"I am going to KILL that boy!" Anubis grumbled as Kento laughed along with Cye.
"Well, I'm sure he's where the warlords are. I mean, that's where Ryo is, right?"
Wrong.
The moment the trio arrived at the warlord's hideout, they ran right into Mia and Rowen.
"Have you seen Sage?" Both groups asked in unison, and then their questioned turned to a set of groans.
"Ryo was taken to a bunch of scientists, so that they could reenact the environment he used to live in. They want to observe him in his original habitat. Sage ran after them. I guess it would be in our best interest to go save BOTH of them." Mia stated as the others nodded in agreement.
"Come on guys, let's go."
~*~*~*~
So this was where they took his Ryo? Seiji thought to himself as he slowly crept around the corner of the large complex. He knew that Ryo was in there, he could tell. His senses flared wildly, the exact ones that had led him to first encounter Ryo.
He had dumped the bike on the side of the road near the building, in case he would need it again. With the Warlords lurking around, he had to be careful, or he may suffer the same fate as Ryo. Though maybe being caught and with Ryo would be better. He missed Ryo. He hoped they weren't hurting him.
Slowly he opened the back entrance to the building, as he slid in. Glancing around in confusion, he realized that he was in a forest.
"What the?" He asked himself as he assessed the situation, and soon realized, to his shock, that this was his forest. Glancing around, his eye's laid on his cave, where his family usually dwelt. He glanced in side in hope, and realized that no, they were not there. Fake. It was all fake. He should have known better then to trust his eyes. They were only there for seeing, nothing else. This place was identical to his home, but it was not. Perking his ears, he tried to listen for something either living, or water of some sort. But, instead he heard something he hadn't expected.
Crying?
He knew that voice! Ryo! Sage bolted in the direction of the voice.
"Ryo?" He called out, waiting for a response.
"Sage…?" A small replay that sounded quite weak asked, as Sage grinned.
"Ryo, where are you?" Sage called out again as he ran towards where he thought the voice was coming for, and thankfully, he was right.
"Sage!" Sage ran up to his crying mass of a boyfriend, pulling him close, curiosity in pale violet eyed.
"Why were you crying?" He asked as Ryo blushed.
"I was scared. I mean, I thought that I couldn't survive without Blaze because he got me all my food, and then I thought that…" He voice trailed off leaving Sage in confusion.
"What else did you think?"
"Well, I thought that you might be dead, I mean you were bleeding a lot, and you were unconscious, and I was…. Scared." Sage smiled, pulling Ryo contently to his chest. He loved his Ryo. His sweet little Ryo. Well, not exactly little, but that was besides the point. His Ryo. Ryo nuzzled him softly.
"Sage, your face!" Ryo pointed out, finally noticing the gash that ran from his jaw to just below his eye. He shrugged.
"From the glass. It's fine though." Ryo nodded, glancing again at Sage's arm. It had yet to heal, but the blonde wouldn't stop doing things with it, and it had no way to heal with all the applied pressure.
"Well love, I can take you to where I came in. I think it's this way." Sage pointed in the direction he had come from. Ryo nodded. And followed the other boy, never letting go of Sage's hand, and making sure their fingers were entwined at all times. He would not lose Sage again. Sage led them through the forestry for some time, until he reached the door, using his good hand, he tried to open it, but the thing would not budge.
"What?" He asked aloud as he tried again to open the door.
"Ryo, it won't open! It only opens from the outside!" Ryo gasped.
"Damn it!" Sage nodded, as he tried to kick down the door. No matter how strong his legs were though, he was not going to be able to break down a heavy metal door.
"Shit…"
~*~*~*~
"Who is that other boy in there?" One scientist asked as he watched the two boys.
"Well, good sir, he's one of the other two boys! He was raised by wolves!" Kayura exclaimed. She and the other warlords had stayed for a bit; just to watch exactly what was going to happen to the cat-like boy. And for now, nothing very amusing had happened. But now that Sage had arrived… Cale watching in deep interest, as Sekhmet sighed. Not again.
"He's another one of the boys?" The scientist asked as she nodded.
"He was raised by wolves, as I have already said! He is a prize as well." The man nodded.
"Well, we have to separate them! This isn't a reenactment if they have another person with them!" Kayura shrugged.
"Well, that's your problem. We have our money, we've done our part, now we'll be on our way."
"Wait a minute!" The scientist called out, but the warlords were already gone, money in hand.
~*~*~*~
"Ok, so this is where they were taken, well, how do we get in? We can't just go through the front door and ask, I mean really!" Mia pointed out as Cye froze, stuffed animal in hand.
"Lookie! It's a bike! Didn't you say that Sage stole one that looked like that, Miss. Mia?" Mia turned to the direction that Cye was pointing in and smile.
"You're right Cye! That's his bike! Well, the bike he stole anyways…" Rowen laughed at the thought. Sage was such a troublemaker.
"Well, that means that he has to have gone in somewhere over there, because he's not over there, and like us, he couldn't have gone in through the main entrance." The others nodded I agreement.
"Ok, well then lets go check it out!" Rowen exclaimed, as he ran over to the bike and the place that Sage had obviously used to enter the building.
"Guys. There's an entrance over here!" Kento pointed out as everyone ran over to him. Kento shrugged, and pulled it open, eyes meeting Sage's and Ryo's. Sage and Ryo were sitting against a tree, curled up against each other.
"Don't shut the door!" Sage cried out as Rowen leapt up, barely managing to keep it from closing.
"Why?" He finally asked as Sage sighed in relief.
"The door is locked from the outside. You can open it from out there, but not from in here." Rowen nodded in understanding.
"Ok, we have to get going, come on you two! Who knows when someone will notice us?" Anubis pointed out as they nodded in agreement, Sage pulling Ryo to his feet. Together, all of them ran out of the building, and into a group of guards.
"Shit!" Ryo exclaimed as the others cursed in agreement. Sage and Ryo weren't going to be going anywhere for a while if the scientists got their way. Cye gasped in shock.
"What mean men! They won't let Sage and Ryo go home! How rude!" He exclaimed as he hid behind Kento, knowing very well that Kento could kick ass when it came to fighting.
"What the?" Ryo asked as he noticed his hands beginning to glow a fierce crimson. His eyes widened.
"Ryo!" Sage exclaimed, running over to the boy.
"You're glowing!" Ryo turned to look at Sage who was also glowing, but instead with a deep green aura.
"Uh, hon, you are too." Sage looked down at himself and yelped. Glancing up, he realized that it was not just himself and Ryo; it was Cye, Kento, and Rowen as well.
"What the hell is going on?" Kento demanded, as he looked at his glowing hands. The scientists could only watch in shock at the transformation before them. Mia watched in horror like the rest, but to her amazement, Anubis was perfectly fine with what was happening.
"Anubis? Why isn't this freaking you out?!" She demanded, as he laughed.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine. They're just learning a little bit more about themselves." Mia looked at him in confusion, but chose to listen to his judgment call. Mia watched as the simple auras took on shapes, turning into five armors. She watched as finally the glowing objects took on a solid form, cladding each man in armor.
"What the hell just happened?" Mia asked, to which no one but Anubis knew the answer.
To be continued….
A/N: well, that was much needed! I know that took FOREVER and the chapter is still as short as ever, but as it was before, I have SO many other stories (You don't believe me, go to my friend Shadow's site…) and I have been trying to finish them all, and it's really hard, and this one is getting really long and strenuous, and I figured this was a good way to get to a point where I can finish this fic. And if I have time, maybe I can do a sequel, if you want that is!
Ok, I have two questions. When posting a sequel to a fic, would you post it as its own story, or would you just add it to the first story (Err…. short book actually)? And the other thing is, I know that for warlord/Ronin fans, there aren't many on ff.net (Except Summerstarr's, we love you dear!) and I know that DarknessReigns is a Sage/Cale fan. Well, I have one story (My ONLY Ronin/Warlord story, written for Shadow!) And I would never post it, so Darkness, would you want to read it? Well, bye bye and thank you! Again, sorry for the wait!