was dressed in a tux, but the pants being a bit too baggy, and the
crotch was low. So instead of walking around he seemed to waddle, like a
pinguine.
        "It's not that bad Ryo. I mean, look at me. My clothes are covered in
spots! I look like Pongo or something! And Cye looks like one of those
Penguins off Mary Poppins. The least you could do is play the talking
rabbit in Alice in wonderland.", Kento joked.
        "I'm not white. Simone is white. I am black. The rabbit in Alice in
Wonderland is white. I am black!", Ryo growled through cletched teeth. "Of
all animals. The leader of the ronin warriors is a bunny! Not a dog, not a
tiger, not anything like that, noooo...I have to be a bunny!", Ryo
practically yelled. "These ears keep flopping in my face and the worst part
of all is this!", he pointed to the black pompom, stuck to the seat of his
jeans. Everyone in the room held in thier laughter.
        Brellia walked up and flicked the end of Ryo's nose with the pink face
paint. He crossed his eyes looking at the pink dot on his nose.  "Don't
whine.", she smiled up at him. Looking mush like a dog already with those
dark brown, playful, eyes.
        "Awwwww...now ain't that just the cutist thing you ever seen?"Zy joked,
her mind off her own little problem, about being a 'rat'. Ryo shot a
dangerus look at her.
        "Ryo! There you are!", Simone giggled coming down the stairs. She wore a
pink top with blue shorts. "Awww...you look...hehehehe...adorable.", she
covered her mouth saying so. Mia sitting by Anubis narrowed her eyes at
Simone. That blonde was taking her man!
        "Yeah Ryo, adorable.", Cye laughed. Ryo clentched his fists, desperatly
wanting to punch Cye and the others in the face.
        "Oh Ryo pay no mind to them.", Mia came up, talking through a mask that
covered her nose to her forhead. Decorated in feathers and a yellow beak
that covered the nose. She was an owl, along with Anubis.
        Ryo looked up at Mia and jummped. "Woah! That kinda scared me for a sec
there Mia.", He laughed a bit rubbing the back of his neck.
        Mia lifted her mask, "Better?"
        "Yeah.", Ryo answered.
"Brellia that tickles!", Simone laughed as Brellia put whiskers on Simones
face.
"Hold still!", Brellia giggled a little, then finished, "Cale your turn!"
Cale backed up in his seat, "I am not putting that crap on my face!"
"Oh it's not that bad. Plus it washes right off.", Yaji came in, wearing a
black pair of shorts and a gray cut off t-shirt. (A lotta people wearin'
black huh?) She twirled a black tail with a white tip in her hand. Her ears
where also black and white at the tips. Yuri who was laying on the floor,
whistled at her. Yaji giggled. "Oh no. Cat calls. I know you want this
Yuri." She bent over and scratched him under the chin. "Too bad yuh can't."
Sage leaning against the wall, crossed his arms over his chest and huffed.
"Don't flatter yourself Yaji.", he muttered under his breath. Yaji didn't
hear him, but Yuri did. He glared at Sage, and growled. "Oh come on Yuri
leave the little prick alone. He's mine later on anyway. That is if he's
still up to a fight."
"It was two friggin points and that was hours ago! I don't give anymore.",
Sage retorted.
"Figures.", Yaji rolled her eyes.
"You know, I wouldn't doubt she's Leathions daughter.", Mia whispered to
Ryo. Ryo nodded in agreement.
"Hey! Yaji! Get your face paint on huh?", Brellia stated, looking up from
Cale's face.
"I can do my own thanks.", Yaji smirked. "Why not give the mutt his spots?"
She pointed a thumb to Kento. Kento crossed his arms, glaring at Yaji. Yaji
chuckled a little.
"I was gonna do us last but--Cale!! Stop moving around!", Brellia scolded
the older man. Cale stayed still as Brellia added his whiskers and nose
using black.
"Kayrua how come you aren't coming?", Rowen asked her.
"I'll be taking care of Yuli, instead of the other girls. They're going
with you guys.", Kayrua smiled.
"Oh.", Rowen nodded.
"Okay...Kento you and I are last. Come 'ere.", Brellia pointed to the stool
infront of her. Kento sat down. Ryo watched the white haired, female
replica of Dais, put a large black spot over one of Kento's eyes. * Man, I
wonder if we actually find info leading to Leathion's place. *, he
wondered. * Otherwise this whole thing is a total waist of time!*
"Simone your right this stuff does tickle!", Brellia laughed a bit, while
Kento put on, her face paint.
"Everyone is having a major problem with holding still!", Kento chuckled.
"Sorry.", Brellia apoligized.
Simone started giggling at them, and she brought out two boxes, "Oopsie! I
forgot about these Bella!", she shoved the two boxes into her friends hand.
Brellia opened one, and found a yellow collar, spiked and with a tag giving
the name, "Spike" on it.
"Hehe..that's one's Pinto's.", Simone giggled.
Brellia felt herself laugh out loud as she took out the collar and looked
at it. Kento walked to her side, "What's for me?"
"This!", Brellia undid the fasten and put it around Kento's neck standing
on her tippy toes. "There ya go Spike!", she laughed.
"I can't belive you did that!", Ryo looked at Simone. "It was just a
sujestion."
"It was a good suggestion Bunny boy.", Simone giggled and hugged him. Ryo
could feel the 'Glare-o-Death", Mia was giving him.
Yaji took the other box from Brellia's hands and opened it. Inside a purple
collar, with rounded nubs, and thetag reading "Lassie". The name was a
Nickname that had been givin to Brellia, from her cousion. Yaji put it
around Brellia's neck. "There you go Mutt."
"Feline.", Brellia retorted.
Yaji smiled after Brellia as she ran uptairs to get the other half of her
costume on.
The party...

        19 people packed into Two vehicles, amazingly, and soon enough all where
piling out of them. Two cats, two mice, two Pinguens, two owls, two foxes,
two deer, two dogs, two bunnies, and two tigers.
        Once at the outside party, Ryo began asining jobs. The warlords and the
girls where to walk around as look outs.  Rowen, Cye, Kento, Sage, and
Yaji, where told to cause some sort of distraction. As For Simone, Ryo,
Brellia, Niea, and Zyrum, they where to look up any info they could in the
file rooms and on the computers.
        Dais and the other warlords along with Rosiland, Britanya, Ameirl, and
Mia started hangin around the building the signal was a sharp tap at the
window of the office they would be in.
        Cale sighed and made a devistaing jab at Ryo's already half dead dignaty,
by stating why they where taking orders from a bunny and better yet a bunny
that wasn't even an adult. The warlords and even Mia laughed at that. Ryo
gritted his teeth, but Simone soon got his attention to other matters. As
they rounded the police stations coner and came to the back door.
        "Come on guys. Now how are we gonna get in?", Niea grumbled.
        Simone took a hair pin from her hair. Ryo stopped her. "Wont they have
alarms?"
        Simone gave him an odd look, "No...our police force is too cheep. They
haven't even arrested anyone around here sence...1974! Even though I have
no idea HOW that is possible." Brellia, Zy and Niea looked at one another
and looked skyward with an 'Oh brother' expression writen across thier
faces.
        "Oh...well then...okay...", He sighed and leaned agaist the wall. The
doorknob clicked. Simone let it swing open. "See sugar bunny? Easy as
carrot Cake!" A loud explosion was heard from the otherside of the
building, followed by shouts, a few screams and then laughter.
        "Theres our distraction.", Brellia grinned, knowing that was Yaji's doing.
        The other girls nodded in agreement at her statement.
         "Come on lets just get inside.", Zy grabbed Simone's hand and led the way
inside with the others following.  Above the building sitting in a tree
dark eyes watched them.
        "This way...the third door on the left!", Brellia pointed them the right
way. They opened the door to find it not even locked.
        Each sat down at a computer or found them selfves a file cabniet.  They
codes for the computers where less than chalanging and the filing cabnets
didn't even have LOCKS!
        Ryo smiled, there, with almost a unholy glow, he found Leathion Carego.
"Guys! I got it!"
        "I got some stuff too!", Niea grinned, and pressed the print icon. "It'll
only take a few minutes." The printer started up and in five minutes they
had a whole FBI file report on him. That much was stored in the computer's
database.
        "Okay lets get outta here. This place is starting to give me the creeps
for some reason. And normaly I like the dark.", Zy glanced side to side,
feeling a bit, scared.
        As they left, Niea looked to Ryo. "Ryo? How do  we know what to do if we
get into a battle? We've only traine once."
        "We'll be there to back you up Niea.", Ryo smiled. "Let's get outta here
girls."
        "Aye, Aye, Captian Bunny!", Brellia giggled saluting Ryo. Ryo gave Brellia
a annoyed look. Simone hit Brellia up side the head. Brellia rubbed her
head, pouting a little. "How come the youngest is always picked on...Ow..."
        Quietly as a mouse, they left the building after locking the door from
the inside. The Warlords, Mia, Rosiland, Ameril, and Britannya were waiting
for tem by the stairs. "We got the stuff.", Ryo stated.
        "Good, Comander Bunny."
        "Would you people stop doing that?"
        The girls giggled.
        "I wanna get home. Come on guys lets move it, move it, move it!!", Zy
urdged them to get going. They allowed her to herd them to the meeting
place. Ryo put the file Niea had found into the file folder he had found
and put itdown the front of his shirt. He loosened his shirt a little to
make it look a bit less suspisous.
        Cale brought out a wistle and blew it 3 times, and over the loud music,
no one could really tell that a whistle had been blown at all. In less than
a minute