Hello! I'm back with more. I write for just three people, but hey it's fun.

Does anyone know how/where I can posted fan art? I drew some pictures of the Children and new and improved Mia.

Disclaimer: Ronin Warriors is not mine.

BTW: I think I found my English Japanese list of names. Here it is. Let me know if it's wrong.

Ryo is Ryo. Sekhmet is Naaza.

Rowen is Touma. Cale is Anubisu.

Kento is Shuu. Dais is Rajura.

Sage is Seiji. Anubis is Shuten.

Cye is Shin. Kayura is Kayura.

Mia is Nasuti.

Now if anyone knows the armor names I'd be good.

Chapter Four: The Library of The Dead

Kayura lead the way down the corridor and out to the courtyard. Kayura stopped walking at the entrance of the library across the courtyard. She turned and waited on the two Children to cross the courtyard. Chailyn had stopped and raised her face to the moon. Nuria stood by her side. It was odd to the ronins to see this child wearing armor and seemingly supporting someone older than her. Dais laid a hand on Nuria's shoulder. Nuria looked up. The ronins were too far away to hear what he said to her, but she smiled.

"Hey, Ryo," Kento said softly, "Do you think the Warlords knew that the temple was here and have been here before?"

"We have been here several times before." Sekhmet volunteered. "This is the Temple of the Ancients. This is their resting place. We come here often to just sit in Anubis's presence."

Cale nodded. "We have nothing to hide from you. We have come to understand what we had done… We were being misled."

"Misled?" Ryo was astonished. His voice was louder than he intended it to be. "You think destroying the better part of a city and trapped people in an alternate dimension is misled?"

"They have atoned." Nuria spoke from just behind Ryo. Chailyn and Dais were with her. They must have crosses the courtyard when they were preoccupied with Sekhmet.

"Atoned doesn't change what they did." Sage said.

"We are all human. None of us are perfect. Do you really intend to continue blaming them for a mistake they made?" Nuria asked angrily.

"Nuria," Chailyn said softly. "They are human, yes. What is our excuse for letting Mia and Cillian leave? Do you think we will be forgiven for that?"

Nuria opened her mouth then closed it.

"I can forgive." Kayura spoke. "I made the same mistakes as the warlords. Do you still condemn me for it?"

"You were possessed." Cye replied. "You didn't have a choice in what you did."

"Didn't I?" Kayura smiled. "I was once an innocent child. The first time I witnessed Talpa's destruction was my village. I thought to myself that nothing could beat such power. That is the first mistake to acknowledge defeat before even fighting."

"What…" Kento frowned.

"I was already defeated before I was caught. I didn't fight him. I waited for him to kill me, but he didn't. I became a powerful warrior. Even possessed I enjoyed seeing people cower before me, now…" Kayura looked down at her hands. "My hands will forever be stained with blood. Will you forgive me for that?"

The ronins had nothing to say.

"We can forgive." Sage spoke at length. "I know what it is like to make a mistake you cannot change." Sage said no more, but the past of each of the ronins were known to each other. They knew what he spoke of.

"Come into the library. There are several books in here that will help us." Kayura said softly.

They all entered the library. There were books upon every surface available. Bookcases stacked to the ceiling and every available space held a bookcase, or shelves. However the only light in the room was the moon through the windows. Nuria walked to the center of the room.

"Gifts of Fire light my way." Candles of all sorts flamed to life. Between bookcases were Candelabrums that held what looked like twenty candles each? Then there were candelabrum chandeliers hanging from the ceiling lighting the room. The eerie thing about the room was the statues that stood everywhere as well. They were life size and all had detailed faces and clothing. Rowen walked over to one to examine it.

"Wow." Kento looked around. "Isn't it dangerous with all these books to have so many candles?"

Chailyn smiled. "The fire Nuria called doesn't burn. It is only a light. She said light my way, not burn or any words associated with burn."

"Oh." Kento walked to a candelabrum and peered at the fire. Nuria grinned mischievously and pushed his face into the fire then jumped away from him as he yelled.

"AH!" Kento yelled out of reflex. All the fire did was split and caress up the sides of his face. Nothing burned. He pulled his head out of the candle.

"Are you done playing around?" Sage asked.

Kento smiled sheepishly and nodded.

"We must find the book containing knowledge of the Queen of Darkness." Kayura stated.

"Most of them should already be on that book case over there." Nuria pointed towards a bookcase sitting next to a window. "Zola and Anila were trying to catalog all the books when Zola died."

"How did Zola die?" Sage asked looking at the little girl. Nuria turned and left the room.

"One of Cillian's children came." Chailyn answered. "Back when the blood was thick a man came. Zola and Nuria were on guard. Nuria attacked first. She has a taifushin naginata. Anyway she misjudged her opponent. The naginata swung past him. However, the blade disconnects on a chain. She in turn swung that back at him. I still am not certain how, but he snapped the chain, and threw the naginata blade back at her. It imbedded in her shoulder leaving her defenseless. Zola came to her help. Zola's Chinese broadsword was little match against whatever possessed this man. He yanked the chain connected to Nuria's naginata. He ripped the blade out of Nuria's shoulder and used it on Zola. Zola's arm was torn off by the blade and then the man used an axe he had and ran it through her heart. Nuria would have been next if Zola with her last breath hadn't cast a binding spell. The spell held the man until Nuria could call for one of us. If Anila had been in the library or me in with the statues we would have felt Nuria's dying spirit. We were sound asleep in bed." Chailyn hung her head. "Asleep. We didn't even feel Zola die. I'm sorry." Chailyn hurriedly left the room.

"Hey Kayura," Cye said, "Something bugs me. How did you know Mia was one of Cillian's kids?"

"I didn't really. I felt it a little when I was near her. Anubis felt it when they went in search of the Jewel of Life. All I have to guide me are the spirits of the dead and whatever memories they have that are the strongest. The one before Anubis felt it too. He thought it was nothing more than a trickle in her blood. He thought she was harmless. I listen to the spirits. I watched Mia for a time. She was happy and purely naïve to her heritage. I didn't think this day would ever come." Kayura shrugged. "I was a fool to believe that she wouldn't hear the call."

Rowen turned from a statue he was looking at. "What are all these statues?"

"They are the dead." Cale answered.

"The dead?!" Rowen exclaimed in shock.

Meanwhile… In one of the many gardens…

Nuria sat at the foot of a statue. It was a woman sitting down in a chair. In her lap lay the broken pieces of a naginata. "I am sorry Zola, So sorry."

Dais stood just behind Nuria. "Why do you blame yourself?"

"Look at me." Nuria whispered. "I am trapped in a child's body."

"I see a woman before me." Dais answered. "Not a child."

"You grew up in the Nether Realms. You see what I really am." Nuria laid her head on the feet of the statue in front of her. "In this mortal realm I will always be a child."

Dais walked to her and rested a hand on her shoulder. Her body shook with her sobs.

"If I had the strength of even a sixteen year old she would have never died." Nuria stated. "Over eight hundred years old and I am trapped in the body of a twelve year old."

Dais had no words to give her. Chailyn came out to Nuria.

"Dais, could you excuse us? We need to talk." Chailyn asked.

Dais nodded and after softly squeezing Nuria's shoulder walked into the darkness.

Kayura was next to appear in the small garden. "I left the Ronins to search for information. We need to discuss though the dormant powers of your sisters."

AN: Okay it was kind of a little pointless, but I thought we could use some background info on the Children… as well as a little romance.

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