Disclaimer: I own Jett and Opal, and all other characters mentioned in here that are not part of the Ronins.
Opal put her books in her locker and slammed it shut. "Yes! Fridays rock!" Then she remembered that her coat was still in her locker. With a sigh, she put in her combo again and got it out. She put it on and went practically skipping down the hall.
She got out her keys to her green Chevy Cavalier. It wasn't exactly new, but her dad had given it to her so she treasured it. She brushed some leaves off the windshield and started to get into the car. As she did, she heard her name being called by Jett, her best friend. Opal looked up. "Hey! Need a ride again?"
Jett ran up to Opal, her brown eyes glittering. "Dude! You'll never believe what I just heard!" She got into the car.
Opal started the car. "So what's up? Did the demon lords decide to give up on taking over the world finally?"
Jett was jumping up and down in her seat. "No, I wish though. This is even better! We have five exchange students from Japan coming Monday!"
Opal's mouth dropped and she turned to face her friend. "From Japan??? Sweet!"
After a few minutes, Opal finally managed to get out of the school parking lot and onto the highway to Jett's house. All the while, Jett talked excitedly about the new students. From what Opal managed to gather, they were a group of friends who had volunteered to see American life for the school year. Jett was excited. Opal was happy to have some new guys in the school.
"So what's the agenda for this weekend, besides knocking the usual demons about?" Asked Opal. She wanted to talk of something else.
"Um…" Jett had to stop to think. "Tomorrow I have a violin lesson, but after that we could kidnap Jay and go to the mall."
"I thought Jay was working until four."
"No, he got the day off. We could also do a sleep over tomorrow. We need to figure out where these new disturbances are coming from."
Opal sighed. "On top of these disturbances we have this Sehkmet character and his friends bothering us. He showed up at my place again last night and I almost put a stake through his chest."
"What stopped you?"
"The fact that mom was in the room and couldn't see him."
Jett shook her head as Opal pulled up into the driveway. "I'll see you tomorrow, or later tonight if we end up hunting."
Opal waved and started home, which took half an hour from Jett's house, seeming Opal lived in the middle of nowhere. Once home she unlocked to door and entered her house. Lilith, her black and white cat, mewed as she entered. Opal scratched her head and dumped her stuff in her room. "Hey Brat-from-another-dimension!" she called up the stairs. "You home?" No answer from the younger sister department. "Whoa…. A whole weekend with the net to myself…. What will I ever do, Lilith?" The cat just looked at her.
Happy, Opal uploaded her computer and signed onto the internet. Lilith jumped onto the keyboard and mewed again. "What's the matter, kitty?" asked Opal as she set the cat on her lap. "Did you get lonely today?" Lilith purred and put her front paws on Opals shoulders. After a few moments, she moved to her favorite spot on Opal: her shoulders. There she curled up around Opal's neck and fell asleep. Opal went to typing up her posts for her role-playing clubs for the day.
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Meanwhile, at the town airport, Ryu waited impatiently for his four other friends to come back from the restaurant. Just as he was about to go looking for them, Shuu Rei appeared being dragged out by Touma and Shin. Seiji followed, not looking very happy with Shuu at all. Shuu looked even angrier.
"You really shouldn't have done that," he said.
"He shouldn't have said that about Japanese people!" exclaimed Shuu, still trying to get away from Touma and Shin.
"One of these days, that temper of yours is seriously going to get you into some serious trouble," warned Shin. "We're here to fight evil, not civilians."
Ryu sighed, not wanting to know what Shuu had gotten into know. "Come on, we're going to be late."
Shuu gave up and followed the others to baggage claim and customs. Afterwards, they went outside to wait for their taxi that would take them to the hotel they booked. The group was unusually quiet, each thinking about what had brought them to the US. They all had a dream about the Dynasty coming back through a different power point, which Mia had found to be in New York. After discussing two strange shadows that appeared next to the Warlords, the Ronins had decided to come and investigate. They had to attend a school to keep undercover, but at least they would be able to look for anyone there with the profiles of the shadows.
Their taxi came and a short ride later, they were at the Raddison Inn. Mia suggested they stay there until they found separate places to rent. They gathered up their stuff from the trunk of the taxi and went into the hotel lobby to get their keys. They had rooms next to each other on the second floor with Shin and Kento, Touma and Ryu sharing a room. They settled in, leaving the adjoining room doors open. They were all tired from the jet lag so they still didn't talk much. The only sounds were the sounds of Shuu and Shin occasionally wrestling over an article of clothing. What finally got everyone laughing was Shuu, who put a pair of Shin's boxers over his head and started running around the three rooms. Even Shin was laughing.
"Alright guys. It's about six according to the clock over here. There should be a restaurant around here so we can eat." Ryu's stomach was growling, despite how tired he was.
Everyone agreed and went to look for a restaurant, preferably not one very expensive. The settled for Burger King on the edge of Market Street.
"When we got time, we should check this place out," said Touma as he sipped his coke.
"Yeah," said Seiji. "I've only been to NYC. This could prove interesting."
""Oh wow!" said Shuu suddenly. "The girls here are hot!"
They all turned to see whom Shuu was talking about. They saw a girl with frizzy brown hair enter with someone, probably her dad. She was pretty, true, but Seiji felt something that made him scowl. He didn't like the sense this girl was giving him. He promptly turned back to eating.
"I think you should go talk to her, Shuu," dared Shin.
"Hey, I will." Everyone groaned as he got up and went to talk to her. They couldn't hear what was being said, but a few moments later Shuu came back, laughing hard and the girl looked very pissed.
"What did you say to her?" asked Ryu, fearing the worst.
"I told her she should come home with me. She told me to drop dead and I called her a moron in our language. Apparently she understood it because she called me something not so pleasant."
Everyone groaned and lowered their heads. This was not the way to start things out with the ladies, that's for sure. They went back to eating.
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Opal gave the demon she was fighting a roundhouse to the face. Then she spun around, embedding her athame into his throat. He fell over, dead. A moment later, Jett's did so as well.
Opal drew her athame from the demon's throat. "Man, that was almost too easy." She said. She shivered in her jacket. The autumn air was chilly tonight.
"I know," said Jett with a frown. "I don't like it." She was still pissed at what that guy said to her earlier. Obviously an obnoxious creep. She had told Opal about it earlier. "Keep an eye out for—"
Before she could finish, they were ambushed again. "Aiaiai," muttered Opal. "That's it, I just wanna go home and do research already!" She punched an approaching demon in the face and back kicked one behind her in the crotch. She ducked as two came at the side with claws extended. They impaled each other. Opal flipped over the one she kicked and landed hard on the base of its spine, killing it. The one ahead of her threw a fireball. Opal dodged, rolled over to him, hit him in the solar plexus, and gutted him with the athame.
Jett was solving her problems just as easily. She sent a wall of fire around her, burning three. Then she made it into a fire pillar, sending it at two others. She reached behind her and drew her sword. She turned quickly and swung in an arch, decapitating the other.
"Show off," panted Opal.
"I know." She replied, wiping her blade.
The demon's bodies disappeared into the earth. With a sigh, the girls started back for the parking lot of the park. They didn't get far. The Warlord of Venom appeared before them, laughing.
"Well, the Twin Warriors strike again." His voice said cruelly behind the facemask of his helmet.
"Go to hell," they both said at the same time. They walked past him.
"Ah, but you see, we need you to help us bring back Master Talpa into the world."
"And for the last time, no! N-O. No." Said Jett.
"Yeah, learn English or something," said Opal grouchily. "Now go away. I have homework to do."
Sehkmet shrugged. "All in due time you'll be on our side. Once you learn our predicament…."
The girls ignored him and jumped into Jett's car. They weren't interesting in learning his 'predicament'. They could honestly care less.
Opal's car was parked in Jett's drive. "Well," sighed Opal. "We learned absolutely nothing tonight."
"I wonder…. Think Sehkmet may be part of the disturbances?"
Opal shrugged. "Could be. We'll find out sooner or later."
"Yeah, I guess. Want to come in for some cocoa?"
"I wish. Got to get home before my sister gets home. I left both doors locked."
"So leave her outside. She could do with a little outdoor survival lesson."
Opal laughed. "Right, hand have mom scold me for two hours? No thanks, not worth it. Now if we tie to a tree…"
Laughing, the girls went separate and Opal was again driving home. She grumbled to herself about living in the country. She didn't mind it; it just cost so much gas!
Once home she looked at the clock. It was late, and her sister wasn't home yet. "Goodie, I now have dirt on Drew. This will be fun." She changed into her nightclothes, fed Lilith, then crawled into bed. Drew came home about 2:30. With her lights off and door closed, she wouldn't know that Opal was awake. Fine by her. She could tell her parents on Sunday. She yawned, turned over, and fell asleep.