Welcome Back, Anubis!
Ronin Warriors Fic By: chayei

Part 2 Reformatted: 7/26/01

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Disclaimer: I do not own Ronin Warriors. I have never owned Ronin Warriors. And I never
will (boo hoo!). SO DON'T SUE ME!

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She was finally home. Mia could still not believe her eyes. Was Anubis back? Her rational
mind said he couldn't be. It must have been someone who looked like him. Yes, that's right!
It must have been someone who looked like him. But, why did he look at her with such
familiarity and ... and something else Mia couldn't imagine. She just shrugged and checked
her answering machine.

"Hey, Mia!" a familiar British voice said from the recording. It was Cye "Call me if you need
any help with dinner tomorrow, you know how much Kento can eat! Well I gotta go!". It
was just like Cye to have such a kind heart to keep offering his help, but when it came to
cooking, well ... lets not get into that.

"Hi, Mia. It's Ryo. Call me if you need me to bring anything tomorrow night. Bye." Short and
sweet. It was kind of Ryo's style. "Hmmmmm. Ryo." Mia thought out loud. "Maybe he can
help me sort through this mess." Mia picked up her phone and called him.

*BRING, BRING*

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ryo it's me, Mia."

"Oh! Hey, Mia! Did you get my message?"

"Yeah, Ryo, I got it. It was sweet of you to offer, but I didn't call for that. Ya see...." Mia told
Ryo everything she saw that afternoon.

"Wow, Mia. That is freaky, but how did you know it was Anubis?"

"That's exactly it, Ryo. I don't. It was just the way he looked at me. It was like he knew me."

"Well you know it could be your mind playing tricks on you. You did take his death hard, Mia.
Almost as hard as Lady Kayura."

"Yeah. I know."

"Well, I've got homework to do before dinner, so bye."

"Yeah. Bye, Ryo." She said, hanging up the phone. Was her mind playing tricks on her?
Or was it her heart?

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Anubis knew where Mia lived. He had spent days there while Ryo of Wildfire and Rowen of
Strata were freeing their friends. In such a short time, he had fallen in love with the bright
and intelligent young woman. But he never had the chance to tell her. Not before he had
to save Kayura from Badamon's spell. Anubis didn't even know why he hadn't even gone to
tell her he was all right after being released from the hospital. Was he scared? Scared that
she didn't feel the same? He saw the way she looked at Wildfire, but he couldn't tell if her
feelings were sisterly, or if they were something deeper. Emotions were still new to him at
the time. "I guess I'll just have to see her and find out for myself. I'm busy tonight, but
maybe tomorrow...."

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