Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronins. I just use them in my stories. Please don't sue me. this will be a romance later on. The pairing will be M/R. Enjoy.
Secret Agent Mia
Chapter 1
By: Kallie
Mia walked into her room from the bathroom, she was wearing a bathrobe and had a towel wrapped around her head. She took the towel off and shook out her long, wet, reddish-brown hair. She sat on her bed and brushed out her hair, then she started to braid it.
She walked over to her closet, and pulled out a pair of overall cut-offs. This was followed by a white shirt that read Hawaii Beach Bum on it. She quickly changed into her outfit and put on a pair of white socks and tennis shoes.
Walking into the kitchen, she noticed it was oddly quiet. Her mansion was usually filled with noise because of the five young men living with her. Her thoughts drifted to them.
First there was Cye, he was English (or at least she thought so because of his accent). He had brown hair and Sea colored eyes. He was the cook of the group, and always the peacemaker. Mia often told Cye of all her problems. He could be trusted with anything.
Next came Kento, he was Cye's best friend. Mia couldn't for the life of her understand how they became best friends. The two were so different. Kento liked to fight, and often said things without thinking. He was always hungry, and out of all the boys he was strongest. Kento had ash-blue hair, and dark blue eyes. He looked like he was from Chinese decent.
Then there was Sage, the flirt of the group. He would flirt with every girl he saw. The guys always teased him about it too. Sage had blonde hair, and pale violet eyes. Sage liked to meditate, and had a healing power no one could explain. Sage, despite all his flirting, was often tagged as being emotionless.
Rowen was Sage's best friend. He had blue hair, and blue eyes. He was always asked if his hair color was natural. Rowen had a New York accent. He was the brains out of the boys. He was usually found with his nose in a book. Rowen was a danger if he ate a lot of sugar. He was also a disaster in a kitchen. He also slept like the living dead. The only way to get him out of bed was to use extreme measures.
Last, there was Ryo. He was the unofficial leader of the boys. He was Japanese, and very handsome. Or at least Mia thought so. He had striking tiger blue eyes, and black hair. He had a bad temper, and often got in trouble for it. He cared deeply for all his friends. He felt guilty if anyone got hurt, or was in danger.
Snapping out of her thoughts, Mia got some food out of the kitchen. She started to cook pancakes, and after she had a batch cooked Cye walked into the kitchen. He was rubbing sleep out of his eyes.
"Mia, what are you doing up?"
"Well, I thought I'd make breakfast. Besides its 9 in the morning."
"Um Mia it's only 6 o'clock."
"What, you mean I woke up that early on a Saturday!"
"Shush, quiet down before you wake up the guys."
"Well you can finish making breakfast Cye, I'm suddenly tired." Mia stated as she walked into the dinning room.
She sat down with a sigh. I must really be out of it. My alarm clock must be broken again. Time to buy a new one again. She thought to herself.
A few seconds later there was a sound like a whole heard of elephants running down the stairs. "Must be Kento." Mia remarked. Sure enough, it was the one, the only, Kento Rei Faun.
Mia started to think about how the boys came into her life. They were each special in their own way, but weren't your normal teenagers. Sure they acted like normal boys, but they were the Ronin Warriors, the five people who were constantly saving the world. And me for that matter Mia thought. Each boy had his own armor. For some reason the bad guys always liked to go after Mia right away. But after one try of kidnapping they left her alone. The first time Mia met the boys was during the first battle with Talpa.
"Yo, Mia. Tell Cye he has to let me eat something." Kento whined, snapping Mia once again out of her thoughts.
"Kento, you can wait till the others wake up." Mia replied.
"If you're really that hungry, go wake them up. Breakfast is ready." Cye said, while carrying a tray full of pancakes to the table.
"Yahoo." Kento sprinted up the stairs while yelling this. A few moments later CRASH was heard followed closely by Kento running down the stairs.
"Kento I'm almost afraid to ask, but how did you wake them up?" Mia just had to ask.
"Well, I just threw them out of bed."
"Even Rowen?" Cye asked.
"Yup. Can we eat now?"
"Kento, the others aren't down here yet." Mia rebuked.
"We are now Mia." A very disgruntled looking Sage answered.
"We can eat now, Kento." Ryo said.
The others walked to the table and sat down. But Kento was already stuffing his face.
"There's no possible way that can be natural." Rowen commented as soon as Kento started eating.
"Um fhgjidl jgktusd." Came from Kento.
"Say what?"
"I said very funny Rowen." Kento said once he swallowed.
"Well, lets finish up. I need to go into town and buy a new alarm clock. Mine broke, again." Mia said. "Anyone want to come with me?"
"Yeah" was heard from everyone.
After breakfast, and the dishes were done, all the boys went to get dressed. Half an hour later everyone was waiting for Sage. He was doing his hair. He liked to style it so that it covered one of his eyes. Finally he came out of the bathroom.
"All right if everyone's ready, then lets get going." Mia said while grabbing her keys and walking out the door.
She walked to her red jeep, and was about to get in the driver's seat, when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Mia can I drive. Please." Rowen begged.
"Well, I guess its OK. But if you crash it, no more sugar for a month. Got it?"
Rowen nodded, his eyes going big. Wow, I'll have to be careful. No sugar for a month?! That's cruel and unusual punishment. Rowen thought.
"Shotgun!" Kento yelled. This meant that Sage, Mia, Ryo, and Rowen would have to squeeze into the back seat.
Cye got in behind Kento, with Sage sitting next to him. Ryo sat behind Rowen, and Mia was forced to sit on Ryo's lap.
I feel like a two-year-old. This is embarrassing. Remind me never to let them drive unless I get to sit up front.
Mia thought to herself.When they finally got to the mall, everyone in the back seat fell out of the jeep. After brushing themselves off, they walked into the mall.
" I'm going to go get my alarm clock, and then I will stop and get the mail." Mia said as she walked off. (Yes, you can get your mail at the mall)
"Hey Ryo, why don't you go help her." A very sly looking Sage said.
" Actually, I need to get some new gym equipment. So I'll have to pass you up on that offer Sage." Ryo snapped back.
Well that's the extent of the mall trip, nothing happened, except for the mail having been sent to their house already and everyone getting squished on the way home.
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Once they were home, Mia immediately scooped up the mail. She rifled through it, muttering "bill, bill, junk mail, bill, Oh." She threw the others on the table, and went upstairs to read her letter.
"Who do think that letters from?" Rowen asked.
"Well only one way to find out." Kento replied, and before Rowen could stop him Kento yelled up the stairs "Hey Mia, whose the letter from? A boyfriend?"
Ryo gave Kento a death glare.
"Kento its none of your business who the letters from. Remember curiosity killed the cat." Mia yelled back.
"Aw man, now we'll never know."
"Well, there is a way to find out." Sage replied.
A resounding "What?" was heard from everyone.
"We can sneak up and read it when she goes to get groceries."
Kento started to blush at this. He had once again eaten most of the food in the house. "OK, we'll do it." Kento volunteered for everyone.
Meanwhile, upstairs Mia was reading her letter. She had just finished it, and was sitting there thinking. Oh man why did this have to start up now? I can't let the guys find out about this. But it is my job, and I'm one of the best there is. So, I guess its time to put that training to good use. Now, knowing the guys they will want to read this anyhow, so where can I hide it? Oh, I know!
Mia ran over to the balcony in her room, and moved a loose piece of decorative wood. Behind it was a space big enough for a music box. She took out the small box that was stashed away in there, and put the letter in it. She then replaced the box, and the piece of wood.
"Now that that's taken care of, I can relax." The truth was Mia had known the letter would come somewhere around when it did. She had been expecting it, so she had guarded the mail like a hawk. This had only made the boys curiosities grow. Just then a thought hit her. "Oh, No!" she yelled.
The boys came running up the stairs. "What's wrong Mia?" Cye asked, since he was the first one there. All he got out of her was a bunch of babbling. Finally Ryo took Mia by the shoulders and shook her, gently though. "Mia what's wrong?" he asked in his most soothing voice.
"She's coming."
"Who's coming?"
"Danielle."
" Who's Danielle, and is she cute?" This of course came from Sage.
"When's she coming Mia?" Rowen asked.
"All she said was that it would be soon."
"Why don't you want her to visit?" Cye asked. "Don't you like her?"
"Of course I like her. She's my friend, but she's a bit eccentric about her work."
"Well Mia, we promise to be nice once she's here. So why don't you go get the groceries now? It'll take your mind off this." Roy suggested.
"Your right. Thanks Ryo." After this little exchange, Mia left for the grocery store, and the minute she was out of the driveway the boys were looking for the letter in her room.
"Now, knowing Mia, she probably hid the letter somewhere." Sage mused.
"Why exactly are we doing this again." Cye asked. He was feeling a little guilty about invading her privacy, but he wanted to know what was in the letter just as bad as the others.
"Hey, why don't we try that piece of wood above her balcony?" Rowen suggested.
"Rowen, how did you know to look up there?" Ryo asked.
"I saw her putting some stuff in there one day. But I was too bust to look at the time." Sure enough the letter was there. Sage read it out loud, but the others crowed around him anyway. This is what the letter said:
Dear Mi,
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PS do ya still know where "it" is? If you lost your gun and equipment I'm gonna kill you. Bye. Love ya Lots.
The boys stood there open mouthed. They were shocked by the idea that Mia had a gun in her house. They were begging to think this Danielle was a nut case. They quickly put Mia's hiding place back together, and went downstairs to the living room.
"We are going to have a serious talk with Mia, when she gets back." Rowen stated.
"I can't believe that she would keep anything from us." Cye said with hurt in his voice. After all Mia had told him everything, even her confusion on her feelings toward Ryo.
"Well, I guess we didn't know Mia as well as we thought we did." Sage said. Just then they heard Mia pull up in the driveway. They heard her shouting for help with the groceries.
When Mia walked in and saw them standing there looking at her, she felt her stomach drop. Especially with the hurt look Cye was giving her. Guess they found the letter. And if they found it then they read it. Crap, now I have to either bring them along or silence them till the mission is over. "Guys what's wrong? Is this about the letter?"
"Mia you had better come sit down on the couch. I have a feeling you have a lot of dirt to spill." Kento said. So Mia followed them to the couch. "What do you want to know? There's a lot you don't know."
"Mia, you had better start at the beginning." Ryo said.
Before Mia could say anymore, there was an audible click. The next thing any of them knew someone was pointing a gun at Ryo's head. "No one says anything till I say you can, understand." A voice said from the shadows.
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Author's note:
Well that's chapter one. Did ya like it? I'll continue it, but please tell me what you thought. Did you like, love, loathe, hate, or think it was so-so? Please tell me. This is my first attempt at a cliffhanger. So go easy on that part. Bye.