We Shall Not Forget
By: Meilin Rae


Disclaimers: If you don't remember the ones from Chapter 1, well tough shit.

Chapter 2

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The rings were inscribed, and Sage and Mia announced their engagement. Although Ryo wasn't too happy, he got over it. When Mia found out the Rica was the one Ryo loved, it made her sick. When Ryo confessed that he had cheated on her with Rica, however, Mia blew up. It took Sage, Rowen, Cye, and Kento to restrain her from killing both Rica and Ryo.

A few hours weny by, and Cye realized that Jenna was gone and had taken all her stuff. Cye went on a rampage of his own, but calmed down after a while. He realized that Jenna was gone, for good.

Sage and Mia decided on a date three weeks from the day and began to plan. Mia found the perfect dress and announced the her little sister would be her Maid of Honor and only Bridesmaid.

Whitny's acting career took a turn for the best and worst. She got a part in an upcoming movie and she had to go away, but she promised to be back soon.

Mia continued to plan her wedding and was prepared. She had her ring, a dress, the church, and Rowen as Sage's Best Man. The story continues the day of the wedding at the church. Everyone is getting ready, and the wedding is about to begin.

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"Hurry up Molli! It's almost time! Oh, my gosh sis, I'm so excited. This is a dream come true. I wish that mom and dad had lived to see this." Mia looked at her little sister and smiled. She looked so beautiful. This was the first time Mia had seen Molli in a dress.

"Gosh Mia, you look so beautiful. I wish that you could have mom and dad here to see this. They would love this." Molli brushed back a loose strand of hair on her older sister forehead.

"Thanks sis. Hey, you know we fight a lot, but I am always going to love you cause you are my one and only sister. I love you, Skinny Grill. You are my family." Mia felt hot tears come to her eyes but she blinked them away. "Well, let's get crackin'. There's your cue."

Molli smiled and picked up her bouquet, grabbing a hold of Cye's arm. They marched down the aisle to meet the awaiting goom, Sage. Sage just smiled at them.

~They look so cute together. Maybe they should hook up.~ Sage's thoughts were split in half when the music began that would bring his beautiful Mia to him. That was the woman that he would spend his life with.

Mia slowly paced herself walking down the aisle. Sage would have her for eternity. He could wait a few minutes though. She tortured him with her body the past few weeks and her eyes now. He had loved her more than Ryo had in a year those past few weeks.

Mia finally made her way to altar and smiled at Sage. This was the man she loved. This was the man she was marrying.

Everyone held their breath when the priest asked if anyone had any objections to the marriage. They all turned to where Ryo was supposed to be seated, but he wasn't there. Rica was absent as well. Cye was in the front row with Kento, and Kento's girlfriend, Akira.

Everyone smiled when the couple kissed and began their walk down the aisle together. The deal was that Molli and Rowen were going on the honeymoon trip to Cancun with Mia and Sage. That way Rowen and Molli could have a little fun as well. They would not only be in Cancun for a week, but a year, so that Mia and Sage could spen come time away from the house together. Molli was going because Mia refused to leave her sister out, and Rowen was going to get his mind off of Whitny.

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"I'm so excited to be going to Cancun with you guys. Thanks Mia. This is the greatest!" Molli exclaimed as she took her seat beside Rowen on the plane.

"Well, we're happy to have you along, Molli," Sage smiled at his sister-in-law. "And Rowen, this is the great trip to get your mind off of you know who."

"Yeah, right. Whatever. If you say so," Rowen said sarcastically. He missed Whitny ...very badly.

"Aw, cheer up Rowen. You'll see her soon, I'm sure," Mia said, turning around to face Rowen and Molli, who were in the row behind her and Sage.

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The rest of the plane ride was fairly quiet, expect for a little small talk with the other passengers. When they arrived at Cancun they got a cab and rode to a small cottage that Sage had rented for a year. They settled in and began their new lives at the cottage. The months went by and Mia became pregnant. She had twins, a girl and a boy, and the four took good care of them.

When it was time to leave Cancun, Rowen and the twins, Elle and Bryan, took a seperate plane home, because the twins were irritable and needed to be home as soon as possible. Mia booked a flight for herself, Sage, and Molli for the next day, and they spent one more day in the beautiful Cancun.

As the story continues, they are boarding the plane.

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"Sage, darling, don't forget the picture! I don't want to lose it. It's the only picture of you, me, Molli, Rowen, and the kids, and I want to put it in the baby album, okay?" Mia asked.

"I have it in the wine bottle that we drank from on our honeymoon night. I thought that was a cute memory," Sage said.

The three walked on the plane and took their seats. After a few minutes, the plane took off. It was a smooth ride, up until they got to the states. Then the trouble began.

"Oh gosh, Mia! We're going down! God help us!" Molli screamed.

Sage looked at Mia and she nodded. They got up and hugged one another, as well as Molli, and then they all huddled together, holding hands, as the plane went down.


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Rowen arrived home with the twins, and was greeted be Kento, Akira, and their baby boy, Colby Rei Faun.

"Hey, who's that?" Rowen asked, nodding towards Colby.

"This is my ...our ...son, Colby. He's still small, but he's young, so he'll grow," Kento said. "They must be Elle and Bryan. Look Akira. They're so cute."

"Yes, they are. They both look just like Sage. Oh, by the way, Kenot and I were married shortly after you all left. But Cye wasn't there to see it. He left in search of Jenna. He never made it far though. He died in a car crash, caused by the Dynsaty. Ryo isn't doing too well either. He was with him, and he's hanging on by a thread in Intensive Care," Akira stopped for a breath that was way overdue.

"We can't find Rica, or at least Rica's body," Kento added.

"Whatta ya mean?" Rowen asked when they reached the SUV and had all of the kids safely placed in car seats.

As Kento took his place in the driver's seat, he replied, "Kayura had taken over her body. We're guessing Rica, the real one, is dead. But, we can't seem to place her body. Oh, Whitny called a few days ago to let you know that she found her posers as a Lady Ronin Guardian, just like Mia and Akira. Molli hasn't yet, I'm sure, but there will be plenty of time for that."

"Okay. Sure, whatever." Rowen didn't feel like talking. He just wanted to get home and sleep in his own bed.

"Well, we should expect Whitny back anytime, but we need to be alert for a new attack from the Dynasty. That could happen at any moment," Kento said.

The rest of the drive home was peaceful, except for Kento's stomach growling. Apparently, it had been five minutes since he last ate.

When they got home and were all settled, Rowen crashed in his room. He slept through the rest of the day, and into the night. He woke to the feeling of Kento shaking him.

"Hey man, what da fuck you doin' shakin' me like that?! I could've woke up and killed you!" Rowen screamed. When he saw Kento, he calmed down. "Yo?! Why you cryin? You have another bad dream?"

"No. Not a bad dream. Bad news. Mia, Sage, and Molli aren't here." Kento tried to hold back his tears, but he couldn't. "Their plane went down over Virginia Beach, Virginia. There were no survivors. The authorities said that if the plane had been twenty feet off, it would have crashed in the water, but it didn't, and they all died. I'm so...I can't stop..." Kento couldn't get the words out.

"Oh, my God. They died?! They can't die! They just had kids! And...man, why did Mia have to take a plane that stopped in Virginia? You can't tell me shit like this!" Rowen screamed.

The rest of the week was spent making funeral arrangements for everyone, including Ryo. He died in intensive care the day after the plane went down. Akira followed shortly after, dying in a terrible car accident on her way to work.

At the deepest moment of need, Whitny and Jenna showed up. Jenna brouhgt with her two bundles of joy, her and Cye's children, Alexis and Nolan. Whitny also carried a little girl, whom Rowen was happy to see. She had named her Andria.

Everyone that had arrived got settled in, and when it came time to eat dinner, everyone ate a lot. Everyone except Jenna. She never showed up for dinner. They found her body near the beach. It was the place she and Cye had first made love.

Jenna had snuck off and taken with her Cye's retired Yari. She had stabbed herself because of all of her anguish. She was too weak to handle it. However, before she died, she had coincidentally found something floating in the water. It was a wine bottle.

Rowen walked over to Jenna's body and stared hatefully at her. "You selfish bitch! You good for nothing bitch! Don't you think we were depressed? Didn't you? We all thought about this! But you...you were weak. You let them win! Well, I can't dammit!"

Whitny walked over to Rowen and grasped his arm. She spotted the bottle and picked it up, handing it to Rowen. He smashed it on a nearby rock.

"So you drank too! Fucking bitch!" Rowen screamed. But then, he broke down. He saw the picture, and he remembered.

"This picture. The bottle must have flew from the plane when it crashed. Look, on the beach there's some more stuff. It's ironic that it came here. I hate fucking destiny. I miss the fun times. This picture was taken right after Mia got out of the hospital. We took it on the beach." Rowen fell to his knees, wetting the sand with his tears.

In some ways, he was happy that everyone had moved to California, because of the beach, but now he hated the beach. Somebody, well, a lot of people had to have helped that bottle get to the other side of North America. Fate was a good player and a bad player, and the world was the team. Rowen hated being on that team. It sucked most of the time, and he almost always lost.

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The few survivors of fate's cruel game eventually healed, and got back to their normal lives. Rowen and Whitny got married and had another child, Jon. Eventually, they had to face the one person that caused all of their pain, Kayura. Needless to say, Kayura got her ass beat down, as Rowen stated. When Whitny's movie came out, the group got together, and they all went to see it. It was a good thing that she only had a short part and they had filmed it when she wasn't showing signs of pregnancy. The movie, Sunset Kisses, was a big hit, and everyone loved it. The Ronin Warriors are still alive in the children, and soon they will be old enough and strong enough to train.

The chain of love created by those who died would not be broken. Rowen made sure of that. He kept the picture in his room and cried every night for Mia and Sage, as well as young Molli. Rowen and Whitny adopted Elle and Bryan, and Kento adopted Alexis and Nolan.

Everyone still lives in that five story house. They refused to move. It would mean that they had forgotten. When the children were old enough to understand, Rowen, Whitny, and Kento took them to the gravesites.

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"Kids, these were our friends that passed away and went to heaven," Rowen said.

The gravesites were lined up in a row: Mia Date, Sage Date, Jenna Stryker, Rica Mouri, Molli Koji, Ryo Sanada, and Akira Rei Faun. They all remain in the hearts of their friends.

When Kento took the kids back to the SUV's, Rowen and Whitn remained behind. Rowen placed a single white rose on each grave, and then returned to Whiny's side. With tears in his eyes, Rowen said his words, "Guys, I'll keep reminding them all of you, and you'll live on. When times get rough, we'll think of you guys. Oh, and I promise that we won't forget." With his goodbye said, Rowen could go on.

Whitny smiled at her husband. "That's right, Rowen. We shall not forget."