Life and Soul Reunited

by CypherCA



Well, well, well. Look who's been writing. Okay, we finally learn something about Polestar. *crowd in back round* `Bout time!

Riiiiggggggghhhhhhttttt. Okay, um, just a reminder, I don't own the RW, I'm just using them in my fic. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Secrets Revealed

Rowen stood by the office waiting for Richard. 6th period had been out fifteen minutes ago and there was still no sign of his sibling.

"Hey Ro," Rowen jumped, as Sage and the guys managed to sneak up on him again. "What're you doing here?"

"What are YOU doing here?!" Rowen was panicking. He didn't want to them to know about Rich yet. He wanted to see if his hunches were right first at least.

"Looking for you."

What can I do? Oh, I know. "I have to tutor someone and, um, he really doesn't like strangers, so could you leave?"

"Uh, sure man. Whatever you want. See you later." They left out the hall doors just as Rowen saw Rich start to come down from the other end.

"Sorry I'm late. Everyone wanted to talk to me because of the show," Rich said smiling.

"Yes, well, you did a great job. Can I take you up on your offer to go to your apartment for this meeting?"

"Sure. Let's go."

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"Crud!" Cye exclaimed.

"What?" asked Kento.

"I left my chemistry work in my locker. I'll be right back." He ran back inside and hurried to his locker. Once he had his papers, he started to head out, when he saw Rowen leave with someone. Is that who I.....yes! Yes it is! I wonder what they're doing. I'll ask later. He continued to exit the school.

Sage saw him coming. "What took so long?"

"I saw who Ro was 'tutoring.'" he made quotation marks with his fingers as he said tutoring. The guys looked at him, puzzled.

"Why don't you think Ro's tutoring?" Ryo asked.

"Because he was leaving with Richard, the chemistry assistant."

"So?"

"So, Richard told me he doesn't take any academic classes, he is just an assistant for someone each period." The trio starred at Cye, unsure of what to think. Kento's stomach broke the silence.

"Well, can we talk about this at my parent's restaurant?" The others groaned.

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"You live here?" Rowen stood amazed as he looked around the lobby of the apartment complex.

"Yeah. Their rentals are half a floor and it's for a decent price. Well, are you just going to stare at the fake chandelier or did you want to come to my apartment?

"Yeah. I'm coming."

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"So why would Ro lie to us?"

"I have no idea, but is it really our business?"

"Yes! It is our business. What if that Richard wrote that book."

"Here are your drinks."

"We haven't ordered yet."

"They're from the young lady over there." All the boys stared at the girl. They immediately noticed the long, flowing blue hair.

"Kayura?!" She got up and came over to the table as the waiter left.

"Hello Ronins. Listen, can I and the others meet you at Mia's? There's something we need to discuss."

"Alrighty. Just let us order some food to go and we'll meet you there."

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Hundreds of violins, trumpets, and voices attacked Rowen and Richard as he opened his apartment. "Oops. Left my stereo on again." Rich ran to turn it off. "There. So, what do you think?"

Rowen did a full 360 in the living room. He stopped facing the windows. "Great view! And big. Very big."

Richard grinned. "I know. It's hard to believe what I pay for it. So, want some dinner?"

"Sure."

"Pizza okay?"

"Yep."

"Okay. I'll order it right now. Go ahead and explore." Rowen walked from room to room while Richard was on the phone. In Rich's bedroom, something caught his eye and he stopped dead in his tracks.

It's a kanji ball. So it's true. He is Polestar. Drat. I didn't want to have him go through everything I've gone through.

"Ro. Ro. Where are you? Row-oh, here you are. The pizza will be here soon."

"Okay."

"Want to see the library?"

"You have one?" Rowen asked, surprised.

"Yep. It's small, but it's got a ton of books."

"Then let's see it." I'll tell him about the armor after dinner.

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"So what's up guys?" Kento asked the ex-Warlords; or, as they were now known as, the Seasonals. They had arrived a little earlier and everyone was finally ready to get down to business.

"Well, first off, I'd like to thank Mia for her hospitality."

"Why?" Kento asked, confused once again.

"Because she offered to let us stay in the East wing since our apartment building is being demolished and we accepted."

"What?!" All four Ronins tried to imagine what living with their ex-enemies would be like.

"That's not the important issue."

"What is?" Sage remarked, still somewhat stunned.

"What's important is that the Dynasty isn't under our control anymore. Apparently Talpa was able to send some of his spirit to a human when the bridge was completed, and he's regained his power rather quickly, more than the last time actually."

"Great! So we get to fight him again?! Only this time it's going to be harder?! Just when life was getting back to normal?!" Ryo was about to imitate the volcano his armor gains its power from.

"Well, you have us this time, plus the tenth armor."

"Wait a minute. Back up. Tenth armor?" Sage said. "Why didn't he help us during the first two wars?"

Kayura seemed to shrink in size. "Well, to be honest, he didn't get his power until about three months ago. I learned that he was in Japan only a couple days ago from Anubis. But, um, during the wars, Talpa was able to gain the power of the armor, but not the armor itself. So you have seen some of its power before."

Mia figured it out first. "Starlight. Your old armor. So we're looking for the armor of Starlight. I wonder if I have any files on it."

"No, that's not quite right. Starlight was the powers' corrupted form. I don't know what it really looks like, or its real name. I do know, however, that there is a book dedicated to the armor that even the Ancient couldn't decipher. I also know that whoever it is, must be related to one of you. Anubis said it was one of your sibling's."

Sage counted off the Ronins on his fingers. "Well, I doubt it's either of my sisters. Ryo's an orphan, Cye's sister isn't in Japan right now, Kento's sibling are too young, and Ro doesn't have any siblings."

"Are you sure?" Cale asked.

"I've known him since middle school. He never mentioned a sibling, just a pen-pal."

"Where is Strata?" Sekhmet asked.

"We don't know. He wa-" Kento was cut-off as the phone rang.

"Koji residence, Cye speaking."

"Hi Cye. It's Rowen."

"Hi Ro. We were just talking about you." Cye waved the guys away as they started to crowd him.

"Look, it's late and I've been offered a room for tonight. That okay?"

"Should be. Let me check." He put his hand over the mouth piece. "Ro wants to stay the night where he's tutoring."

"Fine," Mia said, "as long as he's back tomorrow night."

"Hey Ro? Yeah, it's okay. Just be back tomorrow night."

"Thanks. Bye."

"By-" Ro had hung up.

"Well, it's almost 10:30 and I'm sure we're all tired. Why don't we hit the hay." Commented Cye, after he replaced the receiver.

The Seasonals looked confused. "Hay? What hay?" Dais asked.

"It's another term for go to bed." Cye answered.

"Oh," was all Dais could say before he and his fellow Seasonals headed for bed as the Ronins had.

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"Ah, Rich. We need to talk."

"You're right. So, how did you like my books?"

"I think they are great. A few touch-ups here and there and you should be able to publish it if you want to."

"Great." Richard was about to say something else when Rowen put his hand up.

"We need to talk about something else. In your room, I saw a marble. Where did you find it?"

"On the sidewalk. I slipped on it." Rich was confused. Why's that important to him?

"Did the dreams that you had ever say anything about it?"

How could he have known? "Yeah. The monk said he put it on the sidewalk for me to find. Ro, where's this going to?"

"What I'm about to say doesn't leave this apartment. Those dreams weren't dreams. Everything about the Dynasty wars did happen."

Great. Now he's stating to sound like fire-head.

"I know because I was there." Rowen took out his kanji ball, but kept it hidden from Richard's view. "Go get the marble." Richard went to his room, got the marble, and returned, sitting across from his brother. "It's called a kanji orb and it contains your armor."

"Hold it! Is this some sick joke Ro? It is in very poor tas-" Richard was cut off again by Rowen's hand.

"I have one too." He brought his kanji orb next to Richard's and watched as they flashed 'Life' and 'Soul'. "You are Polestar, aren't you? I'm Strata." Rowen summoned his sub-armor.

So Anubis was right. Ho boy. Then those dreams were true. That means that we're going to be in deep sh-

"Rich! You okay?"

"Yeah. Um.....so.....you're Strata?"

"Yeah...."

"And....I'm..........Polestar?"

"Uh huh...."

"Okay. I think I'll be okay. Yeah. I'm fine." Richard then passed out and Rowen caught him before he hit the ground.

He didn't take it as badly as I thought he would. After all, he just found out that all those horrible dreams were real. Rowen laid Richard on his bed, then went to the guest bedroom and grabbed some pillows and a blanket. I better sleep in here tonight. Those dreams may haunt him and there's no telling how he'd react now. Rowen was soon fast asleep in a chair near Richard's bed. Outside the window, the North Star twinkled even brighter for the monk that watched over the two from the balcony.