Welcome Back, Anubis!
Ronin Warriors Fic
By: chayei

Part 3
Began: 7/27/01
Ended: 8/28/01

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Disclaimer: I don't own Ronin Warriors. And I never will, so don't sue me.

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Mia was relieved. Dinner was done by the time the Ronins arrived, Kento didn't start any
arguements or food fights, and everyone was enjoying themselves. She couldn't have
asked for anything more. Except that Anubis look alike. Who was he?

"Mia?", Ryo suddenly asked.

"Huh? Oh, Ryo did you say something?" asked Mia.

"Yeah," began Ryo. "I was wondering what you were thinking about so hard."

"Oh, nothing."

"Are you sure?" asked Cye, worry clear in his eyes. "We're not upseting or anything are
we?"

Mia laughed, "No, Cye, I was just thinking about something I saw yesterday. Nothing
important."

"That's good because the party has just begun." answered Kento. "There is no more time
for thinking. It's time for 'Hot Shots: Part Deux'!"

Everyone else present groaned again. "Not again." protested Rowen."You made us watch
it three times staight at your place last week!"

"But it's a classic! _And_ that was only 'Hot Shots'." retorted Kento.

"How about we watch 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'?" suggested Sage.

"That's a great idea, Sage." agreed Mia. "It's funny, has action, and a bit of romance.
The perfect movie for right now."

"Plus we haven't gotten sick of it because of Kento." added Rowen.

"Hey!" shouted Kento. Everyone else just laughed at Rowen's retort. Finally, they all
settled down to watch the movie.

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Anubis didn't know what to say. He was finally at Mia's house, after what seemed like an
eternity of a ride up. Okay, he should ring the doorbell. But, what should he do after that?
And what if Mia wasn't home? Then he would've just spent all this time worrying his life
away for nothing! And talk about worrying, what _should_ he say when she answered the
door? Maybe he should just say ... Hey! What was that?

Anubis had heard something inside. Was it ... laughter? Wait ... was that Wildfire's voice?
Was the woman who stole his heart in love with the leader of the Ronin Warriors? Oh well,
I guess I should ... was that just Halo's voice ... and Hardrock's ... Strata's and Torrent's,
too. Maybe all hope wasn't lost. Anubis stepped forward and lifted his hand to the doorbell.

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*DING-DONG*

Mia frowned. Who could that be? "Guys, pause the movie. Someone's at the door." she said.

"Okay, Mia." Cye answered as he paused it.

"Thanks, Cye." she answered as she got up to answer the door. Who could it be? Mia hoped
it wasn't some salesman, she was not in the mood to deal with one right now. Maybe it was
the Anubis look alike? Mia laughed to herself. Who would know? She almost hoped it was, or
even better, actually Anubis. But that would be impossible. If it was the look alike, that would
mean he was stalking her. And it couldn't be Anubis because he was dead. Mia sighed at the
impossibilites of reality. If only he was still alive. If only she had admitted her feelings to him
before he sacrificed his life. If only ... well, there were too many if only's in her life.

'Kami-sama,' Mia thought, 'can't I see him for a minute to tell him how I feel?' she pleaded with
the force that controlled the universe. 'Please?' she thought as she opened the door.

Who she expected to see wasn't who she saw. "Impossible ..." Mia managed to say before
she fainted and fell towards the ground.

"Mia!" shouted Anubis as he rushed to catch her. The Ronin Warriors ran towards where they
heard the cry of alarm. They thought it was another enemy.

Who they found was an old ally.

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The Ronins were speechless. They just stood there in shock watching Anubis set the
unconscious Mia on the couch. Then he stared at them, waiting for them to speak. Finally,
Kento spoke.

"Anubis, aren't you dead?" he asked. The others nearly fell down at the stupidity of the
question. Here he was, standing and breathing! It sure looked like Anubis wasn't dead.

Ryo spoke up, "What kento meant was, how are you alive? I mean we all saw you die."

Suddenly Mia stirred. "Guys, I had the weirdest dream. I thought I saw Anubis when I
answered the door." she said. "Isn't that ...." Mia cut off when she saw Anubis standing there.
"You're alive!?" shouted Mia.

"I think I owe all of you an explaination." stated Anubis as he began his story.

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