The Others- Chapter thirteen

"That's it! This is not turning out right! We were supposed to have captured them a long time ago! We had them both, but they so easily got away! This time we'll have to get them, and keep them!" The warlords nodded to Kayura.

"But Kayura, what is your plan to capture them There are so many more of them and so few of us!" Kayura grinned wickedly.

"Come here." They formed a circle as she whispered to them. Each of them suddenly grinned and nodded in agreement to the plan.

"Does that work?" She asked as all of them nodded.

"Lets go then."

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"Sage, spit out the gum!" Sage sighed and rolled his eyes as he spit out the gum he had been chewing on.

"Cye, get the stuffed animal out of the bathtub! I know it looks like a whale, but it isn't meant to be put underwater! It's not good for the fabric!" Mia tried to take the stuffed animal, but Cye pulled it protectively to his chest and bolted. Mia sighed.

"Kento, dinner is in twenty minutes! No food!" She tore the bag of chips from his grip, as he put his hands on his hips.

"Unfair…." He murmured, but Mia's glare silenced him. Mia glanced at Ryo and groaned.

"Ryo, that is the cat's water dish, not yours! You don't drink dirty water off the floor, you drink clean water in a glass!" she reached into the cabinet and pulled out a plastic cup, filling it with water and handing it to Ryo, who was still on his hands and knee's on the floor. He set it down on the ground, next to the bowl, and then began to lap it up from there. Mia mumbled incoherently, as she walked off to see what the others were doing. She walked over to Anubis, who was busy making the dinner, with question in her eyes.

"Anubis, where's Ro?" the man shrugged.

"He went outside about fifteen minutes ago." She nodded as she made her way towards the door, and then looked back at the four in the living room. Sage sat sprawled out on a couch arms crossed, glaring at the TV screen. Kento sat on the other one, equally mad, but not as scary looking. Cye sat next to Kento, still clutching his stuffed animal to him, as they watched football. Ryo had taken his place curled in a ball at Sage's feet, and Mia could have sworn the boy was purring. White Blaze was on the floor in front of Ryo in a protective manner.

"Anubis?" She asked as the man turned from his cooking.

"Yes?"

"Can you watch the guys while I go get Rowen? You know Kento won't stop them from doing something. He's just as bad, the little sneak!" Kento grinned at Mia, giving the v-sign, as she shook her head and walked out of the house.

"Rowen?" She called out, waiting for a response.

"Hey Mia!" Surprised, she looked up and saw Rowen lying on the roof, staring at the clouds.

"I love the sky. It's really pretty. And it's so vast, there's no way of knowing the knowledge it holds."

"Rowen Hashiba! Get down from there right now! You could fall and hurt yourself!" Rowen shrugged as he stood, walking over to the gutter, and shimmying down it with ease.

"See? Wasn't that hard." He stated as Mia sighed.

"Well, dinner is almost ready, and I need you to help Kento watch the other three. Can you do that?" Rowen shrugged.

"Sure, as long as you don't leave me with Sage." Mia giggled.

"He really does hate you. He holds a good grudge." Rowen sighed.

" I know. God knows that hell will freeze over if I ever have to be alone with him, and now that he's almost fully up to speed, I shudder at the thought." Mia nodded in agreement. Sage was amazingly fast, and not just in speed, in reflexes as well.

"That's a good point. We better look at his arm. I haven't checked on it in awhile." The two made their way into the house, to the amusing scene of Kento struggling to get a wet stuffed animal out of the back of his shirt, while Cye giggled mercilessly at what he had done.

"Cye, you know I'm going to get you for that!" Kento warned as he finally managed to get the stuffed animal out of his shirt. Cye yelped and bolted, Kento in tow. Mia and Rowen merely laughed as they took the other couch. They glanced at Sage and Ryo, Ryo rubbing his head in a possessive gesture against Sage's thigh. Mia and Rowen sighed in unison, but Sage and Rowen ignored them.

"Sorry to take him away Ryo, but we have to borrow Sage." Mia and Rowen stated as Sage merely glared, giving them a look that said, "Don't mess with my Ryo time". Mia rolled her eyes.

"We need to remove your bandage. It's been a long time." Sage sighed as he motioned for Ryo to get off him. Reluctantly, the cat-like boy did what he was told, as he sat up and off of Sage. Sage gracefully rose to his feet, as Ryo and Mia took him into the kitchen where all the bandages were. Obediently he gave Mia his arm, as she slowly un-did the bandage. She nodded as she applied slight pressure to the wound. It was healing nicely, but it still needed to be fixed up and such.

"Does it hurt still?" She asked as Sage shook his head, not paying attention to what she was doing and instead staring out into the living room. Presumably at Ryo, but Mia couldn't tell, and neither could Rowen.

"Rowen, why don't you go watch the other two, I'll finish up here." Rowen nodded as he left, ignoring Sage's sigh of relief. Mia laughed.

"You really do hate him, don't you?" She stated, tousling his hair and rubbing his head slightly. Sage sighed contently at the petting and shook his head.

"I don't hate him. He's just annoying." He stated plainly as Mia took her hand from his hair and began to re-bandage his arm.

"There you go. All done. You can go back to Ryo now." Sage smiled in satisfaction as he ran back to the living room. Mia smiled as he went back to the couch, this time curling up on Ryo's lap while holding his arm.

"Anubis, aren't they the cutest?" Anubis shrugged as Mia hit him playfully.

"Party pooper I think its sweet. Sage's never met humans before, so its fun to see how he reacts around others, and Ryo is so caring and helpful to the more oblivious Sage. I think they work perfectly together." Anubis shrugged again. Mia glanced over his shoulder, looking in curiosity at the food.

"So, Anubis, Whatcha cooking?" Anubis smiled at the topic of his cooking.

"Well, steak because Sage has been staring at the meat in the freezer for days, and I caught him about to eat it, in the package, raw. I figured it was time to give the two carnivores meat anyways." Mia smiled affectionately.

"That was nice of you. So, what else is there?"

"Well, there are mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and some watermelon. Think that's enough for everyone?" Mia nodded rapidly.

"I'd say so! Is everything done?" the man nodded.

"Then I'll go get everyone." He watched as she ran into the living room.

"Dinnertime!" she called out as Rowen, Kento, and Cye walked on for food. Mia glanced wearily at Sage and Ryo, who had yet to move.

"Ryo, what's wrong?" Ryo looked up at her.

"Sage is asleep on my lap, but I didn't want to wake him up." Mia laughed.

"Ryo, it's time to eat. I don't think he'll mind you waking him up." Ryo nodded as he slowly nudged Sage awake. The blonde's eyes slowly opened, as he smiled up at Ryo. Stretching, he rose to get off of Ryo, as he stood. Mia watched as he helped Ryo up and the two mad their way to the kitchen, Mia followed as they all took their seats at the table. Sage looked in awe as Anubis placed a steak on his plate.

"What? Is this meat?" He sniffed at it.
"What did you do to it?" Rowen laughed.

"Its cooked Sage." Mia grinned.

"Yeah, have a bite." Sage took the meat in his hand, much to Anubis's disgust, and took a large bite.

"Wow! This taste even better then when it's raw!" Anubis stomach churned as he watched Sage down the meat in the most detestable of manners. They sat and ate, the entire group, everything perfectly fine except the small food fight that landed Mia in the bathroom, along with Cye, both covered in mashed potatoes. Sage suddenly perked up, as everyone turned to him.

"Sage, what is it?" Sage bolted over to the window, at the moment the glass exploded into tiny shards.

"Sage!" Ryo called out in fear, as he watched the warlords appear in the opening. Ryo glanced wearily at them, and then at Sage, who lie limp on the ground, covered in glass. Ryo had no way of knowing if the boy was conscious or not. Finally, anger seeped through the boy.

"You hurt my Sagey. Now you die!"

To be continued………

A/N: I know, far too long. You shouldn't have to wait this long, but I was at a loss of what to write for a long time, and then I got this idea. And I'm pretty sure I'll be writing a lot more now that I have the idea. Well, bye bye!