Yeah, I own nothing here but the plot line. Um I guess this can be considered as a very very very slight cross over, but not really. I kinda brought in Raye from Sailor Moon. She still looks the same and has some control over fire but she doesn't transform into Mars or anything. The other senshi are never mentioned either so... You be the judge.
Edited and re-posted 2/10/2012
~~~Chapter 1
"Ryo, where are you?" the raven haired woman yelled, violet eyes scanning the area frantically. "Ryo! I know you're out here somewhere! Answer me!" She waited a few minutes, eyes watching for any movement. After another couple minutes she started climbing higher up the hill side. Once she found a good spot, she stopped again. Her eyes slowly surveyed the area once more, then flew to her left when she heard a branch snap.
"I know you're there! Come out now or I'll fry your ass," she said sharply.
"Okay, we're coming out," Kento said, stepping out from his hiding spot in the trees. The remaining three Ronins quickly followed.
"Why are you looking for Ryo?" Rowan asked as he took in their surroundings.
"Why do you care?" she questioned accusingly, noticing the armor they wore. "Aren't you the ones who left him for dead?" she asked coldly.
"Hey, that wasn't our fault!" Kento yelled defensively.
"Oh no, of course not. You were forced to leave him behind whether you wanted to or not, I understand completely," the teen said sarcastically while rolling her eyes. She turned away from them and started up the hill side once again.
"So why are you looking for him?" Sage asked this time. He was the first to follow after their mysterious stranger, the others slowly followed.
"Because if he's alive like Cari said, I'm going to kick his ass for not coming home like he promised," she replied in a more serious tone with her back to them still.
"Who are you?" Cye questioned.
"Raye, and that's all you need to know."
"Fine," Kento huffed.
They continued up the hill side for a while longer and only stopped once they saw the caves at the base of the mountains directly ahead of them. There was nothing but trees off to both sides, almost surrounding them. The skies were getting cloudier the longer they traveled, the gentle breeze that had been hanging around all day became stronger and colder the closer they got to those mountains.
"You don't think he's…" Cye trailed off, looking at the mountains.
"Maybe," Sage answered carefully and then stopped, his posture stiffened. He could have sworn he'd heard something and was now scanning the area warily.
"What is it, Sage?" Rowan asked, stopping next to Sage. He watched Sage's eyes for a moment then scanned the area himself to see if he could find what had caught Sage's attention.
"I thought I heard-"
"Uh guys? We've got company," Kento interrupted. They slowly looked around to see themselves surrounded by Dynasty soldiers.
"Time to take out the trash," Raye said. Then, before anyone could do anything, all the soldiers burst into bright red and orange flames. The soldiers were burnt to small piles of ashes within seconds, then blew away with the fierce icy winds. The Ronins and Raye stood shocked for a moment before looking around for their savior. Various expressions of disbelief crossed everyone's faces as their eyes stopped on the warrior clad in red armor and his companion, a large white tiger. Sage was the first to recover.
"Ryo," Sage started quietly, "You really are-"
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked sounding more than a little annoyed with his so called friends. Not looking at any of them, he changed back to his sub armor while absently scratching the tiger's ears.
"We came looking for you," Cye answered, taking a hesitant step forward.
"Well, you found me, now you can go. You too Raye," he said while turning away, his voice emotionless. "White Blaze, come."
"Ryo, wait! Please!" Raye begged, her voice breaking as she took a couple steps toward him.
"What Raye? What do you want from me?" Ryo asked, stopping. They could all hear the weariness in his voice and if they weren't mistaken, a little bit of suppressed anger.
"Why didn't you come back? You promised you would."
"I promised lots of things, didn't I? Things change… They're just gonna have to wait," Ryo answered as he continued to walk away.
"Ryo?" Cye started, "Why-"
"It's not your fight, go home," he replied coldly without turning around.
"Ryo, would you at least talk to us?" Kento demanded, getting more than a little annoyed with the direction this conversation was going in. They came all this way to find him and he wouldn't give them the time of day.
"Why? The less you know the better off you are. Trust me. Go back while you still can," he said sounding almost sad this time, still not looking directly at them. Everyone paused for a moment and Kento's anger faded a bit at that. Something was off about all of this, and he couldn't for the life of him figure out what it was.
"What happened to you Ryo?" Sage asked when he caught up to his friend. The others were right behind him wearing similar expressions of curiosity.
"You won't leave, will you?" Ryo questioned without looking back. His posture slouched a bit at this point, signaling a defeat of some sort.
"No," Sage replied immediately. "If we hadn't been tricked, we wouldn't have left you last time. So what happened?" he repeated his earlier question. Something was different about Ryo, he knew this. They all did. Something had happened to him since they last saw him, and from the looks of it, it wasn't good. Maybe it had something to do with why the armor made them think he was dead.
"Nothing," Ryo said, his voice lacking emotion of any kind.
"Ryo-"
"It's in the past, it's over now," Ryo stated more to himself than anyone else. He then stopped and closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath, then slowly opened them once more. "What do you think, White Blaze?" White Blaze just roared softly, bumping his head against Ryo's leg. "Me too, let's go that way then." After that, Ryo headed straight into the forest without a word or backwards glance to the group behind him.
The others just watched him for a moment, then quickly followed. Sage decided to keep a close eye on Ryo. He wasn't sure why, but something told him he should.
