Fevered Dreams
Okay, so this is only my second Ronin Warriors fanfic, and I hope it works
out. Anyway, I got this idea after re-reading a disease fic I wrote several
years ago about the Gundam Pilots (posted on Aishiteiru). Anyway, this story
has some ties to my old story, but overall, it is quite different.
I don't own RW, although I wish...
Finally, I hope you enjoy!
******
(Around ten in the morning)
A ten-year-old boy got off his bike and leaned it against the large house. He
paused for a minute, shook his head, then continued up the stairs to the
house. Without pausing to knock on the door or anything, he opened the door
and stepped inside.
Inside, the boy saw a young man with light brown hair poke his head around
the corner, from the area were the kitchen was. The boy smiled at the man and
went around the corner to the kitchen.
"Breakfast duty again, Cye?" The boy asked, which brought froth a laugh from
the young man. Cye put two pancakes on a plate and placed them in front of
the boy.
"Yes, my cooking is the only one the other's will eat. Eat your pancakes,
Yulie, before the others come down...you won't get another chance." Cye
commented, setting out syrup and butter as well.
No sooner were the words out of Cye's mouth did four young men run toward the
stairs in a race. Two of them jumped from the top of the stairs to the bottom
floor while the other two tried to get to the kitchen first. Cye quickly set
out pancakes for the four men just before they had all sat down at the table.
"Hey Yulie." One of the men said, his black hair tied down by an orange
headband. His dark eyes sparkled playfully as he tried to steal an extra
pancake from Yulie's plate.
"Hi Kento." Yulie replied as he watched Kento stick a fork in one of his
untouched pancakes. Another fork slapped Kento's hand and Kento pulled away
quickly.
"Hey, Sage, why'd you do that?" Kento asked of his blond friend. Sage smiled
and continued to eat his own pancakes.
"It's Yulie's pancake, Kento. Leave it alone and eat the ones given to you
first." A blue haired boy replied, his blue eyes sparkling as playfully as
Kento's.
"Thanks Rowen." Yulie said half-heartedly. Personally, he wasn't hungry; he'd
already had his breakfast that morning at his home. Only one of the men
noticed, though.
"You doing okay, Yulie?" A man with black hair and incredibly blue eyes
asked, slightly concerned for the young boy.
"I'm fine, Ryo...I already ate breakfast, that's all." Yulie explained,
deciding not to mention the fact that his stomach was hurting a little.
A few minutes later, the men all finished their food and ran outside,
brushing past a woman that was just coming down the stairs. She just shook
her head and went into the kitchen.
"Hey Yulie...not going to watch the guys and their training?" The woman asked,
brushing her long brown hair over her shoulder as she helped herself to
left-over pancakes. Yulie took one more bite of the breakfast Cye had given
him before rinsing the plate off in the sink, watching the uneaten pancakes
slide down the drain.
"No, I'm going right now. Bye, Mia!" He yelled as he ran out the front door
after the guys.
Mia shook her head, but smiled.
"At least he was kind enough to rinse his plate for me." Mia said to herself
softly as she looked around the disaster zone that was supposed to be a
kitchen.
******
A few hours later, Mia emerged from the house and sat down on the front step
with Yulie. A few feet away, the five young men sparred together, making sure
to stay in shape for any unexpected attacks from the Dynasty.
"So how's life at home, Yulie?" Mia asked, jerking the young boy from his
thoughts.
"It's okay...my mom got sick this week, but she's already getting better."
Yulie told her, his eyes slowly following every fast move any Ronin Warrior
made. Suddenly, his face scrunched up and he covered his face with his hands.
Yulie sneezed, about five times in a row. When he was done, he left his hand
in front of his face, but turned to Mia. "Just a minute, Mia."
With that, Yulie turned and ran into the house. But sure enough, a moment
later he was back, settling back down on the front stoop. He put a hand to his
forehead and groaned slightly.
"Hey, Yulie...are you okay?" Mia asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, just a little tired." Yulie waved off Mia's concern, but she wasn't
convinced. When Yulie finally moved his hand, she placed her hand there
instead. She almost jerked back in surprise as she felt the hot touch of a
fever greet her fingers.
"Hey Yulie...why don't you tell me how you really feel while we get some
medicine, k?" Mia suggested, opening the door again and forcing the young boy
through. Reluctantly, Yulie led the way to the bottom-floor bathroom.
"I've had a cough since yesterday and an upset morning since this morning. I
don't remember how long I've been sneezing...nothing else, really." Yulie
explained as Mia stuck a thermometer in his mouth and removed two cold tablets
from the medicine cabinet behind the mirror. When the thermometer beeped off,
she removed it to see his temperature as Yulie downed the two tablets.
"Okay, go on out and call the guys in." Mia told him reassuringly as she
cleaned the thermometer off and put it away. 'I'll take him home after lunch.'
She told herself, keeping in mind Yulie's temperature.
She had everything set up for lunch, but when she didn't hear the guys come in
after a few minutes, she grew concerned. She went outside and saw the young
men still sparring. Confused, she walked back inside and grabbed a few towels
for the men before calling them in for lunch.
"Have any of you seen Yulie in the past half hour?" She asked as she gave them
their towels. "He was supposed to get you for lunch."
"Yeah, I thought I saw him napping on the couch." Kento said, wiping the sweat
from his face.
Hiding her concern from the guys, she told them lunch was in the kitchen
before she walked into the living room.
Sure enough, Yulie was fast asleep on the couch. Feeling slightly sorry for
the young boy, she crouched down by the couch and brushed his forehead. He
felt slightly warmer...
Mia got a thermometer and took his temperature again and was surprise that it
had risen, even though she had given the boy medicine. Concerned, she cleaned
off the thermometer again and got a blanket out of the cupboard. She draped it
over Yulie before walking into the kitchen. The men all looked up at her
immediately.
"So did you find Yulie?" Sage asked, cleaning off his plate. Mia nodded for
them and explained that he was running a bit of a fever.
"I'm going to take him home, okay?" She suggested when she had finished
explaining. The men agreed with her and she went out to the living room and
picked Yulie up from the couch like a little child. He didn't even wake up.
As she was backing out through the door, Ryo approached her.
"Hey, I'll go with you." Ryo told her, opening the door. Mia smiled at him as
she adjusted Yulie's dead weight. "I'll carry him." Ryo added when he noted
the trouble she was having holding onto Yulie.
Mia gave him Yulie and, together, they headed off for Yulie's house.
******
"Thank you again for bringing him home." Yulie's father said as he came out of
Yulie's room. "I thought he was sick this morning and I told him not to go
anywhere, but he promised that he felt fine...he seemed so certain...I'm sorry
for any inconvenience it has caused you."
"It's no problem, really." Ryo told the man for the fifth time.
"Really, we should be going back home." Mia said, ushering Ryo out the front
door. "I hope your family will get better." Mia added before they both were
outside and heading down the door.
Yulie's father closed the door after them, then turned toward the bedroom
hallway.
"I hope so too." He whispered.
******
That's it for now. I hope to get the next chapter up soon, and I also hope
it gets a little better...
Okay, so this is only my second Ronin Warriors fanfic, and I hope it works
out. Anyway, I got this idea after re-reading a disease fic I wrote several
years ago about the Gundam Pilots (posted on Aishiteiru). Anyway, this story
has some ties to my old story, but overall, it is quite different.
I don't own RW, although I wish...
Finally, I hope you enjoy!
******
(Around ten in the morning)
A ten-year-old boy got off his bike and leaned it against the large house. He
paused for a minute, shook his head, then continued up the stairs to the
house. Without pausing to knock on the door or anything, he opened the door
and stepped inside.
Inside, the boy saw a young man with light brown hair poke his head around
the corner, from the area were the kitchen was. The boy smiled at the man and
went around the corner to the kitchen.
"Breakfast duty again, Cye?" The boy asked, which brought froth a laugh from
the young man. Cye put two pancakes on a plate and placed them in front of
the boy.
"Yes, my cooking is the only one the other's will eat. Eat your pancakes,
Yulie, before the others come down...you won't get another chance." Cye
commented, setting out syrup and butter as well.
No sooner were the words out of Cye's mouth did four young men run toward the
stairs in a race. Two of them jumped from the top of the stairs to the bottom
floor while the other two tried to get to the kitchen first. Cye quickly set
out pancakes for the four men just before they had all sat down at the table.
"Hey Yulie." One of the men said, his black hair tied down by an orange
headband. His dark eyes sparkled playfully as he tried to steal an extra
pancake from Yulie's plate.
"Hi Kento." Yulie replied as he watched Kento stick a fork in one of his
untouched pancakes. Another fork slapped Kento's hand and Kento pulled away
quickly.
"Hey, Sage, why'd you do that?" Kento asked of his blond friend. Sage smiled
and continued to eat his own pancakes.
"It's Yulie's pancake, Kento. Leave it alone and eat the ones given to you
first." A blue haired boy replied, his blue eyes sparkling as playfully as
Kento's.
"Thanks Rowen." Yulie said half-heartedly. Personally, he wasn't hungry; he'd
already had his breakfast that morning at his home. Only one of the men
noticed, though.
"You doing okay, Yulie?" A man with black hair and incredibly blue eyes
asked, slightly concerned for the young boy.
"I'm fine, Ryo...I already ate breakfast, that's all." Yulie explained,
deciding not to mention the fact that his stomach was hurting a little.
A few minutes later, the men all finished their food and ran outside,
brushing past a woman that was just coming down the stairs. She just shook
her head and went into the kitchen.
"Hey Yulie...not going to watch the guys and their training?" The woman asked,
brushing her long brown hair over her shoulder as she helped herself to
left-over pancakes. Yulie took one more bite of the breakfast Cye had given
him before rinsing the plate off in the sink, watching the uneaten pancakes
slide down the drain.
"No, I'm going right now. Bye, Mia!" He yelled as he ran out the front door
after the guys.
Mia shook her head, but smiled.
"At least he was kind enough to rinse his plate for me." Mia said to herself
softly as she looked around the disaster zone that was supposed to be a
kitchen.
******
A few hours later, Mia emerged from the house and sat down on the front step
with Yulie. A few feet away, the five young men sparred together, making sure
to stay in shape for any unexpected attacks from the Dynasty.
"So how's life at home, Yulie?" Mia asked, jerking the young boy from his
thoughts.
"It's okay...my mom got sick this week, but she's already getting better."
Yulie told her, his eyes slowly following every fast move any Ronin Warrior
made. Suddenly, his face scrunched up and he covered his face with his hands.
Yulie sneezed, about five times in a row. When he was done, he left his hand
in front of his face, but turned to Mia. "Just a minute, Mia."
With that, Yulie turned and ran into the house. But sure enough, a moment
later he was back, settling back down on the front stoop. He put a hand to his
forehead and groaned slightly.
"Hey, Yulie...are you okay?" Mia asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, just a little tired." Yulie waved off Mia's concern, but she wasn't
convinced. When Yulie finally moved his hand, she placed her hand there
instead. She almost jerked back in surprise as she felt the hot touch of a
fever greet her fingers.
"Hey Yulie...why don't you tell me how you really feel while we get some
medicine, k?" Mia suggested, opening the door again and forcing the young boy
through. Reluctantly, Yulie led the way to the bottom-floor bathroom.
"I've had a cough since yesterday and an upset morning since this morning. I
don't remember how long I've been sneezing...nothing else, really." Yulie
explained as Mia stuck a thermometer in his mouth and removed two cold tablets
from the medicine cabinet behind the mirror. When the thermometer beeped off,
she removed it to see his temperature as Yulie downed the two tablets.
"Okay, go on out and call the guys in." Mia told him reassuringly as she
cleaned the thermometer off and put it away. 'I'll take him home after lunch.'
She told herself, keeping in mind Yulie's temperature.
She had everything set up for lunch, but when she didn't hear the guys come in
after a few minutes, she grew concerned. She went outside and saw the young
men still sparring. Confused, she walked back inside and grabbed a few towels
for the men before calling them in for lunch.
"Have any of you seen Yulie in the past half hour?" She asked as she gave them
their towels. "He was supposed to get you for lunch."
"Yeah, I thought I saw him napping on the couch." Kento said, wiping the sweat
from his face.
Hiding her concern from the guys, she told them lunch was in the kitchen
before she walked into the living room.
Sure enough, Yulie was fast asleep on the couch. Feeling slightly sorry for
the young boy, she crouched down by the couch and brushed his forehead. He
felt slightly warmer...
Mia got a thermometer and took his temperature again and was surprise that it
had risen, even though she had given the boy medicine. Concerned, she cleaned
off the thermometer again and got a blanket out of the cupboard. She draped it
over Yulie before walking into the kitchen. The men all looked up at her
immediately.
"So did you find Yulie?" Sage asked, cleaning off his plate. Mia nodded for
them and explained that he was running a bit of a fever.
"I'm going to take him home, okay?" She suggested when she had finished
explaining. The men agreed with her and she went out to the living room and
picked Yulie up from the couch like a little child. He didn't even wake up.
As she was backing out through the door, Ryo approached her.
"Hey, I'll go with you." Ryo told her, opening the door. Mia smiled at him as
she adjusted Yulie's dead weight. "I'll carry him." Ryo added when he noted
the trouble she was having holding onto Yulie.
Mia gave him Yulie and, together, they headed off for Yulie's house.
******
"Thank you again for bringing him home." Yulie's father said as he came out of
Yulie's room. "I thought he was sick this morning and I told him not to go
anywhere, but he promised that he felt fine...he seemed so certain...I'm sorry
for any inconvenience it has caused you."
"It's no problem, really." Ryo told the man for the fifth time.
"Really, we should be going back home." Mia said, ushering Ryo out the front
door. "I hope your family will get better." Mia added before they both were
outside and heading down the door.
Yulie's father closed the door after them, then turned toward the bedroom
hallway.
"I hope so too." He whispered.
******
That's it for now. I hope to get the next chapter up soon, and I also hope
it gets a little better...