LOST STARS

By: Alithiel

Disclaimer: Hullo! Here's what happens during a boring summer. Read and review, please! I don't own Ronin Warriors, but anyone who seems out of place are mine!

Peace, Love and Anime!

Alithiel

Chapter 1: The Lost

The skies over Toyama boiled with black clouds as sheets of heavy rain fell. The sensible people ran for cover beneath awnings and newspapers when lightning began to crackle and roar overhead. Not too far from the main city, the unsensible ones stood in the rain, allowing it to run over their armored bodies. One of the slim figures turned to the three companions . "Is it time?"

The tallest of the figures nodded.

"Yes."

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A sudden crash of thunder threw the young man, literaly, from the bed he'd been napping on. He hit the floor with a resounding thud. The other teen in the room with him raised his head from his meditations.

"Are you ok, Rowen?"

Rowen Hashiba looked at his roomate from beneath blue bangs. Eyes the color of the midnight sky regarded his blond friend as he pulled himself up into a sitting position.

"Just fine, Sage. Knocked me for a loop, that one did!" He said, laughing slightly in embarrassment.

Sage Date just nodded and returned to his meditations. Rowen sighed as he stood and headed for the door. There was no way to break Sage out of a meditative state once he was in it. It was sorta like trying to break Kento out of a box of cookies, which is to say damn near impossible. His stomach grumbled as he smelled something wonderful from the kitchen, so he followed his nose downstairs. He walked in and took an apple from the bowl on the table, munching as he approached the cook.

"Hey, Cye. Watcha cookin'?"

Cye Mouri put his spoon down. "Hey, Ro. I'm making brownies for Yuli's camp festival." The auburn haired teen said as he wiped his chocolate hands on his white apron.

"You'd think Kento would be in here. Where is he?" Kento Rei Faun was their resident trash compactor. The guy could eat enough to feed a small country. For a hundred years.

"Training out back. Ryo went out shopping with Mia." Ryo Sanada and Mia Koji had been, as the guys put it, an 'item' since shortly after they met, even though they hadn't met under the best circumstances. Ryo, Sage, Kento, Rowen, and Cye were the Ronin Warriors, gifted with ancient, magical armors. They had already saved the world from the evil Dynasty a few times. Now, the Dynasty was on the mend, and the Ronins had had no one to fight for two years. Now, they were all seniors in high school. Rowen grinned to himself. Ryo and Mia were an item, all right. They just didn't know it yet. The back door slammed open, and Kento ran inside, soaking wet. Water dripped into his grayish blue eyes. Kento wrung the tail of his shirt out, the water creating a sizable puddle on the floor.

"Man, it's storming out there like mad!" Kento spied the brownie batter on the counter and made a beeline for it. Cye stormed out of the pantry, where he had been looking for the brownie pan, and began whacking the batter thief over the head with a spoon.

"Get! GET!!! That's not yours!" Rowen leapt out of the way as the angry chef chased Kento around the kitchen. As he dodged them, he took a quick peek at the list posted on the fridge. He mentally cheered. It was his turn to cook dinner tonight! Little did the guys know that he'd been taking cooking classes at the school.he was actually pretty good at it now.

"Cye, quit chasing Kento and get your brownies in. I'm gonna need the kitchen."

A look of horror crossed Kento's face. Cye looked at Rowen in terror, dropping the spoon he was about to crack over his friend's head. "Is it your turn tonight?"

Rowen changed his expression to one of resignation, though inside he as laughing his head off. "Yeah."

Kento quickly ran out of the kitchen, yelling. "Hide! Rowen's cooking!!"

Cye quickly poured the batter in a pan and popped his brownies in the oven. "Don't worry about Kento. Just don't blow up the microwave again this time, ok?" He gave Rowen's shoulder a reassuring pat as he left the room. The blue haired Ronin sighed, then rubbed his hands together in glee.

"Let's get started."

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Ryo entered the house, arms full of soggy packages and sopping mail. He kicked his shoes off as Mia came up on the porch behind him. White Blaze followed, pausing only to shake his fur a little drier.

Mia sniffed the air. "Cye must be cooking. Something smells good."

Ryo nodded, handing the packages to Mia before heading out into the living room. He was surprised to see Cye playing Bloody Roar 3 with Kento and Sage. Kento was playing with Gado had just gotten his butt beat by Cye's Shina. He was complaining, while Sage took over to play Cye.

"Hey Guys." Ryo smiled as he plopped down on the floor beside Sage, neatly snatching the second controller and immediately picking Yugo. "Where's Rowen?"

Kento shuddered. "Cooking. Man, his is the only food I can't eat." Sage picked Xion and started truying to beat up Yugo.

Ryo shrugged, beating on Xion. "I don't know, Kento. It smells really good."

The game went on for a while, then Rowen called from the kitched that food was ready. Having all the cheerfulness of facing a firing squad, the boys walked into the kitchen. On the table were six plates of spaghetti with meat sauce, and on a plate in the center were thick slices of garlic bread. Rowen was nowhere in sight. Kento sat in his customary place, looking warily at his food as if it would leap up and bite him. He poked the pasta with his fork. Sage, Ryo, and Cye watched him anxiously, knowing if Iron Stomach Kento couldn't choke it down, they wouldn't even try.

"I hope we have ramen somewhere." Kento took up a forkful of pasta. "If anything happens to me, you guys gotta share my Playstation." Shutting his eyes, he placed the food in his mouth, chewing slowly. His eyes snapped open wide. To the amazement of his friends, Kento began to stuff his face.

"It's.chomp.really.slurp.GREAT!"

The three others dug in cautiously, then with more enthusiasm. A moment later Rowen and Mia came in. Mia sat by Ryo, looking uzzeldly at the boys. Rowen was beaming like an idiot as he sat down in his seat between Cye and Sage, watching his friends dig in.

Cye looked at Rowen in amazement. "When did you learn to cook?"

Rowen winked. "I ain't telling!"

Meanwhile, Ryo was sorting through the slightly drier mail. He was reading a letter, and a goofy grin was slowly spreading across his face.

Mia looked at him curiously. "Ryo, What is it?"

"My sister is coming to Toyama for the summer."

All motion at the table stopped. The guys looked at Ryo dazedly.

"Sister?" Sage said with intrest.

"Well, not exactly sister. She's actually my cousin, but she's closest to me. According to the letter, she's bringing three friends, too." He looked pointedly at Sage, shaking his fork at him. "Keep away from my sis, playboy."

Sage grinned wickedly, placing his hands up in mock surrender. "Wouldn't dream of it, Ry."

"Mia, do you think they could stay here, with us? I mean, from the letter they've rented an apartment in the city, but I don't like the idea of Lorelai and her friends living in the city by themselves."

Mia smiled Ryo. "Sure. I don't have a problem with it."

Ryo let loose a whoop of happiness as he gave Mia a fierce hug. "Great! I'll call her now!"

The four single boys looked at each other and grinned as their friend ran out of the room. It was going to be an interesting summer.

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The storm had vanished by the day the girls were scheduled to arrive. Kento was running around the living room, dusting, when the doorbell rang. He immediately dropped the duster, causing dust to fly everywhere as he began to sneeze uncontrollably. Ryo walked to the door and opened it. There on the stoop stood Lorelai Dasuri, his cousin, dressed as always in a tee shirt and jeans. Her brown-gold hair was pulled back off her face in a ponytail, and her green eyes sparkled with happiness. Immediately, she dropped her bag and clasped Ryo in a fierce hug.

"Ry! It's so good to see you!"

"Likewise, Lorelai." He let her go, looking down at her admiringly. The United States had apparently agreed with her. She was more exuberant than he remembered her last.he tamped the painful memory down. No use dwelling now. The other guys were watching the group from the window. Kento had his nose pressed up so far against the glass that there was a round foggy spot the size of his head.

"So, Lorelai, who are your friends? May as well tell me; once we get inside with the guys, there probably won't be a chance." He turned to the three plainly dressed girls, standing on the porch and looking completely lost

"OOOhhhhhh!" A girl with blue streaked black hair and green eyes grinned wickedly. "Did you say guys?" . "Jade! Down, girl!" Lorelai laughed. "Ryo, this is Jade Harazzi. She's from New York."

Jade gave Ryo a firm handshake.

"Nice ta meet ya, Ryo."

"Likewise." He nodded at her, then looked to the next girl.

"This is Phoebe Miyami. She's from, well, I'm not exactly sure.Erm, Pheebs, where ARE you from?" Lorelai's puzzled face flushed crimson.

"Actually, my family emigrated to the US from Russia. Transylvania specifically." She had a slight foreign accent. Long, faintly wavy silver hair fell down her back, and her eyes were an unusual color, almost red. "I'm glad to have the opportunity to see Japan!" If anything, she was enthusiastic.

"I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here." He turned his attention to the last girl, who was struggling to drag her suitcase up the stairs. Her hair was brilliant gold, but he couldn't see her eyes past her glasses.

"This is Celesta Arikan. She's from Canada."

Celesta grinned, reaching over her bag to shake Ryo's hand. "I'm right across the lake from Ohio. They have wicked amusement parks!"

"You don't seem like a thrill seeker." Ryo said puzzled.

"That's what you think, Ry. She asked for skydiving lessons for her seventeenth birthday." Lorelai giggled.

*Blink, Blink * "Oh."

Celesta winked. Her eyes were gold, like her hair. "You know what they say about book covers, don't you?"

Ryo smiled at the group, but his eyes wandered to the sky above. Black clouds were gathering on the horizon, dropping a thick darkness over the area. His cousin and her friends seemd to glow faintly in the darkness. He shook his head. Probably a trick of the light.

"It's nice to meet you all. We'd better get in.I think another storm's coming."

Lorelai looked up at Ryo as she picked up her bags and made for the door.

You have no idea.

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Alithiel~ Ahahhahahaaa!!! Wahoo! Do you like it? I sure do! This is what I call my 'tween' fic. Which means that I work on this fic in between all my other ones, or when I have MAJOR writer's block. Summer has a tendancy to do that to you, ya know?

ALITHIEL AND ARLYSSA PRESENT: Cute Video Game Guys! (Arlyssa: It's never going to end! If you have any more games with cute guys, let us know and we'll update the list)

Stahn Aileron (Tales of Destiny) Country Boy!

Leon Magnus (T of D) Sniff.

Garr Kelvin (T of D) .

Karyl Sheedeen (T of D) See the trend yet?

Reid Herchel (Tales of Destiny /Eternia)

Keele Zibel (T of E)

Most of the Suilkoden I , II, and Gaiden people (I.e: both Heros, Gremio, Jowy, Camus, Miklitov, Alen, Grensel, Kirkis, Hix, ect. Insert name here.)

Elazul (Legend of Mana) Riddle me this.why does EVERYONE wear a turban!?

Lucian (Valkyrie Profile) *hearts *

Lewellyn (VP) WWAHHHH!!!!

Lezard Valeth (VP) I do this for my best friend ONLY! Personaly, I think he should be a LIZARD instead of a LEZARD!

Lawfer (VP)

Cloud. (FF 7) One.

Squall. (FF 8) Two.

Zidane. (FF 9) Three.

Tidus. (FF 10) Four.

.and Ramza (FF Tactics) Five.Whew.

Serge (Chrono Cross) Blue hair? (Arlyssa: But the view when he is resurrected is great, he, he.)

Glenn (CC) He gets TWO SWORDS! Count 'em!

Norris (CC) At Arlyssa's request. (Arlyssa: I think it's the hair)

Dart (Legend of Dragoon) Hee.

Lavitz (L of D) Sniff.

Claude Kenni (Star Ocean 2) *Sigh *

Chris (SO2) Have one, gotta have the other!

Ashton Anchors (SO2) ^.^

Bowman Jean (SO2) Hey.he's smart.*Sweatdrop *

Rudy (Wild Arms) Robot

Ashley (Wild Arms 2) NOT Robot

Vahn (Legend of Legaia)!Slash!

Gala (L of L) *THUD *

Alex (Lunar SSS) ^.~

Hiro (Lunar EB) The game was pretty bad, but he was cute.

Adol (Y's) Anyone who had a Turbo Grafix 16 might remember the Y's games. I had one, so I remember.

Van (Cosmic Fantasy 2) Same as above

Bastion (Vanguard Bandits) He speaks too formally to be 16!

Devlin (VB) Oooooohhhhhh. *Drool *

Meis (Thousand Arms) I feel sorry for him.

Shu (Suikoden 2) I felt that he deserved a special place removed from the other Suikoden characters.

Bakura (Yu Gi Oh Forbidden Memories) He's got pointy hair. (Arlyssa: Alithiel likes pointy things..Oro!)

Joey/Jono (Yu Gi Oh)