Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronins, I really wish I did. Or maybe just Rowen and Sage (wishes very hard) oh well I don't. I do own Sadie and the others though.

Mia sat in her study trying to decipher the new passage about the armors.

Something isn't right here. According to this there is another armor, but where, and why haven't I heard of it before?

Across the screen familiar lines of poetry blinked at her…

"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 among the eyes of the ages

Unmoored in a stream of the sky"

And below that a new line was added…

"The Tempest last but needed,

Seek when all seams calm,

For it is the eye of the Storm."

Mia sighed again and went downstairs to see if Cye had started dinner yet.

She passed Sage's room without even bothering to look in.

The room was comfortably bright for Sage, green walls and a cream ceiling with recessed lighting surronded him. His bed and dresser were plain oak, without much decoration.The others were in downstairs in the kitchen; Cye cooking, Kento trying to sneakfood, and the last two waiting for Cye to hit him with something…. BANG -yep, there we go. Sage laughed and returned to his letter.

"You should have been there, it was amazing! Here I am, watching Rowen and Cye play chess and all of the sudden the sky goes dark, I thought it was another… well I that it was a lot of things I guess. The eclipse was beautiful, so out of the ordinary and mysterious. I wish you could have seen it."

"Sage! Come on! Dinners ready but Cye won't let me eat 'till you get down here. HURRY UP!" Kento barked up the stairs to him

"I'm coming, calm down! You're not gonna waste away in five minutes!" Sage finished his letter--

"Well I have to go now or Kento's going to starve. I'll write more next time and I hope to see you soon, Seiji"

"She's the only one that ever gets away with calling me that." Sage laughed to himself, "Probably because we're so much alike. I wish I could tell here what really goes on around here but how can you explain that yousuddenly have a mystical armor to a girl you've known all your life? She'd never believe me." With that he hurried down the stairs.

"What took you soooo loooong Sage? We've been waiting for you forever." Kento whined the minute he saw the blonde warrior come down the steps.

"Jeez Kento! Can't you wait two minutes for food?

"No! Cye made dinner and I've been able to smell it for hours now, Ok more like ten minutes but it smells really good."

"Whatever."

"Oh shut up Kento!" Rowen laughed "So what were you up to Sage?"

"I was writing to my cousin Sadie in Boston. I haven't heard from her for a while and I think she might be mad at me for missing her birthday."

"Uh, Sage… Wasn't that right after the war with Talpa? You kind of have an excuse for that." comforted Ryo.

"Yeah, but do I tell her that?"

"Good point. I have to go the library after dinner; do you want me to mail the letter for you?" Rowen offered.

"Yeah Ro, Thanks. That way she'll get it by Friday."

A few days later in Boston, Sadie Czalkine opened her mail for the first time in weeks. When she caught sight of the letter from Sage she mentally slapped herself. He probably thinks that I'm angry with him because I haven't written. But how do you tell a guy you've known your whole life that a year ago you received mystical armor and have to keep the world safe from a lunatic demon who wants to outdo his psycho big brother?

She sighed and took her mail back inside the house.

The house looked just like it always had when Sadie's Aunt had been alive, neat and welcoming. Her parents had died years ago, along with her twin brother and Aunt Lacy had taken her in. Lacy died not long after Sadie's 18th birthday, leaving the large house and all its' grounds to her on the condition that Sadie's godmother checked in on her twice a year. It worked out nicely then, and certainly did now that she had the secret of her armor to protect.

She decided to write Sage back as quickly as possible. He's my favorite cousin; I really don't want him to be mad at me. I wonder why he hasn't written lately though? Probably because the guys that he lives with won't give him a moment's peace. Poor Seiji. I wish I could tell him...

Dear Sage,

Sorry I haven't written in a while, things have been kind of crazy around here. ( if only he knew how crazy)We got to see the eclipse here two days after you wrote the letter and you're right it was amazing. How are things in Toyama? Boston is in for another storm and, of course, I just can't wait. I'm weird that way I guess. I might come to visit after school is out but I'm not sure. Hope my letter finds you happy and still the same Seiji as always.

Missing you,

Greenie

Sadie mailed it the next day. If only she would have known what that letter would lead to…

Ok so yeah, i haven't given up on the other story, i just was dying to do this one. Could somebody please review and maybe give me some tips? Please?