Ronin Warriors crossover with Gundam Wing
These characters are not mine. Don't I wish!
Written by Cousin D
I prefer to use the Japanese names so here's the conversion for anyone who doesn't know them.
Ronin Warriors-Samurai Troopers
Ma-Sho-Warlords
Ryo-Sanada Ryo
Sage-Date Seiji
Rowen-Hashiba Touma
Kento-Shu Rei Faun
Cye- Mouri Shin
Anubis-Sh'ten
Dais-Rajura
Sekhmet-Naaza
Cale-Anubis
Taulpa-Arago
The Ancient-Kaosu
Mia Koji- Yagiyu Nasutei (Nasty)
PROPHECY
Nasutei was dreaming of herself standing in a black void when the chant and nine figures appeared before her, shown only in shadow. Instantly, Nasutei knew that these were the Samurai Troopers and the Ma-Sho. These boys were completely still in shadow and the chant continued in the voice of the Ancient, Kaosu.
Torch of spirit, sought through five,
Drinking strength from immortal fire,
The darkest prison sheds the light,
Churning beneath a swirl of salt,
Burning within a throne of rock,
Floating amongst the eyes of the ages,
Un-moored in the stream of the sky.
If they should fail or fall
Others shall heed the call
Yet flawed and crippled, though they be
To wear the armors, destiny
Benevolence
Faith
Courtesy
Wisdom
Justice
Loyalty
Obedience
Endurance
Piety
Passion
Compassion
Harmony
Honor
Will
Innocence
As the chant rang on, the shadows of her boys and the Ma-Sho were replaced by new shadows of six people. Each of the new traits was chanted, the shadows lifted and Nasutei could see the new people, most were still unfamiliar, as they were neither Troopers nor Ma-Sho.
One was a small girl with long black hair and old fashioned ceremonial clothes.
Her eyes were wide and bright with a shining brightness, but Nasutei had never seen the little girl before.
The first boy wore a long auburn braid and a crooked grin, his eyes were lit like fires. The second boy was smaller and had bright blond hair with a sweet expression. The third stood stiffly with his arms crossed over his chest and brown hair that fell over his left eye, obscuring it completely. The fourth had his hair slicked back and shiny, tied into a tiny pony tail at the base of his neck. He looked Chinese and glared straight ahead of him. The fourth stood without expression. His face was cold and his eyes blank. The boy was painfully thin and had numerous scars lacing his skin.
Nasutei woke with a gasp, the prophecy still echoing in her mind along with the faces of the new people she'd seen. She looked around to find herself alone in her own bedroom. She knew the boys were just down the hall in their own rooms. There was no danger, at least she tried to convince herself of that. If there was a dynasty attack, then the boys would know.
It was still the middle of the night and she was drenched in sweat, as if she'd just been in a horrible nightmare, but perhaps that's what it was. But, she had learned, long ago, not to dismiss dreams.
"IF THESE SHOULD FAIL OR FALL," That had an ominous feel to it. Would her boys die? That thought caused a chill to run down her spine.
"OTHERS SHALL HEED THE CALL," That must mean... Her thoughts trailed off. What could it mean? That other warriors were waiting to wear the armor? It didn't sound good, whatever it meant.
A knock at the door got her attention. "Nasutei-sama? Are you all right?" She quickly recognized the voice of Sh'ten, her resident ex-evil who was now their mystic replacement for the dead Kaosu. Kaosu had been the powerful monk who'd gathered them all together in the first place, but he'd passed his powers to Sh'ten. Sh'ten was trying very hard to prove himself to the Troopers who, for the most part, didn't trust him. Nasutei trusted him, she didn't know why, but she really did trust him.
"I'm fine." Nasutei slipped out of bed and pulled on her robe. She was, by now, wide awake and didn't want to worry anyone, just in case it was a silly dream, as unlikely as that was. "What are you doing up at this hour?" She asked, opening the door and hoping she didn't look to frightening.
Her breath caught at the sight of him. He was simply the most beautiful man on the face of the earth. Yes, beautiful was definitely the word to describe him. Certainly he couldn't be considered handsome, but his face was sharp and his long red hair looked soft as silk. Sh'ten, as usual, was still in his monk's robes and he never seemed to take them off.
"I was bothered by something, but I'm not sure what." Sh'ten told her. "I thought I heard you talking in your sleep." He looked at her with concern. "Did you have a nightmare?"
Nasutei shook her head. "Something like that. I need to go to my library and do a little research." She stepped out into the hall and looked up at his sharp green eyes. "Why don't you go back to sleep?"
"I'd rather help you."
"Oh." Nasutei hoped it was dark enough in the unlit hall that he wouldn't see her blush. It must be her imagination. Sh'ten couldn't mean that like she hoped he did. He was just worried about a new threat from the Nether Realms.
The two of them did their best to be quiet while they worked through the night. It was quiet lately, for some reason there was no trouble from the Nether Realms and that was making everyone nervous, especially Sh'ten who knew first hand that Arago hadn't given up. The Troopers still needed sleep, though. They were training daily to improve, as they knew the next battle would be soon and they had to be ready. Shin had worked himself until he passed out and Touma had almost broken his ankle while sparing with Seiji. Nasutei knew they were doing their best, but they refused to stop and rest. They couldn't fight if they hurt themselves practicing!
Nasutei was tapping at the keyboard of her computer while Sh'ten flipped through ancient, leather bound book. "Are you sure about what the prophecy said?" Sh'ten asked, trying to find some reference to Nasutei's dream. Nasutei had the most amazing library, thanks to her dear grandfather. It was absolutely huge and had the answer to almost every question that could be asked. Basically, if it wasn't in that library, it wasn't anywhere on Earth. Though, Sh'ten had mentioned that he'd had a quite impressive library in the Nether Realms and Nasutei wanted more than anything to see it, just for a little while.
"Yes, it spoke of another six who would come to take the armor if the Troopers should die." She tried to sound calm, but those boys were like brothers to her! The thought of any one them dying was...painful to say the very least. "The dream also mentioned other traits, now what were they? Oh, yes, loyalty, Piety, Obedience, and Endurance. I don't know who they are supposed to be, either."
Sh'ten didn't bother to look up from his book. "Those are my brothers and myself. It must include us as we may also fall in the battle." Sh'ten continued flipping. "I don't remember any thing like that from Arago's teachings, but it does sound like the sort of thing that he'd skip. Why discourage your army, after all?" He paused, staring at one page in front of him. "Nasutei-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Where did your grandfather get all these books?"
"I'm not sure. Why?"
"Because he either has the most incredible luck when it comes to shopping, or I'll wager Kaosu gave him a few of these. Listen to this," Sh'ten started reading as Nasutei stood up from her computer and walked toward him. "If the warriors fall, six youths shall come to wear the armor. They are to be found in all cultures of the Earth and will be hardened by battle, scarred by life. Two will be found in a place of learning and will lead to the others. Keep these six from harm, else victory is unreachable." Sh'ten paused and looked into space for a moment, thinking. "The prophecy didn't say which armors these six would take or who would die. Just that they would be available to wear the armor, if necessary."
Nasutei walked to the window and looked out at the moon above the lake. "That means they could take the Troopers armors or the Ma-Sho, right?"
Sh'ten carefully set down the book and went to stand next to her. "Yes. I think so. It also makes our battle more dangerous, you know. They can't kill us without one of these others coming to the armor, but we can't kill them. Perhaps we should contact these six, just so we know who they are."
"I wonder why the Ma-Sho don't have a poem, like the Troopers do." Then Nasutei paused. Her eyes grew wide with fright as she thought of something. "Wait a minute, do you think Arago knows about these others?"
The Ma-Sho's eyes narrowed. "I don't know, but I would expect so. It would not be unreasonable for him want them just so he could have a replacement for the armors. Corrupt them now, then when they take the armor, supposedly one of the Troopers, they will be loyal to him. If he's lucky, then he'll soon have all the armors on his side and he will be unstoppable."
With his staff in hand, Sh'ten started to walk out of the library. "Where are you going?" Nasutei asked.
"To wake the others. They should know about this so we can form a strategy."
Nasutei took his arm. "It's five in the morning, Sh'ten. Let them sleep a little longer. They've worked so hard and there's nothing we can do now, anyway." Sh'ten looked down at the frail looking young woman. She smiled sweetly. "Just let them rest a little longer. Come on, I'll make you an early breakfast while we wait."
He just couldn't resist her smile or the offer of breakfast.
A few hours later-
Seiji spoke up, he'd been quiet for some time, trying to decipher something new in Nasutei's dream. "What about those boys? Would you know them if you saw them?" Seiji's voice was rusty from disuse. He disliked speaking and because of it, he didn't. He would communicate telepathically when he had to with the other Troopers, but the only person he usually spoke with was Nasutei.
They had all woken up far after sunrise and ate Shin's cooking while they were filled in about what Nasutei's dream and what Sh'ten and her thought it meant.
Shu sat on the couch in the library with a cheerful smile as he devoured Shin's cooking. He seemed to be the only one not downhearted with the news.
"Maybe, but I'm not sure. The dream is all ready fading and I was so intent to write down the prophecy that I didn't write what they looked like, so now the memory is fading." She paused, sipping her tea. "Besides, they weren't all boys, one of them was a girl. A little girl."
With a deep breath, Sh'ten looked at them and hoped they would accept his council. Really, they had no reason to trust him, but this had to be done. "We are going to have to find them all and convince them that if they ever need to take the armor then they will not turn to Arago."
"I think Sh'ten's right, we should try to find them." Ryo said. "If...If we do die in the fight, then it would be good to have replacements to wear the armor and fight. Better than letting Arago get them, anyway." Ryo was sitting on the floor with Byakuen curled around him comfortably. Ryo ran his fingers absently through Byakuen's soft fur while he worried. Was this also a foretelling that one of them would fall? How would Sh'ten feel if one of his former friends were the one to fall instead of the Troopers?
Shu spoke up. "I don't know why you're all so worried. Nothing in the dream or the book said we WOULD die. It just said that in case we die, we'd have them as back up."
Touma nodded, realistic as ever. "Yes, we all knew that in this war some of us might die. Especially with the caliber of the Ma-Sho."
Sh'ten smiled at the compliment.
"We should be happy that someone thought to have replacements, but I am worried about Arago finding them first. We have to convince them of who's on the right side."
Nasutei looked at her computer and started tapping away. "Let me see what I can do. They were quite distinctive looking, so maybe I can remember a little and track them down. The book said something about a place of learning, so they must be at a school. We'll just have to look in all the schools, I guess."
It didn't take long for Nasutei to sign each of the five boy up at schools around the area.
Continued...
These characters are not mine. Don't I wish!
Written by Cousin D
I prefer to use the Japanese names so here's the conversion for anyone who doesn't know them.
Ronin Warriors-Samurai Troopers
Ma-Sho-Warlords
Ryo-Sanada Ryo
Sage-Date Seiji
Rowen-Hashiba Touma
Kento-Shu Rei Faun
Cye- Mouri Shin
Anubis-Sh'ten
Dais-Rajura
Sekhmet-Naaza
Cale-Anubis
Taulpa-Arago
The Ancient-Kaosu
Mia Koji- Yagiyu Nasutei (Nasty)
PROPHECY
Nasutei was dreaming of herself standing in a black void when the chant and nine figures appeared before her, shown only in shadow. Instantly, Nasutei knew that these were the Samurai Troopers and the Ma-Sho. These boys were completely still in shadow and the chant continued in the voice of the Ancient, Kaosu.
Torch of spirit, sought through five,
Drinking strength from immortal fire,
The darkest prison sheds the light,
Churning beneath a swirl of salt,
Burning within a throne of rock,
Floating amongst the eyes of the ages,
Un-moored in the stream of the sky.
If they should fail or fall
Others shall heed the call
Yet flawed and crippled, though they be
To wear the armors, destiny
Benevolence
Faith
Courtesy
Wisdom
Justice
Loyalty
Obedience
Endurance
Piety
Passion
Compassion
Harmony
Honor
Will
Innocence
As the chant rang on, the shadows of her boys and the Ma-Sho were replaced by new shadows of six people. Each of the new traits was chanted, the shadows lifted and Nasutei could see the new people, most were still unfamiliar, as they were neither Troopers nor Ma-Sho.
One was a small girl with long black hair and old fashioned ceremonial clothes.
Her eyes were wide and bright with a shining brightness, but Nasutei had never seen the little girl before.
The first boy wore a long auburn braid and a crooked grin, his eyes were lit like fires. The second boy was smaller and had bright blond hair with a sweet expression. The third stood stiffly with his arms crossed over his chest and brown hair that fell over his left eye, obscuring it completely. The fourth had his hair slicked back and shiny, tied into a tiny pony tail at the base of his neck. He looked Chinese and glared straight ahead of him. The fourth stood without expression. His face was cold and his eyes blank. The boy was painfully thin and had numerous scars lacing his skin.
Nasutei woke with a gasp, the prophecy still echoing in her mind along with the faces of the new people she'd seen. She looked around to find herself alone in her own bedroom. She knew the boys were just down the hall in their own rooms. There was no danger, at least she tried to convince herself of that. If there was a dynasty attack, then the boys would know.
It was still the middle of the night and she was drenched in sweat, as if she'd just been in a horrible nightmare, but perhaps that's what it was. But, she had learned, long ago, not to dismiss dreams.
"IF THESE SHOULD FAIL OR FALL," That had an ominous feel to it. Would her boys die? That thought caused a chill to run down her spine.
"OTHERS SHALL HEED THE CALL," That must mean... Her thoughts trailed off. What could it mean? That other warriors were waiting to wear the armor? It didn't sound good, whatever it meant.
A knock at the door got her attention. "Nasutei-sama? Are you all right?" She quickly recognized the voice of Sh'ten, her resident ex-evil who was now their mystic replacement for the dead Kaosu. Kaosu had been the powerful monk who'd gathered them all together in the first place, but he'd passed his powers to Sh'ten. Sh'ten was trying very hard to prove himself to the Troopers who, for the most part, didn't trust him. Nasutei trusted him, she didn't know why, but she really did trust him.
"I'm fine." Nasutei slipped out of bed and pulled on her robe. She was, by now, wide awake and didn't want to worry anyone, just in case it was a silly dream, as unlikely as that was. "What are you doing up at this hour?" She asked, opening the door and hoping she didn't look to frightening.
Her breath caught at the sight of him. He was simply the most beautiful man on the face of the earth. Yes, beautiful was definitely the word to describe him. Certainly he couldn't be considered handsome, but his face was sharp and his long red hair looked soft as silk. Sh'ten, as usual, was still in his monk's robes and he never seemed to take them off.
"I was bothered by something, but I'm not sure what." Sh'ten told her. "I thought I heard you talking in your sleep." He looked at her with concern. "Did you have a nightmare?"
Nasutei shook her head. "Something like that. I need to go to my library and do a little research." She stepped out into the hall and looked up at his sharp green eyes. "Why don't you go back to sleep?"
"I'd rather help you."
"Oh." Nasutei hoped it was dark enough in the unlit hall that he wouldn't see her blush. It must be her imagination. Sh'ten couldn't mean that like she hoped he did. He was just worried about a new threat from the Nether Realms.
The two of them did their best to be quiet while they worked through the night. It was quiet lately, for some reason there was no trouble from the Nether Realms and that was making everyone nervous, especially Sh'ten who knew first hand that Arago hadn't given up. The Troopers still needed sleep, though. They were training daily to improve, as they knew the next battle would be soon and they had to be ready. Shin had worked himself until he passed out and Touma had almost broken his ankle while sparing with Seiji. Nasutei knew they were doing their best, but they refused to stop and rest. They couldn't fight if they hurt themselves practicing!
Nasutei was tapping at the keyboard of her computer while Sh'ten flipped through ancient, leather bound book. "Are you sure about what the prophecy said?" Sh'ten asked, trying to find some reference to Nasutei's dream. Nasutei had the most amazing library, thanks to her dear grandfather. It was absolutely huge and had the answer to almost every question that could be asked. Basically, if it wasn't in that library, it wasn't anywhere on Earth. Though, Sh'ten had mentioned that he'd had a quite impressive library in the Nether Realms and Nasutei wanted more than anything to see it, just for a little while.
"Yes, it spoke of another six who would come to take the armor if the Troopers should die." She tried to sound calm, but those boys were like brothers to her! The thought of any one them dying was...painful to say the very least. "The dream also mentioned other traits, now what were they? Oh, yes, loyalty, Piety, Obedience, and Endurance. I don't know who they are supposed to be, either."
Sh'ten didn't bother to look up from his book. "Those are my brothers and myself. It must include us as we may also fall in the battle." Sh'ten continued flipping. "I don't remember any thing like that from Arago's teachings, but it does sound like the sort of thing that he'd skip. Why discourage your army, after all?" He paused, staring at one page in front of him. "Nasutei-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Where did your grandfather get all these books?"
"I'm not sure. Why?"
"Because he either has the most incredible luck when it comes to shopping, or I'll wager Kaosu gave him a few of these. Listen to this," Sh'ten started reading as Nasutei stood up from her computer and walked toward him. "If the warriors fall, six youths shall come to wear the armor. They are to be found in all cultures of the Earth and will be hardened by battle, scarred by life. Two will be found in a place of learning and will lead to the others. Keep these six from harm, else victory is unreachable." Sh'ten paused and looked into space for a moment, thinking. "The prophecy didn't say which armors these six would take or who would die. Just that they would be available to wear the armor, if necessary."
Nasutei walked to the window and looked out at the moon above the lake. "That means they could take the Troopers armors or the Ma-Sho, right?"
Sh'ten carefully set down the book and went to stand next to her. "Yes. I think so. It also makes our battle more dangerous, you know. They can't kill us without one of these others coming to the armor, but we can't kill them. Perhaps we should contact these six, just so we know who they are."
"I wonder why the Ma-Sho don't have a poem, like the Troopers do." Then Nasutei paused. Her eyes grew wide with fright as she thought of something. "Wait a minute, do you think Arago knows about these others?"
The Ma-Sho's eyes narrowed. "I don't know, but I would expect so. It would not be unreasonable for him want them just so he could have a replacement for the armors. Corrupt them now, then when they take the armor, supposedly one of the Troopers, they will be loyal to him. If he's lucky, then he'll soon have all the armors on his side and he will be unstoppable."
With his staff in hand, Sh'ten started to walk out of the library. "Where are you going?" Nasutei asked.
"To wake the others. They should know about this so we can form a strategy."
Nasutei took his arm. "It's five in the morning, Sh'ten. Let them sleep a little longer. They've worked so hard and there's nothing we can do now, anyway." Sh'ten looked down at the frail looking young woman. She smiled sweetly. "Just let them rest a little longer. Come on, I'll make you an early breakfast while we wait."
He just couldn't resist her smile or the offer of breakfast.
A few hours later-
Seiji spoke up, he'd been quiet for some time, trying to decipher something new in Nasutei's dream. "What about those boys? Would you know them if you saw them?" Seiji's voice was rusty from disuse. He disliked speaking and because of it, he didn't. He would communicate telepathically when he had to with the other Troopers, but the only person he usually spoke with was Nasutei.
They had all woken up far after sunrise and ate Shin's cooking while they were filled in about what Nasutei's dream and what Sh'ten and her thought it meant.
Shu sat on the couch in the library with a cheerful smile as he devoured Shin's cooking. He seemed to be the only one not downhearted with the news.
"Maybe, but I'm not sure. The dream is all ready fading and I was so intent to write down the prophecy that I didn't write what they looked like, so now the memory is fading." She paused, sipping her tea. "Besides, they weren't all boys, one of them was a girl. A little girl."
With a deep breath, Sh'ten looked at them and hoped they would accept his council. Really, they had no reason to trust him, but this had to be done. "We are going to have to find them all and convince them that if they ever need to take the armor then they will not turn to Arago."
"I think Sh'ten's right, we should try to find them." Ryo said. "If...If we do die in the fight, then it would be good to have replacements to wear the armor and fight. Better than letting Arago get them, anyway." Ryo was sitting on the floor with Byakuen curled around him comfortably. Ryo ran his fingers absently through Byakuen's soft fur while he worried. Was this also a foretelling that one of them would fall? How would Sh'ten feel if one of his former friends were the one to fall instead of the Troopers?
Shu spoke up. "I don't know why you're all so worried. Nothing in the dream or the book said we WOULD die. It just said that in case we die, we'd have them as back up."
Touma nodded, realistic as ever. "Yes, we all knew that in this war some of us might die. Especially with the caliber of the Ma-Sho."
Sh'ten smiled at the compliment.
"We should be happy that someone thought to have replacements, but I am worried about Arago finding them first. We have to convince them of who's on the right side."
Nasutei looked at her computer and started tapping away. "Let me see what I can do. They were quite distinctive looking, so maybe I can remember a little and track them down. The book said something about a place of learning, so they must be at a school. We'll just have to look in all the schools, I guess."
It didn't take long for Nasutei to sign each of the five boy up at schools around the area.
Continued...