Disclaimer: Don't own, wrote for fun, please don't sue. All New Warlords belong to Me. A character guide is available, email me if you want it.
It was a dull day and the Ronins were just lounging about Mia's house. Kento and Ryo were battling it out on one of Kento's video games, Rowen was reading War and Peace, Sage was writing in his journal, and Cye was asleep on the couch. Mia was out of town on some unknown business, so the boys were left in charge.
"Yes!" Ryo shouted as the game announced Kento's defeat. "That's the third time I've beaten you, Ken. Pay up!" he held out his hand as Kento shelled out ten bucks.
"Man," he complained. "why do you always beat me? And at my favorite game, too!"
"Maybe because I'm better at it than you are?"
"Nah, that can't be it."
Just then, the doorbell rang, causing Cye to fall off the couch in surprise and the othersto look up from what they were doing. The doorbell rang again.
"Who's gonna get the door?" asked a sleepy Cye from the floor.
"Why don't you get it?"
"Why's that Rowen?" Cye asked, getting to his feet.
"Because you're already up."
Cye rolled his eyes. "Thanks a lot." He walked over to the door. Opening it, Cye stood staring at the people before him, his jaw on the ground.
"Who's at the door, Cye?" Sage asked, closing his journal.
Getting over his shock, Cye turned towards his friends and announced, "May I present to you..." he quickly moved out of the way. "The warlords!"
There was a collective gasp as said warlords entered the house. Sage was the first to recover. He nodded at the four and silently went upstairs. The others soon got over their shock and greeted the warlords as well.
"What brings you here?" Ryo gave the four a suspicious look.
"Aww, c'mon Wildfire!" Cale said, draping an arm around Ryo's shoulders. "We just came by for a visit. Where's the harm in that?"
Ryo peeled Cale's arm off his shoulder. "We're enemies. We just fought two days ago!"
"So what? Does that mean we can't visit peacefully?"
"Yes!" shouted Kento.
"Too bad, Hardrock!" Dais gave Kento 'the eye', which worked wonderfully in shutting the boy up.
"Why, two days after a battle, did you decide to be friendly with us? Is this a trick?"
"'Tis no trick, Strata." Anubis answered. "Starting today, we are no longer your enemy."
Yeah right! Ryo thought. He was having a hard time believing the warlords had turned good. He also couldn't believe they had managed to find some decent looking clothes. Anubis had on a red t-shirt that matched his hair, a pair of blue jeans, and red converse. Dais was wearing a maroon ruffle-sleeved shirt, black slacks and a pair of loafers. Sekhmet had on a pale green button down shirt(with the top three buttons undone), dark green jeans and bright green sneakers. And Cale, Cale looked like he had just come back from a bikers' convention; a black silk shirt, black leather jacket, black jeans, and army boots with spikes on the toes. Ryo just had to know. "Where'd you get your clothes?"
"I got mine from some fancy-shmancy store." Dais told him.
"Nevermind where they got their clothes, Ryo." Cye said. "What I'd like to know, is if this peaceful visit is another of Talpa's orders."
The four warlords looked to the ground. Cye started to ask again when Sekhmet decided to speak up.
"Talpa can go to hell!"
Needless to say, the Ronins were shocked. A warlord dissing Talpa? Something was not right.
"That's a first." Sage commented as he descended the stairs. "You four actually look normal."
"Shut up Halo!" Cale glared at him.
"Is there any particular reason why Talpa can go to hell?" Cye asked, curious as to why Sekhmet would say something like that.
Anubis sighed. "I'll tell you. Talpa kicked us out of the Dynasty.""Wow. So now you're un-employed?" Kento started busting up. "Now THAT'S funny! An unemployed warlord!"
"SHUT UP KENTO!" Everyone yelled, silencing the loud mouthed boy.
"Do you know why you were kicked out?" Sage asked, sitting back down in the chair he had occupied earlier.
"Not really." Dais answered. "All we know is that Talpa found better fighters than us."
"Wonder who they could be." Ryo said as Cye went to get drinks for everyone.
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"That has to be the lamest thing I've ever heard!" Viper yelled. He had green hair, blue eyes, and was sixteen.
"Well it's true! I can beat you with my attack!"
"Yeah right, Webby! You must have cobwebs in your head."
"I DO NOT!" With that, Webby lunged at Viper and...fell flat on her face. "OW!"
"See? I told you you couldn't beat me."
It was early afternoon and the six young people were in the training room practicing their techniques. Viper and Webby were busy sparring, Spider and Roanna were polishing their weapons, and Roan and Sterling were were sparring as well. Earlier that day, Talpa had informed them that they will be attacking the enemy in a few months, so they needed to be ready. There were doing quite well too.
"Man, I'm bored!" Spider, a seventeen year old guy with wavy white hair and ice blue eyes, ranted. He tossed a medium-sized metal ball in the air and caught it a few times.
"Well, it's not my fault all we do is train. Maybe you should take it up with the boss." Roanna said. She was a pretty reddish-brown haired girl with deep green eyes. She looked just like her father.
"No thanks! I don't want to make that guy mad. He'd kill me!"
"Then stop complaining! It's not gonna do you any good."
"I know, I know. Hey do you think Sterling and Roan want to train with us?"
Viper looked over at the mention of Sterling's name. He walked over to Spider and tapped his shoulder. "Excuse me," he said when Spider turned around to look at him. "did you just mention training with...Sterling?"
"Uhh...yeah. I was just wondering if he'd like to join us, that's all."
Viper rolled his eyes. "Oh please, you know he wouldn't want to. He thinks he's better than the rest of us and doesn't have to listen to anybody but himself!"
"That's not true! He's just doing what his father tells him to!"
"It won't work Roanna. He's no good and you should stop hanging out with him. Your brother too. He'll just cause trouble for everyone." With that, Viper walked back to the sparring match with Webby.
"Sheesh, he's a creep!" Roanna whispered to Spider when Viper was out of hearing range.
"Definitely."
