I do not in anyway own Ronin Warriors or Animorphs. I really wish I did…but since I don't, oh well. I'll use artistic license to the best of my ability.

For now, until I can the less-then carrot appear, the Animorphs will be using "::" for thought-speak.

Book 1: Animorphs
By: Meowsilbub
Chapter 1: The Heros Meet

"What are we going to do?" Marco asked.

"Well, for one, we should save this prisoner. There has to be some reason that they aren't turning him into a controller. By what Erik said, they've had him for a month," Jake replied. He looked at Tobias, who was currently preening his feathers on a rafter above them. "Tobias?"

::Yeah, I could take a look. It shouldn't be hard to find,:: Tobias said, answering the unasked question.

"So, how do we know this isn't some trap? I mean, like they told all the yeerks one thing, but did another, and now they're just waiting for us to show up?" Marco pointed out, crossing his arms.

"We should take the chance. If they really do have a prisoner, and it's not a trap, then it could be an Andalite that trapped himself in morph," Cassie said, looking thoughtful,

"Well, then, I say let's do it!" Rachel cried out.

"Oh boy, now I know this will be bad, with Rachel saying to do it," Marco muttered.

"Ok, let's take a vote," Jake suggested. They agreed, and in the end, the agreement was anonymous. Marco surprised everyone with no whining and complaining like was normal with him.

"Well, we have to do the rescue mission soon. The person may be moved, or killed. I doubt they would keep a prisoner much longer," Jake said. "How about on Saturday? It's only a few day's from now."

"Sounds good enough, and I don't think we'll have another chance," Marco replied reluctantly. The others nodded in agreement.

"Well, that does it then. Saturday day morning, say around 10 o'clock, meet here. Will that be time to scout out a path for us, Tobias?"

::Yeah, plenty of time. Not like I have much to do anyway,:: Tobias said, looking at Jake with his piercing glare. And that was that. They all walked home, wondering what would happen on Saturday.

Tobias was riding a thermal, watching a wolf pack, Jake leading the way. ::Ok, you'll come up to a stream soon. Follow it for about, oh…say, 3 minutes. At that point you're pretty much there,:: Tobias directed.

::I can smell Hork-Bajir, Prince Jake. It won't be hard to find them now,:: Aximili, or Ax as he was called, said as they ran.

::I can smell them too. Tobias, tell us when we're close,:: Jake ordered, and Tobias could see him lift his head to the sky. The five wolves came upon the stream, and started about it. About 3 minutes later by Ax's reckoning, Tobias told them they were just out of sight from the Hork-Bajir.

::Ok guys. Demorph. Try to keep it as quiet as possible, in morph, and out. Go battle morphs,:: Jake ordered. They all demorphed, hideous while doing so. Bones rearranged themselves, and grew. The fur disappeared, giving way to soft human skin. Ax's morph was the strangest, blue fur took over the gray, a tail appearing, as well as a horse body and a human upper body. Cassie was the only one who didn't look hideous. She managed to be pure human, but have the thick silver pelt of a wolf.

::That's pretty cool,:: Marco said during the last few seconds of her demorphing. Flesh and a leotard then replaced the fur.

At Jakes nod, the process started again. Orange and black ghost patterns covered Jake. Marco grew larger and black hair appeared, taking on the shape of humans distant cousin, the gorilla. Rachel's skin thickened, and turned gray. She grew bigger and bigger, and became an elephant. Cassie morphed wolf again, taking on her deadliest morph, and resetting the 2-hour time limit. Ax and Tobias stayed in their natural forms, Andalite and Red-Tailed Hawk, respectively.

::You do realize we chose species that probably wouldn't get along in the wild, right?:: Marco commented, looking around, eyes almost hidden by the bushy eyebrows.

::Ok Tobias, how many of what in the camp?:: Jake wisely ignored Marco.

::Ten Hork-Bajir, seven Taxxons…umm…and we also have a new unidentified enemy, fifteen of them.:: Tobias paused. ::They are made out of metal it looks like. Shaped human like…but big. I dunno…you can't really describe them. There's a log cabin in the middle of this. No windows.::

::Ok…thirty-two enemies. Seven are easy. And fifteen we don't know about. Ax, go for the metal things. Find out how tough they are. The rest of us…just attack. Any questions?:: Jake looked at them all, tiger-eyes looking strangely intelligent.

Marco raised an arm. ::Um…yeah. Is it too late to say I'd rather be home watching Baywatch then being out here about to fight killer aliens?::

Jake, again, just ignored his long time friend. ::On the count of three. One-Two-Three!:: Jake burst out of the woods into the clearing, the others right behind him. Jake took down a Hork-Bajir, and Cassie got a couple of Taxxons before the ambushed had any idea what was going on. Marco swung a fist at a metal thing, the same time Ax snagged another with his tail.

::Prince Jake, these new enemies are easy,:: Ax stated.

::Good, not get the others,:: Jake replied, barely avoiding a Hork-Bajir's arm blade, and attacked again. Rachel took down the Taxxons easily, squishing them with her trunk like someone would squish a pop-can. Tobias helped by attacking the eyes of the Hork-Bajir. Only a few minutes later, the attack was over. The easy victory was manly due to the fact that it was an ambush, and many would-be attackers were down before anyone realized it.

::Ok guys back off into the woods. Rachel…morph something that is less conspicuous. I want you guys to stay hidden until I say otherwise.::
Jake walked toward the door, hearing the mental acknowledgements, and seeing them disappear like ghosts. When Jake approached the door, he saw that the handle was a type where you just pushed a button to lock it, and turned the knob to unlock it. Luckily, tiger paws could do this procedure, tricky as it may sound. When the door was opened, the first thing Jake saw was a small, filthy mattress. Next to it was an equally filthy bucket, but inside was amazingly clean water. As Jake stepped in, he saw the prisoner. It was human, but Jake couldn't tell which gender. It had long auburn hair, and wore tattered jeans and a t-shirt that looked like it has gone unwashed for a long time. The prisoner looked up, and Jake saw that though the face was finely shaped, the person was a male.

::I'm here to help you,:: Jake said soothingly.

"I know," the boy whispered. Jake bit back his exclamation of surprise. How could the boy know?

::Are you badly hurt?:: Jake asked, when the boy tried to stand up, but could barely make it.

"Bruised, and I think I tore a tendon. One of my ribs is out of place, too." The boy replied. "You're taking me out of here?"

::Uh huh. I'm taking you to a safer place,:: Jake walked closer to the boy.

He laughed. "Safer, I like that. Can't honestly say any place is safe," he paused. "My name is Cye. It's nice to meet you, Jake."

::How did you know my name?:: Jake asked harshly, and backed up.

"I know a lot. But I fear, not enough. I only know names, and who did this to me." Cye said.

::How do I know to trust you?:: Jake was suspicious, but who could blame him?

"Trust. That's kinda funny, to me. My whole being is trust." Cye closed his eyes, and for a moment, a symbol showed up on his forehead. It was pale blue in color, and just looking at it soothed Jake. Too, strangely enough, Jake did believe the boy named Cye; the mysterious prisoner of the aliens names Yeerks.

::I'm afraid we'll have to walk out of here,:: Jake hesitantly said.

"Um…I can ride you, like a horse. I have experience with doing that." The boy met Jakes eyes, and he could see strength and determination in those eyes. To Jake, the eyes looked like an ocean, peaceful at the moment, put Jake had the feeling that when Cye was mad, the eyes looked more like an ocean, stormy and gray.

::That's fine. We just need to get out of here soon.:: Jake said this to the boy, but through private though-speech, he said ::Guys, meet me at the barn. I'll be along shortly.:: As Cye nodded, and climbed on Jake, who in the meantime had moved closer to lower the risk of any more injury, the animorphs replied that they would see him there. As Jake started lopping through the woods, he wondered what Cye would say about what had happened.

A/N. So…this is my first chapter. Don't worry, there is much more to come. I'm just typing this up from a notebook of mine. If I'm slow to update, blame it on my slow typing. This is to be a part of a series. All of it will be spread widely apart, and all will be a crossover. I would have most of the series up, except for the fact I managed to get MyDoom.F, and now I have to rewrite all of it. Ick. Anyways, please review, it will help out a lot. Thanks! See you in the next chapter!

PLEASE!!! Does anyone know how to make the less-than carrot appear?I can only make ">" appear. Also...is it possible to get the "tab" to work? Personally, double-spacing is annoying to read and write. TIA!