Seiji walked out of the room the next morning, Dana was still asleep, he looked towards the stairwell and wondered if Ryo had even slept the night before. Touma, Shuu, and yes, even Yuli, slept in the living room, he tiptoed into the kitchen and looked out of one of the windows.
Ryo woke up. He stretched and headed downstairs.
Seiji heard someone walking down the stairs and figured it was Ryo, or a white blaze that learned to walk on two legs. "Ryo?" He called quietly hoping Ryo'd be able to hear him. He peeked his head around the corner.
Ryo looked at seiji and walked into the kitchen.
"Did ya sleep?" Seiji asked as he stepped back into the kitchen.
"Yea"
"Ok, I should rephares that, did you sleep without nightmares or any other bad dreams?"
"yes" Ryo shook his head and rolled his eyes!
"Just making sure." Seiji said and walked over and opened the ice box, he had went to the store the night before after Shuu and Yuli nearly ate them out of everything for lunch.
Dana stretched and headed out to the kitchen, "I can make breakfast.."
"Ok." Seiji said, he walked over and hugged Dana.
Dana hugged him and smiled a bit and headed over to the fridge, "What do you guys want for breakfast?"
"Doesn't matter, just make enough for Shuu when he gets up." Seiji warned.
Dana's small smile widended ever so slightly, "ok" She grabbed the ingrediants for pancakes.
Seiji shook his head grinning and walked to the table sitting down.
"So, Ryo, did you dream at all?" Seiji asked.
Ryo, "Not that I remember.."
"Ok."
Seiji, in an attempt to break the dim mood that seemed to hang no matter what, spoke up. "I had the prefect week, I met the girl of my dreams, graduated from school, beat the dynasty, and won the lottery." He said, grinning, knowing and let know that he knew he was exaggerating. "What about you?" He asked looking at Dana and Ryo.
Dana rolled her eyes, "I don't know what's going on anymore!" She flipped a pancake, "In a matter of a couple days my life was turned around, flipped upside down and turned inside out."
Ryo shook his, "No comment.."
"Gee, neither of you have an imagination, maybe you both ought to go back to bed." Seiji said closing his eyes and leaning back in his chair.
Dana pouted, jutting out her lower lip, "Well at least I know how to tell the truth!"
Seiji shook his head, "I know how to tell the truth, I was just trying to lighten the mood for two seconds."
Dana set the first batch of pancakes aside and started the second, "Sure You do!"
Seiji pouted, "Fine then, don't believe me."
Ryo sweatdropped.
Seiji cracked open an eye and grinned at Dana, who had her back to them.
"I suggest you two eat before The others get up..I've finished two batches," She said setting the second batch to the side and starting the third.
Seiji nodded and got up getting some plates and silverware then getting himself a couple pancakes.
Ryo nodded and got up got a plate from Seiji and grabbed himself a couple pancakes.
Sounds of Touma and Shuu snoring rather loudly could be heard.
Seiji grinned. "They could wake the dead."
Dana blinked and watched a half dead looking Shin stumble into the kitchen, "I think they did..."
Dana blinked and watched a half dead looking Yuli stumble into the kitchen, "I think they did..."
Seiji grinned. "How ya feel little man?"
Yuli looked at Seiji, "I'm sorry..."
"It's ok. That girl can talk or charm her way into about anything." Seiji said.
Yuli nodded and looked at the pancakes, "Can I have some?"
"I wonder how much the real Reisei can charm her way into." Seiji smirked and cast a normal teenage grin at Ryo, then he looked back to Yuli, "Sure."
Yuli grinned and got himself some pancakes.
Ryo stared into a wall.
Seiji sighed, "Oh boy, I guess I struck a nerve bringing the real one up."
Dana threw an unused frying pan at Seiji, "Be more careful1!!!"
Seiji ducked and the frying pan banged against the wall.
Dana finished another batch of pancakes.
Touma and Shuu's snoring somehow increased volume.
Seiji, "Jeez..."
The two became quiet.
~~~~~
Somewhere in another realm. A slim finger poked Shin in the back through his thin tee shirt."Wake up little sleepy head."
Shin woke up, "What?"
Reisei, or, what looked like Reisei circled around him. "Tsk tsk, so lazy." It was then that Shin would notice his hands were bound above his head, and his feet barely touched the floor.
Shin noticed the afformentioned items, "Sh....."
"So, the little ronin is alert." Reisei grinned.
~~~~~
Seiji leaned back in his chair again.
about five minutes and two pancake batches later, The snoring continued volume doubled. Dana jumped a bit.
Seiji finshed eating.
Dana finished with the pancakes, "I'm done and if Shuu wants more he'll have to make them himself or get Touma too.."
Seiji snickered.
Then he frowned, "I'm not used to it...Normally Shin cooks...Touma has a bad track record in the kitchen, remember when he caught the over on fire, Ryo?"
Ryo nodded grinning a bit, "Remember when he made panakes with cement mix?"
Seiji couldn't help but chuckle, "Or when he didn't think you had to cook 'instant' rice to eat it?"
Dana sweatdropped, "There's no way I'm letting him near the kitchen if I have to blow it up myself..."
Seiji grinned.
~~~~~
"So, tell me little ronin, having fun yet?" Reisei poked him in the gut, hard.
"Loads" Shin said sarcasticaly.
"Good." She backhanded him, "Wouldn't want to bore you."
"I mean what could be more fun than being chained up!"
"Oh, nothing that I can think of, except maybe taking over and destroying the world, but we won't go there just yet, will we, Torrent?"
"no lets not.."
Reisei disappeared into the darkness of the room, making her way to a chained up Mia, and poking the girl in the back hard. "Wake up lazy girl!"
Mia woke up, "What?"
"Good, you're up." She said, the room light up, Shin and Mia were tied up about twenty feet from each other, facing each other, Reisei walking around Mia like a vulture, planning on what to do to use the girl as randsom to the ronins.
~~~~~
Dana washed the dishes she had used to cook and sat down at the table. Trying to ignore the snoring from the other room.
Seiji yawned.
Dana looked around, "I'm bored..."
Seiji nodded.
~~~~~
Reisei let out an over exhasperated sigh, "I give up, what possible use could the ronins have for you? Catching you was like running into a brick wall." She said looking at Mia.
Mia glared at her.
She slapped the girl. "Watch how you glare, I may not be able to use you for randsome, but I'm always looking for a new punching bag."
Mia looked away.
Reisei smirked.
Mia refrained from commenting.
She walked over to Shin. "How 'bout you, huh? What kind of price would they pay for the return of one of their own?" She teased.
Shin also refrained from commenting
"Hm, no matter,we're all going to die anyway, sometime, so this war is really quite futile for you to be fighting."
Shin looked away.
Reisei smirked. "No comments from the peanut galleries?
They refrained from commenting again.
"Let me toy with them." A voice hissed from somewhere outside the light, Reisei groaned, "Go away Nazza, these are my prisoners."
Shin glared at the direction of the voice.
~~~~~
Seiji leaned back a bit more in his chair.
Dana watched amused as the chair fell backwards cause whiteblaze ran underneath it.
"Ack!" Seiji yelped as he toppled to the floor.
"Hasn't anyone evr told you not to lean back in chairs?"
"Hush." Seiji groaned standing up slowly.
Dana rolled her eyes.
Ryo rolled his eyes.
Seiji sprinted across the kitchen, grabbed Dana, and dragged her into the living room falling over the two sleeping lumps on the floor and tickling her relentlessly.
Dana yelped as she was dragged off, "H-HEY!" She giggled as she was tickled relentlessly, "NO FAIR!!!"
"Yes fair!" Seiji grinned.
"N-NO!" Dana tried to wriggle away laughing her head off, "IT'S UNFAIR!!!"
"Yes! Seiji held her with one hand and tickled with the other, "It is fair!"
"NO IT'S NOT!!!!"
Ryo stared into the wall again.
Touma and Shuu continued snoring.
Seiji kept her pinned down and continued to tickle.
"Y-YOUR MEAN!!!" She tried to pout but was laughing to hard.
Seiji nodded, "If it makes you laugh, yes, I am." He grinned.
"S-STOP IT!!!"
Suddenly something caught Ryo's eye, something breezing past him, moving to fast to be made out. Ryo followed the thing he saw.
Seiji was to busy tickling Dana to notice Ryo.
The figure fluttered it's way across the living room and up the stairs.
Dana couldn't stop laughing, Her eyes were starting to tear up she was alughing so hard.
Ryo followed.
Seiji finally stopped leatting his forehead lean against Dana's shoulder as he caught his breath from laughing.
The figure bounded into Reisei's room.
Dana finally was able to start breathing, "I'm gonna get you back!" Shew said trying to think up revenge.
"If it's as fun as getting myself in the trouble I'm all for it." Seiji said.
Dana thwapped him on the head, "Your a glutton for punishment!"
Seiji mock pouted.
~~~~~
If Ryo had been paying any attention he'd notice how far he had leaned his head trying to see the figure before he entered the room. Ryo hit the door way hard.
Ryo stumbled in the room and fell on the bed, seeing stars.
The halucinatory figure leaned over him, almost motioning for him to sleep.
Ryo obeyed and fell asleep.
~~~~~
Seiji finally realized Ryo was gone. "Hey! Where'd he go?"
Dana looked around, "Maybe e went upstairs..He looked tired to me earlier.."
Seiji nodded. "Well, he said he slept last night, but I doubt it was very long." Seiji said.
Dana, "Lets leave him be..."
Seiji nodded again.
~~~~~
In the black spacelikeness of Ryo's dream a black flame began to burn.
Ryo, He stared intently at the fire.
A figure began to form behind the fire.
Ryo strained to look at the figure.
Dana, "What do you want to do?"
~~~~~
The figure stepped out of from behind the fire, untouched by it, it was Reisei, in a silver gown with black sequine spaghettie straps, a line of black squines around the hem, and a belt about four inches wide made of black silk tied around her. (Think the seam on Serenity's gown that goes right under her breasts and you know where the belt is places-Ryidi-) She was also barefooted, not that her feet could really be seen under the gown, and her hair was down.
~~~~~
Seiji shrugged and began to tickle her again.
Dana yelped and tried to get away again.
Seiji kept her pinned and continued to tickle her.
"I DIDN'T MEAN THIS!!!! YOUR MEAN!!!! I'D POUT IF I COULD!!!!"
"Oh hush, as long as you're laughing I'm pleased, even if it's by force." Seiji said.
Dana, "B-BUT!!!!"
"No buts!" Seiji said.
Dana tried to pout, She managed to jut out her lower lip beforer laughing hysterically again.
Seiji grinned.
Dana was laughing so hard she was having trouble remembering how to breath.
Seiji stopped long enough to let her get a decent breath, then he started again.
Dana laughed out loud, "HEY!"
Seiji tickled her more.
Dana, "OK! SEE SMILING AND LUAHING!! YOU CAN QUIT NOW!!!!"
Somewhere along the lines Shuu and Touma woke, sweatdropped and went ot get breakfast.
"No I can't, you'll stop laughing and smiling when I do." Seiji stated and pouted, for real this time.
"Aaaaaaawwwwwwww.........What's wrong?" She said at his pout.
~~~~~
Ryo's jaw dropped.
Reisei reached her hand out to Ryo in the dream.
Ryo reached out to take her hand.
Reisei's hand went gently around Ryo's. "You look nervos." She whispere.
Ryo, "What's going on?"
"You didn't give up on me." She said, not directly answering or stopping the question, she stepped closer.
Ryo, "I have no reason to"
Reisei pulled her hand gently from his and hugged him.
Ryo hugged her back.
"Don't let go, the battle ahead is still a long and hard one." Reisei, or the her in the dream, said.
Ryo nodded.
Reisei hadn't let go of Ryo.
~~~~~
"I don't like seeing you not happy." Seiji said.
Dana smiled, "Happy! See?"
"Acting doesn't count..." Seiji said thinking she was just putting up a show for his benifit.
Dana jutted out her lower lip, And just WHO said I was acting?"
Seiji shrruged.
Dana managed to pull a hand free and poked Seiji on the nose, "Kawaii!" She grinned.
Seiji blinked.
Dana tilted her head to one side and giggled.
Seiji shook his head. "Am I amusing?"
Dana, "Yea...But your cute too!"
~~~~~
One of Reisei's hands rested on the back of Ryo's neck, her fingers getting wound in some of his hair.
Ryo looked Reisei in the eyes.
"Bring me home, Ryo." Reisei whispered.
Ryo, "Just tell me how.."
"Attack the strength...The veins shouldn't throb...They should glow..." Reisei said.
Ryo looked at her, "What? I don't get it.."
Reisei stepped back pulling her arms away from him, her staff appeared, her in armor staff. "The veins shouldn't throb." She said, the black veins in the base of the staff were throbbing, as were the silver in the ball of it, she looked like she'd said all she could say on the matter without repating herself. "Attack the strength...The veins shouldn't throb."
Seiji smiled some.
Ryo nodded.
She looked at him, searching his eyes to see if he really understood. The staff of the armor was the biggest strength AND the biggest weakness.
Ryo looked at her, "Attack the staff?"
Reisei nodded.
Reisei reached out cupping Ryo's face in her palm.
"I'm trusting you to bring me home, Ryo. Not everyone else, you." Reisei said.
Reisei waited for an answer from Ryo.
Ryo nodded, "I'll do my best"
"I know." The staff disappeared and she hugged him again.
Ryo hugged her back
She hadn't even let go, andhe hadn't been hugging before, when she disappeared, a few flakes of silver falling where she had been.
Ryo looked at the silver that was left.
Ryo woke up, he sat up and rubbed his eyes.
~~~~~
Seiji finally got up and sat on the couch, "I wonder what Ryo's doing." He said.
Dana sat up, "Well, Hopefully he's sleeping..."
"Hopefully." Seiji said with a more 'I doubt it.' tone.
Dana, "You doubt him so much..why?"
"Because, he can be stubborn, and I doubt he'll take as good of care of himself as he should with Reisei gone. And I'm worried his lack of taking care of himself could get him hurt, even killed..." Seiji said in a low voice, proof he was scared for his friend.
Dana stood up and hugged Seiji putting her head on his shoulder sitting next to him, "I'm sure he'll be fine..." Dana poked his nose again, "If I'm not alllowed to be unhappy the same goes for you!"
"His feelings for her didn't just pop up, all year long we've heard nothing but 'Reisei, the girl from gym' this or 'Reisei the girl from gym' that in the whole subject of dating. And last year it was always 'That white hair girl' this or that." Seiji said, he reached up and took Dana's hand gently and nodded.
Dana, "Well, gee! The guy is way beyond gone..."
Seiji grinned, "What about Reisei?" He asked.
Dana, "You know...I don't know she never lets anyone see her emotions..."
"She may not show emotion, but she never said a name, or description? C'mon, even if she was talking bad it's said those you pick on are those you like." Seiji grinned.
Dana, "Now that I think about she did talk about "The black-haired boy' a lot...Though there was never any emotion behind it..."
"Well, you said it yourself, Reisei doesn't pour her emotion out to people." Seiji said. Inwardly he grinned.
Seiji suddenly sniffed the air and was off the couch and bolting for the kitchen in an instant, something smelt like it was burning.
Dana blinked wide-eyed and followed.
Touma, as one could have guessed, was trying to cook. "BACK AWAY FROM THE STOVE!"
Touma looked up and blinked.
Dana's eyes widened and she immediatly went to the cupboard under the sink and grabbed the fire extinguisher.
"Away from the stove! We don't need to explain how YOU managed to burn down an apartment building!" Seiji said.
Shuu looked as innocent as possible.
"You're no where near off the hook Shuu!"
Shuu cringed.
Ryo noticed some commotion downstairs and headed down there.
Seiji shook his head and sighed walking back into the living room to open some windows.
Dana coughed and waved away the smoke.
"Touma is not allowed within five feet of the stove!" Seiji announced as he opened windows.
"FIVE FEET!!! IF I SEE HIM WITH ANYWHERE NEAR THE KITCHEN I'LL PERSONALLY KILL HIM!!"
Seiji grinned, "Good idea!" He said.
Then he noticed Ryo come down the stairs, "Hey, Ryo. How ya feeling?" He asked.
He noted Ryo looked mentally confused about something.
Ryo, "I'm good...but anyone mind to tell me what the hell happened down here?"
"Touma tried to cook." Seiji said.
Ryo's eyes widened, "Oh no...."
"Oh yes." Seiji nodded and pointed towards the kitchen.
Dana shoved, *cough drop kicked cough* Touma out of the kitchen and started cleaning up the mess.
"You're girlfriend won't have a home to come to if we let Touma stay in there a minute longer." Seiji said then watched Touma come out of the kitchen by force.
Ryo nodded.
Touma went and pouted in a corner, "Shuu made me do it.."
"Whoa! I said it without you getting all spacey!" Seiji said.
Shuu tried to tip toe away.
Ryo blinked.
A frying pan hit Shuu in the head.
"OW!" Yelped Shuu, "What was that for!"
"Ouch..." Seiji said wincing at the sight of the frying pan smasing against Shuu's skull. "And it has no effect on the hard head..."
"HEY! I've had years of practice! I can limit the damage to just a bump or render someone unconcious with one Thankyou very much!" Dana yelled from the kitchen.
Seiji winced.
Dana finished cleaning the kitchen.
She walked out and sat on tyhe couch.
Seiji walked over and sat by her.
Dana leaned back on the couch breathing a sigh of relief she shot a glare at Touma, "Do that again and your dead meat buster!" Touma cringed a bit.
"Poor Touma.." Seiji mumbled.
"Serves him right" Dana mumbled.
Seiji sweatdropped and then looked at Ryo, "So, what were you upto upstairs?" He asked.
"Sleeping" Ryo answered taking a seat on the floor.
"Told ya" Dana mumbled.
"Anything?" Seiji asked, being nosey because he was worried, like normal as of late.
Ryo nodded and preceeded to tell of his dream.
Seiji listened to the dream and nodded. "So, we destroy the staff?" He asks.
Ryo nodded.
Dana, "It sounds to me that Ryo is supposed to it.."
Seiji nodded, "One question."
Ryo looked at him,"Yea?"
"How do we get her to let down her guard enough for Ryo to get a crack at that thing?"
Ryo blinked, "I don't know.."
Dana, "luck?"
"Taunting her with something she wants?" Seiji shrruged just running off ideas.
Ryo, "But we don't know what she wants, unless we were to taunt her with one of us.."
Dana, "Well we could always tie up Touma..."
Touma, "HEY!"
"Well she does seem to want the armors pretty bad...Don't flip out yet, Touma...Dana actually has an idea...and we wouldn't let you get hurt...and if something were to happen you'd know you were dying for a good cause." Seiji grinned.
Dana nodded.
Touma sweatdropped.
Ryo blinked.
Shuu tipe toed up the stairs quietly.
Yuli blinked.
Seiji spotted Shuu, "Get down here!"
Shuu cringed and went and sat on the floor with Ryo.
"That's not your bedroom to be running off too."
Shuu pouted.
Seiji shook his head. "Ok, now how do we get her here to even trick her into letting down her guard of the staff?"
Dana, "Well, she obviously wants the armors..I suggest we tie Touma up now and wait for her"
Seiji looked around, "Good idea! Where's the rope?" He saw Touma sweatdrop. "Kidding." He said.
Ryo and Shuu sweatdropped.
Seiji suddenly remembered something and blinked, "Ryo...Did you say Reisei was in a dress in your dream?"
Ryo,"Yea..why?"
"To bad you couldn't take pictures..." He said, throughly expecting Dana to slap him.
Dana threw a pillow at the back of his head, "Now exactly WHY would he want to do that!?!?!?"
Seiji got hit with the pillow. "Because! It's easier to imagine it with a picture right in front of your face!" He dived behind Touma to avoid getting knocked out.
Dana, "AND WHY WOULD YOU CARE TO IMAGINE THIS!!!!!??????" Note she stomping over holding a pillow in each hand. Touma dived behind Ryo and Shuu.
"You're taking it wrong!!" (Yea, I'd say so. -Ryidi-) Seiji raised his hands trying to explain to his obviously ticked girlfriend. "Reisei...The tomboy she is...I think anyone would want to imagine, or see proof, that she can wear a dress once in her life without being forced too..." He backed into a wall.
Dana, "She was ONLY wearing a SKIRT yesterday if you didn't notice!!!!!" One pillow goes flying.
Seiji ducked his head and the pillow hit hard on the wall above his head, "A casual skirt!" He protested then dived into the kitchen doorway using the wall as a sheild.
Dana, "IT WAS A SKIRT NONE THE LESS!!! IF REISEI WAS HERE SHE'D BE TRYING TO KILL YOU TO YOU KNOW!" Dana stomped her foot on the ground.
"I'm well aware of that, which is why I brought it up while she's NOT here!" Seiji pointed out, still hiding behind the wall.
Dana threw the second pillow at the wall and stomped over to the couch and sat down in a huff. The remaining ronins sweatdropped.
Seiji peeked out from behind the wall and sighed.
He finally stood up and advanced into the living room. "Ok, if there are no objections then let's try to get this show on the road, shall we?"
Dana, "I vote We tie seiji and Touma up."
Seiji pouted, "No."
Dana, "yes"
Seiji, "We need at least three of the ronins free incase she doesn't take the bait and heads straight to kill us. If Touma and I are tied up it'll only be two left. You're not tying me up." He said.
Dana, "You have a point, Ok we Tie up Seiji and leave Touma, Ryo and Shuu free"
Seiji, "No!" The three sweatdropped some more.
Dana, "YES!" Death glare(tm)
Seiji winced. "Fine..." He grumbled.
Dana grinned and held out a victory sign, "Victory!"
Seiji, "Let's get this over with..." Grumbling.
Dana, "Alright split up and find Rope!"
Seiji sat down ont he living room floor, if he's going to be the one tied up he isn't going to help find the rope.
Dana and the other ronins split up to find rope.
Touma searched the living room looking at Seiji, "You like trouble don't you?"
"Not really." Seiji said.
Touma opened the closet, "AHA!"
"Oh no..."
The others came into the room, "You found the rope?" Dana asked, Tounma nodded taking it out of the closet.
Seiji looked at him, "You realize that as of right now I hate you, don't you?"
Touma grinned and nodded, "I, unlike you, Don't want to face the wrath of Dana"
"You should have to, you nearly burned her friend's kitchen to the ground!"
Touma, "I stand corrected! I don't want to face more of her wrath!"
Seiji grumbled.
Dana, "Alright that's enough you two! Ryo, Shuu, Touma Tie him up!"
The three nodded.
Seiji jumped from his seat on the floor and ran for the door.
Dana threw an orb of Ive at the door freezing it shut, "Your not getting away!"
"Shi..." Seiji looked for another way out and dived towards an open window.
Dana froze that to, "WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU!!!"
He dove that yet another window. "I'm not going to be tied up and left out there like a lamb to the slaughter!"
Dana, "Ah to hell with it!" Dana froze Seiji to the ground.
"Hey!" Seiji protested.
Dana, "You boys can put the rope away This is more effective," Dana threw multiple orbs freezing Seiji up to the neck.
"Sh...shit!" He stammered, it was cold. "Dana let me out of this! Now!"
Dana, "You have a choice, The ice or the rope!"
"Rope!" He practicly begged.
Unfroze him down to the ankles,"I'll get rid of the rest when your tied up"
He nodded trying to warm up some before being tied.
The three ronins sweatdropped and began to tie up Seiji.
Seiji didn't struggle, he wasn't looking to be a human icecube.
The three finished and Dana unroze is feet, She grinned, "I wouldn't have had to do that if you cooperated."
Seiji grumbled.
Dana grinned and sat down on the couch. "Well, now we wait..what to do until she comes..."
"You're REAL cute." Seiji said sarcasticly.
Dana grinned, "I know!"
He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall grumbling.
Dana, "What to do What to do.."
Mia suddenly dropped into the room from the doorway of the room Seiji and Dana had been sharing. "Dropping the act might be a start." A voice came from inside the doorway, and an armored Reisei stepped out.
Dana blinked innocently, "What act could you be possibly talking about!?" Hand on heart, Dramatic gasp included.
A very beaten looking Shin was pulled out of the room by Reisei and dropped on the floor by Mia. "You'll have to excuse his condition, the warlords just don't listen when I have a toy they can't have." She smirked.
"You know what act, dear, sweet, innocent, Dana." Reisei said.
The ronins blinked and summoned their sub armors.
Still doing the dramatics, "I assure you I have absolutely no clue what your talking About Dear evil Reisei Shell!"
She tapped her staff on the floor. "Now what was I going to do? Hm, oh yes, I was here to finish what I started before."
Dana dropped her hand and stopped with the dramatics.
Seiji looked around, he was not in a good spot.
Reisei looked to the faces. "Who to start with?" She asked, lifting her staff and this time pushing the sharp end down into the back of Mia's leg just enough to draw a yelp from the girl and some blood from the leg.
The ronins assumed the mandatory fighting stances in order to look cool.
Mia yelped. The ronins winced a bit.
"Hmmm..." Reisei took a step forward, stepping over Mia and Shin.
"I can leave, with...minimal...damage. For a trade." She said as if offering.
Dana's eyes twinkled mischeviously, "What kind of trade?"
"Two ronin armors." She stated.
Dana, "No" she said flatly.
"Hm. Then I guess I'll just have to do some killing." She lifted her staff and thrusted it down, stopping just millimeters from percing into Mia's skull.
Mia was wide eyed and severly frightened.
Dana cursed, "Why don't you try fighting fair!"
"Because, it's so dull!" Reisei complained.
Dana readied a ball of ice, I'd say there's more excitment in fighting fairly then against someone who can't defend themselves."
"Hmm, you mean it's more fun to do it the good little way than like this?" She asked as the viens in her staff began to throb, "Akumu Kokushibyou!" She yelled as she lunged towards Seiji and spun the staff in her hands so that the black orb was heading for him, she thrusted it out towards him as she neared.
"Don't you dare!" Dana dived in front of the blast.
Reisei kept coming, looking unmoved by Dana's courageous dash.
Dana stood in front of Seiji protectivly.
Reisei thrusted the staff forward towards Dana, a loud explosive boom ripped through the room, and around Dana, Reisei, and Seiji it was suddenly smoke filled. Reisei was thrown back by her own blast, her staff falling about two feet from her hands.
Seiji was wide eyed as Dana jumped in front of him. "No!" He yelled as Dana was hit and the explosion blew him back against the wall.
Dana had brought up her arms in front of her face and held her place.
She screamed as the blast came.
Seiji attempted to see through the smoke but couldn't.
The smoke began to fade and the first real movement came from Reisei, who tried to move fast enough to pull herself up and grab her staff again.
As the smoke cleared Dana was standing in the same position in white sub armor.
Seiji blinked. "Y...you have armor?!"
Reisei growled and moved faster to grab at the staff
Ryo rushed for the staff and attempted to hit it.
Dana blinked and brought her arms down, "I do?"
"You're in subarmor Dana!" Seiji said.
Dana looked at herself, "Never noticed!"
Reisei growled as the staff was kicked away and she moved again, trying to dive for it to grab it.
"I'd hug you but I'm a bit tied up right now." Seiji mumbled.
Ryo ran for it and went to try and step on it hoping that would be enough.
Dana blinked at him, "Oh yea..You are aren't you?"
The staff didn't break, just clinked as it bounced on the floor then was trapped there by Ryo's foot. "Get off it you wretched mortal!" Reisei screamed as she grabbed the staff and tried to yank it from under his foot.
Seiji nodded and then noticed the commotion from where Reisei had landed.
Ryo rolled the staff behind him and turned aropund and grabbed it in his hands.
"No!" Reisei growled and jumped to her feet and lunged at Ryo's back.
Ryo dived out of the way and went to slam the staff into the ground.
Dana,"I'll get to you in a moment Seiji, " She dived for Reisei and attempted to hold her away from Ryo.
Reisei heard the staff hit the ground. "DON'T DO THAT!" She yelled and went to lunge again but was tackled by Dana.
Ryo slammed it harder into the ground trying to get it to break.
Reisei watched as the staff began to crack some, she struggled to get free. "STOP IT! DAMN YOU!"
Dana struggled to keep Reisei pinned, "Shuu Touma Untie Seiji! Ryo HURRY UP ALREADY!"
The two did what they were told.
Ryo slammed it harder.
Seiji, once his hands were free, did his best to help get the rest of himself untied and then he summoned his subarmor.
Reisei growled and watched the staff come down again, cracking more. "Stop it!!!!!" She hissed struggling against Dana still.
Dana, "RYO!" Ryo slammed it with all his strength.
Reisei had just thrown Dana off when she watched the staff come down, and the black orb shatter into a million peices. "Damn you!" She yelled and went to jump up, then her eyes rolled back into her head and she slumped to the ground.
Dana ran over and caught reisei as she fell.
The staff, or what was left of it, in Ryo's hands, reformed into the complete staff again, but a soft glow mix of silver and black eminated from it. Then the staff disappeared, as well as Reisei's armor and subarmor.
Seiji watched, ready to go into full armor if this was some sort of ploy from Reisei.
Dana, "Ryo why don't you take her upstairs?" Ryo nodded and took Reisei heading upstairs.
Dana sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of releif, "Not as hard as I expected..."
The unconcious Reisei snuggled against his chest when he took her up.
"Are you all right, Seiji?" Dana asked.
Ryo smiled a bit.
"I don't think the Reisei look-a-like was expeting that blast to knock the staff from her hands." He walked over and sat by Dana, "I'm fine."
"That's good." Dana said.
Seiji nodded and hugged Dana.
"How bout you?" He asked.
"I'm perfectly fine"
"Good." He said.
~~~~~
When they got into the bedroom Reisei shifted some but didn't wake.
Ryo set Reisei on the bed and banished his sub armor sitting on the bed.
The shift in the bed brought Reisei to a hazey waking state and lifted one of her hands rubbing her eyes.
"Hey," Ryo said.
"Hey you." Reisei said softly opening her eyes then shutting them again as if it was the first time she'd seen sunlight in days.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Tired. Like I've been sleeping for days." She sat up slowly using one hand to sheild her eyes, and aparently not remembering what her body had done. "I've had some strange dreams too." She said.
Ryo nodded, "Like what?"
"Well, some of them I can't remember, but there was one, where I could see Dana in front of me, but I couldn't talk to her, and another where I was talking to you but I can't remember what I was saying, I was in a dress though, and another one where I was watching the room even though it seemed like I wasn't there and Seiji was making comments on me wearing a dress by will nd how unlikely it was...And the rest are really confusing...I think they were mainly nightmares..." She said.
Ryo suppressed a grin, "And how did Dana react to the dress comment?"
"She nearly took Seiji's head off with a pillow!" Reisei grinned some and then looked at Ryo and let her hand drop. "How come I get the feeling I missed a whole lot while I was asleep?" She asked.
Ryo shook his head, "It's been a couple days.."
Reisei looked confused, "I've slept in late before...but that's rediculous..."
Ryo, "Let's go downstairs,"
"Ok..." Reisei said, she stood up slowly.
Ryo headed downstairs with Reisei.
Reisei stepped off the stairwell and into the living room. "Something tells me I would have been better off staying asleep." She mumbled up to Ryo.
Dana looked up, figured out how to banish her sub armor a minute ago, and ran over giving Reisei a hug, "Your back!"
Reisei almost fell over. "Back?" She felt even more confused and looked to Ryo for help.
Dana blinked and let go, "You...don't remember?"
"Don't remember what?" Reisei snapped out of what was left of her sleepy haze and looked at Ryo, "What the hell happened while I was out?" She asked wide eyed.
Seiji stood up.
Dana shot a worried glance at Ryo, "You should sit down..."
"Oh boy...now I KNOW I should have stayed asleep..." Reisei said and made her way to the couch sitting down nervously.
Dana, "Well, Suff happened.."
"Stuff?" Reisei didn't like the sound of that.
Dana, "Reisei what day is it?"
"I don't know...Ryo said I had been asleep a couple days...or something..." Reisei looked between Dana and Ryo.
Dana, "What day SHOULD it be?"
"Um, if I had woken up the next morning after I went to sleep it'd be Saturday..." Reisei noted mentally that this wasn't helping.
Dana, "It's sunday, Saturday morning...you went with Rajura to the Dynasty.."
"What?!" Reisei nearly yelled.
Seiji sweatdropped and looked at Dana, "Nothing like the blunt approach, ne? Maybe you should explain to her WHY she went." Seiji said. Reisei nodded slowly in agreement with Seiji.
Dana crossed her arms, "It would help if I understood that myself!"
Seiji sweatdropped.
"Man, you just keep hitting brick walls, don't you, Seiji?" Reisei asked, Seiji looked at her. "Huh?"
"Why don't you tell her then!" Arms still crossed.
"He must enjoy your bad side...He got on it in a dream I had too...You nearly took his head off with a pillow after he commented on something about me wearing a dress..." Reisei said.
Dana blinked, "That actually happened...Thank you for reminding me though!" Dana grabbed a pillow and whacked Seiji.
Reisei blinked..
"Ow!" Seiji yelped.
"Hmph!" Dana put the pillow back on the couch, "If your going to be picky you can explain it to her yourself!"
"It actually...but...how....UGH!...I'm so confused..." Reisei said slumping back against the cushions of the couch, suddenly something came to her, "HEY!" She looked at Seiji, who sweatdropped, "I can willingly wear a dress! THANK YOU!" She said and then let herself return to confused. Seiji looked like a ronin in the headlights.
Dana, sitting by Reisei now, "and why HE would CARE is beyond ME!" Holding pillow again.
halos_light: Reisei was putting her thoughts together, "Maybe I can figure something out..." She thought for a moment, "Ok...um....did I...or...well...WHATEVER! Did whatever that had control of me talk Yuli into being a kick monster?" She asked.
Dana nodded yes.
"Did I, or, um, well, you guys know what I'm talking about. Did the fake me stand face to face with Ryo in the rain at one point?" She asked and looked towards Ryo, as far as she knew only he could answer it.
Ryo nodded.
Reisei let out a low moan and slumped down in the couch, she covered her face with her hands.
Seiji blinked.
Dana, "It seems to me that your getting your memories back on your own..."
Reisei shook her head, "Not getting...had...those were all the nightmares I had..." She stopped for a second, "Or did...I guess..." She mumbled even though she only honestly remembered them as dreams, because that's all her soul, while being held dormant in her, had seen them as, nightmares and a dreams.
Dana nodded.
Ryo spoke up, "That's because to you it was all a dream it was like someone else was control your body.."
Reisei looked up at Ryo. "Was like someone else was in control, or someone else WAS in control?" She asked. Seiji, remembering what Ryo had said about the ancient, chose now to jump in, "Someone else was in control, Reis." He said, he watched her for a second and realized she seemed upset looking, and with good reason, finally he looked over to Ryo.
Ryo looked helpless
Thinking quick for once, "Reisei, how bout you and Ryo go back upstairs." He said, Reisei nodded, she was all for it if it'd clear away the confusion of the living room. She stood up slowly and walked back over to the stairs and Ryo.
Ryo went up with Reisei wondering what Seiji was planning.
Dana, "What are you planning?"
Seiji wasn't planning anything, except maybe Reisei and Ryo falling into each others arms, seeing as Ryo looked like he felt helpless, and Reisei looked confused and upset. "Nothing." He said and then when Ryo and Reisei walked up the stairs he walked over, sat by Dana, and told his 'plan' in her ear.
Dana blinked, "Mischevious aren't we?"
Seiji nodded.
~~~~~
Reisei went into the bedroom and sat down on the bed.
Ryo sat down next to her.
"It's so confusing." Reisei said, resting one of her elbows on her knee and resting her forehead against her proped up hand.
Ryo rubbed her back, "It'll make sense at one point.."
"Maybe..." She said and moved leaning against him some. "How can I face Shin and Mia? I may not have been the one in control, but still..."
Ryo hugged her, "They knew what was going one, I'm sure they hold nothing against you."
Reisei hugged back nodding ever so slightly. "If the nightmares really happened...did the dreams happen too? I mean...Did I visit you and Dana?" She asked.
Ryo, "Yep, that was real too....well, kinda.."
"Kinda?"
"Well, you visited us in our dreams...I never thought as dreams as 'real' before..."
"Oh..." She tried to make sense of it, "So, it was like, me calling out from my subconcious state, for your help?"
"Yea.."
Something inside her snapped making her remember the dream conversation with Ryo. "I asked you to bring me home...And you did..." She said.
Ryo nodded, I couldn't let you down now could I?"
Reisei smiled some and shook her head, then she hugged him.
Ryo hugged back.
~~~~~
Downstairs something dawned on Dana, "AHHHHH!!!!!"
Seiji looked at her, "What?"
"It's Sunday I have mountains of homework to do and I haven't started!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dana paled.
"Ryo...There's something I'd..." Reisei was cut short by the scream from downstairs and she moved from the bed and walked over to the stairwell, "Is everything all right down there?" She called.
Dana looked at her, "Yea, Yea Everythings fine sorry about that, Ugh...I have a headache.."
Reisei smiled a little, "Ok..." She said and as she stepped back in the room she closed the door to avoid anymore distractions.
~~~~~
Ryo lookd at her, "What happened?"
"Hard telling knowing Dana..." Reisei said, she walked back over to the bed and sat down.
"So what were you saying?"
"Oh...yea..." Reisei sounded kind of nervouse, she turned sitting on the bed so she faced him. "Ryo, I thought I loved you, but..." She paused.
Ryo looked worried, His mind was whirling.
"I hope this isn't to much for you...But..." Reisei was about to slap herself, inside she was screaming at herself to just blurt it out.
Ryo was really getting nervous.
"I don't have to think it anymore..." She stopped again wishing she were better with emotions, "I...I do love you, Ryo..."
~~~~~
Dana put her hand on her head and collapsed backwards on the couch, "UGH! I don't feel so well, I hate math, I hate history, I hate literature, I hate English, I hate Science, I hate school, I hate the fact that my back pack isn't here, I hate the fact that they're allowed to give so much homework. I hate the fact that it's sunday, I hate the fact my father'll kill me if I get a less then perfect grade, I hate the fact that Mondays are allowed to exist!"
~~~~~
Ryo looked releived, "I love You too."
Reisei smiled and hugged him again. "I was afraid you wouldn't feel the same, or would think it was to much to handle..."
Ryo hugged her back, "You had ME worried.."
Reisei smiled a little, "I guess we manage to do that to each other, don't we?"
~~~~~
Seiji looked at Dana, "With the amount of what's been going on this weekend we'd be lucky to make it to school."
Dana still had her hand on her head, "I. Hate. Mondays. They should be outlawed..."
Seiji patted Dana's shoulder gently.
Dana, "And I hate the fact that if I miss school tomarrow I'll get even MORE Hoework piled on me, and that my parenst won't let me miss unless something near fatal happened, Ugh...I don't feel so good anymore..."
Seiji tapped Dana's shoulder, "You're not going to worry about your parents, I won't let you go bck to their house."
Dana, "But...But..My backpack and uniform and school textbooks and my clothing and and my shoes and and There's My little brother who I'll be worried about day and night and then there's my collection of weapons, my Cd's my my Cd player and My uniform, and my textbooks and. My. Homwork! That cursed backpack," Dana continued rambling on.
Dana, "I'm not wearing the same thing forever, and there's there's..." and it continues..
Seiji sighed. "We can get you more clothes and new books and stuff, as for your little brother...I don't know what to do..."
Dana, "I don't have a anough money for more clothing Uniforms text books and stuff!!! I don't have a job yet either and I don't want to intrude on anybody..and then My lttle brother...and and..." It keep sgoing and going and going.
"Dana, just stop, we can worry about all of this later." Seiji said.
Dana remembered to breath, "But...but..."
"Hush!" Seiji said, "Don't make me use force!" He threatened.
Dana, "but but I can't help but worry!"
"Ok, that's it!" Seiji grabbed Dana's shoulders and kissed her.
Dana blinked. Realizing what waa happening she wrapped her arms around his neck and returned the kiss.
Seiji put his arms around her and broke the kiss for a second to look at the ronins who had started staring. "Shoo!" He said.
Touma and Shuu retreated back into the room where they had put Shin and Mia.
"Much better." Seiji grinned and turned his attention back to kissing Dana.
Dana grinned slightly.
Seiji kissed Dana again.
Seiji broke away from Dana to take a breath.
Dana smiled at him, "This what you meant by force?"
"It worked, didn't it?" He asked.
Dana blinked, "I don't know..." She said, "I'm still talking and all..."
"But you're not talking about worry, and don't even think about starting, I have other plans." Seiji said.
"Like what?" She said.
"Like this." Seiji said silencing her with another kiss.
Dana grinned.
Seiji grinned some too, but was to busy with the kiss to grin much. Seiji waited until his lungs felt like they'd burst before he broke away from Dana again for air.
Dana rested her head on his shoulder.
He gently brushed his fingers through her hair.
Dana sighed, "It's a miracle..My head doesn't hurt any more.."
"Good." Seiji said.
~~~~~
Ryo, "Yea, We're one of a kind.."
Reisei laid her head on his shoulder.
Reisei lifted her head from Ryo's shoulder and smiled at him.
Ryo smiled back
Reisei reached up cupping his face in one hand, as she had in the dream.
Reisei caressed Ryo's cheek gently, "I don't know wither to stay like this or hold you as close as I can for fear we'll be seperated again..." Reisei admitted blushing slightly.
Reisei solved her problem by moving so that her hand was still cupping his face and moving closer to him so she could put her other arm around him.
Ryo hugged her gently. "Happy?"
"With you? Of course." She smiled.
Ryo, "I'm happy both ways.." Ryo grinned
"The room could be a tad less silent though..." She said with that devil grin and then she moved her hands and began poking sensitive areas of his sides with a touch that more tickled than hurt.
Ryo laughed, "hey!"
Reisei smiled and continued.
Ryo tried to push her hands away.
"No, no!" She grinned and began flat out tickling him, "What would you do to have me stop?"
Ryo grabbed both her hands and kissed her.
Reisei went to pull her hands away but stopped when Ryo kissed her and simply let her wrists hang limp in his grasp as she kissed back.
Reisei's eyes closed as her and Ryo kissed.
Reisei gently broke away from Ryo's kiss when she finally needed air, but she made no attempt to pull her hands away.
Ryo breathed again also.
Reisei smiled and kissed the tip of Ryo's nose gently.
Ryo grinned, "Having fun?"
"Umhm." Reisei looked at him, "You?"
Ryo nodded, "Very much so.."
"Good. So, if I tickle you again will we go through that cycle again?" She grinned.
"Why don't we skp the tickling part?"
Reisei smiled, "Sounds good to me." She said.
Ryo kissed her again.
Reisei kissed back, finally breaking her hands from his grasp and sliding them around his shoulders.
Reisei broke her kiss with Ryo and let her forehead rest gently against his.
(If you haven't noticed by now each chapter is a new day...)
Ryo woke up. He stretched and headed downstairs.
Seiji heard someone walking down the stairs and figured it was Ryo, or a white blaze that learned to walk on two legs. "Ryo?" He called quietly hoping Ryo'd be able to hear him. He peeked his head around the corner.
Ryo looked at seiji and walked into the kitchen.
"Did ya sleep?" Seiji asked as he stepped back into the kitchen.
"Yea"
"Ok, I should rephares that, did you sleep without nightmares or any other bad dreams?"
"yes" Ryo shook his head and rolled his eyes!
"Just making sure." Seiji said and walked over and opened the ice box, he had went to the store the night before after Shuu and Yuli nearly ate them out of everything for lunch.
Dana stretched and headed out to the kitchen, "I can make breakfast.."
"Ok." Seiji said, he walked over and hugged Dana.
Dana hugged him and smiled a bit and headed over to the fridge, "What do you guys want for breakfast?"
"Doesn't matter, just make enough for Shuu when he gets up." Seiji warned.
Dana's small smile widended ever so slightly, "ok" She grabbed the ingrediants for pancakes.
Seiji shook his head grinning and walked to the table sitting down.
"So, Ryo, did you dream at all?" Seiji asked.
Ryo, "Not that I remember.."
"Ok."
Seiji, in an attempt to break the dim mood that seemed to hang no matter what, spoke up. "I had the prefect week, I met the girl of my dreams, graduated from school, beat the dynasty, and won the lottery." He said, grinning, knowing and let know that he knew he was exaggerating. "What about you?" He asked looking at Dana and Ryo.
Dana rolled her eyes, "I don't know what's going on anymore!" She flipped a pancake, "In a matter of a couple days my life was turned around, flipped upside down and turned inside out."
Ryo shook his, "No comment.."
"Gee, neither of you have an imagination, maybe you both ought to go back to bed." Seiji said closing his eyes and leaning back in his chair.
Dana pouted, jutting out her lower lip, "Well at least I know how to tell the truth!"
Seiji shook his head, "I know how to tell the truth, I was just trying to lighten the mood for two seconds."
Dana set the first batch of pancakes aside and started the second, "Sure You do!"
Seiji pouted, "Fine then, don't believe me."
Ryo sweatdropped.
Seiji cracked open an eye and grinned at Dana, who had her back to them.
"I suggest you two eat before The others get up..I've finished two batches," She said setting the second batch to the side and starting the third.
Seiji nodded and got up getting some plates and silverware then getting himself a couple pancakes.
Ryo nodded and got up got a plate from Seiji and grabbed himself a couple pancakes.
Sounds of Touma and Shuu snoring rather loudly could be heard.
Seiji grinned. "They could wake the dead."
Dana blinked and watched a half dead looking Shin stumble into the kitchen, "I think they did..."
Dana blinked and watched a half dead looking Yuli stumble into the kitchen, "I think they did..."
Seiji grinned. "How ya feel little man?"
Yuli looked at Seiji, "I'm sorry..."
"It's ok. That girl can talk or charm her way into about anything." Seiji said.
Yuli nodded and looked at the pancakes, "Can I have some?"
"I wonder how much the real Reisei can charm her way into." Seiji smirked and cast a normal teenage grin at Ryo, then he looked back to Yuli, "Sure."
Yuli grinned and got himself some pancakes.
Ryo stared into a wall.
Seiji sighed, "Oh boy, I guess I struck a nerve bringing the real one up."
Dana threw an unused frying pan at Seiji, "Be more careful1!!!"
Seiji ducked and the frying pan banged against the wall.
Dana finished another batch of pancakes.
Touma and Shuu's snoring somehow increased volume.
Seiji, "Jeez..."
The two became quiet.
~~~~~
Somewhere in another realm. A slim finger poked Shin in the back through his thin tee shirt."Wake up little sleepy head."
Shin woke up, "What?"
Reisei, or, what looked like Reisei circled around him. "Tsk tsk, so lazy." It was then that Shin would notice his hands were bound above his head, and his feet barely touched the floor.
Shin noticed the afformentioned items, "Sh....."
"So, the little ronin is alert." Reisei grinned.
~~~~~
Seiji leaned back in his chair again.
about five minutes and two pancake batches later, The snoring continued volume doubled. Dana jumped a bit.
Seiji finshed eating.
Dana finished with the pancakes, "I'm done and if Shuu wants more he'll have to make them himself or get Touma too.."
Seiji snickered.
Then he frowned, "I'm not used to it...Normally Shin cooks...Touma has a bad track record in the kitchen, remember when he caught the over on fire, Ryo?"
Ryo nodded grinning a bit, "Remember when he made panakes with cement mix?"
Seiji couldn't help but chuckle, "Or when he didn't think you had to cook 'instant' rice to eat it?"
Dana sweatdropped, "There's no way I'm letting him near the kitchen if I have to blow it up myself..."
Seiji grinned.
~~~~~
"So, tell me little ronin, having fun yet?" Reisei poked him in the gut, hard.
"Loads" Shin said sarcasticaly.
"Good." She backhanded him, "Wouldn't want to bore you."
"I mean what could be more fun than being chained up!"
"Oh, nothing that I can think of, except maybe taking over and destroying the world, but we won't go there just yet, will we, Torrent?"
"no lets not.."
Reisei disappeared into the darkness of the room, making her way to a chained up Mia, and poking the girl in the back hard. "Wake up lazy girl!"
Mia woke up, "What?"
"Good, you're up." She said, the room light up, Shin and Mia were tied up about twenty feet from each other, facing each other, Reisei walking around Mia like a vulture, planning on what to do to use the girl as randsom to the ronins.
~~~~~
Dana washed the dishes she had used to cook and sat down at the table. Trying to ignore the snoring from the other room.
Seiji yawned.
Dana looked around, "I'm bored..."
Seiji nodded.
~~~~~
Reisei let out an over exhasperated sigh, "I give up, what possible use could the ronins have for you? Catching you was like running into a brick wall." She said looking at Mia.
Mia glared at her.
She slapped the girl. "Watch how you glare, I may not be able to use you for randsome, but I'm always looking for a new punching bag."
Mia looked away.
Reisei smirked.
Mia refrained from commenting.
She walked over to Shin. "How 'bout you, huh? What kind of price would they pay for the return of one of their own?" She teased.
Shin also refrained from commenting
"Hm, no matter,we're all going to die anyway, sometime, so this war is really quite futile for you to be fighting."
Shin looked away.
Reisei smirked. "No comments from the peanut galleries?
They refrained from commenting again.
"Let me toy with them." A voice hissed from somewhere outside the light, Reisei groaned, "Go away Nazza, these are my prisoners."
Shin glared at the direction of the voice.
~~~~~
Seiji leaned back a bit more in his chair.
Dana watched amused as the chair fell backwards cause whiteblaze ran underneath it.
"Ack!" Seiji yelped as he toppled to the floor.
"Hasn't anyone evr told you not to lean back in chairs?"
"Hush." Seiji groaned standing up slowly.
Dana rolled her eyes.
Ryo rolled his eyes.
Seiji sprinted across the kitchen, grabbed Dana, and dragged her into the living room falling over the two sleeping lumps on the floor and tickling her relentlessly.
Dana yelped as she was dragged off, "H-HEY!" She giggled as she was tickled relentlessly, "NO FAIR!!!"
"Yes fair!" Seiji grinned.
"N-NO!" Dana tried to wriggle away laughing her head off, "IT'S UNFAIR!!!"
"Yes! Seiji held her with one hand and tickled with the other, "It is fair!"
"NO IT'S NOT!!!!"
Ryo stared into the wall again.
Touma and Shuu continued snoring.
Seiji kept her pinned down and continued to tickle.
"Y-YOUR MEAN!!!" She tried to pout but was laughing to hard.
Seiji nodded, "If it makes you laugh, yes, I am." He grinned.
"S-STOP IT!!!"
Suddenly something caught Ryo's eye, something breezing past him, moving to fast to be made out. Ryo followed the thing he saw.
Seiji was to busy tickling Dana to notice Ryo.
The figure fluttered it's way across the living room and up the stairs.
Dana couldn't stop laughing, Her eyes were starting to tear up she was alughing so hard.
Ryo followed.
Seiji finally stopped leatting his forehead lean against Dana's shoulder as he caught his breath from laughing.
The figure bounded into Reisei's room.
Dana finally was able to start breathing, "I'm gonna get you back!" Shew said trying to think up revenge.
"If it's as fun as getting myself in the trouble I'm all for it." Seiji said.
Dana thwapped him on the head, "Your a glutton for punishment!"
Seiji mock pouted.
~~~~~
If Ryo had been paying any attention he'd notice how far he had leaned his head trying to see the figure before he entered the room. Ryo hit the door way hard.
Ryo stumbled in the room and fell on the bed, seeing stars.
The halucinatory figure leaned over him, almost motioning for him to sleep.
Ryo obeyed and fell asleep.
~~~~~
Seiji finally realized Ryo was gone. "Hey! Where'd he go?"
Dana looked around, "Maybe e went upstairs..He looked tired to me earlier.."
Seiji nodded. "Well, he said he slept last night, but I doubt it was very long." Seiji said.
Dana, "Lets leave him be..."
Seiji nodded again.
~~~~~
In the black spacelikeness of Ryo's dream a black flame began to burn.
Ryo, He stared intently at the fire.
A figure began to form behind the fire.
Ryo strained to look at the figure.
Dana, "What do you want to do?"
~~~~~
The figure stepped out of from behind the fire, untouched by it, it was Reisei, in a silver gown with black sequine spaghettie straps, a line of black squines around the hem, and a belt about four inches wide made of black silk tied around her. (Think the seam on Serenity's gown that goes right under her breasts and you know where the belt is places-Ryidi-) She was also barefooted, not that her feet could really be seen under the gown, and her hair was down.
~~~~~
Seiji shrugged and began to tickle her again.
Dana yelped and tried to get away again.
Seiji kept her pinned and continued to tickle her.
"I DIDN'T MEAN THIS!!!! YOUR MEAN!!!! I'D POUT IF I COULD!!!!"
"Oh hush, as long as you're laughing I'm pleased, even if it's by force." Seiji said.
Dana, "B-BUT!!!!"
"No buts!" Seiji said.
Dana tried to pout, She managed to jut out her lower lip beforer laughing hysterically again.
Seiji grinned.
Dana was laughing so hard she was having trouble remembering how to breath.
Seiji stopped long enough to let her get a decent breath, then he started again.
Dana laughed out loud, "HEY!"
Seiji tickled her more.
Dana, "OK! SEE SMILING AND LUAHING!! YOU CAN QUIT NOW!!!!"
Somewhere along the lines Shuu and Touma woke, sweatdropped and went ot get breakfast.
"No I can't, you'll stop laughing and smiling when I do." Seiji stated and pouted, for real this time.
"Aaaaaaawwwwwwww.........What's wrong?" She said at his pout.
~~~~~
Ryo's jaw dropped.
Reisei reached her hand out to Ryo in the dream.
Ryo reached out to take her hand.
Reisei's hand went gently around Ryo's. "You look nervos." She whispere.
Ryo, "What's going on?"
"You didn't give up on me." She said, not directly answering or stopping the question, she stepped closer.
Ryo, "I have no reason to"
Reisei pulled her hand gently from his and hugged him.
Ryo hugged her back.
"Don't let go, the battle ahead is still a long and hard one." Reisei, or the her in the dream, said.
Ryo nodded.
Reisei hadn't let go of Ryo.
~~~~~
"I don't like seeing you not happy." Seiji said.
Dana smiled, "Happy! See?"
"Acting doesn't count..." Seiji said thinking she was just putting up a show for his benifit.
Dana jutted out her lower lip, And just WHO said I was acting?"
Seiji shrruged.
Dana managed to pull a hand free and poked Seiji on the nose, "Kawaii!" She grinned.
Seiji blinked.
Dana tilted her head to one side and giggled.
Seiji shook his head. "Am I amusing?"
Dana, "Yea...But your cute too!"
~~~~~
One of Reisei's hands rested on the back of Ryo's neck, her fingers getting wound in some of his hair.
Ryo looked Reisei in the eyes.
"Bring me home, Ryo." Reisei whispered.
Ryo, "Just tell me how.."
"Attack the strength...The veins shouldn't throb...They should glow..." Reisei said.
Ryo looked at her, "What? I don't get it.."
Reisei stepped back pulling her arms away from him, her staff appeared, her in armor staff. "The veins shouldn't throb." She said, the black veins in the base of the staff were throbbing, as were the silver in the ball of it, she looked like she'd said all she could say on the matter without repating herself. "Attack the strength...The veins shouldn't throb."
Seiji smiled some.
Ryo nodded.
She looked at him, searching his eyes to see if he really understood. The staff of the armor was the biggest strength AND the biggest weakness.
Ryo looked at her, "Attack the staff?"
Reisei nodded.
Reisei reached out cupping Ryo's face in her palm.
"I'm trusting you to bring me home, Ryo. Not everyone else, you." Reisei said.
Reisei waited for an answer from Ryo.
Ryo nodded, "I'll do my best"
"I know." The staff disappeared and she hugged him again.
Ryo hugged her back
She hadn't even let go, andhe hadn't been hugging before, when she disappeared, a few flakes of silver falling where she had been.
Ryo looked at the silver that was left.
Ryo woke up, he sat up and rubbed his eyes.
~~~~~
Seiji finally got up and sat on the couch, "I wonder what Ryo's doing." He said.
Dana sat up, "Well, Hopefully he's sleeping..."
"Hopefully." Seiji said with a more 'I doubt it.' tone.
Dana, "You doubt him so much..why?"
"Because, he can be stubborn, and I doubt he'll take as good of care of himself as he should with Reisei gone. And I'm worried his lack of taking care of himself could get him hurt, even killed..." Seiji said in a low voice, proof he was scared for his friend.
Dana stood up and hugged Seiji putting her head on his shoulder sitting next to him, "I'm sure he'll be fine..." Dana poked his nose again, "If I'm not alllowed to be unhappy the same goes for you!"
"His feelings for her didn't just pop up, all year long we've heard nothing but 'Reisei, the girl from gym' this or 'Reisei the girl from gym' that in the whole subject of dating. And last year it was always 'That white hair girl' this or that." Seiji said, he reached up and took Dana's hand gently and nodded.
Dana, "Well, gee! The guy is way beyond gone..."
Seiji grinned, "What about Reisei?" He asked.
Dana, "You know...I don't know she never lets anyone see her emotions..."
"She may not show emotion, but she never said a name, or description? C'mon, even if she was talking bad it's said those you pick on are those you like." Seiji grinned.
Dana, "Now that I think about she did talk about "The black-haired boy' a lot...Though there was never any emotion behind it..."
"Well, you said it yourself, Reisei doesn't pour her emotion out to people." Seiji said. Inwardly he grinned.
Seiji suddenly sniffed the air and was off the couch and bolting for the kitchen in an instant, something smelt like it was burning.
Dana blinked wide-eyed and followed.
Touma, as one could have guessed, was trying to cook. "BACK AWAY FROM THE STOVE!"
Touma looked up and blinked.
Dana's eyes widened and she immediatly went to the cupboard under the sink and grabbed the fire extinguisher.
"Away from the stove! We don't need to explain how YOU managed to burn down an apartment building!" Seiji said.
Shuu looked as innocent as possible.
"You're no where near off the hook Shuu!"
Shuu cringed.
Ryo noticed some commotion downstairs and headed down there.
Seiji shook his head and sighed walking back into the living room to open some windows.
Dana coughed and waved away the smoke.
"Touma is not allowed within five feet of the stove!" Seiji announced as he opened windows.
"FIVE FEET!!! IF I SEE HIM WITH ANYWHERE NEAR THE KITCHEN I'LL PERSONALLY KILL HIM!!"
Seiji grinned, "Good idea!" He said.
Then he noticed Ryo come down the stairs, "Hey, Ryo. How ya feeling?" He asked.
He noted Ryo looked mentally confused about something.
Ryo, "I'm good...but anyone mind to tell me what the hell happened down here?"
"Touma tried to cook." Seiji said.
Ryo's eyes widened, "Oh no...."
"Oh yes." Seiji nodded and pointed towards the kitchen.
Dana shoved, *cough drop kicked cough* Touma out of the kitchen and started cleaning up the mess.
"You're girlfriend won't have a home to come to if we let Touma stay in there a minute longer." Seiji said then watched Touma come out of the kitchen by force.
Ryo nodded.
Touma went and pouted in a corner, "Shuu made me do it.."
"Whoa! I said it without you getting all spacey!" Seiji said.
Shuu tried to tip toe away.
Ryo blinked.
A frying pan hit Shuu in the head.
"OW!" Yelped Shuu, "What was that for!"
"Ouch..." Seiji said wincing at the sight of the frying pan smasing against Shuu's skull. "And it has no effect on the hard head..."
"HEY! I've had years of practice! I can limit the damage to just a bump or render someone unconcious with one Thankyou very much!" Dana yelled from the kitchen.
Seiji winced.
Dana finished cleaning the kitchen.
She walked out and sat on tyhe couch.
Seiji walked over and sat by her.
Dana leaned back on the couch breathing a sigh of relief she shot a glare at Touma, "Do that again and your dead meat buster!" Touma cringed a bit.
"Poor Touma.." Seiji mumbled.
"Serves him right" Dana mumbled.
Seiji sweatdropped and then looked at Ryo, "So, what were you upto upstairs?" He asked.
"Sleeping" Ryo answered taking a seat on the floor.
"Told ya" Dana mumbled.
"Anything?" Seiji asked, being nosey because he was worried, like normal as of late.
Ryo nodded and preceeded to tell of his dream.
Seiji listened to the dream and nodded. "So, we destroy the staff?" He asks.
Ryo nodded.
Dana, "It sounds to me that Ryo is supposed to it.."
Seiji nodded, "One question."
Ryo looked at him,"Yea?"
"How do we get her to let down her guard enough for Ryo to get a crack at that thing?"
Ryo blinked, "I don't know.."
Dana, "luck?"
"Taunting her with something she wants?" Seiji shrruged just running off ideas.
Ryo, "But we don't know what she wants, unless we were to taunt her with one of us.."
Dana, "Well we could always tie up Touma..."
Touma, "HEY!"
"Well she does seem to want the armors pretty bad...Don't flip out yet, Touma...Dana actually has an idea...and we wouldn't let you get hurt...and if something were to happen you'd know you were dying for a good cause." Seiji grinned.
Dana nodded.
Touma sweatdropped.
Ryo blinked.
Shuu tipe toed up the stairs quietly.
Yuli blinked.
Seiji spotted Shuu, "Get down here!"
Shuu cringed and went and sat on the floor with Ryo.
"That's not your bedroom to be running off too."
Shuu pouted.
Seiji shook his head. "Ok, now how do we get her here to even trick her into letting down her guard of the staff?"
Dana, "Well, she obviously wants the armors..I suggest we tie Touma up now and wait for her"
Seiji looked around, "Good idea! Where's the rope?" He saw Touma sweatdrop. "Kidding." He said.
Ryo and Shuu sweatdropped.
Seiji suddenly remembered something and blinked, "Ryo...Did you say Reisei was in a dress in your dream?"
Ryo,"Yea..why?"
"To bad you couldn't take pictures..." He said, throughly expecting Dana to slap him.
Dana threw a pillow at the back of his head, "Now exactly WHY would he want to do that!?!?!?"
Seiji got hit with the pillow. "Because! It's easier to imagine it with a picture right in front of your face!" He dived behind Touma to avoid getting knocked out.
Dana, "AND WHY WOULD YOU CARE TO IMAGINE THIS!!!!!??????" Note she stomping over holding a pillow in each hand. Touma dived behind Ryo and Shuu.
"You're taking it wrong!!" (Yea, I'd say so. -Ryidi-) Seiji raised his hands trying to explain to his obviously ticked girlfriend. "Reisei...The tomboy she is...I think anyone would want to imagine, or see proof, that she can wear a dress once in her life without being forced too..." He backed into a wall.
Dana, "She was ONLY wearing a SKIRT yesterday if you didn't notice!!!!!" One pillow goes flying.
Seiji ducked his head and the pillow hit hard on the wall above his head, "A casual skirt!" He protested then dived into the kitchen doorway using the wall as a sheild.
Dana, "IT WAS A SKIRT NONE THE LESS!!! IF REISEI WAS HERE SHE'D BE TRYING TO KILL YOU TO YOU KNOW!" Dana stomped her foot on the ground.
"I'm well aware of that, which is why I brought it up while she's NOT here!" Seiji pointed out, still hiding behind the wall.
Dana threw the second pillow at the wall and stomped over to the couch and sat down in a huff. The remaining ronins sweatdropped.
Seiji peeked out from behind the wall and sighed.
He finally stood up and advanced into the living room. "Ok, if there are no objections then let's try to get this show on the road, shall we?"
Dana, "I vote We tie seiji and Touma up."
Seiji pouted, "No."
Dana, "yes"
Seiji, "We need at least three of the ronins free incase she doesn't take the bait and heads straight to kill us. If Touma and I are tied up it'll only be two left. You're not tying me up." He said.
Dana, "You have a point, Ok we Tie up Seiji and leave Touma, Ryo and Shuu free"
Seiji, "No!" The three sweatdropped some more.
Dana, "YES!" Death glare(tm)
Seiji winced. "Fine..." He grumbled.
Dana grinned and held out a victory sign, "Victory!"
Seiji, "Let's get this over with..." Grumbling.
Dana, "Alright split up and find Rope!"
Seiji sat down ont he living room floor, if he's going to be the one tied up he isn't going to help find the rope.
Dana and the other ronins split up to find rope.
Touma searched the living room looking at Seiji, "You like trouble don't you?"
"Not really." Seiji said.
Touma opened the closet, "AHA!"
"Oh no..."
The others came into the room, "You found the rope?" Dana asked, Tounma nodded taking it out of the closet.
Seiji looked at him, "You realize that as of right now I hate you, don't you?"
Touma grinned and nodded, "I, unlike you, Don't want to face the wrath of Dana"
"You should have to, you nearly burned her friend's kitchen to the ground!"
Touma, "I stand corrected! I don't want to face more of her wrath!"
Seiji grumbled.
Dana, "Alright that's enough you two! Ryo, Shuu, Touma Tie him up!"
The three nodded.
Seiji jumped from his seat on the floor and ran for the door.
Dana threw an orb of Ive at the door freezing it shut, "Your not getting away!"
"Shi..." Seiji looked for another way out and dived towards an open window.
Dana froze that to, "WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU!!!"
He dove that yet another window. "I'm not going to be tied up and left out there like a lamb to the slaughter!"
Dana, "Ah to hell with it!" Dana froze Seiji to the ground.
"Hey!" Seiji protested.
Dana, "You boys can put the rope away This is more effective," Dana threw multiple orbs freezing Seiji up to the neck.
"Sh...shit!" He stammered, it was cold. "Dana let me out of this! Now!"
Dana, "You have a choice, The ice or the rope!"
"Rope!" He practicly begged.
Unfroze him down to the ankles,"I'll get rid of the rest when your tied up"
He nodded trying to warm up some before being tied.
The three ronins sweatdropped and began to tie up Seiji.
Seiji didn't struggle, he wasn't looking to be a human icecube.
The three finished and Dana unroze is feet, She grinned, "I wouldn't have had to do that if you cooperated."
Seiji grumbled.
Dana grinned and sat down on the couch. "Well, now we wait..what to do until she comes..."
"You're REAL cute." Seiji said sarcasticly.
Dana grinned, "I know!"
He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall grumbling.
Dana, "What to do What to do.."
Mia suddenly dropped into the room from the doorway of the room Seiji and Dana had been sharing. "Dropping the act might be a start." A voice came from inside the doorway, and an armored Reisei stepped out.
Dana blinked innocently, "What act could you be possibly talking about!?" Hand on heart, Dramatic gasp included.
A very beaten looking Shin was pulled out of the room by Reisei and dropped on the floor by Mia. "You'll have to excuse his condition, the warlords just don't listen when I have a toy they can't have." She smirked.
"You know what act, dear, sweet, innocent, Dana." Reisei said.
The ronins blinked and summoned their sub armors.
Still doing the dramatics, "I assure you I have absolutely no clue what your talking About Dear evil Reisei Shell!"
She tapped her staff on the floor. "Now what was I going to do? Hm, oh yes, I was here to finish what I started before."
Dana dropped her hand and stopped with the dramatics.
Seiji looked around, he was not in a good spot.
Reisei looked to the faces. "Who to start with?" She asked, lifting her staff and this time pushing the sharp end down into the back of Mia's leg just enough to draw a yelp from the girl and some blood from the leg.
The ronins assumed the mandatory fighting stances in order to look cool.
Mia yelped. The ronins winced a bit.
"Hmmm..." Reisei took a step forward, stepping over Mia and Shin.
"I can leave, with...minimal...damage. For a trade." She said as if offering.
Dana's eyes twinkled mischeviously, "What kind of trade?"
"Two ronin armors." She stated.
Dana, "No" she said flatly.
"Hm. Then I guess I'll just have to do some killing." She lifted her staff and thrusted it down, stopping just millimeters from percing into Mia's skull.
Mia was wide eyed and severly frightened.
Dana cursed, "Why don't you try fighting fair!"
"Because, it's so dull!" Reisei complained.
Dana readied a ball of ice, I'd say there's more excitment in fighting fairly then against someone who can't defend themselves."
"Hmm, you mean it's more fun to do it the good little way than like this?" She asked as the viens in her staff began to throb, "Akumu Kokushibyou!" She yelled as she lunged towards Seiji and spun the staff in her hands so that the black orb was heading for him, she thrusted it out towards him as she neared.
"Don't you dare!" Dana dived in front of the blast.
Reisei kept coming, looking unmoved by Dana's courageous dash.
Dana stood in front of Seiji protectivly.
Reisei thrusted the staff forward towards Dana, a loud explosive boom ripped through the room, and around Dana, Reisei, and Seiji it was suddenly smoke filled. Reisei was thrown back by her own blast, her staff falling about two feet from her hands.
Seiji was wide eyed as Dana jumped in front of him. "No!" He yelled as Dana was hit and the explosion blew him back against the wall.
Dana had brought up her arms in front of her face and held her place.
She screamed as the blast came.
Seiji attempted to see through the smoke but couldn't.
The smoke began to fade and the first real movement came from Reisei, who tried to move fast enough to pull herself up and grab her staff again.
As the smoke cleared Dana was standing in the same position in white sub armor.
Seiji blinked. "Y...you have armor?!"
Reisei growled and moved faster to grab at the staff
Ryo rushed for the staff and attempted to hit it.
Dana blinked and brought her arms down, "I do?"
"You're in subarmor Dana!" Seiji said.
Dana looked at herself, "Never noticed!"
Reisei growled as the staff was kicked away and she moved again, trying to dive for it to grab it.
"I'd hug you but I'm a bit tied up right now." Seiji mumbled.
Ryo ran for it and went to try and step on it hoping that would be enough.
Dana blinked at him, "Oh yea..You are aren't you?"
The staff didn't break, just clinked as it bounced on the floor then was trapped there by Ryo's foot. "Get off it you wretched mortal!" Reisei screamed as she grabbed the staff and tried to yank it from under his foot.
Seiji nodded and then noticed the commotion from where Reisei had landed.
Ryo rolled the staff behind him and turned aropund and grabbed it in his hands.
"No!" Reisei growled and jumped to her feet and lunged at Ryo's back.
Ryo dived out of the way and went to slam the staff into the ground.
Dana,"I'll get to you in a moment Seiji, " She dived for Reisei and attempted to hold her away from Ryo.
Reisei heard the staff hit the ground. "DON'T DO THAT!" She yelled and went to lunge again but was tackled by Dana.
Ryo slammed it harder into the ground trying to get it to break.
Reisei watched as the staff began to crack some, she struggled to get free. "STOP IT! DAMN YOU!"
Dana struggled to keep Reisei pinned, "Shuu Touma Untie Seiji! Ryo HURRY UP ALREADY!"
The two did what they were told.
Ryo slammed it harder.
Seiji, once his hands were free, did his best to help get the rest of himself untied and then he summoned his subarmor.
Reisei growled and watched the staff come down again, cracking more. "Stop it!!!!!" She hissed struggling against Dana still.
Dana, "RYO!" Ryo slammed it with all his strength.
Reisei had just thrown Dana off when she watched the staff come down, and the black orb shatter into a million peices. "Damn you!" She yelled and went to jump up, then her eyes rolled back into her head and she slumped to the ground.
Dana ran over and caught reisei as she fell.
The staff, or what was left of it, in Ryo's hands, reformed into the complete staff again, but a soft glow mix of silver and black eminated from it. Then the staff disappeared, as well as Reisei's armor and subarmor.
Seiji watched, ready to go into full armor if this was some sort of ploy from Reisei.
Dana, "Ryo why don't you take her upstairs?" Ryo nodded and took Reisei heading upstairs.
Dana sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of releif, "Not as hard as I expected..."
The unconcious Reisei snuggled against his chest when he took her up.
"Are you all right, Seiji?" Dana asked.
Ryo smiled a bit.
"I don't think the Reisei look-a-like was expeting that blast to knock the staff from her hands." He walked over and sat by Dana, "I'm fine."
"That's good." Dana said.
Seiji nodded and hugged Dana.
"How bout you?" He asked.
"I'm perfectly fine"
"Good." He said.
~~~~~
When they got into the bedroom Reisei shifted some but didn't wake.
Ryo set Reisei on the bed and banished his sub armor sitting on the bed.
The shift in the bed brought Reisei to a hazey waking state and lifted one of her hands rubbing her eyes.
"Hey," Ryo said.
"Hey you." Reisei said softly opening her eyes then shutting them again as if it was the first time she'd seen sunlight in days.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"Tired. Like I've been sleeping for days." She sat up slowly using one hand to sheild her eyes, and aparently not remembering what her body had done. "I've had some strange dreams too." She said.
Ryo nodded, "Like what?"
"Well, some of them I can't remember, but there was one, where I could see Dana in front of me, but I couldn't talk to her, and another where I was talking to you but I can't remember what I was saying, I was in a dress though, and another one where I was watching the room even though it seemed like I wasn't there and Seiji was making comments on me wearing a dress by will nd how unlikely it was...And the rest are really confusing...I think they were mainly nightmares..." She said.
Ryo suppressed a grin, "And how did Dana react to the dress comment?"
"She nearly took Seiji's head off with a pillow!" Reisei grinned some and then looked at Ryo and let her hand drop. "How come I get the feeling I missed a whole lot while I was asleep?" She asked.
Ryo shook his head, "It's been a couple days.."
Reisei looked confused, "I've slept in late before...but that's rediculous..."
Ryo, "Let's go downstairs,"
"Ok..." Reisei said, she stood up slowly.
Ryo headed downstairs with Reisei.
Reisei stepped off the stairwell and into the living room. "Something tells me I would have been better off staying asleep." She mumbled up to Ryo.
Dana looked up, figured out how to banish her sub armor a minute ago, and ran over giving Reisei a hug, "Your back!"
Reisei almost fell over. "Back?" She felt even more confused and looked to Ryo for help.
Dana blinked and let go, "You...don't remember?"
"Don't remember what?" Reisei snapped out of what was left of her sleepy haze and looked at Ryo, "What the hell happened while I was out?" She asked wide eyed.
Seiji stood up.
Dana shot a worried glance at Ryo, "You should sit down..."
"Oh boy...now I KNOW I should have stayed asleep..." Reisei said and made her way to the couch sitting down nervously.
Dana, "Well, Suff happened.."
"Stuff?" Reisei didn't like the sound of that.
Dana, "Reisei what day is it?"
"I don't know...Ryo said I had been asleep a couple days...or something..." Reisei looked between Dana and Ryo.
Dana, "What day SHOULD it be?"
"Um, if I had woken up the next morning after I went to sleep it'd be Saturday..." Reisei noted mentally that this wasn't helping.
Dana, "It's sunday, Saturday morning...you went with Rajura to the Dynasty.."
"What?!" Reisei nearly yelled.
Seiji sweatdropped and looked at Dana, "Nothing like the blunt approach, ne? Maybe you should explain to her WHY she went." Seiji said. Reisei nodded slowly in agreement with Seiji.
Dana crossed her arms, "It would help if I understood that myself!"
Seiji sweatdropped.
"Man, you just keep hitting brick walls, don't you, Seiji?" Reisei asked, Seiji looked at her. "Huh?"
"Why don't you tell her then!" Arms still crossed.
"He must enjoy your bad side...He got on it in a dream I had too...You nearly took his head off with a pillow after he commented on something about me wearing a dress..." Reisei said.
Dana blinked, "That actually happened...Thank you for reminding me though!" Dana grabbed a pillow and whacked Seiji.
Reisei blinked..
"Ow!" Seiji yelped.
"Hmph!" Dana put the pillow back on the couch, "If your going to be picky you can explain it to her yourself!"
"It actually...but...how....UGH!...I'm so confused..." Reisei said slumping back against the cushions of the couch, suddenly something came to her, "HEY!" She looked at Seiji, who sweatdropped, "I can willingly wear a dress! THANK YOU!" She said and then let herself return to confused. Seiji looked like a ronin in the headlights.
Dana, sitting by Reisei now, "and why HE would CARE is beyond ME!" Holding pillow again.
halos_light: Reisei was putting her thoughts together, "Maybe I can figure something out..." She thought for a moment, "Ok...um....did I...or...well...WHATEVER! Did whatever that had control of me talk Yuli into being a kick monster?" She asked.
Dana nodded yes.
"Did I, or, um, well, you guys know what I'm talking about. Did the fake me stand face to face with Ryo in the rain at one point?" She asked and looked towards Ryo, as far as she knew only he could answer it.
Ryo nodded.
Reisei let out a low moan and slumped down in the couch, she covered her face with her hands.
Seiji blinked.
Dana, "It seems to me that your getting your memories back on your own..."
Reisei shook her head, "Not getting...had...those were all the nightmares I had..." She stopped for a second, "Or did...I guess..." She mumbled even though she only honestly remembered them as dreams, because that's all her soul, while being held dormant in her, had seen them as, nightmares and a dreams.
Dana nodded.
Ryo spoke up, "That's because to you it was all a dream it was like someone else was control your body.."
Reisei looked up at Ryo. "Was like someone else was in control, or someone else WAS in control?" She asked. Seiji, remembering what Ryo had said about the ancient, chose now to jump in, "Someone else was in control, Reis." He said, he watched her for a second and realized she seemed upset looking, and with good reason, finally he looked over to Ryo.
Ryo looked helpless
Thinking quick for once, "Reisei, how bout you and Ryo go back upstairs." He said, Reisei nodded, she was all for it if it'd clear away the confusion of the living room. She stood up slowly and walked back over to the stairs and Ryo.
Ryo went up with Reisei wondering what Seiji was planning.
Dana, "What are you planning?"
Seiji wasn't planning anything, except maybe Reisei and Ryo falling into each others arms, seeing as Ryo looked like he felt helpless, and Reisei looked confused and upset. "Nothing." He said and then when Ryo and Reisei walked up the stairs he walked over, sat by Dana, and told his 'plan' in her ear.
Dana blinked, "Mischevious aren't we?"
Seiji nodded.
~~~~~
Reisei went into the bedroom and sat down on the bed.
Ryo sat down next to her.
"It's so confusing." Reisei said, resting one of her elbows on her knee and resting her forehead against her proped up hand.
Ryo rubbed her back, "It'll make sense at one point.."
"Maybe..." She said and moved leaning against him some. "How can I face Shin and Mia? I may not have been the one in control, but still..."
Ryo hugged her, "They knew what was going one, I'm sure they hold nothing against you."
Reisei hugged back nodding ever so slightly. "If the nightmares really happened...did the dreams happen too? I mean...Did I visit you and Dana?" She asked.
Ryo, "Yep, that was real too....well, kinda.."
"Kinda?"
"Well, you visited us in our dreams...I never thought as dreams as 'real' before..."
"Oh..." She tried to make sense of it, "So, it was like, me calling out from my subconcious state, for your help?"
"Yea.."
Something inside her snapped making her remember the dream conversation with Ryo. "I asked you to bring me home...And you did..." She said.
Ryo nodded, I couldn't let you down now could I?"
Reisei smiled some and shook her head, then she hugged him.
Ryo hugged back.
~~~~~
Downstairs something dawned on Dana, "AHHHHH!!!!!"
Seiji looked at her, "What?"
"It's Sunday I have mountains of homework to do and I haven't started!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Dana paled.
"Ryo...There's something I'd..." Reisei was cut short by the scream from downstairs and she moved from the bed and walked over to the stairwell, "Is everything all right down there?" She called.
Dana looked at her, "Yea, Yea Everythings fine sorry about that, Ugh...I have a headache.."
Reisei smiled a little, "Ok..." She said and as she stepped back in the room she closed the door to avoid anymore distractions.
~~~~~
Ryo lookd at her, "What happened?"
"Hard telling knowing Dana..." Reisei said, she walked back over to the bed and sat down.
"So what were you saying?"
"Oh...yea..." Reisei sounded kind of nervouse, she turned sitting on the bed so she faced him. "Ryo, I thought I loved you, but..." She paused.
Ryo looked worried, His mind was whirling.
"I hope this isn't to much for you...But..." Reisei was about to slap herself, inside she was screaming at herself to just blurt it out.
Ryo was really getting nervous.
"I don't have to think it anymore..." She stopped again wishing she were better with emotions, "I...I do love you, Ryo..."
~~~~~
Dana put her hand on her head and collapsed backwards on the couch, "UGH! I don't feel so well, I hate math, I hate history, I hate literature, I hate English, I hate Science, I hate school, I hate the fact that my back pack isn't here, I hate the fact that they're allowed to give so much homework. I hate the fact that it's sunday, I hate the fact my father'll kill me if I get a less then perfect grade, I hate the fact that Mondays are allowed to exist!"
~~~~~
Ryo looked releived, "I love You too."
Reisei smiled and hugged him again. "I was afraid you wouldn't feel the same, or would think it was to much to handle..."
Ryo hugged her back, "You had ME worried.."
Reisei smiled a little, "I guess we manage to do that to each other, don't we?"
~~~~~
Seiji looked at Dana, "With the amount of what's been going on this weekend we'd be lucky to make it to school."
Dana still had her hand on her head, "I. Hate. Mondays. They should be outlawed..."
Seiji patted Dana's shoulder gently.
Dana, "And I hate the fact that if I miss school tomarrow I'll get even MORE Hoework piled on me, and that my parenst won't let me miss unless something near fatal happened, Ugh...I don't feel so good anymore..."
Seiji tapped Dana's shoulder, "You're not going to worry about your parents, I won't let you go bck to their house."
Dana, "But...But..My backpack and uniform and school textbooks and my clothing and and my shoes and and There's My little brother who I'll be worried about day and night and then there's my collection of weapons, my Cd's my my Cd player and My uniform, and my textbooks and. My. Homwork! That cursed backpack," Dana continued rambling on.
Dana, "I'm not wearing the same thing forever, and there's there's..." and it continues..
Seiji sighed. "We can get you more clothes and new books and stuff, as for your little brother...I don't know what to do..."
Dana, "I don't have a anough money for more clothing Uniforms text books and stuff!!! I don't have a job yet either and I don't want to intrude on anybody..and then My lttle brother...and and..." It keep sgoing and going and going.
"Dana, just stop, we can worry about all of this later." Seiji said.
Dana remembered to breath, "But...but..."
"Hush!" Seiji said, "Don't make me use force!" He threatened.
Dana, "but but I can't help but worry!"
"Ok, that's it!" Seiji grabbed Dana's shoulders and kissed her.
Dana blinked. Realizing what waa happening she wrapped her arms around his neck and returned the kiss.
Seiji put his arms around her and broke the kiss for a second to look at the ronins who had started staring. "Shoo!" He said.
Touma and Shuu retreated back into the room where they had put Shin and Mia.
"Much better." Seiji grinned and turned his attention back to kissing Dana.
Dana grinned slightly.
Seiji kissed Dana again.
Seiji broke away from Dana to take a breath.
Dana smiled at him, "This what you meant by force?"
"It worked, didn't it?" He asked.
Dana blinked, "I don't know..." She said, "I'm still talking and all..."
"But you're not talking about worry, and don't even think about starting, I have other plans." Seiji said.
"Like what?" She said.
"Like this." Seiji said silencing her with another kiss.
Dana grinned.
Seiji grinned some too, but was to busy with the kiss to grin much. Seiji waited until his lungs felt like they'd burst before he broke away from Dana again for air.
Dana rested her head on his shoulder.
He gently brushed his fingers through her hair.
Dana sighed, "It's a miracle..My head doesn't hurt any more.."
"Good." Seiji said.
~~~~~
Ryo, "Yea, We're one of a kind.."
Reisei laid her head on his shoulder.
Reisei lifted her head from Ryo's shoulder and smiled at him.
Ryo smiled back
Reisei reached up cupping his face in one hand, as she had in the dream.
Reisei caressed Ryo's cheek gently, "I don't know wither to stay like this or hold you as close as I can for fear we'll be seperated again..." Reisei admitted blushing slightly.
Reisei solved her problem by moving so that her hand was still cupping his face and moving closer to him so she could put her other arm around him.
Ryo hugged her gently. "Happy?"
"With you? Of course." She smiled.
Ryo, "I'm happy both ways.." Ryo grinned
"The room could be a tad less silent though..." She said with that devil grin and then she moved her hands and began poking sensitive areas of his sides with a touch that more tickled than hurt.
Ryo laughed, "hey!"
Reisei smiled and continued.
Ryo tried to push her hands away.
"No, no!" She grinned and began flat out tickling him, "What would you do to have me stop?"
Ryo grabbed both her hands and kissed her.
Reisei went to pull her hands away but stopped when Ryo kissed her and simply let her wrists hang limp in his grasp as she kissed back.
Reisei's eyes closed as her and Ryo kissed.
Reisei gently broke away from Ryo's kiss when she finally needed air, but she made no attempt to pull her hands away.
Ryo breathed again also.
Reisei smiled and kissed the tip of Ryo's nose gently.
Ryo grinned, "Having fun?"
"Umhm." Reisei looked at him, "You?"
Ryo nodded, "Very much so.."
"Good. So, if I tickle you again will we go through that cycle again?" She grinned.
"Why don't we skp the tickling part?"
Reisei smiled, "Sounds good to me." She said.
Ryo kissed her again.
Reisei kissed back, finally breaking her hands from his grasp and sliding them around his shoulders.
Reisei broke her kiss with Ryo and let her forehead rest gently against his.
(If you haven't noticed by now each chapter is a new day...)
