Author's Note: Ronin Warriors don't belong to me! Just borrowing them! So don't call the baddies! This will be a slash!! Ryo/Sage then ?/Sage. I must warn you this is not a kid story. So please if you are faint hearted or yaoi is not for you, please turn back. I had recently been inspired…so for what it's worth…thanx.

Chapter 1: Confrontations Part 1

Sage Date was the most perfect man at Han a High. He had the grades, the looks, and the charm to get anyone to become his. But he didn't want any of them! He wanted someone who wouldn't treat him like a god. He wanted to be loved as himself. He wanted to be able to trust the one he chose with his inner most desires, his darkest secrets and if he was a jerk, wouldn't let him get away with it. In short, Sage wanted a normal relationship. And he thought he had it. He had thought he had found: the one. He had been dating Ryo Sanada for the past six months and at first, all was well in paradise. However, on their fourth month, things had had begun to change. Ryo had become less responsive to him, rarely spoke to him and was very brief, almost cold.

He had wondered time and time again what he had done to deserve the treatment he had received but he couldn't place it. Even the others had begun to notice the changes but had wisely kept out of the way. It wasn't their place after all and as Rowen clearly pointed out: "they had to figure it out for themselves." Sage wanted to kick blue boy back to space. He hated when he was right.

Ryo, Sage thought as he paced in his room like a caged animal. What have I done? Why won't you talk to me? Although he was the Ronin of Wisdom, Sage didn't have the answers. He was only human after all. He was about to reach for his journal when the person of his thoughts came into their room, barely acknowledging the blond.

"Oh hey Seiji," Ryo said carelessly as he searched around, clearly looking for something. "Have you seen my gym bag?" Sage stood up, went to the window sill and wordlessly handed it over to the dark haired man. Ryo nodded and after packing his gym gear waved a bit and tossed a 'thanks Seiji' over his shoulder. It was the final straw.

"Ryo, we have to talk." Sage said as he blocked the door. Ryo sighed and looked at his boyfriend.

"What's the problem Seiji?" He asked. "You know I have practice." Sage looked at him and knew that Ryo was lying. He had memorized the table on when Ryo had soccer practice. He never had on Thursdays.

"Ryo, you and I both know that you have practice on Thursdays."

"The coach called me in."

"Oh really and how is that possible when the phone is on the charger?" Both men looked at the phone, which was as Sage said and Ryo blanched. He knew that he had been caught but he wasn't ready to admit it.

"I got the call from one of my team mates."

"Who are all on vacation…" Sage countered. "Any more you want to try on me?" Ryo looked at him and huffed.

"Look Seiji, you are not my father ok so stop this!"

"I am your boyfriend damn it!" Sage said. "Ryo I have kept quiet about this and so have the others but you've changed. We don't talk, we don't go out. You get phone calls and say it's nothing. Our anniversary dinner, what happened? You came two hours late! What's going on with you?"

"I don't have to explain myself to you Seiji." Ryo said. "I have to go." With that, the dark haired warrior of Virtue nudged Sage out of the way and stormed out. Sage was shell shocked and didn't notice a certain warrior of Life coming into the room.

"Sage, what happened? Ryo left here in quite a hurry."

"Have I done something wrong Ro?" Sage asked as he sank into his chair behind his desk. "I'm at a total loss, trying to figure out just what the hell I had done for Ryo to be so…" Rowen looked at him and sighed. He hated to see Sage so stressed. He knew what was going on, for he went through the same thing a year before. This is gonna be a bitch!

"Sage, it's not your fault." He said as he patted the blond's shoulder. "Things just don't work out. It has nothing to do with you."

"You saw it coming didn't you?"

"We all did." Rowen said. "But, we figured that it was best to stay out of it."

"I just don't know what's going on. I have been there for him…I gave him my heart and all. How could he...?"

"You should ask him when he comes back." Rowen said. "When he does, just come straight out with it."

"I tried that and he got hostile."

"So, try a different approach." The blue haired New Yorker said. "Instead of going at it, coax it out of him. Unless, he makes a mistake that makes it obvious to you and everyone else…"

"You're right." Sage said with a sigh, fearing the worse. "I'll do it tonight. God Ro, I'm a wreak…"

"No matter what happens," Rowen said. "I'm always there for you."

Author's Note: Well, talk about a serious makeover! Tell me what you think! Thanks for reading!