Ancient Gate

by Rogue Ronin
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything that deals with the Ronin Warriors, characters or the rights of them. The only ones that are mine are Kaye and Lightning. Comments email me at cokeacola_75@hotmail.com enjoy!
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"Why did I help Kaye fight against Kesi? What could I have been thinking? Why would I care what happened to her anyway? Why do I feel this way, what's going on in my head?" thought Phoenix angrily. She launched an attack towards a nearby pillar and made a huge hole in it. The force of the attack shook it so hard that something fell out of its hidden compartment. The object that fell out caught her attention. She turned around and picked it up from the floor. It was an ancient book that has been lost for centuries, then Phoenix started to read.

"This is interesting, I didn't realize that it was this close for it to open already." thought Phoenix. She continued to read the book, until Phoenix came to a certain point in the text.

"Well look here, this is even more interesting. Oh yes I do believe that this will put an end to my troubles, I just have to be patient, and wait." thought Phoenix with a grin.

It was a sunny afternoon, the Ronins, Kaye, Mia, Lightning and White Blaze were all outside enjoying a day of peace and quiet. It has been a few months since their adventure with the dream walker's guild. Everyone decided to finally have some fun in the sun for a change, so they all decided to go to the beach. Mia was laying on a chair working on her tan. Lightning and White Blaze were off somewhere else doing their own thing. The guys were trying to get another person to get a game of volleyball going. Kaye was staring off into the ocean trying to figure out what her latest vision was about.

"What a dream, what is it suppose to mean? Maybe I'm just making too much out of it, maybe I'm not who knows. I wonder if I should tell about my dream to the others. No, I better not yet, I have to see if it comes back again before I tell them. It could be nothing, I mean we are finally going on with our lives, we don't need another adventure like last time. Man, that was the scariest one ever. I never thought that I would almost lose one of them. I have to make sure that it never happens again, yea right that's like saying don't have the sun set in the west. Oh well, I guess that no one can be sure of what the future holds. Man the headaches after these visions lately are getting harder and harder to get rid of." thought Kaye as she rubbed her temples.

Kaye was so deep in thought that she didn't notice that Kento was standing right next to her. "Kaye, hey Kaye, did you hear me?" asked Kento.

"Huh, oh yea Kento I'm sorry, what did you say?" asked Kaye as she turned her attention towards Kento.

"I asked you if you want to play volleyball with us, we need one more person, and Mia said no." replied Kento.

"Yea you bet, I'm always up for a game. Who's on what for teams?" asked Kaye as she was trying to show her enthusiasm.

"Well now that you're playing it's you, me and Cye on one team, and Ryo, Sage and Rowen on the other. So come on already let's get the game started!" said Kento. As Kento and Kaye were approaching the other guys, Kaye had another scene quickly flash in front of her eyes. The flash made Kaye lose her balance and fell to the ground. Kento turned around and saw that Kaye was on the ground trying to get up from her fall.

"Kaye are you alright, what happened?" asked Kento.

"Yea Kento I'm fine, I just tripped over something that's all." replied Kaye with a smile.

"Well be more careful would ya?" asked Kento.

"Ok Kento I promise, now how about that volleyball game." replied Kaye as she took off towards the others. Kento just shook his head and ran to catch up to Kaye.

"Kaye are you ok, we saw what happened?" asked Cye.

"Yea Cye I'm fine, it's like I told Kento I just tripped over something. Now what do you say that we show these guys how to play volleyball." replied Kaye.

"Oh really you three are going to show us how to play? Well guess again Kaye, we are going to be the ones to teach you how to play the game." said Ryo.

"Whatever, Ryo, now let's play some ball already before you talk me to sleep." replied Kaye with a fake yawn.

"Oh now you are going to get it Kaye, you guys lost the flip so we are serving first. So get ready to eat some sand." said Ryo.

"Bring it on Ryo!" challanged Kaye. The game was on its way, Mia knew that this was one game that she wasn't going to miss for anything. She had a hunch that Kaye had a few tricks of her own on the court. The whole game took about an hour and a half. It was coming down to the game point and Kaye was serving.

"Get ready to eat your words Ryo, because here it comes!" said Kaye as she delivered her serve. The ball was coming in hard and deep, Ryo almost missed it, but he did manage to dive and dig for it. Then Sage did the set, and Rowen spiked it over to the other side. Kento saw it and bumped it very high.

"Great job Kento, Cye get ready, Kento just got us enough time to set up our attack. Here it comes, and now Cye hit it!" yelled Kaye. At the same time Kaye and Cye went up into the air and did a double attack to draw off the front line just enough so Cye could tip it over the net for the win. Ryo, Sage and Rowen stood there like fish out of water, not believing that they fell for that. Mia was laughing so hard that she fell out of her chair and was still laughing. Kaye, Cye and Kento were grinning, then they went over to shake their hands to show that there were no hard feelings.

"Hey you guys that was a great game, you nearly had us." said Kaye.

"When did you have any time to pull off a strategy like that? No one asked for time outs during the game." asked Rowen.

"Should we tell them guys, what do you say?" asked Kaye as she looked towards Cye and Kento.

"No way, let them figure it out for themselves, besides I'm hungry." replied Kento with a grin. The others just shook their heads and they all walked to where Mia was waiting for them.

"That was a great game you guys. Kaye that move worked like a charm, I'm just surprised that you didn't pull it off sooner in the match." said Mia.

"Ah Mia, what are you talking about, you knew that they were going to pull that move off?" asked Sage.

"Sure I did, Kaye use to play volleyball with the other college students when she was traveling. Why, didn't she tell you? By the looks on your faces, I would say that she didn't." answered Mia laughing.

"Kaye, you are so going to get it." threatened Rowen.

"Oh come on Rowen, you guys didn't ask if I played volleyball before, so you shouldn't be surprised. Anyway it was a great game, and it was only for fun, besides has anyone seen Lightning or White Blaze? They've been gone for a while now." said Kaye.

"Now that you mentioned it, no I'm sure that they are just fine." replied Sage.

"Yea you're right, but if it's all the same to you I'm going to look for them." said Kaye.

"Wait up Kaye, I'll come with you, I'm starting to wonder where they went to as well." replied Ryo.

"The rest of us will wait here for ya, but hurry up it's almost time to go." said Rowen.

"Sure thing Rowen, we shouldn't be too long." replied Kaye. So Ryo and Kaye took off to look for Lightning and White Blaze.

"Kento how come you didn't go with them, what's up you look like something is on your mind?" asked Cye.

"I'm fine Cye, but I'm worried about Kaye." replied Kento.

"Why is that Kento?" asked Cye.

"Well when I went to get Kaye to play volleyball, I had a little hard of a time to get Kaye to respond to me. It seemed like she was off somewhere else, Kaye was acting like she was having one of those headaches that she's been having lately." answered Kento.

"I'm sure that Kaye is fine Kento, but if it will make you feel better, why don't you ask her what's up, or I could ask for you." said Cye.

"Thanks Cye, but I think that I'll ask her later, hey shouldn't Kaye and Ryo be back by now. It's been a while since they went looking for White Blaze and Lightning." stated Kento.

"No need for that Kento, I see them coming from over there." said Mia as Kaye, Ryo, and the two tigers came from a nearby clearing.

"What took you two so long? I was about to go in after you, until Mia saw you coming?" asked Kento.

"Sorry about that Kento, come on let's go home already." said Kaye.

Phoenix was watching with interest of the event that was taking place. "So Kaye has been having visions again. It doesn't look like Kaye fully understands what they mean. Well maybe I'll pay her a visit tonight, I think that I could shed some light on Kaye's visions for her." mused Phoenix.

'Kaye, are you alright? How long have you been having these headaches?' asked Lightning.

'Yea Lightning I'm fine, and what headaches are you talking about? I haven't had any headaches for a while.' said Kaye.

'Oh come on Kaye, we all know that something is wrong. So spill already would ya.' replied Lightning.

'Where did you and White Blaze run off to today?' asked Kaye.

'Kaye don't change the subject, you've been having visions again haven't you, and I'm betting that is the reason behind your headaches. Am I right?' said Lightning.

'Alright yes I have been having visions again, and yes my headaches are the results of those visions. There are you happy now that you asked?' said Kaye with a little anger.

'Kaye what are your visions about? I know that the others would want to know this as well.' replied Lightning.

'I'm sorry Lightning, I didn't mean to snap at you like that. It's just I'm not exactly sure what these visions that I've been having mean. It's just so frustrating not knowing. I was going to wait to see if they came back again before I told the others about them.' stated Kaye.

'Kaye don't let these visions go too far before you tell the others, ok.' said Lightning. Kaye nodded in response to Lightning's statement, the wind started to pick up just as they were heading towards the mansion.

"Where did that wind come from? It was suppose to be a clear night, I didn't hear anything about a storm coming, it's probably nothing." thought Kaye as she entered the mansion.

"Hey Kaye what were you two doing out there? You both were out there for a while, is everything ok?" asked Sage.

"Yea Sage everything is just fine. It's late, I think that I'm going to go to bed now. So I'll see you guys in the morning. Goodnight everyone." said Kaye as she went on her way upstairs.